The

Holy Bible
Containing the
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
Translated out of tlie Original Tongues
and witK tKe Former Translations
diligently compared

AUTHORIZED (KING JAMES) VERSION

Mode for
THE GIbEONS
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THE NATIONAL BIBLE PRESS. PHILADELPHIA
is6e EDITION
CRYSTALYTE T-72 © 1964, Thc National Publishing Ce. printed in u. s. a.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE BOOKS OF THE

Old and New Testaments

Book Abhrev. Page Book Ahbrev, Page

Acts . . • ♦ 966 Judges . . . . 239
Amos • . • . 813 I Kings . . . . . I Kin. 330
I Chronicles. . . . I Chr. 394 2 Kings . . . . 363
2 Chronicles* . . . 2 Chr. 425 Lamentations . . . Lam. 729
Colossians • • . . Col. 1049 Leviticus. . . . 97
1 Corinthians * . . I Cor. 1015 Luke 904
2 Corinthians . . . 2 Cor. 1028 Malachi . . . . 842
Daniel * . . 787 Mark 882
Deuteronomy . . . Deut. 175 Matthew. . . . 849
Ecclesiastes • . . . Ecoles. 6II Micah 822
Ephesiàns . * . . Eph. IO41 Nahum . . . . 826
Esther • . . 4S7 Nehemiah . . . . Neh. 471
Exodus . . . 53 Numbers. . . . 129
Ezekiel * . • 734 Obadiah . . . . 819
Ezra . . . • 461 I Peter . . . . . I Pet. 1080

Galatians . . . . Gai. 1037 2 Peter . . . . 1083

Genesis * * * I Philemon . . . . Philem. 1065

Habakkuk • • . . Hab. 828 Philippians • • . . Phil. 1046

Haggai . . . 832 Proverbs. . . . 588
Hebrews. . . . . Heb. 1066 Psalms . . . . . Ps. 522
Hosea. . . • 803 Révélation . . . . Rev. 1092
Isaiah. . . . 622 Romans . . . . lOOI

James. . . . 1076 Ruth 265

Jeremiah. . . 672 1 Samuel. . . . 268

Job . . . . 495 2 Samuel. . . . . 2 Sam. 302

Joël . . . . 810 Song of Solomon . . Song 618

John . . . . 940 1 Thessalonians . . I Thess. 1052

I John . . . 1086 2 Thessalonians . 2 Thess. 1055

2 John . . . 1089 I Timothy . . . . I Tim. 1057

3 John . . . 1090 2 Timothy . . . . 2 Tim. IO6I

Jonah . • . 820 Titus 1064

Joshna . . . . . Josh. 213 Zechariah . . . . Zech. 834
Jude . . . . 1090 Zephaniah . . . . Zeph. 830
 THE BIBLE

ThIS BOOK REVEALS THE MIND OF GOD, the

state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the
happiness of believers.

ITS DOCTRINES ARE HOLY,its precepts are binding, its historiés

are true, and its décisions are immutable.

READ IT TO BE WISE, believe it to be safe, and practise it to be

holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and com-
fort to cheer you.

IT IS THE TRAVELLER'S MAP, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's

compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter. Here, too,
heaven is opened, and the gâtes of hell disclosed.

CHRIST IS ITS GRAND SUBJECT, our good its design, and the
glory of God its end.

IT SHOULD FILL THE MEMORY, rule the heart, and guide the
feet. Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth,
a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure.

IT IS GIVEN YOU in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be

remembered forever. It involves highest responsibility, will reward
the greatest labour, and condemn ail who trifle with its sacred
contents.

OWNED, IT IS RICHES; studied, it is wisdom; trusted, it is salva

tion; loved, it is character; and obeyed, it is power.
 WHERE TO FIND HELP WHEN:
Afraid Page Lonely Page
Psalm 4 522 Psalm 23 530
Mark 4. 35-41 887 John 14 958
Hebrews 13. 5-8 1075 2 Timothy 4. 16-18 1063
1 John 4. 15-19 1088
Anxious Needing Inward Peace
Psalm 46 541 Psalm 37 536
Isaiah 43. 1-3 654 Isaiah 26. 3 640
Matthew 6. 25-34 854 John 14 958
Philippians 4. 6-7 1049 Romans 5. 1-5 1005
2Timothy 4. 16-18 1063
Backsliding In Sorrow
Psalm 6 523 Psalm 40 538
Psalm 51 543 Romans 8. 34-39 1008
Matthew 26. 33-35 878 Hebrews 12. 6-13 1074, 1075
Matthew 26. 69-75 879
John 21. 15-22 966
In Temptation
Conscious of Sin Psalm 1 522
Matthew 11. 28-30 860 Psalm 73 553
Lukel5 926 James 1. 12 1076
John 3. 16 942 2 Peter 2. 9 1084

Discouraged
Romans 8. 28-29 1008 Thankful
1 Corinthians 15. 57-58 1027 Psalm 84 559
1 Peter 4. 12-13 1082 Psalm 92 563
1 John 3. 1-3 1087 Psalm 100 565
Friends Fail Psalm 103 566
Deuteronomy 33. 27 212
Psalm 27 532 In Trouble
Matthew 10. 24-31 858
Psalm 16 526
2Timothy 4. 16-18 1063 Isaiah 40. 1-8 651
111 or in Pain John 14. 1-4 958
Romans 5. 3-8 1005 Hebrews 7. 25 1070
2 Corinthians 12. 9-10 1036
Psalm 32 534
Weary
Psalm 91 562
Psalm 6 523
Leaving Home Psalm 27 532
Psalm 27 532 Psalm 55 544
Psalm 121 579 Matthew 11. 28-30 860
Matthew 10. 16-20 858 John 14. 1-4 958
Luke 15. 11-32 926,927 Romans 8. 31-39 1008

LIEE S PROBLEMS FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST

Adversity Bible Reading
Matthew 10. 16-39 858 John 5. 39 946
Matthew 24. 35 875

Anger Brotherly Love

Matthew 5. 22-24 852 John 13. 34-35 958
LIFE'S PROBLEMS FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST
Compassion Page Honour to Parents Page
Luke 10. 30-37 920 Matthew 15. 4 864
Mark 10. 19 894
Conçoit
Luke 18. 9-14 929, 930 Intempérance
Luke 21. 34-36 934
Crime
Matthew 15. 11, 17-20 864, 865 Marriage
Mark 10. 2-12 894
Death
Luke 16. 19-31 928
Prayer
John 11. 25,26 954
Luke 11. 1-13 920,921
Deceit
Matthew 23. 27, 28 874 Revenge
Matthew 5. 43-48 853
Doubting
John 20. 24-29 965 Riches
Mark 10. 17-31 894, 895
Enemies Luke 12. 13-21 922, 923
Matthew 5. 10, 43-48 852, 853
Righteousness
Extravagance
Matthew 5. 20 852
Luke 12. 16-31 922,923
John 3. 13-21 942
Fault Finding
Matthew 7. 1-5 854 Salvation
John 3. 16 942
Forgiveness John 3. 36 943
Matthew 18. 21-35 868 John 5. 24 945
Mark 11. 25,26 896
Sin
Friendship
John 8. 24 950
John 15. 12, 17 959
John 8. 34-36 950
Greed
Sincerity
Luke 12, 15-21 922, 923
Matthew 7. 15-27 855
Matthew 6. 20 854

Hatred Swearing
Matthew 5. 43-48 853 Matthew 5. 33-37 853

Honesty Trutb
Luke 19. 11-26 931 John 14. 6 958

CHRISTIAN VIRTUES AND CHARACTER

Cheerfulness Discrétion
Philippians 4. 4 1049 Ephesians 5. 15-17 1045
Colossians 3. 16, 17 1051
Endurance
2 Timothy 2. 3 1061
Cleanliness
2 Corinthians 7. 1 1032 Faith
Mark 11. 22-24 896
Courage
Faithfulness
Philippians 1. 27, 28 1047
1 Corinthians 4. 2 1017

Diligence Forgiveness
Romans 12. 11 1011 Ephesians 4. 31, 32 1044
 CHRISTIAN VIRTUES AND CHARACTER
Page Patience Page
Friendliness
1011 Hebrews 10. 36, 37 1073
Romans 12. 15, 18
Gratitude Peacefulness
Philippians 4. 6 1049 Romans 12. 18 1011

Honesty Prudence
Romans 12. 17 1011 1077
James 1. 19
Honour
1081 Pure Tbinking
1 Peter 2. 17
Philippians 4. 8 1049
Humility
Philippians 2. 3-11 1047 Purity
2 Timothy 2. 22 1062
Liberality
2 Corinthians 9. 6-15 1034 Steadfastness
Love Ephesians 6. 10-18 1045, 1046
1 John 4 7, 8 1088
Sympatby
Meekness 1 Peter 3. 8, 9 1082
Matthew 5. 5 852
Tempérance
Mercy 1 Corinthians 9. 25-27 1021
Matthew 5. 7 852

Obedience Trutbfulness
Ephesians 4. 15, 25, 29 1044
Romans 13. 1-7 1012

SUGGESTED READINGS

The Création Story Rabab and the Spies

Genesis 1 1 Joshua 2 214

The Fall of Man

Crossing Jordan
Genesis 3 3 Joshua 3 215
The Conquest of Jéricho
Gain and Abel
3,4 Joshua 6 217
Genesis 4. 1-16
Cideon
Noah's Ark Judges 6, 7 245
Genesis 6-8 5
Samson
Lot Judges 13. 5-25; 14. 1-16
Genesis 19. 1-28 16, 17 254, 255, 256
Abraham Offering Isaac Rutb's Cboice
Genesis 22. 1-18 19 Ruth 1-4 265
Jacob's Dream The Call of Samuel
Genesis 28. 10-22 27 1 Samuel 3 268
Moses David and Goliath
Exodus 1-4 56 1 Samuel 17 285
Moses and Fbaraob Mepbibosbetb
Exodus 5-12 57 2 Samuel 9 310
Manna from Heaven Solomon and the Queen of Sbeba
Exodus 16. 1-22 69 1 Kings 10 344
Sinai and the Ten Commandments Elijab
Exodus 19. 16-25; 20. 1-18 72, 73 1 Kings 17, 18 354
Elisba
Josbua
Joshua 1 213 2 Kings 4, 5 366
 SUGGESTED READINGS
Esther the Queen Page Jésus Christ Is Crucified Page
Esther 1-9 487 Luke 23. 26-56 937,938
DanieFs Friends in the Furnace The Lord Jésus Lives Again
Daniel 3 790 Luke 24. 1-48 938, 939
Belshazzar's Feast Ministry of the Risen Christ
Daniel 5 793 Matthew 28. 9-20 882
Daniel in the Lions' Den Jésus Ascends to Heaven
Daniel 6 794 Acts 1. 1-11 966, 967
Jonah Peter's Sermons
Jonah 1-4 820 Acts 2. 14-41 968, 969
Prophecies of the Sufferings and Acts 3. 11-26 969, 970
Death of Jésus Christ The First Martyr—Stephen's
Psalm 22 529 Address and Stoning
Isaiah 53 662 Acts 6. 8-15; 7. 1-60 973, 975
The Birth of Jésus Christ The Conversion of Paul
Matthew 1. 18-25; 2. 1-12 849, 850 Acts 9. 1-22 976, 977
The Temptation of Jésus Christ
Paul's First Sermon
Luke 4. 1-13 909
Acts 13. 16-41 982
Sermon on the Mount Paul in Prison
Matthew 5,6,7 852
Acts 16. 23-40 986
Luke 2. 1-20 906
Paul's Sermon on Mars Hill
Some Miracles Performed
Acts 17. 22-34 987,988
Matthew 8; 9 855
Mark 6. 30-56 889, 890 Paul's Defence before King Agrippa
Mark 7. 24-30 891 Acts 26. 1-29 997, 998
John 9 951 Paul in a Storm and Shipwreck
Some Parables Told Acts 27 998
Matthew 13 861 Becoming a Christian
Matthew 21. 28-46; 22. 1-14 Romans 10. 9-13 1009, 1010
871, 872 Christian Life and Service
Matthew 24 874 Romans 12, 13 1011
Mark 4. 1-34 886, 887 The Testing of Faith
Luke 12. 16-59; 13-17; 18. 1-14 James 1, 2 1076
922, 924, 929, 930
Christian Love and Faith
Luke 19. 12-27 931
1 John 4. 7-21; 5. 1-15 1088, 1089
The Ministry of Jésus Christ
Luke 4. 18-19 886 The Résurrection of Christ
and of Christians
Jésus Speaks of the Bread of Life 1 Corinthians 15. 1-57 1026, 1027
John 6. 22-59 947,948
Jésus Christ Comes on Earth Again
Jésus Speaks of the Good Shepherd 2 Peter 3. 1-18 1085, 1086
John 10. 1-18 952,953
Révélation 19.11-19 1105
Jésus Christ's Promise to Retum— The Final Judgment and the
Address on the Mount of Olives End of Satan
Matthew 24, 25 875 Révélation 19. 20-21; 20. 1-15
The Last Supper 1105, 1106
Luke 22. 1-39 934,936 Glimpses ôf Heaven and the
The Triai of Jésus Christ Glory of God
Matthew 26. 57-75; 27. 1-26 Révélation 21. 1-27; 22. 1-5
879, 880 1106, 1107
 There fe a verse in the Bible which has been translated into over lioo
languages. It tells of One Wbo loved us with an everlasting love. The verse
is here recorded in 22 of the important world languages which are understood
by three-quarters of the earth's population. The verse is John 3*^^*

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Gothic char.

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ben enboome,for ot ^oer ben, font tioi paa ÏSe pd
foitabes, men ^ooe et edgt £to.

DUTCH.

Want alzoo lief heeft God de wereld gehad, dat Hij zijnen eenigge-
boren Zoon gegeven heeft, opdat een ieder, die in Hem gelooft, niet ver-
loren ga, doch eeuwig leven hebbe.

ENGLISH.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

FRENCH.

Car Dieu a tellement aimé le monde, qu'il a donné son Fils unique,
afin que quiconque croit en lui ne périsse point, mais qu'il ait la vie
étemelle.

GERMAN.

Gothic char.

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GREEK: Modem.

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ITALIAN.
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IRISH.
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NORWEGIAN.

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POLISH.

Roman char.
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dai, aby kaidy, kto we6 wierzy, nie zgin^, aie mial: iywot wieczny.

PORTUGUESE.

Porque Deus amou o mundo de tal maneira» que deu o seu Filho
unigenito, para que todo aquelle que n'elle cré nâo pereça, mas tenha a
vida etema.

RUSSIAN.

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SPANISH.
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unigênito, para que todo aquél que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga
vida etema.

SWEDISH.

Roman char.
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 TKe First Book of Moses, called
Genesis
15 And let them be for lights in
CHAPTER I
IN ihe beginning God created the
heaven and the earth*
the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights;
2 Andtheearthwaswithoutform, the greater lig^t to rule the day, and
and void; and darkness was upon the the lesser light to rule the ni^t: he
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God made the stars also.
moved upon the face of the waters. 17 And God set them in the firma
3 And God said, Let there be light: ment of the heaven to give light upon
and there was light. the earth,
4 And God saw the light,that U was IS And to rule over the day and
good: and God divided the light from over the night, and to divide the light
the darkness. from the darkness: and God saw that
5 And God called the light Day,and it was good.
the darkness he called Night. And the 19 And the evening and the mom
evening and the moming were the first ing were the fourth day.
day. 20 And God said, Let the waters
6 And God said, Let there be a fir bring forth abundantly the moving
mament in the midst of the waters, créature that hath life, and fowl that
and let it divide the waters from the may fiy above the earth in the open
waters. firmament of heaven.
7 And God made the firmament,and 21 And God created great whales,
di^ded the waters which were under and every living créature that moveth,
the firmament from the waters which which the waters brought forth abun
were above the firmament: and it was dantly, after their kind, and every
so. winged fowl after his kind: and God
8 And God called the firmament saw that it was good.
Heaven. And the evening and the 22 And God blessed them, saying,
moming were the second day. Be fmitful, and multiply, and fill the
9 And God said, Let the waters un waters in the seas, and let fowl multi
der the heaven be gathered together ply in the earth.
unto one place,and let the dry land ap- 23 And the evening and the mom
pear: and it was so. ing were the fifth day.
10 And God called the dry land 24 And God said, Let the earth
Earth; and the gathering together of bring forth the living créature after
the waters called he Seas: and God his kind, cattle, and creeping thing,
saw that U was good. and beast of the earth after his kind:
11 And God said, Let the earth and it was so.
bring forth grass, the herb yielding 25 And God made the beast of the
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit earth after his kind, and cattle after
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, their kind,and every thing that creep-
upon the earth: and it was so. eth upon the earth after his kind: and
12 And the earth brought forth God saw that U was good.
grass, and herb yielding seed after his 26 And God said, Let us make man
kind,and the tree yielding fruit, whose in our image, after our likeness: and
seed was in itself, after his kind: and let them have dominion over the fish
God saw that U was good. of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
13 And the evening and the moming and over the cattle, and over ail the
were the third day. earth, and over every creeping thing
14 And God said,Let there belights that creepeth upon the earth.
in the firmament of the heaven to di 27 So God created man in his own
vide the day from the night; and let image, in the image of God created
them be for signs, and for seasons, and he him; maie and female created he
for days, and years: them.
 GENESIS 2

28 And God blessed them» and God the garden, and the tree of knowledge
said unto them, Be fruitful, and mnlti- of good and evil.
ply, and replenish the earth, and sub- 10 And a river went out of Eden to
due it: and have dominion over the water the garden; and from thence it
fish ofthe sea, and over the fowl of the was parted, and became into four
air, and over every living thing that heads.
moveth upon the earth. 11 The name of the first is Pi-son:
29 And God said, Behold, I have that is it which compasseth the whole
given you every herb bèaring seed, land of Hav'-i-lah, where ihere is gold;
which ts upon the face of ail the earth, 12 And the gold of that land is good:
and every tree,in the which is the fruit there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall 13 And the name of the second
be for meat. river is Gi-hon:the same is it that com
30 And to every beast of the earth, passeth the whole land of E-thi-o-pi-a.
and to every fowl of the air, and to 14 And the name of the third river
every thhig that creepeth upon the is Hid-de-kel: that is it which goeth
earth, wherein there is life, I have given toward the east of Assyria. And the
every green herb for meat: and it was fourth river ts Eu-phra-tes.
so. 15 And the Lord God took the
31 And God saw every thing that he man, and put him into the garden of
had made, and, behold, U was very Eden to dress it and to keep it.
good. And the evening and the mom- 16 And the Lord God commanded
ing were the sixth day. the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
CHAPTER 2 17 But of the tree of the knowledge
THUS the heavens and the earth of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
were finished, and ail the host of it:for in the day that thou eatest there-
them. of thou shalt surely die.
2 And on the seventh day God end- 18 And the Lord God said, It is not
ed his work which he had made;and he good that the man should be alone; I
rested on the seventh day from ail his will make him an help meet for him.
work which he had made. 19 And out of the ground the Lord
3 And God blessed the seventh day, God formed every beast of the field,
and sanctified it: because that in it he and every fowl of the air; and brought
had rested from ail his work which ihem unto Adam to see what he would
God created and made. call them:and whatsoever Adam called
4 These are the générations of the every living créature, that was the
heavens and of the earth when they name thereof.
were created,in the day that the Lord 20 And Adam gave names to ail cat-
God made the earth and the heav tle, and to the fowl of the air, and to
ens, every beast of the field; but for Adam
5 And every plant of the field be- there was not found an help meet for
fere it was in the earth,and every herb him.
of the field before it grew:for the Lord 21 And the Lord God caused a
God had not caused it to rain upon the deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
earth, and ihere was not a man to till slept: and he took one of his ribs, and
the ground. closed up the fiesh instead thereof;
6 But there went up a mistfrom the 22 And the rib, which the Lord
earth, and watered the whole face of God had taken from man, made he a
the ground. woman,and brought her unto the man.
7 And the Lord God formed man of 23 And Adam said, This is now bone
the dust bf the ground, and breathed bf my bones, and fiesh of my fiesh: she
into his nostrils fiie breath of life; and shall be called Woman, because she
man became a living soul. was taken out of Man.
8 And the Lord God planted a 24 Therefore shall a man leave his
garden eàstward in Eden;and there he father and his mother,and shall cleave
put the man whom he had formed. unto his wife: and they shall be one
9 And out of the groimd made the fiesh.
Lord God to grow every tree that is 25 And they were both naked, the
pleasant to the sight, and good for man and his wife, and were not
food; the tree of life also in the midst of ashamed.
 OBNBSIS 3,4
15 And I will put enmity between
CHAPTER 3 thee and the woman,and between thy
NOW the serpent was more subtil seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
than any beast of the field which head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
the Lord God had made. And he said 16 Unto the woman he said, I will
unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
Ye shall net eat of every tree of the conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring
garden? forth children; and thy desire shoU be
2 And the woman said unto the ser to thy husband, and he shall rule over
pent, We may eat of the fruit of the thee.
trees of the garden: 17 And unto Adam he said,Because
3 But of the fruit of the tree which thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
is in the midst of the garden, God hath thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither which I commanded thee, saying,
shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the
4 And the serpent said unto the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt
woman,Ye shadUL not surely die: thou eat 0/ it ail the days of thy life;
5 For God doth know that in the 18 Thoms also and thistles shall it
day ye eat thereof, then your eyes bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat
shall be opened, and ye shall be as the herb of the field;
gods, knowing good and evil. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt
6 And when the woman saw that thou eat bread, till thou retum unto
the tree was good for food, and that it the ground;for out of it wast thou tak-
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to en: for dust thou ari, and unto dust
be desired to make one wise, she took shalt thou retum.
of the fruit thereof, and dld eat, and 20 And Adam called his wife's name
gave also unto her husband with her; Eve; because she was the mother of ail
and he did eat. living.
7 And the eyes of them both were 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife
opened, and they knew that they were did the Lord God make coats of skins,
naked; and they sewed fig leaves to- and clothed them.
gether, and made themselves aprons, 22 And the Lord God said, Be-
8 And they heard the voice of the hold, the man is become as one of us,
Lord God walking in the garden in the to know good and evil: and now, lest
cool of the day: and Adam and his wife he put forth his hand, and take also of
hid themselves from the presence of the tree of life, and eat, and live for
the Lord God amongst the trees of the ever:
garden. 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him
9 And the Lord God called unto forth from the garden of Eden, to till
Adam, and said unto him, Where art the ground from whence he was taken.
thou? 24 So he drove out the man;and he
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in placed atthe east ofthe garden ofEden
the garden, and 1 was afraid, because Cher'-u-btms, and a fiaming sword
I was naked; and 1 hid myself. which tumed every way, to keep the
11 And he said, Who told thee that way of the tree of life.
thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee CHAPTER 4
that thou shouldest not eat? AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and
12 And the man said, The woman /v sheconceived,andbareGain,and
whom thou gavest to be with me, she said, I have gotten a man from the
gave me of the tree, and I did eat. Lord.
13 And the Lord God said unto the 2 And she again bare his brother
woman, What is this that thou hast Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
done? And the woman said, The ser but Gain was a tiller of the ground.
pent beguiled me, and I did eat. 3 And in process of time it came to
14 And the Lord God said unto the pass, that Gain brought of the fruit of
serpent, Because thou hast done this, the ground an oifering unto the Lord.
tbou art cursed above ail cattle, and 4 And Abel, he also brought of the
above every beast of the field; upon firstlings of his fiock and of the fat
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thereof. And the Lord had respect im-
thou eat ail the days of thy life: to Abel and to his offering:
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5 But unto Gain and to his offering Adah, and the name of the other
he had not respect. And Gain was very Zil-lah.
wroth, and his countenance fell. 20 And Adah bare Ja-bal: he was
6 And the Lord said unto Gain, the father of such as dwellin tents,and
Why art thou wroth? and why is thy of such as have cattle.
countenance fallen? 21 And his brother's name was Ju-
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not bal: he was the father of ail such as
be accepted? and if thou doest not handle the harp and organ.
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto 22 And Zil-lah, she also bare Tu-
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt bal-cain, an instructer of every arti-
rule over him. ficer in brass and iron: and the sister of
8 And Gain talked with Abel his Tu-bal-cain was Na-a-mah.
brother: and it came to pass, when 23 And La-mech said unto his
wives, Adah and Zil-lah, Hear my
they were in the field, that Gain rose
up agahist Abel his brother, and slew
voice; ye wives of La-mech, hearken
hhn. unto my speech:for I have slain a man
9 And the Lord said unto Gain, to my woimding, and a young man to
Where is Abel thy brother? And he my huit.
said, I know not: Am I my brother's 24 If Gain shall be avenged seven-
keeper? fold, truly La-mech seventy and
10 And he said, What hast thou sevenfold.
done? the voice of thy brother's blood 25 And Adam knew his wife again;
crieth xmto me from the ground. and she bare a son, and called his
11 And now art thou cursed from name Seth: For God,said she, hath ap-
the earth, which hath opened her pointed me another seed instead of
mouth to receive thy brother's blood Abel, whom Gain slew.
from thy hand; 26 And to Seth, to him also there
12 When thou tillest the ground, it was born a son; and he called his name
shall not henceforth yield imto thee Enos: then began men to call upon the
her strength; a fugitive and a vaga name of the Lord.
bond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Gain said unto the Lord, GHAPTER 5
My punishment is greater than I can This is the book of the générations
bear. of Adam. In the day that God cre-
14 Behold,thou hast driven me out ated man,in the likeness of God made
this day from the face of the earth; and he him;
from thy face shall I be hid; and I 2 Maie and female created he them;
shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in and blessed them, and called their
the earth; and it shall come to pass, name Adam, in thé day when they
ihat every one that findeth me shall were created.
slay me. 3 And Adam lived an himdred and
15 And the Lord said imto him, thirty years, and begat a son in his
Therefore whosoever slayeth Gain, own likeness, after his image; and
vengeance shall be taken on him seven- called his name Seth:
fold. And the Lord set a mark upon 4 And the days of Adam after he
Gain, lest any finding him should kill had begotten Seth were eight hundred
him. years: and he begat sons and daugh-
16 And Gain went out from the ters:
presence of the Lord,and dwelt in the 5 And ail the days that Adam lived
land of Nod, on the east of Eden. were nine himdred and thirty years:
17 And Gain knew his wife; and she and he died.
conceived, and bare E-noch: and he 6 And Seth lived an hundred and
builded a city, and called the name of five years, and begat Enos:
the city, after the name of his son, 7 And Seth lived after he begat
E'-noch. Enos eight hundred and seven years,
18 And unto E-noch was bom and begat sons and daughters:
r-rad: ànd I-rad begat Me-hu-ja-el: 8 And ail the days of Seth were nine
and Me-hu-ja-el begat Me-thu-sa-el: himdred and twelve years: and he
and Me-thu'-sa-el begat La-mech. died.
19 And La-mech took unto him 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and
two wives: the name of the one was begat Ga-i-nan:
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10 And Enos lived after he begat gat Noah five hundred ninety and five
Ca-i-nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And ail the days of La-mech
11 And ail the days of Enos were were seven hundred seventy and seven
nine hundred and five years: and he years: and he died.
died. 32 And Noah was five hundred
12 And Ca-i-nan lived seventy years old: and Noah begat Shem,
years, and begat Ma-ha-la-le-el: Ham,and Ja-pheth.
13 And Ca-i-nan lived after he be
gat Ma-ha-la-le-el eight hundred and CHAPTER 6
forty years, and begat sons and daugh A ND it came to pass, when men be-
ters: /\ gan to multiply on the face of the
14 And ail the days of Ca-i-nan earth, and daughters were bom unto
were nine hundred and ten years: and them,
he died. 2 That the sons of God saw the
15 And Ma-ha-la-le-el lived sixty daughters of men that they were fair;
and five years, and begat Ja-red: and they took them wives of ail which
16 And Ma-ha-la-le-el lived after he they chose.
begat Ja-red eight hundred and thirty 3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall
years, and begat sons and daughters: not always strive with man, for that
17 And ail the days of Ma-ha-la-le- he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an
el were eight hundred ninety and five hundred and twenty years.
years: and he died. 4 There were giants in the earth in
18 And Ja-red lived an hundred those days; and also after that, when
sixty and two years, and he begat the sons of God came in unto the
E-noch: daughters of men, and they bare chil-
19 And Ja-red lived after he begat dren to them,the same beeame mighty
E-noch eight hundred years, and be men which were of old, men of renown.
gat sons and daughters: 5 And God saw that the wickedness
20 And ail the days of Ja-red were of man was great in the earth, and that
nine himdred sixty and two years: and every imagination of the thoughts of
he died. his heart was only evil continually.
21 And E-noch lived sixty and five 6 And it repented the Lord that he
years, and begat Me-thu-se-lah: had made man on the earth, and it
22 And E-noch walked with God grieved him at his heart.
after he begat Me-thu-se-lah three 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy
hundred years, and begat sons and man whom I have created from the
daughters: face of the earth; both man,and beast,
23 And ail the days of E-noch were and the creeping thing, and the fowls
three hundred sixty and five years: of the air; for it repenteth me that I
24 And E-noch walked with God: have made them.
and he was not; for God took him. 8 But Noah foimd grâce in the eyes
25 And Me-thu-se-lah lived an hun of the Lord.
dred eighty and seven years, and begat 9 These are the générations of
La-mech: Noah: Noah was a just man and per-
26 And Me-thu-se-lah lived after he fect in his générations, and Noah
Yîegat "La'-mech seven hundred eighty walked with God.
and two years, and begat sons and 10 And Noah begat three sons,
daughters: Shem, Ham,and Ja-pheth.
27 And ail the days of Me-thu'-se- 11 The earth also was corrupt be-
lah were nine hundred sixty and nine fore God,and the earth was filled with
years: and he died. violence.
28 And Ea-mech lived an hundred 12 And God looked upon the earth,
eighty and two years, and begat a and, behold, it was corrupt; for ail
son: flesh had corrupted his way upon the
29 And he called his name Noah, earth.
saying, This same shall comfort us 13 And God said unto Noah, The
conceming our work and toil of our end of ail flesh is come before me; for
hands, because of the ground which the earth is filled with violence through
the Lord hath cursed. them; and, behold,I will destroy them
30 And La-mech lived after he be with the earth.
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14 Make thee an ark of gopher 6 And Noah was six hundred years
wood; rooms shalt thou make in the old when the flood of waters was upon
ark, and shalt pitch it withln and the earth.
without with pitch. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons,
15 And this is the fashion which and his wife, and his sons' wives with
thou shalt make it of: The length of him, into the ark, because of the wa
the ark shall he three hundred cubits, ters of the flood.
the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that
height of it thirty cubits. are not clean, and of fowls, and of
16 A window shalt thou make to every thing that creepeth upon the
the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish earth,
it above; and the door of the ark shalt 9 There went in two 2Uid two imto
thou set in the side thereof; tvith lower, Noah into the ark, the maie and the
second, and third stories shalt thou female, as God had commsuided Noah.
make it. 10 And it came to pass after seven
17 And, behold, I, even 1, do bring days, that the waters of the flood were
a flood of waters upon the earth, to upon the earth.
destroy ail flesh, wherein is the breath 11 In the six hundredth year of
of life, from imder heaven; and every Noah's life, in the second month, the
thing that is in the earth shall die. seventeenth day of the month, the
18 But with thee will I establish my same day were ail the fountains of the
covenant; and thou shalt come into great deep broken up, and the Win
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy dows of heaven were opened.
wife, and thy sons* wives with thee. 12 And the rain was upon the earth
19 And of every living thing of ail forty days and forty nights.
flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring 13 In the selfsame day entered
into the ark, to keep them alive with Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Ja''-
thee; they shall be maie and female. pheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of wife, and the three wives of his sons
cattle after their kind, of every creep- with them, into the ark;
ing thing of the earth after his kind, 14 They, and every beast after his
two of every sort shall come unto thee, kind,and ail the cattle after their kind,
to keep them alive. and every creeping thing that creepeth
21 And take thou unto thee of ail upon the earth after his kind, and
food that is eaten,and thou shalt gath- every fowl after his kind, every bird
er it to thee; and it shall be for food for of every sort.
thee, and for them. 15 And they went in imto Noah
22 Thus did Noah; according to ail into the ark, two and two of ail flesh,
that God commanded him, so did he, wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in
CHAPTER 7 maie and female of ail flesh,as God had
AND the Lord said unto Noah, commanded him: and the Lord shut
Come thou and ail thy house into him in.
the ark; for thee have I seen righteous 17 And the flood was forty days
before me in this génération. upon the earth; and the waters in-
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt creased, and bare up the ark, and it
take to thee by sevens, the maie and was lift up above the earth.
lis female: and of beasts that are not 18 And the waters prevailed, and
clean by two, the maie and his fe were increased greatly upon the earth;
male. and the ark went upon the face of the
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, waters.
the maie and the female; to keep seed 19 And the waters prevailed exceed-
alive upon the face of ail the earth. ingly upon the earth; and ail the high
4 For yet seven days, and I will hiUs, that were under the whole heav
cause it to rain upon the earth forty en, were covered.
days and forty nights; and every liv 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the
ing substance that I have made will waters prevail; and the mountains
I destroy from off the face of the were covered.
earth. 21 And ail flesh died that moved
5 And Noah did according unto ail upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
that the Lord commanded him. cattle, and of beast, and of every
 GENESIS 8, 9
creeping thing that creepeth upon the that the waters were abated from off
earth, and every man: the earth.
22 AU in whose nostrUs was the 12 And he stayed yet other seven
breath of Ufe, of ail that was in the dry days; and sent forth the dove; which
land, died* retumed not again unto him any more.
23 And every Uving substance was 13 And it came to pass in the six
destroyed which was upon the face of hundredth and first year, in the first
the ground, both man, and cattle, and month, the first day of the month, the
the creeping things, and the fowl of the waters were dried up from off the
heaven; and they were destroyed from earth: and Noah removed the covering
the earth: and Noah only remained of the ark, and looked, and, behold,
olive, and they that were with him in the face of the ground was dry.
the ark. 14 And in the second month,on the
24 And the waters prevaUed upon seven and twentieth day of the month,
the earth an hundred and fifty days. was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, say-
CHAPTER 8 ing,
AND God remembered Noah, and 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and
jTx. every Uving thing, and ail the thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
cattle that was with him in the ark: wives with thee.
and God made a wind to pass over the 17 Bring forth with thee every Uv
earth, and the waters asswaged; ing thing that is with thee, of aU Uesh,
2 The fountains also of the deep and hoth offowl, and of cattle, and of every
the Windows of heaven were stopped, creeping thing that creepeth upon the
and the rain from heaven was re- earth; that they may breed abun-
strained; dantly in the earth, and be fmitful,
3 And the waters retumed from ofF and multiply upon the earth.
the earth continually: and after the 18 And Noah went forth, and his
end of the hundred and fifty days the sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
waters were abated. with him:
4 And the ark rested in the seventh 19 Every beast, every creeping
month, on the seventeehth day of the thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
month, upon the mountains of Ar'-a- creepeth upon the earth, after their
rat. kinds, went forth out of the ark.
5 And the waters decreased con 20 And Noah buUded an altar unto
tinually imtil the tenth month: in the the Lord; and took of every clean
tenth month, on the first day of the beast, and of every clean fowl, and
month, were the tops of the moimtains offered bumt offerings on the altar.
seen. 21 And the Lord smeUed a sweet
6 And it came to pass at the end of savour; and the Lord said in his heart,
forty days, that Noah opened the win- I will not again curse the groimd any
dow of the ark which he had made: more for man's sake; for the imagina
7 And he sent forth a raven, which tion of man's heart is evU from his
went forth to and fro, untU the waters youth; neither wtil I again smite any
were dried up from off the earth. more every thing Uving, as I have
8 Also he sent forth a dove from done.
him, to see if the waters were abated 22 WhUe the earth remaineth, seed-
from off the face of the ground; time and harvest, and cold and heat,
9 But the dove found no rest for the and summer and winter, and day and
sole of her foot, and she retumed unto night shaU not cease.
him into the ark, for the waters were
on the face of the whole earth: then CHAPTER 9
he put forth his hand, and took her, A ND God blessed Noah and his sons,
and pulled her in unto him into the and said unto them, Be fmitful,
ark. and multiply,and replenish the earth.
10 And he stayed yet other seven 2 And the fear of you and the dread
days; and again he sent forth the dove of you shall be upon every beast of the
out of the ark; earth, and upon every fowl of the air,
11 And the dove came in to him in upon aU that moveth upon the earth,
the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was and upon ail the Ushes of the sea; into
an oUve leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew your hand are they delivered.
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3 Every moving thing that liveth and Ja-pheth: and Ham is the father
shall be meat for you; even as the of Canaan.
green herb bave I given you ail things. 19 These are the three sons of Noah:
4 But flesh with the life thereof, and of them was the whole earth over-
which is the blood thereof, shall ye not spread.
eat. 20 And Noah began to he an hus-
5 And surely your blood of your bandman, and he planted a vineyard:
llves will 1 require; at the hand of 21 And he drank of the wine, and
every beast will I require it, and at the was drunken; and he was uncovered
hand of man; at the hand of every within his tent.
man's brother will I require the life of 22 And Ham,the father of Canaan,
man. saw thé nakedness of his father, and
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by told his two brethren without.
man shall his blood be shed: for in the 23 And Shem and Ja-pheth took a
image of God made he man. garment, and laid it upon both their
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and mul- shoulders, and went backward, and
tiply; bring forth abundantly in the covered the nakedness of their father;
earth, and multiply therein. and their faces were backward, and
8 And God spake unto Noah, and they saw not their father's naked
to his sons with him, saying, ness.
9 And 1, behold, I establish my 24 And Noah awoke from his wine,
covenant with you,and with your seed and knew what his younger son had
after you; done unto him.
10 And with every living créature 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan;
that is with you, of the fowl, of the a servant of servants shall he be unto
cattle, and of every beast of the earth his brethren.
with you; from ail that go out of the 26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord
ark, to every beast of the earth. God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his
11 And I will establish my covenant servant.
with you; neither shall ail flesh be eut 27 God shall enlarge Ja-pheth, and
off any more by the waters of a flood; he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;and
neither shall there any more be a flood Canaan shall be his servant.
to destroy the earth. 28 And Noah lived after the flood
12 And God said, This is the token three hundred and flfty years.
of the covenant which I make be- 29 And ail the days of Noah were
tween me and you and every living nine hundred and flfty years: and he
créature that is with you,for perpétuai died.
générations:
CHAPTER 10
13 I do set my bow in the doud,and
it shall be for a token of a covenant NOW these are the générations of
between me and tiie earth. the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,
14 And it shall come to pass, when and Ja-pheth: and unto them were
I bring a cloud over the earâi,that the sons bom after the flood.
bow shall be seen in the cloud: 2 The sons of Ja-pheth; Go-mer,
15 And I will remember my cove and Ma'-gog,and Mad-a-i,and Ja-van,
nant, which is between me and you and Tu-bal, and Me'-shech, and Ti
and every living créature of ail flesh; ras.
and the waters shall no more become 3 And the sons of Go-mer; Ash'-ke-
a flood to destroy ail flesh. naz, and Ri'-phath, and To-gar'-mah.
16 And the bow shall be in the 4 And the sons of Ja-van; E-li-slmh,
cloud; and I will look upon it, that 1 and Tarshish, Kittim, and Do-da-nim.
may remember the everlasting cove 5 By these were the isles of the Gen-
nant between God and every living tiles divided in their lands; every one
créature of ail flesh that is upon the after his tongue,after their families,in
earth. their nations.
17 And God said imto Noah,This is 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and
the token of the covenant, which I Miz-ra-im, and Phut, and Canaan.
have established between me and aU 7 And the sons of Cush; Se-ba, and
flesh that is upon the earth. Hav'-i-lah, and Sab-tah, and Ra-a-
18 And the sons of Noah,that went mah,and Sab-te-chah: and the sons of
forth of the ark, were Shem,and Ham, Ra-a-mah; She-ba, and De-dan.
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8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he be- 29 And O-phir, and Hav'-i-lah, and
gan to be a mighty one in the earth. Jo-bab: ail these were the sons of Jok'-
9 He was a mighty hunter before tan.
the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as 30 And their dwelling was from
Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Me-sha, as thou goest unto Se-phar a
Lord. mount of the east.
10 And the beginning of his king- 31 These are the sons of Shem,after
dom was Babel, and E-rech, and A&- their families, after their tongues, in
cad, and Cal-neh, in the land of Shi- their lands, after their nations.
nar. 32 These are the families of the sons
11 Ont of that land went forth As- of Noah, after their générations, in
shur, and buUded Nin-e-veh, and the their nations: and by these were the
dty Re-ho-both, and Ca'-lah, nations divided in the earth after the
12 And Re-sen between Nin-e-veh flood.
and Ca-lah: the same is a great city.
13 And Miz'-ra-im begat Lu-dim, CHAPTER II
and An-a-mim, and Le'-ha-bim, and AND the whole earth was of one
Naph-tu-him, l\ language, and of one speech.
14 And Path-ru-sim, and Cas-lu- 2 And it came to pass, as they jour-
him,(ont of whom came Phi-lis-tim,) neyed from the east, that they found
and Caph-to-rim. a plain in the land of Shi-nar; and they
15 And Canaan begat Si-don his dwelt there.
firstbom, and Heth, 3 And they said one to another, Go
16 And the Jeb-u-sîte, and the Am- to, let us make brick, and bum them
o-rite, and the Gif-ga-site, throughly. And they had brick for
17 And the Hi-vite, and the Ark'- stone, and slime had they for morter.
ite, and the Sin-ite, 4 And they said. Go to, let us build
18 And the Ar'-vad-ite, and the us a city and a tower, whose top may
Zem-a-rite, and the Ha-math-ite: and reach unto heaven; and let us make us
afterward were the families of the a name, lest we be scattered abroad
Canaanites spread abroad. upon the face of the whole earth.
19 And the border of the Canaan 5 And the Lord came down to sec
ites was from Si'-don, as thou comest the city and the tower, which iJie chil
to Ge-rar, unto Ga-za; as thou goest, dren of men buildéd.
unto Sodom,and Go-mor'-rah,and Ad- 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the
mah,and Ze-bo-im,even unto La-sha. people is one, and they have ail one
20 These are the sons of Ham,after language; and this they begin to do:
their families, after their tongues, in and now nothing will be restrained
their countries, and in their nations. from them, which they have imagined
21 Unto Shem also, the father of to do.
ail the children of E-ber, the brother 7 Go to, let us go down, and there
of Ja-pheth the elder, even to him confound their language, that they
were children bom. may not understand one another's
22 The children of Shem; E-lam, speech.
and Asshur,and Ar-phax'-ad,and Lud, 8 So the Lord scattered them
and A-ram. abroad from thence upon the face of
23 And the children of A-ram; Uz, ail the earth: and they left off to build
and Hul, and Ge-ther, and Mash. the city.
24 And Ar-phax'-ad begat Sa-lah; 9 Therefore is the name of it called
and Sa-lah begat E-ber. Babel; because the Lord did there con
25 And unto E-ber were bom two found the language of ail the earth:
sons: the name of one was Pe'-leg; for and from thence (fid the Lord scatter
in his days was the earth divided; and them abroad upon thé face of ail the
his brother's name was Jok'-tan. earth.
26 And Jok'-tan begat Al-mo-dad, 10 These are the générations of
and She-leph, and Ha-zar-ma-veth, Shem: Shem was an hundred years old,
and Je-rah, and begat Ar-phax'-ad two years after
27 And Ha-do-ram, and U-zal, and the flood:
IW-lah, 11 And Shem lived after he begat
28 And O-bal, and A-bim-a-el, and Ar-phax'-ad five hundred years, and
She-ba, begat sons and daughters.
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12 And Ar-phax'-ad lived five and two hundred and five years: and Te-
thirty years, and begat Sa-lah: rah died in Ha-ran.
13 And Ar-phax-ad lived after he
begat Sa-lah four hundred and three CHAPTER 12
years, and begat sons and daughters. NOW the Lord had said unto
14 And Sa-lah lived thirty years, Abram, Get thee out of thy
and begat E-ber: country, and from thy kindred, and
15 And Sa-lah lived after he begat from thy father's house, unto a land
E-ber four hundred and three years, that I will shew thee:
and begat sons and daughters. 2 And I will make of thee a great
16 And E-ber lived four and thirty nation, and 1 wiU bless thee, and make
years, and begat Pe-leg: thy name great; and thou shalt be a
17 And E-ber lived after he begat blessing:
Pe-leg four hundred and thirty years, 3 And 1 will bless them that bless
and begat sons and daughters. thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
18 And Pe-leg lived thirty years, and in thee shall ail familles of the
and begat Re-u: earth be blessed.
19 And Pe-leg lived after he begat 4 So Abram departed, as the Lord
Re-u two hundred and nine years, and had spoken unto him; and Lot went
begat sons and daughters. with him: and Abram was seventy and
20 And Re-u lived two and thirty five years old when he departed out of
years, and begat Se-rug: Ha-ran.
21 And Re-u lived after he begat 5 And Abram took Sa-rai his wife,
Se-rug two hundred and seven years, and Lot his brother's son, and ail their
and begat sons and daughters. substance that they had gathered, and
22 And Se-rug lived thirty years, the soûls that they had gotten in Ha-
and begat Nahor: ran; and they went forth to go into the
23 And Se-rug lived after he begat land of Canaan; and into the land of
Nahor two hundred years, and begat Canaan they came.
sons and daughters. 6 And Abram passed through the
24 And Nahor lived nine and land unto the place of Si-chem, unto
twenty years, and begat Te-rah: the plain of Mo-reh, And the Ca-
25 And Nahor lived after he begat naanite was then in the land.
Te-rah an hundred and nineteen years, 7 And the Lord appeared unto
and begat sons and daughters. Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will
26 And Te-rah lived seventy years, 1 give this land: and there builded he
and begat Abram, Nahor, and Ha- an altar unto the Lord, who appeared
ran. unto him.
27 Now these are the générations of 8 And he removed from thence unto
Te-rah: Te-rah begat Abram, Nahor, a mountain on the east of Beth-el,and
and Ha-r^; and Ha-ran begat Lot. pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the
28 And Ha'-ran died before his fa- west, and Ha-i on the east: and there
ther Te-rah in the land of his nativity, he builded an altar unto the Lord,and
in Ur of the Chal'-dees. caUed upon the name of the Lord.
29 And Abram and Nahortookthem 9 And Abram joumeyed, going on
wives: the name of Abram's wife was still toward the south.
Sa-rai; and the name of Nahor's wife, 10 And there was a famine in the
Mil-cah, the daughter of Ha-ran, the land: and Abram went down into
father of Mil-cah, and the father of Egypt to sojoum there; for the famine
Is-cah. was grievous in the land.
30 But Sa-rai was barren; she had 11 And it came to pass, when he
no child. was come near to enter into Egypt,
31 And Te-rah took Abram his son, that he said unto Sa'-rai his wife, Be-
and Lot the son of Ha-ran his son-s hold now, I know that thou art a fair
son, and Sa-rai his daughter in law, woman to look upon:
his son Abram^s wife; and they went 12 Therefore it shall come to pass,
forth with them from Ur of the Chal- when the Egyptians shall- see thee,
dees, to go into the land of Canaan; that they shaU say, This is his wife:
and they came unto Ha-ran, and and they will kill me, but they will
dwelt there. save thee alive.
32 And the days of Te-rah were 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my
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sister: that It may be well with me for herdmen and thy herdmen; for we he
thy sake; and my seul shall live be- brethren.
cause of thee. 9 Is not the whole land before thee?
14 And it came to pass, that, when separate thyself, I pray thee,from me:
Abram was come into Egypt, the if tfiou wïlt take the left hand, then I
Egyptians beheld the woman that she will go to the right; or if thou départ to
was very fait. the right hand,then I will go to the left.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and
her, and commended her before Phar beheld ail the plain of Jordan, that it
aoh: and the woman was taken into was well watered every where, before
Pharaoh's house. the Lord destroyed Sodom and Go-
16 And he entreated Abram well for mor'-rah, even as the garden of the
her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou
and he asses, and menservants, and comest unto Zo-ar.
maidservants, and she asses, and cam- 11 Then Lot chose him ail the plain
els. of Jordan;and Lotjoumeyed east: and
17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh they separated themselves the one
cind his house with great plagues be- from the other.
cause of Sa'-rai Abram's wfie. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities
said, What is this that thou hast done of the plain, and pitched his tent to-
imto me? why didst thou not tell me ward Sodom.
that she was thy wife? 13 But the men of Sodom were
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sis wicked and sinners before the Lord
ter? so I might have taken her to me exceedingly.
to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, 14 And the Lord said imto Abram,
take her, and go thy way. after that Lot was separated from him.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his Lift up now thine eyes, and look from
men conceming him: and they sent the place where thou art northward,
him away, and his wife, and ail that and southward, and eastward, and
he had. westward:
15 For ail the land which thou seest,
CHAPTER 13 to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
AND Abram went up out of Egypt, for ever.
/V he, and his wife, and ail that he 16 And I will make thy seed as the
had, and Lot with him,into the south. dust of the earth: so that if a man can
2 And Abram was very rich in cat- number the dust of the earth, then
tle, in silver, and in gold. shall thy seed also be numbered.
3 And he went on his joumeys from 17 Arise, walk through the land in
the south even to Beth-el, unto the the length of it and in the breadth of
place where his tent had been at the it; for I wiU give it imto thee.
beginning, between Beth-el and Ha-i; 18 Then Abram removed his tent,
4 Unto the place of the altar, which and came and dwelt in the plain of
he had made there at the first: and Mam-re, which is in He-bron, and
there Abram called on the name of the built there an altar unto the Lord.
Lord.
5 And Lot also, which went with CHAPTER 14
Abram, had flocks, and herds, and And it came to pass in the days of
tents. L Am-ra-phel king of Shi-nar, A-ri-
6 And the land was not able to och king of El-la-sar, Che-dor-la-o-
bear them, that they might dwell to- mer king of E-lam, and Ti'-dal king of
gether: for their substance was great, nations;
so that they could not dwell together. 2 That these made war with Be-ra
7 And there was a strife between king of Sodom, and with Bir'-sha king
the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the of Go-mor'-rah, Shi-nab king of Ad-
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Ca- mah, and Shem-e-ber king of Ze-boi-
naanite and the Per^-iz-zite dwelled im, and the king of Be-la, which is
then in the land. Zo-ar.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let 3 Ail these were joined together in
there be no strife, I pray thee, be the vale of Sid-dim, which is the sait
tween me and thee, and between my sea.
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4 Twelve years they served Ched- to meet him after his retum from the
slaughter of Ched-or-la'-o-mer, and of
or-la-o-mer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled. the kings that were with him, at the
5 And in the fourteenth year came Valley of Sha'-veh, which is the king's
Ched-or-la'-o-mer, and the kings that dale.
were with him, and smote the Reph-a- 18 And Mel-chiz'-e-dek king of Sa-
ims in Ash-te-roth Kar-na-im, and the lem brought forth bread and wlne: and
Zu'-zims in Ham, and the E-mims in he was tiie priest of the most high
Sha-veh Kir-i-a-tha-im, God.
6 And the Ho'-rites in their moimt 19 And he blessed him, and said,
Se-ir, unto El-pa-ran, which is by the Blessed be Abram of the most high
wildemess. God, possessor of heaven and earth:
7 And they retumed, and came to 20 And blessed be the most high
En-mish-pat, which is Ka'-desh, and God, which hath delivered thine ene-
smote ail the coimtry of the Am'-a-Iek- mies into thy hand. And he gave him
ites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt tithes of ail.
in Haz-e-zon-ta-mar. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto
8 And there went eut the king of Abram, Give me the persons, and take
Sodom, and the king of Go-mor'-rah, the goods to thyself.
and the king of Ad'^mah, and the king 22 And Abram said to the king of
of Ze-boi-im, and the king of Be-la Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto
(the same is Zo-ar;) and they joined the Lord,the most high Grod, the pos
battle with them in the vale of Sid- sessor of heaven and earth,
dim; 23 That I will not take from a
9 With Ched-or-la-o-mer the king thread even to a shoelatchet, and that
of E-lam, and with Ti'dal king of na I will not take any thing that is thine,
tions» and Am-ra-phel king of Shi'nar, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
and A'-ri-och king of El-la-sar; four Abram rich:
kings with five. 24 Save only that which the young
10 And the vale of Sid-dim was full men have eaten,and the portion of the
of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom men which went with me, Aner, Esh'-
and Go-mor'-rah fled, and fell there; col, and Mam'-re; let them take their
and they that remained fled to the portion.
mountain. CHAPTER 15
11 And they took ail the goods of
Sodom and Go-mor'-rah, and ail their A FTER these things the word of the
victuals, and went their way. Lord came unto Abram in a vi
12 And they took Lot, Abram's sion, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am
brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, thy shield, and thy exceeding great
and his goods, and departed. reward.
13 And there came one that had 2 And Abram said. Lord God, what
escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; wilt thou give me,seeing I go childless,
for he dwelt in the plain of Mam-re the and the steward of my house is this
Amorite, brother of Esh'-col, and E-li-e'-zer of Damascus?
brother of Aner; and these were con- 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me
federate with Abram. thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
14 And when Abram heard that his born in my house is mine heir.
brother was taken captive, he armed 4 And, behold, the word of the
his trained servants, bom in his own Lord came unto him, saying, This
house, three hundred and eighteen, shall not be thine heir; but he that
and pursued them unto Dan. shall come forth out of thine own
15 And he divided himself against bowels shall be thine heir.
them, he and his servants, by night, 5 And he brought him forth abroad,
and smote them, and pursued them and said. Look now toward heaven,
unto Ho'-bah, which is on the left hand and tell the stars, if thou be able to
of Damascus. number them: and he said unto him,
16 And he brought back ail the So shall thy seed be.
goods, and also brought again his 6 And he believed in the Lord; and
brother Lot, and his goods, and the he counted it to him for righteousness.
women also, and the people. 7 And he said unto him, I am the
17 And the king of Sodom went ont Lord that brought thee out of Ur of
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the Chal-dees, to give thee this land to imto my maid; it may be that I may
Inherit it. obtain children by her. And Abram
8 And he said. Lord God, whereby hearkened to the voice of Sa-rai.
shall 1 know that 1 shall inherit it? 3 And Sa-rai Abram's wife took
9 And he said imto him, Take me Ha-gar her maid the Egyptian, after
an heifer of three years old, and a she Abram had dwelt ten years in the land
goat of three years old, and a ram of of Canaan, and gave her to her hus-
three years old, and a turtledove, and band Abram to be his wife.
a young pigeon, 4 And he went in unto Ha-gar, and
10 And he took imto him ail these, she conceived: and when she saw that
and divided them in the midst, and she had conceived, her mistress was
laid each piece one against anothen despised in her eyes.
but the birds divided he not, 5 And Sa-rai said unto Abram, My
11 And when the fowls came down wrong be upon thee: I have given my
upon the carcases, Abram drove them maid into thy bosom; and when she
away, saw that she had conceived, I was de
12 And when the sim was going spised in her eyes: the Lord judge be
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; tween me and thee.
and, lo, an horror of great darkness 6 But Abram said unto Sa-rai, Be
fell upon him. hold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to
13 And he said imto Abram, Know her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sa-
of a surety that thy seed shall be a rai dealt hardly with her, she fled from
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and her face.
shall serve them; and they shall afflict 7 And the angel of the Lord found
them four hundred years; her by a fountain of water in the wil-
14 And also that nation, whom they demess, by the fountain in the way to
shall serve, will I judge: and afterward Shur.
shall they come out with great sub 8 And he said, Ha-gar, Sa-rai's
stance. maid,whence camest thou? and whith-
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers er wilt thou go? And she said, I flee
in peace;thou shalt be binied in a good from the face of my mistress Sa-rai.
old âge. 9 And the angel of the Lord said
16 But in the fourth génération unto her, Retum to thy mistress, and
they shall come hither again: for the submit thyself under her hands.
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 10 And the angel of the Lord said
17 And it came to pass, that, when imto her, I will multiply thy seed ex-
the sim went down, and it was dark, ceedingly, that it shall not be num-
behold a smoking fumace,and a bum- bered for multitude.
ing lamp that passed between those 11 And the angel of the Lord said
pièces. unto her, Behold, thou art with child,
18 In the same day the Lord made and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his
a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto name Ish-ma-el; because the LoRDhath
thy seed have I given this land, from heard thy affliction.
the river of Egyptimto the great river, 12 And he will be a wild man; his
the river Eu-phra-tes: hand wiU he against every man, and
19 ,The Ken-ites, and the Ken-iz- every man's hand against him; and he
zites, and the Kad-mon-ites, shall dwell in the presence of ail his
20 And the Hittites, and the Per'-iz- brethren.
zites, and the Reph-a-ims, 13 And she called the name of the
21 And the Amorites, and the Ca- Lord that spake unto her, Thou God
naanites, and the Gir'-ga-shites, and seest me:for she said, Have I also here
the Jeb-u-sites. looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called
CHAPTER 16 Be-er-la-hai-roi; behold, it is between
NOW Sa-rai Abram's wife bare him Ka-desh and Be-red.
no childrem and she had an 15 And Ha-gar bare Abram a son:
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name and Abram called his son's name,
was Ha-gar. which Ha-gar bare, Ish-ma-el.
2 And Sa-rai said imto Abram, Be 16 And Abram was fourscore and
hold now, the Lord hath restrained six years old, when Ha-gar bare Ish-
me from bearing: I pray thee, go in ma-el to Abram.
14 GENESIS 17, 18
her name Sa-rai, but Sarah shall her
CHAPTER 17 name be.
AND when Abram was ninety years 16 And I will bless her, and give
/\ old and nine, the Lord appeared thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless
to Abram,and sald unto him,I am the her, and she shall be a mother of na
Almighty God; walk before me,and be tions; kings of people shall be of her.
thou perfect. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face,
2 And I will make my covenant be- and laughed, and said in his heart,
tween me and thee, and will multiply Shall a child be bom imto him that is
thee exceedingly. an hundred years old? and shall Sarah,
3 And Abram fell on his face: and that is ninety years old, bear?
God talked with him, saying, 18 And Abraham said unto God, O
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is that Ish-ma-el might live before thee!
with thee, and thou shalt be a father 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife
of many nations. shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou
5 Neither shall thy name any more shalt call his name Isaac: and I will
be called Abram, but thy name shall establish my covenant with him for an
be Abraham; for a father of many na everlasting covenant, and with his
tions have I made thee. seed after him.
6 And I will make thee exceeding 20 And as for Ish-ma-el, I have
fruitful, 3nd I will make nations of heard thee: Behold, I have blessed
thee, and kings shall come out of thee. him, and will make him fruitful, and
7 And I will establish my covenant will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
between me and thee and thy seed princes shall he beget, and I will make
after thee in their générations for an him a great nation.
everlasthig covenant, to be a God unto 21 But my covenant will I establish
thee, and to thy seed after thee. with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
8 And I will give unto thee, and to unto thee at this set time in the next
thy seed after thee, the land wherein year.
thou art a stranger, ail the land of 22 And he left off talking with him,
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and God went up from Abraham.
and I will be their God. 23 And AbraJiam took Ish-ma-el
9 And God said imto Abraham, his son, and ail that were bom in his
Thou shalt keep my covenant there- house, and ail that were bought with
fore, thou, and thy seed after thee in his money,every maie among the men
their générations. of Abraham's house; and circumcised
10 This is my covenant, which ye the flesh of their foreskin in the self-
shall keep, between me and you and same day, as God had said unto him.
thy seed after thee; Every man child 24 And Abraham was ninety years
among you shall be circumcised. old and nine, when he was circumcised
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh in the flesh of his foreskin.
of your foreskin; and it shall be a token 25 And Ish-ma-el his son was thir-
of the covenant betwixt me and you. teen years old, when he was c^cum-
12 And he that is eight days old cised in the flesh of his foreskin.
shall be circumcised among you, every 26 In the selfsame day was Abra
man child in your générations, he that ham circumcised, and Ish-ma-el his
is bom in the house, or bought with son.
money of any stranger, which is not of 27 And ail the men of his house,
thy seed. bom in the house, and bou^t with
13 He that is bom in thy house,and money of the stranger, were circum
he that is bought with thy money, cised with him.
must needs be circumcised: and my
CHAPTER 18
covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant. A ND the Lord appeared unto him in
14 And the imcircumcised man /\ the plains of Mam-re: and he sat
child whose flesh of his foreskin is notin the tent door ih the heat of the day;
circumcised, that soul shall be eut off 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked,
from his people; he hath broken my and, lo, three men stood by him: and
covenant. when he saw them, he ran to meet
15 And God said unto Abraham, As them from the tent door, and bowed
for Sa-rai thy wife, thou shalt not call himself toward the groimd.
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3 And said, My Lord, if now I hâve 19 For I know him, that he will
found favour in thy sight, pass not command his children and his house-
away, I pray thee, from thy servant; hold after him,and they shall keép the
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be way of the Lord, to do justice, and
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest judgment; that the Lord may bring
yourselves imder the tree: upon Abraham that which he hath
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, spoken of him.
and comfort ye your hèarts; after that 20 And the Lord said, Because the
ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye cry of Sodom and Go-mor'-rah is great,
corne to your servant. And they said, and because their sin is very grievous;
So do, as i±iou hast said. 21 I will go down now, and see
6 And Abraham hastened into the whether they have done altogether ac
tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready cording to the cry of it, which is come
quickly three measures of fine meal, unto me; and if not, I will know.
knead it, and make cakes upon the 22 And the men tumed their faces
hearth. from thence, and went toward Sodom:
7 And Abraham ran imto the herd, but Abraham stood yet before the
and fetcht a calf tender and good, and Lord.
gave it unto a young man; and he 23 And Abraham drew near, and
hasted to dress it. said, Wilt thou also destroy the right-
8 And he took butter,and milk,and eous with the wicked?
the calf whicdi he had dressed, and set 24 Peradventure there be fifty
it before them; and he stood by them righteous within the city: wilt thou
imder the tree, and they did eat. also destroy and not spare the place
9 And they said unto him, Where is for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, 25 That be far from thee to do after
in the tent. this manner,to slay the righteous with
10 And he said, I will certainly re- the wicked: and that the righteous
tum imto thee according to the time should be as the wicked, that be far
of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall from thee: Shall not the Judge of ail
have a son. And Sarah heard it in the the earth do right?
tent door, which ii/as behind him. 26 And the Lord said. If I find in
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were Sodom fifty righteous within the city,
old and well stricken in âge; and it then I will spare ail the place for their
ceased to be with Sarah after the man- sakes.
ner of women. 27 And Abraham answered and
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within said, Behold now, I have taken upon
herself, saying, After I am waxed old me to speak unto the Lord, which am
shall 1 have pleasure, my lord being but dust and ashes:
old aiso? 28 Peradventure there shall lack
13 And the Lord said unto Abra five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
ham, Wher^ore did Sarah laugh, say destroy ail the city for lack offive? And
ing, Shall I of a surety bear a child, he said. If I find there forty and five,
which am old? I will not destroy it.
14 Is any thing too hard for the 29 And he spake unto him yet
Lord? At the time appointed I will re- again, and said, Peradventure there
tum unto thee, according to the time shall be forty found there. Ànd he said,
of life, and Sarah shall have a son. I will not do it for forty's sake.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I 30 And h^ said unto him. Oh let not
lau^ed not;for she was afraid. And he the Lord be angry, and 1 will speak:
said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Peradventure there shall thirty be
16 And the men rose up from found there. And he said, I will not do
thence,and looked toward Sodom:and it, îf I find thirty there.
Abraham went with them to bring 31 And he said, Behold now, I have
them on the way. takén upon me,to speajk unto the Lord:
17 And the Lord said, Shall 1 hide Peradventure.there shall be twenty
from Abraham that thing which 1 do; foimd there. Ànd he said,1 will not de
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely stroy it for twenty*s sake.
become a great and mighty nation, 32 And he said, Ôh let not the Lord
and ail the nations of the earth shall be angry, and I will speak yet but this
be blessed in him? once: Peradventure ten shaU be found
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ihere. And he said, I will not destroy that they wearied themselves to find
it for ten's sake. the door.
33 And the Lord went his way, as 12 And the men said imto Lot, Hast
scon as he had left communing with thou here any besides? son in law, and
Abraham:and Abraham retumed uhto thy sons,and thy daughters,and what-
his place. soever thou hast in the city, bring
them out of this place:
CHAPTER 19 13 For we will destroy this place,
AND there came two smgels te Sod- because the cry of them is waxen great
/V cm at even; and Lot sat in the before the face of the Lord; and the
gâte of Sodom: and Lot seeing them Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
rose up to meet them; and he bowed 14 And Lot went out, and spake
himself with his face toward the unto his sons in law, which married his
giround; daughters, and said, Up, get you out
2 And he said, Behold now, my of this place; for the Lord will destroy
lords, tum in, I pray you, into your this city. But he seemed as one that
servant's house, and tarry ail night, mocked unto his sons in làw.
and wash your feet, and ye shall rise 15 And when the moming arose,
up early, and go on your ways. And then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
they said, Nay; but we will abide in Arise, take thy wife, and thy two
the street ail night. daughters, which are here;lest thou be
3 And hepressedupon them greatly; consumed in the iniquity of the city.
and they tumed in unto him, and en- 16 And while he lingered, the men
tered into his house;and he made them laid hold upon his hand, and upon the
a feast, and did bake unleavened hand of his wife, and upon the hand of
bread, and they did eat. his two daughters; the Lord being
4 But before they lay down, the merciful unto him: and they brought
men of the city, even the men of Sod him forth, and set him without the
om, compassed the house round, both city.
old and young, ail the people from 17 And it came to pass, when they
every quarter: had brought them forth abroad, that
5 And they called unto Lot, and he said, Escape for thy life; look not
said unto him, Where are the men behind thee, neither stay thou in ail
which came in to thee this night? bring the plain; escape to the mountain,lest
them out imto us, that we may know thou be consumed.
them. 18 And Lot said unto them.Oh,not
6 And Lot went out at the door so, my Lord:
unto them, and shut the door after 19 Behold now, thy servant hath
him, found grâce in thy sight,and thou hast
7 Andsaid,Iprayyou,brethren,do magnified thy mercy, which thou hast
not so wickedly. shewed unto me in saving my life; and
8 Behold now,1 have two daughters I cannot escape to the mountain, lest
which have not known man; let me, I some evil take me, and I die:
pray you, bring them out unto you, 20 Behold now, this city is near to
and do ye to them as is good in your flee imto, and it is a little one: Oh,let
eyes: only unto these men do nothing; me escape thither, (is it not a little
for therefore came they imder the one?) and my soul shall live.
shadow of my roof. 21 And he said unto him, See, I
9 And they said. Stand back. And have accepted thee conceming this
they said again, This one feUow came thing also, that I will not overthrow
in to sojoum, and he will needs be a this city, for the which thou hast
Judge: now will we deal worse with spoken.
thee, than with them. And they 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I
pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, cannot do any thing till thou be corne
and came near to break the door. thither. Therefore the name of the city
10 But the men put forth their was called Zo-ar.
hand,and pulled Lot into the house to 23 The sun was risen upon the
them, and shut to the door. earth when Lot entered into Zo-ar.
11 And they smote the men that 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sod
were at the door of the house with om and upon Go-mor'-rah brimstone
blindness, both small and great: so and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
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25 And he overthrew those cities»

and ail the plain, and ail the inhabi- CHAPTER 20
tants of the cities, and that which AND Abraham joumeyed from
grew upon the ground* j[\ thence toward the south coun
26 But his wife looked back from try, and dwelled between Ka-desh and
behind him, and she became a pillar Shur, and sojoumed in Ge-rar.
of sait. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his
27 And Abraham gat up early in wife, She is my sister: and A-bim'-e-
the moming to the place where he lech king of Ge-rar sent, and took
stood before the Lord: Sarah.
28 And he looked toward Sodom 3 But Gôd came to A-bim-e-lech in
and Go-mor'-rah, and toward aU the a dream by night, and said to him,
land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for
tiie smoke of the country went up as the woman which thou hast taken;for
the smoke of a fumace. she is a man's wife.
29 And it came to pass, when God 4 But A-bim-e-lech had not come
destroyed the dties of the plain, that near her: and he said. Lord, wilt thou
God remembered Abraham, and sent slay also a righteous nation?
Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, 5 Said he not unto me, She is my
when he overthrew the cities in thesister? and she, even she herself said,
which Lot dwelt. He is my brother: in the integrity of
30 And Lot went up out of Zo-ar, my heart and innocency of my hands
and dwelt in the mountain, and his have 1 done this.
two daughters with him; for he feared 6 And God said imto him in a
to dwell in Zo-ar: and he dwelt in a dream, Yea, 1 know that thou didst
cave, he and his two daughters. this in the integrity of thy heart; for I
31 And the firstbom said unto the also withheld thee from sinning against
younger, Our father is old, and there is me: therefore suffered I thee not to
not a man in the earth to come ih unto touch her.
us after the manner of ail the earth: 7 Now therefore restore the man
32 Come, let us make our father his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
drink wine, and we will lie with him, shall pray for thee, and thou shalt
that we may preserve seed of our fa live: and if thou restore her not, know
ther. thou that thou shalt surely die, thou,
33 And they made their father and ail that are thine.
drink wine that night: and the first 8 Therefore A-bim'-e-lech rose early
bom went in, and lay with her father; in the moming, and called ail his serv
and he perceived not when she lay ants, and told ail these things in their
down, nor when she arose. ears: and the men were sore afraid.
34 And it came to pass on the mor- 9 Then A-bim-e-lech called Abra
row, that the firstbom said unto the ham, and said unto him, What hast
yoimger, Behold, I lay yestemi^t thou done unto us? and what have I
with my fathen let us make him drink offended thee, that thou hast brought
wine this night also; and go thou in, on me and on my kingdom a great sin?
and lie with him,that we may preserve thou hast done deeds unto me that
seed of our father. ought not to be done.
35 And they made their father 10 And A-bim'-e-lech said unto
drink wine that night also: and the Abraham, What sawest thou, that
younger arose, and lay with him; and thou hast done this thing?
he perceived not when she lay down, 11 And Abraham said, Because I
nor when she arose. thought, Surely the fear of God is not
36 Thus were both the daughters of in this place; and they will slay me for
Lot with child by their father* my wife's sake.
37 And the firstbom bare a son,and 12 And yet indeed she is my sister;
called his name Moab: the same is she is the daughter of my father, but
the father of the Moabites unto this not the daughter of my mother; and
day. she became my wife.
38 And the younger» she also bare a 13 And it came to pass, when God
son, and called his name Ben-am-mh caused me to wander from my father's
the same is the father of the (diildren house,that I said unto her, This is thy
of Ammon unto this day. kindness which thou shalt shew unto
18 GENESIS 21
me; at every place whither we shall 12 And God said unto Abraham,
come, say of me, He is my brother. Let it not be grievous in thy sight be
14 And A-bim-e-lech took sheep, cause of the lad, and because of thy
and oxen,and menservants, and wom-
enservants, and gave them unto Abra
ham,and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And A-bim'-e-iech said, Behold,
my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold,
I have given thy brother a thousand
pièces of silver: behold, he is to thee a
côvering of the eyes, unto ail that are
with thee, and with ail other: thus she
was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God:
and God healed A-bim-e-lech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they
bare children.
18 For the Lord had fast closed up
ail the wombs of the house of A-bim-e-
lech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
CHAPTER 21
AND the Lord visited Sarah as he
had said, and the Lord did unto
Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare
Abraham a son in his old âge, at the
set time of which God had spoken to
him.
3 And Abraham called the name of
his son that was bom unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son
Isaac being eight days old, as God had
commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred
years old, when his son Isaac was bom
unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made
me to laugh, so ihat ail that hear will
laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have
said unto Abraham,that Sarah should
have given children suck? for I have
bom him a son in his old âge.
8 And the child grew, and was
weaned: and Abraham made a great
feast the same day that Isaac was
weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Ha-gar
the Egyptian,which she had bom unto
Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abra
ham, Cast out this bondwoman and
her son:for the son of this bondwoman
shall not be heir with my son, even
with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous
in Abraham's sight because of his son.
bondwoman; in ail that Sarah hath
said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;
for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the bond
woman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave U unto Ha'-
gar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she de-
parted, and wandered in the wilder-
ness of Be-er^she-ba.
15 And the water was spent in the
bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shmbs.
16 And she went, and sat her down
over against him a good way off, as it
were a bowshot: for she said, Let me
not see the death of the child. And she
sat over against him, and lift up her
voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the
lad; and the angel of God called to Ha-
gar out of heaven, and said unto her,
What aileth thee, Ha-gar? fear not;for
God hath heard the voice of the lad
where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold
him in thine hand;for I will make him
a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and
she saw a well of water; and she went,
and filled the bottle with water, and
gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and
he grew, and dwelt in the wildemess,
and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wildemess.
of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time,
that A-bim-e-lech and Phi'-chol the
chief captain of his host spake unto
Abraham, saying, God is with thee in
ail that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me
here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor
with my son's son: but açcording to the
kindness that I have done unto thee,
thou shalt do unto me,and to the land
wherein thou hast sojoumed.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved A-bim-
e-lech because of a well of water, which
A-bim-e-lech's servants had violently
taken away.
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26 And A-bim-e-lech said,I wot not his hand, and a knife; and they went
who hath donc thls thing: neither didst both of them together.
thou tell me, neither yet heard 1 of it, 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham
but to day. his father, and said, My father: and he
27 And Abraham took sheep and said, Here am I, my son. And he said,
oxen, and gave them unto A-bim'-e- Behold the fire and the wood: but
lech; and both of them made a cove- where is the lamb for a bumt offering?
nant. 8 And Abraham said, My son, God
28 And Abraham set seven ewe will provide himself a lamb for a bumt
lambs of the flock by themselves. offering: so they went both of them
29 And A-bim-e-lech said imto together.
Abraham, What mean these seven ewe 9 And they came to the place which
lambs whidi thou hast set by them God had told him of; and Abraham
selves? built an altar there, and laid the wood
30 And he said. For these seven ewe in order, and bound Isaac his son, and
lambs shalt thou take of my hand, laid him on the altar upon the wood.
that they may be a witness unto me, 10 And Abraham stretched forth
that 1 have digged this well. his hand, and took the knife to slay
31 Wherefore he called that place his son.
Be-er-she-ba; because there they 11 And the angel of the Lord called
sware both of them. unto him out of heaven, and said,
32 Thus they made a covenant at Abraham,Abraham:and he said, Here
Be-er-she-ba: then A-bim-e-lech rose am I.
up, and Phi-chol the chief captain of 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand
his host, and they retumed &to the upon the lad, neither do thou any
land of the Philistines. thing imto him: for now I know that
33 And Abraham planted a grove in thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
Be'-er-she-ba, and called there on the withheld thy son, thine only son from
name of the Lord, the everlasting me.
God. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes,
34 And Abraham sojoumed in the and looked, and behold behind him a
Philistines' land many days. ram caught in a thicket by his homs:
and Abraham went and took the ram,
CHAPTER 22 and offered him up for a bumt offering
AND it came to pass after these in the stead of his son.
l\ things, that God did tempt Abra 14 And Abraham called the name
ham, and said unto him, Abraheim: of that place Je-ho-vah-ji-reh: as it is
and he said, Behold, here 1 am. said to this day, In the mount of the
2 And he said, Take now thy son, Lord it shall be seen.
thine only son Isaac, whom thou lov- 15 And the angel of the Lord called
est, and get thee into the land of Mo- unto Abraham out of heaven tiie sec
ri-ah; and offer him there for a bumt ond time,
offering upon one of the moimtains 16 And said, By myself have I
which 1 will tell thee of. swom, saith the Lord, for because
3 And Abraham rose up early in the thou hast done this thing,and hast not
moming,and saddled his ass, and took withheld thy son, thine only son:
two of his young men with him, and 17 That in blessing I will bless thee,
Isaac his son, and clave the wood for and in multiplying I will multiply thy
the bumt offering, and rose up, and seed as the stars of the heaven, and as
went unto the place of which God had the sand which is upon the sea shore;
told him. and thy seed shall possess the gâte of
4 Then on the third day Abraham his enemies;
lifted up his eyes, and saw the place 18 And in thy seed shall ail the na
afar off. tions of the earth be blessed; because
5 And Abraham said imto his young thou hast obeyed my voice.
men, Abide ye here with the ass; and 19 So Abraham retumed unto his
I and the lad will go yonder and wor- young men,and they rose up and went
ship, and come again to you. together to Be-er-she-ba; and Abra
6 And Abraham took the wood of ham dwelt at Be-er-she-ba.
the bumt offering, and laid it upon 20 And it came to pass after these
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in things, that it was told Abraham, say-
20 GENESIS 23, 24
ing, Behold, Mir-cah, she hath also sons of my people give I it tbee: bury
bom children unto thy brother Nahor; tby dead.
21 Huz bis firstbom, and Biiz bis 12 And Abrabam bowed down bim
brotber, and Ke-mu'-el tbe fatber of self before tbe people of tbe land.
A-ram, 13 And be spake unto E-pbron in
22 And Cbe-sed, and Ha'-zo, and tbe audience of tbe people of tbe land,
PU-dasb, and Jid-lapb, and Betb-u-el. saying. But if tbou mit give it, I pray
23 And Betb-u-el begat Rebekab: tbee, bear me: I will give tbee money
tbese eigbt Mil-cab did bear to Nabor, for tbe field; take it of me, and I will
Abrabam*s brotben bury my dead tbere.
24 And bis concubine, wbose name 14 And E-pbron answered Abra
was Reu'-mab, sbe bare also Te-bab, bam, saying unto bim,
and Ga-bam, and Tba-basb, and Ma'- 15 My lord, bearken unto me: tbe
a-cbab. 'land is worth four bundred shekels of
silver; wbat is tbat betwixt me and
CHAPTER 23 tbee? bury tberefore tby dead.
AND Sarab was an bundred and 16 And Abrabam bearkened unto
j[\ seven and twenty years old: these E-pbron; and Abrabam weigbed to
were tbe years of tbe life of Sarab. E-pbron tbe silver, wbicb be bad
2 And Sarab died in Kir'-jatb-ar'- named in tbe audience of tbe sons of
ba; tbe same is Hebroii in tbe land of Hetb, four bimdred shekels of silver,
Canaan: and Abrabam came to moum current money witb tbe mercbant.
for Sarab, and to weep for ber. 17 And tbe field of E-pbron, wbicb
3 And Abrabam stood up from be- was in Macb-pe-lab, wbicb was before
fore bis dead, and spake imto tbe sons Mam-re, tbe field, and tbe cave wbicb
of Hetb, saying, was tberein, and ail tbe trees tbat
4 I am a stranger and a sojoumer were in tbe field, tbat were in ail tbe
witb you: give me a possession of a borders round about, were made sure
bur^gplace witb you, tbat I may 18 Unto Abrabam for a possession
bury my dead out of my sigbt. in tbe presence of tbe cbildren of Hetb,
5 And tbe cbildren of Hetb an- before ail tbat went in at tbe gâte of
swered Abrabam, saying unto bim, bis city.
6 Hear us, my lord: tbou art a 19 And after tbis, Abrabam buried
migbty prince among us: in tbe cboice Sarab bis wife in tbe cave of tbe field
of our sepulcbres bury tby dead; none of Macb-pe-lab before Mam-re: tiie
of us sball witbbold from tbee bis sep- same is Hebron in tbe land of Cemaan.
ulcbre, but tbat tbou mayest bury tby 20 And tbe field, and tbe cave tbat
dead. is tberein, were made sure unto Abra
7 And Abrabam stood up, and bam for a possession of a buryingplace
bowed bimself to tbe people of tbe by tbe sons of Hetb.
land, even to tbe cbildren of Hetb. CHAPTER 24
8 And be communed witb tbem,
saying. Ifit be your mind tbat I sbould AND Abrabam was old, and weU
bury my dead out of my sigbt; bear J\ stricken in âge: and tbe Lord bad
me,and intreat for me to E'pbron tbe blessed Abrabam in ail tbings.
son of Zo-bar, 2 And Abrabam said unto bis eldest
9 Tbat be may give me tbe cave of servant of bis bouse, tbat ruled over
Macb-pe-lab, wbicb be batb, wbicb is ail tbat be bad. Put, 1 pray tbee, tby
in tbe end of bis field; for as mucb band under my thigb:
money as it is wortb be sball give it 3 And I will make tbee swear by tbe
me for a possession of a buryingplace Lord,tbe God of beaven, and tbe God
amongst you. of tbe eartb, tbat tbou sbalt not take
10 And E'-pbron dwelt among tbe a wife unto my son of tbe daugbters
cbildren of Hetb: and E-pbron tbe of tbe Canaanites, among wbom I
Hittite answered Abrabam in tbe au dwell:
dience of tbe cbildren of Hetb, even of 4 But tbou sbalt go unto my coim-
ail tbat went in at tbe gâte of bis city, try, and to my kindred, and take a
saying, wife unto my son Isaac.
11 Nay, my lord, bear me: tbe field 5 And tbe servant said unto bim,
give I tbee, and tbe cave tbat is tbere- Peradventure tbe woman will not be
in,I give it tbee; in tbe presence of tbe willing to follow me unto tbis land:
 GENESIS 24 21

must I needs bring thy son again unto and she hasted, and let down her
the land from whence thou camest? pitcher upon her hand, amd gave him
6 And Abraham said unto him, Be- drink.
ware thou that thou bring not my son 19 And when she had done giving
thither again. him drink, she said, I will draw water
7 The Lord God of heaven, which for thy camels also, until they have
took me from my father's house, and done drinking.
from the land of my kindred, and 20 And she hasted, and emptied her
which spake unto me, and that sware pitcher into the trough, and ran again
unto me, sayhig, Unto thy seed will I unto the well to draw water, and drew
give this land; he shall send his angel for ail his camels.
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife 21 And the man wondering at her
unto my son from thence. held his peace, to wit whether the
8 And if the woman will not be will- Lord had made his journey prospérons
ing to follow thee, then thou shalt be or not.
dear from this my oath: only bring not 22 And it came to pass, as the cam
my son thither again. els had done drinking, that the man
9 And the servant put his hand un- took a golden earring of half a shekel
derthe thigh ofAbraham his master,and weight, and two bracelets for her
sware to him concerning that matter. hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
10 And the servant took ten camels 23 And said, Whose daughter art
of the camels of his master, and de- thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
parted; for ail the goods of his.master room in thy father's house for us to
were in his hand: and he arose, and lodge in?
went to Mes-o-po-ta'-mi-a, unto the 24 And she said unto him, I am the
city of Nahor. daughter of Beth-u-el the son of Mil-
11 And he made his camels to kneel cah, which she bare unto Nahor.
down without the city by a well of wa- 25 She said moreover unto him, We
ter at the time of the evening,even the have both straw and provender
time that women go out to draw water. enough, and room to lodge in.
12 And he said, O Lord God of my 26 And the man bowed down his
master Abrahzun, I pray thee, send me head, and worshipped the Lord.
good speed this day, and shew kind- 27 And he said, Blessed he the Lord
ness unto my master Abraham. God of my master Abraham, who hath
13 Behold, I stand here by the well not left destitute my master of his
of water; and the daughters of the men mercy and his truth: I being in the
of the city come out to draw water: way, the Lord led me to the house of
14 And let it come to pass, that the my master's brethren.
damsel to whom 1 shall say, Let down 28 And the damsel ran, and told
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may them of her mother's house these
drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I things.
will give thy camels drink also: let the 29 And Rebekcih had a brother,and
same be she that thou hast appointed his name was Laban: and Laban tan.
for thy servant Isaac; and thereby out unto the man, unto the well.
shall 1 know that thou hast shewed 30 And it came to pass, when he
kindness unto my master. saw the earring and bracelets upon his
15 And it came to pass, before he sister's hands, and when he heard the
had done speakîng, that, behold, Re- words of Rebekah his sister, saying,
bekah came out, who was bom to Thus spake the man unto me; that he
Beth-u-el, son of MU'-cah, the wife of came unto the man; and, behold, he
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her stood by the camels at the well.
pitcher upon her shoulder. 31 And he said, Come in, thou
16 And the damsel was very fair to blessed of the Lord; wherefore stand-
look upon, a virgin, neither had any est thou without? for I have prepared
man known her: and she went down to the house, and room for the camels.
the well, and filled her pitcher, and 32 And the man came into the
came up. house: and he ungirded his camels,and
17 And the servant ran to meet her, gave straw and provender for the cam
and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a els, and water to wash his feet, and the
little water of thy pitcher. men's feet that were with him.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: 33 And there was set meat before
22 GENESIS 24

him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, Whose daughter art thou? And she
until I have told mine errand. And he said, The daughter of Beth-u-el, Na-
said, Speak on. hor's son, whom Mil-cah bare unto
34 And he said, I am Abraham's him: and I put the earring upon her
servant. face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
35 And the Lord hath blessed my 48 And I bowed down my head,and
master greatly; and he is become worshipped the Lord, and blessed the
great; and he hath given him flocks, Lord God of my master Abraham,
and herds, and silver, and gold, and which had led me in the right way to
menservants, and maidservants, and take my master's brother's daughter
camels, and asses. unto his son.
36 And Sarah my master's wife 49 And now if ye will deal kindly
bare a son to my master when she was and truly with my master,tell me:and
old: and unto him hath he given ail if not, tell me; that I may tum to the
that he hath. right hand, or to the left.
37 And my master made me swear, 50 Then Laban and Beth-u-el an-
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to swered and said, the thing proceedeth
my son of the daughters of the Ca- from the Lord: we cannot speak unto
naanites, in whose land I dwell: thee bad or good.
38 But thou shalt go unto my fa- 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee,
ther's house, and to my kindred, and take her, and go, and let her be thy
take a wife unto my son. master's son's wife, as the Lord hath
39 And I said unto my master, Per- spoken.
adventure the woman wïïL not follow 52 And it came to pass, that, when
me. Abraham's servant heard their words,
40 And he said unto me, The Lord, he worshipped the Lord, bowing him-
before whom I walk, will send his angel self to the earth.
with thee, and prosper thy way; and 53 And the servant brought forth
thou shalt take a wife for my son of jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
my kindred, and of my father's house: raiment,and gave them to Rebekah:he
41 Then shalt thou be clear from gave also to her brother and to her
this my oath, when thou comest to my mother precious things.
kindred; and if they give not thee one, 54 And.they did eat and drink, he
thou shalt be clear froin my oath. and the men that were with him, and
42 And I came this day imto the tarried ail night; and they rose up in
well, and said, O Lord God of my the moming, and he said, Send me
master Abraham,if now thou do pros away unto my master.
per my way which I go: 55 And her brother and her mother
43 Behold, I stand by the well of said, Let the damsel abide with us a
water; and it shall come to pass, that few days, at the least ten; after that
when the virgin cometh forth to draw she shall go.
water, and I say to her, Give me,I pray 56 And he said unto them, Hinder
thee, a little water of thy pitcher to me not, seeing the Lord hath pros-
drink; pered my way; send me away that 1
44 And she say to me, Both drink may go to my master.
thou, and 1 will also draw for thy cam 57 And they said, We will call the
els: let the same be the woman whom damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
the Lord hath appointed out for my 58 And they called Rebekah, and
master's son. said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
45 And before I had done speaking man? And she said, I will go.
in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came 59 And they sent away Rebekah
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; their sister, and her nurse, and Abra-
and she went down unto the well, and ham's servant, and his men.
drew water: and 1 said unto her, Let 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and
me drink, 1 pray thee. said unto her, Thou art our sister, be
46 And she made haste, and let thou the mother of thousands of mil
down her pitcher from her shoulder, lions, and let thy seed possess the gâte
and said, Drink, and I will give thy of those which hate them.
camels drink also: so I drank, and she 61 And Rebekah arose, and her
made the camels drink also. damsels, and they rode upon the cam
47 And 1 asked her, and said. els, and followed the man: and the
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servant took Rebekah, and went hls Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
way. 11 And it came to pass after the
62 And Isaac came from the way of death of Abraham, that God blessed
the well La-hai-roi; for he dwelt in the his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the
south country. well La-hai-roi.
63 And Isaac went eut to meditate 12 Now these are the générations of
in the field at the eventide: and he Ish-ma-el, Abraham's son, whom Ha-
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, be- gar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid,
hold, the camels were coming, bare unto Abraham:
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, 13 And these are the names of the
and when she saw Isaac,she lighted off sons of Ish-ma-el, by their names, ac-
the camel. cording to their générations: the first-
65 For she had said unto the serv bom of Ish-ma-el, Ne-ba-joth; and
ant, What man is this tiiat walketh in Ke-dar, and Ad-be-el, and Mib-sam,
the field to meet us? And the servant 14 And Mish-ma,and Du-mah,and
had said, It is my master: therefore she Mas-sa,
took a vail, and covered herself. 15 Ha-dar, and Te-ma, Je-tur, Na-
66 And the servant told Isaac ail phish, and Ked'-e-malu
things that he had done. 16 These are the sons of Ish-ma-el,
67 And Isaac brought her into his and these are their names, by their
mother Sarah*s tent, and took Rebek towns, and by their castles; twelve
ah, and she became his wife; and he princes according to their nadons.
loved hen and Isaac was comforted 17 And these are the years bf the
after his mother's death* life of Ish-ma-el, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up
CHAPTER 25 the ghost and died; and was gathered
THEN again Abraham took a wife, unto his people.
and her name was Ke-tu-rah, 18 And they dwelt from Hav'-i-lah
2 And she bare him Zimran, and unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as
Jok'-shan, and Me-dan, and Mid-i-an, thou goest toward Assyria: and he
and Ish-bak, and Shu'-ah. died in the presence of ail his brethren.
3 And Jok-shan begat She-ba, and 19 And these are the générations of
De-dan. And the sons of De-dan were Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat
As-shu-rim, and Le-tu-shim, and Le- Isaac:
um-mim. 20 And Isaac was forty years old
4 And the sons of Mid-i-an; E'-phah, when he took Rebekah to wife, the
and E-pher, and Ha-noch, and A-bi- daughter of Beth-u-el the Syrian of
dah, and El'-da-ah. Ail these were the Pa'-dan-a-ram, the sister to Laban the
children of Ke-tu-rah. Syrian.
5 And Abraham gave ail that he had 21 And Isaac intreated the Lord
unto Isaac. for his wife, because she was barren:
6 But imto the sons of the concu and the Lord was intreated of him,
bines, which Abraham had, Abraham and Rebekah his wife conceived.
gave gifts, and sent them away from 22 And the children struggled to-
Isaac his son, while he yet lived, east-
gether within her; and she said. If it
ward, unto the east country. he so, why am I thus? And she went to
7 And these are the days of the enquire of the Lord.
years of Abraham's life which he lived, 23 And the Lord said unto her,
an hundred threescore and fifteen Two nations are in thy womb,and two
yeais. manner of people shall be separated
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, from thy bowels; and the one people
and(Ued in a good old âge,an old man, shall be stronger than the other people;
and full of years: and was gathered to and the elder shall serve the younger.
his people. 24 And when hèr days to be deliv-
9 And his sons Isaac and Ish-ma-el ered were fulfilled, behold, there were
buried him in the cave of Mach-pe'-lah, twins in her womb.
in the field of E-phron the son of Zo- 25 And the first came out red, aU
har the Hittite, which is before over like an hairy garment; and they
Mam-re; called his name Esau.
10 The field which Abraham pur- 26 And after that came his brother
chased of the sons of Heth; there was out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
24 GENESIS 26

heel; and his name was called Jacob: 8 And it came to pass, when he had
and Isaac wos threescore years old been there a long time, that A-bim-e-
when she bare them. lech king of the Philistines looked ont
27 And the boys grew: and Esau at a window, and saw, and, behold,
was a ciinnlng hiinter, a tnan of the Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his
field; and Jacob was a plain man, wife.
dwelling in tents. 9 And A-bim'-e-lech called Isaac,
28 And Isaac loved Bsau, because and said, Behold,of a surety she is thy
he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah wife: and how saidst thou, She is my
loved Jacob. sister? And Isaac said unto him, Be
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and cause I said. Lest I die for her.
Esau came from the âeld, and he was 10 And A-bim-e-lech said, What is
faint: this thou hast done unto us? one of the
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed people might lightly have lien with thy
me, I pray thee, with that same red wife, and thou shouldest have brought
pottage; for I am faint: therefore was guiltiness upon us.
his name called Edom. 11 And A-bim-e-lech charged ail
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day his people, saying, He that toucheth
thy birthright. this man or his whe shall surely be put
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at to death.
the point to die: and what profit shall 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land,
this birthright do to me? and received in the same year an him-
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me dredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
this day; and he sware unto him: and 13 And the man waxed great, and
he sold his birthright unto Jacob. went forward, and grew imtil he be-
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and came very great:
pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and 14 For he had possession of flocks,
drink, and rose up, and went his way: and possession of herds, and great
thus Esau despised his birthright. store of servants: and the Philistines
envied him.
CHAPTER 26 15 For ail the wells which his fa-
AND there was a famine in the land, ther's servants had digged in the days
/\ beside the first famine that was in of Abraham his father, the Plfilistines
the days of Abraham. And Isaac went had stopped them, and filled them
unto A-bim-e-lech king of the Philis- with earth.
tines unto Ge'-rar. 16 And A-bim'-e-lech said unto
2 And the Lord appeared imto him, Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
and said. Go not down into Egypt; mightiêr than we.
dwell in the land which I shall tell 17 And Isaac departed thence, and
thee of: pitched his tent in the valley of Ge-rar,
3 Sojoum in this land, and I will be and dwelt there.
with thee, and will bless thee; for unto 18 And Isaac digged again the wells
thee, and unto thy seed, I will give aU of water, which they had digged in the
these countries, and I will perform the days of Abraham his father; for the
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy Philistines had stopped them after the
father; death of Abraham: and he called their
4 And I will make thy seed to mul- names after the names by which his
tiply as the stars of heaven, and will father had called them.
give unto thy seed ail these coimtries; 19 And Isaac's servants digged in
and in thy seed shall ail the nations of the valley, and found there a well of
the earth be blessed; springing water.
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my 20 And the herdmen of Ge'-rar did
voice, and kept my charge, my com- strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying,
mandments,my statutes,and my laws. The water is ours: and he called the
6 And Isaac dwelt in Ge'-rar: name of the well E'-sek; because they
7 And the men of the place asked strove with him.
him of his wife; and he said, She is my 21 And they digged another well,
sister: for he feared to say, She is my and strove for that also: and he called
wife; lest, said he, the men of the place the name of it Sif-nah.
should km me for Rebekah; because 22 And he removed from thence,
she was fair to look upon. and digged another well; and for that
 GENESIS 27 25

they strove not: and he called the My son: and he said unto him,Behold,
oame of it Re-ho'-both; and he said» here am I.
For now the Lord hath made room for 2 And he said, Behold now, I am
us, and we shall be fruitful in the land, old, I know not the day of my death:
23 And he went up from thence to 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee,
Be-er-she-ba. thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
24 And the Lord appeared unto and go out to the field, and take me
him the same night, and said, I am the some venison;
God of Abraham thy father; fear notj 4 And make me savoury meat,such
for 1 am with thee, and will bless thee^ as I love, and bring it to me, that I
and multiply thy seed for my servant may eat; that my soul may bless thee
Abraham's sake. before I die.
25 And he builded an altar there, 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac
and called upon the name of the Lord, spake to Esau his son. And Esau went
and pitched his tent there: and there to the field tp hunt for venison, and to
Isaac's servants dlgged a well. bring it.
26 Then A-bim-e-lech went to him 6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob
from Ge-rar, and A-huz'-zath oné of her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
his friends, and Phi'-chol the chief cap- father speak unto Esau thy brother,
tain of his army. saying,
27 And Isaac said unto them, 7 Bring me venison, and make me
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye savoury meat, that I may eat, and
hate me,and have sent me away from bless thee before the Lord before my
you? death.
28 And they said, We sâw certainly 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my
that the Lord was with thee: and we voice according to that which I com-
said, Let there be now an oath betwixt mand thee.
us, even betwixt us and thee, and let 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me
us make a covenant with thee; from thence two good kids of the
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt,,as goats; and I will make them savoury
we have not touched thee, and as we meat for thy father, such as he lovetlu
have done unto thee nothing but good, 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy
and have sent thee away in peace: father, that he may eat, and that he
ihou art now the blessed of the Lord. may bless thee before his death.
30 And he made them a feast, and 11 And Jacob^ said to Rebekah his
they did eat and drink.' mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
31 And they rose up betimes in the hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
moming, and sware one to anotherî 12 My father peradventure wilL feel
and Isaac sent them away, and they me, and I shall seem to him as a de-
departed from him in peace. ceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon
32 And it came to pass the same me, and not a blessing.
day, that Isaac's servants came, and 13 And his mother said unto him,
told him conceming the well which Upon me be thy curse, my son: only
they had digged, and said unto him, obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
We have found water., 14 And he went, and fetched, and
33 And he called it She-baht there- brought them to his mother: and his
fore the name of the çity is Be-er-she- mother made savoury meat, such as
ba unto this day. his father loved..
34 And Esau was forty years old 15 And Rebekah took goodly rai-
when he took to wife Judith the daugh;- ment of her eldest son Esau, which
ter of Be-e-ri the Hittite, and Bash'-e- were with her in the house, and put
math the daughter of E-loh the Hit them upon Jacob her younger sont
tite: 16 And she put the skins of the kids
35 Which were a grief of mind unto of the goats upon his hands, and upon
Isaaç and to Rebekeih, the smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury méat
CHARTER 27 and the bread, which she had pre-
AND it came to pass, that when pared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
/\ Isaac was old, and his eyes were 18 And he came unto his father,and
dim,so that he could not see, he called said, My father: and he said, Here am
Esau his eldest son,and said unto Mm, I; who art thou, my son?
 26 GENESIS 27
19 And Jacob said imto hls father,
I am Esau thy firstbom; I bave done tagly.^and said, Who? where is he that
ham teken venison,and brought it me,
according as thou badest me: arise, I and I have eaten of aU before thoir
pray thee> slt and eat of my venison, camest,and have blessed him? yea,and
that thy seul may bless me. he shall be blessed.
20 And Isaac said unto his son,
How is it that thou hast found it se of34 And when Esau heard the words
his father, he cried with a great and
quickly, my son? And he said, Because exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his
the Lord tiiy God brought it to me. father, Bless me, eveti me.also, O mv
21 And Isaac said imto Jacob,
Come near, I pray thee, that I may father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came
feel thee, my son, whether thou be my with subtilty, and hath taken away
very son Esau or hot. thy blessing.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac 36 And he said, Is not he rightly
his father; and he felt him, and said, named Jacob? for he hath supplanted
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the me these two times: he took away my
hands are the hands of Esau. birthright; and, behold, now he hath
23 And he discemed him not, be taken away my blessing. And he said.
cause his hands were hairy, as his Hast thou not reserved a blessing for
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed me?
him.
37 And Isaac answered and said
24 And he said. Art thou my very imto Esau, Behold, I have made him
son Esau? And he said, I am. thy lord, and ail his brethren have I
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, given to him for servants; and with
and I will eat of my son's venison, that com and wine have I sustained
my soul may bless thee. And he and what shall I do now unto thee, mv
brought it near to him, and he did eat: son? 1
and he brought him wine, and he 38 And Esàu said unto his father.
drank. Hast thou but one blessing, my father?
26 And his father Isaac said unto bless me, even me also, O my father.
him, Come near now, and kiss me, my And Esau lifted up hds voice,and wept.
son.
27 And he came near, and kissed 39 And Isaac his father answered
and said unto him, Behold, thy dwell-
him: and he smeUed the smell of his ing shall be the fatness of the earth,
raiment, and blessed him, and said, and of thé dew of heaven from above;
See, the smiell of my son is as the smell 40 And by thy sword shalt thou
of a field which the Lord hath blessed: live, and shalt serve thy brother; and
28 Therefore God give thee of the it shall come to pass when thou shalt
dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
have the dominion, that thou shalt
earth, and plenty of com and wine: break his yoké from off thy neck.
29 Let people serve thee, and na 41 And Esau hated Jacob because
tions bow down to thee: be lord over of the blessing wherewith his father
thy brethren, and let thy mother's blessed him: and Esau said in his
sons bow down to thee: cursed be every heart, The days of mouming for my
one that curseth thee, and bléssed be father are at hand; then will I slay my
he that blesseth thee. brother Jacob.
30 And it canie to pass, as soon as 42 And these words of Esau her
Isaac had made an end of blessing Ja elder son were told to Rebekah: and
cob,,and Jacob was yet scarce gone out she sent and called Jacob her younger
from the présence of Isaac his father, son, and said imto him, Behold, thy
that Esau his brother came in from his brother Esau, as touching thee, doth
hunting. comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
31 And he also had made savoury 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my
meat, and brought it unto his father, voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my
and said imto his father, Let my father brother to Ha-ran;
arise, and eat of his son's venison, that 44 And tarry with him a few days,
thy soul may bless me. until thy brother's fury tum away;
32 And Isaac his father said unto
him, Who art thou? And he said, I am away 45 Until thy brother's anger tum
from thee, and he forget that
thy son, thy firstborh Esau. which thou hast done to him: then I
33 And Isaac trembled very exceed- will send, and fetch thee from thence:
 GENESIS 28, 29 27

why should I be deprlved also of you of it reached to heaven: and behold the
both in one day? angels of God ascending and descend-
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac,I am ing on it.
weary of my life because of the daugh- 13 And, behold, the Lord stood
ters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of above it, and said, I am the Lord God
the daughters of Heth, such as these of Abraham thy father,and the God of
which are of the daughters of the land, Isaac: the land whereon thou liest^ to
What good shall my life do me? thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust
CHAPTER 28 of the earth, and thou shalt spread
ÀND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed abroad to the west, and to the east,
/\ him, and charged him, and said and to the north, and to the south: and
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife in thee and in thy seed shall ail the
of the daughters of Canaan. familles of the earth be blessed.
2 Arise, go to Pa-dan-a-ram, to the 15 And,behold, I am with thee,and
house of Beth-u-el thy mother's fa- will keep thee in ail places whither
ther; and take thee a wife from thence thou goest, and will bring thee again
of the daughters of Laban thy moth- into this land;for I wUl not leave &ee,
er's brother. until I have done ihat which I have
3 And God Almighty bless thee,and spoken to thee of.
make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, 16 And Jacob awaked out of his
that thou mayest be a multitude of sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is
people; in this place; and I knew it not.
4 And give thee the blessing of 17 And he was afraid, and said,
Àbraheun, to thee, and to thy seed How dreadful is this place! this is none
with thee; that thou mayest inherit other but the house of God,and this is
the land wherein thou art a stranger, the gâte of heaven.
which God gave unto Abraham. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and morning, and took the stone that he
he went to Pa'-dan-a-ram unto Laban, had put for his pillows, and set it up
son of Beth-u-el the Syrian, the broth for a pillar, and poured oil upon the
er of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's top of it.
fnother. 19 And he called the name of that
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had place Beth-el:: but the name of that
blessed Jacob, auid sent him away to city was called Luz at the first.
Pa-dan-a-ram, to take him a wife 20 And Jacob vowed a vow,saying.
from thence; and that as he blessed If God will be with me, and will keep
him he gave him a charge, saying, me in this way that I go, and will give
Thou shalt not take a wife of the me bread to eat, and raiment to put
daughters of Canaan; on,
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father 21 So that 1 come again to my fa-
and his mother, and was gone to Pa'- ther's house in peace; then shall the
dan-a-ram; Lord be my God:
8 And Esau seeing that the daugh- 22 And this stone, which I have set
t:ers of Canaan pleased not Isaac his for a pillar, shall be God's house: and
father; of ail that thou shalt give me I wiU
9 Then went Esau unto Ish-ma-el, surely give the tenth unto thee.
ând took unto the wives which he had
Ma-ha-lath the daughter of Ish-ma-el CHAPTER 29
Àbraham's son, the sister of Ne-ba- Then Jacob went on his joumey,
joth, to be his wife. and came into the land of the peo
10 And Jacob went out from Be'-er- ple of the east.
she-ba, and went toward Ha-ran. 2 And he looked^ and behold a well
11 And he lighted upon a certain in the field, and, lo, there were three
place, and tarried there ail night, be docks of sheep lying by it; for out of
cause the sun was set; and he took of that well they watered the flocks: and
the stones of that place, and put them a great stone was upon the weU's
for his pillows, and lay down in that mouth.
place to sleep.^ 3 And thither were ail the flocks
12 And he dreamed, and behold a gathered: and they roUed the stone
ladder set up on the earth, and the top from the well's mouth, and watered
28 GENESIS 29

the sheep, and put the stone again for Rachel; and they seemed unto him
upon the well's mouth in his place. but a few days, for the love he had to
4 And Jacob said unto them, My her.
brethren, whence be ye? And they said, 21 And Jacob said unto Laban,
Of Ha'-ran are we. Give me my wife, for my days are ful-
5 And he said unto them, Know ye filled, that I may go in unto hen
Laban the son of Nahor? And they 22 And Laban gathered together
said, We know him. ail the men of the place, and made a
6 And he said unto them, Is he feast.
well? And they said, He is well: and, 23 And it came to pass in the eve-
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh ning, that he took Leah his daughter,
with the sheep. and brought her to him; and he went
7 And he said, Lo,it is yet high day, in unto her.
neither is it time that the cattle should 24 And Laban gave untb his daugh
be gathered together: water ye the ter Leah Zilpah his maid for an hand-
sheep, and go and feed them, maid.
8 And they Sciid, We cannot, until 25 And it came to pciss, that in the
ail the flocks be gathered together, and moming, behold, it was Leah: and he
till they roll the stone from the well's said to Laban, What is this thou hast
mouth; then we water the sheep. done unto me? did not I serve with
9 And wlûle he yet spake with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast
them, Rachel came with her father's thou beguiled me?
sheep: for she kept them. 26 And Laban said, It must not be
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob so done in our country, to give the
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his younger before the firstbom.
mother*s brother, and the sheep of La 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give
ban his mother's brother, that Jacob thee this also for the service which
went near, and rolled the stone from thou shalt serve with me yet seven
the weirs mouth, and watered the other years.
flock of Laban his mother's brother. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and her week: and he gave him Rachel his
lifted up his voice, and wept. daughter to wife also.
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his
was her father's brother, and that he daughter Bil-hah his handmaid to be
was Rebekah's son: and she ran and her maid.
told her father. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel,
13 And it came to pass, when Laban and he loved also Rachel more than
heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's Leah, and served witii him yet seven
son, that he ran to meet him, and em- other years.
braced him, and kissed him, and 31 And when the Lord saw that
brought him to his house. And he told Leah was hated, he opened her womb:
Laban ail these things. but Rachel was barren.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a
thou art my bone and my flesh. And he son, and she called his name Reuben:
abode with him the space of a month. for she said, Surely the Lord hath
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Be- looked upon my affliction; now there
cause thou art my brother, shouldest fore my husband will love me.
thou therefore serve me for nought? 33 And she conceived again, and
tell me, what shall thy wages he? bare a son; and said, Because the Lord
16 And Laban had two daughters: hath heard that I was hated, he hath
the name of the elder was Leah, and therefore given me this son also: and
the name of the younger was Rachel. she called his name Simeon.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Ra 34 And she conceived again, and
chel was beautiful and well favoured. bare a son; and said, Now this time
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and will my husband be joined unto me,
said, 1 will serve thee seven years for because I have bom him three sons:
Rachel thy younger daughter. therefore was his name called Levi.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I 35 And she conceived again, and
give her to thee,than thatI should give bare a son: and she said, Now will I
her to another man: abide with me. praisé the Lord: therefore she called
20 And Jacob served seven years his name Judah; and left bearing.
 GENESIS 30 29

17 And God Jiearkened unto Leah,

CHAPTER 30 and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
AND when Rachel saw that she bare fifth son.
J\ Jacob no children, Rachel envied 18 And Leah said, God hath given
her sister; and said unto Jacob, Glve me my hire, because I have given my
me children, or else I die. maiden to my husband: and she called
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled his name Is-sa-char.
against Rachel: and he said, Am 1 in 19 And Leah conceived again, and
God's stead, who hath withheld from bare Jacob the sixth son.
thee the fruit of the womb? 20 And Leah said, God hath endued
3 And she said, Behold my maid me with a good dowry; now will my
Bil-hah, go in unto her; and she shall husband dwell with me,because I have
bear upon my knees, that I may also bom him six sons: and she called his
have children by her. name Zeb-u-lun.
4 And she gave^ him Bil-hah her 21 And afterwards she bare a
handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in daughter, and called her name Dinah.
unto her. 22 And God remembered Rachel,
5 And Bil'-hah conceived, and bare and God hearkened to her, and opened
Jacob a son. her womb.
6 And Rachel said, God hath 23 And she conceived, and bare a
judged me, and hath also heard my son; and said, God hath taken away
voice, and hath given me a son: there- my reproach:
fore called she his name Dan. 24 And she called his name Joseph;
7 And Bil-hah Rachel's maid con and said, The Lord shall add to me
ceived again, and bare Jacob a second another son.
son. 25 And it came to pass, when Ra
8 And Rachel said, With great chel had bom Joseph, that Jacob said
wrestlings have 1 wrestled with my imto Laban, Send me away, that I
sister, and I have prevailed: and she may go unto mine own place, and to
called his name Naph-ta-li. my country.
9 When Leah saw that she had left 26 Give me my wives and my chil
bearing, she took Zilpah her maid,and dren,for whom I have served thee,and
gave her Jacob to wife* let me go:for thou knowest my service
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Ja which I have done thee.
cob a son. 27 And Laban said unto him,I pray
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: thee, if I have found favour in thine
and she called his name Gad. eyes, tarry: for I have leamed by ex
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Ja périence that the Lord hath blessed
cob a second son. me for thy sake.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for 28 And he said. Appoint me thy
the daughters wUl call me blessed: and wages, and I will give U.
she called his name Asher. 29 And he said imto him, Thou
14 And Reuben went in the days of knowest how I have served thee, and
wheat harvest, and found mandrakes how thy cattle was with me.
in the field, and brought them unto his 30 For it was little which thou hadst
mother Leah. Then Rachel said to before 1 came, and it is now increased
Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy unto a multitude; and the Lord hath
son's mandrakes. blessed thee since my coming:and now
15 And she said unto her, Is U a when shall I provide for mine own
small matter that thou hast taken my house also?
husband? and wouldest thou take 31 And he said, What shall I give
away my son's mandrakes also? And thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie give me any thing: if thou wilt do this
with thee to night for thy son's man thing for me,I will again feed and keep
drakes. thy fiock.
16 And Jacob came out of the field 32 I will pass through ail thy fiock
in the evening, and Leah went out to to day, removing from thence ail thè
meet him, and said, Thou must corne speckled and spotted cattle, and ail
in unto me;for surely I have hired thee the brown cattle among the sheep,and
with my son's mandrakes. And he lay the spotted and speckled among the
with her that night. goats: and of such shall be my hire.
30 GENESIS 31
33 Soshalimyrighteousnessanswer
for me in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face: every
one that is not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and brown among
the sheep, that shall be counted stolen
with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I
would it might be according to thy
Word.
35 And he removed that day the
he goats that were ringstraked and
spotted, and ail the she goats that
were speckled and spotted, and every
one that had some white in it, and ail
the brown among the sheep, and gave
fhem into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' joumey
betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob
fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of
green poplar, and of the hazel and
chesnut tree; and pilled white stakes
in them, and made the white appear
which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had
pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the
flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before
the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted^
40 And Jacob did separate the
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ringstraked, and ail the
brown in the flock of Laban; and he
put his own flocks by themselves, and
put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever
the stronger cattle did conceive, that
Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of
the cattle in the gutters, that they
might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble,
he put them not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceed-
ingly, and had much cattle, and maid-
servants, and menservants, and cam-
els, and asses.
CHAPTER 31
AND he heard the words of Laban's
l\ sons, saying, Jacob hath taken
away ail that was our father's; and of
that which was our father's hath he
gotten ail this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the counte-
nance of Laban, and, behold, it was
not toward him as before.
3 And the Lord said unto Jacob,
Retum unto the land of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred; and I will be with
thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel
and Leah to the field unto his flock.
5 And said unto them, I see your
father's countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of
my father hath been with me.
6 And ye know that with ail my
power I have served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived
me, and changed my wages ten times;
but God sufîered him not to hurt me.
S If he said thus, The speckled shall
be thy wages; then ail the cattle baré
speckled: and if he said thus, The ring
straked shall be thy hire; then bare ail
the cattle ringstraked.
9 Thus God hath taken awây the
cattle of your father, and given fhem
to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time
that the cattle conceived, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream,and,
behold, the rams which leaped upon
the cattle were ringstraked, speckled,
and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto
me in a dream, saying, Jacob: and 1
said, Here am I.
12 And he said. Lift up now thine
eyes, and see, ail the rams which leap
upon the cattle are ringstraked, speck
led, and grisled: for I have seen ail that
Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Beth-el, where
thou anointedst the pillar, and wheré
thou vowedst a vow unto me: noW
arise, get thee out from this land, and
retum unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered
and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in ouf
father*s house?
15 Are we not counted of him
strangers? for he hath sold us, and
hath quite devoured also our money.
16 For ail the riches which God hath
taken from our father, that is ours,
and our children's: now then, whatso-
ever God hath said imto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his
sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away ail his cat
tle, and ail his goods which he had got
ten, the cattle of his getting, which hé
had gotten in Pa-dan-a'ram,for to go
to Isaac his father in the land of
Canaan.
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19 And Laban went to shear bis
sheep: and Rachel had stolen the
images that were her father's.
20 And Jacob stole away imawares
to Laban the Syrian, in that he told
him not that he fled.
21 So he fled with ail that he had;
and he rose up, and passed over the
river» and set his face toward the
mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the
third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with
him, and pursued after him seven
days' joumey; and they overtook him
in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the
Syrian in a dream by night» and said
unto him, Take heed that thou speak
not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob.
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mount: and Laban with his brethren
pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What
hast thou done, that thou hast stolen
away imawares to me, and carried
away my daughters, as captives taken
with the sword?
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away
secretly, and steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that 1 might have
sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harp?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss
my sons and my daughters? thou hast
now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to
do you hurt: but the God of your fa-
ther spake unto me yestemight, say-
ing, Take thou heed that thou speak
not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, ihough thou wouldest
needs be gone, because thou sore long-
edst after thy father's house, yei
wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to
Laban,Because I was afraid:for 1 said,
Peradventure thou wouldest take by
force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest
thy gods, let him not live: before our
brethren discem thou what is thine
with me,and take it to thee. For Jacob
knew not that Rachel had stolen
them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob's
tent,and into Leah's tent, and into the
two maidservants* tents; but he found
them not. Then went he ont of Leah's
tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
31
34 Now Rachel had taken the im
ages, and put them in the camel's fur-
niture, ând sat upon them. And Laban
searched ail the tent, but found them
not.
35 And she said to her father, Let
it not displease my lord that I cannot
rise up before thee; for the custom of
women is upon me. And he searched,
but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth,and chode
with Laban: and Jacob answered and
said to Laban, What is my trespass?
what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched ail
my stuff, what hast thou found of ail
thy household stuff? set it here before
my brethren and thy brethren, that
they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This twenty years have I been
with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats
have not cast their young, and the
rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was tom of beasts I
brought not unto thee; I bare the loss
of it; of my hand didst thou require it,
wheiher stolen by day, or stolen by
night.
40 Thus 1 was; in the day the
drought consumed me, and the frost
by night; and my sleep departed from
mine eyes.
41 Tlius have I been twenty years
in thy house; I served thee fpurteen
years for thy two daughters, and six
years for thy cattle: and thou hast
changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father,
the God of Abraham, and the fear of
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou
hadst sent me away now empty. God
hath seen mine affliction and the la
bour of my hands, and rebuked thee
yestemight.
43 And Laban answered and said
unto Jacob, These daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my
children, and these cattle are my cat
tle, and ail that thou seest is mine: and
what can I do this day unto these my
daughters,or unto their children which
they have bom?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us
make a covenant, I and thou; and let
it be for a witness between me and
thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set
it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his breth
ren, Gather stones; and they took
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GENESIS 32
stones, and made an heap: and thêy Jacob,saying, We came to thy brother
did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Je'-gar-sa- àndEsam and also he cometh to meet thee,
four hundred men with him.
ha-du-tha: but Jacob called it Gal- 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid
e-ed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a pleand^stressed: and he divided the peo-
witness between me and thee this day. ^d that was with him, and the flocks,
Therefore was the name of it called bands; herds, and the camels, into two
Gal-e-ed; 8 And said. If Esau comè tô the one
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Company, and smite it, then the other
Lord watch between me and thee, Company which is left shall escape.
when we are absent one from another. 9 And Jacob said, O God of my fa-
50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh- mer Abraham, and God of my father
ters, or if thou shalt take other wives Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me,
beside my daughters, no man is with Re^rn unto thy country, and to thy
us; see, God is witness betwixt me and kmdred,and I will deal well with thee:
thee.
10 I amrnot worthy of the least of
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Be- ail the mercies, and of ail the truth,
hold this heap, and behold this pillar, which thou hast shewed unto thy serv
which I have cast betwixt me and ant; for with my staff I passed over
thee; this Jordan;and now I am become two
52 This heap be witness,and this pil bands.
lât he witness, that I will not pass over ^®^^ver me, I pray thiee, from
this heap to thee, and that thou shalt the hand of my brother,from the hand
not pass over this heap and this pillar of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will
unto me,for harm.
53 The God of Abraham, and the ûwd the mother
God of Nahor,the God of their father, With the children.
12 And thou saidst,I WÎU surely do
judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by thee good, and make thy seed as the
the fear of his father Isaac. sand of the sea, which cannot be num-
54 Then Jacob otfered sacrifice bered for multitude.
upon the mount, and called his breth- 13 And he lodged theire that same
ren to eat bread; and they did eat idght; and took of that which came to
bread, and tarried ail night in the his hand a présent for Esau his brother;
mount.
14 Two hundred she goats, and
55 And èarly in the moming Laban tWenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
rose up, and kissed his sons and his and twenty rams,
daughters, and blessed them: and La 15 Thirty milch caméls With their
ban departed, and retumed imto his coïts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty
place. she asses, and ten foals.
CHAPTER 33 16 And he delivered them into the
hand of his servants, every drove by
AND Jacob went on his way,and the toemselves;
XJL angels of God met him.
and said unto his servants,
2 And when Jacob saw them, he
Pass over before me, and put a space
said, This is God's host: and he called betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded thè fore-
the name of that place Ma-ha-na-im. most, saying, When Esau my brother
3 And Jacob sent messengers before mœteth thee, and asketh thee, saying,
him to Esau his brother unto the land ^ose arf thou? and whither goest
of Se-ir, the country of Edom. thou? and whose are these before Ôiee?
4 And he commanded them,saying^ 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy
Thus shall ye speak unto my lord
Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, X seiwant Jacob's; it is a présent sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also
have sojoumed with Laban, and he is behind us.
stayed there until now; 19 And so commanded he the sec
5 And I have oxen, and asses, ond, and the third, and ail that fol-
flocks, and menservants, and women- lowed the droves,saying. On this man-
servants: and I have sent to tell my ner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye
lord, that I may find grâce in thy find him. '
sight. ' 20 And say ye moreovèr, Behold,
6 And the messengers retumed to thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he
 GENESIS 33 33

said, 1 will appease him with the prés
ent that goeth before me, and after-
ward I will see his face; peradventure
he will accept of me.
21 So went the présent over before
him: and himself lodged that night in
the Company.
22 And he rose up that night» and
took his two wives» and his two wom-
enservants» and his eleven sons» and
passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them» and sent
them over the brook» and sent over
that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and
there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he pre-
vailed not against him» he touched the
hoUow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob's tbigh. was ont of joint» as he
wrestled with him.
26 And he said» Let me go» for the
day breaketh. And he said» 1 will not
let thee go» except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him» What is
thy name? And he said» Jacob.
28 And he said» Thy name shall be
called no more Jacob» but Israël: for
as a prince hast thou power with God
and with men» and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him» and said»
Tell me, I pray thee» thy name. And
he said» Wherefore is it fhat thou dost
ask after my name? And he blessed
him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of
the place Pe-ni-el: for I have seen God joumey» and let us go» and 1 will go
face to face» and my life is preserved. before thee.
31 And as he passed over Pe-nu-el
the sun rose upon him» and he halted knoweth that the children are tender»
upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israël are with me: and if men should Over
eat not of the sinew which shrank» drive them one day» ail the flock will
which is upon the hollow of the thigh» die.
unto this day: because he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew
that shrank.
CHAPTER 33
\ND Jacob lifted up his eyes and
jt\ looked» and» behold» Esau came»
and with him four hundred men. And
he divided the children uhto Leah» and
unto Rachel» and xmto the two hand-
maids.
2 And he put the handmaids and
their children foremost» and Leah and
her children after» and Rachel and Jo
seph hindermost.
3 And hé passed over before them»
and bowed himself to the groimd seven
times» until he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him» and
embraced him» and fell on his neck»
and kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes» and saw
the women and the children; and said»
Who are those with thee? And he said»
The children which God hath gradous-
ly given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near»
they and their children» and they
bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children
came near» and bowed themselves: and
after came Joseph near and Rachel»
and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said» What meanest thou
by ail this drove which 1 met? And he
said» These are to find grâce in the
sight of my lord,
9 And Esau said» 1 have enough»
my brother; keep that thou hast imto
thyself.
10 And Jacob said» Nay» I pray
thee» if now I have foimd grâce in thy
sight» then receive my présent at my
hand: for therefore I have seen thy
face» as though 1 had seen the face
of God» and thou wast pleased with
me.
11 Take» I pray thee» my blessing
that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt gradously with me,and be
cause I have enough. And he urged
him» and he took it.
12 And he said» Let us take our
13 And he said unto him» My lord
and the fiocks and herds with young
14 Let my lord» I pray thee» pass
over before his servant: and I will lead
on softly» according as the cattle that
goeth before me and the children be
able tp endure» imtil I come unto my
lord unto Se-ir.
15 And Esau said» Let me now leave
with thee some of the folk that are
with me. And he said» What needeth
it? let me find grâce in the sight of my
lord.
16 So Esau retûmed that day on his
way unto Se-ir.
17 And Jacob joumeyed to Suc'-
coth» and built him an house» and
made booths for his cattle: therefore
34 GENESIS 34

the name of the place is called Suc'- ye shall say unto me: but give me the
coth. damsel to wife.
18 And Jacob came to Sha-lem, a 13 And the sons of Jacob einswered
dty of She'-chem, which is in the land She-chem and Ha-mor his father de-
of Canaan, when he came from Pa- ceitfully, and said, because he had de
dan-a-ram;and pitched his tent before filed Dinah their sister:
the city. 14 And they said unto them, We
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, cannot do this thing, to give our sister
where he had spread his tent, at the to one that is uncircumcised; for that
hand of the children of Ha-mor, She- îvere a reproach unto us:
chem's father,for an hundred pièces of 15 But in this will we consent unto
money. you: If ye will be as we be, that every
20 And he erected there an altar, maie of you be circumcised:
and called it El-e-lo'-he-Israel. 16 Then will we give our daughters
unto you,and we will take your daugh
CHAPTER 34 ters to us, and we will dwell with you,
AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, and we will become one people.
which she bare unto Jacob, went 17 But if ye will not hearken unto
ont to see the daughters of the land. us,to be circumcised; then will we take
2 And when She-chem the son of our daughter, and we will be gone.
Ha'-mor the Hi-vite, prince of the 18 And their words pleased Ha-
country, saw her, he took her, and lay mor, and She'-chem Ha-mor's son.
with her, and defiled her. 19 And the young man deferred not
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the to do the thing, because he had delight
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the in Jacob's daughter: and he ii;as more
damsel, and spake kindly unto the honourable than ail the house of his
damsel. father.
4 And She-chem spake unto his fa 20 And Ha'-mor and She-chem his
ther Ha-mor,saying, Get me this dam son came unto the gâte of their city,
sel to wife. and communed with the men of their
5 And Jacob heard that he had de city, saying,
filed Dinah his daughter; now his sons 21 These men are peaceable with us;
were with his cattle in the field: and therefore let them dwell in the land,
Jacob held his peace until they were and trade therein; for the land, be-
come. hold, it is large enough for them;let us
6 And Ha'-mor the father of She- take their daughters to us for wives,
chem went out unto Jacob to com and let us give them our daughters.
mune with him. 22 Only herein will the men consent
7 And the sons of Jacob came out imto us for to dwell with us, to be one
of the field when they heard it: and the people, if every maie among us be cir
men were grieved, and they were very cumcised, as they are circumcised.
wroth, because he had wrought folly in 23 Shall not their cattle and their
Israël in lying with Jacob's daughter; substance and every beast of theirs he
which thing ought net to be done. ours? only let us consent unto them,
8 And Ha-mor communed with and they will dwell with us.
them, saying, The soul of my son She- 24 And unto Ha-mor and unto She-
chemlongeth for your daughter:I pray chem his son hearkened ail that went
you give her him to wife. out of the gâte of his city; and every
9 And make ye marriages with us, maie was circumcised, ail that went
and give your daughters unto us, and out of the gâte of his city.
take our daughters unto you. 25 And it came to pass on the third
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and day, when they were sore, that two of
the land shall be before you; dwell and ttie sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,
trade ye therein, and get you posses Dinah's brethren, took each man his
sions therein. sword, and came upon the city boldly,
11 And She-chem said xmto her fa and slew ail the maies.
ther and unto her brethren, Let me 26 And they slew Ha-mor and She-
find grâce in your eyes, and what ye chem his son with the edge of the
shall say unto me I will give. sword, and took Dinah out of She-
12 Ask me never so much dowry chem's house, and went out.
and gift, and I will give according as 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the
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GENESIS 35
10 And God said unto hto,
slaiii, and spoUed the dijr. because name is Jacob:
thev had defUed their sistef. o-vwair called any more Jacob,but Israël sn^
28 They took their sheep, and be thy name: and he called his name
oxen, and their asses, and
was in the dty, and that which was in ^And God said unto hiin, I am
ail their wealth,
God Almighty: be frultful and multt-
nlv a nation and a company
little ones, and th^ tv!!* tions shall be of thee, and kings shall
they captive, and spoiled even ail that come ont of thy loins; ^
'^o^y^S'djS said to Simeon and ham 12 And the land which I ^veAbra-
and Isaac, to thee I will glve tt,
Levi Ye have troubled me to make me and to thy seed after thee will 1 glve
toïttak ^ong the inhabi^te ^toe
land. among the Canaamtes and the God went up from
Per'-iz-zites: and I heing few in in the place where he talked with
ber, they shaU gather themselyes to-
eether against me, and slay me, and I ^*^4 And Jacob set up a pito in the
31 And they said, Shordd he deal place where he talked with hta,
shall be destroyed, 1 and iny .
pUiar of stone: and he poured a
with ont sister as with an harlot. offering thereon, and he poured
CHAPTER 35
AND God said unto Jacob, Ariœ, go
*^!?AÏid Jacob called
A up to Beth-el, and dweU t^e. the place where Grod spake with him,
and make there an altar unto ^d, they joumeyed from Beth-
that appeared unto thee when thou el: and there was but a bttle way to
fleddest from the face of Bsau thy âr^e to Eph^rath: and R^hel trav-
ailed, and she had hard labour.
*"2^60 Jacob said unto tds ho^- 17 And it came to when she
hold, and to aU that was in hard labour, tbatJ:he mid^e
Put away the strange gods that are said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt
among you, and be dean, and change have this son also.
^^'s'^d^et'lis arise, ^d go up to 18 And it came to paœ,^ ber
was in departing,(fm
Beto-el;and I will make she called his name Ben-o-m. but hts
unto God,who answered me m toe <toy father caUed him Beiijamin.
of my distress, and was with me in the 19 And Rachel died,and was
""YSÏtowê unto Jacob ail the ihe way to Eph'-rath,which is Betti-
in
strange gods which were in their han^ ^"^b'Xnd Jàcob set a piUar upon her
and ail «ieir earrings whl^ wwe ta grave: that is the pillar of Rachel s
their ears; and Jacob enravë unto this day. - j j
the oak which was t>y x... 21 And Israëljoumeyed,Md sprrad
1; And they joumeyed: and the ter- his tent beyond the tower of E-(to.
ror of God was upon the ati^ ttot
were round about them, mid they dld 22 And it came to pass, when Israël
dwelt in that land, that Reuten went
not oursue after the;sons of Jacob. and lay with Bil'-hah his father s con
So Tacob came,to Luz,which br. cubine: and Israël heatd it. Now the
thé land of Canaan,that is, sons of Jacob were twelve:
and ail the people that were with Id^ 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Ja-
7 Ànd he built there an altar,- and cob's flrstbom,and SimTOn, and D^,
caUedâe place El-beth-^1: b^t^ and Judah, and Is-sa-char, and Zeb-
there God app^edunto
fled from the face of his bromer. 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and
8 But Deborah Rebek^ s nur^
died and she was buned beneath
^Sl-Xmderanoak: andthenameof ^Is'^d the sons of BU^^, Ra;
cherS hahdmaid; Dan, and Naph-
it was caUed Al-lon-bach-utb^
9 And God appeared unto Jacob *^"26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's
a^. when he carne ont of Fa-dan handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are
a'-ram, and blessed him.
36 GENESIS 36

the sons of Jacob, which were bom to 14 And these were the sons of A-
him in Pa-dan-a-ram. hol-i-ba-mah, the daughter of A-nah
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac bis the daughter of Zib-e-on, Esau's wife:
fatber unto Mam-re, unto the city of and she bare to Esau Je-ush, and Ja-
Ar'-bah, which is Hebron, where Abra a-léim, and Korah.
ham and Isaac sojoumed. 15 These were dukes of the sons of
28 And the days of Isaac were an Esau: the sons of El'-i-phaz the first-
hundred and fourscore years. born son of Esau; duke Te'-man, duke
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, Omar, duke Ze-pho, duke Ke-naz,
and died, and was gathered unto his 16 Duke Korah, duke Ga'-tam, and
people, being old and full of days: and duke Am'-a-lek: these are the dukes
hds sons Esau and Jacob buried him. that came of El'-i-phaz in the land of
Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
CHAPTER 36 17 And these are the sons of Reu'-el
NOW these are the générations of
Esau, who is Edom.
Esau's son; duke Na'-hath, duke Ze-
rah, duké Sham'-mah, duke Miz'-zah:
2 Esau took his wives of the daugh- these are the dukes that came of Reu'-el
ters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of in the land of Edom;these are the sons
E-lon the Hittite, and A-hol-i-ba-mah of Bash'-e-math Esau's wife.
the daughter of A'na^ the daughter of 18 And these are the sons of A-hol-
Zib-e-on the Hi-vite; i-ba'-mah Esau's wife; duke Je'-ush,
3 And Bash-e-math Ish-ma-el's duke Ja-a'-lam, duke Korah: these
daughter, sister of Ne-ba-joth. were the dukes that came of A-hol-i-
4 And Adah bare to Esau El-i-phaz; ba'-mah the daughter of A'-nah, Esau's
and Bash'-e-math bare Reu'-el; wife.
5 And A-hol-i-ba-mah bare Je-ush, 19 Thèse are the sons of Esau, who
and Ja-a-lam, and Korah: these are is Edom, and these are their dukes.
the sons of Esau,which were bom unto 20 These are the sons of Se-ir the
him in thé land of Canaan. Ho'-rite, who inhabited the land; Lo-
6 And Esau took his wives, and his tan, and Sho'-bal, and Zib'-e-on, and
sons, and his daughters, and ail the A'-nah,
persons ôf his housé, and his cattle, 21 And Di'-shon, and E'-zer, and
and ail his beasts, and àll his sub Di'-shan: these are the dukes of the
stance, which he had got in the land Ho'-rites, the children of Se'-ir in the
of Canaan; and went into the country land of Edom.
from the face of his brother Jacob. 22 And the children of Lo'-tan were
7 For their riches were more than Ho'-ri and He'-mam; and L6'tan's sis
that they might dwell together; and ter was Tim'-na.
the land wherein they were strangers 23 And the children of Sho'-bal
could not bear them because of their were thèse; Al'-van, and Màn'-a-hath,
cattle. and Ebal, She'-pho, and O'-riàm.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Se-ir: 24 And these are thé children of
Esau is Edom. Zib'-e-on; both A'-jah, and A'-nah: this
9 And these are the générations of was that A'-nah that found the mules in
Esau the father of the Edomites in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of
mount Se-ir: Zib'-e-on his father.
10 These are the names of Esau's 25 And the children of A'-nah were
sons; El-i-phaz the son of Adah the these; Di'-shon, and A-hol-i-ba'-mah
wife of Esau, Rèu-el the son of Bash- the daughter of A'-nah.
e-math the wife of Esau. 26 And these are the children of
11 And the sons of El-i-phaz were Di'-shon; Hem'-dan, and Esh'-ban, and
Te-man, Omar, Ze-pho, and Ga-tàm, Ith'-ràn, and Che-raii.
and Kè-naz. " 27 The children of E'-zer are these;
12 And Tim-na was concubine to Bil'-han, and Za'-a-van, and A'-kan.
El-i-phaz Esau's son; and she bare to 28 Thie children of Di'-shan are
El'-i-phaz Am-a-lek: these were the these; Uz, and A'-ran.
sons of Adah Esau's wife. 29 These are the dukes that came of
13 And these are the sons of Reu-el; the Ho'-rites; duke Lo'-tan, duke Sho'-
Na-hath, and Ze-rah, Sham'-mah, and bal, duke Zib'-e-on, dûke A'-nah,
Miz''-zah: these were the sons of Bash- 30 Duke Di'-shon, duke E'-zer, duke
e-math Esau's wife. Di'-shan: these are the dukes that came
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of Ho-ri, among theii dukes in the than ail his children, because he was
land of Se-ir. the son of his old âge: and he made
31 And these are the kings that him a coat of many colours.
reigned in the land of Edom, before 4 And when his brethren saw that
there reigned any king over the children their father loved him more thsm ail
of Israël. his brethren, they hated him, and
32 And Be'-la the son of Be'-or could not speak peaceably unto him.
reigned in Edom: and the name of his 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream,
city was Din-ha-bah. and he told it his brethren: and they
33 And Be-la died, and Jo-bab the hated him yet the more.
son of Ze-rah of Boz-ràh reigned in his 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I
stead. pray you, this dream which I have
34 And Jo-bab died, and Hu-sham dreamed:
of the land of Tem-a-ni reigned in his 7 For, behold, we were binding
stead. sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
35 And Hu-sham died, and Ha-dad arose, and also stood upright; and, be
the son of Be-dad, who smote Mid-i-an hold, your sheaves stood round about,
in the field of Moab, reigned in his and made obeisance to my sheaf.
stead: and the name of Ms city was 8 And his brethren said to him,
A-vith. Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
36 And Ha'-dad died, and Sam-lah shalt thou indeed have dominion over
of Mas-re-kah reigned in his stead. us? And they hated him yet the more
37 And Sam-lah died, and Saul of for his dreams, and for his words.
Re-ho-both by the river reigned in his 9 And he dreamed yet another
stead. dream, and told it his brethren, and
38 And Saul died, and Ba-al-ha- said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream
han the son of Ach-bor reigned in his more; and, behold, the sun and the
stead. moon and the eleven stars made obei
39 And Ba-al-ha'nan the son of sance to me.
Ach'-bor died, and Ha-dar reigned in 10 And he told it to his father, and
his stead: and the name of his city was to his brethren: and his father rebuked
Pa-u; and his wife's name was Me-hef- him, and said unto him, What is this
a-bel, the daughter of Ma-tred, the dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall
daughter of Mez-a-hab. I and thy mother and thy brethren in
40 And these are the names of the deed come to bow down ourselves to
dukes that came of Esau, according to thee to the earth?
their families, after their places, by 11 And his brethren envied him;but
their names; duke Tim-nah, duke Al'- his father observed the saying.
vah, duke Je-theth, 12 Aiid his brethren went to feed
41 Duke A-hol-i-ba'-mah, duke E- their father's flock in She-chem.
lah, duke Pi-non, 13 And Israël said unto Joseph, Do
42 Duke Ke-naz, duke Te-man, not thy brethren feed the flock in She-
duke Mib-zar, chem? come, and I will send thee
43 Duke Mag'-di-el, dtike I-ram: unto them. And he said to him, Here
these be the dukes of Edom, according am I.
to their habitations in the land of their 14 And he said to him. Go, I pray
possession: he is Esau the father of the thee, see whether it be well with thy
Edomitës. brethren, and well with the flocks; and
bring me word again. So he sent him
CHAPTER 37 out of the vale of Hebron,and he came
AND Jacob dwelt in the land where- to She-chem.
/\ in his father was a stranger,in the 15 And a certain man found him,
land of Canaan. and, behold, he was wandering in the
2 These are the générations of Ja field: and the man asked him, saying,
cob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, What seekest thou?
was feeding the flock with his breth- 16 And he said, I seek my brethren:
ren; and the lad was with the sons of tell me, I pray thee, where they feed
Bil-hah, and with the sons of Zilpah, iheir flocks.
his father*s wives: and Joseph brought 17 And the man said, They are de-
unto his father their evil report. parted hence; for I heard them say,
3 Now Israël loved Joseph more Let us go to Do-than. And Joseph
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went after his brethren, and found father; and said, This have we found:
them in Do-than. know now whether it be thy son's coat
18 And when they saw him afar Gif, or no.
even before he came near unto them, 33 And he knew it, and said, It is
they conspired against him to slay my son*s coat; an evil beast hath de
him. voured him; Joseph is without doubt
19 And they said one to another, rent in pièces.
Behold, this dreamer cometh. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and
20 Come now therefore, and let us put sackcloth upon his loins, and
slay him, and cast him into some pit, moumed for his son many days.
and we will say, Some evil beast hath 35 And ail his sons and ail his
devoured him: and we shall see what daughters rose up to comfort him; but
will become of his dreams. he refused to be comforted; and he
21 And Reuben heard it, and he de- said. For I will go down into the grave
livered him ont of their hands; and unto my son mouming. Thus hïs fa
said, Let us not kill him. ther wept for him.
22 And Reuben said unto them, 36 And the Mid-i-an-ites sold him
Shed no blood, but cast him into this into Egypt unto Pof-i-phar, an officer
pit that is in the wildemess, and lay no of Pharaoh's,and captain of the guard.
hand upon him; that he might rid him
out of their hands, to deliver him to CHAPTER 38
his father again. AND it came to pass at that time,
23 And it came to pass, when Jo /\ that Judah went down from his
seph was come unto his brethren, that brethren, and tumed in to a certain
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his A-dul'-lam-ite, whose name was Hi-
coat of many colours that was on him; rah.
24 And they took him, and cast 2 And Judah saw there a daughter
him into a pit: and the pit was empty, of a certain Canaanite, whose name
there was no water in it. was Shu-ah; and he took her, and went
25 And they sat down to eat bread: in unto her.
and they lifted up their eyes and 3 And she conceived, and bare a
looked, and, behold, a company of ^n; and he called his name Er.
Ish-me-el-ites came from Gilead with 4 And she conceived again, and
their camels bearing spicery and balm bare a son; and she called his name
and myrrh, going to carry it down to O-nan.
Egypt. 5 And she yet again conceived, and
26 And Judah said unto his breth bare a son; and called his name She^-
ren, What profit is it if we slây our lah: and he was at Che-zib, when she
brother, and conceal his blood? bare him.
27 Come, and let us sell him to the 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his
Ish'-me-el-ites, and let not our hand be firstbom, whose name was Ta-mar.
upon him; for he is our brother and 7 And Er, Judah's firstbom, was
our fiesh. And his brethren were con wicked in the sight of the Lord; and
tent. the Lord slew him.
28 Then there passed by Mid-i-an- 8 And Judah said unto O-nan, Go
ites merchantmen; and they drew and in unto thy brother's wife, and marry
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
sold Joseph to the Ish-me-el-ites for 9 And O-nan knew that the seed
twenty pièces of silver: and they should not be his; and it came to pass,
brought Joseph into Egypt. when he went in unto his brother's
29 And Reuben retumed unto the wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the lest that he should give seed to his
pit; and he rent his clothes. brother.
30 And he retumed unto his breth 10 And the thing which he did dis-
ren, and said, The child is not; and I, pleased the Lord: wherefore he slew
whither shaU I go? Mm also.
31 And they took Joseph's coat, 11 Then said Judah to Ta-mar his
and killed a kid of the goats, and daughter in law, Remain a widow at
dipped the coat in the blood; thy father's house, till She'-lah my son
32 And they sent the coat of many be grown: for he said. Lest peradven-
colours, and they brought it to their ture he die also, as his brethren did.
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And Ta-mar went and dwelt in her fa- And Judah said, Bring her forth, and
ther's house» let her be bumt.
12 And in process oftime the daugh- 25 When she was brouglit forth, she
ter of Shu-ah Judah's wife died; and sent to her father in law, saying, By
Judah was comforted, and went up the man, whose these are, am 1 with
unto his sheep-shearers to Tim-nath, child: and she said, Discem, I pray
he and his friend Hi'-rah the A-dul'- thee, whose are these, the signet, and
lam-ite. bracelets, and staff.
13 And it was told Ta-mar, saying, 26 And Judah acknowledged them,
Behold thy father in law goeth up to and said, She hath been more right-
Tim-nath to shear his sheep. ous than I; because that I gave her not
14 And she put her widow's gar- to She-lah my son. And he knew her
ments off from her, and covered her again no more.
with a vail, and wrapped herself, and 27 And it came to pass in the time
sat in an open place, which is by the of her travail, that, behold, twins were
way to Tim-natn; for she saw that in her womb.
She-lah was grown, and she was not 28 And it came to pass, when she
given unto him to wife. travailed, that the âne put out his
15 When Judah saw her,he thought hand: and the midwife took and bound
her to be an harlot; because she had upon his hand a scarlet thread,saying,
covered her face. This came out first.
16 And he turned unto her by the 29 And it came to pass, as he drew
way, and said. Go to, I pray thee, let back his hand, that, behold, his broth-
me come in unto thee;(for he knew not er came out: and she said, How hast
that she was his daughter in law.) And thou broken forth? this breach be upon
she said, What wilt thou give me,that thee: therefore his name was called
thou mayest come in unto me?. Pha'-rez.
17 And he said, 1 will send thee a 30 And afterward came out his
kid from the dock. And she said, Wilt brother, that had the scarlet thread
thou give me a pledge, till thou send upon his hand: and his name was
it? called Za-rah.
18 And he said, What pledge shall
I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, CHAPTER 39
and thy bracelets, and thy staff that AND Joseph was brought down to
is in thine hand. And he gave it her, /\ Egypt; and Pof-i-phar, an ofïicer
and came in unto her, and she con- of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an
ceived by him. Egyptian, bought him of the hands of
19 And she arose, and went away, the Ish-me-el-ites, which had brought
and laid by her vail from her, and put him down thither.
on the garments of her widowhood. 2 And the Lord was with Joseph,
20 And Judah sent the kid by the and he was a prospérons man; and he
hand of his friend the A-dul-lam-ite, was in the house of his master the
to receive his pledge from the woman's Egyptian.
hand: but he found her not. 3 And his master saw that the Lord
21 Then he asked the men of that was with him,and that the Lord made
place,saying, Where is the harlot, that ail that he did to prosper in his
was openly by the way side? And they hand.
said, There was no harlot in this place. 4 And Joseph found grâce in his
22 And he retumed to Judah, and sight, and he served him: and he made
said, I cannot find her; and also the him overseer over his house, and ail
men of the place said,that there was no that he had he put into his hand.
harlot in this place. 5 And it came to pass from the
23 And Judah said, Let her take it time that he had made him overseer in
to her, lest we be shamed: behold, 1 his house, and over ail that he had,
sent this kid, and thou hast not found that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's
her. house for Joseph's sake; and the bless-
24 And it came to pass about three ing of the Lord was upon ail that he
months after, that it was told Judah, had in the house, and in the field.
saying, Ta-mar thy daughter in law 6 And he left ail that he had in Jo-
hath played the harlot; and also, be seph's hand;and he knew not ought he
hold, she is with child by whoredom. had, save the bread which he did eat.
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And Joseph was a goodly person, and favour in the sight of the keeper of the
well favoured. prison.
7 And it came to pass after these 22 And the keeper of the prison
things, that his master's wife cast hercommitted to Joseph's hand ail the
eyes upon Joseph; and she said. Lie prisoners that were in the prison; and
with me, whatsoever they did there, he was the
8 But he refused, and said unto his doer àf it
master's wife, Behold, my master wot- 23 The keeper of the prison looked
teth not what is with me in the house, not to any thing that was under his
and he hath committed ail that he hand; because the Lord was with him,
hath to my hand; and that which he did, the Lord made
9 There is none greater in this house it to prosper.
than I; neither hath he kept back any
thing from me but thee, because thou CHAPTER 40
art Ms wife: how then can I do this AND it came to pass after these
great wickedness, and sin agahist God? things, that the butler of the king
10 And it came to pass, as she spake of Egypt and his baker had offended
to Joseph day by day, that he heark- their lord the king of Egypt.
ened not unto her, to lie by her, or to 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against
be with her. two of his ofiicers, against the chief of
11 And it came to pass about this the butlers, and against the chief of
time, that Joseph went into the house the bakers.
to do his business; and there was none 3 And he put them in ward in the
of the men of the house there within. house of the captain of the guard, into
12 And she caught him by his gar- the prison, the place where Joseph was
ment, saying. Lie with me: and he left bound.
his garment in her hand, and ded, and 4 And the captain of the guard
got him out. charged Joseph with them, and he
13 And it came to pass, when she served them: and they continued a
saw that he had left his garment in her season in ward.
hand, and was fled forth, 5 And they dreamed a dream both
14 That she called unto the men of of them, each man his dream in one
her house, and spake unto them, say night, each man according to the in
ing, See,he hath brought in an Hebrew terprétation of his dream, the butler
imto us to mock us; he came in unto and the baker of the king of Egypt,
me to lie with me, and 1 cried with a which ti;ere bound in the prison.
loud voice: 6 And Joseph came in imto them in
15 And it came to pass, when he the moming, and looked upon them,
heard that I lifted up my voice and and, behold, they were sad.
cried,that he left his garment with me, 7 And he asked Pharaoh's ofhcers
and fled, and got him out. that were with him in the ward of Ms
16 And she laid up his garment by lord's house,saying, Wherefore look ye
her, until his lord came home. so sadly to day?
17 And she spake unto him accord- 8 And they said unto him, We have
ing to these words, saying, The He dreamed a dream,and there is no inter
brew servant, which thou hast brought préter of it. And Joseph said unto
imto us, came in unto me to mock me: them. Do not interprétations hélong to
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted God? tell me them, I pray you.
up my voice and cried, that he left his 9 And the cMef butler told his
garment with me, and fled out. dream to Joseph, and said to him. In
19 And it came to pass, when his my dream, behold, a vine was before
master heard the words of his wife, me;
which she spake imto him, saying, 10 And in the vine were three
After this manner did thy servant to branches: and it was as though it
me; that his wrath was kindled. budded, and her blossoms shot forth;
20 And Joseph's master took him, and the clusters thereof brought forth
and put iiim into the prison, a place ripe grapes:
where the king's prisoners were boimd: 11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my
and he was there in the prison. hand: and 1 took the grapes, and
21 But the Lord was with Joseph, pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and
and shewed him mercy, and gave him 1 gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
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13 And Joseph said unto him, This 4 And the ill favoured and lean-
is the interprétation of it: The three fleshed kine did eat up the seven well
branches are three days: favoiured and fat kine. So Pharaoh
13 Yet within three days shall Pha- awoke.
raoh lift up thine head, cind restore 5 And he slept and dreamed the sec
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt de- ond time: and, behold, seven ears of
liver Pharaoh's cup into his hand,after com came up upon one stalk, rank and
the former manner when thou wast his good.
butler. 6 Ahd, behold, seven thin ears and
14 But think on thé whén it shall be blasted with the east wind sprung up
well with thee» and shew kindness» 1 after them.
pray thee, unto me,and make mention 7 And the seven thin éars devoured
of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me ont the seven rank and full ears. And Pha
of this house: raoh awoke, and, behold, it was a
15 For indeed I wàs stolèn âway out dream.
of the land of the Hebrews: and here 8 And it came to pass in the mom-
also have I done nothing that they ing that his spirlt was troubled; and hô
should put me into the dungeon* sent and called for ail the magicians of
16 When the chief baker saw that Egyptj and ail the wise men thereof:
the interprétation was good, he said and Pharaoh told them his dream; but
unto Joseph, 1 also was in my dream, there was none that could interpret
and, behold, I had three white baskets them unto Pharaoh.
on my head: 9 Then spake the chief butler unto
17 And in thé upperaiost basket Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
fhere was of ail manner of bakemeats faults this day:
for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his
them out of the basket upon my head. servants, and put me in ward in the
18 And Joseph answered and said, captain of the guard's house, both me
This is the interprétation thèreof: The and the chief baker:
three baskets are three days: 11 And we dreamed a dream in one
19 Yet within three days shall Pha night, I and he; we dreamed each man
raoh lift up thy head from off thee,and according to the interprétation of his
shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds dream.
shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 12 And there was there with us a
20 And it came to pass the third young man,an Hebrew,servant to the
day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, captain of the guard; and we told him,
tiiat he made a feast unto ail his serv and he interpreted to us our dreams;to
ants: and he lifted up the head of the each man according to his dream he
chief butler and of the chief baker did interpret.
among his servants. 13 And it came to pass, as he in
21 And he restored the chief butler terpreted to ûs, so it was; me he re
unto his butlership again; and he gave stored imto inine office, and him he
the cup into Pharaoh's hand: hanged.
22 But he hanged the chief bakér: 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called
as Joseph had interpreted to them. Joseph, and they brought him hastily
23 Yet did not the cliief butler re- out of the dungeon: and he shaved
member Joseph, but forgat him. himself, and changed his raiment, and
came in unto Pharaoh.
CHAPTER 41 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
AND it came to pass at the end of I have dreamed a dream, and there
/V two full years, that Pharaoh is none that can interpret it: and I
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the have heard say of thee, that thou
river. canst understemd a dream to interpret
2 And,behold,there came up out of it.
the river seven well favoured kine and 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh,
fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. saying, It is not in me: God shaU give
3 And, behold, seven other kine Pharaoh an answer of peace.
came up after them out of the river, M 17 And Pharaoh said iinto Joseph,
favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by In my dream> behold,I stood upon the
the other kine upon the brink of the bank of the riven
river. 18 And, behold, there came up out
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of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and take up the fifth part of the land of
well favoured; and they fed in a mea- Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
dow: 35 And let them gather ail the food
19 And, behold, seven other fcine of those good years that come,and lay
came up ^ter them, poor and very ill up com imder the hand of Pharaoh,
favoured and leanfieshed, such as 1 and let them keep food in the cities.
never saw in ail the land of Egypt for 36 And that food shall be for store
badness: to the land against the seven years of
20 And the lean and the ill favoured famine, which shall be in the land of
kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: Egypt; that the land perish not
21 And when they had eaten them through the famine.
up, it could not be known that they 37 And the thing was good in the
had eaten them; but they were still iÛ eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of ail
favoured, as at the beginning. So 1 his servants.
awoke. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his ser
22 And I saw in my dream,and, be vants, Can we hnd such a one as this is,
hold, seven ears came up in one stailk, a man in whom the Spirit of God is7
full and good: 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
23 And, behold, seven ears, with- Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee
ered, thin, and blasted with the east ail this, fhere is none so discreet and
wind, sprung up after them: wise as thou art;
24 And the thin ears devoured the 40 Thou shalt be over my house,
seven good ears: and I tpld Ms untoand according unto thy word shall ail
my people be ruled: only in the throne
the magiciaps; but ihere was none that
could déclaré it to me. will I be greater than thou.
25 And Joseph said imto Pharaoh, 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God See, I have set thee over ail the land of
hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about Egypt.
to do. 42 And Pharaoh took ofî his ring
26 The seven good kine are seven from his hand, and put it upon Jo-
years; and the seven good ears are seph's hand, and arrayed him in ves-
seven years: the dream is one. tures offine linen, and put a gold chain
27 And the seven thin and ill fa about his neck;
voured kine that came up after them 43 And he made him to ride in the
are seven years; and the seven empty second chariot which he had; and they
ears blasted with the east wind shall be cried before him,Bow the knee: and he
seven years of famine. made him ruler over ail the land of
28 This is the thing which I have Egypt.
spoken imto Pharaoh: What Gk>d is 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
about to do he sheweth imto Pharaoh. I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall
29 Behold, there come seven years no man lift up his hand or foot in ail
of great plenty throughout ail the land the land of Egypt.
of Egypt: 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's
30 And there shall arise after them name Zaph-nath-pa-a-ne-ah; and he
seven years of famine; and ail the gave him to wife As'-e-nath the daugh-
plenty shall be forgptten in the land of ter of Poti-phe-rah priest of On. And
Egypt; and the famine shall consume Joseph went ont over àU the land of
the land; Egypt.
31 And the plenty shall not be 46 And Joseph was thirty years old
known in the land by reason of that when he stood before Pharaoh king of
famine following; for it shaU he very Egypt. And Joseph went ont from the
grievous. presence of Pharaoh, and went
32 And for that the dream was throughout ail the land of Egypt.
doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is be- 47 And in the seven plenteous years
cause the thing is established by God, the earth brought forth by handfuls.
and God will shortly bring it to pass. 48 And he gatitiered up ail the food
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look of the seven years, which were in the
ont a man discreet and wise, and set land of Egypt, and laid up the food in
him over the land of Egypt. the cities: the food pf the field, which
34 Let Pharaoh do fhis, and let him was roimd about every city,laid he up
appoint officers over the land, and in the same.
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49 And Joseph gathered com as the selves before him with their faces to the
sand of the sea> very much, until he earth.
left numbering; for U was without 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and
number. he knew them, but made himself
50 And unto Joseph were bom two strange unto them, and spake roughly
sons before the years of famine came, unto them; and he said imto them^
which As-e-nath the daughter of Poti- Whence come ye? And they said, Froni
phe-rah priest of On bare unto him. the land of Canaan to buy food.
51 And Joseph called the name of 8 And Joseph knew his brethren,
the firstbom Ma-nas'^-seh: For God, but they knew not him.
said he, hath made me forget ail my 9 And Joseph remembered the
toil, and ail my father's house. dreams which he dreamed of them,
52 And the name of the second and said unto them, Ye are spies; td
called he E-phra-im: For God hath see the nakedness of the land ye aré
caused me to be fruitful in the land of come.
my affliction. 10 And they said unto him, Na^
53 And the seven years of plente- my lord, but to buy food are thy ser
ousness, that was in the land of Egypt, vants come.
were ended. 11 We are ail one man's sons; we are
54 And the seven years of dearth tme men, thy servants are no spies.
began to come, according as Joseph 12 And he said unto them,Nay,but
had said: and the dearth was in aU to see the nakedness of the land ye are
lands; but in ail the land of Egypt come.
there was bread. 13 And they said, Thy servants are
55 And when ail the land of Egypt twelve brethren, the sons of one mah
was famished,the people cried to Pha- in the land of Canaan; and, behold,thé
raoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto youngest is this day with our father,
ail the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; and one is not.
what he saith to you, do. 14 And Joseph said unto them,
56 And the famine was over ail the That is it that I spake unto you, say-
face of the earth: And Joseph opened ing, Ye are spies:
ail the storehouses, and sold unto the 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By
Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore the life of Pharaoh ye shall not gp
in the land of Egypt. forth hence, except your youngesf
57 And ail countries came into brother come hither.
Egypt to Joseph for to buy com; be- 16 Send one of you, and let hiip
cause that the famine was so sore in fetch your brother, and ye shall bé
ali lands. kept in prison, that your words may
be proved, whether there he any tmth'
CHAPTER 42 in you: or else by the life of Pheiraoh
NOW when Jacob saw that there surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them ail together
was com in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one into ward three days.
upon another? 18 And Joseph said unto them the
2 And he said, Behold,I have heard third day, This do, and live; for I fear
that there is com in Egypt: get you God:
down thither, and buy for us from 19 If ye he tme men,let one of your
thence; that we may live, and not die. brethren be bound in the house of your
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went prison: go ye, carry com for the faminé
down to buy com in Egypt. of your houses:
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, 20 But bring your youngest brothet
Jacob sent not wiiîi his brethren; for unto me; so shall your words be veri-
he Scdd, Lest peradventure mischief fied, and ye shall not die. And they
befall him. did so.
5 And the sons of Israël came to 21 And they said one to another,
buy com among those that came: for We are verûy guilty conceming our
the famine was in the land of Ceinaan. brother,in that we saw the angi&h of
6 And Joseph was the governor over his soul, when he besought us, and we
the land, and he it was that sold to ail would not hear; therefore is this dis-
the people of the land: and Joseph's tress come upon us.
brethren came,and bowed down them- 22 And Reuben answered them.
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saying, Spake 1 not unto you» saying. dren: Joseph is not,and Simeon is not,
Do not sin against the child; aiid ye and ye will take Benjamin away: ail
would not hear? therefore, behold» aiso these things are against me.
his blood is required. 37 And Reuben spake unto his fa
23 And they knew not that Joseph ther, saying, Slay my two sons, if I
ùnderstood them; for he spake unto bring him not to thee: deliver him into
them by an interpréter. my hand, and I will bring him to thee
24 And he tumed himself about again.
from them, and wept; and retumed to 38 And he said, My son shall not go
them again,and cômmuned with them, down with you;for his brother is dead,
and took from them Simeon, and and he is left alone: if mischief befall
bound him before their eyes. him by the way in the which ye go,
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill then shall ye bring down my gray
their sacks with com, and to restore hairs with sorrow to the grave.
every man's money into his sack, and
to give them provision for the way: CHAPTER 43
and thus did he unto them. A ND the famine was sore in the land.
26 And they laded their asses with /\ 2 And it came to pass, when
the com, and departed thence. they had eaten up the com which they
27 And as one of them opened his had brought out of Egypt, their father
sack to give his ass provender in the said unto them. Go again, buy us a
inn, he espied his mbney; for, behold, little food.
it was in his sack's mouth. 3 And Judah spake unto him, say
28 And he said unto his brethren, ing, The man did solemnly protest un
My money is restored; and, lo, it is to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face,
even in my sack: and their heart failed except your brother be with you.
them, and they were afraid, saying one 4 If thou wilt send our brother with
to another, What is this that God hath us, we will go down and buy thee food:
done unto us? 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we
29 And they came unto Jacob their will not go down:for the man said unto
father unto the land of Canaan, and us, Ye shall not see my face, except
told him ail that befell unto them; your brother be with you.
saying, 6 And Israël said, Wherefore dealt
30 The man, who is the lord of the ye 50 ill with me, as to tell the man
land, spake roughly to us, and took us whether ye had yet a brother?
for spies of the country. 7 And they said, The man asked us
31 And we said unto him, We are straitly of our state, and of our kin-
true men; we are no spies: dred, saying, Is your father yet alive?
32 We he twelve brethren, sons of have ye another brother? and we told
our father; one is not, and the young- him according to the ténor of these
est is this day with our father in the words: could we certainly know that
land of Canaan. he would sày, Bring your brother
33 And the man, the lord of the down?
country, said unto us, Hereby shall I 8 And Judah said unto Israël his
know that ye are tme men; leave one father, Send the lad with me, and we
of your brethren here with me, and will arise and go;that we may live, and
take food for the famine of your house- not die, both we, and thou, and also
holds, and be gone: our little ones.
34 And bring your youngestbrother 9 I will be surety for him; of my
imîto me: then shall I know that ye are hand shalt thou require him: if I bring
no spies, but that ye are tme men; sa him not unto thee, and set him before
will 1 deliver you your brother, and ye thee, then let me bear the blâme for
shall traffick in the lànd. ever:
35 And it came to pass as they 10 For except we had lingered,
emptied their sacks, that, behold, surely now we had retumed this sec
every man's bundle of money was in ond time.
his sack: ând when hath they and their 11 And their father Israël said unto
father saw the bundles of money,they them. If it must be so now,do this; take
were afraid. of the best fmits in the land in your
36 And Jacob their father said unto vessels, and carry down the man a
them. Me have ye bereaved of my chU- présent, a little balm, and a little
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honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and ent against Joseph came at noon: for
almonds: they heard that they should eat bread
12 And take double money in your there.
hand;and the money that was brought 26 And when Joseph came home,
again in the mouth of your sacks,carry they brought him the présent which
U again in your hand; peradventure it was in their hand into the house, and
was an oversight: bowed themselves to him to the earttu
13 Take also your brother, and 27 And he asked them of their wel-
arise» go again unto the man: fare, and said, Is your father well, the
14 And God Almighty give you old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet
mercy before the man, that he may alive?
send away your other brother, and 28 And they answered, Thy servant
Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my chiU our father is in good health, he is yet
dren, I am bereaved. alive. And they bowed down their
15 And the men took that présent, heads, and made obeisance.
and they took double money in their 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and saw his brother Benjamin, his moth-
went down to Egypt, and stood before er's son, and said, Is this your younger
Joseph. brother, of whom ye spake unto me?
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin And he said, God be gracions unto
with them, he said to the ruler of his thee, my son.
house, Bring fhese men home, and 30 And Joseph made haste; for his
slay, and make ready; for these men bowels did yeam upon his brothen and
shall dine with me at noon. he sought where to weep; and he en-
17 And the man did as Joseph bade; tered into his chamber,and wept there.
and the man brought the men into Jo- 31 And he washed his face, and
seph's house. went out, and refrained himself, and
18 And the men were afraid, be- said. Set on bread.
cause they were brought into Joseph's 32 And they set on for him by him
house; and they said, Because of the self, and for them by themselves, and
money that was retumed in our sacks for the Egyptians, which did eat with
at the first time are we brought in; him,by themselves: because the Egyp
that he may seek occasion against us, tians might not eat bread with the
and fall upon us, and take us for bond- Hebrews; for that is an abomination
men, and our asses. unto the Egyptians.
19 And they came near to the stew 33 And they sat before him, the
ard of Joseph's house, and they com- firstbom according to his birthright,
mimed with him at the door of the and the youngest according to his
house, youth: and the men marvelled one at
20 And said, O sir, we came indeed another.
down at the first time to buy food: 34 And he took and sent messes un
21 And it came to pass, when we to them from before him: but Benja
came to the inn, that we opened our mines mess was five times so much as
sacks, and, behold, every man's money any of theirs. And they drank, and
was in the mouth of his sack, our were merry with him.
money in full weight; and we have
brought it again in our hand. CHAPTER 44
22 And other money have we AND he commanded the steward of
brought down in our hsuids to buy his house, saying, Fill the men's
food: we cannot tell who put our sacks with food, as mucdi as they can
money in our sacks. carry, and put every man's money in
23 And he said, Peace be to you, his sack's mouth.
fear not: your God, and the God of 2 And put my cup,the silver cup,in
your father, hath given you treasure the sack's mouth of the youngest, and
tn your sacks: I had your money. And his com money. And he did according
he brought Simeon out unto them. to the Word that Joseph had spoken.
24 And the man brought the men 3 As soon as the moming was light,
into Joseph's house, and gave them the men were sent away, they and
water, and they washéd thefr feet; and their asses.
he gave their asses provender. 4 And when they were gone out of
25 And they made ready the prés the dty, and not yet far off, Joseph
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said unto his steward, Up,foUow after 19 My lord asked his servants, say-
the men; and when thou dost overtake ing, Have ye a father, or a brother?
toem, say unto them, Wherefore have 20 And we said unto my lord, We
ye rewarded evil for good? have a father, an old man,and a child
5 Is not this it in which my lord of his old âge, a little one; and his
drinketh, and whereby indeed he di- brother is dead, and he alone is left of
Xdneth? ye have done evil in so doing. his mother, and his father loveth him.
6 And he overtook them, and he 21 And thou saidst unto thy ser
spake unto them these same words. vants, Bring him down unto me,that I
7 And they said unto him, Where may set mine eyes upon him.
fore saith my lord these words? God 22 And we said unto my lord, The
forbid that thy servants should do ac- lad cannot leave his father: for if he
cording to this thing: should leave his father, his father would
8 Behold, the money, which we die.
found in our sacks* mouths, we brought 23 And thou saidst unto thy ser
again unto thee out of the land of Ca vants, Except your youngest brother
naan: how then should we steal out of come down with you, ye shall see my
thy lord's house silver or gold? face no more.
9 With whomsoever of thy servants 24 And it came to pass when we
it be found, both let him die, and we came up unto thy servant my father,
also will be my lord's bondmen. we told him the words of my lord.
10 And he said, Now also let it be 25 And our father said. Go again,
àccording unto your words: he with and buy us a little food.
whom it is found shall be my servant; 26 And we said, We cannot go
ând ye shall be blameless»^ down: if our youngest brother be with
11 Then they speedily took down us, then will we go down: for wé may
every man his sack to the ground, and not see the man's face, except our
ôpened every man his sack. youngest brother be with us.
12 And he searched, and began at 27 And thy servant my father said
the eldest, and left at the youngest: unto us, Ye know that my wife bare
and the cup was found in Benjamines me.two sons:
àack. 28 And the one went out from me,
13 Then they rent their clothes, and and I said, Surely he is tom in pièces;
laded every man his ass, and returned and I saw him not since:
io the city. 29 And if ye take this also from me,
14 And Judah and his brethren and mischief befall him, ye shall bring
came to Joseph's house; for he was yet down my ^ay hairs with sorrow to the
there: and they fell before him on the grave.
ground. 30 Now therefore when I come to
15 And Joseph said unto them, thy servîuit my father, and the lad be
What deed is this that ye have done? not with us; seeing that his life is bound
wot ye not that such a man as I can up in the lad's life;
certainly divine? 31 It shall come to pass, when he
16 And Judah said, What shall we seeth that the lad is not with us, that
say unto my lord? what shall we speak? he will die: and thy servants shall
ôr how shall we clear ourselves? God bring down the gray hairs of thy ser
hath found out the iniquity of thy vant our father with sorrow to the
servants: behold, we are my lord's grave.
servants, both we, and he also with 32 For thy servant became surety
\yhom the cup is found. for the lad unto my father, saying. If
17 And he said, God forbid that I I bring him not unto thee, then I shaU
should do so: but the man in whose bear the blâme to my father for
hand the cup is found, he shall be my ever.
servant; and as for you, get you up in 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
peace unto your father. thy servant abide instead of the lad a
18 Then Judah came near unto him, bondman to my lord; and let the lad
and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, go up with his brethren.
I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's 34 For how shall I go up to my fa
éars, and let not thine anger bum ther, and the lad be not with me? lest
against thy servant: for thou art even peradventure I see the evil that shall
as Pharaoh. come on my father.
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CHAPTER 45 ren, ând wept upon them: and after

that his brethren talked with him.
THEN Joseph could net refrain 16 And the famé thereof was heard
himself before ail them that stood in Pharaoh's hoùse, saying, Joseph's
by him; cind he cried. Cause every man brethren are comé:and itpleased Phar
to go out from me. And there stood no aoh wellj arid his servants.
màn with him, while Joseph made 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
himself known unto his brethren. Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyp- ladé your beâsts, and go, get you imto
tians and the house of Pharaoh heard. the land df Canaan;
3 And Joseph said unto his breth 18 And take your father and your
ren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet households, and come unto me: and I
live? And his brethren could not an- will give you the good df the land of
swer him;for they weré troubled at his Egypt, and ye shaU eat the fat of the
presence. land.
4 And Joseph said unto his bretib- 19 Now thou art commanded, this
ren, Come near to me,I pray you. And do ye; take you wagons out of the land
they came near. And he said, I am Jo of Egypt for your little ones, and for
seph your brother, whom ye sold into your wives, and bring your father, and
Egypt. come.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor 20 Also regard not your stuff; for
angry with yourselves, that ye sold me the gdod of ail the land of Egypt is
hither: for God did send me jbefore you yours.
to preserve life. 21 And the children of Israël did so:
6 For these two years hath the fam and Joseph gave them wagons,accord-
ine been in the land: and yet fhere are ing to the commandment of Pharaoh,
five years, in the which there shall and gave them provision for the way.
neither he earing nor harvest. 22 To ail of them he gave each man
7 And God sent me before you to changes of raiment; but to Benjamin
preserve you a posterity in the earth, he gave three himdred piecès of silver,
and to save your lives by a great de- and five changes of raiment.
liverance, 23 And to his father he sent after
^ 8 So now it was not you that sent me this wanner; ten asses laden with the
hither, but God; and he hath made me good things of Egypt, and ten she
a father to Pharaoh, and lord of ail his asses laden with com and bread and
house, arid a ruler throughout ail the meat for his father by the way.
land of Egypt. 24 So he sent his brethren away,
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and they departed: and he said imto
and say unto him, Thus saith thy son thôn, See that ye fall not out by the
Joseph, God hath made me lord of ail way.
Egypt: come down imto me,tarry not: 25 And they went up but of Egypt,
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land and came into tiie land of Canaan unto
of Goshen,and thou shalt be near unto Jacob their father,
me, thou, and thy children, and thy 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is
children's children,and thy flocks, and yet alive, and he is goverrior over cdl
thy herds, and ail that thou hast: the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart
11 And there will lnourlsh thee;for fainted, for he believed them not.
yet thiere are five years of famine; lest 27 And they told him ail the words
thou, and thy household, and ail thàt of Joseph, which he had said imto
thou hast> come to poverty. them: and when he saw the wagons
12 And, behold, your'eyes see, and which Joseph had sent to carry Him,
thé eyes of my brother Benjamin,that the spirit bf Jacob their father revlved:
it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 28 And Israël said, It is eriough; Jo
13 And ye shall tell my father of ail seph my son is yet aùve: 1 will go and
my glory in Egypt, and of ail that ye see him befbre I die..
have seen; and ye shall haste and bring
down my father hither. CHAPTER 46
14 And he fell upon his brother AND Israël took his joumey with ail
Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Ben j£^ that'he had, and came to Be-er-^
jamin wept upon his neck. she'-ba, and btfered sacrifices imto the
15 Moreover he kissed ail his breth- God bf his father Isaac.
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2 And God spake unto Israël in the whom Laban gave to Leah his daugh
visions of the night, and said, Jacob, ter, and these she bare unto Jacob,
Jacob. And he said, Here am I. even sixteen soûls.
3 And he said, I am God, the God 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife;
of thy father:fear not to go down into Joseph, and Benjamin.
Egypt; for I will there make of thee a 20 And unto Joseph itt the land pf
great nation: Egypt were born Ma-nas-seh and E-
4 I will go down with thee into phra-im, which As-e-nath the daugh
Egypt;and I will also surely bring thee ter of Potl-phe-rah priest pf On bare
up again: and Joseph shall put his unto him.
hand upon thine eyes. 21 And the sons of Benjamin ti;ere
5 And Jacob rose up from Be'er- Be-lah, and Be-cher, and Ash-bel, Gé
she-ba: and the sons of Israël carried ra, and Na-a-man, E-hi, and Rosh,
Jacob their father, and their little Mup-pim, and Hup-pim, and Ard.
ones, and their wives, in the wagons 22 These are the sons of Rachel,
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. which were bom to Jacob: aU the soûls
6 And they took their cattle, and were fourteen.
their goods, which they had gotten in 23 And the sons of Dan; Hù-shim.
the land of Canaan, and came into 24 And the sons of Naph-ta-H; Jah-
Egypt, Jacob, and ail his seed with ze-el, and Gu-ni, and Je-zer, and Shil-
him; lem.
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with 25 These are the sons of Bil-hah,
him, his daughters, and his sons' which Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughters, and ail his seed brought he daughter, and she bare these unto Ja
with him into Egypt. cob: ail the soûls were seyen.
8 And these are the names of the 26 AU the soûls that came with Ja
children of Israël, which came into cob into Egypt, which came out of his
Egypt, Jacob and his sphs: Reuben, lolns, besides Jacob's sons* wives, ail
Jacob's firstbom. the soûls were threescore and six;
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hà' 27 And the sons of Joseph, which
noch, and Phal-lu, and HiKç'-ron, ànd were bom him in Egypt, were two
Car'-mi. soûls: ail the soûls of the house of Ja
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jo-mu'- cob, which came, into Egypt, were
el, and Ja-min, and O-had, and Ja- threescore and tem
chin, and Zo-har, and Sha-ul the son 28 And he sent Judah before him
of a Canaanitish woman. unto Joseph, to direct his face unto
11 And the sons of Levî; Gef'-shon, Goshen; and they came into thie land
Ko'-hath, and Me-ra-ri. of Goshen.
12 And the sons of Jùdah; Er, and 29 And Joseph made ready his
O-nan, and She-lah, and Pha-rez, and chariot, and went up to meet Israël
Za-rah: but Er and O-nan died in thé his father, tp Goshen, and présented
land of Canaan. And the sons of Pha- himself unto him;; and he feU pn his
rez were Hez'-ron and Ha-mul. neck, and wept on his neck a good
13 And the sons of Is-sa-char; To- while.
la, and Phu-vah, and Job, and Shim- 30 And Israël, said unto Joseph,
ron. Now let me die, since I have seen tiiy
14 And the sons of Zeb-u-lun; Se- face, because thoii art yet alive.
red, and E-lon, and Jah-le-el. 31 And Joseph said unto his breth-
15 These be the sons of Leah, which ren, and unto his father's house, I wiU
she bare unto Jacob in Pa-dan-a-ram, go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say un
with his daughter Dinah: ail the soûls to him, My brethren, and my father's
of his sons and his daughters were house, which were in the land of Ca
thirty and three. naan, are come unto me;
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziph-i-on, 32 And the men are shepherds, for
and Hag'-gi, Shu-ni, and E.z'-bon, E-ri, their trade hath been to feed cattle;
and Ar'-o-di, and A-re-li. and they have brought their: flocks,
17 And the sons of Asher; Jim-nah, and their herds,and ail that they have.
and Ish-U'-ah, and Is'-u-i, and Be-ri-ah, 33 And it shall come to pass, when
and Se-rah their sister: and the sons of Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say,
Be-ri'-ah; He'-ber, and Mal-chi-eU What is your occupation?
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, 34 That ye shaU say, Thy servants'
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trade hath been about cattle from our household, with bread, according to
youth even untU now, both we, and iheir families.
also our fathers: that ye may dwell in 13 And there was no bread in ail the
the land of Goshen;for every shepherd land; for the famine twis very sore,^
is an abomination unto the Egyp- that the land of Egypt and aU the land
tians. of Canaan fainted by reason of the
famine.
CHAPTER 47 14 And Joseph gathered up ail the
THEN Joseph came and told Phar- money that was found in the land of
aoh, and said, My father and my Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,for
brethren, and their flocks, and their the com which they bought: and Jo
herds,and ail that they have,are come seph brought the money into Plmr-
ont of the land of Canaan;and,behold, aoh's house.
they are in the land of Goshen. 15 And when money failed in the
2 And he took some of his bretiiren, land of Egypt, and in the land of Ca
even five men, and presented them un naan, ail the Egyptians came imto Jo
to Pharaoh. seph, and said, Give us bread:for why
3 And Pharaoh said unto his breth- should we die in thy presence? for the
ren, What is your occupation? And money faileth.
they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants 16 And Joseph said, Give your cat
are shepherds, both we, and also our tle; and I will ^ve you for your cattle,
fathers. if money fail.
4 They said moreover unto Phar 17 And they brought their cattle
aoh, For to sojoum in the land are we unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them
come;for thy servants have no pasture bread in exchange for horses, and for
for their flocks; for the famine is sore the flocks, and for the cattle of the
in the land of Canaan: now therefore, herds, and for the asses: and he fed
we pray thee,let thy servants dwell in them with bread for ail their cattle for
the land of Goshen. that year.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, 18 When that year was ended, they
saying, Thy father and thy brethren came imto him the second year, and
are come unto thee: said unto him, We will not hide it from
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; my lord, how that our money is spent;
in the best of the land make thy father my lord also hath our herds of cattle;
and brethren to dwell; in the land of there is not ought left in the sight of
Goshen let them dwell: and if thou my lord, but our bodies,and our lands:
knowest any men of activity among 19 Wherefore shall we die before
them, then make them rulers over my thine eyes, both we and our land? buy
cattle. us and our land for bread, and we and
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his our land will be servants imto Phar
father, and set him before Pharaoh: aoh: and give us seed, that we may
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. live, and not die, that thé land be not
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, desolate.
How old art thou? 20 And Joseph bought ail the land
9 And Jacob said imto Pharaoh, of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyp
The days of the years of my pilgrimage tians sold every man bis field, because
are an hundred and thirty years: few the fandne prevailed over them: so the
and evil have the days of the years of land became Pharaoh's.
my life been, and have not attained 21 And as for the people, he re-
unto the days of the years of the life of moved them to cities from one end pf
my fathers in the days of their pil the borders of Egypt even to the ofhcr
grimage. end thereof.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh,and 22 Only the land pf the priests
went out from before Pharaoh. bought he not; for the priests had a
11 And Joseph placed his father portion ossigned them of Pharaoh, and
and his brethren, and gave them a pos did eat their portion which Pharaoh
session in the land of Egypt, in the gave them: wherefore they sold not
best ofthe land,in the land of Ra-me- their lands.
ses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 23 Then Joseph said unto the peo
12 And Joseph nourished his father, ple, Behold, I have bought you this
and his brethren, and ail his father's day and your land for Pharaoh: lo.
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here is seed for you, and ye shall sow and Ma-nas-seh, which were bom unto
the land. thee in the land of Egypt before I
24 And it shall corne to pass in the came unto thee into Egypt, are mine;
increase, that ye shall give the fifth as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts mine.
shall be your own,for seed of the field, 6 And thy issue, which thou beget-
and for ^ your food, and for them of test after them, shall be thine, and
your households, and for food for your shall be called after the name of their
little ones. brethren in their inheritance.
25 And they said, Thou hast saved 7 And as for me, when I came from
our lives: let us find grâce in the sight Pa-dan, Rachel died by me in the land
of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh*s of Canaan in the way, when yet there
servants. was but a little way to come imto Eph-
26 And Joseph made it a law over rath: and I buried her there in the way
the land of Egypt unto this day, that of Eph-rath; the same is Beth-lehem.
Pharaoh should have the fifth pari;ex- 8 And Israël beheld Joseph's sons,
cept the land of the priests only, which and said, Who are these?
became not Pharaoh*s. 9 And Joseph said unto his father,
27 And Israël dwelt in the land of They are my sons, whom God hath
Eg^t,in the country of Goshen; and given me in this place. And he said,
they had possessions therein, and Bring them, I pray thee,imto me,and
grew, and multiplied exceedingly. I will bless them.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of 10 Now the eyes of Israël were dim
Egypt seventeen years: so the whole for âge, so that he could not see. And
âge of Jacob was an hundred forty and he brought them near unto him; and
seven years. he kissed them, and embraced them.
29 And the time drew nigh that 11 And Israël said unto Joseph, I
Israël must die: and he caUed his son had not thought to see thy face: and,
Joseph, and Scdd unto him. If now I lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
have foimd grâce in thy sight, put, I 12 And Joseph brought them out
pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, from betweenhis knees, and he bowed
and deal kindly and truly with me; himself with his face to the earth.
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 13 And Joseph took them both,
30 But I will lie with my fathers, E-phra-im in his right hand toward
and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, IsraePs left hand, and Ma-nas-seh in
and bury me in their buryingplace. his left hand toward IsraePs right
And he said,I will do as thou hast said: hand,and brought them near unto him.
31 And he said, Swear imto me. 14 And Israël stretched out his
And he sware unto him. And Israël right hand, and laid it upon E-phra-
bowed himself upon the bed's head. im's head, who was the younger, and
his left hand upon Ma-nas-seh*s head,
CHAPTER 48 guiding his hands wittingly; for Ma-
AND ît came to pass after these nas'-seh was the firstbom.
/Y things, that one told Joseph, Be- 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said,
hold, thy father is sick: and he took God, before whom my fathers Abra
with him his two sons, Ma-nas'-seh and ham and Isaac did walk, the God
E-phra-im. which fed me ail my life long unto this
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Be- day,
hold, thy son Joseph cometh unto 16 The Angel which redeemed me
thee: and Israël strengthened himself, from ail evil, bless the lads; and let my
and sat upon the bed. name be named on them, and the
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God name of my fathers Abraham and
Alïoighty appeared unto me at Luz in Isaac; and let them grow into a multi
the land of Canaan, and blessed me, tude in the midst of the earth.
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will 17 And when Joseph saw that his
make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, father laid his right hand upon the
and I will make of thee a multitude of head of E'-phra-im, it displeased him:
people; and will give this land to thy and he held up his father's hand,to re-
seed after thee for an everlasting pos move it from E-phra-lm's head unto
session. Ma-nas-seh's head.
5 And now thy two sons, E-phra-im 18 And Joseph said unto his father.
 GENESIS 49 51

Not so, my father: for this is the first- 10 The sceptre shall not départfrom
bom; put thy right hand upon his Judah, nor a lawgiver from between
head. his feet, imtil Shiloh come; and imto
19 And his father refused» and said^ him shall the gathering ofthe people be,
I know it, my son, 1 know it; he also 11 Binding his foal unto the vine,
shall become a people,and he also shall and his ass's colt imto the choice vine;
be great: but truly his younger brother he washed his garments in wine, and
shsdl be greater than he, and his seed his clothes in the blood of grapes:
shall become a multitude of nations. 12 His eyes shall be red with wine,
20 And he blessed them that day, and his teeth white with milk.
saying. In thee shall Israël bless, say- 13 Zeb-u-lun shall dwell at the ha-
ing, God make thee as E-phra-im and ven of the séa; and he shall be for an
as Ma-nas-seh: and he set E-phra-im haven of ships; and his border shall be
before Ma-nas-seh. unto Zi'-don.
21 And Israël said unto Joseph, Be- 14 Is'-sa-char is a strong ass couch-
hold, I die: but God shall be with you, ing down between two burdens:
and bring you again imto the land of 15 And he saw that rest was good,
your fathers. and the land that it was pleasant; and
22 Moreover I have given to thee bowed his shoulder to bear, and be-
one portion above thy brethren, which came a servant unto tribute.
I took out of the hand of the Amorite 16 Dan shall judge his people, as
with my sword and with my bow. one of the tribes of Israël.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the
CHAPTER 49 way, an adder in the path, that biteth
AND Jacob called unto his sons, and the horse heels, so that his rider shall
/\ said, Gather yourselves together, fall backward.
that I may tell you that which shall be- 18 I have waited for thy salvation,
fall you in the last days. O Lord.
2 Gather yourselves together, and 19 Gad,a troop shall overcome him:
hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken but he shall overcome at the last.
unto Israël your father. 20 Out of Asher his bread shall be
3 Reuben, thou art my firstbom, fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
my might, and the beginning of my 21 Naph-ta-li is a hind let loose: he
strength, the excellency of dignity, giveth goodly words.
and the excellency of power: 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not a fruitful bough by a well; whose
excel; because thou wentest up to thy branches run over the wall:
father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he 23 The archers have sorely grieved
went up to my couch. him, and shot at him, and hated him:
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; in 24 But his bow abode in strength,
struments of cruelty are in their habi and the arms of his hands were made
tations. strong by the hands of the mighty God
6 O my soul, come not thou into of Jacob;(from thence is the shepherd,
their secret; unto their assembly, mine the stone of Israël:)
honour, be not thou united:for in their 25 Even by the God of thy father,
anger they slew a man, and in their who shall help thee; and by the Al-
selfwiU they digged down a wall. mighty, who shall bless thee with
7 Cursed be their anger, for it tuas blessings of heaven above, blessings of
fierce; and their wrath,for it was cruel: the deep that lieth under, blessings of
I will divide them in Jacob, and scat- the breasts, and of the womb:
ter them in Israël. 26 The blessings of thy father have
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy prevailed above the blessings of my
brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be progenitors unto the utmost bound of
in the neck of thine enemies; thy fa- the everlasting hills: they shall be on
ther's children shall bow down before the head of Joseph, and on the crown
thee. of the head of him that was separate
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the from his brethren.
prey, my son, thou art gone up: he 27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf:in
stooped down, he couched as a lion, the moming he shall devour the prey,
and as an old lion; who shall rouse and at night he shall divide the spoil.
him up? 28 AU these are the twelve tribes of
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Israël: and this is it that their father 8 And ail the house of Joseph, and
spake unto them, and blessed them; his brethren, and his father's house:
every one according to his blessing he only their little ones, and their fiocks,
blessed them. and their herds, they left in the land of
29 And he charged them» and said Goshen.
unto them, I am to be gathered unto 9 And there went up with him both
my people: bury me with my fathers chariots and horsemen: and it was a
in the cave that is in the field of E- very great company.
phron the Hittite, 10 And they came to the threshing-
30 In the cave that is in the field of fioor of A-tad, which is beyond Jor
Mach-pe-lah, which is before Mam-re, dan, and there they moumed with a
in the land of Canaan, which Abraham great and very sore lamentation: and
bought with the field of E-phron the he made a mouming for his father
Hittite for a possession of a burying- seven days.
place. 11 And when the inhabitants of the
31 There they buried Abraham and land, the Canaanites, saw the moum
Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac ing in the fioor of A-tad, they said,
and Rebekah his wife; and there I This is a grievous mouming to the
buried Leah. Egyptians: wherefore the name of it
32 The purchase of the field and of was called A-bel-miz'-ra-im, which is
the cave that is therein was from the beyond Jordan.
diildren of Heth. 12 And his sons did unto him ac
33 And when Jacob had made an cording as he commanded them:
end of commanding his sons, he gath 13 For his sons carried him into the
ered up his feet into the bed, and land of Canaan, and buried him in the
yielded up the ghost,and was gathered cave of the field of Mach-pe-lah, which
unto his people. Abraham bought with the field for a
possession of a buryingplace of E-
CHAPTER 50 phron the Hittite, before Mcim-re.
AND Joseph fell upon his father's 14 And Joseph retumed into Egypt,
j[\ face, and wept upon him, and he, and his brethren, and ail that went
kissed him. up with him to bury his father, after
2 And Joseph commanded his ser he had buried his father.
vants the physicians to embalm his fa 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw
ther: and the physicians embalmed that their father was dead, they said,
Israël. Joseph will peradventure hate us, and
3 And forty days were fulfilled for will certainly requite us ail the evil
him; for so are fulfilled the days of which we did unto him.
those which are embalmed: and the 16 And they sent a messenger unto
Egyptians moumed for him threescore Joseph, saying, Thy father did com-
and ten days. mand before he died, saying,
4 And when the days of his moum- 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, For-
ing were past, Joseph spake unto the give, I pray thee now, the trespass of
house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I thy brethren, and their sin; for they
have found grâce in your eyes, speak, did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, thee, forgive the trespass of the ser
saying, vants of the God of thy father. And Jo
5 My father made me swear,saying, seph wept when they spake unto him.
Lo, I die: in my grave which I have 18 And his brethren also went and
digged for me in the land of Canaan, fell down before his face; and they
there shalt thou bury me. Now there- said, Behold, we be thy servants.
fore let me go up, I pray thee, and 19 And Joseph said unto them,Fear
bury my father, and I will come again. not: for am I in the place of God?
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and 20 But as for you, ye thought evil
bury thy father, according as he made against me; but God meant it unto
thee swear. good, to bring to pass, as it is this day,
7 And Joseph went up to bury his to save much people alive.
father: and with him went up ail the 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his nourish you, and your little ones. And
house, and ail the elders of the land of he comforted them, and spake kindly
Egypt, unto them.
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22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, this land unto the land which he
and his father's house: and Joseph sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
lived an hundred and ten years. Jacob»
23 And Joseph saw E-phra-im's 25 And Joseph took an oath of the
children of the third génération: the children of Israël, saying, God wUl
children also of Ma-chir the son of Ma- surely visit you, and ye shnll carry up
nas-seh were brought up upon Jo- my bones from hence.
seph's knees. 26 So Joseph died, heing an hundred
24 And Joseph said unto his and ten years old: and they embalmed
brethren, I die: and God will sure- him, and he was put in a coffin in
ly visit you, and bring you ont of Egypt

The Second Bock of Moses, called

Exodus
grew. And they were grieved because
CHAPTER I
NOW these are the names of the
children of Israël, which came
of the children of Israël.
13 And the Egyptians made the
children of Israël to serve with rigour:
into Egypt; every man and his 14 And they made their lives bitter
household came with Jacob. with hard bondage, in morter, and in
2 Reuben, Shneon, Levi, and Ju- brick, and in ail manner of service in
dah, the field: ail their service, wherein they
3 Is-sa-char, Zeb-u-lun, and Ben made them serve, was with rigour.
jamin, 15 And the king of Egypt spake to
4 Dan, and Naph-ta-U, Gad, and the Hebrew midwives, of which the
Asher. name of the one was Shiph-rah, and
5 And ail the soûls that came out of the name of the other Pu-ah:
the loins of Jacob were seventy soûls: 16 And he said, When ye do the
for Joseph was in Egypt already, office of a midwife to the Hebrew
6 And Joseph died, and ail his women, and see them upon the stools;
brethren, and ail that génération. if it be a son,then ye shall kill him: but
7 And the children of Israël were if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
fruitful, and increased abundantly, 17 But the midwives feared God,
and multiplied, and waxed exceeding and did not as the king of Egypt com-
mighty; and the land was filled with manded them, but saved the men chil
them. dren alive.
8 Now there arose up a new king 18 And the king of Egypt called for
over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. the midwives, and said unto them,
9 And he said unto his people, Be- Why have ye done this thing,and have
hold, the people of the children of saved the men children alive?
Israël are more and mightier than 19 And the midwives said unto
we: Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women
10 Corne on, let us deal wisely with are not as the Egyptian women; for
them; lest they multiply, and it corne they are lively, and are delivered ere
to pass, that, when there falleth out the midwives come in unto them.
any war, they join also unto our ene- 20 Therefore God dealt well with
mies, and fight against us, and so get the midwives: and the people multi
them up out of the land. plied, and waxed very mighty.
11 Therefore they did set over them 21 And it came to pass, because the
taskmasters to afflict them with their midwives feared God, that he made
burdens. And they built for Pharaoh them houses.
treasure cities. Pi-thom and Ra-am- 22 And Pharaoh charged ail his peo
ses. ple, saying, Every son that is bom ye
12 But the more they afflicted shall cast into the river, and every
them, the more they multiplied and daughter ye shall save alive.
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prince and a judge over us? intendest

CHAPTER 2
AND there went a man of the house
i\ of Levi, and took to wife a daugh- Surely this thing is known.
ter of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and
bare a son: and when she saw hlm that
he was a goodly child, she hid hlm
three monihs.
3 And when she could not longer
hide him, she took for hlm an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime
and with pitch, and put the child
therein; and she laid it in the flags by
the riveras brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to
wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh
came down to wash hersélf at the river,
and her maidens walked along by the
river's side; and when she saw the ark
among the flags, she sent her maid to livered us out of the hand of the shep
fetch it. herds, and also drew water enough for
6 And when she had opened it, she us, and watered the flock.
saw the child: and, behold, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him, And where is he? why is it that ye have
and said, This is one of the Hebrews' left the man? call him,that he may eat
chUdren.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's
daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she
may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to
her. Go. And the maid went and called
the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said un-
to her, Take this child away,and nurse
it for me, and 1 will give thee thy
wages. And the woman took the child,
and nursed it.
10 And the child grew, and she
brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,
and he became her son. And she called
his name Moses: and she said, Because
I drew him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those
days, when Moses was grown, that he
went out unto his brethren, and looked
on their burdens: and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of
his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was
no man,he slew the Egyptian, and hid
him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the sec
ond day, behold, two men of the He-
brews strove together: and he said to
him that did the wrong, Wherefore
smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the
Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said,
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this
thing, he sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh,
and dwelt in the land of Mid-i-an: and
he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Mid-i-an had
seven daughters: and they came and
drew water, and filled the troughs to
water their father's flock.
17 And the shepherds came and
drove them away: but Moses stood up
and helped them, and watered their
flock.
18 And when they came to Reu-el
their father, he said, How is it that ye
are come so soon to day?
19 And they Scdd, An Egyptian de-
20 And he said unto his daughters,
bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell
with the man: and he gave Moses Zip-
po-rah his daughter.
22 And she bare him a son, and he
called his name Ger'-shom: for he said,
I have been a stranger in a strange
land.
23 And it came to pass in process of
time, that the king of Egypt died: and
the children of Israël sighed by reason
of the bondage, and they cried, and
their cry came up unto God by reason
of the bondage.
24 And God heard their groaning,
and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with
Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the chil
dren of Israël, and God had respect
unto them,
CHAPTER 3
NOW Moses kept the flock of Jeth-
ro his father in law, the priest of
Mid'-i-an: and he led the flock to the
backside of the desert, and came to the
mountain of God, even to Ho'-reb.
2 And the angel of the Lord ap-
peared unto him in a flame of fire out
of the midst of a bush: and he looked,
and, behold,the bush bumed with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now tum
 EXODUS 4 55

aside, and see this great sight, why the children of Israël, the Lord God of
bush is not bumt. your fathers, the God of Abraham,the
4 And when the Lord saw that he God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
tumed aside to see, God called unto hath sent me unto you: this is my
him eut of the midst of the bush, and name for ever,and this is my mémorial
said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here unto ail générations.
am 1. 16 Go, and gather the elders of
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hith- Israël together, and say unto them,
er: put ofî thy shoes from off thy feet,The Lord God of your fathers, the
for the place whereon thou standest is God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Ja
holy ground. cob, appeared unto me, saying, I have
6 Moreover he said, I am the God surely visitéd you,and seen that whidi
ofthy father,the God of Abraham,the is done to you in Egypt:
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 17 And I have said, I will bring you
And Moses hid his face; for he was up out of the affliction of Egypt unto
afraid to look upon God. the land of the Canaanites, and the
7 And the Lord said, I have surely Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
seen the affliction of my people which Per'-iz-zites, and the Hi-vites, and the
are in Egypt, and have heard their cry Jeb'-u-sites, unto a land flowing with
by reason of their taskmasters; for I milk and honey.
know their sorrows; 18 And they shall hearken to thy
8 And I am come down to deliver voice: and thou shalt come, thou and
them out of the hand bf the Egyptians, the elders of Israël, unto the king of
and to bring them up out of that land Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The
unto a good land and a large, unto a Lord God of the Hebrews hath met
land flowing with milk and honey; un with us: and now let us go, we beseech
to the place of the Canaanites, and the thee, three days* joumey into the wil-
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the demess, that we may sacrifice to the
Per'-iz-zites, and the Hi-vites, and the Lord our God.
Jeb-u-sites. 19 And I am sure that the king of
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by
the children of Israël is come unto me; a mighty hand.
and I have also seen the oppression 20 And I will stretch out my hand,
wherewith the Egyptians oppress and smite Egypt with ail my wonders
them. which I will do in the midst thereof:
10 Come now therefore, and I will and after that he will let you go.
send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou 21 And I will give this people fa
mayest bring forth my people the chil veur in the sight of the Egyptians: and
dren of Israël out of Egypt. it shall come to pass, that, when ye go,
11 And Moses said imto God, Who ye shall not go empty:
am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, 22 But every woman shall borrow
and that I should bring forth the chil of her neighbour, and of her that so-
dren of Israël out of Egypt? joumeth in her house, jewels of silver,
12 And he said, Certainly I will be and jewels of gold, and raiment: and
with thee; and this shall be a token ye shall put them upon your sons, and
unto thee,that I have sent thee: When upon your daughters; and ye shall
thou hast brought forth the people out spoil the Egyptians.
of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this
mountain. CHAPTER 4
13 And Moses said unto God, Be AND Moses answered and said. But,
hold, when I come unto the children of l\ behold, they will not believe me,
Israël, and shall say unto them, The nor hearken imto my voice: for they
God of your fathers hath sent me unto will say, The Lord hath not appeared
you; and they shall say to me, What is unto thee.
his name? what shall I say imto them? 2 And the Lord said unto him,
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM What #that in thine hand? And he
THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt said, A rod.
thou say unto the children of Israël, I 3 And he said, Cast it on the
AM hath sent me unto you. ground. And he cast it on the ground,
15 And God said moreover unto and it became a serpent; and Moses
Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the fled from before it.
56 EXODUS 4
4 And the Lord said imto Moses, he shall be to thee instead of a mouth,
Put forth thine hand, and take it by and thou shalt be to him instead of
the tail. And he put forth his hand, God.
and caught it, and it became a rod in 17 And thou shalt take this rod in
his hand:
5 That they may believe that the
Lord God of their fathers» the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, hath appeared unto
thee.
6 And the Lord said furthermore
unto him.Put now thine hand into thy
bosom. And he put his hand into his
bosom: and when he took it out, be-
hold, his hand was leprous as snow.
7 And he said. Put thine hand into
thy bosom again. And he put his hand
into his bosom again; and plucked it
put of his bosom, and, behold, it was
tumed again as his other flesh.
8 And it shall cpme tp pass, if they
will not believe thee, neither hearken
to the voice of the first sign, that they
will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they
will not believe also these two signs,
neither hearken unto thy voice, that
thou shalt take of the water of the
river, and pour it upon the dry land:
and the water which thou takest out
of the river shall become blood upon
the dry land.
10 And Moses said unto the Lord,
O my Lord,I am not éloquent, neither
heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken
imto thy servant: but I am slow of
speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the Lord said unto him,
Who hath made man's mouth? or who
maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the see-
ing,or the blind? have not I the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be
with thy mouth, and teach thee what
thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I
pray thee, by the hand of him whom
thou wilt send.
14 And the anger of the Lord was
kindled against Moses, and he said, Is
not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I
know that he can speak well. And also,
behold, he cometh forth to meet thee:
and when he seeth thee, he will be glad
in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him,
and put words in his mouth:and 1 will
be with thy mouth, and with his
mouth, and will teach you what ye
shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman
unto the people: and he shall be, even
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
IS And Moses went and retumed to
Jeth-ro his father in law,and said unto
him, Let me go, I pray thee, and re-
tum unto my brethren which are in
Egypt, and see whether they be yet
alive. And Jeth-ro said to Moses, Go in
peace.
19 And the Lord said unto Moses in
Mid-i-an, Go,retum into Egypt:for ail
the men are dead which sought thy
Ufe.
20 And Moses took his wife and his
sons, and set them upon an ass, and he
retumed to the land of Egypt: and
Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said.unto Moses,
When thou goest to retum into Egypt,
see that thou do ail those wonders be-
fore Pharaoh, which I have put in
thine hand: but 1 will harden his heart,
that he shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pha
raoh,Thus saith the Lord,Israël is my
son, even my firstbom:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son
go, that he may serve me: and if thou
refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay
thy son, even thy firstbom.
24 And it came to pass by the way
in the inn,that the Lord met him,and
sought to kill him.
25 Then Zip-po-rah took a sharp
stone, and eut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet, and said,
Surely a bloody husband art thou to
me.
26 So he let him go: then she said,
A bloody husband thou art, because of
the circumcision.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go
into the wildemess to meet Moses. And
he went, and met him in the moimt of
God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron ail the
words of the Lord who had sent him,
and ail the signs which he had com-
manded him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and
gathered together ail the elders of the
children of Israël:
30 And Aaron spake ail the words
which the Lord had spoken unto Mo
ses, and did the signs in the sight of
the people.
31 And the people believed: and
 EXODUS 5, 6 57

when they heard that the Lord had of Israël, which Pharaoh's taskmasters
had set over them, were beaten, and
visitéd the dhlldren of Israël, and that
he had looked upon their afiUctiom, demanded, Wherefore have ye not ful-
then they bowed their heads and wor- filled your task in making brick both
shipped. yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15 Then the ofïicers of the children
CHAPTER 5 of Israël came and cried unto Pharaoh,
AND afterward Moses and Aaron saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus
l\ went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus with thy servants?
saith the Lord God of Israël, Let my 16 There is no straw given unto thy
people go, that they may hold a feast servants, and they say to us, Make
unto me in the wildemess. brick: and, behold, thy servants are
2. And Pharaoh said, Who is the beaten; but the fault is in thUie own
Lord, that I should obey his voice to people.
let Israël go? I know not the Lord, 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are
heither will I let Israël go. idle: thereforé yé say, Let us go and do
3 And they said, The God of the sacrifice to the Lord.
Hebrews hath met with us: let us go^ 18 Go therefore now, and work; for
we pray thee, three days* joumey into there shall no straw be given you, yet
the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord shall ye deliver the taie of bricks.
our God; lest he fall upon us with pes 19 And the ofïicers of the children
tilence, or with the sword. of Israël did see that they ivere in evil
4 And the king of Egypt said unto case, after it was said, Ye shall not
them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and minish ought from your bricks of your
Aaron,let the people from their works? daily task.
get you unto your burdens. 2Q And they met Moses and.Aaron,
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the who stood in the way, as they came
people of the land now are many, and forth from Pharaoh:
ye make them rest from their burdens. 21 And they said unto them, The
6 And Pharaoh commanded the Lord look upon you, and judge; bé^
same day the taskmasters of the peo^ cause ye have made our savour to be
pie, and their ofïicers, saying, abhorred in the eyes Of Pharaoh, and
7 Ye shall no more give thé people in the eyes of his servants, to put a
straw to make brick, as heretofore: let sword in their hand to slay us.
them go and gather straw fpr them- 22 And Moses returned untb the
selves. Lord, and said. Lord, wherefore hast
8 And the taie of the bticks, which thou so evil entreated this people? why
they did make heretofore, ye shall lay is it that thou hast sent me?
upon them; ye shall not diminish 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to
ought thereof: for they he idle; therei* speak in thy name, he hath done evil
fore they cry, saying, Let us go and to this people; neither hast thou de-
sacrifice to our God. livered thy people at ail.
9 Let there more work be laid upon
the men,that they may labour therein; CHAPTER 6
and let them not regard vain words. Then the Lord said unto Moses,
10 And the taskmasters of the peo Now shalt thou see what t will dp
ple went out, and their. ofïicers, and to Pharaoh: for with a strong, hand
they spake to the people, saying, Thus shall he let them go, and with a.strong
saith Pharaoh,, I will not give you hand. shall he drive them out of his
straw. land.
11 GP ye, get yoU straw whefe ye 2 And God spake unto M6se$, and
can find it: yet not ought of your work said unto him, I am the Lord:;
shall be diminished. 3 And I appeared unto Abraham,
12 So the people: were sçattered unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the
abroad throughout ail the; land of name of God Almighty, but by my
Egypt to gather stubble instead of name JEHOVAH was I not known to
straw; them.
13 And the taskmasters hasted 4 And I have also established my
ffiem, saying, Fulfil your works, your covenant with them, to give them the
daily tasks, as when there was straw. land of Canasui, the land of their pi^
14 And the officers of the children grimage, wherein they were strangers.
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5 And 1 have also heard the groan- ram,and Lri-har, and Hebron,and Uri-
ing of the children ofIsraël, whom the zi-el: and the years of the life of Ko-
Egyptians keep in bondàge;and I have hath were an hundred thirty and three
remembered my covenant. years.
6 Wherefore say imto the children 19 And the sons of Me-ra-ri; Ma-ha-
of Israël, I am the Lord, and 1 will li and Mu-shi: these are the families of
bring you eut from under the burdens Levi according to their générations.
of the Egyptians, and I will rid you 20 And Amram took him Joch-e-
ont of their bondage,and I will redeem bed his fâther's sister to wife; and she
you with a stretched out arm, and bare him Aaron and Moses: and the
with great judgments: years of the life of Amram were an hun
7 And I will take you to me for a dred and thirty and seven years.
people, and 1 will be to you a God: and 21 And the sons df lri-har; Kô'-rah,
ye shall know that I am the Lord your and Ne-pheg, and Zich-ri.
God, which bringeth you out from un 22 And the sons of Uri-zi-el; Mish-
der the burdens of the Egyptians. a-el, and El-za-phan, and Zitii-ri.
8 And I will bring you in unto the 23 And Aaron took him E-lish-e-ba,
land,conceming the which I did swear daughter of Am-min-a-dab, sister of
to give it to Abraham,to Isaac,and to Na-ash-on, to wife; and she bare him
Jacob; and I will give it you for an Nadab, and A-bi'-hu, E-le^a-zar, and
héritage: I am the Lord. Ith-a-mar.
9 And Moses spake so unto the chil 24 And the sons of Ko-rah; As-sir,
dren of Israël: but they hearkened not and El-ka-nah, and A-bi'-a-saph: these
unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and are the families of the Kori-hites.
for cruel bondage. 25 And E-le-a'-zar Aaron's son took
10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, him one of the daughters of Pu-ti-el to
saying, wife; and she bare him Phin-e-has:
11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king these are the heads of the fathers of
of Egypt, that he let the children of the Levites according to their families.
Israël go out of his land. 26 These are that Aaron and Moses,
12 And Moses spake before the to whom the Lord said, Bring out the
Lord, saying, Behold, the children of children of Israël from the land of
Israël have not hearkened unto me; Egypt according to their armies.
how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who 27 These are they which spake to
am of tmcircumcised Ups? Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses the children of Israël from Egypt:
and imto Aaron, and gave them a these are that Moses and Aaron.
charge unto the children of Israël, and 28 And it came to pass on the day
imto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring when the Lord spake unto Moses in
the children of Israël out of the land the land of Egypt,
of Egypt. 29 That the Lord spake imto Moses,
14 These he the heads of their fa- saying, I am the Lord: speak thou im-
thers' houses: The sons of Reuben the to Pharaoh king of Egypt ail that I say
firstbom of Israël; Ha-noch, and Pal- unto thee.
lu, Hez'-ron, and Cari-mi: these be the 30 And Moses said before the Lord,
families of Reuben. Behold, I am of luicircumcised Ups,
15 And the sons of Simeon; Je-mu'- and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto
el, and Ja-min, and O-had, and Ja- me?
chin, and Zo-har, and Sha'-ul the son
of a Canaanitish woman: these are the
CHAPTER 7
families of Simeon. A ND the Lord said imto Moses, See,
16 And these are the names of the /\ I have made thee a god to Phar
sons of Levi according to thèir généra aoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be
tions; Geri-shon, and Ko'-hath, and thy prophet.
Me-ra-ri: and the years of the life of 2 Thou shalt speak ail that I com-
Levi were an hundred thirty ahd seven mand thee: and Aaron thy brother
years. shaU speak unto Pharaoh,that he send
17 The sons of Geri-shon; Lib-ni, the children of Israël out of his land.
and Shi-mi, according to their fam 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's
ilies. heart, and multiply my signs and my
18 And the sons of Ko-hath; Am- wonders in the land of Egypt.
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4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken 18 And the fish that is in the river
unto you, that I may lay my hand shall die» and the river shall stink; and
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of
armies, and my people the children of the water of the river.
Israël» out of the land of Egypt by 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses»
great judgments. Say unto Aaron» Take thy rod» and
5 And the Egyptians shall know stretch out thine hand upon the waters
that I am the Lord» when I stretch of Egypt» upon their streams» upon
forth mine hand upon Egypt» and. their rivers» and upon their ponds» and
bring out the children of Israël from upon ail their pools of water» that they
âmong them. may become blood; and that there may
! 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the be blood throughout ail the land of
Lord commanded them» so did they. Egypt» both in vesséls of wood» and in
■ 7 And Moses was fourscore years vessels of stone.
6ld» and Aaron fourscore and three 20 And Moses and Aaron did so» as
years old» when they spake unto Phar the Lord commanded; and he lifted up
aoh. the rod» and smote the waters that
8 And the Lord spake imto Moses were in the river» in the sight of Phar
and unto Aaron» saying» aoh» and in the sight of his servants;
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto and ail the waters that were In the
you» saying» Shew a miracle for you: river were turned to blood.
then thou shalt say unto Aaron» Take 21 And the fish that was in the river
thy rod» and cast it before Pharaoh» died; and the river stank» and the
and it shall become a serpent. Egyptians could not drink of the water
; 10 And Moses and Aaron went in of the river; and there was blood
unto Pharaoh» and they did so as the throughout ail the land of Egypt.
Lord had commanded:and Aaron cast 22 And the magicians of Egypt did
down his rod before Pharaoh» and be so with their enchantments: and Phar-
fore his servants» and it became a ser aoh's heart was hardened» neiiher did
pent. he hearken unto them; as the Lord
11 Then Pharaoh also called the had said.
wise men and the sorcerers: now the 23 And Pharaoh tumed and went
magicians of Egypt» they also did in into his house» neither did he set his
like méumer with their enchantments. heart to this also.
12 For they cast down every man 24 And ail the Egyptians digged
his rod» and they became serpents: but round about the river for water to
Àaron's rod swallowed up their rods. drink; for they could not drink of the
13 And he hardened Pharaoh's water of the river.
heart» that he hearkened not unto 25 And seven days were fulfilled»
them; as the Lord had said. after that the Lord had smitten the
14 And the Lord said unto Moses» river.
Pharaoh's heart is hardened» he refus-
èth to let the people go. CHAPTER 8
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the AND the Lord spake unto Moses»
moming; lo» he goeth out unto the /\ Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto
water; and thou shalt stand by the him,Thus saith the Lord» Let my peo
iriver's brink against he come; and the ple go» that they may serve me.
irod which was tumed to a serpent 2 And if thou refuse to let them go»
shalt thou take in thine hand. behold» I will smite ail thy borders
r. I6 And thou shalt say unto him» with frogs:
The Lord God of the Hebrews hath 3 And the river shall bring forth
^nt me unto thee» saying» Let my peo frogs abundantly» which shall go up
ple go» that they may serve me in the and come into thine house» and into
wildemess: and» behold» hitherto thou thy bedchamber» and upon thy bed,
wouldest not hear; and into the house of thy servants» and
17 Thus saith the Lord» In this upon thy people» and into thine ovens»
thou shalt know that I am the Lord: and into thy kneading troughs:
behold» I will smite with the rod that 4 And the frogs shall come up both
is in mine hand upon the waters which on thee» and upon thy people» and
are in the river» and they shall be upon ail thy servants.
tumed to blood. 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses»
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Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine 19 Then the magicians said unto
hand with thy rod over the streams, Pharaoh, This is the finger of God:and
over the rivers, and over the ponds, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
and cause frogs to corne up upon the hearkened not unto them; as the Lord
land of Egypt. had said.
6 And Aaron stretched ont his hand 20 And the Lord said unto Moses,
over the waters of Egypt; and the Rise up early in the moming, and
frogs came up,and covered the land of stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh
Egypt. forth to the water; and say unto him,
7 And the magicians dld so with Thus saith the Lord, Let my people
their enchantments, and brought up go, that they may serve me.
frogs upon the land of Egypt. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my peo
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses ple go, behold, I will send swarms of
and Aaron,and said,Intreat the Lord, fties upon thee, and upon thy servants,
that he may take away the frogs from and upon thy people, and into thy
me,and from my people; and I will let houses: and the houses of the Egyp-
the people go, that they may do sacri tians shall be full of swarms of flies,
fice unto the Lord. and also the ground whereon they are.
9 And Moses said imto Pharaoh, 22 And I will sever in that day the
Glory over me: when shall I intreat for land of Goshen, in which my people
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy dwell, that no swarms of files shall be
people, to destroy the frogs from thee there; to the end thou mayest know
and thy houses, that they may remain that 1 am the Lord in the midst of the
in the river only? earth.
10 And he said, To morrow. And he 23 And I will put a division be-
said, Be U according to thy word: that tween my people and thy people: to
thou mayest know that there is none morrow shall this sign be.
like unto the Lord our God. 24 And the Lord did so; and there
11 And the frogs shall départ from came a grievous swarm offiles into the
thee, and from thy houses, and from house of Pharaoh, and into his ser
thy servants, and from thy people; vants' houses, and into ail the land of
they shall remain in the river only. Egypt: the land was corrupted by
12 And Moses and Aaron went out reason of the swarm of files.
from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses
the Lord because of the frogs which he and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacri
had brought against Pharaoh. fice to your God in the land.
13 And the Lord did according to 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so
the word of Moses; and the frogs died to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomi
out of the houses, out of the villages, nation of the Egyptians to the Lord
and out of the fields. our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
14 And they gathered them to- abomination of the Egyptians before
gether upon heaps: and the land stank. their eyes, and will they not stone us?
15 But when Pharaoh saw that 27 We will go three days* journey
there was respite, he hardened his into the wildemess, and sacrifice to the
heart, and hearkened not unto thém; Lord our God, as he shall command
as the Lord had said. us.
16 And the Lord said unto.Moses, 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you
Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord
and smite the dust of the land, that it your God in the wildemess; only ye
may become lice throughout ail the shall not go very far away: intreat for
land of Egypt. me.
17 And they did so; for Aaron 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out
stretched out his hand with his rod, from thee, and 1 will intreat the Lord
and smote the dust of the earth, and that the swarms of files may départ
it became lice in man,and in beast; ail from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
the dust of the land became lice from his people,to morrow: but let not
throughout ail the land of Egypt. Pharaoh de£d deceitfully any more in
18 And the magicians did so with not letting the people go to sacrifice to
their enchantments to bring forth lice, the Lord.
but they could not: so there were lice 30 And Moses went out from Phar
upon man, and upon beast. aoh, and intreated the Lord.
 EXODUS 9 61

31 And the Lord did according to not imto them; as the Lord had spo-
the wôrd of Moses; and he removed the ken unto Moses.
swarms of flies fiom Pharaoh,from hls 13 And the Lord said unto Moses,
servants, and from his people; there Rise up early in the moming, and
remained net one. stand before Pharaoh, and say unto
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart him, Thus saith the Lord God of the
at this time also, neither would he let Hebrews, Let my people go, that they
the people go. may serve me.
14 For I will at this time send ail
ÇHAPTER 9 my plagues upon thine heart, and
THEN the Lord said unto Moses, upon thy servants, and upon thy peo
Go in imto Pharaoh, and tell him, ple; that thou mayest know that there
Thus saith the Lord God of the He- is none like me in ail the earth.
brews, Let my people go, that they 15 For now I will stretch out my
may serve me. hand, that I may smite thee and thy
2 For if thou refuse to let them go, people with pestilence; and thou shalt
and wilt hold them still, be eut off from the earth.
3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is 16 And in very deed for this cause
upon thy cattle which is in the field, have I raised thee up, for to shew in
upon the horses, upon the asses, upon thee my power; and that my name
the camels, upon the oxen, and upon may be declared throughout ail the
the sheep: there shall be a very grievous earth.
murrain. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself
4 And the Lord shall sever between against my people, that thou wilt not
the cattle of Israël and the cattle of let them go?
Egypt: and there shall nothing die of 18 Behold, to morrow about this
ail that is the children's of Israël. thne I will cause it to rain a very
5 And the Lord appointed a set grievous hail, such as hath not been in
time, saying, To morrow the Lord Egypt since the foundation thereof
shall do this thing in the land. even until now.
6 And the Lord did that thing on 19 Send therefore now, and gather
the morrow, and ail the cattle of thy cattle, and ail that thou hast in
Egypt died: but of the cattle of the the held;for upon every man and beast
children of Israël died not one. which shall be found in the field, and
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, shall not be brought home, the hail
there was not one of the cattle of the shall come down upon them, and they
Israélites dead. And the heart of Phar shall die.
aoh was hardened, and he did not let 20 He that feared the word of the
the people go. Lord among the servants of Pharaoh
8 And the Lord said unto Moses made his servants and his cattle fiee
and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls into the houses;
of ashes of the fumace, and let Moses 21 And he that regarded not the
sprinkle it toward the heaven in the word of the Lord left his servants and
sight of Pharaoh. his cattle in the field.
9 And it shall become small dust in 22 And the Lord said unto Moses,
ail the land of Egypt, and shall be a Stretch forth thine hand toward hea
boii bteaking forth with blains upon ven, that there may be hail in ail the
man, and upon beast, throughout ail land of Egypt, upon mah, and upon
the land of Egypt. beast, and upon every herb ofthe field,
10 And they took ashes of the fur- throughout the land of Egypt.
nace, and stood before Pharaoh; and 23 And Moses stretched forth his
Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent
and it became a boil breaking forth thunder and hail, and the fire ran
with blains upon man, and Upon along upon the ground; and the Lord
beast. rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
11 And the magicians could not 24 So there was hail, and fire min-
stand before Moses because of the gled with the hail, very grievous, such
boils; for the boil was upon the magi- as there was none like it in ail the land
dans, and upon ail the Egyptians. of Egypt since it became a nation.
12 And the Lord hardened the 25 And the hail smote throughout
heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened ail the land of Egypt ail that was in
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the field» both man and beast; and the brews, How long wilt thou refuse
hall smote every herb of the field, and to humble thyself before me? let
brake every tree of the field, my people go, that they may servç
26 Only in the land of Goshen, me.
where the children of Israël were, was 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my pec^
there no hail, pie go, behold, to morrow will I bring
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called the locusts into thy coast:
for Moses and Aaron, and said unto 5 And they shall cover the face of
them, I have sinned this tlme; the the earth, that one cannot be able tô
Lord is righteous, and 1 and my peo- see the earth: and they shall eat thé
ple are wicked. residue of that which is escaped, whicli
28 Intreat the Lord (for it is remaineth unto you from the hail, and
enough)that there be no more mighty shall eat every tree which groweth for
thunderings and hail; and I will let you you out of the field:
go, and ye shall stay no longer. 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and
29 And Moses said unto him, As the houses of ail thy servants, and thé
soon as I am gone out of the city, I houses of ail the Egyptians; whicli
will spread abroad my hands unto the neither thy fathers, nor thy fathersj
Lord; and the thunder shall cease, fathers have seen, since the day that
neither shall there be any more hail; they were upon the earth unto this
that thou mayest know how that the day. And he tumed himself, and went
earth is the Lord's. out from Pharaoh.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto
1 know that ye will not yet fear the him, How long shall this man be à
Lord God. snare unto us? let the men go, that
31 And the flax and the barley was they may serve the Lord their God^
smitten: for the barley was in the ear, knowest thou not yet that Egypt is
and the fiax was bolled. destroyed?
32 But the wheat and the rie were S And Moses and Aaron were
not smitten: for they were not grown brought again unto Pharaoh: and hé
up, said unto them. Go, serve the Lord
33 And Moses went out of the city your God: but who are they that shall
from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his go?
hands imto the Lord: and the thun- 9 And Moses said, We will go witl^
ders and hail ceased, and the rain was our young and with our old, with our
not poured upon the earth. sons and with our daughters, with our
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the flocks and with our herds will we
rain and the hail and the thunders go; for we must holà a feast unto thé
were ceased, he sinned yet more, and Lord.
hardened his heart, he and his ser 10 And he said unto them, Let the
vants. Lord be so with you, as I will let you
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was go, and your little ones: look to it; for
hardened, neither would he let the evil is before you.
dbildren of Israël go; as the Lord had 11 Not so: go now ye that are meii,
spoken by Moses. and serve the Lord; for that ye did
desire. And they were driven out from
CHAPTER 10 Pharaoh's presence.
\ND the Lord said unto Moses, Go 12 And the Lord said unto Moses,
jt\ in unto Pharaoh: for I have hard Stretch out thine hand over the land
ened his heart, and the heart of his of Egypt for the locusts, that they may
servants, that I might shew these my come up upon the land of Egypt, and
signs before him: eat every herb of the land,even ail thaé
2 And that thou mayest tell in the the hail hath left.
ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, 13 And Moses stretched forth his
what things I have wrought in Egypt, rod over the land of Egypt, and the
and my signs which I have done Lord brought an east wind upon the
among them; that ye may know how land ail that day, and ail that night;
that I am the Lord. and when it was moming, the east
3 And Moses and Aaron came in wind brought the locusts.
unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, 14 And the locusts went up over aU
Thus saith the Lord God of the He- the land of Egypt,and rested in ail the
 EXODUS 11 63

coasts of Egypt: very grievous were 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get
fhey; before them there were no such thee from me,take heed to thyself, see
locusts as they, neither after them my face no more; for in that day thou
shall be such. seest my face thou shalt die.
15 For they covered the face of the 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spo-
whole earth,so that the land was dark- ken well, I will see thy face again no
ened; and they did eat every herb of more.
the land, and ail the fruit of the trees
which the hall had left: and there re- CHAPTER II
mained not any green thing in the AND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet
trees, or in the herbs of the field, i\ will I bring one plague more upon
through ail the land of Egypt. Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards
16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses he will let you go hence: when he shall
and Aaronin haste; and he said, 1 have let you go, he shall surely thrust you
sinned against the Lord your God,and out hençe altogether.
against you, 2 Speak now in the ears of the peo-
17 Now therefore forgive, I pray ple, and let every man borrow of his
thee, my sin only this once, and in- neighbour, and every woman of her
treat the Lord your God,that he may neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels
take away from me this death only. of gold.
18 And he went ont from Pharaoh, 3 And tJie Lord gave the people fa-
and intreated the Lord. vour in the sight of the Egyptians.
19 And the Lord tumed a mighty Moreover the man Moses was very
strong west wind, which took away great in the land of Egypt,in the sight
the locusts, apd cast them into the of Pharaoh-s servants, and in the sight
Red sea; there remained not one locust of the people.
in ail the coasts of Egypt. 4 And Moses said, Thus saith the
20 But the Lord hardened Phar- Lord, About midnight will I go out
aoh's heart, so that he would not let into the midst of Egypt:
the children of Israël go. 5 And ail the firstbom in the land
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, of Egypt shall die, from the firstbom
Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his
that there may be darkness over the throne, even unto the firstbom of the
land of Egypt, even darkness whidt maidservant that is behind the mill;
may be felt. and ail the firstborn of beasts.
22 And Moses stretched forth his 6 And there shall be a great cry
hand toward heaven; and there was a throughout ail the land of Egypt,such
thick darkness in ail the land of Egypt as there was none like it, nor shall be
three days: like it any morç.
23 They saw not one another, nei 7 But against any of the children of
ther rose any from his place for three Israël shall not a dog move his tongue,
days: but ail the children of Israël had against man or beast: that ye may
light in their dwellings. know how that the Lord doth put a
24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, différence between the Egyptians and
and said. Go ye, serve the Lord; only Israël.
let your flocks and your herds be 8 And ail these thy servants shall
stayed: let your little ones also go come down unto me, and bow down
with you. themselves unto me, saying, Get thee
25 And Môses said, Thou must give out, and ail the people that foUow
us also sacrifices and bumt offerings, thee: and after that I will go put. And
that we may sacrifice unto the Lord he went out from Pharaoh in a great
om: God., anger.
26 Our cattie also shaU go with us; 9 And the Lord said unto Moses,
there shall not an hoof be left behind; Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you;
for tiiereof must we take to serve the that my wonders may be multiplied in
I^RD our God; and we know not with the land of Egypt.
what we must serve the Lord, until 10 And Moses and Aaron did ail
we corne thither. these wonders before Pharaoh: and the
27 But the Lord hardened Phar- Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so
aoh's heart, and he would not let that he would not let the.children of
them go. Israël go out of his land.
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14 And this day shall be unto you

CHAPTER 12 for a mémorial; and ye shall keep it a
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and feast to the Lord throughout your
jTx. Aaron in the land of Egypt, say- générations; ye shall keep it a feast by
ing, an ordinance for ever.
2 This month shatt be uhto you the 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleav-
begiiming of months: it shall be the ened bread; eveh the first day ye shall
first month of the year to you. put away leaven out of your houses:
3 Speak ye unto ail the congréga for whosoever eateth leavened bread
tion of Israël, saying. In the tenth day from the first day imtil the seventh
of this month they shall take to them day, that soul shall be eut off from
every :man a lamb, according to the Israël.
house of their fathers, a lamb for an 16 And in the first day there shall be
house: an holy convocation, and in the sev
4 And if the household be too little enth day there shall be an holy convo
for the lamb,let him and his neighbour cation to you; no manner of work shall
next unto his house take it according be done in them,save that which every
to the number of the soûls; every man man must eat, that only may be dpne
according to his eating shall make your of you.
coimt for the lamb. 17 And ye shaH observe the feast of
5 Your lamb shall be without blem- unleavened bread; for in this selfsame
ish, a maie of the first year: ye shall day have I brought your armies out of
take it out from the sheep, or from the the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye
goats: observe this day in your générations
6 And ye shall keep it up imtil the by an ordinance for ever.
fburteenth day of the same month:and 18 In the first month, on the four-
the whole assembly of the congréga teenth day of the monlîi at even, ye
tion of Israël shall kill it in the evening. shall eat unleavened bread, imtil the
7 And they shall take of the blood, one and twentieth day of the month at
and strike it on the two side posts and even,
on the upper door post of the houses, 19 Seven days shaù there be no
wherein they shall eat it. leaven found in your houses: for who
8 And they shall eat the flesh in soever eateth that which is leavened,
that night, roast with fire, and unleav- even that soul shall be eut off from
ened bread; and with bitter herbs they the congrégation of Israël, whether he
shall eat it. be a stranger, or bom in the land.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in
ail with water, but roast with fire; his ail your habitations shall ye eat un
head with his legs, and with the purte- leavened bread.
nance thereof. 21 Then Moses called for ail the
10 And ye shall let nothing of it elders of Israël, and said unto them,
remain until the moming; and that Draw out and take you a lamb accord
which remaineth of it until the mom ing to your families, and kiU the pass
ing ye shall bum with fire. over.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with 22 And ye shall take a bunch of
your loins girded, your shoes on your hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is
feet, and your staff in your hand; and in the bason, and strike the lintel and
ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's the two side posts with the blood that
passover. is in the bason: and none of you shall
12 For I will pass through the land go out at the door of lus house until
of Egypt this night, and will smite ail the morning.
the firstbom in the land of Egypt,both 23 For the Lord will pass through
man and beast; and against ail the to smite the Egyptians; and when he
gods of Egypt I will execute judgmént: seeth the blood upon the lintel, aiid on
I am the Lord. the two side posts, the Lord will pass
13 And the blood shall be to you over the door, and will not suffer the
for a token upon the houses where ye destroyer to come in unto your houses
are: and when I see the blood, I will to smite you.
pass over you,and the plague shall not 24 And ye shall observe this thing
be upon you to destroy you, when I for an ordinance to thee and to thy
smite the land of Egypt. sons for ever.
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25 And it shall corne to pass, when also with them; and fiocks, and herds,
ye be corne to the land which the Lord even very much cattle.
will give you, according as be hath 39 And they baked unleavened
promised, that ye shall keep this ser cakes of the dough whidi they brought
vice. forth out of Egypt,for it was not l^v-
26 And It shall corne to pass, when ened; because tiiey were thrust out of
your children shall say unto you, What Egypt, and could not tarry, neither
mean ye by this service? had they prepared for themselves any
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacri victual.
fice of the Lord's passover, who 40 Now the sojouming of the chil
passed over the houses of the children dren of Israël, who dwelt in Egypt,
of Israël in Egypt, when he smote the was four himdred and thirty years.
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. 41 And it came to pass at the end
And the people bowed the head and of the four himdred and thirty years,
worshipped. even the selfsame day it came to pass,
28 And the children of Israël went that ail the hosts of the Lord went out
away, and did as the Lord had com- from the land of Egypt.
manded Moses and Aaron, so did 42 Itis a night to be much observed
they. unto the Lord for bringing them out
29 And it came to pass,that at mid- from the land of Egypt: this is that
night the Lord smote aU the firstbom night of the Lord to be observed of ail
in the land of Egypt, from the first the children of Israël in their généra
bom of Phafaoh that sat on his throne tions.
unto the firstbom of the captive that 43 And the Lord said unto Moses
was in the dungeon; and ail the first and Aaron, This ts the ordinance of the
bom of cattle. passoven There shall no stranger eat
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the thereof:
night, he, and ail his servants, and ail 44 But every man's servant that is
the Egyptians; and there was a great bought for money, when thou hast cir-
cry in Egypt;for there was not a house cumdsed him, then shall he eat there
where there was not one dead. of.
31 And he called for Moses and 45 A foreigner and an hired servant
Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,and shall not eat thereof.
get you forih from among my people, 46 In one house shall it be eàten;
both ye and the children of Israël; and thou shalt not carry forth ought of the
go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. fiesh abroad out of the house; neither
32 Also take your fiocks and your shall ye break a bone thereof.
herds, as ye have said, and be gone; 4.7 AU the congrégation of Israël
and bless me also. shaU keep it.
33 And the Egyptians were urgent 48 And when a stranger shaU so-
upon the people, that they might send joum with thee, and wiU keep the
them out of the land in haste; for they passover to the Lord,let aU his maies
said, We be ail dead men. be circumcised, and then let him come
34 And the people took their dough near and keep it; and he shaU be as
before it was leavened,their kneading one that is bom in the land: for no un-
troughs being boimd up in their clothes circumcised person shaU eat thereof.
upon their shoulders. 49 One law shaU be to him that is
35 And the children of Israël did ac- homebom, and unto the stranger that
cor^g to the word of Moses;and they sojoumeth among you.
borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of 50 Thus did aU the chUdren of Is
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: raël; as the Lôrd commanded Moses
36 And the Lord gave the people and Aaron, so did they.
favour in the sight of the Egyptians, 51 And it came to pass the selfsame
so that they lent imto them such day, that the Lord did bring the chil
things as they required. And they dren of Israël out of the land of Egypt
spoiled the Egyptians. by their armies.
37 And the children of Israël Jour-
neyed from Ra-me-ses to Suc'-coth, CHAPTER 13
about six hundred thousand on foot AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
Ûutt were'men, beside (diildren. jt\ saying,
38 And a mixed multitude went up 2 Sanctify unto me W the ftrstbom.
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whatsoever openeth the womb among 15 And it came to pass, when Phar-
the children of Israël, both of man and aoh would hardly let us go, that the
of beast: it is mine. Lord slew ail the firstbom in the land
3 And Moses said unto the people, of Egypt, both the firstbom of man,
Remember this day,in which ye came and the firstbom of beast: therefore I
ont from Egypt, ont of the house of sacrifice to the Lord ail that openeth
bondage; for by strength of hand the the matrix, being maies; but aU the
Lord brought you ont from this place: firstbom of my children I redeem.
there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 16 And it shall be for a token upon
4 This day came ye ont in the thine hand, and for frontlets between
month Abib. thine eyes: for by strength of hand the
5 And it shall be when the Lord Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
shall bring thee into the land of the 17 And it came to pciss, when Phar-
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the aoh had let the people go, that God
Amorites, and the Hi-vites, and the led them not through the way of the
Jeb-u-sites, which he sware unto thy land of the Philistines, although that
fathers to give thee, a land flowing was near; for God said. Lest peradven-
with milk and honey, that thou shalt ture the people repent when they see
keep this service in this month. war, and they retum to Egypt:
6 Seven days thou shalt eat imleav- 18 But God led the people about,
ened bread, and in the seventh day through the way of the wildemess of
shall be a feast to the Lord. the Red sea: and the children of Israël
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten went up hamessed out of the land of
seven days; and there shall no leav Egypt.
ened bread be seen with thee, neither 19 And Moses took the bones of Jo
shall there be leaven seen with thee in seph with him: for he had straitly
ail thy quarters. swom the children of Israël, saying,
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in God will surely visit you; and ye shall
that day, saying, This is done because carry up my bones away hence with
of that which the Lord did unto me you.
when I came forth out of Egypt. 20 And they took their joumey
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee from Suc-coth, and encamped in
upon thine hand, and for a mémorial E-tham, in the edge of the wilder-
between thine eyes, that the Lord's ness.
law may be in thy mouth: for with a 21 And the Lord went before them
strong hand hath the Lord brought by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
thee out of Egypt. them the way; and by night in a pillar
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this of fire, to give them light; to go by day
ordinance in his season from year to and night:
year. 22 He took not away the pillar of
11 And it shall be when the Lord the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire
shall bring thee into the land of the by night, from before the people.
Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and
to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, CHAPTER 14
12 That thou shalt set apart unto AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
the Lord ail that openeth the matrix, l\ saying,
and every firstling that cometh of a 2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
beast which thou hast; the maies shall that they tum and encamp before Pi-
be the Lord's. ha-hi'-roth, between Mig'-dol and the
13 And every firstling of an ass thou sea, over against Ba-al-ze-phon: be
shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou fore it shall ye encamp by the sea.
wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt 3 For Pharaoh will say of the chil
break his neck: and ail the firstbom of dren of Israël, They are entangled in
man among thy children shalt thou re the land, the wildemess hath shut
deem. them in.
14 And it shall be when thy son 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's
asketh thee in time to come, saying, heart, that he shall foUow after them;
What is this? that thou shalt say unto and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh,
him, By strength of hand the Lord and upon ail his host; that the Egyp-
brought us out from Egypt, from the tians may know that I am the Lord.
house of bondage: And they did so.
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5 And it was told the king of Egypt upon his chariots, and upon his horse
that the people fled: and the heart of men.
Pharaoh and of his servants was 18 And the Egyptians shall know
tumed against the people, and they that I am the Lord, when I have got-
said, Why have we done this, that we ten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon
have let Israël go from serving us? his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
6 And he made ready his chariot, 19 And the angel of God, which
and took his people with him: went before the camp of Israël, re-
7 And he took six hundred chosen moved and went behind them;and the
chariots, and ail the chariots of Egypt, pillar of the cloud went from before
and captains over every one of them. their face, and stood behind them:
8 And the Lord hardened the heart 20 And it came between the camp
of Pharaoh king of Egypt,and he pur- of the Egyptians and the camp of
sued after the children of Israël: and Israël; and it was a cloud and darkness
the children of Israël went out with an to them, but it gave light by night to
high hand. these: so that the one came not near
9 But the Egyptiens pursued after the other ail the night.
them, ail the horses and chariots of 21 And Moses stretched out his
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his hand over the sea; and the Lord
army, and overtook them encamping caused the sea to go hack by a strong
by the sea, beside Pi-ha-hi-roth, be- east wind ail that night, and made the
fore Ba-al-ze-phon. sea dry land, and the waters were di-
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, vided.
the children of Israël lifted up their 22 And the children of Israël went
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptiens into the midst of the sea upon the dry
marched after them; and they were ground: and the waters were a wall un
sore afraid: and the children of Israël to them on their right hand, and on
cried out unto the Lord^ their left.
11 And they said unto Moses, Be- 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and
cause there were no graves in Egypt, went in after them to the midst of the
hast thou taken us away to die in the sea,even ail Pharaoh's horses, his char
wildemess? wherefore hast thou dealt iots, and his horsemen.
thus with us, to carry us forth out of 24 And it came to pass, that in the
Egypt? moming watch the Lord looked unto
12 Is not this the word that we did the host of the Egyptians through the
tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us pillar of fire and of the cloud, and
alone, that we may serve the Egyp troubled the host of the Egyptians,
tiens? For it had been better for us to 25 And took ofî their chariot
serve the Egyptiens, than that we wheels, that they drave them heavily:
should die in the wildemess. so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee
13 And Moses said unto the people, from the face of Israël; for the Lord
Fear ye not, stand still, and see the fighteth for them against the Egyp
salvation of the Lord, whidh he will tians.
shew to you to day:for the Egyptiens 26 And the Lord said unto Moses,
whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see Stretch out thine hand over the sea,
them again no more for ever. that the waters may corne again upon
14 The Lord shall fight for you,and the Egyptians, upon their chariots,
ye shall hold your peace. and upon their horsemen.
15 And the Lord said imto Moses, 27 And Moses stretched forth his
Wherefore criest thou imto me? speak hand over the sea, and the sea re-
imto the children of Israël, that they tumed to his strenghi when the mom
go forward: ing appeared; and the Egyptians fled
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and against it; and the Lord overthrew the
stretch out thine hand over the sea, Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
and divide it: and the children of Israël 28 And the waters retumed, and
shall go on dry ground through the covered the chariots, and the horse
midst of the sea. men, and ail the host of Pharaoh that
17 And I, behold, I will harden the came into the sea after them; there re-
hearts of the Egyptians,and they shall mained not so much as one of them.
foUow them: and I will get me honour 29 But the children of Israël walked
upon Pharaoh, and upon ail his host. upon dry land in the midst of the sea;
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and the waters were a wall unto them the people which thou hast redeemed:
on their right hand, and on their left. thou hast guided them in thy strength
30 Thus the Lord saved Israël that unto thy holy habitation.
day out of the hand of the Egyptians; 14 The people shall hear, and be
and Israël saw the Egyptians dead afraid: sorrow shall take hold oh the
upon the sea shore. inhabitants of Palestina.
31 And Israël saw that great work 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be
which the Lord did upon the Egyp amazed; the mighty men of Moab,
tians: and the people feared the Lord, trembling shall take hold upon them;
and believed the Lord,and his servant ail the inhabitants of Canaan shall
Moses. melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon
CHAPTER 15 them; by the greatness of thine arm
THEN sang Moses and the children they shall be as still as a stone; till thy
of Israël this song unto the Lord, people pass over, O Lord, till the peo
and spake, saying, I will sing unto the ple pass over, which thou hast pur-
Lord,for he hath triumphed glorious- chased.
ly: the horse and his rider hath he 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and
thrown into the sea. plant them in the mountain of thine
2 The Lord is my strength and inheritance, in the place, O Lord,
song, and he is become my salvation: which thou hast made for thee to dwell
he is my God, and I will préparé him in,in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy
an habitation; my father's God, and I hands have established.
will exalt him. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever
3 The Lord is a man of war: the and ever.
Lord is his name. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host in with his chariots and with his horse-
hath he cast into the sea: his chosen men into the sea, and the Lord
captains also are drowned in the Red brought again the waters of the sea
sea. upon them; but the children of Israël
5 The depths have covered them: went on dry land in the midst of the
they sank into the bottom as a stone. sea.
6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is be 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the
come glorious in power: thy right sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her
hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pièces hand; and ail the women went out
the enemy. after her with thnbrels and. with
7 And in the greatness of thine ex- dances. -
cellency thou hast overthrown them 21 And Miricim answered them,
that rose up against thee: thou sentest Sing ye to thé Lord, for he hath tri
forth thy wrath, which consumed them umphed gloriously; the horse and his
as stubble. rider hath he thrown into the sea.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils . 22 So Moses brought Israël from
the waters were gathered together, the the Red sea, and they went out into
doods stood upright as an heap, and the wildemess of Shur; and they went
the depths were congealed in the heart three days in the wildemess,and found
of the sea. no water.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I 23 And when they came to Ma-rsih,
they could not drink of the waters of
will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
my lust shall be satisfied upon them; Ma-rah, for they were bitter: therefore
I wUl draw my sword, my hand shall the name of it was called Ma-rah.
destroy them. 24 And . the people murmured
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, against Moses, saying, What shall we
the sea covered them: they sank as drink?
lead in the mighty waters. 25 And he cried unto the Lord;and
11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, the Lord shewed him a tree, which
among the gods? who is like thee, glo when he had cast into the waters, the
rious in holiness, fearful in praises, waters were made sweet: there he
doing wonders? made for them a statute and an ordi-
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right nance, and there he proved them,
hand, the earth swallowed them. 26 And said. If thou wilt diligently
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth hearken to the voice of the Lord thy
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God,and wilt do that which Is right in unto ail the congrégation of the chil
his sight, and wilt give car to his com- dren of Israël, Come near before the
mandments, and keep ail his statutes, Lord:for he hath heard your murmur
I will put none of these diseases upon ings.
thee, which 1 have brought upon the 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron
Egyptians: for I am the Lord that spake unto the whole congrégation of
healeth thee. the children of Israël, that they lookéd
27 And they came to Elim, where toward the wildemess, and, behold,
were twelve wells of water, and three- the glory of the Lord appeared in the
score and ten palm trees: and they en- cloud.
camped there by the waters. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
CHAPTER 16 12 I have heard the murmurings of
AND they toôk their joumey from the children of Israël: speak unto
/\ Elim, and ail the con^egation of them, saying, At even ye shall eat
the children of Israël came unto the flesh, ànd in the moming ye shall be
wildemess of Sin, which is between fllled with bread; and ye shall know
Elim and Si-nai, on the fifteenth day that I am the Lord your God.
of the second month after their depart- 13 And it came to pass,that at even
ing out of the land of Egypt. the quails came up, and covered the
2 And the whole congrégation of camp: and in the moming the dew lay
the children of Israël murmured round about the host.
against Moses and Aaron in the wil 14 And when the dew that lay was
demess: gone up, behold, upon the face pf the
3 And the children of Israël Scdd un wildemess there lay a small round
to them, Would to God we had died thing, as small as the hpar frost on the
by the hand of the Lord in the land of ground.
Egypt, wheii we sat by the flesh pots, 15 And when the children of Israël
and when we did eat bread to the full; saw it, they said ohe to another, It is
for ye have brought us forth into this manna: for they wist not what it was.
wildemess, to kill this whole assembly And Moses Scdd unto them, This is the
withhunger. bread which the Lord hath given you
4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, to eat.
Behold, I will rain bread from heaVen 16 This is the thing which the Lord
for you; emd the people shall go out hath commanded, Gather of it every
and gather a* certain rate every day, man according to his eating, an omer
that I may prove them, whether they for every man,according to the number
will walk in my law, or no. of your persons; take ye every man for
5 And it shall come to pass, that on them which are in his tents.
the sixth day they shall préparé that 17 And the children of Israël did
which they bring ih; and it shall be so, and gathered, some more, some
twice as mùch as they gather daily. less.
6 And Moses ànd Aaron said unto 18 And when thèy did mete it with
ail the children of Israël, At even, then an omer, he that gathered much had
ye shall know that the Lord hath nothing ôver, and he that gathered
brought you out from the land of little had no lack; they gathered every
Egypt: man according to his eating.
7 And in the moming, then ye shall 19 And Moses said, Let no man
see the glory of the Lord; for that he leave of it till the moming.
heareth your murmurings àgainst the 20 Notwithstanding they heark-
Lord: and what are we, that ye mur- ened not unto Moses; but some of
mur against us? them left of it until the moming, and
8 And Moses said, This shall be, it bred wôrms, and stank: and Moses
when the Lord shall give you in the was wroth with them.
evening flesh to eat, and in the mom 21 And they gathered it every
ing bread tô the full;for that the Lord moming, every man according to his
heareth your murmurings which ye eating: and when the sun waxed hot,
murmur against him: and what are it melted.
we? your murmurings are not against 22 And it came to pass, that on the
tis^ but against the Lord. sixth day they gathered twice as much
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron,Say bread, two omers for one man: and ail
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the rulers of the congrégation came

and told Moses. CHAPTER 17
23 And he said unto them, This is AND ail the congrégation of the chil-
that which the Lord hath said, To mor- jt\ dren of Israël joumeyed from the
row is the rest of the holy sabbath unto wildemess of Sin, after their joumeys,
the Lord: bake that which ye will bake according to the commandment of the
to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; Lord, and pitched in Reph-i-dim: and
and that which remaineth over lay up there was no water for the people to
for you to be kept until the moming. drink.
24 And they laid it up till the mom 2 Wherefore the people did chide
ing, as Moses bade: and it did not with Moses, and said, Give us water
stink, neither was there any worm that we may drink. And Moses said
therehi. unto them, Why chide ye with me?
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: 3 And the people thirsted there for
to day ye shall not find it in the field. water; and the people murmured
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but against Moses, and said, Wherefore is
on the seventh day, which is the sab this that thou hast brought us up out
bath, in it there shall be none. of Egypt, to kill us and our children
27 And it came to pass, that there and our cattle with thirst?
went out some of the people on the 4 And Moses cried unto the Lord,
seventh day for to gather, and they saying, What shall I do unto this peo
found none. ple? they be almost ready to stone me.
2Ô And the Lord said unto Moses, 5 And the Lord said unto Moses,
How long refuse ye to keep my com- Go on before the people, and take with
mandments and my laws? thee of the elders of Israël; and thy
29 See,for that the Lord hath given rod, wherewith thou smotest the river,
you the sabbath, therefore he giveth take in thine hand, and go.
you on the sixth day the bread of two 6 Behold, I will stand before thee
daysî abide ye every man in his place, there upon the rock in Ho-reb; and
let no man go out of his place on the thou shalt smite the rockj and there
seventh day. shall come water out of it, that the
30 So the people rested on the sev people may drink. And Moses did so
enth day. in the sight of the elders of Israël.
31 And the house of Israël called 7 And he called the name of the
the name thereof Manna: and it was place Mas-sah, and Mer'-i-bah, because
like coriander seed, white; and the of the chiding of the children of Israël,
taste of it was like wafers mode with and because they tempted the Lord,
honey. saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
32 And Moses said, This is the thing 8 Then came Am-a-lek, and fought
which the Lord conunandeth,'Fill an with Israël in Reph-i-dim.
omer of it to be kept for your généra 9 And Moses said unto Joshua,
tions; that they may see the bread Choose us out men, and go out, fight
wherewith I have fed you in the wil- with Am'-a-lek: to morrow I will stand
demess, when I brought you forth on the top of the hill with the rod of
from the IcUid of Egypt. God in mine hand.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said
Take a pot, and put an omer full of to him,and fought with Am-a-lek: and
manna therein, and lay it up before Moses, Aaron. and Hur went up to the
the Lord, to be kept for your généra top of the hill.
tions. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, held up his hand,that Israël prevailed:
so Aaron laid it up before the Testi- and when he let down his hand, Am-
mony, to be kept. a-lek prevailed.
35 And the children of Israël did eat 12 But Moses' hands were heavy;
manna forty years, imtil they came to and they took a stone,and put it under
a land inhabited; they did eat manna, him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron
imtil they came unto the borders of and Hur stayed up his hands, the one
the land of Canaan. on the one side, and the other on the
36 Now an omer is the tenth Oart of other side; and his hands were steady
an ephah. until the going down of the sun.
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13 And Joshua discomfited Am-a- 11 Now I know that the Lord is

lek and his people with the edge of the greater than ail gods: for in the thing
sword. wherein they dealt proudly he was
14 And the Lord said unto Moses, above them.
Write this for a mémorial in a book, 12 And Jeth-ro, Moses' father in
and rehearse ii in the ears of Joshua: law, took a bumt offering and sacri
for I will utterly put out the remem- fices for God: and Aaron came, and ail
brance of Am-a-lek from under heaven, the elders of Israël, to eat bread with
15 And Moses built an altar, and Moses' father in law before God.
called the name of it Je-ho-vah-nis-si: 13 And it came to pass on the mor-
16 For he said, Because the Lord row, that Moses sat to judge the peo
hath swom that the Lord will have war ple: 2Uid the people stood by Moses
with Am-a-lek from génération to gén from the moming unto the evening.
ération, 14 And when Moses' father in law
saw ail that he did to the people, he
CHAPTER 18 said, What is this thing that thou
WHEN Jeth'-ro, the priest of Mid'- doest to the people? why sittest thou
i-an, Moses'father in law, heard thyself alone, and ail the people stand
of ail that God had done for Moses,and by thee from moming unto even?
for Israël his people,and that the Lord 15 And Moses said unto his father
had brought Israël out of Egypt; in law, Because the people come unto
2 Then Jeth-ro, Moses' father in me to enquire of God:
law, took Zip-po'-rah, Moses' wife, af- 16 When they have a matter, they
ter he had sent her back, come unto me; and I judge between
3 And her two sons; of which the one and another, and I do make them
name of the one was Ger'-shom; for he know the statutes of God,and his laws.
said, I have been an alien in a strange 17 And Moses' father in law said
land: unto him, The thing that thou doest
4 And the name of the other was is not good.
E-li-e-zer; for the God of my father, 18 Thou wilt surely wear away,
said he, was mine help, and delivered both thou, and this people that is with
me from the sword of Pharaoh: thee: for this thing is too heavy for
5 And Jeth-ro, Moses'father in law, thee; thou art not able to perform it
came with his sons and his wife unto thyself alone.
Moses into the wildemess, where he 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I
encamped at the mount of God: will give thee counsel, and God shadl
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy fa be with thee: Be thou for the people to
ther in law Jeth-ro am come unto thee, God-ward, that thou mayest bring the
and thy wife, and her two sons with causes unto God:
her. 20 And thou shalt teach them ordi-
7 And Moses went out to meet his nances and laws, and shalt shew them
father in law, and did obeisance, and the way wherein they must walk, and
kissed him; and they asked each other the work that they must do.
of their welfare; and they came into the 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out
tent. of ail the people able men,such as fear
8 And Moses told his father in law God, men of truth, hating covetous-
ail that the Lord had done imto Phar ness; and place such over them, to be
aoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's rulers of thousands, and mlers of hun-
sake,and ail the travail that had come dreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
upon them by the way, and how the tens:
Lord delivered them. 22 And let them judge the people at
9 And Jeth-ro rejoiced for ail the ail seasons: and it shall be, that every
goodness which the Lord had done to great matter they shall bring unto
Israël, whom he had delivered out of thee, but every small matter they shall
the hand of the Egyptians. judge: so shall it be esisier for thyself,
10 And Jeth-ro said, Blessed he the and they shall bear the hurden with
Lord, who hath delivered you out of thee.
the hand of the Egyptians, and out of 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and
the hand of Pharaoh, who hath de God command thee so, then thou shalt
livered the people from under the hand be able to endure, and ail this people
of the Egyptians. shall also go to their place in peace.
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24 So Moses hearkened to the voice Go unto the people, and sanctify them
of his father in law,and did ail that he to day and to morroWy and let them
had said. wash their clothes,
25 And Moses chose able men out of 11 And be ready against the third
ail Israël, and made them heads over day: for the third day the Lord will
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers come down in the sight of ail the peo
of hundreds,rulers offifties, and rulers ple upon mount Si-nai.
of tens. 12 And thou shalt set boimds unto
26 And they judged the people at the people round about, saying, Take
ail seasons: the b^d causes they heed to yourselves, ihat ye go not up
brought unto Moses, but every small into the moimt, or touch the border of
matter they judged themselves. it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall
27 And Moses let his father in law be surely put to death:
départ; and he went his way into his 13 There shall not an hand touch
own land. it, but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it he beast or
CHAPTER 19 man, it shall not live: when the trum-
IN the third month, when the chil- pet soundeth long, they shall come up
dren of Israël were gone forth out tothemoimt.
of the land of Egypt, the same day 14 And Moses went down from the
came they into the wildemess of Si- mount unto the people, and sanctiiied
nai. the people; and they washed their
2 For they were departed from clothes.
Reph-i-dim, and were come to the 15 And he said unto the people, Be
desert of Si-nai, and had pitched in the ready against the third day: come not
wildemess; and there Israël camped at youT wives.
before the mount. 16 And it came to pass on the third
3 And Moses went up unto God,and day in the moming, that there were
the Lord called unto him out of the thunders and lightnings, and à thick
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say cloud upon the mount, and the voice
to the house of Jacob, and tell the of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that
children of Israël; ail the people that was in the camp
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the trembled.
Egyptians, and how I bare you on 17 And Moses brought forth the
eagles' wings, and brought you imto people out of the camp to meet with
myself. God; and they stood at the nether part
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my of the mount,
voice indeed, and keep my covenant, 18 And mount Si-nai was altogether
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure un on a smoke, because the Lord de-
to me above ail people; for ail the scended upon it in fire: and the smoke
earth is mine: thereof ascended as the smoke of a fur-
6 And ye shall be unto me a king- nace, and the whole mount quaked
dom of priests, and an holy nation. greatly.
These are the words which thou shalt 19 And when the voice of the trum
speak unto the children of Israël. pet sounded long, and waxed louder
7 And Moses came and called for and louder, Moses spake, and God an
the elders of the people, and laid be swered him by a voice.
fore their faces ail these words which 20 And the Lord came down upon
the Lord commanded him. mount Si-nai, on the top of the mount:
8 And ail the people answered to- and the Lord called Moses up to the
gether, and said. Ail that the Lord top of the mount; and Moses went up.
hath spoken we will do. And Moses re- 21 And the Lord said unto Moses,
tumed the words of the people unto Go down, charge the people, lest they
the Lord, break through unto the Lord to gaze,
9 And the Lord said imto Moses, and many of them perish.
Lo,I come unto thee in a thick cloud, 22 And let the priests ateo, which
that the people may hear when I speak come near to the Lord,sanctify them
with thee, and believe thee for ever. selves, lest the Lord break forth upon
And Moses told the words ofthe people them.
unto the Lord. 23 And Moses said unto the Lord,
10 And the Lord said unto Moses, The people cannot come up to mount
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Sr-nai: for thou chargedst us, saying. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness
Set bounds about the mount,and sanc- against thy neighbour.
tify it. 17 Thou shalt not covét thy heigh-
24 And the LôiO) said unto him, bôur'^s house, thou shalt not covet thy
Away, get thee down, and thou shalt neighbour's wife, nor his manservan^
corne up, thou, and Aaron with thee: nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor
but let not the priests and the people his ass, nor any thing that is thy
break through to corne up unto the neighbour's.
Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 18 And ail the pèople sâw the thun-
25 So Moses went down unto the derings, and the lightnings, and the
people> ^d spake unto them. noise of the trumpet, and the moun-
tain smoking: ancLwhen the people saw
CHAPTER 20 it, they removed, and stood afar off.
AND God $pàke ail these words, 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak
l\ saying, thou with us, and we will hear: but let
2 I am the Lord thy God, which not God speak with us, lest we die.
have brought thee out of the land of 20 And Moses said unto the people,
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Fear not: for God is come to prove
3 Thou shalt have no other gods be- you, and that his fear may be before
fore me. your faces, that ye sin not.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee 21 And the people stood afar off,
any graven image, or any likeness of and Moses drew near unto the thick
any tfUng that is in heaven above, or darkness where God wos.
that is in the earth beneath, or that is 22 And the Lord said unto Moses,
in the water under the earth: Thus thou shalt say unto the children
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself of Israël, Ye have seen that I have
to them, nor serve them: for I the talked with you from heaven.
Lord thy God am a jealous God,visit- 23 Ye shall not make with mé gods
ing the iniquity of the fathers upon the of silver, neither shall ye make unto
çWdren unto the third and fourth gén you gods of gold.
ération of them that hate me; 24 An altar of earth thou shalt
6 And shewing mercy unto thou- make unto me, and shalt sacrifice
sands of them that love me, and keep thereon thy bumt offerings, and thy
my commandments. peace offerings, thy sheep, and tbine
7 Thou shalt not takè the name of oxen: in ail places where I record my
the Lord thy God in vain; for the name I will come imto thee, and I will
Lord will not hold him guiltless that bless thee.
taketh his name in vain. 25 And if thou wilt make me an al
8 Remember the sabbath day, to tar of stone, thou shalt not buUd it of
keep it holy. hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool
9 Six days shalt thou labour,and do upon it, thou hast polluted it.
aU thy work: 26 Neither shalt thou go ûp by
10 But the seVèhth day is the sab steps unto mine altar, that thy naked-
bath of the Lord thy God: in it thou hess be not discovered thereon.
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, thy manser- CHAPTER 21
vant,nor thy maidservant,nor thy cat- NOW these are the judgments
tle, nor thy stranger that is within thy which thou shalt set before them.
gâtes: 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant,
11 For in six days the Lord made six years he shall serve: and in the
heaven and earth, the sea, and ail that seventh he shall go out free for noth-
in them is, and rested the seventh day: ing.
wherefore the Lord blessed the sab 3 If he came in by himself, he shall
bath day, and hallowed it. go out by himself: if he were married,
12 Honour thy father and thy then his wife shall go out with him.
mother: that thy days may be long 4 If his master have given him a
upon the land which the Lord thy wife, and she have bom him sons or
God giveth thee. daughters; the wife and her children
13 Thou shalt not kill. shall be her master's, and he shall go
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. out by himself.
15 Thou shalt not steal. 5 And if the servant shall plainly
74 EXODUS 21

say, I love my master, my wlfe, and 22 If men strive, and hurt a woman
my children; I will not go out free; with child, so that her fruit départ
6 Then bis master shall bring him from her,and yet no mischieffoUpw:he
unto the judges; he shall also brlng shall be surely punished, according as
him to the door, or unto the door post; the woman's husband will lay upon
and his master shall bore his ear him; and he shedl pay as the judges
through with an aul; and he shall détermine*
serve him for ever. 23 And if any mischief follow, then
7 And if a man sell his daughter to thou sh£ilt give life for life,
be a meddservant, she shall not go out 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
as the menservants do. hand for hand, foot for foot,
8 If she please not her master, who 25 Buming for buming, wound for
hath betrothed her to himself, then wound, stripe for stripe.
shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her 26 And if a man sMte the eye of his
unto a strange nation he shall have no servant, or the eye of his maid, that it
power,seeing he hath dealt deceitfully perish; he shall let him go free for his
with her. eye's sake.
9 And if he have betrothed her imto 27 And if he smite out his manser-
his son, he shall deal with her after the vant's tooth, or his maidservant's
manner of daughters. tooth; he shall let him go free for his
10 If he take him another wife; her tooth's sake.
food, her raiment, and her duty of 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman,
marriage, shall he not diminish. that they die; then the ox shall be
11 And if he do not these three unto surely stoned, and his flesh shall not
her, then shall she go out free without be eaten; but the owner of the ox shaU
money. he quit.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that 29 But if the ox were wont to push
he die, shall be surely put to death. with his hom in time past, and it hath
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but been testified to his owner,and he hath
God deliver him into his hand; then I not kept him in, but that he hath
will appoint thee a place whither he killed a man or a woman; the ox shall
shall fiee. be stoned, and his owner also shall be
14 But if a man come presumptu- put to death.
ously upon his neighbour, to slay him 30 If there be laid on him a sum of
with guUe; thou shalt take him from money, then he shall give for the ran-
mine altar, that he may die. som of his life whatsoever is laid upon
15 And he that smiteth his father, him.
or his mother, shall be surely put to 31 Whether he have gored a son, or
death. have gored a daughter, according to
16 And he that stealeth a man, and this judgment shall it be done imto
selleth him, or if he be found in his him.
hand, he shall surely be put to death. 32 If the ox shall push a manser-
17 And he that curseth his father, vant or a maidservant; he shall give
or his mother, shall surely be put to imto their master thirty shekels of sil-
death. ver, and the.ox shall be stoned.
18 And if men strive together, and 33 And if a man shall open a plt,
one smite another with a stone, or or a man shall dig a pit, and not
with his fist, and he die not, but keep- cover it, and an ox or an ass fall
eth his bed: therein;
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad 34 The owner of the pit shall make
upon his staff, then shall he that smote it good, and give money imto the
him be quit: only he shall pay for the owner of them; and the dead beast
loss of his time, and shall cause him to shall be his.
be thoroughly healed. 35 And if one man's ox hurt an-
20 And if a man smite his servant, other's, that he die; then they shall
or his maid, with a rod, and he die sell the live ox, and divide the money
imder his hand; he shall be surely pun- of it; and the dead ox also they shall
ished. divide.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue 36 Or if it be known that the ox
a day or two,he shall not be punished: hath used to push in time past, and his
for he is his money. owner hath not kept him in; he shall
 EXODUS 22 75

surely pay ox for ox; and the dead him bring it for witness, and he shall
shall be his own. not make good that which was tom.
14 And if a man borrow ought of his
CHAPTER 22 neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, thé
IF a man shall steal an ox,or a sheep» owner thereof being not with it, hè
and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore shall surely make it good.
five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for 15 But if the owner thereof be with
a sheep. it, he shall not make it good: if it be an
:2 If a thief be found breaking up, hired thing, it came for his hire.
and be smitten that he die, there shall 16 And if a man entice a maid that
no blood be shed for him. is not betrothed, and lie with her, hé
3 If the sun be risen upon him, shall surely endow her to be his wiféi
ihere shall be blood shed for him;for he 17 If her father utterly refuse to
should make fuU restitution; if he have give her unto him, he shall pay money
nothing, then he shall be sold for his according to the dowry of virgins.
theft. 18 Thou shalt not sufïer a witch to
4 If the theft be certainly found in live.
his hand alive, whether it be ox,or ass, 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast
or sheep; he shall restore double. shall surely be put to death.
5 If a man shall cause a held or 20 He that sacrificeth unto any godf
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in save unto the Lord only, he shall be
his beast, and shall feed in another utterly destroyed.
man's field; of the best of his own field, 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger^
and of the best of his own vineyard, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers
shall he make restitution. in the land of Egypt.
6 If fire break out, and catch in 22 Ye shall not afilict any widow,or
thoms, so that the stacks of com, or fatherless child.
the standing com, or the field, be con- 23 If thou afflict them in any wise,
sumed iherewiih; he that kindled the and they cry at ail unto me, I will
fire shall surely make restitution. surely hear their cry;
7 If a man shall deliver unto his 24 And my wrath shall wax hot,
neighbour money or stufî to keep, and and I will kill you with the sword; and
it be stolen out of the man's house; if your wives shall be widows, and your
the thief be found,let him pay double. diildren fatherless.
8 If the thief be not found,then the 25 If thou lend money to any of my
master of the house shall be brought people that is poor by thee, thou shalt
unto the judges,to see whether he have not be to him as an usurer, neither
put his hand unto his neighbour's shalt thou lay upon him usury.
goods. 26 If thou at ail take thy neigh
9 For ail manner of trespass, whether bour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt
it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for réd- deliver it unto him by that the sun
ment, or for any manner of lost thing, goeth dowm
which another challengeth to be his, 27 For that is his covering only, it
the cause of both parties shall come is his raiment for his skin: wherein
before the judges; and whom the shall he sleep? and it shall come tq
judges shall condemn, he shall pay pass, when he crieth unto me, that I
double unto his neighbour. will hear; for I am gracions.
10 If a man deliver unto his neigh 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods,
bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or nor curse the ruler of thy people.
any beast, to keep; and it die, or be 29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the
hurtj or driven away, no man seeing first of thy ripe fmits, and of thy liq-
it: uors: the firstbom of thy sons shalt
11 Then shall an oath Of the Lord thou give unto me.
be between them both, that he hath 30 Likewise shalt thou do with
not put his hand unto his neighbour's thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven
goods; and the owner of it shall accept days it shall be with his dam; on the
thereof, and he shall not malce it good. eig^th day thou shalt g^ve it me.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he 31 And ye shall be holy men unto
shall make restitution unto the owner me: neither shall ye eat any fiesh that
thereof. is tom of beasts in the field; ye shall
13 If it be tom in pièces, then let cast it to the dogs.
76 EXODUS 23

firstfruits of thy labours, which thou

CHAPTER 23 hast sown in the field: and the feast of
THOU shalt not raise a false report: ingathering, which is in the end of the
put not thine hand with the wicked year, when thou hast gathered in thy
to be an unrighteous witness. labours out of the field.
2 Thou shalt not foUow a multitude 17 Three times in the year ail thy
to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in maies shall appear before the Lord
a causé to décliné after many to wrest God.
judgment: 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a my sacrifice with leavened bread; nei
poor man in his cause. ther shall the fat of my sacrifice re
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or main until the moming.
his ass going astray, thou shalt surely 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy
bring it back to him again. land thou shalt bring into the house of
5 If thou see the ass of him that the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not
hateth thee lying under his burden, seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
and wouldest forbear to help him,thou 20 Behold, I send an Anget before
shalt surely help with him. thee, to keep thee in the way, and to
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judg bring thee into the place which I have
ment of thy poor in his cause. prepared.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; 21 Beware of him, and obey hi$
and the innocent and righteous slay voice, provoke him not; for he will not
thou not: for I will hot justify the pardon your transgressions: for my
wicked. name is in him.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his
the gift bUndeth the wise, and per- voice, and do ail that I speak; then I
verteth the words of the righteous. will be an enemy unto thine enemies,
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a and an adversary unto thine adver-
stranger: for ye know the heart of a saries.
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in 23 For mine Angel shall go before
the land of Egypt. thee, and bring thee in unto the Amo-
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy rites, and the Hittites, and the Per'-iz-
land, and shalt gather in the fruits zites, and the Canaanites,the Hi-vites,
ttiereof: and the Jeb-u-sites: and I will eut
11 But the seventh year thou shalt them off.
let it rest and lie still; that the poor of 24 Thou shalt not bow down to
thy people may eat: and what they their gods, nor serve them, nor do
leave the beasts of the field shall eat. after their works: but thou shalt ut-
In like manner thou shalt deal with terly overthrow them,and quite break
thy vineyard, and with thy olive down their images.
yard. 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, God, and he shall bless thy bread, and
and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: thy water; and I wrill take sickness
that thine ox and thine ass may rest, away from the midst bf thee.
and the son of thy handmaid, and the 26 There shall nothing cast their
stranger, may be refreshed. young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
13 And in ail things that I have said number of thy days I will fulfil.
unto you be circumspect: and make no 27 I will send my fear before thee,
mention of the name of other gods, and will destroy ail the people to
neither let it be heard out of thy whom thou shalt corne, and I will
mouth. màke ail thine enemies tum their
14 Three times thou shalt keep a backs unto thee.
feast unto me in the year. 28 And I will send hornets before
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of un- thee, which shall drive out the Hi'-vite,
leavened bread: (thou shalt eat un- the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from
leavened bread seven days, as I com- before thee.
manded thee,in the time appôinted of 29 I will not drive them out from
the month Abîb; for in it thou camest before thee in one year; lest the land
out from Egypt: and none shall appear become desolate, and the beast of the
bfefore me empty:) field multiply against thee.
16 And the feast of hàrvest, the 30 By little and Uttle I will drive
 EXODUS 24, 25 77

them out from before thee, imtil thou 11 And upon the nobles of the(hU-
be increased, and inherit the land. dren of Israël he laid not his hand: also
31 And I will set thy bounds from they saw God, and did eat and drink.
the Red sea even unto the sea of the 12 And the Lord said imto Moses,
Philistines, and from the desert unto Come up to me into the mount,and be
the river: for I will deliver the inhabi there: and I will give thee tables of
tants of the land into your hand; and stone, and a law, and commandments
thou shalt drive them out before thee. which I have written; that thou may-
32 Thou shalt make no covenant est teach them.
with them, nor with their gods. 13 And Moses rose up,and his min-
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, ister Joshua: and Moses went up into
lest they make thee sin against me:for the mount of God.
if thou serve their gods, it will surely 14 And he said unto the elders, Tar-
be a snare unto thee. ry ye here for us, until we come again
unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur
CHAPTER 24 are with you: if any man have any
AND he said imto Moses, Come up matters to do,let him come unto them.
/\ imto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, 15 And Moses went up into the
Na-dab, and A-bi-hu, and seventy of mount, and a doud covered the
the elders of Israël; and worship ye mount.
afar off. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode
2 And Moses alone shall come near upon mount Si-nsd, and the cloud cov
the Lord: but they shall not come ered it six days: and the seventh day
nigh; neither shall the people go up he called unto Moses out of the midst
with him. : of the cloud.
3 And Moses came and told the peo 17 And the sight of the glory of the
ple ail the words of the Lord, and ail Lord was like devouring fire on the top
the judgments: and ail the people an- of the mount in the eyes of the chUdren
swered with one voice, and said, AU of Israël.
the words which the. Lord hath said 18 And Moses went into the midst
wiU we do. of the cloud, and gat him up into the
4 And Moses wrote aU the words of mount: and Moses was in the mount
the Lord, and rose up early in the forty days and forty nights.
moming, and buUded an altar under
the hiU, and twelve pillars, according CHAPTER 25
to the twelve tribes of Israël. AND the Lord spake imto Moses,
5 And he sent young men of the l\ saying,
children of Israël, which offered bumt 2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
that they bring me an ofîering: of
offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings
of oxen unto the Lord. every man that giveth it willingly with
6 And Moses took half of the blood, his heart ye shall take my offering.
^d put it in basons; and half of the 3 And this is the offering which ye
blood he sprinkled on the altar. shall take of them; gold, and silver,
7 And he took the book of the cove and brass,
nant, and read in the audience of the 4 And blue, and purple,and scarlet,
people: and they said, AU that the and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Lord hath said wiU we do, and be 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and
obedient. badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
8 And Moses took the blood, and 6 Oil for the light, spices for anoint-
sprinkled it on the people, and said, ing oil, and for sweet incense,
Behold the blood of the covenant, 7 Onyx stones^:and stones to be set
which the Lord hath made with you in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
conceming ail these words. 8 And let them make me a sanc-
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, tuary; that I may dwell among them.
Na-dab, and A-bi-hu, and seventy of 9 According to ail that I shew thee,
the elders of Israël: after the pattem of the tabernacle, and
10 And they saw the God of Israël: the pattem of ail the instruments
and there was under his feet as it were thereof, even so shall ye make if.
a paved work of a sapphire stone, and 10 And they shall make an ark of
as it were the body of heaven in fds ^ttim wood: two cubits and a half
cleamess. shaU be the length thereof, and a cubit
78 EXODUS 25

a half the breadth thereof» and a 25 And thou shalt make imto it a
cubit and a half the height thereof. border of an hand breadth round
11 And thou shalt overlay it with about, and thou shalt make a golden
pure gold, within and without shalt crown to the border thereof round
thou overlay it, and shalt make upon about.
It a crown of gold round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of rings of gold, and put the rings in the
gold for it, and put them in the four four corners that are on the four feet
corners thereof; and two rings shàll be thereof.
In the one side of it, and two rings in 27 Over against the border shall the
the other side of it. rings be for places of the staves to bear
13 And thou shalt make staves of the table.
shittim wood, and overlay them with 28 And thou shalt make the staves
gold. of shittim wood, and overlay them
14 And thou shalt put the staves with gold, that the table may be borne
into the rings by the sides of the with them.
ârk, that the ark may be borne with 29 And thou shalt make the dishes
them. thereof, and spoons thereof, and env
15 The staves shall be in the rings ers thereof, and bowls thereof,to cover
of the ark: they shall not be taken withal: of pure gold shalt thou make
from it. them.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark 30 And thou shalt set upon the
the testimony which I shall give thee. table shewbread before me alway.
17 And thou shalt make a'mercy 31 And thou shalt make a candie-
seat of pure gold: two cubits and a hatf stick of pure gold: of beaten work shall
éhall be the length thereof, and a cubit the candlestick be made: his shaft, and
and a half the breadth thereof. his branches, his bowls, his knops,and
18 And thou shalt make two cheru- his flowers, shall be of the same.
bims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou 32 And six branches shall come out
tnake them, in the two ends of the of the sides of it; three branches of the
inercy seat. candlestick out of the one side, and
19 And make one cherub on the one three branches of the candlestick out
end, and the other cherub on the other of the other side:
énd: even of the mercy seat shall ye 33 Three bowls made like imto àl-
make the cherubims on the two ends monds,luith a knop and a flower in one
thereof. branch; and three bowls made like al-
20 And the cherubims shall stretch monds in the other branch, with a knop
forth their wings on high, covering the and a flower: so in the six branches
inercy seat with their wings, and their that come out of the candlestick.
faces shall look one to another; toward 34 And in the candlestick shall be
the mercy seat shall the faces of the four bowls made like unto ahnonds,
dierubims be. with their knops and their flowers.
21 And thou shalt put the mercy 35 And there shall be a knop under
çeat above upon the ark; and in the two branches of the same, and a knop
àrk thou shalt put the testimony that under two branches of the same,and a
I shall give thee. knop under two branches of the same,
22 And there I will meet with thee, according to the six branches that pro-
and I will commune with thee from ceed out of the candlestick.
âbove the mercy seat, from between 36 Their knops and their branches
^e two cherubims which are upon the shall be of the same: ail it shall be one
àrk of the testimony, of ail things beaten work of pure gold.
which I will give thee in command- 37 And thou shalt make the seven
tnent unto the children of Israël. lamps thereof: and they shall light the
; 23 Thou shalt also make a table of lamps thereof, that they may give
shittim wood: two cubits shall be the light over agciinst it.
length thereof, and a cubit the breadth 38 And the tongs thereof, and the
thereof, and a cubit and a half the snuifdishes thereof, shall be of pure
height thereof. gold.
24 And thou shalt overlay it with 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he
pure gold, and make thereto a crown make it, with ail these vessels.
of gold round about. 40 And look that thou make fhem
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after their pattem» which was shewed
thee in the mount.
CHAPTER 26
MOREOVER thou shalt make the
tabernacle wUh ten cnrtains of for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
âne twined linen, and blue, and pur- and a covering above ofbadgers'skins.
pie, and scarlet: ivith cherubims of cun-
ning work shalt thou make them.
2 The length of one curtain shaU be
eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and
every onê of the curtains shall have
one measure.
3 The âve curtains shall be coupled
together one to another; and oiher ûve
curtains shàU be coupled one to an
other.
4 And thou shalt make loops of blue
upon the edge of the one curtain from
the selvedge in the coupling; and like-
wise shalt thou make in the uttermost
edge ofanother curtain,in the coupling
of the second.
5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the
one curtain, and âfty loops shalt thou
make in the edge of the curtain that is
in the coupling of the second; that the
loops may take hold one of einother.
6 And thou shalt make âfty taches
of gold, and couple the curtains to
gether with the taches: and it shaU be
one tabernacle^
7 And thou shalt make curtains of
goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou
make.
8 The length of one curtain shaU be
thirty cubits, and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits: and the eleven cur
tains shall be aU of one measure.
9 And thou shalt couple âve cur
tains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shalt double the
sixth curtain in the forefront of the
tabernacle.
10 And thou shalt make âfty loops
on the edge of the one curtain that is
outmost in the coupling, and ûfty
loops in the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
IX And thou shalt make âfty taches âve bars for the boards of the side of
of brass, and put the taches into the the tabernacle,for the two sides west
loops, and couple the tent together, ward.
that it may be one.
12 And the remnant that remaineth
of the curtains of thé tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang
over the backside of the tabernacle.
13 And a cubit on the one side, and
a cubit on the other side of that which
remaineth in the length of thé curtains
of the tent,it shall hang over the sides
of the tabernacle on this side and on
that side, to cover it.
14 And thou shalt make a covering
15 And thou shalt make boards for
the tabernacle of shittim wood stand
ing up.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of
a board, and a cubit and a half shall be
the breadth of one board.
17 Two tenons shall there be in one
board, set in order one against an
other: thus shalt thou make for ail the
boards of the tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the boards
for the tabernacle, twenty boards on
the south side southward.
19 And thou shalt make forty sock-
ets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets imder one board for his
two tenons, and two sockets imder an
other board for his two tenons.
20 And for the second side of the
tabernacle on the north side there shaU
be twenty boards:
21 And their forty sockets of silver;
two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board.
22 And for the sides of the taber
nacle westward thou shalt niake six
boards.
23 And two boards shalt thou make
for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
24 And they shall be coupled to
gether beneath, and they shall be
coupled together above the head of it
imto one ring: thus shall it be for them
both; tiiey shall be for the two corners.
25 And they shall be eight boards,
and their sockets of silver^ sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
26 And thou shalt make bars of
shittim wood;âve for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle,
27 And âve bars for the boards of
the other side of the tabernacle, and
28 And the middle bar in the midst
of the boards shall reach from end to
end. '
29 And thou shalt overlay the
boards with gold, and make their rings
of gold for places for the bars: and thou
shalt overlay the bars with gold.
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30 Andthoushaltrearupthetaber 7 And the staves shall be put into

nacle according to the fashion thereof the rings, and the staves shall be upon
which was shewed thee in the mount. the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
31 And thou shalt make a vaU of 8 Hollow writh boards shalt thou
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine make it: as it was shewed thee in the
twined linen of cunning woxk: with mount, so shall they make iL
cherubims shall it be made: 9 And thou slmlt make the court of
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four the tabernacle: for: the south side
pillars of shittim wood overlaid with southward ihere shalt be hangings for
gold: their hooks shall be of gold> upon the court of fine twined linen of an
the four sockets of silver» hundred cubits long for one side:
33 And thou shàlt hang up the vàil 10 And the twenty pillars thereof
under the taches, that thou mayest and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and
bring in thither within the vail the arfc
of the testhnony:. and the vail shall their fillets shall be of silver.
divide unto you between the holy 11 Andlikewisefor thenorfhsidein
place and the most holy. length there shall be hangings of an
34 And thou shalt put the mercy hundred cubits long, and his twenty
seat upon the ark of the testimony ta pillars and their twenty sockets of
the most holy place. brass; the hooks of the pillars anid
35 And thou shalt set the table their fillets of silven
without the vail, and the candlestick 12 And for the breâdth of thér court
over against the table on the side ofthe on the west side shall be hangings of
tabernacle toward the south: and thou fifty cubits: their pillars ten„ and, their
shalt put the table on the north sidCi sockets ten.
36 And thou shalt make an hanging 13 And thè breàdth of thé;court on
for the door of the tent, of blue, and the east side eastward shalt be fifty
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined cubits.
linen, wrought with needlework. 14 The hangings ôf one side of the
37 And thou shalt make for the gâte shall be fifteen cubits: their*pillars
hanging five pillars of shittim wood, three, and their sockets three.
and overlay them with gold, and their 15 And on the other side: shatl be
hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
cast five sockets of brass for them. three, and their sockets three«
16 And for the gâte of thé court
CHAPTER 27 shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
AND thou. shalt make an altar of of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
J\ ^ttim wood, five cubits long, fine twined linen, wrought with needle
and five cubits broad; the altar shall work: and their pillars shall be four,
be foursquare: and the height thereof and their sockets four.
shall be three cubits. 17 AU the pillars round aboût the
2 And thou shalt make the hbms of court shall be fiUeted with silver; their
it upon the four corners thereof: his hooks shall be ôf silyer, and their sock
homs shall be of the same: and thou ets of brass.
shalt overlay it with brass. 18 The length of thé court shall be
3 And thou shalt make his pans, to an hundred cubits, and the breadth
receive his ashes, and his shovels, and fifty every where, and the height five
his basons, and his fieshhooks, and his cubits of fine twined linen,^ and^ their
firepans: ail the vessels thereof thoU sockets of brass.
shalt make of brass. 19 AU the vessels of thé tabernacle
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate in ail the service thereof,, and aU the
of network of brass; and upon the net pins thereof, and ail the pins of the
shalt thou make four brasen rings in court, shall be of brass.
the four corners thereof. 20 And thou shalt conùnand the
5 And thou shalt put: it under the children of Israël, that they bring thee
compass of the altar beneath, that the pure oU oUve beaten for the Ught, to
net may be even to the midst of the cause the lamp to bum àlways.,
altar. 21 In the tabernacle of the congré
6 And thou shalt make staves for gation without the vaU, which is be-
the altar, staves of shittim wood, and fore the testimony, Aaron and his sons
overlay them with brass. shaU order it from evening to moming
 EXODUS 28 81

before the Lord: it shaU be a statute their names before the Lord upon his
for ever unto their générations on the two shoulders for a mémorial.
behalf of the children of Israël. 13 And thou shalt make ouches
gold;
CHAPTER 28 14 And two chains of pure gold at
4ND take thou unto thee Aaron thy the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou
jfV brother, and his sons with him, make them, and fasten the wreathen
from among the children of Israël,that chains to the ouches.
he may minister unto me in the priest's 15 And thou shalt make the breast
office, even Aaron, Na-dab and A-bi- plate of judgment with cunning work;
hu, E-le-a-zar and Ith-a-mar, Aaron's after the work of the ephod thou shalt
sons. make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple,
2 And thou shalt make holy gar- and of scarlet, and offine twined linen,
ments for Aaron thy brother for glory shalt thou make it.
and for beauty. 16 Foursquare it shall be beîng
3 And thou shalt speak imto ail doubled; a span shàU he the length
ihat are wise hearted, whom I have thereof,and a span shaU he the breadth
ffiled with the spirit of wisdom, that thereof.
they may make Aaron's garments to 17 And thou shalt set in it settings
consecrate him, that he may minister of stones, ei;en four rows of stones: ûie
unto me in the priest's office. first row shaU he a sardius, a topaz,and
4 And these are the garments which a carbimcle:(his shaU he the first row.
they shall make;a breastplate, and an 18 And the second row shaU he an
ephod, and a robe, and a broidered emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they 19 And the third row a ligure, an
shall make holy garments for Aaron agate, and an amethyst.
thy brother, and his sons, that he may 20 And the fourth row a béryl, and
minister imto mé in the priest's office. an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be
5 And they shall take gold, and set in gold in their inclosings.
blue, and piuple, and scarlet, and fine 21 And the stones shall be with the
linen. names of the children of Israël,twelve,
6 And they shall make the ephod of according to their names, like the en
gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, gravings of a signet; every one with his
and fine twined linen, with cunning name shall they be according to the
work. twelve tribes.
7 It shall have the two shoulder- 22 And thou shalt make upon the
pieces thereof joined at the two edges breastplate chains at the ends of
thereof; and sa it shall be joined to- wreathen work of pure gold.
gether. 23 And thou shalt make upon the
8 And the curions girdle of the breastplate two rings of gold, and
ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the shalt put the two rings on the two ends
same, according to the work thereof; of the breastplate.
even of gold, of blue, and purple, and 24 And thou shalt put the two
scarlet, and fine twined linen. wreathen chains of gold in the two
9 And thou shalt take two onyx rings which are on the ends of the
stones, and grave on them the names breastplate.
of ttie children of Israël: 25 And fiie other two ends ofthe two
10 Six of their names on one stone, wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in
and (he other six names of the rest on the two oudbies, and put them on the
the other stone, according to their shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
birth. 26 And thou shalt make two rings
11 With the work of an engraver in of gold, and thou shalt put them upon
stone, like the engravings of a signet, the two ends of the breastplate in the
shalt thou engrave the two stones with border thereof, which is in the side of
the names of the children of Israël: the ephod inward.
thou shalt make them to be set in 27 And two other rings of gold thou
ouches of gold. shalt make,and shalt put them on the
12 And thou shalt put the two two sides of the ephod undémeath,to-
stones upon the shoulders of the ephod ward the forepart thereof,over against
for stones of mémorial imto the chil the other coupling thereof, above the
dren of Israël: and Aaron shall bear curions girdle of &e ephod.
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28 And ihey shall bind the breast* make for them, for glory and for
plate by the rings thereof unto the beauty.
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue^ 41 And thou shalt put them upon
that it may be above the curions girdle Aaron thy brother, and his sons with
of the ephod, and that the breastplate him; and shalt anoint them, and con-
be not loosed from the ephod. secrate them, and sanctify them, that
29 And Aaron shall bear the names they may minister unto me in the
of the children of Israël in the breast priest's office.
plate of judgment upon his heart, 42 And thou shalt make them linen
when he goeth in unto the holy place, breeches to cover their nakedness;
for a mémorial before the Lord con- from the lolns even imto the thighs
tinually. they shall reach.
30 And thou shalt put in the breast 43 And they shall be upon Aaron,
plate of judgment the U-rim and the and upon his sons, when they come in
Thum'-mim; and they shall be upon unto the tabernacle of the congréga
Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before tion, or when they come near unto the
the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the altar to minister in the holy place; that
judgment ofthe children of Israël upon they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall
his heart before the Lord continually. he a statute for ever unto him and his
31 And thou shalt make the robe of seed after him.
the ephod ail of blue.
32 And there shall be an hole in the CHAPTER 29
top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall A ND this is the thing that thou shalt
have a binding of woven work round jt\ do imto them to hallow them, to
about the hole of it, as it were the hole minister unto me in the priest's office:
of an habergeon, that it be not rent. Take one yoimg buUock,and two rams
33 And beneath upon the hem of it without blemish,
thou shalt make pomegranates ofblue, 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes
and of purple, and of scarlet, round unleavened tempered with oil, and
about the hem thereof; and bells of wafers unleavened anointed with oik
gold between them round about: of wheaten flour shalt thou make
34 A golden beU and a pomegran- them.
ate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, 3 And thou shalt put them into one
upon the hem of the robe round about. basket, and bring them in the basket,
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to with the buUock and the two rams.
minister: and his sound shall be heard 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt
when he goeth in imto the holy place bring imto the door of the tabernacle
before the Lord, and when he cometh of the congrégation, and shalt wash
out, that he die not. them with water.
36 And thou shalt make a plate of 5 And thou shalt take the garments,
pure gold, and grave upon it, like the and put upon Aaron the coat, and the
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and
TO THE LORD. the breastplate, and gird him with the
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue curious girdle of the ephod:
lace, that it may be upon the mitre; 6 And thou shalt put the mitre
upon the forefront of the mitre it shall upon his head, and put the holy crown
be. upon the mitre.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron's 7 Then shalt thou take the anoint-
forehead,that Aaron may bear the in- ing oil, and pour it upon his head, and
iquity of the holy things, which the anoint him.
dhildren of Israël shall hallow in ail 8 And thou shalt bring his sons,and
their holy gifts; and it shall be always put coats upon them.
upon his forehead, that they may be 9 And thou shalt gird them with
accepted before the Lord. girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put
39 And thou shalt embroider fâie the bonnets on them: and the priest's
coat offine linen, and thou shalt make office shall be theirs for a perpétuai
the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt statute: and thou shalt consecrate
make the ^dle of needlework. Aaron and his sons.
40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt 10 And thou shalt cause a buUock
make coats, and thou shalt make for to be brought before the tabernacle of
them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou the congrégation: and Aaron and his
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sons shall put their hands upon the cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out
head of the bullock. of the basket of the unleavened bread
11 And thou shalt kill thé bullock that is before the Lord:
before the Lord, hy the door of the 24 And thou shalt put ail in the
tabernacle of the congrégation. hands of Aaron, and in the hands of
12 And thou shalt take of the blood his sons; and shalt wave them for a
of the bullock, and put it upon the wave offering before the Lord.
homs of the altar with thy finger, and 25 And thou shalt receive them of
pour ail the blood beside the bottom their hands, and bum them upon the
of the altar. altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet
13 And thou shalt take ail the fat savour before the Lord: it is an offer
that covereth the inwards, and the ing made by fire unto the Lord.
caul ihat is above the hver, and the 26 And thou shalt take the breast
two kidneys, and the fat that is upon of the ram of Aaron's consécration,
thëm, and bum ûiem upon the altar. and wave it for a wave oflfering before
14 But the fle^ of the bullock, and the Lord: and it shall be thy part.
his skin, and his dung,shalt thou burn 27 And thou shalt sanctify the
with fire without the camp: it is a sin breast of the wave offering, and the
offering. shoulder of the heave offering, which
15 Thou shalt also take oné ram; is waved, and which is heaved up, of
and Aaron and his sons shall put their the ram of the consécration, even of
hands upon the head of the ram. that which is for Aaron, and of that
16 And thou ^alt slay the ram,and which is for his sons:
thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his
it round about upon the altar. sons' by a statute for ever from the
17 And thou shalt eut the ram in children of Israël: for it is an heave
pièces, and wash the inwards of him, offering: and it shall be an heave offer
and his legs, and put ihem unto his ing from the children of Israël of the
pièces, and imto his head. sacrifice of their peace offerings, even
18 And thou shalt bum the whole their heave offering unto the Lord.
ram upon the altar: it is a bumt offer 29 And the holy garments of Aaron
ing unto the Lord:it is a sweet savour, shall be his sons' after him, to be
am offering made by fire unto the anointed therein, and to be conse-
Lord. crated in them.
19 And thou shalt take the other 30 And that son that is priest in his
ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put stead shall put them on seven days,
their hands upon the head of the ram. when he cometh into the tabernacle of
20 Then shalt thou kill the ram,and the congrégation to minister in the
take of his blood, and put if upon the holy place.
tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon 31 And thou shalt take the ram of
the tip of the right ear of his sons, and the consécration, and seethe his fiesh
upon the thumb of their right hand, in the holy place.
and upon the great toe of their ri^t 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat
foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the the fiesh of the ram,and the bread that
altar round about. is in the basket, hy the door of the tab
21 And thou shalt take of the blood ernacle of the congrégation.
that is upon the altar, and of the 33 And they shall eat those things
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon wherewith the atonement was made,
Aaron, and upon his garments, and to consecrate and to sanctify them: but
upon his sons, and upon the garments a stranger shall not eat thereof, because
of his sons with him: and he shall be they are holy.
hallowed, and his garments, and his 34 And if oûght of the fiesh of the
sons,and his sons' garments with him. consécrations, or of the bread, remain
22 Also thou shalt take of the ram unto the moming, then thou shalt
the fat and the rump, and the fat that bimi the remainder with fire: it shall
covereth the inwards, and the caul not be eaten, because it is holy.
dbove the liver, and the two kidneys, 35 And thus shalt thou do unto
and the fat that is upon them, and the Aaron, and to his sons, according to
ri^t shoulder; for it is a ram of con ail things which I have commanded
sécration: thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate
23 And one loaf of bread, and one them.
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9 And the altar of bumt offering golden earrings which were in their
with ail his fumiture, and the laver ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
and his foot, 4 And he received them at their
10 And the cloths of service, and hand, and fashioned it with a graving
the holy garments for Aaron the priest, tool, after he had made it a molten
and the garments of his sons, to min- calf: and they said, These be thy gods,
ister in the priest*s office, O Israël, which brought thee up out of
11 And the anointing oil, and sweet the land of Egypt.
incense for the holy place: according to 5 And when Aaron saw it, he buht
ail that I have commcinded thee shall an altar before it; and Aaron made
they do. proclamation, and said, To morrow is
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, a feast to the Lord.
saying, 6 And they rose up early on the
13 Speak thou also unto the chil- morrow, and offered bumt offerings,
dren of Israël, saying, Verily my sab- and brought peace offerings; and the
baths ye shall keep: for it is a sign be-
people sat down to eat and to drink,
tween me and you throughout your and rose up to play.
générations; that ye may know that I 7 And the Lord said unto Moses,
am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Go, get thee down; for thy people,
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath there- which thou broughtest out of the land
fore; for it is holy unto you: every oneof Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
that deffieth it shall surely be put to 8 They have turned aside quickly
death: for whosoever doeth any work out of the way which I commanded
therein, that soul shall be eut off fromthem: they have made them a molten
among his people. calf, and have worshipped it, and have
15 Six days may work be done; but sacrificed thereunto, and said, These
in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, he thy gods, O Israël, which have
holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any brought thee up out of the land of
work in the sabbath day, he shall Egypt.
surely be put to death. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I
16 Wherefore the children of Israël have seen this people, and, behold, it
shall keep the sabbath, to observe the is a stiffnecked people:
sabbath throughout their générations, 10 Now therefore let me alone, that
for a perpétuai covenant. my wrath may wax hot against.them,
17 It is a sign between me and the and that I may consume them: and 1
children of Israël for ever: for in six will make of thee a great nation.
days the Lord made heaven and 11 And Moses besought the Lord
earth, and on the seventh day he his God,and said, Lord, why doth thy
rested, and was refreshed. wrath wax hot against thy people,
18 And he gave unto Moses, when which thou hast brought forth out of
he had made an end of communing the land of Egypt with great power,
with him upon mount Si'-nai, two and with a mighty hand?
tables of testimony, tables of stone, 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians
written with the finger of God. speak, and say. For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the
CHAPTER 32 mountains, and to consume them from
AND when the people saw that Mo- the face of the earth? Tum from thy
J\ ses delayed to come down out of fierce wrath, and repent of this evU
the mount, the people gathered them- against thy people.
selves together unto Aaron, and said 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and
imto him, Up, make us gods, which Israël, thy servants, to whom thou
shall go before us;for as for this Moses, swarest by thine own self, and saidsf
the man that brought us up out of the unto them,I will multiply your seed as
land of Egypt, we wot not what is be- the stars of heaven, and ail this land
come of him. that I have spoken of will I give unto
2 And Aaron said unto them. Break your seed, and they shall inherit it for
off the golden earrings, which are in ever.
the ears of your wives, of your sons, 14 And the Lord repented of the
and of your daughters, and bring them evil which he thought to do unto his
unto me. people.
3 And ail the people brake off the 15 And Moses tumed, and wenf
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down from the mount, and the two companion, and every man his neigh-
tables of the testimony were in his bour.
hand: the tables were written on both 28 And the children of Levi did ac-
their sides; on the one side and on the cording to the word of Moses: and
other were they written. there fell of the peoplè that day about
16 And the tables were the work of three thousand meii.
God, and the writing was the writing 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate
of God, graven upon the tables. yourselves to day to the Lord, even
17 And when Joshua heard the every man upon his son, and upon his
noise of the people as they shouted, he brother; that he may bestow upon you
said unto Moses, There is a noise of a blessing this day.
war in the camp. 30 And it came to pass on the mor-
18 And he said, It is not the voice of row, that Moses said unto the people,
them that shout for mastery, neither is Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I
it the voice of them that cry for being will go up unto the Lord; peradven-
overcome: but the noise of them that ture I shall make an atonement for
sing do I hear. your sin.
19 And it came to pass, as soon as 31 And Moses retumed unto the
he came nigh unto the camp, that he Lord, and said. Oh, this people have
saw the calf, and the dancing: and Mo sinned a great sin, and have made
ses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the them gods of gold.
tables out of his hands, and brake 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive
them beneath the mount. their sin—; and if not, blot me,I pray
20 And he took the calf which they thee, out of thy book which thou hast
had made, and bumt it in the fire, and written.
ground it to powder, and strawed it 33 And the Lord said unto Moses,
upon the water, and made the children Whosoever hath sinned against me,
of Israël drink of it. him will I blot out of my book.
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, 34 Therefore now go, lead the peo
What did this people unta thee, that ple unto the place of which I have spo-
thou hast brought so great a sin upon ken unto thee: behold, mine Angel
them? shall go before thee: nevertheless in
22 And Aaron said, Let not the an the day when I visit I will visit their
ger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest sin upon them.
the people, that they are set on mis- 35 And the Lord plagued the peo
chief. ple, because they made the calf, which
23 For they said unto me, Make us Aaron made.
gods, which shall go before us: for as
for this Moses, the man that brought CHAFTER 33
us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot AND the Lord said unto Moses, De-
not what is become of him. /v part, and go up hence, thou and
24 And I said unto them, Whoso- the people which thou has brought up
ever hath any gold, let them break it out of the land of Egypt,unto the land
off. So they gave it me: then I cast it which I sware unto Abraham,to Isaac,
and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed
into the fire, and there came out this
calf. will I give it:
25 And when Moses saw that the 2 And I will send an angel before
people were naked; (for Aaron had thee; and I will drive out the Canaan-
made them naked unto their shame ite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and
among their enemies:) the Per'-iz-zite, the Hi-vite, and the
26 Then Moses stood in the gâte of Jeb-u-site:
the camp, and said, Who is on the 3 Unto a land fiowing with milk and
Lord's side? let him come imto me. honey:for I will not go up in the midst
And ail the sons of Levi gathered of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked peo
themselves together unto him. ple: lest I consume thee in the way.
27 And he said unto them, Thus 4 And when the people heard these
saith the Lord God of Israël, Put evil tidings, they moumed: and no
every man his sword by his side, and man did put on him his omaments.
go in and out from gâte to gâte 5 For the Lord had said unto Mo
throughout the camp, and slay every ses, Say unto the children of Israël, Ye
man his brother, and every man his are a stiffnecked people: I will come
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up into the midst of thee in a moment, I will do this thing also that thou hast
and consume thee: therefore now put spoken: for thou hast found grâce ih
off thy omaments from thee, that I my sight, and I know thee by name.
may know what to do unto thee. 18 And he said,I beseech thee,shew
6 And the children of Israël stripped me thy glory.
themselves of their omaments by the 19 And he said, I will make ail my
mount Ho'-reb. goodness pass before thee, and I will
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, proclaim the name of the Lord before
and pitched it without the camp, afar thee; and will be gracions to whom I
off from the camp, and called it the will be gracions, and wiU shew mercy
Tabernacle of the congrégation. And it on whom I will shew mercy.
came to pass, that every one which 20 And he said, Thou canst not see
sought the Lord went ont unto the my face: for there shall no man see me,
tabemacle of the congrégation, which and live.
îvas without the camp. 21 And the Lord said, Behold,
8 And it came to pass, when Moses there is a place by me, and thou shalt
went out unto the tabernacle, that ail stand upon a rock:
the people rose up, and stood every 22 And it shall come to pass, while
man at his tent door, and looked after my glory passeth by, that I will put
Moses, until he was gone into the tab thee in a clift of the rock, and will
emacle. cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
9 And it came to passj as Moses en- 23 And I will take away mine hand,
tered into the tabemacle, the cloudy and thou shalt see my back parts: but
pillar descended, and stood at the door my face shall not be seeh.
ofthe tabemacle, and the LORD talked
with Moses.
CHAPTER 34
10 And ail the people saw the A ND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew
cloudy pillar stand at the tabemacle jlk thee two tables of stone like unto
door: and ail the people rose up and the first: and I will writé upon these
worslûpped, every man in his tent tables the words that were in the first
door. tables, which thou brakest.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses 2 And be ready in the moming,and
face to face, as a man speaketh unto come up in the moming unto mount
his friend. And he tumed again into Si-nai, and présent thyself there to me
the camp: but his servant Joshua, the in the top of the mount.
son of Nun^ a young man, departed 3 And no man shall come up with
not out of the tabemacle. thee, heither let ahy man be seen
12 And Moses said unto the Lord, throughout ail the mount; neither let
See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up the fiocks nor herds feed before that
this people: and thou hast not let me mount.
know whom thou wilt send with me. 4 And he hewed two tables of stone
Yet thou hast said, I know thee by like unto the first; and Moses rose up
name, and thou hast also found grâce early in the moming, and went up
in my sight. unto mount Si'-nai, as the Lord had
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I commanded him, and took in his hand
have found grâce in thy sight,shew me the two tables of stone.
now thy way, that I may know thee, 5 And the Lord descended in the
that I may find grâce in thy sight: and doud, and stood with him there, and
considér that this nation is thy people. proclaimed the name of the Lord.
14 And he said, My presence shall 6 And the Lord passed by before
go with thee, and I will give thee rest. him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The
15 And he said unto him. If thy Lord God, merciful and gracions,
presence go not with me, carry us not longsuffering, and abimdant in good
up hence. ness and tmth,
16 For wherein shall it be known 7 Keeping mercy for thousands,for-
here that I and thy people have found giving iniquity and transgression and
grâce in thy sight? is it not in that thou sin, and that will by no means clear
goest with us? so shall we be separated, the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the
I and thy people, from ail the people fathers upon the children, and upon
that are upon the face of the earth. the children's children, unto the third
17 And the Lord said unto Moses, and to the fourth génération.
 EXODUS 34 89

S And Moses made haste, and
bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshipped*
9 And he said» If now 1 have found
grâce in thy sight, O Lord, let my
Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it
is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our
iniquity and our sin, and take us for
thine inheritance.
10 And he said, Behold, 1 make a
covenant: before ail thy people I will
do marvels, such as have not been
done in ail the earth, nor in any na
tion: and ail the people among which
thou art shall see the work ofthe Lord:
for it is a terrible thing that I will do25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of
withthee. my sacrifice with leaven; neither shaU
11 Observe thou that which I com- the sacrifice of the feast of the pass-
mand thee this day: behold, I drive over be left unto the morning.
out before thee the Amorite, and the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the land thou shalt bring unto the house
Per'-iz-zite, and the Hi-vite, and the of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not
Jeb-u-site.
12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou
make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land whither thou goest, lest it
be for a snare in the midst of thee:
13 But ye shall destroy their altars,
break their images, and eut down
their groves:
14 For thou shalt worship no other
god: for the Lord, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God:
15 Lest thou make a covenant with
the inhabitants of the land, and they
go a whoring aftêr their gods, and do
sacrifice imto their gods, and one call
thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16 And thou take of their daughters
imto thy sons, and their daughters go
a whoring after their gods, and make
thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten
gods.
18 The feast of unleavened bread
shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt
eat unleavened bread, as I commanded
thee, in the time of the month Abib:
for in the month Abib thou camest out
from Egypt.
19 AU that openeth the matrix is
mine; and every firstling among thy
cattle, whether ox or âieep, that is
fnale.
20 But the firstling of an ass thou
shalt redéem with a lamb: and if thou
redeem him not,then shalt thou break
his neck. AU the firstbom of thy sons
thou shalt redeem. And none shaU ap-
pear before me empty.
21 Six days thou shalt work, but on
the seventh day thou shalt rest: in ear-
ing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
22 And thou shalt observe the feast
of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat
harvest, and the feast of ingathering
at the year's end.
23 Thrice in the year shaU aU your
menchildren appear before the Lord
God, the God of Israël.
24 For I wiU cast out the nations
before thœ, and enlarge thy borders:
neither shcdl any man desire thy land,
when thou shalt go up to appear be
fore the Lord thy God thrice in the
year.
26 The first of the firstfruits of thy
seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
27 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Write thou these words: for after the
ténor of these words I have made a
covenant with thee and with Israël.
28 And he was there with the Lord
forty days and forty nights; he did
neither eat bread, nor drink water.
And he wrote upon the tables the
words of the covenant, the ten com-
mandments.
29 And it came to pass, when Moses
came down from mount Si'-nai with
the two tables of testimony in Moses'
hand, when he came down from the
mount, that Moses wist not that the
skin of his face shone while he talked
with him.
30 And when Aaron and ail the chil-
dren of Israël saw Moses, behold, the
skin of his face shone; and they were
afraid to come nigh him.
31 And Moses called unto them;and
Aaron and ail the rulers of the congré
gation returned unto him: and Moses
talked with them.
32 And afterward ail the children of
Israël ciame nigh: and he gave them in
commandment aU that the Lord had
spoken with hirn in mount Si-nai.
■33 And till Moses had done speaking
with them, he put a vail on his face.
34 But when Moses went in before
the Lord , to speak with him, he took
the vail off, until he came out. And he
came out, and spake unto the chUdren
of Israël that which he was com
manded.
35 And the children of Israël saw
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the face of Moses,that the skin of Mo- pillars, and their sockets, and the
ses' face shone: and Moses put the vail hanging for the door of the court,
upon his face again, imtil he weht in 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and
to speak with him. the pins of the court, zmd their cords,
19 The cloths of service, to do ser
CHAPTER 35 vice in the holy place, the holy gar-
AND Moses gathered ail the congre- ments for Aaron the priest, and the
J\ gation of the children of Israël to- garments ôf his sons, to minister in the
gether, and said unto them, These are priest's office.
the words which the Lord hath com- 20 And ail the congrégation of the
manded, that ye should do them, children of Israël departed from the
2 Six days shall work be done, but presence of Moses.
on the seventh day there shall be to 21 And they came,every one whose
you an holy day, a sabbath of test to heart stirred him up, and every one
the Lord: whosoever doeth work whom his spirit made willing, and they
therein shall be put to death. brought the Lord's offering to the
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout work of the tabernacle of the congréga
yoiu: habitations upon the sabbath tion, and for ail his service, and for the
day. holy garments.
4 And Moses spake unto ail the con 22 And they came, both men and
grégation of the children of Israël, say- womèn, as many as were willing
ing, This is the thing which the Lord hearted, and brought bracelets, and
commanded, saying, earrings, and rings, and tablets, ail
5 Take ye from among you an ofîer- jewels of gold: and every man that
ing imto the Lord: whosoever is of a offered offered an offering of gold unto
willing heart,let him bring it, an offer- the Lord.
ing of the Lord; gold, and silver, and 23 And every man, with whom was
brass, found blue, and purple, and scarlet,
6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats* iiairf and red
and line linen, and goats' hair, skins of rams, and badgers' skins,
7 And rams* skins dyed red, and brought thcm.
badgers* skins, and shittim wood, 24 Every one that did offer an offer
8 And oil for the light, and spices ing of silver and brass brought the
for anointing oil, and for the sweet in- Lord's offering: and every man, with
cense, whom was found shittim wood for any
9 And onyx stones, and stones to be work of the service, brought it.
set for the ephod, and for the breast- 25 And ail the women that were
plate. wise hearted did spin with their hands,
10 And every wise hearted among and brought that which they had
you shall come, and make ail that the spun, both of blue, and of purple, and
Lord hath commanded; of scarlet, and of fine linen.
11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his 26 And ail the women whose heart
covering, his taches, and his boards, stirred them up in wisdom spun goats*
his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, hair.
12 The ark, and the staves thereof, 27 And the rulers brought onyx
with the mercy seat, and the vail of the stones, and stones to be set, for the
covering, ephod, and for the breastplate;
13 The table, and his staves, and ail 28 And spice, and oil for the light,
his vessels, and the shewbread, and for the anointing oil, and for thé
14 The candlestick also for the sweet incense.
light, and his fumiture, and his lamps, 29 The children of Israël brought a
with the oil for the light, willing offering imto the Lord, every
15 And the incense altar, and his man and woman, whose heart made
staves, and the anointing oil, and the them willing to bring for ail manner of
sweet incense, and the hanging for the work,which the Lord had commanded
door at the entering in of the taber to be made by the hand of Moses.
nacle, 30 And Moses said unto the children
16 The altar of bumt offering, with of Israël, See, the Lord hath called by
his brasen grate, his staves, and ail his name Be-zal-e-el the son of U'-ri, the
vessels, the laver and his foot, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
17 The hangings of the court, his 31 And he hath filled him with the
 EXODUS 36 91

spirit of God, in wisdom» in imder- among them that wrought the work of
standing, and in knowledge» and in ail the tabernacle made ten curtains of
manner of workmanship; fine twined linen, and blue, and pur
32 And to devise curious works, to ple, and scarlet: mth cherubims of cun
work in gold, and in silver, and in ning work made he them.
brass» 9 The length of one curtain was
33 And in the cutting of stones, to twenty and eight cubits, and the
set them, and in carving of wood, to breadth of one curtain four cubits: the
make any manner of cimning work. curtains were ail of one size.
34 Andhehathput in hisheartthat 10 And he coupled the five curtains
he may teach, hoth he, and A-ho-li-ab, one unto another: and the other five
the son of A-his'-a-mach, of the tribe curtains he coupled one unto another.
of Dan. 11 And he made loops of blue on
35 Them hath he filled with wisdom the edge of one curtain from the sel-
of heart, to work ail manner of work, vedge in the coupling: likewise he
of the engraver, and of the cunning made in the uttermost side of another
workman, and of the embroiderer, in curtain, in the coupling of the second.
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in 12 Fifty loops made he in one cur
fine linen, and of the weaver, even of tain, and fifty loops made he in the
them that do any work, and of those edge of the curtain which was in the
that devise cunning work. coupling of the second: the loops held
one curtain to another.
CHAPTER 36 13 And he made fifty taches of gold,
THEN wrought Be-zal-e-el and and coupled the curtains one unto an
A-ho'li-ab, and every wise hearted other with the taches: so it became one
man, in whom the Lord put wisdom tabernacle.
and understïinding to know how to 14 And he made curtains of goats'
work ail manner of work for the service haïr for the tent over the tabernacle:
of the sanctuary, according to ail that eleven curtains he made them.
the Lord had commanded. 15 The length of one curtain was
2 And Moses called Be-zal'e-el and thirty cubits, and four cubits was the
A-ho-li-ab, and every wise hearted breadth of one curtain: the eleven cur
man,in whose heart the Lord had put tains were of one size.
wisdom, even every one whose heart 16 And he coupled five curtains by
stirred him up to come unto the work themselves, and six curtains by them-
to do it: selves.
3 And they received of Moses ail the 17 And he made fifty loops upon the
offering, which the children of Israël uttermost edge of the curtain in the
had brought for the work of the service coupling, and fifty loops made he upon
of the sanctuary, to make it mthaL the edge of the curtain which coupleth
And they brought yet imto him free the second.
offerings every moming. 18 And he made fifty taches of
4 And ail the wise men, that brass to couple the tent together, that
wrought ail the work of the sanctuary, it might be one.
came every man from his work which 19 And he made a covering for the
they made; tent of rams* skins dyed red, and a
5 And they spake unto Moses, say- covering of badgers' skins above that.
ing, The people bring much more than 20 And he made boards for the tab
enough for the service of the work, ernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
which the Lord commanded to make. 21 The length of a board was ten
6 And Moses gave commandment, cubits, and the breadth of a board one
and they caused it to be proclaimed cubit and a half.
throughout the camp, saying, Let nei- 22 One board had two tenons,
ther man nor woman make any more equally distant one from another: thus
work for the offering of the sanctuary. did he make for ail the boards of the
So the people were restrained from tabernacle.
bringing. 23 And he made boards for the tab
7 For the stuff they had was suffis ernacle; twenty boards for the south
dent for ail the work to make it, and side southward:
too much. 24 And forty sockets of silver he
8 And every wise hearted man made under the twenty boards; two
92 EXODUS 37

sockets imder one board for bis two 3 And be cast for it four rings of
tenons, and two sockets under another gold, to be set by tbe four corners of it;
board for bis two tenons. even two rings upon tbe one side of it,
25 And for tbe otber side of tbe tab and two rings upon tbe otber side of it.
ernacle, which is toward tbe nortb cor 4 And be made staves of sbittim
ner, be made twenty boards, wood, and overlaid tbem witb gold.
26 And tbeir forty sockets of silver; 5 And be put tbe staves into tbe
two sockets under one board, and two rings by tbe sides of tbe ark, to bear
sockets under anotber board. tbe ark.
27 And for tbe sldes of tbe taber 6 And be made tbe mercy seat of
nacle westward be made six boards. pure gold: two cubits and a balf was
28 And two boards made be for tbe tbe lengtb tbereof, and one cubit and
corners of tbe tabernacle in tbe two a balf tbe breadtb tbereof.
sides. 7 And be made two cberubims of
29 And tbey were coupled beneatb, gold, beaten out of one piece made be
and coupled togetber at tbe bead tbem, on tbe two ends of tbe mercy
tbereof, to one ring; tbus be did to seat;
botb of tbem in botb tbe corners. 8 One dierub on tbe end on tbis
30 And tbere were eigbt boards;and side, and anotber cberub on tbe other
tbeir sockets were sixteen sockets of end on tbat side: out of tbe mercy seat
silver, under every board two sockets. made be tbe cberubims on tbe two
31 And be made bars of sbittim ends tbereof.
wood; five for tbe boards of tbe one 9 And tbe cberubims spread out
side of tbe tabernacle, their wings on bigb, and covered witb
32 And five bars for tbe boards of tbeir wings over tbe mercy seat, witb
tbe otber side of tbe tabernacle, and tbeir faces one to anotber; even to tbe
five bars for tbe boards of tbe taber mercy seatward were tbe faces of tbe
nacle for tbe sides westward. cberubims.
33 And be made tbe middle bar to 10 And be made tbe table ofsbittim
sboot tbrougb tbe boards from tbe one wood: two cubits was tbe lengtb tbere
end to tbe otber. of, and a cubit tbe breadtb tbereof,
34 And be overlaid tbe boards with and a cubit and a balf tbe beigbt
gold, and made tbeir rings of gold to be tbereof:
places for tbe bars, and overlaid tbe 11 And be overlaid it witb pure
bars witb gold. gold, and made tbereunto a crown of
35 And be made a vail of blue, and gold round about.
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 12 Also be made tbereimto a border
linen: with cberubims made be it of of an bandbreadtb round about; and
cunning work. made a crown of gold for tbe border
36 And be made tbereimto four pil tbereof round about.
lais ofsbittim wood,and overlaid tbem 13 And be cast for it four rings of
witb gold:tbeir books were of gold;and gold, and put tbe rings upon tbe four
be Cast for tbem four sockets of silver. corners tbat were in tbe four feet tbere
37 And be made an banging for tbe of.
tabernacle door of blue, and purple, 14 Over against tbe border were tbe
and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of rings, tbe places for tbe staves to bear
needlework; tbe table.
38 And tbe five pillais of it witb 15 And be made tbe staves of sbit
tbeir books: and be overlaid tbeir tim wood, and overlaid tbem with
cbapiters and tbeir fillets witb gold: gold, to bear tbe table.
but tbeir five sockets were of brass. 16 And be made tbe vessels wbicb
were upon tbe table, bis disbes, and bis
CHAPTER 37 spoons, and bis bowls, and bis covers
AND Be-zal'-e-el made tbe ark of to cover witbal, of pure gold.
jt\ sbittim wood: two cubits and a 17 And be made tbe candlestick of
balf was tbe lengtb of it, and a cubit pure gold: of beaten work made be tbe
and a balf tbe breadtb of it, and a candlestick; bis sbaft, and bis brancb,
cubit and a balf tbe beigbt of it: bis bowls, bis knops, and bis fiowers,
2 And be overlaid it witb pure gold were of tbe same:
witbin and witbout, and made a crown 18 And six branches going out of
of gold to it round about. tbe sides tbereof; tbree branches of tbe
 EXODUS 38 93

candlestick out of the one side thereof, the basons,and the fieshhooks,and the
and three branches of the candlestick firepans: ail the vessels thereof made
out of the other side thereof: he of brass.
19 Three bowls made after the fash- 4 And he made for the altar a bra-
ion of almonds in one branch, a knop sen grate of network under the com-
and a flower; and three bowls made pass thereof beneath imto the midst
like almonds hi another branch,a knop of it.
and a flower: so throughout the six 5 And he cast four rings for the four
branches going out of the candlestick. ends of the grate of brass, to be places
20 And in the candlestick were four for the staves.
bowls made like almonds, his knops, 6 And he made the staves ofshittim
and his dowers: wood, and overlaid them with brass.
21 And a knop under two brîinches 7 And he put the staves into the
of the same, and a knop under two rings on the sides of the altar, to bear
branches of the same, and a knop un it withal; he made the altar hollow
der two branches of the same, accord- with boards.
ing to the six branches going out of it. 8 And he made the laver of brass,
22 Their knops and their branches and the foot of it of brass, of the look-
were of the same: ail of it was one ingglasses of the women assembling,
beaten work of pure gold. which assembled at the door of the
23 And he made his seven lamps, tabemacle of the congrégation.
and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, 9 And he made the court: on the
of pure gold. south side southward the hangings of
24 Of a talent of pure gold made he the court were of fine twined linen, an
it, and ail the vessels thereof. hundred cubits:
25 And he made the incense altar of 10 Their pillars were twenty, and
shittim wood: the length of it was a their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks
cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it of the pillars and their fillets were of
was foursquare; and two cubits was the silver.
height of it; the homs thereof were of 11 And for the north side the hang
the same. ings were an hundred cubits, their pil
26 And he overlaid it with pure lars were twenty, and their sockets of
gold, hotlfi the top of it, and the sides brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars
thereof round about, and the homs of and their fillets of silver.
it: also he made unto it a crown of gold 12 And for the west side were hang
round about. ings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten,
27 And he made two rings of gold and their sockets ten; the hooks of the
for it under the crown thereof, by the pillars and their fillets of silver.
two comers of it, upon the two sides 13 And for the east side eastward
thereof, to be places for the staves to fifty cubits.
bear it withal. 14 The hangings of the one side of
28 And he made the staves of shit the gâte were fifteen cubits; their pfilars
tim wood, and overlaid them with three, and their sockets three.
gold. 15 And for the other side of the
29 And he made the holy anointing court gâte, on this hand and that
cil, and the pure incense of sweet hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits;
spices, according to the work of the their pillars three, and their sockets
apothecary. three.
16 AU the hangings of the court
CHAPTER 38 round about were of fine twined linen.
AND he made the altar of bumt of- 17 And the sockets for the piUars
/\ fering of shittim wood: five cubits were of brass; the hooks of the piUars
was the length thereof, and five cubits and their fiUets of sUver; and the over-
the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; laying of their chapiters of sUver; and
and three cubits the height thereof. aU the pUlars of the court were fiUeted
2 And he made the homs thereof on with silver.
the four comers of it; the homs thereof 18 And the hanging for the gâte of
were of the same: and he overlaid it the court was needlework, of blue, and
with brass. purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
3 And he made ail the vessels of the linen: and twenty cubits was the
altar, the pots, and the shovels, and length, and the height in the breadth
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was five cubits» answerable to the 31 And the sockets of the court
hangings of the court. round about, and the sockets of the
19 And their pillars were four, and court gâte, and ail the pins of the tab
their sockets of brass four; their hooks ernacle, and ail the pins of the court
of silver, and the overla^g of their roimd about.
chapiters and their fillets of silver.
20 And ail the pins of the taber CHAPTER 39
nacle, and of the court round about, A ND of the blue, and purple, and
were of brass. scarlet, they made cloths of ser
21 This is the sum of the taber vice, to do service in the holy place,
nacle, even of the tabernacle of testi- and made the holy garments for
mony, as it was counted, according to Aaron; as the Lord commanded Mo
the commandment of Moses, for the ses.
service of the Levites, by the hand of 2 And he made the ephod 0/ gold,
Ith-a-mar, son to Aaron the priest. blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
22 And Be-zal'-e-el the son of U-ri, twined linen.
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 And they did beat the gold into
made ail that the Lord conunanded thin plates, and eut it into wires, to
Moses. work it in the blue, and in the purple,
23 And with him was A-ho'-li-ab, and in the scarlet, and in the fine
son of A-his-a-mach, of the tribe of linen, with cunning work.
Dan, an engraver, and a cunning 4 They made shoulderpieces for it,
workman,and an embroiderer in blue, to couple it together: by the two edges
and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine was it coupled together.
linen. 5 And the curions girdle of his
24 Ail the gold that was occupied ephod, that was upon it, was of the
for the work in ail the work of the holy same, according to the work thereof;
place, even the gold of the ofîering, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
was twenty and nine talents, and seven and fine twined linen; as the Lord
hundred and thirty shekels, after the commanded Moses.
shekel of the sanctuary. 6 And they wrought onyx stones in-
25 And the silver of them that were closed in ouches of gold, graven, as
numbered of the congrégation was an signets are graven, with liie names of
hundred talents, and a thousand seven the children of Israël.
hundred and threescore and fifteen 7 And he put them on the shoulders
shekels, after the shekel of the sanc of the ephod, that they should he stones
tuary: for a memoricil to the children of Is
26 A bekah for every man, that is, raël; as the Lord commanded Moses.
half a shekel, after the shekel of the 8 And he made the breastplate of
sanctuary, for every one that went to cunning work, like the work of the
be numbered, from twenty years old ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and
and upward,for six hundred thousand scarlet, and fine twined linen.
and three thousand and âve hundred 9 It was foursquare; they made the
and fifty men. breastplate double: a span was the
27 And of the hundred talents of length thereof, and a span the breadth
silver were cast the sockets of the sano thereof, heing doubled.
tuary, and the sockets of the vail; an 10 And they set in it four rows of
hundred sockets of the hundred tal stones: the first row was a sardius, a to-
ents, a talent for a socket. paz, and a carbuncle: this was the first
28 And of the thousand seven hun row.
dred seventy and five shekels he made 11 And the second row, an emerald,
hooks for the pillars, and overlaid a sapphire, and a diamond.
their (hapiters, and fiUeted them. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an
29 And the briass of the offering agate, and an amethyst.
was seventy talents, and two thousand 13 And the fourth row, a béryl, an
and four hundred shekels. onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed
30 And therewith he made the sock in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
ets to the door of the tabernacle of the 14 And the stones were according to
congrégation, and the brasen altar, the names of the children of Israël,
and the brasen grate for it, and ail the twelve, according to their names, like
vessels of the altar. the engravings of a signet, every one
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with hls name,according to the twelve needlework; as the Lord commanded

tribes.
15 And they made upon the breast-
plate chains at the ends, of wreathen
work of pure gold.
16 And they made two ouches of
gold, and two gold rings; and put the
two rings in the two ends of the breast-
plate.
17 And they put the two wreathen
chains of gold in the two rings on the
ends of the breastplate.
18 And the two ends of the two
wreathen chains they fastened in the
two ouches,and put them on the shoul-
derpieces of the ephod, before it.
19 And they made two rings of gold,
and put them on the two ends of the
breastplate, upon the border of it,
which was on the side of the ephod in-
ward.
20 And they made two other golden
rings, and put them on the two sides of
the ephod undemeath, toward the
forepart of it, over against the oiher
coupling thereof, above the curions thereof, and the shewbread,
girdle of the ephod.
21 And they did bind the breast lamps thereof, even with the lamps to
plate by his rings unto the rings of the be set in order, and ail the vessels
ephod with a lace of blue,that it might thereof, and the oil for light,
be above the curions girdle of the
ephod, and that the breastplate might anointing oil, and the sweet incense,
not be loosed from the ephod; as the and the hanging for the tabernacle
Lord commanded Moses.
22 And he made the robe of the
ephod of woven Work, ail of blue.
23 And there was £Ui hole in the
midst of the robe, as the hole of an
habergeon, a band round about
the hole, that it should not rend.
24 And they made upon the hems
of the robe pomegranates of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and twined
linen.
25 And they made bells of pure
gold, and put the bells between the
pomegranates upon the hem of the
robe, round about between the pome
granates;
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell
and a pomegranate, round about the
hem of the robe to minister in; as the
Lord commanded Moses.
27 And they made coats offine linen
of woven work for Aaron, and for his
sons,
28 And a mitre of fine linen, and
goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen
breeches of fine twined linen,
29 And a girdle of fine twined linen,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of
Moses.
30 And they made the plate of the
holy crown of pure gold, and wrote
upon it a writing, like to the engrav-
ings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE
LORD.
31 And they tied imto it a lace of
blue, to fasten it on high upon the
mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 Thus was ail the work of the tab
ernacle of the tent of the congrégation
finished: and the children of Israël did
according to ail that the Lord com
manded Moses, so did they.
33 And they brought the tabernacle
unto Moses, the tent, and ail his fumi-
ture, his taches, his boards, his bars,
and his pillars, and his sockets,
34 And the covering of rams* skins
dyed red, and the covering of badgers*
skins, and the vail of the covering,
35 The ark of the testimony, and
the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
36 Hie table, and ail the vessels
37 The pure candlestick, with the
38 And the golden altar, and the
door,
39 The brasen altar, and his grate of
brass, his staves, and ail his vessels,
the laver and his foot,
40 The hangings of the court, his
pillars, and his sockets, and the hang
ing for the court gâte, his cords, and
his pins, and ail the vessels of the ser
vice of the tabernacle, for the tent of
the congrégation,
41 The cloths of service to do ser
vice in the holy place, and the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and his
sons* garments, to minister in the
priest's ofiice.
42 According to ail that the Lord
commanded Moses, so the children of
Israël made ail the work.
43 And Moses did look upon ail the
work, and, behold, they had done it as
the Lord had commanded, even so
had they done it: and Moses blessed
them.
CHAPTER 40
AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
l\ saying,
2 On the first day of the first month
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shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the the bars thereof, and reared up his
tent of the congrégation. pillars.
3 And thou shalt put therein the 19 And he spread abroad the tent
ark of the testimony, and cover the over the tabemacle,and put the cover-
ark with the vail. ing of the tent above upon it; as the
4 And thou shalt bring in the table, Lord commanded Moses.
and set in order the things that are to 20 And he took and put the testi
be set in order upon it; and thou shalt mony into the ark, and set the staves
bring in the candlestick, and light the on the ark, and put the mercy seat
lamps thereof. above upon the ark:
5 And thou shalt set the altar of 21 And he brought the ark into the
gold for the incense before the ark of tabemacle, and set up the vail of the
the testimony, and put the hanging of covering, and covered the ark of the
the door to thé tabernacle. testimony; as the Lord commanded
6 And thou shalt set the altar of the Moses.
bumt offering before the door of the 22 And he put the table in the tent
tabernacle of the tent of the congréga of the congrégation, upon the side of
tion. the tabemacle northward, without the
7 And thou shalt set the laver be- vail.
tween the tent of the congrégation and 23 And he set the bread in order
the altar, and shalt put water therein. upon it before the Lord; as the Lord
8 And thou shalt set up the court had commanded Moses.
round about, and hang up the hanging 24 And he put the candlestick in the
at the court gâte. tent of the congrégation, ovér against
9 And thou shalt take the anointing the table, on the side of the tabernacle
oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and ail southward.
that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and 25 And he lighted the lamps before
ail the vessels thereof: and it shall be the Lord; as the Lord commanded
holy. Moses.
10 And thou shalt anoint the altar 26 And he put the golden altar in
of the bumt offering, and ail his ves the tent of the congrégation before the
sels, and sanctify thé altar: and it shall vail:
be an altar most holy. 27 And he bumt sweet incense
11 And thou shalt anoint the laver thereon; as the Lord commanded Mo
and his foot, and sanctify it. ses.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and 28 And he set up the hanging at the
his sons unto the door of the tabemacle door of the tabemacle.
of the congrégation, and wash them 29 And he put the altar of bumt of
with water. fering by the door of the tabemacle of
13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the tent of the congrégation, and of-
the holy garments, and anoint him, fered upon it the bumt offering and
and sanctify him;that he may minister the meat offering; as the Lord com
unto me in the priest's office. manded Moses.
14 And thou shalt bring his sons, 30 And he set the laver between the
and dothe them with coats: tent of the congrégation and the altar,
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as and put water there, to wash withaL
thou didst anoint their father, that 31 And Moses and Aaron and his
they may minister unto me in the sons washed their hcinds and their feet
priest's office: for their anointing shall thereat:
surely be an everlasting priesthood 32 When they went into the tent of
throughout their générations. the congrégation, and when they came
16 Thus did Moses: according to ail near unto the altar, they washed; as
that the Lord commanded him,so did the Lord commanded Moses.
he. 33 And he reared up the court
17 And it came to pass in the first round about the tabernacle and the
month in the second year, on the first altar, and set up the hanging of the
day of the month, that the tabemacle court gâte. So Moses finished the work.
was reared up. 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of
18 And Moses reared up the taber the congrégation, and the glory of the
nacle, and fastened his sockets, and Lord filled the tabemacle.
set up the boards thereof, and put in 35 And Moses was not able to enter
 LEVinCUS 1, 2
into: the tent of the congrégation, be-
cause the cloud abode thereon, and
the glory of the Lord filled the taber
nacle.
36 And whén the doud waâ taken
up from ôver the tabernacle, the chil-
dren ofIsraël went onward in ail their
joumeys: ' their joumeys.
The Third Book ôf Moses, ealled
Levitieus
CHAPTER I
4ND the Lord called pntp Moses,
/\ and spake unto him put pf the
jTTk tabemacle of the congrégation,
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
and say unto them. If any man of you
bring an offering unto the Lord, ye
shall bring your offering of the cattle,
even of the herd, and pf the flock.
3 If his offering he a burnt sacrifice
of the herd, let him ofîer a maie with-
out blemish: he shall offer it of his own
voluntary will at the door of the taber
nacle of the congrégation before the
Lord.
4 And he shall put his hand upon
the head of the burnt offering; and it
shall be açcepted for him to make
atonement for him.
5 And he shall kill the bullock be
fore the Lord: and thepriests, Aarpn's
spng, shall bring the blood, and sprin-
kle the blood round about upon the
altar that is. by the door of the taber
nacle of the congrégation.
6 And he shall flay the burnt pffer-
ing, and eut it into his pièces.
7 And :tiie sons pf Aaron the priest
ahàd put fire upon the altar, and lay
the wppd in order upon the fire:
8 Àrid.the priests, Aaron's sons, wings thereof, but shall not divide if
shall lay the partsj the head, and the
fat, in order upon the wood that is on
the fire which (s upon the altar:
9 But his inwairds and his legs shall
he wash in water: and the priest shall
burn edl on the altar,,to be a bumt sac-
Ti&ce,. an offering made ,by lire, of a
swpet savour imto the Lordv
10 Aud if his offering be of the
docks, namelyt^ of thesheep, or of the
97
37 But if the cloud were not taken
up, then they joumeyed not till the
day that it was taken up.
38 For the cloud of the Lord was
upon the tabernacle by day^ and fire
was on it by night; in the sight of ail
the house of Israël, throughout ail
goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall
bring it a maie without blemish.
11 And he shall kiU it on the side of
thé altar northward before the Lord:
and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall
sprinkle his blood round about upon
the altar.
12 And he shall eut it into his
pièces, with his head and his fat: and
the priest shall lay them in order on
the wood that is on the fire which is
upon the altar:
13 But he shall wash the inwards
and the legs with water: and the priest
shall bring if ail, and burn it upon the
altar; it is a bumt sacrifice, an offering
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
thp Lord.
14 And if the bumt sacrifice for his
offering to the Lord be of fowls, then
he shall bring his offering of turtle-
dbves, or of young pigeons.
15 And the priest shall bring it unto
the altar, and wring off his head, and
bum if on the altar; and the blood
thereof shall be wmng out at the side
of the altar:
16 And he shall pluck away his crop
with his feathers, and cast it beside the
altar on the east part, by the place of
the ashes:
17 And he shall cleave it with the,
asunder: and the priest shall bum it
upon the altarj upon/the wopd that is
upon the fire: it is a bumt sacrifice, an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the Lord.
CHAPTER 2
AND when any will offer a meat of-
/\ fering unto the Lord, his offering
shall be of fine fipur; and he shall pour
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oil upon it, and put frankincense
thereon:
2 And he shall bring It to Aaron's
sons the priests: and he shall take
-thereout his handful of the fleur there-
of, and of the oil thereof, with ail the
frankincense thereof; and the priest
shall bum the mémorial of it upon the
altar, to be an offering made by flre, of
a sweet savour vmto the Lord:
3 And the remnant of the meat of
fering shall be Aaron's and his sons*: it
is a thing most holy of the oïferings of
the Lord made by flre.
4 And if thou bring an oblation of a
meat offering baken in the oven, it
shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour
mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers
anointed with oil.
5 And if thy oblation be a meat of
fering baken in a pan,it shall be offine
flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
6 Thou shalt part it in pièces, and
pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
7 And if thy oblation be a meat of
fering baken in the fryingpan, it shall
be made of fine flour with oil.
8 And thou shalt bring the meat of
fering that is made of these things unto
the Lord: and when it is presented un
to the priest, he shall bring it unto the
altar.
9 And the priest shall take from the
meat offering a mémorial thereof, and
shall bum it upon the altar: it is ail
offering made by flre, of a sweet savour
unto the Lord.
10 And that which is left of the
meat offering shall be Aaron*s and his
sons*: it is a thing most holy of the of-
ferings of the Lord made by flre.
11 No meat offering, which ye shall
bring unto the Lord, shaU be ma(^e
with leaven: for ye shall bum no lea- fore the tabernacle of the congréga
ven, nor any honey, in any offering of tion: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle
the Lord made by flre. the blood thereof round about upon
12 As for the oblation of the flrst-
fmitSj ye shall offer them unto the
Lord: but they shall not be bumt on
the altar for a sweet savour.
13 And every oblation of thy meat
offering shalt thou season with sait;
neither shalt thou suffer the sait of the
covenant of thy God to be lacking
from thy meat offering: with ail thine
offerings thou shalt offer sait.
14 And if thou offer a meat offering
of thy flrstfmits unto the Lord, thou
shalt offer for the meat offering of thy
flrstfmits green ears of com dried by
ihe flre,even com beaten ont offull ears.
15 And thou shalt put oil upon it,
and lay frankincense thereon: it is a
meat offering.
16 And the priest shsill bum the
mémorial of it, part of thé beaten com
thereof, and part of the oil thereof,
with ail the frankincense thereof: it is
an offering made by flre unto the Lord.
CHAPTER 3
AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of
jt\ peace offering, if he offer it of the
herd; whether if be a maie or female,
he shall offer it without blemish before
the Lord.
2 And he shall lay his hand upon
the head of his offering, and kill it at
the door of the tabemacle of the con
grégation: and Aaron*s sons the priests
shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar
round about.
3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
of the peace offering an offering made
by flre unto the Lord;the fat that cov-
ereth the inwards, and ail the fat that
is upon the inwards,
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat
that is on them, which is by the flanks,
and the caul above the liver, with the
kidneys, it shall he take away.
5 And Aaron*s sons shall burn it on
the altar upon the bumt sacrifice,
which is upon the wood that is on the
flre: it is an offering made by flre, of a
sweet savour unto the Lord.
6 And if his offering for a sacrifice
of peace offering unto the Lord be of
the flock; maie or female, he shall offër
it without blemish.
7 If he offer a lamb for his offering,
then shall he offer it before the Lord.
8 Arid he shall lay his hand upon
the head of his offering, and kill it be
the altar.
9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
of the peace offering an offering liiade
by flre unto the Lord; the fat thereof,
and the whole mmp,it shall he take off
hard by the backbone; and the fat that
covereth the inwards, and ail the fat
that is upon the inwards,
lô And the two kidneys, and the fat
thàt is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver,
with the kidneys,it shall he take away.
II And the priest shall bum it upon
the altar: it is thé food of the offering
made by flre unto the Lord.
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12 And if his ofîerlng be a goat,then tar of the bumt offering, which is at

he shall offer it before the Lord. the door of the tabernacle of the con
13 And he shall lay his hand upon grégation.
the head of it, and kill it before the 8 And heshaU take offfromit ail the
tabernacle of the congrégation: and fat of the bullock for the sin offering;
the sons ôf Aaron shaJl sprinkle the the fat that covereth the inwsurds, and
blood thereof upon the altar round ail the fat that is upon the inwards,
about. 9 Amd the two kidneys, and the fat
14 And he shall offer thereof his that is upon them, which is by the
offering, even an offering made by fire flanks, and the caul above the liver,
unto the Lord; the fat that covereth with the kidneys,it shall he take away,
the inwards, and ail the fat that is 10 As it was taken off from the bul
upon the inwards, lock of the sacrifice of peace offerings:
15 And the two kidneys, and the and the priest shall bum them upon
fat that is upon them, which is by the the altar of the bumt offering.
flanks, and the caul above the liver, 11 And the skin of the bullock, and
with the kidneys,it shall he take away. ail his flesh, with his head, and with
16 And the priest shall bum them his legs, and his inwards,and his dung,
upon the altar: it is the food of the of 12 Even the whole bullock shall he
fering made by fire for a sweet savour: carry forth without the camp unto a
ail the fat is the Lord's. clean place, where the ashes are poured
17 It shall be a perpétuai statute for out, and bum him on the wood with
your générations throughout ail your fire: where the ashes are poured out
dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor shall he be bumt.
blood. 13 And if the whole congrégation of
CHAPTER 4 Israël sin through ignorance, and the
thing be hid from the eyes of the as-
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, sembly, and they have done somewhat
/V saying, against any of the commandments of
2 Speak unto the children of Israël, the Lord conceming things which
saying. If a soul shall sin through ig should not be done, and are guilty;
norance against any of the command- 14 When the sin, which they have
ments of the Lord conceming things sinned against it, is known, then the
which ought not to be done, and shall congrégation shall offer a young bul
do against any of them: lock for the sin, and bring him before
3 If the priest that is anointed do the tabemacle of the congrégation.
sin according to the sin of the people; 15 And the elders of the congréga
then let him bring for his sin, which he tion shall lay their hands upon the
hath sinned, a young bullock without head of the bullock before the Lord:
blemish imto the Lord for a sin offer and the bullock shall be killed before
ing. the Lord.
4 And he shall bring the bullock un 16 And the priest that is anointed
to the door of the tabernacle of the shall bring of the bullock's blood to the
congrégation before the Lord; and tabemacle of the congrégation:
shall lay his hand upon the bullock's 17 And the priest shall dip his finger
head, and kill the bullock before the in some of the blood, and sprinkle it
Lord. seven times before the Lord, even be
5 And the priest that is anointed fore the vail.
shall take of the bullock's blood, and 18 And he shaU put some of the
bring it to the tabernacle of the con blood upon the homs of the altar
grégation: which is before the Lord,that is in the
6 And the priest shall dip his finger tabemacle of the congrégation, and
in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood shall pour out ail the blood at the bot
seven times before the Lord, before tom of the altar of the bumt offering,
the vail of the sanctuary. which is at the door of the tabemacle
7 And the priest shall put some of of the congrégation.
the blood upon the homs of the altar 19 And he shaU take ail his fatfrom
of sweet incense before the Lord, him, and bum it upon the altar.
which is in the tabernacle of the con 20 And he shaU do with the bullock
grégation; and shall pour ail the blood as he did with the bullock for a sin of
of the bullock at the bottom of the al fering, so shall he do with this: and the
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priest shall make an atonement for
them, and it shall be forgiven them.
21 And he shall carry forth the bul-
lock without the camp, and bum him
as he burned the first bullock: it is a
sin offering for the congrégation.
22 When a ruler hath sinned, and
done somewhat through ignorance
against any of the commandments of
the Lord his God conceming things
which should not be done, and is
guilty;
23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath
sinned,corne to his knowledge; he shall
bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a
maie without blemish:
24 And he shall lay his hand upon
the head of the goat, and kill it in the
place where tiiey kill the bumt offer
ing before the Lord:it is a sin offering.
25 And the priest shall take of the
blood of the sin offering with his finger,
and put it upon the homs of the altar
of bumt offering, and shall pour out
his blood at the bottom of the altar of
bumt offering.
26 And he shall bum ail his fat upon
the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of
peace offerings: and the priest shall
make an atonement for him as con
ceming his sin, and it shall be forgiven
him.
27 And if any one of the common
people sin through ignorance, while he
doeth somewhat against any of the ing things, and if it be hidden from
commandments of the Lord concem him; he also shall be unclean, and
ing things which ought not to be done, guilty.
and be guilty; 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of
28 Or if his sin, which he hath
sinned, come to his knowledge: then
he shall bring his offering, a kid of the
goats, a female without blemish, for
his sin which he hath sinned.
29 And he shall lay his hand upon
the head of the sin offering, and slay
the sin offering in the place of the
bumt offering.
30 And the priest shall take of the
blood thereof with his finger, and put
it upon the horns of the altar of bumt
offering, and shall pour out ail the
blood thereof at the bottom of the
altar.
31 And he shall take away ail the
fat thereof, as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace offer
ings; and the priest shall bum it upon
the altar for a sweet savour unto the
Lord; and the priest shall make an
atonement for him, and it shall be for
given him.
32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin
offering, he shall bring it a female
without blemish.
33 And he shall lay his hand upon
the head of the sin offering, and slay it
for a sin offering in the place where
they kill the burnt offering.
34 And the priest shall take of the
blood of the sin offering with his finger,
and put it upon the homs of the altar
of bumt offering, and shall pour out
ail the blood thereof at the bottom of
the altar:
35 And he shall take away ail the
fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is
taken away from the sacrifice of the
peace offerings; and the priest shall
bum them upon the altar, according
to the offerings made by fire unto the
Lord: and the priest shall make an
atonement for his sin that he hath
committed, and it shall be forgiven
him.
CHAPTER 5
AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice
/\ of swearing, and is a witness,
whether he hath seen or known ofit; if
he do not utter it, then he shall bear
his iniquity.
2 Or if a soul touch any unclean
thing, whether it be a carcase of an un
clean beast, or a carcase of unclean
cattle, or the carcase of unclean creep-
man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that
a man shall be defiled withal, and it be
hid from him; when he knoweth of it,
then he shall be guilty.
4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing
with his lips to do evil, or to do good,
whatsoever it be that a man shall pro-
nounce with an oath, and it be hid
from him; when he knoweth of it, then
he shall be guilty in one of these.
5 And it shall be, when he shall be
guilty in one of these things, that he
shall confess that he hath sinned in
that thing:
6 And he shall bring his trespass of
fering unto the Lord for his sin which
he hath sinned, a female from the
flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for
a sin offering; and the priest shall make
an atonement for him conceming his
sin.
7 And if he be not able to bring a
lamb, then he shall bring for his très-
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pass, whîch he hath committed, two of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, un- is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
to the Lord;one for a sln offering, and 18 And he shall bring a ram without
the other for a bumt offering. blemish out of the flock, with thy esti
8 And he shall bring them unto the mation, for a trespass offering, unto
priest, who shall offerfhat which is for the priest: and the priest shall make an
the sin offering first, and wring off his atonement for him conceming his ig
head from his neck, but shall not di- norance wherein he erred and ydst if
vide it asunder: not, and it shall be forgiven him.
9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath
of the sin offering upon the side of the certainly trespassed against thé Lord.
altar; and the rest of the blood shall be
wrung out at the bottom of the altar: CHAPTER 6
it is a sin offering. AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
10 And he shall offer the second for /\ saying,
a bumt offering, according to the man- 2 If a soul sin, and commit a tres
ner: and the priest shall make an pass against the Lord,and lie unto his
atonement for him for his sin which he neighbour in that which was delivered
hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a
him. thing taken away by violence, or hath
11 But if he be not able to bring ideceived his neighbour;
two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, 3 Or bave found that which was
then he that sinned shall bring for his lost, and lieth conceming it, and swear-
offering the tenth part of an ephah of eth falsely; in any of ail these that a
fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put man doeth, sinning therein:
no oil upon it, neither shall he put any 4 Then it shall be, because he hath
frankincense thereon: for it is a sin sinned, and is guilty, that he shall re
offering. store that which he took violently
12 Then shall he bring it to the away, or the thing which he hath de-
priest, and the priest shall take his ceitfully gotten, or that which was de
handful of it, even a mémorial thereof, livered him to keep, or the lost thing
and bum it on the altar, according to which he found,
the offerings made by fire imto the 5 Or ail that about which he hath
Lord: it is a sin offering. swom falsely; he shall even restore it
13 And the priest shall make an in the principal, and shall add the fifth
atonement for him as touching his sin part more thereto, and give it unto
that he hath sinned in one of these, him to whom it appertcdneth, in the
and it shall be forgiven him: and the day of lus trespass offering.
remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat 6 And he shall bring his trespass of
offering. fering unto the Lord, a ram without
14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, blemish out of the flock, with thy esti
saying, mation, for a trespass offering, unto
15 If a soul commit a trespass, and the priest:
sin through ignorcince, in the holy 7 And the priest shall make an
things of the Lord;then he shall bring atonement for him before the Lord:
for his trespass unto the Lord a ram and it sheill be forgiven him for any
without blemish out of the flocks, with thing of ail that he hath done in tres-
thy estimation by shekels of silver, passing therein.
after the shekel of the sanctuary,for a 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
trespass offering: saying,
16 And he shall make cimends for 9 Command Aaron and his sons,
the harm that he hath done in the holy saying, This is the law of the bumt Of
thing, and shall add the fifth part fering: It is the bumt offering, because
thereto, and give it unto the priest: of the buming upon the altar ail night
and the priest shall make an atone unto the morning, and the fire of the
ment for him with the ram of the tres altar shall be burning in it.
pass offering, and it shall be forgiven 10 And the priest shall put on his
him. linen garment, and his linen breeches
17 And if a soul sin, and commit shall he put upon his fiesh, and take
any of these things which are forbid- up the ashes which the fire hath con-
den to be done by the commandments sumed with the bumt offering on the
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altar, and he shall put them beside the priest shall be wholly bumt: it shall
altar. not be eaten.
11 And he shall put off his gar- 24 And the Lord spake imto Moses,
ments,and put on other garments,and saying,
carry forth the ashes without the camp 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his
unto a clean place. sons, saying, This is the law of the sin
12 And the fire upon the altar shall offering: In the place where the bumt
be buming in it; it shall net be put offering is kUled shaU the sin offering be
eut: and the priest shall bum wood on killed before the Lord: it is most holy.
it every moming,and lay the bumt of- 26 The priest that offereth it for sin
fering in order upon it; and he sîhall shall eat it: ih the holy place shall it be
bum thereon the fat of the peace offer- eaten,in the court of the tabemacle of
ings. the congrégation.
13 The fire shall ever be buming up 27 >\^atsoever shaU touch the flesh
on the altar; it shall never go out. thereof shall be holy: and when there
14 And this is the law of the meat is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon
offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer any garment, thou shalt wash that
it before the Lord, before the altar. whereon it was sprinkled in the holy
15 And he shall take of it his hand- place.
ful, of the flour of the meat offering, 28 But the earthen vessel wherein
and of the oil thereof, and ail the it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be
frankincense which is upon the meat sodden in a brasen pot,it shaU be both
offering, and shall bum it upon the al scoured, and rinsed in water.
tar for a sweet savour, even the mémo 29 AU the maies among the priests
rial of it, unto the Lord. shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
16 And the remainder thereof shall 30 And no sin offering, whereof any
Aaron and his sons eat: with unleav- of the blood is brought into the taber
ened bread shall it be eaten in the nacle of the congrégation to reconcUe
holy place; in the court of the taber withal in the holy place, shaU be eaten:
nacle of the congrégation they shall it shall be bumt in the fire.
eat it.
17 It shall not be baken with leaven. CHAPTER 7
I have given it unto them for their por tlKEWISE this is the law of the
tion of my offerings made by fire; it is jtrespass offering: it is most holy.
most holy, as is the sin offering, and 2 In the place where they kUl the
as the trespass offering. bumt offering shaU they kUl the tres
18 AU the maies among the chUdren pass offering: and the blood thereof
of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a shaU he sprinkle round about upon the
statute for ever in your générations altar.
conceming the offerings of the Lord 3 And he shall offer of it ail the fat
made by fire: every one that toucheth thereof; the rump, and the fat that
them shall be holy. covereth the inwards,
19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat
saying, that is on them, which is by the Uanks,
20 This is the offering of Aaron and and the caul that is above the liver,
of his sons, which they shall offer unto with the kidneys,it shall he take away:
the Lord in the day when he is anoint- 5 And the priest shall bum them
ed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine upon the altar for an offering made by
flour for a meat offering perpétuai, fire unto the Lord: it is a trespass of
half of it in the moming, and half fering.
thereof at night. 6 Every maie among the priests
21 In a pan it shall be made with shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in
oU; and whm it is baken, thou shàlt the holy place: it is most holy.
bring it in: and the baken pièces of the 7 As the sin offering is, so is the
meat offering shalt thou offer for a trespass offering: there is one law for
sweet savour unto the Lord. them: the priest that maketh atone-
22 And the priest of his sons that is meht therewith shall have it
anointed in his stéad shaU offer it: it is 8 And the priest that offereth any
a statute for ever unto the Lord; it man's bumt offering, even the priest
shall be wholly burnt. shall have to himself the skin of the
23 For every meat offering for the bumt offering which he hath offered.
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9 And ail the meat olfering that is fice of peace offerings, which pertain
baken in the oven, and ail that Is unto the Lord> even that soul shall be
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the eut off from his people.
pan, shall be the priest's that offereth 22 And the Lord spadce imto Moses,
it saying,
10 And every meat offering, min- 23 Speak unto the children of Is
gled with cil, and dry,shall ail the sons raël, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of
of Aaron have,one as much as ahother. fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
11 And this is the law bf the sacri 24 And the fat of the beast that
fice of peace offerings, ^which he shall dieth of itself, auid the fat of that
offer imto the Lord. which is tom with beasts, may be used
12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, in ainy other use: but ye shadl in no
then he shall offer with the sacrifice of wise eat of it.
thanksgiving unleavened cakes min- 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of
gled with oil, and unleavened wafers the beast, of which men offer ain offer
anointed with oil, and cakes mingled ing made by fire unto the Lord, even
with oil, of fine flour, fried. the soul that eateth it shall be eut off
13 Besides the cakes,.he shall offer from his people.
for his offering leavened bread with 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner
the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his of blood, whether it he of fowl or of
peace offerings. beaist, in ainy of your dwellings.
14 And of it he shall offer one ont of 27 Whatsoever souUt be that eateth
the whole oblation for an heave offer ainy maumer of blood, even that soul
ing unto the Lord, and it shall be the shall be eut off from his people.
priest's that sprinkleth the blood of 28 And the Lord spadae unto Moses,
the peace offerings. saying,
15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of 29 Speak unto the diildren of Is
his peace offerings for thanksgiving raël, saying, He that offereth the sac
shall be eaten the same day that it is rifice of his peace offerings unto the
offered; he shall not leave any of it Lord shall bring his oblation imto the
until the moming. Lord of the sacrifice of his peace offer
16 But if the sacrifice of his offering ings.
be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it 30 His own hands shall bring the
shall be eaten the same day that he offerings of the Lord made by fire,the
offereth his sacrifice; and on the mor- fat with the breast, it shall he bring,
row also the remainder of it shall be that the breast may be waved for a
eaten: wave offering before the Lord.
17 But the remainder of the flesh of 31 And the priest shadl burn the fat
the sacrifice on the third day shall be upon the altar: but the breast shadl be
bumt with fire. Aairon-s auid his sons*.
18 And if any of the flesh of the sac 32 And the right shoulder shall ye
rifice of his peace offerings be eaten at give unto the priest for aui heave offer
ail on the third day,it shall not be ac- ing of the sacrifices of your peace of
cepted, neither shall it be imputed un ferings.
to him that offereth it: it shall be ain 33 He among the sons of Aaron,
abomination, aind the soul that eateth that offereth the blood of the peace
of it shall bear his iniquity. offerings, auid the fat, shall have the
19 And the flesh that toucheth auiy right shoulder for his part.
uncleam thing shall not be eaten; it 34 For the wave breast and the
shall be bumt with fire: aind ais for the heave shoulder have I taken of the
fiesh,aU that ht cléam shadl eat thereof. diildren of Israëlfrom offthe sacrifices
20 But the soul that eateth of the Of their peace offerings, auid have
fiesh ofthe sacrifice of peace offerings, given theih unto Aauon the priest and
that pertain unto the Lord^ having his unto his sons by a statute for ever
uncleainness upon him^ even that soul from aunong the children.of Israël.
shadl be eut off from his people. 35 This=is fhe portion of thé anoint-
21 Moreover the soul that shall ing of Aaron, and of the anointing of
touch auay uncleaui thing, as the un- his sons, out of the offerings of the
deaumess of man, or any unclean Lord made by fire, in the day when he
beaist, or ainy abominable undeam presented them to minister unto the
thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacri Lord in the priest's office;
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36 Which the Lord commanded to and put coats upon them, and girded
be given them of the children of Israël, them with girdles,and put bonnets up^
in the day that he anointed them, hy a on them; as the Lord commanded
statute for ever throughout their gén Moses.
érations. 14 And he brought the bullock for
37 Thls is the law of the bumt offer- the sin offering: and Aaron and his
ing, of the meat offering, and of the sons laid their hands upon the head of
sin offering, and of the trespass offer the bullock for thé sin offering.
ing, and of the consécrations, and of 15 And he slew if; and Moses took
the sacrifice of the peace offerings; the blood, and put it upon the homs
38 Which the Lord commanded of the altar roimd about with his
Moses in mount Si-nai^ in the day that finger, and purified the altar, and
he commanded the children of Israël poured the blood at the bottom of the
to offer their oblations unto the Lord, altar, and sanctified it, to make recon
in the wildemess of Si-naL ciliation upon it.
16 And he took ail the fat that was
CHAPTER S upon the inwards, and the caul above
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, the liver, and the twô kidneys, and
jt\ saying, their fat, and Moses bumed if upon the
2 Take Aaron and his sons with altar.
him,and the garments,and the anoint- 17 But the bullock, and his hide,
iiig oil, and a bullock for the sin offer his fiesh, and his dung, he btimt with
ing, and two rams, and a basket of fire without the camp as the Lord
unleavened bread; commanded Moses.
3 And gather thou ail the congréga 18 And he brought the ram for the
tion together unto the door of the bumt offering: and Aaron and his sons
tabernacle of the congrégation. laid their hands upon the head of the
4 And Moses did as the Lord com ram.
manded him; and the assembly was 19 And he killed it; and Moses
gathered together untp the door of the sprinkled the blood upon the altar
tabernacle of the congrégation. round about.
5 And Moses said unto the congré 20 And he eut the ram into pièces;
gation, This is the thing which the and Moses bumt the head, and the
Lord commanded to be done. pièces, and the fat.
6 And Mosés brought Aaron and his 21 And he washed the inwards and
sons, and washed them with water. the legs in water; and Moses bumt the
7 And he put upon him the coat, whole ram upon the altar: it was a
and girded him with the girdle, and bumt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and
clothed him with the robe,and put the an offering made by fire unto tiie
ephod upon him, and he girded him Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.
\;^th the curions girdle of the ephod, 22 And he brought the other ram,
and bound it unto him therewith. the ram of consécration: and Aaron
8 And he put the breastplate upon and his sons laid their hands upon the
him: also he put in the breastplate the head of the ram.
U-rim and the Thum'-mim. 23 And he slew if; and Moses took
9 And he put the mitre upon his of the blood of it, and put it upon the
head; also upon the mitre, even upon tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the
his forefront, did he put the golden thumb of his right hand,and upon the
plate, the holy crown; as the Lord great toe of his right foot.
commanded Moses. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons,
10 And Môses took the anointing and Moses put of the blood upon the
oil,and anointed the tabernacle and ail tip of their right ear, and upon the
that was therein, and sanctified them. thumbs of their right hands, and upon
11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the great toes of their right feet: and
the altar seven times, and anointed the Moses sprinkled the blood upon the al
altar and ail his vessels, both the laver tar round about.
and his foot, to sanctify thon. 25 And he took the fat, and the
12 And he poured of the anointing rumpi and ail the fat that was upon
oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed the inwards, and the caul ahove the
him, to sanctify him. liver, and the two kidneys, and their
13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons. fat, and the right shoulden
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26 And out of the basket of unleav- thee a young calffor a sin offering, and
ened bread,that was before the Lord, a ram for a burnt ofîering, without
he took one unleavened cake, and a blemish, and ofîer them before the
cake of oiled bread, and one wafer,and Lord.
put them on the fat, and upon the right 3 And unto the children of Israël
shoulder: thou shalt speak,saying, Take ye a kid
27 And he put ail upon Aaron's of the goats for a sin ofîering; and a
hands, and upon his sons' hands, and calf and a lamb, both of the first year,
waved them for a wave ofîering before without blemish, for a bumt offering;
the Lord. 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace
28 And Moses took them from off offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord;
their hands, and bumt them on the al- and a meat offering mingled with oil:
tar upon the bumt ofîering: they were for to day the Lord will appear unto
consécrations for a sweet savour: it is you.
an ofîering made by fire unto the 5 And they brought that which Mo
Lord. ses commanded before the tabemacle
29 And Moses took the breast, and of the congrégation: and ail the con
waved it for a wave ofîering before the grégation drew near and stood before
Lord:for of the ram of consécration it the Lord.
was Moses' part; as the Lord com- 6 And Moses said, This is the thing
manded Moses. which the Lord commanded that ye
30 And Moses took of the anointing should do: and the glory of the Lord
oil, and of the blood which was upon shall appear unto you.
the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go
and upon his garments, and upon his unto the altar, and ofîer thy sin offer
sons,and upon his sons' garments with ing, and thy bumt offering, and make
him; and sanctified Aaron,and his gar an atonement for thyself, and for the
ments, and his sons, and his sons' gar people: and ofîer the offering of the
ments with him. people, and make an atonement for
31 And Moses said unto Aaron and them; as the Lord commanded.
to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of 8 Aaron therefore went imto the al
the tabernacle of the congrégation: tar, and slew the calf of the sin offer
and there eat it with the bread that is ing, which was for himself.
in the basket of consécrations, as I 9 And the sons of Aaron brought
commanded, saying, Aaron and his the blood unto him: and he dipped his
sons shall eat it. finger in the blood, and put it upon the
32 And that which remaineth of the homs of the altar, and poured out the
flesh and of the bread shaU ye bum blood at the bottom of the altar:
with fire. 10 But the fat, and the kidneys,and
33 And ye shall not go out of the the caul above the liver of the sin offer
door of the tabernacle of the congréga ing, he bumt upon the altar; as the
tion in seven days, until the days of Lord commanded Moses.
your consécration be at an end: for 11 And the flesh and the hide he
seven days shall he consecrate you. bumt with fire without the camp.
34 As he hath done this day, so the 12 And he slew the bumt offering;
Lord hath commanded to do,to make and Aaron's sons presented unto him
an atonement for you. the blood, which he sprinkled round
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the about upon the altar.
door of the tabernacle of the congréga 13 And they presented the bumt
tion day and night seven days, and offering unto him, with the pièces
keep the charge of the Lord, that ye thereof, and the head: and he bumt
die not: for so I am commanded. them upon the altar.
36 So Aaron and his sons did ail 14 And he did wash the inwards and
things which the Lord commanded by the legs, and bumt them upon the
the hand of Moses. bumt offering on the altar.
15 And he brought the people's of
CHAPTER9 fering, and took the goat, which was
AND it came to pass on the eighth the sin offering for the people, and
/\ day, that Moses called Aaron and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the
his sons, and the elders of Israël; first.
2 And he said unto Aaron, Take 16 And he brought the bumt ofîer-
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Ing, and offered It according to the them in their coats out of the camp; as
manner. Moses had said.
17 And he brought the meat offer- 6 And Moses said imto Aaron, and
ing, and took an handful thereof, and unto E-le-a-zar and unto Ith-a-mar,
bumt it upon the altar, beside the his sons, Uncover not your heads, nei-
bumt sacrifice of the moming. ther rend your clothes; lest ye die, and
18 He slew âlso the bnllock and the lest wrath come upon ail the people:
ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, but let your brethren, the whole house
which was for the people: and Aaron's of Israël, bewail the buming which the
sons presented imto him the blood, Lord hath kindled.
which he sprinkled upon the altar 7 And ye shall not go out from the
round about, door of the tabemacle of the congré
19 And the fat of the bullock and of gation, lest ye die: for the anointing
the ram, the rump, and that which oil of the Lord is upon you. And they
covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, did according to the word of Moses.
and the caul above the liver: S And the Lord spake unto Aaron,
20 And they put the fat upon the saying,
breasts, and he bumt the fat upon the 9 Do not drink wine nor strong
altar: drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
21 And the breasts and the right when ye go into the tabemacle of the
shoulder Aaron waved for a wave of- congrégation, lest ye die: it shall be a
fering before the Lord; as Moses com- statute for ever throughout your gén
manded. érations:
22 And Aaron lifted up his hand 10 And that ye may put différence
toward the people, and blessed them, between holy and unholy, and be-
and came down from offering of the tween unclean and clean;
sin offering, and the bumt offering, 11 And that ye may teach the chil-
and peace offerings. dren of Israël ail the statutes which
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the Lord hath spoken unto them by
the tabemàcle of the congrégation, the hand of Moses.
and came out, and blessed the people: 12 And Moses spake unto Aaron,
and the glory of the Lord appeared and unto E-le-a-zar and unto Ith-a-
unto ail the people. mar, his sons that were left, Take the
24 And there came a fire out from meat offering that remaineth of the of
before the Lord, and consumed upon ferings of the Lord made by fire, and
the altar the bumt offering and the eat it without leaven beside the altar:
fat: which when ail the people saw, for it is most holy:
they shouted, and fell on their faces. 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy
place, because it is thy due, and thy
CHAPTER 10 sons* due, of the sacrifices of the Lord
AND Nadab and A-bi-hu,the sons of made by fire: for so I am commanded.
jC\ Aaron, took either of them his 14 And the wave breast and heave
censer, and put fire therein, and put shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place;
incense thereon, and offered strange thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters
fire before the Lord, which he com- with thee: for they be thy due, and thy
manded them not. sons* due, which are given out of the
2 And there went out fire from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the chil-
Lord, and devoured them, and they dren of Israël.
died before the Lord. 15 The heave shoulder and the
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, wave breast shall they bring with the
This is it that the Lord spake, saying, offerings made by fire of the fat, to
I will be sanctified in them that come wave it for a wave offering before the
nigh me, and before ail the people I Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy
will be glorified. And Aaron held his sons* with thee, by a statute for ever;
peace. as the Lord hath commanded.
4 And Moses called Mish'-a-el and 16 And Moses diligently sought the
El-za-phan, the sons of Uz-zi-el the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it
uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, was bumt:and he was angry with E-le-
Come near, carry your brethren from a-zar and Ith-a-mar,the sons of Aaron
before the sanctuary out of the camp. which were left alive, saying,
5 So they went near, and carried 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the
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sin offering in the holy place, seeing it 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor
îs most holy,and God hath given it you scales in the waters, that shall he an
to bear the iniquity of the congréga abomination unto you,
tion, to make atonement for them be- 13 And these are they which ye shall
fore the Lord? have in abomination among the fowls;
18 Behold, the blood of it was not they shall not be eaten, they are an
brought in within the holy place: ye abomination: the eagle, and the ossi-
should indeed have eaten it in the holy frage, and the ospray,
place, as 1 commanded. 14 And the vulture, and the kite
19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Be after his kind;
hold, this day have they offered their 15 Every raven after his kind;
sin offering and their bumt offering 16 And the owl, and the night
before the Lord; and such things have hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin after his kind,
offering to day, should it have been 17 And the little owl, and the cor-
accepted in the sight of the Lord? morant, and the great owl,
20 And when Moses heard thaï, he 18 And the swan, and the pélican,
was content, and the gier eagle,
19 And the stork, the héron after
CHAPTER II her kind,and the lapwing,and the bat,
A ND the Lord spake unto Moses and 20 AU fowls that creep, going upon
jl\ to Aaron, saying unto them, ail four, shall he an abomination unto
2 Speak unto the children of Israël, you,
saying, These are the beasts which ye 21 Yet these may ye eat of every
shall eat among ail the beasts that are flying creeping thing that goeth upon
on the earth, ail four, which have legs above their
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
is clovenfooted, and cheweth the çud, 22 Even these of them ye may eat;
among the beasts, that shall ye eat, the locust after his kind, and the bald
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not locust after his kind, and the beetle
eat of them that chew the cud, or of after his kind, and the grasshopper
them that divide the hoof: as the cam- after his kind,
el, because he cheweth the cud, but 23 But ail other flying creeping
divideth not the hoof; he is unclean things, which have four feet,shall he an
unto you, abomination unto you,
5 And the coney, because he chew 24 And for thçse ye shall be un
eth the cud, but dMdeth not the hoof; clean: whosoever toucheth the carcase
he is unclean unto you, ofthem shaU be unclean untU the even,
6 And the hare, because he cheweth 25 And whosoever beareth ought of
the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he the carcase of them shall wash his
is unclean unto you, clothes, and be unclean untU the even,
7 And the swine, though he divide 26 The carcases of every beast
the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he which divideth the hoof, and is not
cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are
you, unclean unto you: every one that
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and toucheth them shaU be unclean,
their carcase shall ye not touch; they 27 And whatsoever goeth upop his
are unclean to you, paws,among ail manner of beasts that
9 These shall ye eat of ail that.arc go on ail four, those are unclean unto
in the. waters: whatsoever hath fins you: whoso toucheth their carcase
and scales in the waters, in the seas, ShaU be unclean unttt the even,
and in the rivers, them shall ye eat,; 28 And he that beareth the çarçase
10 And ail that have not fins and of them ShaU wash his clothes, and be
scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of unclean untU the even: they are un
ail thatmove in the waters, and of any clean unto you.
living thing which is in the waters, 29 These also shall he unclean unto
they shall he an abomination unto you: you among the creeping things th^at
11 They shall be even an abomina creep upon the earth; the weasel, and
tion unto you; ye shall not eat of their the mouse, and the tortoise after his
flesh, but: ye shall have their carcases kind,
in abomination. 30 And the ferret, and the chame-
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leon, and the lizard, and the snail, and
the mole.
31 These are unclean to you among
ail that creep: whosoever doth touch
ttiem, when they be dead, shall be un
clean untll the even.
32 And upon whatscever any of
them, when they are dead, doth fall,
it shall be unclean; whether it be any
vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or
sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein
any work is done, it must be put into
water, and it shall be unclean until the
even; so it shall be cleansed.
33 Any every earthen vessel, where-
into any of them falleth, whatsoever is
in it shall be unclean; and ye shall
break it,
34 Of ail meat which may be eâten,
that on which such water cometh shall
be unclean: and ail drink that may be
drunk in every such vessel shall be un
clean.
35 And every thing whereupon any
part of their carcase falleth shall be un
clean; whether it be oven, or ranges for
pots, they shall be broken down: for
they are unclean, and shall be unclean
unto you.
36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit,
wherein there is plenty of water, shall
be clean: but that which toucheth their
carcase shall be unclean.
37 And if any part of their carcase
fall upon any sowing seed which is to
be sown, it shall be clean.
38 But if any water be put upon the
seed, and any part of tiieir carcase
fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto
you.
39 And if any beast, of which ye
may eat, die; he that toucheth the car
case thereof shall be unclean until the
even.
40 Andhe that eateth of the carcase
of it shall wash his clothes, and be un
clean until the even: he also that bear-
eth the carcase of it shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even.
41 And every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the bel-
ly,and whatsoever goeth upon ail four,
or whatsoever hath more feet among and she shall be cleansed from the is
ail creeping things that creep upon the sue of her blood. This is the law for her
eatth, them ye shall not eat; for they that hath bom a maie or a female.
aire an abomination.
43 Ye shall not make yourselves lamb, then she shall bring two turtles,
abominable with any creeping thing or two young pigeons; the one for the
that creepeth, neither shall ye make bumt offering, and the other for a sin
yourselves unclean with them, that ye
should be dehled thereby.
44 For I am the Lord your God: ye
shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and
ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither
shall ye defile yourselves ^th any
manner of creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord that bringeth
you up out of the land of Egypt, to be
your God: ye shall therefore be holy,
for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and
of the fowl, and of every living créa
ture that moveth in the waters, and of
every créature that creepeth upon the
earth:
47 To make a différence between
the unclean and the clean, and be
tween the beast that may be eaten and
the beast that may not be eaten.
CHAPTER 12
AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
jt\ saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
saying. If a woman have conceived
seed, and bom a man child: then she
shall be unclean seven days; according
to the days of the séparation for her
infirmity shall she be unclean.
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of
his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 And she shall then continue in the
blood of her purifying three and thirty
days; she shall touch no hallowed
thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying be ful-
filled.
5 But if she bear a maid child, then
she shall be unclean two weeks, as in
her séparation: and she shall continue
in the blood of her purifying threescore
and six days.
6 And when the days of her purify
ing are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the
first year for a bumt ofïering, and a
young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a
sin offering, unto the door of the tab
ernacle of the congrégation, unto the
priest:
7 Who shall offer it before the
Lord,and make an atonement for her;
8 And if she be nôt able to bring a
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offering: and the priest shall make an cover ail the skin of him thai hath the
atonement for her, and she shall be plague from his head even to.his foot,
clean. wheresoever the priest looketh;
13 Then the priest shall considen
CHAPTER 13 and, behold, if the leprosy have cov-
AND the Lord spake iinto Moses and ered ail his flesh, he shall pronoimce
Aaron, saying, him clean that hath the plague: it is ail
2 When a man shall have in the tumed white: he is clean.
skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in
bright spot, and it be in the skin of his him, he shall be unclean.
flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he 15 And the priest shall see the raw
shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, flesh, and pronounce him to be un
or unto one of his sons the priests: clean:for the raw flesh is unclean: it is
3 And the priest shall look on the a leprosy.
plague in the skin of the flesh: and 16 Or if the raw flesh tum again,
whm the hair in the plague is tumed and be changed unto white, he shall
white,and the plague in sight he deeper come unto the priest;
than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague 17 And the priest shaU see him:and,
of leprosy: and the priest shall look on behold, if the plague be tumed into
him, and pronounce him unclean. white; then the priest shall pronounce
4 If the bright spot he white in the him clean that hath the plague: he is
skin of his flesh, and in sight he not clean.
deeper than the skin, and the hair 18 The flesh also, in which, even in
thereof be not tumed white; then the the skin thereof, was a boil, and is
priest shall shut up him that hath the healed,
plague seven days: 19 And in the place of the boil there
5 And the priest shall look on him be a white rising, or a bright spot,
the seventh day: and, behold, if the white, and somewhat reddish, and it
plague in his sight be at a stay, and be shewed to the priest;
the plague spread liot in the skin; then 20 And if, when the priest seeth it,
the priest shall shut him up seven days behold, it he in sight lower than the
more: skin, and the hair thereof be tumed
6 And the priest shall look on him white; the priest shall pronounce him
again the seventh day: and, behold, if unclean: it is a plague ôf leprosy bro-
the plague he somewhat dark, and the ken out of the boil.
plague spread not in the skin, the 21 But if the priest look on it, and,
priest shall pronounce him clean: it is behold, there he no white hairs therein,
hut a scab: and he shall wash his and if it he not lower than the skin, but
clothes, and be clean. . he somewhat dark;then the priest shall
7 But if the scab spread much shut him up seven days:
abroad in the skin, after that he hath 22 And if it spread much abroad in
been seen of the priest for his cleans- the skin, then the priest shall pro
ing,he shall be seen of the priest again: nounce him unclean: it is a plague.
8 And if the priest see that, behold, 23 But if the bright spot stay in his
the scab spreadeth in the skin, then place, and spread not, it is a buming
the priest shall pronounce him un boil; and the priest shall pronounce
clean: it is a leprosy. him clean.
9 When the plague of leprosy is in a 24 Or if there be any flesh, in the
man,then he shall be brought unto the skin whereof there is a hot buming,and
priest; the quick flesh that bumeth have a
10 And the priest shall see him:and, white bright spot, somewhat reddish,
behold, if the rising he white in the or white;
skin, and it have tumed thè hair 25 Then the priest shall look upon
white, and there he quick raw flesh in it: and, behold,ifthe hair in the bright
the rising; spot be tumed white, and it he in sight
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy
his flesh, and the priest shall pro broken out of the buming: wherefore
nounce him unclean,and shall not shut the priest shall pronoimce him un
him up: for he is unclean. clean: it is the plague pf leprosy.
12 And if a leprosy break out 26 But if the priest look on it, and,
abroad in the skin, and the leprosy behold, there he no white hair in the
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bright spot,and It be no lower than the behold, îf the bright spots in the skin
other skiHj but be somewhat dark; then of their flesh be darkish white; it îs a
the priést shall shut him up seven freckled spot that groweth in the skin;
days: he is clean.
27 And the priest shall look upon 40 And the man whose hair is fallen
him the seventh day; and if it be ofF his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
spread much abroad in the skin, then 41 And he that hath his hair fallen
the priest shall pronounce him un- off from the part of his head toward
clean: it is the plague of leprosy. his face, he is forehead bcild: yet is he
28 And if the bright spot stay in his clean.
place, and spread not in the skin, but 42 And if there be in the bald headj
it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of or bald forehead, a white reddish sore;
the burning, and the priest shall pro it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald
nounce him clean: for it is an inflam head, or his bald forehead.
mation of the buming. 43 Then the priest shall look upon
29 If a man or woman have a plague it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore
upon the head or the beard; be white reddish in his bald head, or in
30 Then the priest shall see the his bald forehead, as the leprosy ap-
plague: and, behold, if it be in sight peareth in the skin of the flesh;
deeper than the skin; and there be in it 44 He is a leprous man, he is un
a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall clean: the priest shall pronounce him
pronounce him unclean: it is a dry utterly unclean; his plague is in his
scall, even a leprosy upon the head or head.
beard. 45 And the leper in whom the
31 And if the priest look on the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and
plague of the scall, and, behold, it be his head bare, and he shall put a cov-
not in sight deeper than the skin, and ering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
that there is no black hair in it; then the Unclean, unclean.
priest shall shut up him that hath the 46 AU the days wherein the plague
plague of the scall seveh days: shall be in him he shall be deflled; he is
32 And in the seventh day the priest unclean: he shall dwell alone; without
shall look on the plague: and, behold, the camp shall his habitation be.
if the scall spread not, and there be 47 The garment also that the plague
in it no yellow hair, and the scall be of leprosy is in, whether it be a wooUen
not in sight deeper than the skin; garment, or a linen garment;
33 He shall be shaven, but the scall 48 Whether it be in the warp, or
shall he not shave; and the priest shall woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether
shut up him that hath the scall seven in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
days more: 49 And if the plague be greenish or
34 And in the seventh day the priest reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
shall look on the scall: and, behold, if either in the warp, or in the woof, or
the scall be not spread in the skin, nor in any thing of skin; it is a plague of
be in sight deeper than the skin; then leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the
the priest shall pronounce him clean: priest:
and he shall wash his clothes, and be 50 And the priest shall look upon
clean. the plague, and shut up it that hath the
35 But if the scall spread much in plague seven days:
the skin after his cleansing; 51 And he shall look on the plague
36 Then the priest shall look on on the seventh day: if the plague be
him: and, behold,if the scall be sprèâd spread in the garment, either in the
in the skin,the priest shall not seek for warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or
yellow hair; he is unclean. in any work that is made of skin; the
37 But if the scall be in his sight at plague is a fretting leprosy; it is un
a stay, and that there is black hair clean.
grown up therein; the scall is healed, 52 He shall therefore bum that gar
he is clean: and the priest shall pro ment, whether warp or woof, in wool
nounce him clean. len or iii linen, or any thing of skin,
38 If a man also or a woman have wherein the plague is: for it is a fret
in the skin of their flesh bright spots, ting leprosy; it shall be bumt in the
even white bright spots; fire.
39 Then the priest shall look: and. 53 And if the priest shaU look, and.
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behold, the plague be not spread in the that is to be cleansed from the leprosy
garment, either in the warp, or In the seven times, and shall pronounce him
woof, or in any thing of skin; clean,and shall let the living bird loose
54 Then the priest shall command into the open held.
that they wash ihe thing wherein the 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall
plague is, and he shall shut it up seven wash his clothes, and shave off ail his
days more: hair, and wash himself in water, that
55 And the priest shall look on the he may be clean: and after that he
plague, after that it is washed: and, shall come into the camp, and shall
behold, if the plague have not changed tarry abroad out of his tent seven
his colour, and the plague be not days.
spread; it is imclean; thou shalt bum 9 But it shall be on the seventh day,
it in the fire; it is fret inward, whefher that he jshall shave ail his hair off his
it be bare within or without, head and his beard and his eyebrows,
56 And if the priest look, and, be even ail his hair he shall shave off: and
hold, the plague be somewhat dark af he shall wash his clothes, also he shall
ter the washing of it; then he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be
rend it out of the garment, or out of clean.
the skin, or out of the warp, or out of 10 And on the eighth day he shall
the woof: take two he lambs without blemish,
57 And if it appear still in the gar and one ewe lamb of the first year
ment, either in the warp, or in the without blemish, and three tenth deals
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a of fine flour for a meat offering, min-
spreading plague: thou shalt bum that gled with oil, and one log of oil.
wherein the plague is with fire. 11 And the priest that maketh him
58 And the garment,either warp,or clean shall présent the man that is to
woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, be made clean, and those things, be-
whic±L thou shalt wash, if the plague fore the Lord, at the door of the tab-
be departed from them, then it shall emacle of the congrégation:
be washed the second time, and shall 12 And the priest shall take one he
be clean. lamb, and offer him for a trespass of
59 This is the law of the plague of fering, and the log of oil, and wave
leprosy in a garment of woollen or them /or a wave offering before the
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or Lord:
any thing of skins, to pronounce it 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the
clean, or to pronounce it unclean. place where he shall kill the sin offer
ing and the bumt offering, in the holy
CHAPTER 14 place: for as the sin offering is the
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, priest's, sa is the trespass offering: it is
/\ saying, most holy:
2 This shall be the law of the leper 14 And the priest shedl take some of
in the day of his cleansing: He shall be the blood of the trespass offering, and
brought imto the priest: the priest shall put it upon the tip of
3 And the priest shall go forth out the right ear of him that is to be
of the camp; and the priest shall look, cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
and, behold,if the plague of leprosy be right hand, and upon the great toe of
\iealed in the leper; his right foot:
4 Then shall the priest command to 15 And the priest shall take some of
take for him that is to be cleansed two the log of oil, and pour it into the palm
birds alive and dlean, and cedar wood, of his own left hand:
and scarlet, and hyssop: 16 Aiid the priest shall dip his right
5 And the priest shall command finger in the oil that is in his left hand,
that one of the birds be killed in an and shall sprinkle of the oil with his
earthen vessel over running water: finger seven times before the Lord:
6 As for the living bird, he shall 17 And of the rest of the oil that is
take it, and the cedar wood, and the in his hand shall the priest put upon
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip the tip of the right ear of him that is
them and the living bird in the blood to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of
of the bird that was killed over the run his right hand, and upon the great toe
ning waten of his right foot, upon the blood of the
7 And he shall sprinkle upon him trespass offering:
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18 And the remnant of the oil that
is in the priest's hand he shall pour
upon the head of him that is to be
cleansed: and the priest shall make an
atonement for him before the Lord.
19 And the priest shall offer the sin ing: and the priest shall make an
offering, and make an atonement for atonement for him that is to be
hîm that is to be cleansed from his un-
cleanness; and aftérwàrd he shall kill
the burnt offering:
20 And the priest shall offer the
burnt offering and the meat offering
upon the altar: and the priest shall
màke an atonement for him, and he
shall be clean.
21 And if he be poor,and cannot get
so much; then he shall take one lamb
far a trespass offering to be waved, to
make an atonement for him, and one
tenth deal of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
22 And two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, such as he is able to plague in the house:
get; and the one shall be a sin offering, 36 Then the priest shall command
and the other a burnt offering.
23 And he shall bring theth on the
eighth day for his cleansing unto the
priest, unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congrégation, before the Lord.
24 And the priest shall take the
lamb of the trespass offering, and the
log of oil, and the priest shall wave
them for a wave offering before the
Lord:
25 And he shall kill the lamb of the
trespass offering, and the priest shall
take some oî the blood of the trespass
offering, and put it upon the tip of the
right ear of him that is to be cleansed, the seventh day, and shall look: and,
and upon the thumb of his right hand, behold, if the plague be spread in the
and upon the great toe of his right
foot:
26 And the priest shall pour of the
oil into the palm of his own left hand:
27 And the priest shall sprinkle
with his right finger some of the oil
that is in his left hand seven times be
fore the Lord:
28 And the priest shall put of the
oil that is in his hand upon the tip of
the right ear of him that is to be
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and upon the great toe of
his right foot, upon the place of the
blood of the tréspass offering:
29 And the rest of the oil that is in
thè priest's hand he shall put ùpôn the
head of him that is to be cleansed, to
make an atonement for him before the
Lord.
30 And he shall offer the one of the
turtledoves, or of the young pigeons,
such as he can get;
31 Even such as he is able to get,the
ône far a sin offering, and the other for
a burnt offering, with the meat offer
cleansed before the Lord.
32 This is the law of him in whom
is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is
not able to get that which pertaineth to
his cleansing.
33 And the Lord spake xmto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying,
34 When ye be come into the land
of Canaan, which I give to you for a
possession, and I put the plague oflep
rosy in a house of the land of your pos
session;
35 And he that owneth the house
sh^ come and tell the priest, saying,
It seêmeth to me there îs as it were a
that they empty the house, before the
priest go into it to see the plague, that
ail that is in the house be not made un-
clean: and afterward the priest shall go
in to see the house:
37 And he shall look on the plague,
and, behold, if the plague be in the
walls of the house with hollow strakes,
greenish or reddish, which in sight are
lower than thé wall;
38 Then the priest shall go out of
the house to the door of the house, and
shut up the house seyen days:
39 And the priest shall come again
walls of the house;
40 Then the priest shall command
that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shah
cast them into an unclean place with-
out the city:
41 And he shall cause the house to
be scraped within round about, and
they shall pour out the dust that they
scrape off without the city into an un
clean place:
42 And they shall take other stones,
and put them in the place of those
stones; and he shall take other morter,
and shall plaisteir the house.
43 And if the plague come again,
and break out iii the house, after that
he hath takeh away the stones, and
after he hath scraped the house, and
after it is plaistered;
44 Then the priest shall come and
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look, and, behold, if the plague be his issue, or his flesh be stopped from
^read in àie house,it Isa.fretting lep- his issue, it is his imcleanness.
rpsy in the hopse: it is unclean. 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that
45 And he sball break down the hath the issue, is uncleant and every
house, the stones of it, and the timber thing< whereon he sitteth, shall be un
thereof, and aïl the morter of the clean.
house; and he shaU carry them forth 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed
ont of the city into an unclean place» shall wash his clothes, and bathe Tiim-
46 Moreover he that goeth into the sélf in water, and be unclean imtil the
house ail the whilé that it is shut up even.
shall be unclean imtil the even» 6 And he that sitteth on any thing
.47 And he that lieth in the house whereon he sat that hath the issue
shall wash his clothes; and he that eat- shall wash his clothes, and bathe himr
eth in the house shall wash his clothes. self in water, and be unclean xmtil the
48 And if the priest shall corne in, even.
and look upon it, and, behold^ the 7 And he that toudieth the flesh of
plague hath not spread in the house, him that hath the issue shall wash his
after the house was plaistered: then clothes, and bathe himself in water,
the priest shall pronounce the house and be unclean until the even.
clean, because the plague is healed. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit
49 And he shall take to cleanse the upon him that is clean; then he shall
house two blrds, and cedar wood, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself
scarlet, and hyssop: in water, and be unclean imtil the
50 And he shall kill the one of the even.
birds in an earthen vessel over running 9 And what saddle soever he rideth
water: upon that hath the issue shall be un
51 And he shall take the cedar clean. ,
wood,and the hyssop, and the scarlet, 10 And whosoever toucheth any
and the living bird, and dip them in thing that was imder him shall be un
the blood of the slain bird, and in the clean until the even: and he that bear-
running water^ and sprinkle the house eth any of those things shall wash his
seven times: clothes, and bathe himseif in water,
52 And he shall cleanse the house and be imclean until the even.
with the blood of the bird, and with 11 And whomsoever he toucheth
the running water, and with the living that hath the issue, and hath not
bird, and with the cedar Wood, and rinsed his hands in water, he shall
with the hyssop, and with the scar wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
let: water, and be unclean until the even.
53 But he shall let go the living bird 12 And the vessel of earth, that he
out of the city into the open fields, and toucheth which hath the issue,shall be
make an atonement for the house: and broken: and every vessel of wood shall
it shall be clean. be rinsed in water.
54 This is the law for ail manner of 13 And when he that hath an issue
plague of leprosy, and scâll, is cleansed ofi his issue; then he shall
55 And for the leprosy of a gar- number to himself seven days for his
ment, and of a house, cleansiiig, and wash his clothes, and
56 And for a rising, and for a scab, bathe his flesh in running.Water, and
and for a bright spot: shall be clean.
57 To teach when H is unclean, and 14 And on the eighth day he shall
when tt is clean: this is the law of take to him two turtledoves, or two
leprosy. yoimg pigeons, and come before the
Lord unto the door of the tabernacle
CHAPTER 15 of the congrégation,and give them im-
AND the Lord spake imto Moses and tô the priest:r
/V to Aaron, saying, 15 And the priest shall offer them^
2 Speak unto the children of Israël, the one for a sin offering, and the other
and say unto them, When any man for a bumt offering; and the priest
hath a/ running issue out of his flesh, shall make an atonement for him be
because of his issue he is imclean. fore the Lord for his issue.
3 And this shaU be his uncleanness 16 And if any man's seed of copula
in his issue: whether his flesh run with tion go out from him, then he shall
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wash ail his flesh in water, and be im- 30 And the priest shall offer the oiie
clean untll the even. for a sin offering, and the other for a
17 And every garaient» and every burnt offering; and the priest shall
skin, whereon is the seed of copula mâke an atonement for her before the
tion, shall be washed with water, and Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.
be unclean until the even. 31 Thus shall ye separaté the chil-
18 The woman also with whom man dren of Israël from their uncleanness;
shall lie with seed of copulation, they that they die not in their uncleanness,
shall both bathe themsélves in water, when they deflle my tabernacle that is
and be unclean until the even. among them.
19 And if a woman have an issue, 32 This is the law of him that hath
and her issue in her flesh be blood, she an issue, and of him whose seed goeth
shall be put apart seven days: and from him, and is deflled therewith;
whosoever toucâieth her shall be un 33 And of her that is sick of her
clean until the even. flowers, and of him that hath an issue,
20 And every thing that she lieth of the man, and of the woman, and of
upon in her séparation shall be un- him that lieth with her that is unclean.
cle£Ui: every thing also that she sitteth CHAPTER 16
upon shall be unclean.
21 And whosoever toucheth her bed AND the Lord spake unto Moses af-
shall wash his clothes, and bathe htm- ter the death of the two sons of
self in water, and be unclean until the Aaron, when they offered before the
even.
Lord, and died;
22 And whosoever toucheth any 2 And the Lord said unto Moses,
thing that she sat upon shall wash his Speak unto Aaron thy brother,that he
clothes, and bathe himsélf in water, come not at ail times into the holy
and be unclean until the even. place within the vail before the mercy
23 And if it be on her bed, or on any seat, which is upon the ark; that he die
thing whereon she sitteth, when he not:for I will appear in the cloud upon
toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the mercy seat.
the even. , 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the
24 And if any man lie with her at holy place: with a young bullock for a
ail, and her flowers be upon him, he sin offering, and a ram for a burnt
shall be unclean seven days;and ail the offering.
bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 4 He shall put on the holy linen
25 And if a woman have an issue of coat, and he shall have the linen
her blood many days out of the time breeches upon his flesh, and shall be
of her séparation, or if it run beyond girded with a linen girdle, and with
the time of her séparation; ail the days the linen mitre shadl he be attired:
of the issue of her uncleanness shall be these are holy garments; therefore
as the days of her séparation: she shall shall he wash his flesh in water, and so
be unclean. ,1 put them on.
26 Every bed whereon she heth ail 5 And he shall take of the congréga
the days of her issue shall be unto her tion of the children of Israël two kids
as the bed of her séparation: and what- of the goats for a sin offering, and one
soever she sitteth upon shall be un ram for a burnt offering.
clean, as the uncleanness of her sépa 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock
ration. ^ of the sin offering, which is for hta-
27 And whosoever toucheth those self, and make an atonement for him
things shall be unclean, and shall wash sélf, and for his house.
his clothes, and bathe himselfia water, 7 And he shall take the two goats,
and be unclean until the even. and présent them before the Lord at
28 But if she be cleansed of her is the door of the tabernacle of the con
sue, then she shall number to herself grégation.
seven days, and after that she shall be 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon
the two goats; one lot for the Lord,
29 And on the eighth day she shall and the other lot for the scapegoat.
take unto her two turtles, or two 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat
yoxmg pigeons, and bring them unto upon which the Lord's lot fell, and
the priest,to the door of the tabernacle offer him for a sin offering.
of the congrégation. 10 But the goat, on which the lot
 LEVITICUS 16 115

fell to be the scapegoat, shall be pre- of reconciling the holy place, and the
sented alive before the Lord, to make tabernacle of the congrégation, and
an atonement with him, and to let the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
him go for a scapegoat into the wilder- 21 And Aaron shall lay both his
ness. hands upon the head of the live goat,
11 And Aaron shall bring the bul- and confess over him ail the iniquities
lock of the sin offering, which is for of the children of Israël, and ail their
himself, and shall make an atonement transgressions in ail their sins, putting
for himself, and for his house,and shall them upon the head of the goat, and
kill the buUock of the sih offering shall send him away by the hand of a
which is for himself: fit man into the wildemess:
12 And he shall take a censer full of 22 And the goat shall bear upon
buming coals of fire from ofî the altar him ail their iniquities unto a land not
before the Lord, and his hands full of inhabited: and he shall let go the goat
sweet incense beaten small, and bring in the wildemess.
it within the vail: 23 And Aaron shall come into the
13 And he shall put the incense tabemacle of the congrégation, and
upon the fire before the Lord,that the shall put ofï the linen garments, which
cloud of the incense may cover the he put on when he went into the holy
mercy seat that is upon the testimony, place, and shall leave them there:
that he die not: 24 And he shall wash his flesh with
14 And he shall take of the blood of water in the holy place, and put on his
the bullock, and sprinkle ii with his garments, and come forth, and ofîer
finger upon the mercy seat eastward; his burnt offering, and the bumt offer
and before the mercy seat shall he ing of the people, and make an atone
sprinkle of the blood with his finger ment for himself, and for the people.
seven times. 25 And the fat of the sin offering
15 Then shall he kill the goat of the shall he bum upon the altar.
sin offering, that is for the people, and 26 And he that let go the goat for
bMg his blood within the vail, and do the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
with that blood as he did with the and baihe his flesh in water, and after-
blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it ward come into the camp.
upon the mercy seat, and before the 27 And the bullock for the sin offer
mercy seat: ing, and the goat for the sin offering,
16 And he shall make an atonement whose blood was brought in to make
for the holy place, because of the un- atonement in the holy place, shall one
cleanness of the children of Israël, and carry forth without the camp; and
because of their transgressions in ail they shall bum in the fire their skins,
their sins: and so shall he do for the and their flesh, and their dung.
tabernacle of the congrégation, that 28 And he that bumeth them shall
remaineth among them in the midst of wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
their uncleanness. in water, and afterward he shall come
17 And there shall be no man in the into the camp.
tabernacle of the congrégation when 29 And this shall be a statute for
he goeth in to make an atonement in ever unto you: that in the seventh
the holy place, until he corne out, and month,on the tenth day of the month,
have made an atonement for himself, ye shall afflict your soûls, and do no
and for his household, and for ail the work at ail, whether it he one of your
congrégation of IsraeL own country, or a stranger that so-
18 And he shall go out unto the al joumeth among you:
tar that is before the Lord, and make 30 For on that day shall the priest
an atonement for it; and shall take of make an atonement for you,to cleanse
the blood of the bullock, and of the you,that ye may be clean from ail your
blood of the goat, and put it upon the sins before the Lord.
homs of the altar round about. 31 It shall he a sabbath of rest unto
19 And he shall sprinkle of the you, and ye shall afflict your soûls, by
blood upon it with his finger seven a statute for ever.
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it 32 And the priest, whom he shall
from the uncleanness of the children of anoint, and whom he shall consecrate
IsraeL to minister in the priest's office in his
20 And when he hath made an end father's stead, shall make the atone-
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ment, and shall put on the linen man shall be eut off from among his
clothes, even the holy garments: people.
33 And he shall make an atonement 10 And whatsoever man there be of
for the holy sanctuary, and he shall the house of Israël, or of the strangers
make an atonement for the tabernacle that sojoum among you, that eateth
of the congrégation, and for the altar, any manner of blood; I will even set
and he shall make an atonement for my face against that soul that eateth
the priests, and for ail the people of the blood,and will eut him offfrom among
congrégation. his people.
34 And this shall be an everlasting 11 For the life of the flesh is in the
statute unto you, to make an atone blood: and I have given it to you upon
ment for the children of Israël for ail the altar to make an atonement for
their sins once a year. And he did as your soûls: for it is the blood that mak-
the Lord commanded Moses. eth an atonement for the soul.
12 Therefore I said unto the chil
CHAPTER 17 dren of Israël, No soul of you shall eat
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, blood, neither shall any stranger that
/V saying, sojoumeth among you eat blood.
2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his 13 And whatsoever man there be of
sons, and unto ail the children of Is the children of Israël, or of the stran
raël, and say unto them; This is the gers that sojoum among you, which
thing which the Lord haài command hunteth and catcheth any beast or
ed, saying, fowl that may be eaten; he shall even
3 What man soever there be of the pour out the blood thereof, and cover
house of Israël, that killeth an ox, or it with dusL
lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that 14 For it is the life of ail fiésh; the
killeth it out of the camp, blood of it is for the life thereof: there
4 And bringeth it not unto the door fore I said unto the children of Israël,
of the tabernacle of the congrégation, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of
to ofFer an offering unto the Lord fiesh:for the life of ail flesh is the blood
before the tabernacle of the Lord; thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be
blood shall be imputed unto that eut off.
man; he hath shed blood; and that 15 And eve^ soul that eateth that
man shall be eut oif from among his which died of itself, or that which was
people: torn with beasts, whether it be one of
5 To the end that the children of your own country, or a stranger, he
Israël may bring their sacrifices, which shall both wash his clothes, and
they offer in the open field, even that bathe himself in water, and be un-
they may bring them unto the Lord, clean until the even:.then shall he be
unto the door of the tabernacle of the clean.
congrégation, unto the priest, and of 16 But if he wash them not, nor
fer them for peace offerings unto the bathe his fiesh; then he shall bear his
Lord. iniquity.
6 And the priest shall sprinkle the
CHAPTER 18
blood upon the altar of the Lord at the
door of the tabernacle of the congréga AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
tion, and bum the fat for a sweet sa- /V saying,
vour unto the Lord. 2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
7 And they shall no more offer their and say unto them, I am the Lord
sacrifices unto devils, after whom they your God.
have gone a whoring. This shall be a 3 After the doings of the lîind of
statute for ever unto them throughout Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not
their générations. do: and after the doings of the Icind of
8 And thou shalt say unto them, Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye
Whatsoever man there be of the house not do: neither shall ye walk in their
of Israël, or of the strangers which so- ordinances.
joum among you,that offereth a burnt 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and
offering or sacrifice, keep mine ordinances, to walk thereim
9 And bringeth it not unto the door I am the Lord your God.
of the tabernacle of the congrégation, 5 Ye shall therefore keep my stat-
to offer it unto the Lord; even that utes, and my judgments: which if a
 LEVITICUS 19 117
man do,he shall livé in them: I am the seed pass through the fire to Molech,
Lord.
6 None of you shall approach to any neither shalt thou profane the name of
toat is near.of kin to him, to uncover thy God: I am the Lord.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind.
W£ir nakedness: I am the Lord.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or as with womankind:it is abomination.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any
toe nakedness of thy mother, shalt beast to defile thyself therewith: nei
mou not uncover: she is my momerj ther shall any woman stand before a
mou shalt not uncover her nairprinoQ);. beast to lie down thereto: it is con
8 The nakedness of my father's fusion.
wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any
father's nakedness. of these things: for in aU these the na
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the tions are defiled which I cast out be
daughter of thy father, or daughter of fore you:
thy mother, whether she be born at 25 And the land is defiled: therefore
home, or bom abroad, even their na I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it,
kedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's ^d the land itself yomiteth out her in
habitants.
^ughter, or of thy daughter's daugh 26 Ye shall therefore keep my stat-
ter, even their nakedness thou shalt utes and my judgments, and shall not
not uncover: for theirs is thine own commit any of these abominations;
nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's any neither any of your own nation, nor
stranger that sojoumeth among
wife's daughter, begotten of thy fa
ther, she is thy sister, thou shalt not you: ^
uncover her nakedness. ^7 (For ail these abominations have
me men of the land done, which were
12 Thou shalt not uncover the na
kedness ofthy father's sister: she is thy before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 That the land spue not you out
father's near kinswoman. also, when ye defile it, as it spued out
13 Thou shalt not uncover the na the nations that were before you.
kedness of thy mother's sister: for she 29 For whosoever shall commit any
is thy mother's nèar kinswoman. of these abominations, even the soûls
14 Thou shalt not uncover the na that commit them shall be eut off from
kedness of thy father's brother, thou among their people.
shalt not approach to his wife: she is 30 Therefore shaU ye keep mine or-
thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the na dmance, that ye commit not any âne
kedness of thy daughter in law: she is
of these abominable customs, which
thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover were committed before you, and that
ye defile not yourselves therein: I am
her nakedness.
the Lord your God.
16 Thou shalt not imcover the na
kedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy CHAPTER 19
brother's nakedness. AND the Lord spake unto Moses.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the na
kedness of a woman and her daughter, /Tl saying,
2 Speak unto ail the congrégation of
neither shalt thou take her son's the children of Israël, and say unto
daughter, or her daughter's daughter,
to uncover her nakedness;for they are them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord
your God am holy.
her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. 3 Ye shall fear every man his mo-
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to
her sister, to vex her, to uncover her ^er, and his father, and keep my sab-
baths: I am the Lord your God.
nakedness, beside the other in her life
Urne* 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make
to yourselves molten gods: I am the
19 Also thou shalt not approach un- Lord your God.
to a woman to uncover her nakedness,
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace
as long as she is put apart for her un- offerings
cleanness.
unto the Lord, ye shaU offer
it at your own wiU.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie car- 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye
nally with thy neighbour's wife, to de- offer it, and on the morrow: and if
file thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy ought remain until the thlrd dav. it
shall be bumt in the fire.
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7 And if it be eaten at ail on the 21 And he shall bring his trespass

third day,it is abominable;it shall not offering unto the Lord, unto the dbor
be accepted. of the tabernacle of the congrégation,
8 Therefore every one that eateth it even a ram for a trespass offering.
shall bear his iniquity, because he hath 22 And the priest shall make an
profaned the hallowed thing of the atonement for him with the ram of the
Lord: and that soul shall be eut off trespass offering before the Lord for
from among his people. his sin which he hath done: and the sin
9 And when ye reap the harvest of which he hath done shall be forgiven
your land, thou shalt not wholly reap him.
the corners of thy field» neither shalt 23 And when ye shall come into the
thou gather the gleanings of thy har land, and shall have planted ail man-
vest. ner of trees for food, then ye shall
10 And thou shalt not glean thy count the fruit thereof as imcircum-
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather cised: three years shall it be as uncir-
every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt cumcised unto you: it shall not be
leave them for the poor and stranger: eaten of.
I am the Lord your God. 24 But in the fourth year ail the
11 Ye shall not steal» neither deal fniit thereof shall be holy to praise the
falsely, neither lie one to another. Lord withaL
12 And ye shall not swear by my 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat
name falsely, neither shalt thou pro of the fruit thereof, that it may yield
fane the name of thy God: I am the unto you the increase thereof: I am the
Lord. Lord your God.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy 26 Ye shall not eat any thing with
nei^bour, neither rob him: the wages the blood: neither shall ye use enchant-
of him that is hired shall not abide ment, nor observe times.
with thee ail night until the moming. 2T Ye shall not round the corners of
14 Thou shalt not ourse the deaf, your heads, neither shalt thou mar the
nor put a stumblingblock before the corners of thy beard.
blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings
Lord. in your flesh for the dead, nor print
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
in judgment: thou shalt not respect 29 Do not prostitute thy daughter,
the person of the poor, nor honour the to cause her to be a whore; lest the
person of the mighty: hut in righteous- Icuid fall to whoredom, and the land
ness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. become full of wickedness.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and
as a talebearer among thy people: nei reverence my sanctuary: I am the
ther shalt thou stand against the blood Lord.
of thy neighbour: I am the Lord. 31 Regard not them that have fa-
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother miliar spirits, neither seek after wiz-
in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise ards, to be defiled by them: I am the
rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer Lord your God.
sin upon him. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear hoary head, and honour the face of the
any grudge against the children of thy old man, and fear thy God: I am the
people, but thou shalt love thy neigh Lord.
bour as thyself: I am the Lord. 33 And if a stranger sojoum with
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
shalt not let thy cattle gender with a 34 But the stranger that dwelleth
diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy with you shall be unto you as one bom
field with mingled seed: neither shall a among you, and thou shalt love him as
garment mingled of linen and wooUen thyself; for ye were strangers in the
come upon thee. land of Egypt: I am the Lord your
20 And whosoever lieth camally God.
with a woman,that is a bondmaid, be- 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in
trothed to an husband, and not at ail judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or
redeemed, nor freedom given her; she in measure.
shall be scourged; they shall not be put 36 Just balances, just weights, a
to death, because she was not free. just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye
 LEVITICUS 20 119
have: I am the Lord your God, which ter in law, both of them shall surely be
brought you eut of the land of EgypL put to death: they have wrought con
37 Therefore shall ye observe ail my fusion; their blood shall be upon them.
stadites,and ail my judgments,and do 13 If a man also lie with mankind,
them: I am the Lord. as he lieth with a woman,both ofthem
have committed an abomination: they
CHAPTER 20 shall surely be put to death; their
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, blood shall be upon them.
/Tl saying, 14 And if a man take a wife and her
2 Again, thou shalt say to the chil- mother, it is wickedness: they shall be
dren of Israël, Whosoever he be of the bumt with fire, both he and they; that
children of Israël, or of the strangers there be no wickedness among you.
that sojoum in Israël, that giveth any 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he
of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely shall surely be put to death: and ye
be put to death: the people of the land shall slay the beast.
shall stone him with stones. 16 And if a womcui approach unto
3 And I will set my face agalhst any beast, and lie down thereto, thou
that man, and will ciit him off frOm shalt kill the woman, and the beast:
among his people; because he hath they shall surely be put to death; their
given of his seed unto Molech,to defile blood shall be upon them.
my sanctuary, and to profane my holy 17 And if a man shall take his sister,
name. his father's daughter, or his mother's
4 And if the people of the land do daughter, and see her nakedness, and
any ways hide their eyes from the she see his nakedness; it is a wicked
man, when he giveth of his seed unto thing; and they shall be eut off in the
Molech, and kill him not: sight of their people: he hath uncov
5 Then I will set my face against ered his sister's nakedness; he shall
that man, and against his family, and bear his iniquity.
will eut him off, and ail that go a 18 And if a man shall lie with a
whoring after him, to commit whore- woman having her sickness, and shall
dom with Molech, from among their uncover her nakedness; he hath dis-
people. covered her fountain, and she hath un
6 And the soul that tunieth after covered the fountain of her blood: and
such as have familiar spirits, and after both of therh shall be eut off from
wizards, to go a whoring after them, I among their people.
will even set my face against that soul, 19 And thou shalt not uncover the
and will eut him off from among his nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor
people. of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth
7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and his near kin: they shall bear their in
be ye holy; for I am the Lord your iquity.
God. 20 And if a man shall lie with his
8 And ye shall keep my statutes, uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his
and do them: I dm the Lord which uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their
sanctify you. sin; they shall die childless.
9 For every one that curseth his fa- 21 And if a man shall take his broth-
ther or his mother shall be surely put er's wife, it is an unclean thing: he
to death: he hath cursed his father or hath uncovered his brother's naked
his mother; his blood shall be upon ness; they shall be childless.
him. 22 Ye shall therefore keep ail my
10 And the man that committeth statutes,and ail my judgments,and do
adultery with another man's wife, even them: that the land, whither I bring
he that committeth adultery with his you to dwell thereih,spue you not ont.
neighbour^s wife, the adultérer arid 23 And ye shall not walk in the
the adulteress shall surely be put to manners of the nation^ which I cast
death. out before you: for they committed ail
11 And the man that lieth with his these things, and therefore I abhorred
father*s wife hath uncovered his fa- them.
ther's nakedness: both of thém shall 24 But I have said unto you, Ye
surely be put to death; their blood shall inherit their land, and I will give
shatt be upon them. it unto you to possess it, a land that
12 And if a man lie with his daugh- floweth with inilk and honey: I am the
120 LBVITICUS 21, 22
Lord your God, which hiave separated the anointing oil was poured, and that
you from otKer people. is consecrated to put on the garments,
25 Ye shall therefore put différence shall not uncover his head, nor rend
between clean beasts and unclean, and his clothes;
between unclean fowls and clean: and 11 Neither shall he go in to any
ye shall net make your soûls abomi dead body, nor defile himself for his
nable by beast, or by fowl, or by any father, or for his mOther;
manner of living thing that creepeth 12 Neither shall he go out of the
on the grbund, which I have separated sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary
from you as unclean- of his God;for the crown of the anoint
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: ing oil of his God is upon him: I am the
for I the Lord am holy, and have sev- Lord.
ered you from other people, that ye 13 And he shall take a wife in her
should be mine. virginity.
27 A man also or woman that hath 14 A widow, or a divorced woman,
a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he
shall siurely be put to death: they shallnot take: but he shall take a virgin of
stone them with stones: their blood his own people to wife.
shaU be upon them. 15 Neither shsdl he profane his seed
among his people: for I the Lord do
CHAPTER 21 sanctify him.
AND the Lord said unto Moses, 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
/\ Speak unto the priests the sons of saying,
Aaron,and say unto them, There shall 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Who-
none be defiled for the dead among his soever he be of thy seed in their généra
people: tions that hath any blemish, let him
2 But for his kin, that is near unto not approach to ofîer the bread of his
him,that is, for his mother, and for his God.
father, and for his son, and for his 18 For whatsoever man he be that
daughter, and for his brother, hath a blemish, he shall not approach:
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is a blind man,or a lame,or he that hath
nigh unto him,which hath had no hus- a fiât nose, or any thing superfiuous,
band; for her may he be defiled. 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted,
4 But he shall not defile himself, pr brokenhanded,
being a chief man among his people, to 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or
profane himself. that hath a blemish in his eye, or be
5 They shall not make baldness up scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones
on their head, neither shall they shave broken;
off the corner of their beard, nor make 21 No man that hath a blemish of
any cuttings in their fiesh. the seed of Aaron the priest shall come
6 They shall be holy unto their !Gk)d, nigh to offer the ofîerings of the Lord
and. not profane the name of their made by fire: he hath a blemish; he
God: for the ofîerings of the Lord shall not come nigh to ofîer the bread
made by fire, and the bread of their of his God.
God,they do ofîer: therefore they shall 22 He shall eat the bread of his God,
be holy. both of the most holy, and of the holy.
7 They shall not take a wife that is 23 Only he shcdl not go in unto the
a whore, or profane; neither shall they vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, be-
take a woman put away from her hus- cause he hath a blemish; that he pro
band: for he is holy unto his God. fane not my sanctuaries: for I the
8 Thou shalt sanctify him there Lord do sanctify them.
fore; for he offereth the bread of thy 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron,
God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I and to his sons, and unto cill the chil-
the Lord, which sanctify you, am dren of Israël.
holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if CHAPTER 22
she profane herself by pia'^g the AND tiie Lord spake unto Moses,
whore, she profaneth her father: she jr\. saying,
shaUrbe bumt with fire. 2 Speak unto Aairon and to his sons,
10 And he that is the high priest that they separate themselves from
among his brethren, upon whose head the holy things of the children of Is-
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rael, and that they profane net my 16 Or suffer them to bear the in-
holy name m those things which they iquity of trespass, when they eat their
hallow unto me: I am the Lord. holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify
3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be them.
of ail your seed among your généra 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
tions, that goeth unto the holy things, saying,
which the children of Israël hallow un 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his
to the Lord, having his uncleanness sons, and imto ail thè children of Is
upon him, that soul shall be eut off raël, and say unto them^ Whatsoever
from my presence: I am the Lord. he be of the house of Israël, or of the
4 What man soever of the seed of strangers in Israël, that will offer his
Aaron is a leper, or hath a running is oblation for ail his vows, and for ail
sue; he shall not eat of the holy things, his freewill offerings, which they will
until he be dean. And whoso toucheth offer unto the Lord for a bumt offer
any thing that is unclean by the dead, ing;
or a man whose seed goeth from him; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a
5 Or whosoever toucheth any creep- maie without blemish, of the beeves,
ing thing, whereby he may be made of the sheep, or of the goats.
unclean, or a man of whom he may 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish,
take uncleanness, whatsoever unclean that shall ye not offer: for it shall not
ness he hath; be acceptable for you.
6 The soul which hath touched any 21 And whosoever offereth a sacri
such shall be unclean until even, and fice of peace offerings unto the Lord
shall not eat of the holy things, unless to accomplish his vow, or a freewill of
he wash his flesh with water. fering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
7 And when the sun is down, he perfect to be accepted; there shall be
shall be clean, and shall afterward eat no blemish therein,
of the holy things; because it is his 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or
food. having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed,
8 That which dieth of itself, or is ye shall not offer these unto the Lord,
tom with beasts, he shall not eat to de- nor make an offering by fire of them
file himself therewith: I dm the Lord. upon the altar unto the Lord.
9 They shall therefore keep mine 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that
ordinance,lest they bear sin for it, and hath any thing superfluous or lacking
die therefore, if they profane it: I the in his parts, that mayest thou offer for
Lord do sanctify them. a freewill offering; but for a vow it
10 There shall no stranger eat ofthe shall not be accepted.
holy thing: a sojoumer of the priest, 24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord
or an hired servant, shall not eat ofthe that which is bruised, or crushed, or
holy thing. broken, or eut; neither shall ye make
11 But if the priest buy any soul any offering thereof iii your land.
with his money, he shall eàt of it, and 25 Neither from a stranger's hand
he that is bom in his house: they slmll shall ye offer the bread of your God of
eat of his meat. any of these; because their corruption
12 If the priest's daughter also be is in them, and blemishes be in them:
married unto a stranger, she may not they shall not be accepted for you.
eat of an offering of the holy things. 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
13 But if the priest's daughter be a saying,
widow,or divorced, and have no chîld, 27 When a bullock, or à sheep, ôr a
and is retumed unto her father's goati is brought forth, then it shall be
house, as in her youth, she shall eat of seven days undet the dam; and froni
her father's meat: but there shall no the eighth day and thenceforth it shall
stranger eat thereof. be accepted for an offering made by
14 And if a man eat of the holy fire unto the Lord.
thing imwittingly, then he shall put 28 And whether it &e cow or ewe, ye
the fifth part thereof imto it, and shall shall not kill it and hér young both in
give it unto the priest with the holy one day.
thing. 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice
15 And they shall not profane the of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer
holy things of the children of Israël, it at your own will.
whi<h they offer unto the Lord; 30 On the same day it shall be eaten
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up; ye shaU leave none of it until the shall he two tenth deals of fine fiour
morrow: I am the Lord, mingled with oil, an offering made by
31 Therefore shall ye keep my com- fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour:
mandments, and do them; I am the and the drink offering thereof shall he
Lord. of wine, the fourih part of an hin.
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy 14 And ye shall eat neither bread,
name; but I will be hallowed among nor parched com,nor green ears, until
the children of Israël: 1 am the Lord the selfsame day that ye have brought
which hsdlow you, an offering unto your God: it shall he a
33 That brought you out of the Icind statute for ever throughout your gén
of Egypt, to be your God: I am the érations in ail your dwellings.
Lord. 15 And ye shall count imto you
from the morrow after the sabbath,
CHAPTER 23 from the day that ye brou^t the
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, sheaf of the wave offering; seven sab-
saying, baths shall be complété:
2 Speak unto the children of Israël, 16 Even unto the morrow after the
and say imto them, Conceming the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty
feasts of the Lord, which ye shall pro- days; and ye shall offer a new meat
riaim to be holy convocations, even offering unto the Lord.
these are my feasts. 17 Ye shall bring out of your habi
3 Six days shall work be done: but tations two wave loaves of two tenth
the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, deals: they shall be of fine fiour; they
an holy convocation; ye shall do no shall be baken with leaven;they are the
work therein: it is the sabbath of the firstfruits unto the Lord.
Lord in ail your dwellings. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread
4 These are the feasts of the Lord, seven lambs without blemish of the
even holy convocations, which ye shall first year, and one young bullock, and
proclaim in their seasons. two rams: they shall be for a bumt of
5 In the fourteenth day of the first fering unto the Lord, with their meat
month at even is the Lord*s passover. offering, and their drink offerings,
6 And on the fifteenth day of the even an offering made by fire, of sweet
same month is the feast of unleavened savour unto the Lord.
bread imto the Lord: seven days ye 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of
must eat unleavened bread. the goats for a sin offering, and two
7 In the first day ye shall have an lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of
holy convocation: ye shall do no servile peace offerings.
work therein. 20 And the priest shall wave them
8 But ye shall offer an offering with the bread of the firstfmits for a
made by fire unto the Lord seven wave offering before the Lord, with
days: in the seventh day is an holy the two lambs: they shall be holy to
convocation: ye shall do no servile the Lord for the priest.
work therein. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the
9 And the Loim spake imto Moses, selfsame day, that it may be 2in holy
saying, convocation unto you: ye shall do no
10 Speak imto the children of Is^ servile work therein: it shall he a statute
rael, and say unto them, When ye be for ever in ail your dwellings through
come into the land which I give unto out your générations.
you, and shall reap the haryest there- 22 And when ye reap the harvest of
of, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the your land, thou shalt not make clean
fii^ruits of your harvest unto the riddance of the comers of thy field
priest: when thou reapest, neither shalt thou
11 And he shall wave the sheaf be- gather any gleaning of thy harvest:
fore the Lord, to be accepted for you: thou shalt leave them unto the poor,
on the morrow after the sabbath the and to the stranger: I am the Lord
priest shall wave it. your God.
12 And ye shall offer that day when 23 And the Lord spake imto Moses,
ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without saying,
blemish of the first year for a bumt 24 Speak unto the children of Is
offering unto the Lqrd. raël, saying. In the seventh month,in
13 And the meat offering thereof the first day of the month, shall ye
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have a sabbath,a mémorial of blowing offerings, which ye give unto the

of trumpets, an holy convocation. Lord.
25 Ye shall do no servile work 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the
therein: but ye shall offer an offering seventh month, when ye have gath-
made by fire unto the Lord. ered in the fruit of the land, ye shall
26 And the Lord spake unto Moses» keep a féastimto the Lord seven days:
saying, on the first day shaU be a sabbath, and
27 Also on the tenth day of this sev- on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
enth month fhere shall he a day of 40 And ye shall take you on the
atonement: it shall be an holy convo firà day the boughs of goodly trees,
cation unto you; and ye shall afllict branches of palm trees, and the boughs
your soûls, and offer an offering made of thick trees, and willows of the
by fire unto the Lord. brook; and ye shall rejoice before the
28 And ye shall do no work in that Lord your God seven days.
same day:for it is a day of atonement, 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto
to make an atonement for you before the Lord seven days in the year. It
the Lord your God. shall be a statute for ever in your gén
29 For whatsoever soul it be that érations: ye shall celebrate it in the
shall not be afflicted in that same day, seventh month.
he shall be eut off from among his 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven
people. days; ail that are Israélites bom shall
30 And whatsoever soul it be that dwell in booths:
doeth any work in that same day, the 43 That your générations mayknow
same soul will I destroy from among that I made the children of Israël to
his people. dwell in booths, when I brought them
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: out of the land of Egypt: I am the
it shall be a statiite for ever throughout Lord your God.
your générations in ail your dwell- 44 And Moses declared unto the
ings. children of Israël the feasts of the
32 It shall be imto you a sabbath of Lord.
rest, and ye shall afîlict your soûls: in
the ninth day of the month at even, CHAPTER 24
from even unto even,shall ye celebrate AND the Lord spake unto Moses»
your sabbath. /\ saying,
33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 Command the children of Israël,
saying, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive
34 Speak unto the children of Is beaten for the light,to cause the lamps
raël, saying, The fifteenth day of this to bum continually.
seventh month shall be the feast of 3 Withoutthevailofthetestimony,
tabernacles for seven days unto the in the tabernacle of the congrégation,
Lord. shall Aaron order it from the evening
35 On the first day shall be an holy imto the moming before the Lord con
convocation: ye shall do no servile tinually: it shall be a statute for ever
work therein» in your générations.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an of 4 He shall order the lamps upon the
fering made by fire unto the Lord: on pure candlestick before the Lord con
the eighth day shaU be an holy convo tinually.
cation imto you; and ye shall offer an 5 And thou shalt take fine fiour,and
offering made by fire imto the Lord: bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth
it is a solemn assembly;and ye shall do deals shâll be in ohe cake.
no ser^dle work therein. 6 And thou shalt set them in two
37 These are the feasts of the Lord, rows,six on a row,upon the pure table
which ye shall proclaim to be holy con before the Lord.
vocations,to offer an offering made by 7 And thou shalt put pure frankin-
fire unto the Lord, a bumt offering, cense upon each row,that it may be on
and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and the bread for a mémorial,even an offer
drink offerings, every thing upon his ing made by fire unto the Lord.
day: 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in
38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, order before the Lord continually,
and beside your gifts, and beside ail being taken from the children of Israël
your vows,and bekde ail your freewill by an everlasting covenant*
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9 And it shall be Aaron's and his

sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy CHAPTER 25
place: for it is most holy unto him of AND the Lord spake unto Moses in
the offerings of the Lord made by fire jt\ mount Si-nai, saying,
by a perpétuai statute, 2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
10 And the son of an Israelitish wo-and say unto them, When ye come
man, whose father was an Egyptian, into the land which I give you, then
went ont among the chUdren of Israël: shall the land keep a sabbath unto the
and this son of the Israelitish woman Lord.
and a man of Israël strove together in 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field,
the camp; and six years thou shalt prune thy
11 And the Israelitish woman's son vineyard,and gather in the fruit there-
blasphemed the name of the Lord, of;
and cursed. And they brought him un 4 But in the seventh year shall be a
to Moses:(and his mother's name was sabbath of rest unto the land, a sab
Shel-o-mith,the daughter of Dib-ri, of bath for the Lord: thou shalt neither
the tribe of Dan:) sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
12 And they put him in ward, that 5 That which groweth of its own ac
the mind of the Lord might be shewed cord of thy harvest thou shalt not
them. reap, neither gather the grapes of thy
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, vine undressed: for it is a year of rest
saying, unto the land.
14 Bring forth him that hath cursed 6 And the sabbath of the land shall
without the camp; and let ail that be meat for you; for thee, and for thy
heard him lay their hands upon his servant, and for thy maid, and for thy
head,and let ail the congrégation stone hired servcuit, and for thy stranger
him. that sojoumeth with thee,
15 And thou shalt speak unto the 7 And for thy cattle, and for the
children of Israël, saying, Whosoever beast that are in thy land, shall ail the
curseth his God shall bear his sin. increase thereof be meat.
16 And he that blasphemeth the 8 And thou shalt number seven sab-
name of the Lord, he shall surely be baths of years unto thee, seven times
put to death, and ail the congrégation seven years; and the space of the seven
shall certainly stone him: as well the sabbaths of years shall be unto thee
stranger, as he that is bom in the land, forty and nine years.
when he blasphemeth the name of the 9 Then shalt thou cause the trum-
Lord, shall be put to death. pet of the jùbile to sound on the tenth
17 And he that killeth any man day of the seventh month, in the day
shall surely be put to death. of atonement shall ye make the trum-
18 And he that killeth a beast shall pet Sound throughout ail your land.
make it good; beast for beast. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth
19 And if a man cause a blemish in year, and proclaim liberty throughout
his neighbour; as he hath done,so shall ail the land unto ail the inhabitants
it be done to him; thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you;
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, and ye shall return every man imto his
tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a possession, and ye shall retum every
blemish in a man, so shall it be done man unto his family.
to him again. 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year
21 And he that killeth a beast, he be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither
^all restore it: and he that killeth a reap that which groweth of itself in it,
man, he shall be put to death. nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine
22 Ye shall have one msinner oflaw, undressed.
as well for the stranger, as for one of 12 For it is the jubile; it shall be
your own country: for I am the Lord holy unto you: ye shall eat the incresise
your God. thereof out of the field.
23 And Moses spake to the children 13 In the year of this jubile ye shall
of Israël, that they should bring forth return every man imto his possession.
him that had cursed out of the camp, 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy
and stone him with stones. And the neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
children of Israël did as the Lord neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress
commanded Moses. one anothen
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15 According to the niimber of
years after the jubile thou shalt buy
of thy neighbour, and according unto
the number of years of the fruits he
shall sell unto thee:
16 According to the multitude of
years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness
of yecirs thou shalt diminish the price
of it: for according to the number of the
years of the fruits doth he sell unto
thee.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress
one another; but thou shalt fear^thy
God: for I am the Lord your God.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my stat-
utes, and keep my judgments, and do
them; and ye shall dwell in the land in
safety.
19 And the land shall yield her
fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
20 And if ye shall say, What shall
we eat the seventh year? behold, we
shall not sow, nor gather in our in
crease:
21 Then I will command my bless-
ing upon you in the sixth year, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three years.
22 And ye shall sow the eighth
year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
ninth year; until her fruits come in ye
shall eat of the old store,
23 The land shall not be sold for
ever: for the land is mine; for ye are
strangers and sojourners with me.
24 And in ail the land of your pos
session ye shall grant a rédemption for
the land.
25 If thy brother be waxen poor,
and hath sold away some of his pos
session, and if any of his kin come to
redeem it, then shall he redeem that
which his brother sold.
26 And if the man have none to re
deem it, and himself be able to re
deem it;
27 Then let him count the years of
the sale thereof, and restore the over-
plus unto the man to whom he sold it;
that he may retum unto his posses
sion.
28 But if he be not able to restore
it to lûm^ then that which is sold shall
remain in the hand of him that hath
bought it until the year of jubile: and
in the jubile it. shall go out, and he
shall retum unto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling
house in a walled city, then he may re
deem it within a whole year after it is
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sold; within a full year may he redeem
it.
30 And if it be not redeemed within
the space of a full year, then the house
that is in the walled city shall be estab-
lished for ever to him that bought it
throughout his générations:it shall not
go out in the jubile.
31 But the houses of the villages
which have no wall round about them
shall be counted as the fields of the
country: they may be redeemed, and
they shall go out in the jubile.
32 Notwithstanding the cities of
the Levites, and the houses of the
cities of their possession, may the Le
vites redeem at any time.
33 And if a man purchase of the Le
vites, then the house that was sold,
and the city of his possession, shall go
out in the year of jubile: for the houses
of the cities of the Levites are their
possession among the children of Is
raël.
34 But the field of the suburbs of
their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpétuai possession.
35 And if thy brother be waxen
poor, and fallen in decay with thee;
then thou shalt relieve him: yea,though
hebea stranger, or a sojoumer;that he
may live with thee.
36 Tcike thou no usury of him, or
increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy
money upon usury, nor lend him thy
victuals for increase.
38 I am the Lord your God, which
brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt,to give you the land of Canaan,
and to be your God.
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth
by thee be waxen poor,and be sold un
to thee; thou shalt not compel him to
serve as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, and as a
sojourner, he shall be with thee, and
shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
41 And then shall he départ from
thee, both he and his children with him,
and shall retum unto his own family,
and unto the possession of his fathers
shalLhe return.
42 For they are my servants, which
I brought forth out of the land of
Egypt: they shall not be sold as bond-
men.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him
with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy
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bondmaids, whidi thou shalt have,

shall be of the heathen that are round CHAPTER 26
about you; of them shall ye buy bond- Ye shall make you no idols nor
men and bondmaids. graven image, neither rear you up
45 Moreover of the children of the a standing image, neither shall ye set
strangers that do sojoum among you, up any image of stone in your land, to
of them shall ye buy,and of their fam bow down unto it: for I am the Lord
illes that are with you, which they be- your God.
gat in your land: and they shall be 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and
your possession. reverence my sanctuary: I am the
46 And ye shall take them as an in- Lord.
heritance for your children after you, 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and
to inherit them for a possession; tiiey keep my commandments, and do
shall be your bondmen for ever: but them;
over your brethren the children of Is 4 Then I will give you rain in due
raël, ye shall not rule one over another season, and the land shall yield her in-
with rigour. crease, and the trees of the field shall
47 And if a sojoumer or stranger yield their fruit.
wax rich by thee, and thy brother that 5 And your threshing shall reach
dweUeth by him wax poor,and sell him- unto the vintage, and the vintage shall
self unto the stranger or sojoumer by reach unto the sowing time: and ye
thee, or to the stock of the stranger's shall eat your bread to the full, and
family: dwéll in your land safely.
48 After that he is sold he may be 6 And I will give peace in the land,
redeemed again; one of his brethren and ye shall lie down, and none shall
may redeem him: make you afraid: and I will rid evil
49 Either his imcle, or his imcle's beasts out of the land, neither shall the
son, may redeem him, or any that is sword go through your land.
nigh of kin unto him of his family may 7 And ye shall chase your enemies,
redeem him; or if he be able, he may and they shall fall before you bythe
redeem himself. sword.
50 And he shall reckon with him 8 And five of you shall chase an
that bought him from the year that he hundred, and an hundred of you shall
was sold to him imto the year of jubile: put ten thousand to flight: and your
and the price of his sale shall be ao enemies shall fall before you by the
cording unto the number of years, ac- sword.
cording to the time of an hired servant 9 For I will have respect unto you,
shall it be with him. and make you fruitful, and multiply
51 If there be yet many years behînd, you, and establish my covenant with
according unto them he shall give you.
again the price of his rédemption out 10 And ye shall eat old store, and
of the money that he was bought bring forth the old because of the
for. new.
52 And if there remain but few 11 And I will set my tabernacle
years unto the year of jubile, then he among you: and my soul shall not ab-
shall coimt with him, and according hor you.
imto his years shall he give him again 12 And I will walk among you, and
the price of his rédemption. will be your God, and ye shall be my
53 And as a yearly hired servant people.
shall he be with him:and the ofher shall 13 I am the Lord your God, which
not rule with rigour over him in thy brought you forth out of the land of
sight. Egypt, that ye should not be their
54 And if he be not redeemed in bondmen;and I have broken the bands
these years, then he shall go out iii the of your yoke, and made you go up-
year of jubile, both he,and his children right.
with him. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto
55 For unto me the children of Is mé,and will not do ail these command
raël are servants; they are my servants ments;
whom I brôught forth out of the 15 And if ye shall despise my stat
land of Egypt: I am the Lord your utes, or if your soul abhor my judg-
Gk>d. ments, so Ûiat ye will not do aU my
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commandments, but that ye break my
covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I
will aven appoint over you terror, con-
sumption, and the buming ague, that
shall consume the eyes, and cause sor-
row of heart: and ye shall sow your
seed in vain, for your enemies shall
eat it.
17 And I will set my face against
you, and ye shall be slain before your
enemies: they that hate you shall reign
over you; and ye shall flee when none
pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for ail this
hearken unto me, then I will punish
you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of
your power; and I will make your hea-
ven as iron, and your earth as brass:
20 And your strength shall be spent
in vain: for your land shall not ^eld
her increase, lieither shall the trees of
the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me,
and will not hearken unto me; I will
bring seven times more plagues upon
you according to your sins.
22 I will also send wild beasts
among you, which shall rob you of
your children, and destroy your cattle,
and make you few in number; and
your high ways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by
me by these things, but will walk con
trary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary
unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon
you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
my covenant: and when ye are gath-
ered together within your cities, I will
send the pestilence among you; and ye
shall be delivered into the hand of the
enemy.
26 And when I have broken the
staff of your bread, ten women shall
bake your bread in one oven, and they
shall deliver you your bread again by
weight: and ye shall eat, and not be
satisfîed.
27 And if ye will not for ail this
hearken unto me, but walk contrary
imto me;
28 Then I will walk contrary unto
you also in fury; and 1, even I, will
chastise you seven times for your sins.
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your
sons, and the flesh of your daughters
shall ye eat.
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30 And I will destroy your high
places, and eut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of
your idols, and my soul shall abhor
you.
31 And I will make your cities
waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
désolation, and I will not smell the sa-
vour of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into
désolation: and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the
heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you: and your land shall be deso
late, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her
sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,
and ye be in your enemies* land; even
then shall the land rest, and enjoy her
sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it
shall rest; because it did not rest in
your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left
alive of you I will send a faintness into
their hearts in the lands of their ene
mies; and the sound of a shaken leaf
shall chase them; and they shall flee,
as fleeing from a sword; and they shall
fall when none pursueth.
37 And they shall fall one upon an-
other, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth: and ye shall have no
power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the
heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you
shall pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies' lands; and also in the
iniquities of their fathers shall they
pine away with them.
40 If they shall confess their ini
quity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
with their trespass which they tres-
passed against me, and that also they
have walked contrary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked con
trary unto them, and have brought
them into thé land of their enemies; if
then their uncircumcised hearts be
humbled, and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my cove
nant with Jacob, and also my cove
nant with Isaac,and also my covenant
with Abraham will I remember; and I
will remember the land.
43 The land also shall be left ôf
them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths.
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while she lieth desolate without them: beast for beast, then it and the ex
and they shaU accept of the punisji- change thereof shall be holy.
ment of their iniquity: because, even 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of
because they despised my judgments, which they do not offer a sacrifice unto
and because their seul abhorred my the Lord, then he shall présent ttie
statutes. beast before the priest:
44 And yet for ail that, when they 12 And the priest shall veilue it,
be in the land of their enemies, I will whether it be good or bad: as thou
not cast them away, neither will I ab- valuest it, who art the priest, so shaU
hor them,to destroy them utterly, and it be.
to break my covenant with them: for 13 But if he will at ail redeem it,
I am the Lord their God. then he shall add a fifth part thereof
45 But I will for their sakes remem- unto thy estimation.
ber the covenant of their ancestors 14 And when a man shall sanctify
whom I brought forth out of the land of his house to be holy unto the Lord,
Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that then the priest shall estimate it,
I might be their God: I am the Lord. whether it be good or bad: as the priest
46 These are the statutes and judg shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
ments and laws, which the Lord made 15 And if he that semctified it will
between him and the children of Israël redeem his house, then he shall add
in mount Si-nai by the hand of Moses. the fifth part of the money of thy es
timation unto it, and it shall be his.
CHAPTER 27 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, the Lord some part of a field of his pos
/V saying, session, then thy estimation shall be
2 Speak unto the children of Israël, according to the seed thereof: an ho-
and say unto them, When a man shall mer of barley seed shall be valued at
make a singular vow,the persons shall fifty shekels of silver.
be for the Lord by thy estimation. 17 If he sanctify his field from the
3 And thy estimation shall be of the year of jubile, according to thy estima
maie from twenty years old even unto tion it shall stand.
sixty years old, even thy estimation 18 But if he sanctify his field after
shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the the jubile, then the priest shcill reckon
shekel of the sanctuary. unto him the money according to the
4 And if it be a female, then thy es years that remain, even unto the year
timation shall be thirty shekels. of the jubile, and it shall be abated
5 And if it be from five years old from thy estimation.
even unto twenty years old, then thy 19 And if he that sanctified the field
estimation shall be of the maie twenty will in any wise redeem it, then he shaÙ
shekels, and for the female ten shekels. add the fifth part of the money of thy
6 And if it be from a month old even estimation unto it, and it shall be as-
unto five years old, then thy estima sured to him.
tion shall be of the maie five shekels of 20 And if he will not redeem the
silver, and for the female thy estima field, or if he have sold the field to an-
tion shall be three shekels of silver. other man, it shall not be redeemed
7 And if it be from sixty years old any more.
and above; if it be a maie, then thy es 21 But the field, when it goeth out
timation shall be fifteen shekels, and in the jubile, shall be holy unto the
for the female ten shekels. Lord,as a field devoted;the possession
8 But if he be poorer than thy esti thereof shall be the priest's.
mation, then he shall présent himself 22 And if a man sanctify unto the
before the priest, and the priest shall Lord a field which he hath bought,
value him; according to his ability that which is not of the fields of his posses
vowed shall the priest value him. sion;
9 And if it be a beast, whereof men 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto
brhig an offering unto the Lord, ail him the worth of thy estimation, even
that any man giveth of such imto the unto the year of the jubile: and he
Lord shall be holy. shall give thine estimation in that day,
10 He shall not alter it, nor change as a holy thing unto the Lord.
it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a 24 In the year of the jubile the field
good: and if he shall at ail change shall retum unto him of whom it was
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bought, even to him to whom the pos 29 Nohe devoted, which shall be de
session ofthe land did belong* voted of men, shall be redeemed; but
25 And ail thy estimations shall be shall surely be put to death. .
according to the shekel of the sanctu- • 30 And ail the tithe of the land,
ary: twenty gerahs shcdl be the shekel; whether of the seed of the land, or of
26 Only the firstling of the beasts, the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is
which should be the Lord's firstling, holy unto the Lord.
no man shall sanctify it; whether it Se 31 And if a man will at ail redeem
ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's. ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto
27 And if it be of an unclean beast, the fifth part thereof.
then he shall redeem it according to 32 And concerning the tithe of the
thine estimation, and shall add a fifth herd, or of the fiock, even of whatso-
part of it thereto: or if it be not re- ever passeth under the rod, the tenth
deemed,then it shall be sold according shall be holy unto the Lord.
to thy estimation. 33 He shall not search whether it be
28 Notwithstanding no devoted good or bad,heither shall he change it:
thing, that a man shall devote unto and if he change it at ail, then both it
the Lord of ail that he hath, both of and the change thereof shall be holy;
man and beast, and of the field of his it shall not be redeemed.
possession, shall be sold or redeemed: 34 These are the commandments,
èvery devoted thing is most holy unto vdiich the Lord commanded Moses for
the Lord. the children of Israël in mount Si-nai.

Tlie Fourtk Book of Moses, called

Numbers
CHAPTER I
4 ND thé Lord spake imto Moses in
/\ the wilderness of Si-nai, in the
jLMl. tabernacle of the congrégation,
on the first ddy of the second mohth, el the son of Pe-dah'-zur.
in the second year after they were
come out of the Ictnd bf Egypt,saying, of Gid-e-o-ni.
2 Take ye the sum of ail the congré
gation of the children of Israël, after
their familles, by the house of their
fathers, with the niunber of their
names, every maie by their poils;
3 From twenty years old and up-
ward, ail that are able to go forth to
war in Israël: thou and Aaroh shall
number theih by.their armies.
4 Andwith you there shall be a man
of every tribe; every one head of the
house of his fathers.
5 And these are the names of the
men that shall stand with you: of the
tribe of Reuben; E-li-zur the son of
Shed-erur.
6 Of Simeon; She-lu-mi-el the sonbf
Zu-ri-shad'-da^i.
7 Of Judah; Nahrshon the son of
Am-min'-a-dab.
8 Of Isrsa-char; Ne-than-e-el the
son of Zu-ar.
9 Of Zeb-u-lim; E-li-ab thé son of
He'-lon.
10 Of the children of Joseph:, of
E-phra-im; E-lish'-a-ma the son of
Am-mi-hud: of Ma-nas-seh; Ga-ma-li-
11 Of Benjamin; Ab-i-dan the son
12 Of Dan; A-hi-e-zer the son of
Am-mi-shad'^da-i.
13 Of Asher; Pa-gi-el the son of
Oc-ran.
14 Of Gad; E-li-a-saph the son of
Deu-el.
15 Of Naph-ta-li; A-hi-ra the son of
E-nm.
16 These were the renowned of the
congrégation, princes of the tribes of
their fathers, heads.of thousands in
Israël.
' 17 And Moses and Aaron took these
men which are expressed by fiieir
names:
18 And they assembled ail the con
grégation together on the first day of
the second month, and they declared
their pédijgreés after their familles, by
the Jiouse of their fathers, according to
the number of the names,ftom twenty
years old and upward^ by their poils.
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19 As the Lord commanded Moses, twenty years old and upward, ail that
were able to go forth to war;
se he numbered them in the wildemess
of sr-nai. 31 Those that were numbered of
20 And the chUdren of Reuben, Is- them, even of the tribe ^of Zeb-u-lun,
raeFs éldest scHi by their générations, were fifty and seven thousand and four
after their famUies, by the house of hundred.
their fathers, according to the nnmber 32 Of the children of Joseph,
of the names, by their poils, every ndYnely» of the children of E-phra-im,
maie from twenty years old and up- by their générations, after their fam
ward, ail that were ablè to go forth to Uies, by the house of their fathers,
war; according to the number of the names,
21 Those that wére numbered of from twenty years old and upward,aU
them, even of the tribe of Reuben, that were able to go forth to war;
were forty and six thousand and five 33 Those that were numbered of
hundred. them, even of the tribe of E-phra-im,
22 Of the children of Simeon, by were forty thousand and five hundred.
their générations, after their families, 34 Of the ChUdren of Ma-nas-seh,
by the house of their fathers, those by their générations, after their fam
that were numbered of them, accord ilies, by the house of their fathers, ac
ing to the number of the names, by cording to the number of the names,
their poils, every maie from twenty from twenty years old and upward,aU
years old and upward, ail that were that were able to go forth to war;
able to go forth to war; 35 Those that were numbered of
23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ma-nas'-seh,
them,even of the tribe of Simeon, were were thirty and two thousand and two
ûfty and nine thousand and three hun- hundred.
dred. , , 36 Of the ChUdren of Benjamin, by
24 Of the children of Gad, by their their générations, after their families,
générations, after their families, by the by the house of their fathers, accord
house of their fathers, according to the ing to the number of the names,from
number of the names, from twenty twenty years old and upward, aU that
years old and upward, ail that were were able to go forth to war;
able to go forth to war; 37 Those that were numbered of
25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin,
them, even of the tribe of Gad, were were thirty and five thousand and four
forty and five thousand six hundred hundred.
and fifty. ^ t. 38 Of the ChUdren of Dan, by their
26 Of the children of Judah, by générations, after their famUies, by the
their générations, after their families, house of their fathers, according to the
by the house of their fathers, according number of the names, from twenty
to the number of the names, from years old and upward, ail that were
twenty years old and upward, ail that able to go forth to war;
were able to go forth to war; 39 Those that were numbered of
27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and sev
them, even of the tribe of Judah, were
threescore and fourteen thousand and en hundred.
six hundred, 40 Of the chUdren of Asher, by
28 Of the children of Is-sa-char, by their générations, after their famUies,
their générations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord
by the house oftheir fathers, according ing to the number of the names,from
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, ail that
twenty years old and upward, ail that were able to go forth to war;
were able to go forth to war; 41 Those that were numbered of
29 Those that were numbered of them, evefi of the tribe of Ashèr, were
them, even of the tribe of Is-sa-char, forty and one thousand and five him-
were fifty and four thousand and four dred.
hundred. ^ r, t w 42 Of the chUdren of Naph-ta-U,
30 Of the children of Zeb'-u-lun, by throughout their générations, after
their générations, after their families, their families, by the house of their fa
by the house of their fathers, accord thers, according to the number of the
ing to the number of thé names,from names,from twenty years old and up-
 NUMBERS 2
ward, ail that were able to go forth to
war;
43 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Naph-ta-U,
were ûfty and three thousand and four
hundred.
44 These are those that were num
bered, which Moses and Aaron num
bered, and the princes of Israël, heing
twelve men:each one was for the house
of his fathers.
45 So were ail those that were num
bered of the children of Israël, by the
house of their fathers, from twenty
years old and upward, ail that were
able to go forth to war in Israël;
46 Even ail they that were num
bered were six hundred thousand and
three thousand and five hundred and
fifty.
47 But the Levites after the tribe of
their fathers were not numbered
among them.
48 For the Lord had spoken unto
Moses, saying,
49 Only thou shalt not number the
tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of
them among the children of Israël: sand and fourscore thousand and six
50 But thou shalt appoint the Le thousand and four hundred, through
vites over the tabernacle of testimony, out their armies. These shall first set
and over ail the vesséls thereof, and
over ail things that helong to it: they
shall bear the tabernacle, and ail the
vessels thereof; and they shall minister
unto it, and shall encamp round about
the tabernacle.
51 And when the tabernacle setteth
forward, the Levites shall take it
down: and when the tabernacle is to be
pitched,the Levites shall set it up: and
the stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death.
52 And the children of Israël shall
pitch their tents, every man by his
own camp, and every man by his own
standard, throughout their hosts.
53 But the Levites shall pitch roimd
about the tabernacle of testimony,
that there be no wrath upon the con
grégation of the children of Israël: and
the Levites shall keep the charge of
the tabernacle of testimony.
54 And the children ôf Israël did
according to ail that the Lord com-
manded Moses, sô did they.
CHAPTER 2
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and
unto Aaron, saying,
2 Every man of the children of Is
raël shall pitch by his own standard.
131
with the ensign of their father*s house:
far off about the tabernacle of the con
grégation shall they pitch.
3 And on the east side toward the
rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch
throughout their armies: and Nah-
shon the son of Am-min-a-dab shall be
captain of the children of Judah.
4 And his host, and those that were
nmnbered of them, were threescore and
fourteen thousand and six himdred.
5 And those that do pitch next unto
him shall be the tribe of Is-sa-char: and
Ne-than'-e-el the son of Zu-ar shall be
captain of the children of Is-sa-char.
6 And his host, and those that were
numbered thereof, were fifty and four
thousand and four hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zeb-u-lun: and
E-li'-ab the son of He-Ion shall be cap
tain of the children 6f Zeb-u-lun.
8 And his host, and those that were
numbered thereof, were fifty and seven
thousand and four hundred.
9 AU that were numbered in the
camp of Judah were an hundred thou
forth.
10 On the south side shall be the
standard of the camp of Reuben ac
cording to their armies: and the cap
tain of the children of Reuben shall be
E-li'-zur the son of Shed'-e-ur.
11 And his host, and those that
were numbered thereof, were forty and
six thousand and five hundred.
12 And those which pitch by him
shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the
captain of the children of Simeon shall
be She-lu-mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad-
da-i.
13 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were fifty and
nine thousand and three hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the
captain of the sons of Gad shall be E-li-
a-saph the son of Reu'-el.
15 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were forty and
five thousand and six hundred and
fifty.
16 AU that were numbered in the
camp of Reuben were an hundred
thousand and fifty and one thousand
and four hundred and fifty, through
out their armies. And they shall set
forth in the second rank.
17 Then the tabernacle of the con-
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gregation shall set forward wlth the
camp of the Levites in the midst of the
camp: as they encamp, so shall they
set forward, every man in his place by
their standards.
18 On the west side shall he the
standard of the camp of E'-phra-im ac-
cording to their armies: and the cap-
tain of the sons of E-phra-im shall he
E-lish-a-ma the son of Am-mi-hud. manded Moses: so they pitched by
19 And his host, and those that their standards, and so they set for
were nnmbered of them, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
20 And by him shalt he the tribe of
Ma-nas-seh: and the captain of the
children of Ma-nas'-seh shiall he Ga-ma-
li-el the son of Pe-dah'-zur.
21 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were thirty
and two thousand and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and
the captain of the sons of Benjamin
shall he Ab-i-dan the son of Gid-e-o-ni.
23 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were thirty
and five thousand and four hundred.
24 AU that were numbered of the
camp of E-phra-im were an hundred
thousand and eight thousand and an
hundred,throughout their armies. And
they shaU go forward in the third rank. wUdemess of Si-nai, and they had no
25 The standard of the camp of children: and E-le-a-zar and Ith-a-mar
Dan shall he on the north side by their
armies: and the captain of the children
of Dan shall he A-hi-e-zer the son of
Am-mi-shad-da-i.
26 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, w;ere three-
score and two thousand and seven
hundred.
27 And those that encamp by him
shall he the tribe of Asher: and the cap
tain of the children of Asher shall he
Pa'-gi-el the son of Oc-ran.
28 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them,were forty and
one thousand and five hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naph-ta-li: and of Israël, to do the service of the tab
the captain of the chUdren of Naph- ernacle.
ta-li shall he A-hi-ra the son of E-nan.
30 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were fifty and
three thousand and four hundred.
31 AU they that were numbered in
the camp of Dan were an hundred
thousand and fifty and seven thousand
and six hundred. They shall go hind-
most with their standards.
32 These are those which were num
bered of the children of Israël by the
house of their fathers: aU those that
were numbered of the camps through
out their hosts were six hundred thou
sand and three thouszind and five him-
dred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not num
bered among the chUdren of Israël; as
the Lord commanded Moses.
34 And the chUdren of Israël did ac-
cording to ail that the Lord com
ward, every one after their famUies,
according to the house of their fathers.
CHAPTER 3
THESE alsp are the générations of
Aaron and Moses in the day that
the Lord spake with Moses in mount
Si-nai.
2 And these are the names of the
sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstbom,
and A-bi-hu, E-le-a-zar, and Ith-a-
mar.
3 These are the naimes of the sons of
Aaron, the priests which were anoint-
ed, whom he consecrated to minister
in the priest's office.
4 And Nadab and A-bi-hu died be-
fore the Lord, when they ofîered
strange fire before the Lord, in the
ministered in the priest's office in the
sight of Aaron their father.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and
présent them before Aaron the priest,
that they may minister unto him.
7 And they shall keep his charge,
and the charge of the whole congréga
tion before the tabernacle of the con
grégation, to do the service of the tab
ernacle.
8 And they shall keep ail the instru
ments of the tabernacle of the congré
gation, and the charge of the chUdren
9 And thou shalt give the Levites
unto Aaron and to his sons: they are
wholly given unto him out of the chU
dren of Israël.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron
and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest's ofiice: and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
12 And I, behold, I have taken the
Levites from among the chUdren of Is-
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rael instead of ail the firstbom that the Iz'-e-har-ites, and the family of the
openeth the matrix among the chil- Hebronites, and the family of the Uz'-
dren of Israël: therefore the Levites zi-el-ites: these are the families of the
shall be mine; Ko'-hath-ites.
13 Because ail the firstbom are 28 In the number of ail the maies,
mine; for on the day that I smote ail from a month old and upward, were
the firstbom in the land of Egypt I eight thousand and six hundred, keep-
hallowed imto me ail the firstbom in ing the charge of the sanctuary.
Israël, both man and beast: mine shall 29 The families of the sons of Ko'-
they be: I am the Lord. hath shall pitch on the side of the tab
14 And the Lord spake unto Moses emacle southward.
in the wildemess of Si'-nai, saying, 30 And the chief of the house of the
15 Number the children of Levi af- father of the families of the Ko'-hath-
ter the house of their fathers, by their ites shall be E-liz'-a-phan the son of
families: every maie from a month old Uz'-zi-el.
and upward shalt thou number them. 31 And their charge shall be the ark,
16 And Moses numbered them ac- and the table, and the candlestick,and
cording to the word of the Lord,as he the altars, and the vessels of the sanc
was commanded. tuary wherewith they minister,and the
17 And these were the sons of Levi hanging, and ail the service thereof.
by their names; Ger'-shon, and Ko- 32 And E-le-a'-zar the son of Aaron
hath, and Me-ra-ri. the priest shall be chief over the chief
18 And these are the names of the of the Levites, and have the oversight
sons of Ger'-shon by their families; Lib- of them that keep the charge of the
ni, and Shim-e-i. sanctuary.
19 And the sons of Ko-hath by 33 Of Me-ra'-ri was the family of the
their families; Amriam, and Iz-e-har, Mah'-lites, and the family of the Mu-
Hebron, and Uz'-zi-el. shites: these are the families of Me-
20 And the sons of Me-ra-ri by their ra'-ri.
families; Mah-li, and Mu'-shi. These 34 And those that were numbered
are the families of the Levites accord- of them, according to the number of
ing to the house of their fathers. ail the maies, from a month old and
21 Of Ger'-shon was the family of upward, were six thousand and two
the Lib-nites, and the family of the hundred.
Shim-ites: these are the families of the 35 And the chief of the house of the
Ger'-shon-ites. father of the families of Me-ra'-ri was
22 Those that were numbered of Zu'-ri-el the son of Ab-i-ha'-il: these
them, according to the number of ail shall pitch on the side ofthe tabemacle
the maies, from a month old and up northward.
ward, even those that were numbered 36 And under the custody and
of them were seven thousand and five charge of the sons of Me-ra'-ri shall be
hundred. the boards of the tabernacle, and the
23 The families of the Ger'-shon-ites bars thereof, and the pillars thereof,
shall pitdti behind the tabemacle west- and the sockets thereof, and ail the
ward. vessels thereof, and ail that serveth
24 And the chief of the house of the thereto,
father of the Ger'-shon-ites shall be 37 And the pillars of the court
E-li'-a-saph the son of La'-el. round about, and their sockets, and
25 And the diarge of the sons of their pins, and their cords.
Ger'-shon in the tabemacle of the con 38 But those that encamp before
grégation shall be the tabernacle, and the tabernacle toward the east, even
the tent, the covering thereof, and the before the tabemacle of the congréga
hanging for the door of the tabemacle tion eastward, shall be Moses, and
of the congrégation, Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge
26 And the han^gs of the court, of the sanctuary for the charge of the
and the curtain for the door of the children of Israël; and the stranger
court, which is by the tabemacle, and that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
by the altar round about, and the 39 AU that were numbered of the
cords of it for ail the service thereof. Levites, which Moses and Aaron num
27 And of Ko'-hath was the family bered at the commandment of the
of tiie Amramites, and the family of Lord, throughout their famUies, aU
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the maies from a month old and up- hath from among the sons of Levi, af
ward, were twenty and two thousand. ter their families, by the house of their
40 And the Lord said imto Moses, fathers,
Number ail the firstbom of the maies 3 From thirty years old and up
of the children of Israël from a month ward even until fifty years old, ail that
old and upward, and take the mimber enter into the host, to do the work in
of thelr names. the tabemacle of the congrégation.
41 And thou shalt take the Levites 4 This shall be the service ofthe sons
for me (I am the Lord) instead of ail of Ko-hath in the tabemacle of the
the firstbom among the children of Is congrégation, about the most holy
raël; and the cattle of the Levites in things:
stead of ail the firstlings among the 5 And when the camp setteth for-
cattle of the children of Israël. ward, Aaron shall come, and his sons,
42 And Moses numbered, as the and they shall take down the covering
Lord commanded him, ail the first vail, and cover the ark of testimony
bom among the children of Israël. with it:
43 And ail the firstbom maies by 6 And shall put thereon the cover
the number of names, from a month ing of badgers' skhis, and shall spread
old and upward, of those that were over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall
numbered of them, were twenty and put in the staves thereof.
two thousand two hundred and three- 7 And upon the table of shewbread
score and thirteen. they shall spread a cloth of blue, and
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, put thereon the dishes, and the spoons,
saying, and the bowls, and covers to cover
45 Take the Levites instead of ail withal: and the continuai bread shall
the firstbom among the children of Is be thereon:
raël, and the cattle of the Levites in 8 And they shall spread upon them
stead of their cattle; and the Levites a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same
shall be mine: I am the Lord. with a covering of badgers' skins, and
46 And for those that are to be re- shall put in the staves thereof.
deemed of the two hundred and three- 9 And they shall take a cloth of
score and thirteen of the firstbom of blue, and cover the candlestick of the
the children of Israël, which are more light, and his lamps,and his tongs, and
than the Levites; his snuffdishes, and ail the oil vessels
47 Thou shalt even take five shek thereof, wherewith they minister unto
els apiece by the poil, after the shekel it:
of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: 10 And they shall put it and ail the
(the shekel is twenty gerahs:) vessels thereof within a covering of
48 And thou shalt give the money, badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a
wherewith the odd number of them is bar.
to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his 11 And upon the golden altar they
sons* shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover
49 And Moses took the rédemption it with a covering of badgers' skins,
money of them that were over and and shall put to the staves thereof:
above them that were redeemed by the 12 And they shall take ail the in
Levites: struments of ministry, wherewith they
50 Of the firstbom of the children minister in the sanctuary, and put
of Israël took he the money; a thou them in a cloth of blue, and cover them
sand three hundred and threescore and with a covering of badgers' skins, and
five shekels, after the shekel of the shall put them on a bar:
sanctuary: 13 And they shall take away the
51 And Moses gave the money of ashes from the altar, and spread a pur-
them that were redeemed unto Aaron pie cloth thereon:
and to his sons, according to the word 14 And they shall put upon it ail
of the Lord, as the Lord commanded the vessels thereof, wherewith they
Moses. minister about it, even the censers, the
fieshhooks, and the shovels, and the
CHAPTER 4 basons, ail the vessels of the altar; and
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and they shall spread upon it a covering of
/\ unto Aaron, saying, badgers' skins, and put to the staves
2 Take the sum of the sons of Ko- of it.
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15 And wlien Aaron and hîs sons the sons of the Ger'-shon-ites, in ail
hâve made an end of covering the their burdens^ and in aU their service:
sanctuary, and ail the vessels of the and ye shaU appoint unto them in
sanctuary, as the camp is to set for- charge ail their burdens.
ward; after that, the sons of Ko-hath 28 This is ihe service of the families
shall come to bear U:but they shall not of the sons of Ger'-shon in the taber
touch any holy thing» lest they die. nacle of the congrégation: and their
These things are the burden of the sons charge shall be under the hand of Ith-
of Ko-hath in the tabernacle of the a-mar the son of Aaron the priest.
congrégation. 29 As for the sons of Me-ra-ri, thôu
16 And to the office of E-le-a-zar shalt number them after their families,
the son of Aaron the priest pertaineih by the house of their fathers;
the ou for the light, and the sweet in- 30 From thirty years old and up-
cense, and the daUy meat offering, and ward even unto fifty years old shalt
the anointlng oU, and the oversight of thou number them,every one that en-
aU the tabernacle, and of aU that tereth into the service, to do the work
therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the of the tabernacle of the congrégation.
vessels thereof. 31 And this is the charge of their
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses burden, according to ail their service
and unto Aaron» saying, in the tabernacle of the congrégation;
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the the boards of the tabernacle, and the
famUies of the Ko-hath-ites from bars thereof, and the pillars thereof,
among the Levites: and sockets thereof,
19 But thus do unto them, that 32 And the pillars of the court
they may.live,.and not die, when they round about, and their sockets, and
approach unto the most holy things: their pins, and their cords, with aU
Aaron and his sons shaU go in, and ap their instruments, and with aU their
point them every one to l3s service and service: and by name ye shaU reckon
to his burden: the instruments of the charge of their
20 But they shall not go in to see burden.
when the holy things are covered, lest 33 This is the service of the families
they die. of the sons of Me-ra-ri, according to
21 And the Lord spake imto Moses, aU their service, in the tabernacle of
saying, the congrégation, under the hand of
22 Take also the sum of the sons of Ith'-a-mar the son of Aaron the priest.
Ger'-shon, throughout the houses of 34 And Moses and Aaron ànd the
their fathers, by their families; chief of the congrégation numbered
23 From thirty years old and up- the sons of the Ko-hath-ites after their
ward .untU fifty years old shalt thou famUies, and after the house of their
number them; aU that enter in to per- fathers,
form the service, to do the work in the 35 From thirty years old and up-
tabernacle of the congrégation. ward even unto fifty years old, every
24 This is the service of the families one that entereth into the service, for
of the Ger'-shon-ités, to serve, and for the work in the tabernacle of the con
burdens: grégation:
25 And they shaU bear the curtains 36 And those that were numbered
of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of them by their families were two
of the congrégation, his covering, and thousand seven hundred and fifty.
the covering of the badgers' skins that 37 These were they that were num
is above upon it, and the hanging for bered of the families of the Ko-hath-
the.door of the tabernacle of the con ites, ail that might do service in the
grégation, tabernacle of the congrégation, which
26 And the hangings of the court, Moses and Aaron did number accord
and the hanging for the door of the ing to the commandment of thé Lord
gâte of the court, which is by the tab by the hand bf Moses.
ernacle and by the altar round about, 38 And those that were numbered
and their cords, and aU the instru of the sons of Ger'-shon, throughout
ments of their service, and ail that is their families, and by the house of
made for them: so shall they serve. their fathers,
27 At the appointment of Aaron 39 From thirty years old and up-
and his sons shaU be aU the service of ward even unto fifty years old, every
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one that entereth into the service, for them;that they defile not their camps,
the work in the tabernacle of the con in the midst whereof I dweU.
grégation, 4 And the chUdren of Israël did so,
40 Even those that were nnmbered and put them ont withont the camp:
of them,throughout their famîUes, by as the Lord spake nnto Moses> so did
tibie house of tijeir fathers, were two the chUdren of Israël.
thonsand and six hundred and thirty. 5 And the Lord spake imto Moses,
41 These are they that were num- saying,
bered of the families of the sons of 6 Speâk nnto the chUdren of Israël,
Gter^shon, of ail that might do service When a man or woman shaU commit
in the tabernacle of the congrégation, any sin that men commit,to do a tres-
whom Moses and Aaron did number pass against the Lord,and that person
according to the commandment of the be gnUty;
Lord. 7 Then they shaU confess their sin
42 And those that were nnmbered wMch they have done: and he shaU
of the families of the sons of Me-ra-ri, recompense his trespass with the prin
throughout their families, by the house cipal thereof, and add nnto it the fifth
of their fathers, part thereof, and give it nntO him
43 From thirty years old and up- against whom he hath trespassed.
ward even unto ûfty years old, every 8 But if the man have no kinsman
one that entereth into the service, for to recompense the trespass nnto, let
the work in the tabernacle of the con the trespass be recompensed nnto the
grégation, Lord, even to the priest; beside the
44 Even those that were nnmbered ram of the atonement, whereby an
of them after their families, were three atonement shall be made for him.
thonsand and two hundred. 9 And every offering of ail the holy
45 These he those that were nnm things of the chUdren of Israël, which
bered of the families of the sons of Me- they bring imto the priest, shsUl be his.
ra-ri, whom Moses and Aaron nnm 10 And every man*s haUowed things
bered according to the word of the shall be his: whatsoever any man giv-
Lord by the hand of Moses. eth the priest, it shaU be his.
46 AU those that were nnmbered of 11 And the Lord spake nnto Moses,
the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron saying,
and the chief of Israël nnmbered, after 12 Speak nnto the children of Is
their famUies, and after the honse of raël, and say nnto them. If any man's
their fathers, wife go aside, and commit a trespass
47 From thirty years old and np- against him,
ward even nnto fifty years old, every 13 And a man Ue with her camaUy,
one that came to do the service of the and it be hid from the eyes of her hns-
ministry,and the service of the bnrden band,and be kept close, and she be de
in the tabernacle of the congrégation, filed, and there be nô witness against
48 Even those that were nnmbered her, neither she be taken with the
of them, were eight thonsand and five manner;
himdred and fourscore. 14 And the spirit of Jealonsy come
49 According to the commandment npon him, and he be jeëilons of his
of the Lord they were nnmbered by wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit
the hand of Moses, every one accord of jealonsy come npon him, and he be
ing to his service, and according to his jealons of his wife, and she be not de
bnrden: thns were they nnmbered of filed:
him, as the Lord commanded Moses. 15 Then shaU the man bring his
wife nnto the priest, and he ^lall bring
ÇHAPTER 5 her offering for her, the tenth part of
AND the Lord spake nnto Moses, an ephah of bcirley meal; he shaU pour
/tL saying, no oU npon it, nor put frankincense
2 Command the chUdren of Israël, thereon; for it is an. offering of Jeal
that they put ont pf the. camp every onsy, 3iL offering of inemorial, bring-
leper, and every one that hath an is ing iniqnity to remembrance.
sue, and whosoever is defiled by the 16 And the priest shaU bring her
dead: near, and set her before the Lord:
3 Both maie and female shaU ye put 17 And the priest shaU take holy
ont, withont the camp shaU ye put water in an earthen vessel; and bf the
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dust that is in the floor of the taber but be clean; then she shall be free,
nacle the priest shall take, and put U and shall conceive seed.
intothewater: 29 This is the law of jealousies,
18 And the priest shedl set the wo- when a wife goeth aside to another in
man before the Lord,and uncover the stead of her husband, and is defiled:
woman's head, and put the offering of 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy
mémorial in her hands, which is the cometh upon him, and he be jealous
jealousy offering: and the priest shall over his wife, and shall set the woman
bave in his hand the bitter water that before the Lord, and the priest shall
causeth the curse: execute upon her ail this law.
19 And the priest shall charge her 31 Then shall the man be guiltless
by an oatii, and say unto the woman. from iniquity, and this woman shsJl
If no man have lain with thee, and if bear her iniquity.
thou hast not gone aside to unclean-
ness with another instead of thy hus- CHAPTER 6
band, be thou free from this bitter AND the Lord spake imto Moses,
water that causeth the curse: jt\ saying,
20 But if thou hast gone aside to 2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
another instead of thy husband, and if and say unto them, When either man
thou be defiled, and some man have or woman shall separate themseZves to
lain with thee beside thine husband: vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate
21 Then the priest shall charge the themselves unto the Lord:
woman with an oath of cursing, and 3 He shall separate himself from
the priest shall say unto the woman, wine and strong drink, and shall drink
The Lord make thee a curse and an no vinegar of wine,or vinegar of strong
oath among thy people, when the drink, neither shall he drink any liquor
Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or
thy belly to swell; dried.
22 And this water that causeth the 4 AU the days of his séparation shall
curse shall go into thy bowels,to make he eat nothing that is made of the vine
thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: tree, from the kernels even to the
And the woman shall say. Amen, husk.
amen. 5 AU the days of the vow of his
23 And the priest shall write these séparation there shall no razor come
curses in a book, and he shall blot upon his head: until the days be ful-
them out with the bitter water: filled, in the which he separateth him
24 And he shall cause the woman to self unto the Lord, he shall be holy,
drink the bitter water that causeth the and shall let the locks of the hair of his
curse: and the water that causeth the head grow.
curse shall enter into her, and become 6 AU the days that he separateth
bitter. himself unto the Lord he shaU come at
25 Then the priest shall take the no dead body.
jealousy offering out of the womsui's 7 He shall not make himself un-
hand, and shall wave the offering be clean for his father, or for his mother,
fore the Lord, and offer it upon the for his brother, or for his sister, when
altar: they die: because the consécration of
26 And the priest shall take an his God is upon his head.
handful ofthe offering,even the mémo 8 AU the days of his séparation he
rial thereof,and bum it upon the altar, is holy unto the Lord.
and afterward shall cause the woman 9 And if any man die very suddenly
to drink the water. by him, and he hath defiled the head
27 And when he hath made her to of his consécration; then he shall shave
drink the water, then it shall corne to his head in the day of his cleansing, on
pass, that, if she be defiled, and have the seventh day shall he shave it.
done trespass against her husband, 10 And on the eighth day he shaU
that the water that causeth the curse bring two turtles, or two yoimg pi
shall enter into her, and become bitter, geons, to the priest, to the door of the
and her belly shall swell, and her thigh tabernacle of the congrégation:
diall rot: and the woman shall be a 11 And the priest shall offer the one
curse among her people. for a sin offering, and the other for a
28 And if the woman be not defiled. bumt offering, and make an atone-
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ment for him,for that he sinned by the
dead, and shall hallow his head that
same day,
12 And he shall consecrate unto the
Lord the days of his séparation, and
shall bring a lamb of the first year for
a trespass offering: but the days that
were before shall be lost, because his
séparation was defiled.
13 And this is the law of the Naza-
rite, when the days of his séparation
are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto
the door of the tabernacle of the con
grégation;
14 And he shall offer his offering
unto the Lord,one he lamb of the first
year without blemish for a bumt offer
ing, and one ewe lamb of the first year
without blemish for a sin offering, and
one ram without blemish for peace
offerings,
15 And a basket of unleavened
bread, cakes of fine fiour mingled with
oil, and wafers of unleavened bread
anointed with oil, and their meat offer
ing, and their drink offerings.
16 And the priest shall bring them
before the Lord, and shall offer his sin
offering, and his bumt offering:
17 And he shall offer the réun for a
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the
Lord, with the basket of unleavened
bread: the priest shall offer also his
meat offering, and his drink offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the
head of his séparation ai the door of
the tabemacle of the congrégation,
and shall take the hair of the head of
his séparation, and put it in the fire
which is imder the sacrifice of the
peace offerings.
19 And the priest shall take the sod-
den shoulder of the ram, and one un
leavened cake out of the basket, and
one unleavened wafer, and shall put
ihem upon the hands of the Nazarite,
after the hair of his séparation is
shaven:
20 And the priest shall wave them
for a wave offering before the Lord:
this is holy for the priest, with the
wave breast and heave shoulder: and
after that the Nazarite may drink
wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite
who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the Lord for his séparation, be-
side that that his hand shall get: ac-
cording to the vow which he vowed,so
he must do after the law of his sépara
tion.
22 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his
sons, saying. On this wise ye shall bless
the children of Israël, saying unto
them,
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep
thee:
25 The Lord make his face shine
upon thee, and be gracions unto thee:
26 The Lord lift up his countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace.
27 And they shall put my name
upon the children of Israël; and I will
bless them.
CHAPTER 7
AND it came to pass on the day that
jl\. Moses had fully set up the taber
nacle, and had anointed it, and sanc-
tified it, and ail the instruments there-
of, both the altar and ail the vessels
thereof, and had anointed them, and
sanctified them;
2 That the princes of Israël, heads
of the house of their fathers, who were
the princes of the tribes, and were over
them that were numbered, offered:
3 And they brought their offering
before the Lord, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of
the princes, and for each one an ox:
and they brought them before the
tabemacle.
4 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
5 Take it of them,that they may be
to do the service of the tabemacle of
the congrégation; and thou shalt give
them unto the Levites, to every man
according to his service.
6 And Moses took the wagons and
the oxen, and gave them unto the Le
vites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he
gave unto the sons of Ger'-shon, ac
cording to their service:
8 And four wagons and eight oxen
he gave unto the sons of Me-ra-ri, ac
cording unto their service, under the
hand of Ith-a-mar the son of Aaron
the priest.
9 But unto the sons of Ko-hath he
gave none: because the service of the
sanctuary belonging imto them was
that they should bear upon their
shoulders.
10 And the princes offered for dedi-
cating of the altar in the day that it
was anointed, even the princes offered
their offering before the altar.
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11 And the Lord said unto Moses, lamb ofthe first year,for a bximt offer
They shall ofîer their ôfîering, each ing:
prince on his day, for the dedicating 28 One kid of the goats for a sin
of the altar. offering:
12 And he that offered his offering 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
the first day was Nah-shon the son of ings,two oxen,five tams,five he goats,
Am-min-a-dab, of the tribe of Judcih: five lambs of the first year: this was the
13 And his offering was one silver offering of E-li-ab the son of He-Ion.
dtiarger, the weight thereof was an 30 On the fourth day E-li-zur the
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver son of Shed-e-ur,prince of the children
bowl of seventy shekels, after the bf Reuben, did offer:
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them 31 His offering was one silver charg
were full of fine flour mingled with oil er of the weight of an himdred and
for a meat offering: thirty shekels, one silver bowl of sev
14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, enty shekels, after the shekel of the
full of incense: sanctuary; both of them full of fine
15 One young bullock, one ram,one flour mingled with oil for a meat offer
lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer ing:
ing: 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
16 One kid of the goats for a sin full of incense:
offering: 33 One young bullock, one ram« one
17 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer
ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats, ing:
five lambs of the first year: this was 34 One kid of the goats for a sin
the offering of Nah-shon the son of offering:
Am-min-a-dab. 35 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
18 On the second day Ne-than-e-el ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats,
the son of Zu-ar, prince of Is-sa-char, five lambs of the first year: this was the
did offer: offering of E-li-zur the son of Shed-
19 He offered for his offering one e-ur.
silver charger, the weight whereof was 36 On the fifth day She-lu-mi-el the
an hundred and thirty shekels, one sil son of Zu-ri-shad-da-i, prince of the
ver bowl of seventy shekels, after the children of Simeon, did offer:
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them 37 His offering was one silver charg
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a er, the weight whereof was an hundred
meat offering: and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
full of incense: sanctuary; both of them full of fine
21 One young bullock, one ram,one flour mingled with oil for a meat offer
lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer ing:
ing: 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
22 One kid of the goats for a sin full of incense:
offering: 39 One young bullock, one ram,one
23 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer
Ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats, ing:
five lambs of the first year: this was 40 One kid of the goats for a sin
the offering of Ne-than'-e-el the son of offering:
Zu-ar. 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
24 On the third day E-li-ab the son ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats,
of He'-lon, prince of the children of five lambs of the first year: this was the
Zeb-u-lun, did o/fer; offering of She-lu-mi-el the son of Zu-
25 His offering was one silver charg ri-shad-da-i.
er, the weight whereof was an hundred 42 On the sixth day E-li'-a-saph the
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl bf son of Deu-el, prince of the children of
sevepty shekels, after the shekel of the Gad, offered:
sanctuary; both of them full of fine 43 His offering was one silver charg
fiour mingled with oil for a meat offer er of the weight of an hundred and
ing: thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy
26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, shekels, after the shekel of the ssmctu-
fiiU of incei^e: ary; both of them full of fine flour
27 One young bullock, one ram,one mingled with oil for a meat offering:
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44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
full of incense: seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
45 One young bullock, one ram,one sanctuary; both of them full of fine
lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer- flour mingled with oil for a meat offer
ing: ing:
46 One kid of the goats for a sin 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
offering: full of incense:
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- 63 One young bullock, one ram,one
ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats» lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer
five lambs ofthe first year: this was the ing:
offering of E-Ii-a-saph the son of 64 One kid of the goats for a sin
Deu-el. offering:
48 On the seventh day E-lish-a-ma 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
the son of Am-mi-hud, prince of the ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats,
children of E-phra-im, offered: five leunbs of the first year: this was the
49 His offering was one silver charg offering of Ab'-i-dan the son of Gid-e-
er, tiie weight whereof was an hundred o-ni.
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 66 On the tenth day A-hi-e-zer the
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the son of Am-mi-shad'-da-i, prince of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine children of Dan, offered:
flour mingled with oil for a meat offer 67 His offering was one silver charg
ing: er, the weight whereof was an hundred
50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
full of incense: seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
51 One young bullock, one ram,one sanctuary; both of them full of fine
lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer flour mingled with oil for a meat offer
ing: ing:
52 One kid of the goats for a sin 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
offering: full of incense:
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- 69 One young bullock, one ram,one
ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats, lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer
five lambs of the first year: this was the ing:
offering of E-lish-a-ma the son of Am- 70 One kid of the goats for a sin
mi-hud. offering:
54 On the eighth day offered Ga- 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
ma-li-el the son of Pe-dah-zur, prince ings, two oxen,five rams,five he goats,
of the children of Ma-nas-seh: five lambs of the first year: this was the
55 His offering was one silver charg offering of A-hi-e'-zer the son of Am-
er of the weight of an hundred and mi-shad'-da-i.
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of sev 72 On the eleventh day Pa'-gi-el the
enty shekels, after the shekel of the son of Oc'-ran, prince of the children of
sanctuary; both of them full of fine Asher, offered:
flour mingled with oil fôr a meat offer 73 His offering was one silver charg
ing: er, the weight whereof was an hundred
56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
fiill of incense: seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
57 One young bullock, one ram,one sanctuary; both of them full of fine
lamb ofthe first year,for a bumt offer flour mingled with oil for a meat offer
ing: ing:
58 One kid of the goats for a sin 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
offering: full of incense:
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- 75 One young bullock, one ram,one
ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats, lamb of the first year,for a bumt offer
five lambs ofthe first year: this was the ing:
offering of Ga-ma-li-el the son of Pe- 76 One kid of the goats for a sin
dah-zur. offering:
60 On the ninth day Ab'-i-dan the 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offer-
son of Gid-e-o-ni, prince of the chil ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats,
dren of Benjamin, offered: five lambs ofthe first year: this was the
61 His offering was one silver charg offering of Pa'-gi-el the son of Oc'-ran.
er,the weight whereof was an hundrâ 78 On the twelfth day A-hi'-ra the
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son of E-nan, prince of the children of him, When thou lightest the lamps,
Naph-ta-li, offered: the seven lamps shaU give Ught over
79 His offering was one silver charg against the candlestick.
er, the weight whereof was an hundred 3 And Aaron did so; he Ughted the
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of lamps thereof over against the candie-
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the stick, as the Lord commanded Moses.
sanctuary; hoth of them full of fine 4 And this work of the candlestick
fiour mingled with oil for a meat offer was of beaten gold, imto the shaft
ing: thereof, unto the fiowers thereof, was
80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, beaten work: according unto the pat-
full of incense: tem which the Lord had shewed Mo
Si One young bullock, one ram,one ses, so he made the candlestick.
lamb ofthe first year,for a bumt offer 5 And the Lord spake imto Moses,
ing: saying,
82 One kid of the goats for a sin 6 Take the Levites from among the
offering: chUdren of Israël, and cleanse them.
83 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- 7 And thus shalt thou do unto
ings,two oxen,five rams,five he goats, them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water
five lambs of the first year: this was the of purifying upon them, and let them
offering of A-hi-ra the son of E-nan. shave ail their fiesh, and let them wash
84 This was the dedication of the their clothes, and so make themselves
altar,in the day when it was anointed, clean.
by the princes of Israël: twelve charg- 8 Then let them take a yoimg bul
ers of silver, twelve silver bowls, lock with his meat offering, even fine
twelve spoons of gold: fiour mingled with oU, and suiother
85 Each charger of silver weighing young bullock shalt thou take for a sin
an hundred and thirty shekels, each offering.
bowl seventy: ail the silver vessels 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites
weighed two thousand and four hun before the tabemacle of the congréga
dred shekels, after the shekel of the tion: and thou shalt gather the whole
sanctuary: assembly of the chUdren of Israël to-
86 The golden spoons were twelve, gether:
full of incense, weighing ten shekels 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites
apiece, after the shekel of the sanctu before the Lord: and the chUdren of
ary: ail the gold of the spoons was an Israël shall put their hands upon the
hundred and twenty shekels. Levites:
87 AU the oxen for the bumt offer 11 And Aaron shall offer the Le
ing were twelve bullocks, the rams vites before the Lord for an offering
twelve, the lambs of the first year of the chUdren of Israël,that they may
twelve, with their meat offering: and execute the service of the Lord.
the kids of the goats for sin offering 12 And the Levites shall lay their
twelve. hands upon the heads of the bullocks:
88 And ail the oxen for the sacrifice and thou shalt offer the one for a sin
of the peace offerings were twenty and offering, and the other for a bumt of
four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he fering, unto the Lord, to make an
goats sixty, the lambs of the first year atonement for the Levites.
sixty. This was the dedication of the 13 And thou shalt set the Levites
altar, after that it was anointed. before Aaron, and before his sons, and
89 And when Moses was gone into offer them for an offering unto the
the tabernacle of the congrégation to Lord.
speak with him, then he heard the 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le
voice of one speaking unto him from vites from among the chUdren of Is
off the mercy seat that was upon the raël: and the Levites shall be mine.
ark of testimony, from between the 15 And after that shall the Levites
two chembims: and he spake unto go in to do the service of the tabemacle
him. of the congrégation: and thou shalt
cleanse them^ and offer them for an
CHAPTER 8 offering.
4ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 16 For they are whoUy given unto
/\ saying, me from among the chUdren of Israël;
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto instead of such as open every womb.
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even instead of the firstbom of ail the 2 Let the children of Israël also
diildren of Israël, have I taken them keep the passover at his appointed
unto me. seasdn.
17 For ail the firstbom of the chil- 3 In the fourteenth day of this
dren of Israël are mine, both man and month, at even, ye shall keep it in his
beast: on the day that I smote every appointed season: according to ail the
firstbom in the land of Egypt I sanc- rites of it, and according to ail the céré
tified them for myself. monies thereof, shall ye keep it.
18 And I have taken the Levites for 4 And Moses spake unto the chil
ail the firstbom of the children of Is dren of Israël, that they should keep
raël. the passover.
19 And I have given the Levites as 5 And they kept the passover on the
a gift to Aaron and to his sons from fourteenth day of the first month at
among the children of Israël, to do the even in the wildemess of Si-nai: ac
service of the children of Israël in the cording to ail that the Lord com
tabemacle of the congrégation, and to manded Moses, so did the children of
make an atonement for the children of Israël.
Israël: that there be no plague among 6 And there were certain men, who
the children of Israël, when the chil were defiled by the dead body of a
dren of Israël come nigh unto the sanc- man, that they could not keep the
tuary. passover on that day: and they came
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and ail before Moses and before Aaron on that
the congrégation of the children of Is day:
raël, did to the Levites according unto 7 And those men said unto him, We
ail that the Lord commanded Moses are defiled by the dead body of a man:
conceming the Levites, so did the chil wherefore are we kept back, that we
dren of Israël unto them. may not offer an offering of the Lord
21 And the Levites were purified, in his appointed season among the
and they washed their clothes; and children of Israël?
Aaron offered them as an ofïering be- 8 And Moses said unto them, Stand
fore the Lord; and Aaron made an still, and I will hear what the Lord
atonement for them to cleanse them. will command conceming you.
22 And after that went the Levites 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
in to do their service in the tabemacle saying,
of the congrégation before Aaron, and 10 Speak unto the children of Is
before his sons: as the Lord had com raël, saying, If any man of you or of
manded Moses conceming the Levites, your posterity shall be unclean by rea-
so did they unto them. son.of a dead body, or be in a joumey
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, afar off, yet he shall keep the passover
saying, unto the Lord.
24 This is it that bélongeth unto the 11 The fourteenth day of the second
Levites: from twenty and five years month at even they shall keep it, and
old and upward they shall go in to eat it with unleavened bread and bit-
wait upon the service of the tabemacle ter herbs,
of the congrégation: 12 They shall leave none of it unto
25 And from the âge of fifty years the moming, nor break any bone of it:
they shall cease waiting upon the ser according to ail the ordinances of the
vice thereof, and shall serve no more: passover they shall keep it.
26 But shall minister with their 13 But the man that is clean, and is
brethren in the tabernacle of the con not in a joumey, and forbeareth to
grégation, to keep the charge, and keep the passover, even the same soul
shall do no service. Thus shalt thou shall be eut off from among his people:
do unto the Levites touching their because he brought not the offering of
charge. the Lord in his appointed season,that
man shall bear his sin.
CHAPTER 9 14 And if a stranger shall sojoum
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in among you,and will keep the passover
/\ the wildemess of Si-nai, in the unto the Lord; according to the ordi-
first month of the second year after nance of the passover, and according
they were come out of the land of to the manner thereof, so shall he do:
Egypt, saying. ye shall have one ordinance, both for
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the stranger, and for him that was them, ail the assembly shall assemble
bom in the land. themselves to thee at the door of the
15 And on the day that the taber tabemacle of the congrégation.
nacle was reared up the cloud covered 4 And if they blow but with one
the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the trumpet, then the princes, which are
testimony; and at even there was upon heads of the thousands of Israël, shedl
the tabernacle as it were the appear- gather themselves unto thee.
ance of fire, until the moming. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the
16 So it was alway: the cloud cov camps that lie on the east parts shall
ered it hy day, and the appearance of go forward.
fire by night. 6 When ye blow an alarm the sec
17 And when the cloud was taken ond time, then the camps that lie on
up from the tabernacle,then after that the south side shall tàke their joumey:
the children of Israël joumeyed: and they shall blow an alarm for their jour-
in the place where the cloud abode, neys.
there the children of Israël pitched 7 But when the congrégation is to
their tents. be gathered together, ye shall blow,
18 At the conunandment of the but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Lord the children of Israël joumeyed, 8 And the sons of Aaron,the priests,
and at the conunandment of the Lord shall blow with the trumpets;and they
they pitched: as long as the cloud shall be to you for an ordinance for
abode upon the tabernacle they rested ever throughout your générations.
in their tents. 9 And if ye go to war in your land
19 And when the cloud tarried long against the enemy that oppresseth
upon the tabemacle many days, then you, then ye shall blow an alarm with
the children of Israël kept the charge the trumpets; and ye shall be remem-
of the Lord, and joumeyed not. bered before the Lord your God, and
20 And so it was, when the cloud ye shall be saved from your enemies.
was a few days upon the tabemacle; 10 Also in the day of your gladness,
according to the commandment of the and in your solemn days, and in the
Lord they abode in their tents, and beginnings of your months, ye shall
according to the commandment of the blow with the trumpets over your
Lord they joumeyed. bumt ofîerings, and over the sacrifices
21 And so it was, when the cloud of your peace offerings; that they may
abode from even unto the moming, be to you for a mémorial before your
and that the cloud was taken up in the God: I am the Lord your God.
moming,then they joumeyed: wheth- 11 And it came to pass on the twen-
er it was by day or by night that the tieth day of the second month, in the
cloud was taken up, they joumeyed. second year, that the cloud was taken
22 Or whether it were two days, or a up from off the tabemacle of the testi
month, or a year, that the cloud tar mony.
ried upon the tabemacle, remaining 12 And the children of Israël took
thereon, the children of Israël abode their joumeys out of the wildemess of
in their tents, and joumeyed not: but Si-nai: and the cloud rested in the wil
when it was taken up, they joumeyed. demess of Paran.
23 At the commandment of the 13 And they first took their joumey
Lord they rested in the tents, and at according to the commandment of the
the conunandment of the Lord they Lord by the hand of Moses.
joumeyed:they kept the charge of the 14 In the first place went the stand
Lord, at the commandment of the ard of the camp of the children of Ju-
Lord by the hand of Moses. dah according to their armies: and
over hi? host was Nah-shon the son of
CHAPTER 10 Am-min-a-dab.
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 15 And over the host of the tribe of
J\ saying, the (diUdren pf Is-sa-char was Ne-
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; than-e-el the son of Zu-ar.
of a whole piece shalt thou make them: 16 And over the host of the tribe of
that thou mayest use them for the the children of Zeb-u-lun was E-U-ab
calling of the assembly, and for the the son of He-lon.
joumeying of the camps. 17 And the tabemacle was taken
3 And when they shall blow with down; and the sons of Geri-shon and
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the sons of Me-ra-ri set forward, bear- 33 And they departed from the
Ing the tabernacle. mount of the Lord three days' jour-
18 And the standard of the camp of ney: and the ark of the covenant of the
Reuben set forward according to their Lord went before them in the three
armies: and over his host was E-li-zur days' joumey, to search out a resting
the son of Shed-e-ur. place for them.
19 And over the host of the tribe of 34 And the cloud of the Lord was
the dWldren of Simeon was She-lu-mi upon them by day, when they went
el the son of Zu-ri-shad-da-i. out of the camp.
20 And over the host of the tribe of 35 And it came to pass, when the
the children of Gad was E-li-a-saph the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise
son of Deu-el. up. Lord, and let thine enemies be
21 And the Ko-hath-ites set for scattered; and let them that hate thee
ward, bearing the sanctuàry: and fhe flee before thee.
other did set up the tabernacle against 36 And when it rested, he said, Re-
they came. turn, O Lord, unto the many thou-
22 And the standard of the camp of sands of Israël.
the children of E'-phra-im set forward
according to their armies: and over his CHAPTER II
host was Eli'-shama the son of Am- A ND when the people complained, it
mi-hud. /1l displeased the Lord: and the
23 And over the host of the tribe of Lord heard it; and his anger was kin-
the children of Ma-nas'^seh was Ga-ma- dled; and the fire of the Lord bumt
li-el the son of Pe-dah-zur. among them, and consumed them that
24 And over the host of the tribe of were in the uttermost parts of the
the children of Benjamin was Ab'-i-dan camp.
the son of Gid-e-o-ni. 2 And the people cried unto Moses;
25 And the standard of the camp of and when Moses prayed unto the
the children of Dan set forward, which Lord, the fire was quenched.
was the rereward of ail the camps 3 And he called the name of the
throughout their hosts: and over his place Tab'-e-rah: because the fire of the
host was A-hi-e-zer the son of Am-mi- Lord bumt among them.
shad-da-i. 4 And the mixt multitude that was
26 And over the host of the tribe of among them fell a lusting: and the chil
the children of Asher was Pa'-gi-el the dren of Israël also wept again, and
son of Oc'-ran. said, Who shall give us fiesh to eat?
27 And over the host of the tribe of 5 We remember the fish, which we
the children of Naph'-ta-li was A-hi-ra <iid eat in Egyptfreely; the cucumbers,
the son of E-nan. and the melons, and the leeks, and the
28 Thus were the joumeyings of the onions, and the garlick:
children of Israël according to their 6 But now our soul is dried away:
armies, when they set forward. there is nothing at ail, beside this man-
29 And Moses said unto Ho'-bab, na, hefore our eyes.
the son of Ra-gu'-el the Mid'-i-an-ite, 7 And the manna was as coriander
Moses* father in law, We are joumey- seed, and the colour thereof as the col-
ing unto the place of which the Lord our of bdellium.
said, I will give it you: come thou with 8 And the people went about, and
us, and we will do thee good: for the gathered it, and ground it in mills, or
Lord hath spoken good conceming beat it in a mortar, and baked it in
Israël. pans, and made cakes of it: and the
30 And he said unto him, I will not taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
go; but I wUl départ to mine own land, 9 And when the dew fell upon the
and to my kindred. camp in the night, the manna fell upon
31 And he said, Leave us not,I pray it.
thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how 10 Then Moses heard the people
we are to encamp in the wildemess,and weep throughout their families, èvery
thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. man in the door of his tent: and the
32 And it shall be, if thou go with anger of the Lord was Idndled greatly;
us, yea,it shall be, that what goodness Moses also was displeâsed.
the Lord shall do unto us, the same 11 And Moses said unto the Lord,
will we do unto thee. Wherefore hast thou afïlicted thy ser-
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vant? and wherefore hâve I not fôund Is the Lord's hand waxed short? thou
favour in thy sight, that thou layest shalt see now whether my word shall
the burden of ail this people upon me? come to pass unto thee or not.
12 Have I Gonceived ail this people? 24 And Moses went out, and told
haye I begotten them, that thou the people the wotds of the Lord,and
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in gathered the seventy men of the eld
thy bosom,as a nursing fatherbeareth ers of the people, and set them round
the sucking child, imto the land which about the tabernacle.
thou swarest unto their fathers? 25 And the Lord came down in a
13 Whence should I have flesh to cloud, and spake unto him, and took
give imto ail this people? for they weep of the spirit that was upon him, and
unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that gave it unto the seventy elders: and it
we may eat, came to pass, that, when the spirit
14 I am not able to beat ail this peo rested upon them, they propheàed,
ple alone, because it is too heavy for £Uid did not cease.
me. 26 But there remained two of fhe
15 And if thou deal thus with me, men in the camp, the name of the one
kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I was El-dad,and the name of the other
have found favour in thy sight; and Me-dad: and the spirit rested upon
let me not see my wretchedness. them; 2ind they were of them that were
16 And the Lord said unto Moses, written, but went not out unto the
Gather unto me seventy men of the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the
elders of Israël, whom thou knowest to camp.
be the elders of the people, and officers 27 And there ran a young man,and
over tiiem; and bring them unto the told Moses, and said, Er-dad and Me-
tabernacle of the congrégation, that dad do prophesy in the camp.
they may stand there with thee. 28 And Joshua the son of Nûn,the
17 And I will come down and talk servant of Moses, one of his young
with thee there: and I will take of the men, answered and said, My lord Mo
spirit which is upon thee, and will put ses, forbid them.
it upon them; and they shall bear the 29 And Moses said unto him, En-
burden of the people with thee, that viest thou for my sake? would.God
thou bear it not fhyself àlone. that ail the Lord's people were pro-
18 And say thou unto the people, phets, and that the Lord would put
Sahctify yourselves against to mor- his spirit upon théiti!
row, and ye shall eat flesh:for ye have 30 And Moses gat him into the
wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, camp, he and the elders of Israël.
Who shall give us flesh to eat? for U 31 And there went forth à wind
was well with us in Egypt: therefore from the Lord^ and brought quails
the Lord will give you flesh, and ye from the sea, and let them fall by the
shall eat. camp, as it were a day's joumey on
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two this side, and as it were a day's jour-
days, nor flve days, neither ten days, ney on the other side, round àbout the
nor twenty days; camp, and as it were two cubits higfi
20 But even a whole month, until it upon the face of the earth.
come out at your nostrils, and it be 32 And the people stood up ail that
loathsome unto you: because that ye day,and ail that night,and ail the next
have despised the Lord which is day, and they gathered the quails: he
among you,and have wept before him, that gathered least gathered ten ho-
saying, Why came we forth out of mers: and they spread them ail abroad
Egypt? for themselves round about the camp.
21 And Moses' said, The people, 33 And while the flesh was yet be-
among whom I am, are six himdred tween their teeth, ere it was chewed,
thousand footmen; and thou hast said, the wrath of the Lord was kindled
I will give them flesh, that they may against = the people, and the Lord
eat a whole month. smote the people with a very great
22 ShaU the flocks and the herds be plague.
slain for them,to sufficè th«n? or shall 34 And he called the name of that
ail the flsh of the sea be gathered to^ placé Kib-roth-hat-ta-a-vah: because
gether for them, to sufiice them? there they buried the people that
23 And the Lord said unto Moses, lusted.
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35 And the people joumeyed from en days, and after that let her be re-
Kib-roth-hat-ta'-a-vah unto Ha-ze- ceived in again.
roth; and abode at Ha-ze-roth. 15 And Miriam was shut out from
the camp seven days: and the people
CHAPTER 12 joumeyed not till Miriam was brought
AND Miriam and Aaron spake in again.
against Moses because of the 16 And afterward the people re-
E-thi-o-pi-an woman whohi he had moved from Ha-ze'-roth, and pitched
married: for he had married an E-thi- in the wildemess of Paran.
o-pi-an womàn.
2 And they said, Hath the Lord in- CHAPTER 13
deed spokeh only by Moses? hath he AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
not spoken also by us? And the Lord jC\ saying,
heard it 2 Send thou men, that they may
3 (Now the man Moses was very search the land of Canaan, which I
meek, above ail the men which were give unto the children of Israël: of
upon the face of the earth.) every tribe of their fathers shall ye
4 And the Lord spake suddenly un send a man, every one a ruler among
to Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto them.
Miricim, Corne ont ye three unto the 3 And Moses by the commandment
tabernacle of the congrégation. And of the Lord sent them from the wilder-
they three came ont. ness of Paran: ail those men were heads
5 And the Lord came down in the of the children of Israël.
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the 4 And these were their names: of the
door of the tabernacle, and called tribe of Reuben, Sham-mu'-a the son
Aaron and Miriam; and they both of Zac-cur.
cameforth. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Sha'-phat
6 And he said, Hear now my words: the son of Ho-ri.
If there be a prophet among you, I the 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
Lord will make myself Imown unto son of Je-phun'-neh.
him in a vision, and will speak unto 7 Of the tribe of Is'-sa-char, l'-gal
him in a dream. the son of Joseph.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who 8 Ofthe tribe of E-phra-im,O-she-a
is faithful in ail mine house. the son of Nun.
8 With him will I speak mouth to 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Pal'-ti
mouth, even apparently, and not in the son of Ra-phu.
dark speeches; and the similitude of 10 Of the tribe of Zeb'-u-lun, Gad-
the Lord shall he behold: wherefore di-el the son of So-di.
then were ye not afraid to speak 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely,
against my servant Moses? of the tribe of Ma-nas-seh, Gad-di the
9 And the anger of the Lord was son of Su'-si.
kindled against them;and he departed. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am'-mi-el
10 And the cloud departed from off the son of Ge-mal-li.
the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Se-thur
hecame leprous, white as snow: and the son of Michael.
Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, be 14 Of the tribe of Naph'-ta-li, Nah'-
hold, she was leprous. bi the son of Voph'-si.
11 And Aaron said imto Moses, 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Ge-u'-el the
Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not son of Ma-chi.
the sin upon us, wherein we have done 16 These are the names of the men
foôlishly^ and wherein we have sinned. which Moses sent to spy out the land.
12 Let her not be as one dead, of And Moses called O-she-a the son of
whom the flesh is half consumed when Nun Je-hosh'-u-a.
he cometh out of his mother's womb. 17 And Moses sent them to spy out
13 And Moses cried imto the Lord, the land of Canaan, and said unto
saying, Heal her now, O God, I be them, Get you up this way southward,
seech thee. and go up into the mountain:
14 And the Lord said unto Moses, 18 And see the land, what it is; and
If her father had but spit in her face, the people that dwelleth therein,
should she not be ashamed seven days? whether they he strong or weak,few or
let her be shut out from the camp sev many;
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19 And what the land is that they 32 And they brought up an evil re
dwell in, whether it he good or bad;and port of the land which they had search
what cities they he that they dwell in, ed unto the children of Israël, saying,
whether in tents, or in strong holds; The land,through which we have gone
20 And what the land is, whether it to search it, is a land that eateth up
he fat or lean, whether there be wood the inhabitants thereof; and ail the
therein, or not. And be ye of good people that we saw in it are men of a
courage, and bring of the fruit of the great stature.
land. Now the time was the time of the 33 And there we saw the giants, the
firstripe grapes. sons of Anak, which corne of the giants:
21 So they went up, and searched and we were in our own sight as grass-
the land from the wildemess of Zin un- hoppers, and so we were in their sight.
to Re'-hob, as men corne to Ha-math.
22 And they ascended by the south, CHAPTER 14
and came unto Hebron; where A-hi- AND ail the congrégation lifted up
man, She-shai, and Tal-mai, the chil- J\ their voice, and cried; and the
dren of Anak, were.(Now Hebron was people wept that night.
built seven years before Zo-an in 2 And ail the children of Israël mur-
Egypt.) mured against Moses and against
23 And they came imto the brook Aaron: and the whole congrégation
of Esh-col, and eut down from thence said unto them, Would God that we
a branch with one cluster of grapes, had died in the land of Egypt! or
and they bare it between two upon a would God we had died in this ^der-
staff; and they hrought of the pome- ness!
granates, and of the hgs. 3 And wherefore hath the Lord
24 The place was called the brook brought us unto this land, to fall by
Esh-col, because of the cluster of the sword,that our wives and our chil
grapes which the children of Israël eut dren should be a prey? were it not
down from thence. better for us to return into Egypt?
25 And they retumed from search- 4 And they said one to another, Let
ing of the land after forty days. us make a captain, and let us retum
26 And they went and came to Mo- into Egypt.
ses, and to Aaron, and to ail the con 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on
grégation of the children of Israël, un their faces before ail the assembly of
to the wildemess of Paran,to Ka-desh; the congrégation of the children of Is
and brought back word unto them, raël.
and unto ail the congrégation, and 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and
shewed them the fmit of the land. Caleb the son of Je-phun-neh, which
27 And they told him,and said, We were of them that searched the land,
came unto the land whither thou sent- rent their clothes:
est us, and surely it floweth with milk 7 And they spake unto ail the Com
and honey; and this is the fmit of it. pany of the children of Israël, saying,
28 Nevertheless the people he strong The land, which we passed through to
that dwell in the land, and the cities search it, is an exceeding good land.
are walled, and very great: and more- S If the Lord delight in us, then he
over we saw the children of Anak will bring us into this land, and give
there. it us; a land which floweth with milk
29 The Am-a-lek-ites dwell in the and honey.
land of the south: and the Hittites, and 9 Only rebel not ye against the
the Jeb-u-sites, and the Amorites, Lord, neither fear ye the people of the
dwell in the mountains: and the Ca- land; for they are bread for us: their
naanites dwell by the sea, and by the defence is departed from them, and
coast of Jordan. the Lord is with us: fear them not.
30 And Caleb stilled the people be 10 But ail the congrégation bade
fore Moses, and said, Let us go up at stone them with stones. And the glory
once, and possess it; for we are well of the Lord appeared in the tabemacle
able to overcome it. of the congrégation before ail the chil
31 But the men that went up with dren of Israël.
him said, We be not able to go up 11 And the Lord said unto Moses,
against the people;for they are strong- How long will this people provoke me?
er than we. and how long will it be ere they be-
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lieve me,for ail the signs which I have Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To-
shewed among them? morrow tum you,and get you into the
12 I will smlte them wlth the pesti wildemess by the way of the Red sea.
lence, and disinherit them, and will 26 And the Lord spake imto Moses
make of thee a greater nation and and unto Aaron, saying,
mightier than they. 27 How long shall I bear with this
13 And Moses said unto the Lord, evil congrégation, which murmur
Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for against me? I have heard the murmur-
thou broughtest up this people in thy ings of the children of Israël, which
might from among them;) they murmur against me.
14 And they will tell it to the in 28 Say unto them. As tnily as I live,
habitants of this land: for they have saith the Lord, as ye have spoken ia
heard that thou Lord art among this mine ears, so will I do to you:
people, that thou Lord art seen face 29 Your carcases shall fall in this
to face, and that thy cloud standeth wildemess; and ail that were num-
over them, and that thou goest before bered of you, according to your whole
them, by day time in a pillar of a number, from twenty years old and
cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. upward,which have murmured against
15 Now if thou shalt kill ail this me,
people as one man, then the nations 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into
which have heard the famé of thee will the land, conceming which I sware to
speak, saying, make you dwell therein, save Caleb
16 Because the Lord was not able the son of Je-phun-neh, and Joshua
to bring this people into the land the son of Nun.
which he sware unto them, therefore 31 But your little ones, which ye
he hath slain them in the wildemess. said should be a prey, them will I
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the bring in, and they shall know the land
power of my Lord be great, according which ye have despised.
as thou hast spoken, saying, 32 But as for you, your carcases,
18 The Lord is longsuffering, and they shall fall in this wildemess.
of great mercy,forgiving iniquity and 33 And your children shall wander
transgression, and by no means clear in the wildemess forty years, and bear
ing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of your whoredoms, until your carcases
the fathers upon the children unto the be wasted in the wildemess.
third and fourth génération, 34 After the number of the days in
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the in which ye searched the land, even forty
iquity of this people according unto the days,each day for a year,shall ye bear
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou your iniquities, even forty years, and
hast forgiven this people, from Egypt ye shall know my breach of promise.
even until now. 35 I the Lord have said, I will sure
20 And the Lord said, I have par- ly do it unto ail this evil congrégation,
doned according to thy word: that are gathered together against me:
21 But as truly as I live, ail the in this wildemess they shall be con-
earth shall be filled with the glory of sumed, and there they shall die.
the Lord. 36 And the men, which Moses sent
22 Because ail those men which to search the land, who returned, and
have seen my glory, and my miracles, made ail the congrégation to murmur
which I did in Egypt and in the wilder- against him, by bringing up a slander
ness, and have tempted me now these upon the land,
ten times, and have not hearkened to 37 Even those men that did bring
my voice; up the evil report upon the land, died
23 Surely they shall not see the land by the plague before the Lord.
which I sware unto their fathers, nei- 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and
ther shall any of them that provoked Caleb the son of Je-phun-neh, which
me see it: were of the men that went to search
24 But my servant Galeb, because the land, lived stilL
he had another spirit with him, and 39 And Moses told these sayings un
hath followed me fully, him will I to ail the children of Israël: and the
bring into the land whereinto he went; people moumed greatly.
and his seed shall possess it. 40 And they rose up early in the
25 (Now the Am-a-lek-ites and the moming,and gat them up into the top
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of the mountain, saying, I^, we be 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink
here, and will go up unto the place offering half an hin of wine, for an of
which the Lord hath promised:for we fering made by fire» of a sweet savour
have shined. unto the Lord.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now 11 Thus shall it be done for one bul
do ye transgress the commandment of lock, or for one ram» or for a lamb» or
the Lord? but it shall not prosper. a kid.
42 Go not Up, for the Lord is not 12 According to the number that ye
among you; that ye be not smitten be- shall préparé, so shall ye do to every
fore your enemles. one according to their number.
43 For the Am-a-lek-ites and the 13 AU that are bom of the coimtry
Canaanites are there before you, and shall do these things after this manner»
ye shall fall by the sword; because ye in offering an offering made by fire, of
are tumed away from the Lord,there- a sweet savour unto the Lord.
fore the Lord will not be with you. 14 And if a stranger sojoum with
44 But they presumed to go up unto you, or whosoeyer be among you in
the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the your générations, and wUl offer an of
covenant of the Lord, and Moses, de- fering made by fire, of a sweet savour
parted not out of the camp. unto the Lord;as ye do,so he shaU do*
45 Then the Am-a-lek-ites came 15 One ordinance shaU be both for
down,and the Canaanites which dwelt you of the congrégation, and also for
in that hill, and smote them, and dis- the stranger that sojoumeth with you,
comfited them, even unto Hor'-mah. an ordinance for ever in your généra
tions: as ye are, so shaU the stranger be
CHAPTER 15 before the Lord.
AND the Lord spake unto Moses» 16 One law and one manner shaU be
/V saying, for you, and for the stranger that so
2 Speak imto the children of Israël» joumeth with you.
and say imto them» When ye be come 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses»
into the land of your habitations» saying,
which I give unto you, 18 Speak unto the chUdren of Is
3 And will make an offering by fire raël, and say unto them» When ye
' unto the Lord, a bumt offering, or a come into the land whither I bring you»
sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a 19 Then it shaU be, that, when ye
freewill offering, or in your solemn eat of the bread of the land, ye shaU
feasts, to make a sweet savour unto offer up an heave offering unto the
the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock: Lord.
4 Then shaU he that offereth his of 20 Ye shaU offer up a cake of the
fering unto the Lord bring a meat first pf your dough for an heave offerr
offering of a tenth deal of flour min- ing: as ye do the heave offering of the
gled with the fourth pari of an hin of threshingfioor, so shall ye heave it.
oil. 21 Of the first of your dough ye
5 And the fourth part of an hin of shall give unto the Lord an heave of
wine for a drink offering shalt thou fering in your générations.
préparé with the bumt offering or sac 22 And if ye have erred, and not ob-
rifice, for one lamb. served ail these commandments,whidbi
6 Or for a ram, thou shalt préparé the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
for a meat offering two tenth deals of 23 Even ail that the Lord hath
flour mingled with the third part of an commanded you by the hand of Moses»
hin of oil. from the day that the Lord com
7 And for a drink offering thou manded Moses, and henceforward
shalt offer the third part of an hin of among your générations;
wine, for a sweet savour unto the 24 Then it shall be,if ought be com-
Lord. mitted by ignorance without the
8 And when thou preparest a bul- knowledge of the congrégation, that
lock for a bumt offering, or for a sac ail the congrégation shaU offer one
rifice in performing a vow» or peace of- young bullock for a bumt offering, for
ferings unto the Lord: a sweet savour unto the Lord, with
9 Then shall he bring with a bullock his meat offering, and his drink offer
a meat offering of three tenth deals of ing, according to the manner, and one
flour mingled with half an hin of oil* kid of the goats for a sin offering*
6
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25 And the priest shall make an garments throughout their généra

atonement for ail the congrégation of tions, and that they put upon the
the children of Israël, and it shall be fringe of the borders a ribband of blue;
forglven them; for it is ignorance: and 39 And it shall be unto you for a
they shall bring their offering, a sac fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
rifice made by fire unto the Lord, and remember ail the commandments of
their sin offering before the Lord, for the Lord, and do them; and that ye
their ignorance: seek not after your own'heart and your
26 And it shall be forglven ail the own eyes, after which ye use to go a
congrégation of the children of Israël, whoring:
and the stranger that sojoumeth 40 That ye may remember, and do
among them; seeing ail the people ail my commandments, and be holy
were in ignorance. unto your God.
27 And if any soul sin through igno 41 I am the Lord your God, which
rance, then he shall bring a she goat brought you out of the land of Egypt,
of the first year for a sin offering. to be your God: I am the Lord your
28 And the priest shall make an God.
atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by igno CHAPTER 16
rance before the Lord, to make an New Korah, the son of Iz'-har, the
atonement for him; and it shall be for son of Ko-hath, the son of Levi,
glven him. and Da-than and A-bi-ram, the sons
29 Ye shall have one law for him of E-li-ab, and On,the son of Pe-leth,
that sinneth through ignorance, both sons of Reuben, took men;
for him that is bom among the chil 2 And they rose up before Moses,
dren of Israël, and for the stranger with certain of the children of Israël,
that sojoumeth among them. two hundred and fifty princes of the
30 But the soul that doeth ought assembly,famous in the congrégation,
presumptuously, whether he he bom in men of renown:
the land, or a stranger, the same re- 3 And they gathered themselves to-
proacheth the Lord; and that soul gether against Moses and against Aar
shall be eut off from among his people. on, and said unto them, Ye take too
31 Because he hath despised the much upon you, seeing ail the congré
Word of the Lord,and hath broken his gation are holy,every one of them,and
commandment, that soul shall utterly the Lord is among them: wherefore
be eut off; his iniquity shall be upon then lift ye up yourselves above the
him. congrégation of the Lord?
32 And while the children of Israël 4 And when Moses heard it he fell
were in the wildemess, they found a upon his face:
man that gathered sticks upon the 5 And he spake unto Korah and un
sabbath day. to ail his Company, saying, Even to
33 And they that found him gath- morrow the Lord will shew who are
ering sticks brought him unto Moses his, and who is holy; and will cause
and Aaron, and unto ail the congréga him to come near unto him: even him
tion. whom he hath chosen will he cause to
34 And they put him in ward, be come near unto him.
cause it was not declared what should 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah,
be done to him. and ail his company;
35 And the Lord said unto Moses, 7 And put fire therein, and put in-
The man shall be surely put to death: cense in them before the Lord to mor
ail the congrégation shall stone him row: and it shall be that the man whom
with stones without the camp. the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy:
36 And ail the congrégation brought ye take too much upon you, ye sons of
him without the camp,and stoned him Levi.
with stones, and he died; as the Lord 8 And Moses said unto Korah,
commanded Moses. Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 9 Seemeth it but a small thing imto
saying, you, that the God of Israël hath sepa-
38 Speak unto the children of Is rated you from the congrégation of Is
raël, and bid them that they make raël, to bring you near to himself to do
them fringes in the borders of their the service of the tabernacle of the
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Lord, and to stand before the congré saying, Get you up from about the
gation to minister unto them? tabernacle of Korah, Da-than, and
10 And he hath brought thee near A-bi-ram.
to him, and ail thy brethren the sons 25 And Moses rose up and went un
of Levi with thee: and seek ye the to Da-than and A-bi-ram; and the eld-
priesthood also? ers of Israël followed him.
11 For which cause hath thou and 26 And he spake unto the congréga
ail thy Company are gathered together tion, saying. Départ, I pray you,from
against the Lord: and what is Aaron, the tents of these wicked men, and
that ye murmur against him? touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be con-
12 And Moses sent to call Da-than sumed in ail their sins.
and A-bi-ram, the sons of E-li-ab: 27 So they gat up from the taber
which said, We will not come up: nacle of Korah, Da-than, and A-bi-
13 Is it a small thing that thou hast ram, on every side: and Da-than and
brought us up out of a land that flow- A-bi-ram came out, and stood in the
eth with milk and honey, to kill us in door of their tents, and their wives,
the wildemess, except thou makè thy- and their sons,and their little children.
self altogether a prince over Us? 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall
14 Moreover thou hast not brought know that the Lord hath sent me to
us into a land that floweth with milk do ail these works; for I have not done
and honey, or given us inheritance of them of mine own mind.
fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out 29 If these men die the common
the eyes of these men? we will not death of ail men, or if they be visited
come up. after the Visitation of ail men;then the
15 And Moses was very wroth, and Lord hath not sent me.
said unto the Lord, Respect not thou 30 But if the Lord make a new
their offering: I have not taken one ass thing, and the earth open her mouth,
from them, neither have I hurt one of and swallow them up, with ail that ap-
them. pértain unto them, and they go down
16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be quick into the pit; then ye shall under-
thou and ail thy company before the stand that these men have provoked
Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, tô the Lord.
morrow: 31 And it came to pass, as he had
17 And take every man his censer, made an end of speaking ail these
and put incense in them, and bring ye words, that the ground clave asimder
before the Lord every man his censer, that was under them.
two hundred and fifty censers; thou 32 And the earth opened her mouth,
also, and Aaron,each of yoii his censer. and swallowed them upj and their
18 And they took every man his houses, and ail the men that apper-
censer, and put fire in them, and laid tained unto Korah, and ail their goods.
incense thereon, and stood in the door 33 They,and ail that appertained to
of the tabernacle of the congrégation them, went down alive into the pit,
with Moses and Aaron. and the earth closed upon them: and
19 And Korah gathered ail the con they perished from among the congré
grégation against them unto the door gation.
of the tabernacle of the congrégation: 34 And ail Israël that were round
and the glory of the Lord appeared about them fled at the cry of them:for
unto ail the congrégation. they said. Lest the earth swallow us up
20 And the Lord spake unto Moses also,
and unto Aaron, saying, 35 And there came out a fire from
21 Sèparate yourselves from among the Lord, and consumed the two hun
this congrégation, that I may consume dred and fifty men that ofîered In
them in a moment. cense.
22 And they fell upon their faces, 36 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
and said, O God,the God of the spirits saying,
of ail flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt 37 Speak unto E-le-a-zar the son of
thou be wroth with ail the congréga Aaron the priest, that he take up the
tion? censers out of the buming,and scatter
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, thou the fire yonder; for they are hal-
saying, lowed.
24 Speak unto the congrégation, 38 The censers of these sinners
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against their own soûls, let them make
them broad plates for a covering of the
altar: for they offered them before the
Lord,therefore they are hallowed: and
they shall be a sign unto the children
of Israël.
39 And E-le-a-zar the priest took
the brasen censers, wherewith they
that were bumt had offered; and they
were made broad plates for a covering
of the altan
40 To be a mémorial unto the chil
dren of Israël, that no stranger, which
is not of the seed of Aaron, come near
to offer incense before the Lord; that
he be not as Korah, and as his Com
pany: as the Lord said to him by the
hand of Moses.
41 But on the morrow ail the con
grégation of the children of Israël mur-
mured against Moses and against Aar
on, saying, Ye have killed the people
of the Lord.
42 And it came to pass, when the
congrégation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron, that they
looked toward the tabernacle of the
congrégation: and, behold, the cloud
covered it, and the glory of the Lord
appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came be
fore the tabernacle of the congréga
tion. of Aaron was among their rods.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 7 And Moses laid up the rods before
saytog, the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
45 Get you up from among this con 8 And it came to pass> that on the
grégation, that I may consume them
as in a moment. And they fell upon
their faces.
46 And Moses said imto Aaron, budded, and brought forth buds, and
Take a censer, and put fire therein
from off the altar, and put on incense,
and go quickly unto the congrégation,
and make an atonement for them: for
there is wrath gone out from the Lord;
the plague is begun.
47 And Aaron took as Moses com-
manded, and ran into the midst of the
congrégation; and, behold, the plague
was begun among the people: and he
put on incense, and made an atone
ment for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead
and the living; and the plague was
stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague
were fourteen thousand and seven
hundred, beside them that died about
the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron retumed unto Moses
unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congrégation: and the plague was
stayed.
CHAPTER 17
AND the Lord spake imto Moses,
l\ saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israël,
and take of every one of them a rod
according to the house of their fathers,
of ail their princes according to the
house of their fathers twelve rods:
Write thou every man's name upon his
rod.
3 And thou shalt write Aaron's
name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
shall he for the head of the house of
their fathers.
4 And thou shalt lay them up in the
tabernacle of the congrégation before
the testimony, where I will meet with
you.
5 And it shall come to pass, that the
man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall
blossom: and I will make to cease from
me the murmurings of the children of
Israël, whereby they murmur against
you.
6 And Moses spake imto the chil
dren of Israël, and every one of their
princes gave him a rod apiece,for each
prince one, according to their fathers'
houses, even twelve rods: and the rod
morrow Moses went into the taber
nacle of witness; and, behold, the rod
of Aaron for the house of Levi was
bloomed blossoms, and yielded al-
monds.
9 And Moses brought out ail the
rods from before the Lord imto ail the
children of Israël: and they looked,
and took every man his rod.
10 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Bring Aaron's rod again before the
testimony, to be kept for a token
against the rebels; and thou shalt quite
take away their murmuringsfrom me,
that they die not.
11 And Moses did so: as the Lord
commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israël spake
unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die,
we perish, we ail perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing
near unto the tabernacle of the Lord
shaU die: shall we be consumed with
dying?
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offerings of the children of Israël: I

CHAPTER 18 have given them unto thee, and to thy
AND the Lord said unto Aaron, sons and to thy daughters with thee,
/\ Thou and thy sons and thy fa- by a statute for ever: every one that is
ther's house with thee shall bear the clean in thy house shall eat of it.
iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou 12 AU the best of the oil, and ail the
and thy sons with thee shall bear the best of the wine, and of the wheat,the
iniquity of your priesthood. firstfruits of them which they shall
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe offer unto the Lord,them have I given
of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thee.
thou with thee, that they may be 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in
joined unto thee, and minister unto the land, which they shall bring unto
thee; but thou and thy sons with thee the Lord, shaU be thine; every one
shall minister before the tabernacle of that is clean in thine house shaU eat
witness. ofit.
3 And they shall keep thy charge, 14 Every thing devoted in Israël
and the charge of ail the tabernacle: ShaU be thine.
only they shall not corne nigh the ves- 15 Every thing that openeth the
sels of the sanctuary and the altar, matrix in ail flesh, which they bring
that neither they, nor ye also, die. unto the Lord, whether it be of men or
4 And they shall be joined unto beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the
thee, and keep the charge of the taber firstbom of man shalt thou surely re-
nacle of the congrégation, for ail the deem, and the firstling of unclean
service of the tabernacle: and a stran- beasts shalt thou redeem.
ger shall not corne nijgh unto you. 16 And those that are to be re-
5 And ye shall kèep the charge of deemed from a month old shalt thou
the sanctuary, and' the charge of the redeem, according to thine estimation,
altar: that there be no wrath any more for the money of five shekels, after the
upon the children of Israël. shekel of the sanctuary, which is twen-
6 And I, behold, I have taken your ty gerahs.
brethren the Levites from among the 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the
children of Israël: to you they are given firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a
as a gift for the Lord,to do the service goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are
of the tabernacle of the congrégation. holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood
7 Therefore thou and thy sons with upon the altar, and shalt bum their
thee shall keep your priest's office for fat for an offering made by fire, for a
every thing of the altar, and within the sweet savour imto the Lord.
vail; and ye shall serve: I have given 18 And the flesh of them shaU be
thine, as the wave breast and as the
your priest's office unto you as a service
of gift: and the stranger that cometh right shoulder are thine.
nigh shall be put to death. 19 AU the heave offerings of the
8.And the Lord spake unto Aaron, holy things, which the chUdren of Is^
Behold, I also have given thee the rael offer unto the Lord, have I given
charge of mine heave offerings of ail thee, and thy sons and thy daughters
the hallowed things of the children of with thee, by a statute for ever: it is à
Israël; unto thee have I given them by covenant of sait for ever before the
reason of the anointing, and to thy Lord unto thee and to thy seed with
sons, by an ordinance for ever. thee.
9 This shall be thine of the most 20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron,
holy things, reserved from the fire: Thou shalt have no inheritance in their
évery oblation of theirs, every meat land, neither shalt thou have any part
offering of theirs, and every sin offer- among them: I am thy part and thine
ing of theirs, and every trespass offer inheritance among the chUdren of Is
ing of theirs which they stûadl render raël.
unto me, shall be most holy for thee 21 And, behold, I have given the
and for thy sons. dtiUdren of Levi ail the tenth in Israël
10 In the most holy place shalt thou for an inheritance, for their service
eat it; every maie shall eat it: it shall which they serve, even the service of
be holy unto thee. the tabernacle of the congrégation.
11 And this is thine; the heave of 22 Neither must the chUdren of Is
fering of their gift, with ail the wave raël henceforth come nigh the taber-
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nacle of ihe congregation, lest they Israël, that they bring thee a red
bear sin, and die. heifer without spot, wherein is no
23 But the Levites shall do the ser blemish, and upon which never came
vice of thè tabernacle of the congréga yoke:
tion,and they shall bear their iniquity: 3 And ye shall give her unto E-le-
il shall he à statute for ever throughout a-zar the priest, that he may bring her
your générations,that among the chil- forth without the camp, and one shall
dren of Israël they have no inherit- slay her before his face:
ance. 4 And E-le-a-zar the priest shall
24 But the tithes of the dbildren of take of her blood with his fînger, and
Israël, which they offer as an heave sprinkle of her blood directly before
offering unto the Lord, I have given the tabernacle of the congrégation sev-
to the Levites to inheiit: therefore I en times:
have said unto them, Ainong the chU- 5 And one shaU bum the heifer in
dren of Israël they shall have no in- his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and
heritance. her blood, with her dung, shall he
25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, bum:
saying, 6 And the priest shall take cedar
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, wood, ànd hyssop, and scarlet, and
and say unto them, When ye take of cast it into the midst of the buming of
the children of Israël the tithes which the heifer,
I have given you from them for your 7 Then the priest shall wash his
inheritsmce, then ye shall offer up an dothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in
heave offering of it for the Lord,even water, and afterward he shall come
a tenth part of the tithe. into the camp, and the priest shall be
27 And fhis your heave offering unclean until the even,
shall be reckoned unto you, as though 8 And he that bumeth her shall
if were the com of the threshingfiooT, wash his clothes in water, and bathe
and as the fùlness of the winepress. his flesh in water, and shall be imdean
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave until the even,
offering imto the Lord of ail your 9 And a man that is clean shall gath-
tithes, which ye reçeive of the children er up the ashes of the heifer, and lay
of Israël; and ye shall give thereof the them up without the camp in a clean
Lord's heave offering to Aaion the place, and it shall be kept for the con
priest. grégation of the children of Israël for
29 Outof ail your giftsye shall offer a water of séparation: it is a puriflca-
every heave offering of the Lord, of tion for sin,
ail the best thereof, even the hallowed 10 And he that gathereth the ashes
part thereof out of it, ofthe heifer shall wash his clothes,and
30 Therefore thou shalt say imto be imclean until the even: and it shall
them, When ye have heaved the best be unto the children of Israël,and unto
thereoffrom it,then it shall be counted the stranger that sôjoumeth among
imto the Levites as the increase of the them,for à statute for ever,
threshingfloor, and as the increase of 11 He that toucheth the dead body
the winepress, of any man shall be unclean seven
31 And ye shall eat it in every place, days,
ye and your households: for it is your 12 He shall purify himself with it on
reward for your service in the taber the third day, and on the seventh day
nacle of the congrégation. he shall be clean: but if he purify not
32 And ye shall bear no sin by rea- himself the third day,then the seventh
son of it, when ye have heaved from it day he shall not be clean,
the best of it: neither shall ye pollute 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead
the holy tiiings of the children of Is body of any man that is dead, and
raël, lest ye die. purifleth not himself, defileth the tab
ernacle of the Lord; and that soul
CHAPTER 19 shall be eut off from Israël: because
AND the Lord spake^imto Moses and the water of séparation was not sprin-
/V unto Aaron, saying, kled upon him,he shall be unclean; his
2 This is the ordinwce of the law uncleanness is yet upon him,
which the Lord hath commanded, 14 This is the law, when a man
saying, Speak uhto the children of dieth in a tent: ail that come into the
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tent,and ail that is in the tent,shall be had died when our brethren died be-
unclean seven days. fore the Lord!
15 And every open vessel, which 4 And why have ye brought up the
hath no covering bound upon it, is un congrégation of the Lord into this
clean. wildemess, that we and our cattle
16 And whosoever toucheth one should die there?
that is slain with a sword in the open 5 And wherefore have ye made us
helds, or a dead body, or a bone of a to come up out of Egypt, to bring us
man,or a grave,shall be unclean seven in unto this evil place? it is no place of
days. seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pome-
17 And for an unclean person they granates; neither is there any water to
shall take of the ashes of the bumt drink.
heifer of purification for sin, and run- 6 And Moses and Aaron went from
ning water shall be put thereto in a the presence of the assembly unto the
vessel; door of the tabernacle of the congréga
18 And a clean person shall take tion, and they fell upon their faces:
hyssop, and dip it in the water, and and the glory of the Lord appeared
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon ail unto them.
the vessels, and upon the persons that 7 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
were there,and upon him that touched saying,
a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the
grave: assembly together, thou, and Aaron
19 And the clean person shall sprin thy brother, and speak ye unto the
kle upon the unclean on the third day, rock before their eyes; and it shall give
and on the seventh day: and on the forth his water, and thou shalt bring
seventh day he shall purify himself, forth to them water out of the rock: so
and wash his clothes, and bathe him thou shalt give the congrégation and
self in water, and shall be clean at their beasts drink.
even. 9 And Moses took the rod from be
20 But the man that shall be un fore the Lord, as he commanded him.
clean, and shall not purify himself, 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered
that soul shall be eut ofF from among the congrégation together before the
the congrégation, because he hath rock, and he said unto them, Hear
defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: now, ye rebels; must we fetch you wa
the water of séparation hath not ter out of this rock?
been sprinkled upon him; he is un 11 And Moses lifted up his hand,
clean. and with his rod he smote the rock
21 And it shall be a perpétuai stat- twice: and the water came out abun-
ute unto them,that he that sprinkleth dantly, and the congrégation drank,
the water of séparation shall wash his and their beasts also.
clothes; and he that toucheth the wa 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses
ter of séparation shall be unclean until and Aaron, Because ye believed me
even. not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the
22 And whatsoever the unclean per children of Israël, therefore ye shall
son toucheth shall be unclean; and the not bring this congrégation into the
soul that toucheth it shall be unclean land which I have given them.
until even. 13 This is the water of Mer'-i-bah;
because the children of Israël strove
CHAPTER 20 with the Lord, and he was sanctified
THEN came the children of Israël, in them.
even the whole congrégation, into 14 And Moses sent messengers from
the desert of Zin in the first month: Ka-desh unto the king of Edom,Thus
and the people abode in Ka-desh; and saith thy brother Israël, Thou know-
Miriam died there, and was buried est ail the travail that hath befallen
there. us:
2 And there was no water for the 15 How our fathers went down into
congrégation: and they gathered them- Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a
selves together against Moses and long time; and the Egyptians vexed us,
against Aaron. and our fathers:
3 And the people chode with Moses, 16 And when we cried unto the
and spake, saying, Would Grod that we Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an
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angel, and hath brought us forth out

of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Ka- CHAPTER 21
desh, a city in the uttermost of thy AND when king A-rad the Canaan-
border: /\ ite, which dwelt in the south,
17 Let us pass, I pray thee,through heard tell that Israël came by the way
thy country: we will not pass through of the spies; then he fought against Is
the fields, or through the vineyards, raël, and took some of them prisoners.
neither will we drink of the water of 2 And Israël vowed a vow unto the
the wells: we will go by the king's high Lord,and said. If thou wilt indeed de-
way,we will not tum to the right hand liver this people into my hand, then I
nor to the left, until we have passed will utterly destroy their cities.
thy borders. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou voice of Israël, and delivered up the
shalt not pass by me, lest I come out Canaanites;and they utterly destroyed
against thee with the sword. them and their cities: and he called the
19 And the children of Israël said name of the place Hor'-mah.
unto htm, We will go by the high way: 4 And they joumeyed from mount
and if I and my cattle drink of thy Hor by the way of the Red sea, to
water, then I will pay for it: I will compass the land of Edom: and the
only, without doing anything else, go soul of the people was mudb discour-
through on my feet. aged because of the way.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go 5 And the people spake against
through. And Edom came out against God, and against Moses, Wherefore
him with much people, and with a have ye brought us up out of Egypt to
strong hand. die in the wildemess? for there is no
21 Thus Edom refused to give Is bread, neither is there any water; and
raël passage through his border: where- our soul loatheth this light bread.
fore Israël tumed away from him. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents
22 And the children of Israël, even among the people, and they bit the
the whole congrégation, joumeyed people; and much people of Israël died.
from Ka-desh, and came imto moimt 7 Therefore the people came to Mo
Hor. ses, and said, We have sinned, for we
23 And the Lord spake imto Moses have spoken against the Lord, and
and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast against thee; pray unto the Lord,that
of the land of Edom, saying, he take away the serpents from us.
24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his And Moses prayed for the people.
people: for he shall not enter into the 8 And the Lord said unto Moses,
land which I have given imto the chil Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
dren of Israël, because ye rebelled upon a pôle: and it shall come to pass,
against my word at the water of Mer'- that every one that is bitten, when he
i-bah. looketh upon it, shall live.
25 Take Aaron and E-le-a-zar his 9 And Moses made a serpent of
son, and bring them up unto mount brass, and put it upon a pôle, and it
Hor: came to pass, that if a serpent had bit
26 And strip Aaron of his garments, ten any man, when he beheld the ser
and put them upon E-le-a-zar his son: pent of brass, he lived.
and Aaron shall be gathered unto his 10 And the children of Israël set for-
people, and shall die there. ward, and pitched in O-both.
27 And Moses did as the Lord com- 11 And they joumeyed from Cf-
manded: and they went up into mount both, and pitched at Ij-e-ab-a-rim, in
Hor in the sight of ail the congréga the wildemess which is before Moab,
tion. toward the sunrising.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his 12 From thence they removed, and
garments, and put them upon E-le-a- pitched in the valley of Za-red.
zar his son; and Aaron died there in 13 From thence they removed, and
the top of the mount: and Moses and pitched on the other side of Amon,
E-le-a-zar came down from the moimt. which is in the wildemess that cometh
29 And when ail the congréga out of the coasts of the Amorites: for
tion saw that Aaron was dead, they Amon is the border of Moab, between
moumed for Aaron thirty days, even Moab and the Amorites.
aù the house of Israël. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book
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of the wars of the Lord» What he did 29 Woe to thee, Moabl thou art im-
in the Red sea» and in the brooks of done, O people of Che-mosh: he hath
Amon, given his sons that escaped, and his
15 And at the stream of the brooks daughters, into captivity imto Sihon
that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, king of the Amorites.
and Ueth upon the border of Moab. 30 We have shot at them; Hesh-bon
16 And from thence they went to is perished even unto Di-bon, and we
Beer: that is the well whereof the have laid them waste even unto No-
Lord spake unto Moses» Gather the phah, which reacheth unto Med-e-ba.
people together, and I will give them 31 Thus Israël dwelt in the land of
water. the Amorites.
17 Then Israël sang this song, 32 And Moses sent to spy out Ja-a-
Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: zer, and they took the villages thereof,
18 The princes digged the well, the and drove out the Amorites that were
nobles of the people digged it, by the there.
direction of the lawgiver, with their 33 And they tumed and went up by
staves. And from the wildemess they the way of Ba-shan: and Og the king
went to Maf-ta-nah: of Ba-shan went out against them, he,
19 And from Maf-ta-nah to Na-ha- and ail his people, to the battle at
li-el: and from Na-ha-li-el to Ba-moth: Ed-re-i.
20 And from Ba-moth in the valley, 34 And the Lord said unto Moses,
that is in the country of Moab, to the Fear him not: for I have delivered him
top of Pis-gah, which looketh toward into thy hand, and ail his people, and
Jesh'-i-mon. his land; and thou shalt do to him as
21 And Israël sent messengers unto thou didst unto Sihon king of the
Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Amorites, which dwelt at Hesh-bon.
22 Let me pass through thy land: 35 So they smote him, and his sons,
we will not tum into the helds, or into and ail his people, until there was none
the vineyards; we will not drink of the left him alive: and they possessed his
waters of the well: but we will go along land.
by the king's high way, until we be
past thy borders. CHAPTER 22
23 And Sihon would not suffer Is AND the children of Israël set for-
raël to pass through his border: but /\ ward, and pitched in the plains of
Sihon gathered ail his people together, Moab on this side Jordan by Jéricho.
and went out against Israël into the 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw
wildemess: and he came to Ja-haz,and ail that Israël had done to the Amo
fought against Israël. rites.
24 And Israël smote him with the 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the
edge of the sword, and possessed his people, because they were many: and
land from Amon unto Jabbok, even Moab was distressed because of the
unto the children of Ammon: for the children of Israël.
border of the children of Ammon was 4 And Moab said unto the elders of
strong. Mid-i-an, Now shall this company lick
25 And Israël took ail these cities: up ail that are round about us, as the
and Israël dwelt in ail the cities of the ox licketh up the grass of the field.
Amorites, in Hesh-bon, and in ail the And Balak the son of Zippor was king
villages thereof. of the Moabites at that time.
26 For Hesh-bon was the city of 5 He sent messengers therefore unto
Sihon the king of the Amorites, who Ba-laam the son of Be-or to Pe-thor,
had fought against the former king of which is by the river of the land
Moab,and taken ail his land out of his of the children of his people, to call
hand, even unto Arnon. him, saying, Behold, there is a people
27 Wherefore they that speak in come out from Egypt: behold, they
proverbs say, Come into Hesh-bon,let cover the face of the earth, and they
the city of Sihon be built and pre- abide over against me:
pared: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee,
28 For there is a fire gone out of curse me this people; for they are too
Hesh-bon, a dame from the city of Si mighty for me: peradventure I shall
hon:it hath consumed Ar of Moab,and prevail, that we may smite them, and
the lords of the high places of Amon. that I may drive them out of the land:
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for I wot that he whom thou blessest them; but yet the word which I shall
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest issay unto thee, that shalt thou do.
cursed. 21 And Ba'-laam rose up in the
7 And the elders of Moab and the morning, and saddled his ass, and
elders of Mid-i-an departed with the went with the princes of Moab.
rewards of divination in their hand; 22 And God's anger was kindled be-
and they came unto Ba-laam, and cause he went: and the angel of the
spake unto him the words of Balak. Lord stood in the way for an adver-
8 And he said unto them, Lodge sary against him. Now he was riding
here this night, and I will bring you upon his ass, and his two servants
Word again, as the Lord shall speak were with him.
unto me: and the princes of Moab 23 And the ass saw the angel of the
abode with Ba'-laam. Lord standing in the way, and his
9 And God came unto Ba-laam,and sword drawn in his hand: and the ass
said, What men are these with thee? turned aside out of the way, and went
10 And Ba-laam said unto God, into the field: and Ba-laam smote the
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, ass, to turn her into the way.
hath sent unto me, saying, 24 But the angel of the Lord stood
11 Behold, there is a people come in a path of the vineyards, a wall heing
out of Egypt, which covereth the face on this side, and a wall on that side.
ofthe earth: come now,curse me them; 25 And when the ass saw the angel
peradventure I shall be able to over- of the Lord, she thrust herself unto
come them, and drive them out. the wall, and crushed Ba-lacun*s foot
12 And God said unto Ba-laam, against the wall: and he smote her
Thou shalt not go with them; thou again.
shalt not curse the people: for they are 26 And the angel of the Lord went
blessed. further, and stood in a narrow place,
13 And Ba-laam rose up in the where was no way to turn either to the
moming, and said unto the princes of right hand or to the left.
Balak, Get you into your land: for the 27 And when the ass saw the angel
Lord refuseth to give me leave to go of the Lord, she fell down under Ba-
with you. laam: and Ba'-laam's anger was kin
14 And the princes of Moab rose dled,and he smote the ass with a staff.
up, and they went unto Balak, and 28 And the Lord opened the mouth
said, Ba-laam refuseth to come with of the ass, and she said unto Ba-laam,
us. What have I dône unto thee,that thou
15 And Balak sent yet again prin hast smitten me these three times?
ces, more, and more honourable than 29 And Ba-laam said unto the ass,
they. Because thou hast mocked me:I would
16 And they came to Ba'-laam, and there were a sword in mine hand, for
said to him, Thus saith Balak the son now would I kill thee.
of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, 30 And the ass said unto Ba'-laam,
hinder thee from coming unto me: Am not I thine ass, upon which thou
17 For I will promote thee unto hast ridden ever since I was thine unto
very great honour, and I will do what- this day? was I evèr wont to do so unto
soever thou sayest unto me: come thee? And he said, Nay.
therefore, I pray thee, curse me this 31 Then the Lord opened the eyes
people. of Ba'-laam, and he saw the angel of
18 And Ba-laam answered and said the Lord standing in the way, and his
unto the servants of Balak, If Balak sword drawn in his hand: and he
would give me his house full of silver bowed down his head, and fell flat on
and gold,I cannot go beyond the word his face.
of the Lord my God, to do less or 32 And the angel of the Lord said
more. unto him, Wherefore h£ist thou smit
19 Now therefore, I pray you,tarry ten thine ass these three times? be
ye also here this night, that I may hold, I went out to withstand thee, be
know what the Lord will say unto me cause thy way is perverse before me:
more. 33 And the ass saw me, and tumed
20 And God came unto Ba-laam at from me these three times: unless she
night, and said unto him. If the men had turned from me,surely now also I
come to call thee, rise up, and go with had slain thee, and saved her alive.
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34 And Ba-laam said unto the angel said, Balak the king of Moab hath
of the Lord,I have sinned; for I knew brought me from A^ram, out of the
net that thou stoodest in the way mountains of the east, saying, Come,
against me: now therefore, if it dis- curse me Jacob,and come,defy Israël»
please thee, I will get me bacfc agadn. 8 How shall I curse, whom God
35 And the angel of the Lord said hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,
unto Ba-laam, Go with the men: but whom the Lord hath not defied?
only the word that I shall speak unto 9 For from the top ofthe rocks I see
thee, that thou shalt speak» So Ba- him,andfromthehills I beholdhim:lo,
laam went with the princes of Balak» the people shall dwell alone, and shall
36 And when Balak heard that Ba- not be reckoned among the nations»
laam was come, he went out to meet 10 Who can count the dust of Ja
him unto a city of Moab, which is in cob,and the number of the fourth part
the border of Amon, which is in the of Israël? Let me die the death of the
utmost coast» righteous, and let my last end be like
37 And Balak said imto Ba-laam, hisl
Did 1 not eamestly send unto thee to11 And Balak said unto Ba-laam,
call thee? wherefore camest thou not What hast thou done unto me? I took
imto me? am I not able indeed to pro- thee to curse mine enemies, and, be-
mote thee to honour? hold, thou hast blessed them alto-
38 And Ba-laam said unto Balak, gether»
Lo, I am come unto thee: have 1 now 12 And he answered and said, Must
any power at ail to say any thing? the I not take heed to speak that which
word that God putteth in my mouth, the Lord hath put in my mouth?
that shall 1 speak» 13 And Balak said unto him,Come,
39 And Ba-laam went with Balak, I pray thee, with me unto another
and they came unto Kir'-jath-hu-zoth» place, from whence thou mayest see
40 And Balak offered oxen and them: thou shalt see but the utmost
sheep,and sent to Ba-laam,and to the part of them, and shalt not see them
princes that were with him» ail: and curse me them from thence»
41 And it came to pass on the mor- 14 And he brought him into the
row, that Balak took Ba-laam, and field of Zo-phim,to the top of Pis-gah,
brought him up into the high places of and built seven altars, and offered a
Ba-al,that thence he might see the ut bullock and a ram on every altar»
most part of the people» 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand
here by thy bumt offering, while I
CHAPTER 23 meet the LORD yonder»
AND Ba-laam said unto Balak,Build 16 And the Lord met Ba-laam,and
me here seven altars, and préparé put a word in his mouth, and said. Go
me here seven oxen and seven rams» again unto Balak, and say thus»
2 And Balak did as Ba-laam had 17 And when he came to him, be-
spoken; and Balak and Ba-laam of hold, he stood by his bumt offering,
fered on every altar a bullock and a and the princes of Moab with him» And
ram» Balak said unto him, What hath the
3 And Ba-laam said unto Balak, Lord spoken?
Stand by thy bumt offering, and I 18 And he took up his parable, and
wUl go: peradyenture the Lord will said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; heark-
come to meet me: and whatsoever he en untp me, thou son of Zippor:
sheweth me I wiU tell thee» And he 19 C^d is not a man,that he should
went to an high place» lie; neither the son of man, that he
4 And God met Ba-laam: and he should repeint: hath he said, and shall
said unto him, 1 have prepared seven he not do it? or hath he spoken, and
altars, and 1 have offered upon every shall he not make it good?
altar a bullock and a ram» 20 Behold, I have received com-
5 And the Lord put a word in Ba- mandment to bless: and he hath
laàm's mouth, and said, Retum unto blessed;. and I cannot reverse it»
Balak,and thus thou shalt speak» 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in
6 And he retumed unto him, and, Jacob, neither hath he seen perverse-
lo, he stood by his bumt sacrifice, he, nessin Israël: the"Lom his God is with
and ail the princes of Moab» him,and the shout bf a king is among
7 And he took up his parable, and them.
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22 God brought them out of Egypt; 7 He shall pour the water out of his
he hath as it were the strength of an buckets, and his seed shall be in many
unicorn. waters, and his king shall be higher
23 Surely there is no enchantment than Agag, and his kingdom shaU be
against Jacob, neither is there any di exalted.
vination against Israël: according to 8 God brought him forth out of
this time it shall be said of Jacob and Egypt; he hath as it were the strength.
of Israël, What hath God wroughtl of an unicorn: he shall eat up the na
24 Behold, the people shall rise up tions his enemies, and shall break
as a great lion, and lift up himself as a their bones, and pierce them through
young lion: he shall not lie down until with his arrows.
9 He couched,he lay down as a Uon,
he eat of the prey, and drink the blood
of the slain* and as a great lion: who shall stir him
25 And Balak said unto Ba-laam, up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee,
Neither curse them at ail, nor bless and cursed is he that curseth thee.
them at ail. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled
26 But Ba-laam answered and said against Ba'-laam, and he smote his
unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, hands together: and Balak said unto
AU that the Lord speaketh, that I Ba-laam, I called thee to curse mine
must do? enemies, and, behold, thou hast alto-
27 And Balak said unto Ba-laam, gether blessed them these three times.
Come, I pray thee, I wiU bring thee 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy
unto another place; peradventure it place: I thought to promote thee unto
WiU please God that thou mayest curse great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath
me them from thence. kept thee back from honour.
28 And Balak brought Ba-laam un 12 And Ba-laam said unto Balak,
to the top of Pe'-or, that looketh to- Spake I not also to thy messengers
ward Jesh-i-mon. which thou sentest unto me, saying,
29 And Ba'-laam said unto Balak, 13 If Balak would give me his house
BuUd me here seven altars, and pré full of silver and gold, I cannot go be-
paré me here seven buUocks and seven yond the commandment of the Lord,
rams. to do either good or bad of mine own
30 And Balak did as Ba-laam had mind; but what the Lord saith, that
said, and offered a buUock and a ram will I speak?
on every altar. 14 And now, behold, I go unto my
people: come therefore, and I will ad-
CHAPTER 24 vertise thee what this people shall do
AND when Ba-laam saw that it to thy people in the latter days.
/V pleased the Lord to bless Israël, 15 And he took up his parable, and
he went not, as at other times, to seek said, Ba-laam the son of Be-or hath
for enchantments, but he set his face said, and the man whose eyes are open
toward the wilderness. hath said:
2 And Ba-laam lifted up his eyes, 16 He hath said, which heard the
and he saw Israël abiding in his tents words of God,and knew the knowledge
according to their tribes; and the spirit of the most High, which sa.w the vision
of God came upon him. of the Almighty, falling into a trance,
3 And he took up his parable, and but having his eyes open:
said, Ba-laam the son of Be-or hath 17 I shall see him, but not now: I
said, and the man whose eyes are open shall behold him, but not nigh: there
hath said: shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a
4 He hath said, which heard the Sceptre shall rise out of Israël, and
words of God, which saw the vision of shall smite the corners of Moab, and
the Almighty,falling intà a trance, but destroy ail the children of Sheth.
having his eyes open: 18 And Edom shall be a posses
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ja sion, Se'-ir also shall be a possession
cob, and thy tabernacles, O Israël! for his enemies; and Israël shall do
6 As the valleys are they spread valiantly.
forth, as gardens by the river's side, as 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that
the trees of lign aloes which the Lord shall have dominion, and shall destroy
hath planted,and as cedar trees beside him that remaineth of the city.
ihe waters. 20 And when he looked on Am-a-
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lek» he took up his parable, and said, 9 And those that died in the plague
Am-a-lek was the first of the nations; were twenty and four thousand.
but his latter end shaU he that he per- 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
ish for even saying,
21 And he looked on the Ken-ites, 11 Phin'-e-has, the son of E-le-a-
and took up his parable, and said, zar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou tumed my wrath away from the chil
puttest thy nest in a rock* dren of Israël, while he was zealous for
22 Nevertheless the Ken-ite shall my sake among them,that I consumed
be wasted, until Asshur shall carry not the children of Israël in my jeal-
thee away captive. ousy.
23 And he took up his parable, and 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give
said, Alas, who shall live when God unto him my covenant of peace:
doeth this! 13 And he shall have it, and his
24 And ships shall corne from the seed after him,even the covenant of an
coast of Chittim, and shall afflict As everlasting priesthood; because he was
shur, and shall afflict E-ber, and he zealous for his God, and made an
also shall perish for ever. atonement for the children of Israël.
25 And Ba-laam rose up, and went 14 Now the name of the Israélite
and retumed to his place: and Balak that was slain, even that was slain
also went his way. with the Mid-i-an-it-ish woman, was
Zimri, the son of Sa-lu, a prince of a
CHAPTER 25 chief house among the Simeonites.
AND Israël abode in Shif-tim, and 15 And the name of the Mid-i-an-it-
the people began to commit ish woman that was slain was Coz'-bi,
whoredom with the daughters of the daughter of Zur; he was head over
Moab. a people, and of a chief house in Mid
2 And they called the people unto i-an.
the sacrifices of their gods: and the 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
people did eat, and bowed down to sayhig,
their gods. < 17 Vex the Mid-i-an-ites, ànd smite
3 And Israël joined himself imto them:
Ba-al-pe-or: and the anger of the 18 For they vex you with their
Lord was kindled against Israël. wiles, wherewith they have beguiled
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, you in the matter of Pe-or, and in the
Take ail the heads of the people, and matter of Coz-bi, the daughter of a
hang them up befote the Lord against prince of Mid-i-an, their sister, which
the sim, that the fierce anger of the was slain in the day of the plague for
Lord may be tumed away from Israël. Pe-or's sake.
5 And Moses said unto the judges of
Israël, Slay ye every one his men that CHAPTER 26
were joined imto Ba-al-pe-or. AND it came to pass after the plague,
6 And, behold, one of the children j[\ that the Lord spake unto Moses
of Israël came and brought unto his and unto E-le-a-zar tiie son of Aaron
brethren a Mid-i-an-it-ish woman in the priest, saying,
the sight of Moses, and in the sight of 2 Take the sum of ail the congréga
ail the congrégation of the children of tion of the children of Israël, from
Israël, who were weeping hefore the twenty years old and upward,through-
door of the tabernacle of the congréga out their fathers' house, ail that are
tion. able to go to war in Israël.
7 And when Phin'-e-has, the son of 3 And Moses and E-le-a-zar the
E-le-a-zar, the son of Aaron the priest, priest spake with them in the plains of
saw itf he rose up from among the con Moab by Jordan near Jéricho, saying,
grégation, and took a javelin in his 4 Take fhe sum of Ûie people, from
hand; twenty years old and upward; as the
8 And he went after the man of Is- Lord commanded Moses and the chil
ra^ into the tent, and thrust both of dren of Israël, which went forth out of
them through, the man of Israël, and the land of Egypt.
the woman through her belly. So the 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israël:
plague was stayed from the children of the children of Reuben; Ha-noch, of
Israël. whom cometh the family of the Ha-
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noch-ltes: of Pal'-lu, the family of the ites: of Ha-mul, the family of the Ha-
Pal'-lu-ites: mul-ites.
6 Of Hez'-ron, the family of the 22 These- are the families of Judah
Hez'-roii-ltes: of Car'-mi, the family of according to those that were numbered
the Car'-mites. of them, threescore and sixteen thou
7 These are the families of the Reu- sand and five hundred.
benites: and they that were niimbered 23 Of the sons of Is-sa-char after
of them were forty ând three thousand their families: of To-la, the family of
and seven hundred and thirty. the To-la-ites: of Pu-a, the family of
8 And the sons of Pal-lu; E-li-ab. the Pu-nites:
9 And the sons of E-li-ab; Ne-mu- 24 Of Jash-ub, the family of the
el, and Da-than,and A-bi-ram. This is Jash-ub-ites: of Shim-ron, the family
that Da-than and A-bi-ram, which of the Shim-ron-ites.
were famous in the congrégation, who 25 These are the families of Is'-sa-
strove against Moses and against Aar- char according to those that were
on in the company of Korah, when numbered of them, threescore and
they strove against the Lord: four thousand and three hundred.
10 And the earth opened her mouth, 26 Of the sons of Zeb-u-lun after
and swallowed them up together with their families: of Se-red, the family of
Korah, when that company died, what the Sar'-dites: of E-lon, the family of
time the fire devoured two hundred the E-lon-ites: of Jah-le-el, the family
and fifty men: and they became a of the Jah-le-el-ites.
sign. 27 These are the families of the Zeb-
11 Notwithstanding the children of u-lun-ites according to those that were
Korah died not. numbered of them, threescore thou
12 The sons of Simeon after their sand and five hundred.
families: of Ne-mu'-el,the fîunily of the 28 The sons of Joseph after their
Ne-mu-el-ites: of Ja-min,the family of families were Ma-nas-seh and E-phra-
the Ja'-min-ites: of Ja'-chin, the family im.
of the Ja'-chin-ites: 29 Of the sons of Ma-nas-seh: of
13 Of Ze-rah,the family of the Zar'- Ma-chir, the family of the Ma-chir-
hites: of Sha-ul, the family of the Sha- ites: and Ma'-chir begat Gilead: of Gil-
ul-ites. ead corne the family of the Gileadites.
14 These are the families ofthe Sim- 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of
eonites, twenty and two thousand and Je-e'-zer, the family of the Je-e-zer-
two hundred. ites: of He'-lek, the family of the He-
15 The children of Gad after their lek-ites:
fandlies: of Ze-phon, the family of the 31 Andof As-ri-el, the family of the
Ze-phon-ites: of Hag'-gi, the family of As-ri-el-ites: and of She-chem, the
the Hag'-gites: of Shu-ni, the family of family of the She-chem-ites:
the Shu-nites: 32 And of She-mi-da, the family of
16 Of Oz-ni, the family of the Oz'- the She-mi'-da-ites: and of He-pher,
nites: of E'-ri, the family of the the family of the He-pher-ites.
E-rites: 33 And Ze-lo-phe-had the son of
17 Of A-rod, the family of the He-pher had no sons, but daughters:
A-rod-ites: of A-re-li, the family of the and the names of the daughters of Ze-
A-re-lites. lo-phe-had were Mah'-lah, and Noah,
18 These are the families of the chil Hog'-lah, Mil-cah, and Tir'-zah.
dren of Gad according to those that 34 These are the families of Ma-nas-
were numbered of them, forty thou seh, and those that were numbered of
sand and five hundred. them, fifty and two thousand and sev
19 The sons of Judah ii;ere Er and en hundred.
O'-nan: and Er and O-nan died in the 35 These are the sons of E-phra-im
land of Canaan. after their families: of Shu-the-lah, the
20 And the sons of Judah after their family of the Shu-thal-hites: of Be-
families were; of She-lah, the family of cher, the family of the Bach-rites: of
the She-lan-ites: of Pha-rez,the family Ta-han, the family of the Ta-han-
of the Phar'-zites: of Ze-rah,the family ites.
of the Zar'-hites. 36 And these are the sons of Shu'-
21 And the sons of Pha-rez were; of the-lah: of E'-ran, the family of the
Hez-ron, the family of the Hez-ron- E-ran-ites.
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37 These are the familles of the sons
of E-phra-im according to those that
were nnmbered of them, thirty and
two thousand and five hundred. These
are the sons of Joseph after their fam
illes.
38 The sons of Benjamin after their
familles: of Be'-la* the family of the Be-
la-ites: of Ash-bel, the family of the
Ash-bel-ites: of A-hi-ram, the family
of the A-hi-ram-ites:
39 Of Shu-ph£im, the family of the
Shu-pham-ites: of Hu-pham, the fam
ily of the Hu-pham-ites.
40 And the sons of Be-la were Ard
and Na-a-man: of Ard, the family of
the Ard-ites: and of Na-a-man, the
family of the Na-a-mites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin
after their familles: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and five
thousand and six hundred.
42 These are the sons of Dan after
their familles: of Shu-ham, the family
of the Shu-ham-ites. These are the
familles of Dan after their familles.
43 AU the familles of the Shu-ham- family of the Hebronites, the famUy of
ites, according to those that were num
bered of them, were threescore and shites, the family of the Ko-rath-ites.
four thousand and four hundred.
44 Of the children of Asher after
their familles: of Jim-na, the family of was Joch-e-bed, the daughter of Levi,
the Jim-nites: of Jes-u-i, the family of whom her mother bare to Levi in
the Jes-u-ites: of Be-ri-ah, the famUy Egypt: and she bare unto Amram
of the Be-ri-ites.
45 Of the sons of Be-ri-ah: of He-
ber, the fîunily of the He-ber-ites: of
Mar-chi-el, the family of the Mal-chi-
el-ites.
46 And the name of the daughter of
Asher was Sarah.
47 These are the familles of the sons
of Asher according to those that were
numbered of them; who were fifty and
three thousand and four hundred.
48 Of the sons of Naph-ta-li after
their familles: of Jah-ze-el, the family
of the Jcih-ze-el-ites: of Gu-ni,the fam
Uy of the Gu-nites:
49 Of Je-zer, the family of the Je-
zer-ites: of Shil-lem, the famUy of the
ShU-lem-ites.
50 These are the fzunilies of Naph-
ta-U according to their familles: and
they that were numbered of them were
forty and five thousand and four hun
dred.
51 These were the numbered of the
children of Israël, six hundred thou
sand and a thousand seven hundred
and thirty.
52 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
53 Unto these the land shaU be di-
vided for an inheritance according to
the number of names.
54 To many thou shalt give the
more inheritance, and to few thou
shalt give the less inheritance: to every
one shaU his inheritance be given ac
cording to those that were numbered
of him.
55 Notwithstanding the land shaU
be divided by lot: according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers
they shall inherit.
56 According to the lot shall the
possession thereof be divided between
many and few.
57 And these are they that were
numbered of the Levites after their
familles: of Ger'-shon, the family of the
Ger'-shon-ites: of Ko-hath, the family
of the Ko-hath-ites: of Me-ra-ri, the
family of the Me-ra-rites.
58 These are the familles of the Le
vites: the famUy of the Lib-nites, the
the Mah-lites, the family of the Mu-
And Ko-hath begat Amram.
59 And the name of Amram's wife
Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their
sister.
60 And unto Aaron was bom Na-
dab, and A-bi-hu, E-le-a-zar, and Ith-
a-mar.
61 And Nadab and A-bi-hu died,
when they offered strange fire before
the Lord.
62 And those that were numbered
of them were twenty and three thou
sand, ail maies from a month old and
upward: for they were not numbered
among the children of Israël, because
there was no inheritance given them
among the children of Israël.
63 These are they that were num
bered by Moses and E-le-a-zar the
priest, who numbered the children of
Israël in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jéricho.
64 But among these there was not a
man of them whom Moses and Aaron
the priest numbered, when they num
bered the children of Israël in the wil-
demess of Si-nai.
65 For the Lord had said of them,
They shall surely die in the wildemess.
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And there was not left a man of them, 13 And when thou hast seen it,thou
save Caleb the son of Je-phiin-neh, also shalt be gathered unto thy people,
and Joshua the son of Niin. as Aaron thy brother was gaâiered.
14 For ye rebelled against my com-
CHAPTER 27 mandment in the desert of Zin, in the
THEN came the daughters of Ze-lo- strife of the congrégation, to sanctify
phe-had, the son of He-pher, the me at the water before their eyes: that
son of Gilead, the son of Ma-chir, the is the water of Mer'-i-bah ih Ka'kiesh
son of Ma-nas'-sèh, of the familles of in the wildemess of Zin.
Ma-nas-seh the son of Joseph: and 15 And Moses spake unto the Lord,
these are the names of his daughters; saying,
Mâh-lah^ Noah, and Hog'-lah, and 16 Let the Lord, the God of the
MU-càh, ànd Tir'-zah. spirits of ail flesh, set a man over the
2 And they stood before Moses, and congrégation,
before E-le-a-zar the priest, and before 17 Which may go out before them,
the princes and ail the congrégation, and which may go in before them,and
by the door of the tabernacle of the which may lead them out, and which
congrégation, saying, may bring them in; that the congréga
3 Our father died in the wildemess, tion ôf the Lord be not as sheep which
and he was not in the company of have no shepherd.
them that gathered themselves to- 18 And the Lord said unto Moses,
gether against the Lord in the com Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a
pany of Korah;but died in his own sin, man in whom is the spirit, and lay
and had no sons. thine hand upon him;
4 Why should the name of our fa 19 And set him before E-le-a-zar
ther be done away from among his the priest, and before ail the congréga
family, because he hath no son? Give tion; and give him a charge in their
unto us therefore a possession among sight.
the brethren of our father. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine
5 And Moses brought their cause honour upon him, that ail the congré
before the Lord. gation of the children of Israël may be
6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, obedient.
saying, 21 And he shall stànd before E-le-
7 The daughters of Ze-lo-phe-had a-zar the priest, who shall ask counsel
speak right: thou shalt surely give for him after the judgment of U-rim
them a possession of an inheritance before the Lord: at his word shall they
among their father's brethren; and go out,and at his word they shall come
thou shalt cause the inheritance of in, both he, and ail the children of Is
their father to pass unto them. raël with him, even ail the congréga
8 And thou shalt speak unto the tion.
children of Israël, saying. If a man die, 22 And Moses did as the Lord com
and have no son, then ye shall cause manded him: and he took Joshua, and
his inheritance to pass imto his daugh- set him before E-le-a-zar the priest,
ter. and before ail the congrégation:
9 And if he have no daughter, then 23 And he laid his hands upon him,
ye shall give his inheritance uiito his and gave him a charge, as the Lord
brethren. commanded by the hand of Moses.
10 And if he have no brethren, then
CHAPTER 28
ye shall give his inheritance unto his
father's brethren. AND the Lord spake imto Moses,
11 And if his father have no breth /\ saying,
ren, then ye shall give his inherit 2 Command the children of Israël,
ance unto his kinsman that is next to and say unto them, My ofîering, and
him of his family, and he shall possess my bread for my sacrifices made by
it: and it shall be unto the children of fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall
Israël a statute of judgment, as the ye observe to offer unto me in their
Lord commanded Moses. due season.
12 And the Lord said unto Moses, 3 And thou shalt say unto them,
Get thee up into this mount Ab-a-rim, This is the offering made by fire which
and see the land which I have given ye shall offer unto the Lord; two
unto the children of Israël. lambs of the first year without spot
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day by day, for a continuai bumt month is the feast: seven days shallim-
offering. leavened bread be eaten.
4 The one lamb shalt thou ofîer in IS In the first day shall be an holy
the moming, and the other lamb shalt convocation; ye shall do no manner of
thou ofîer at even; servile work iherein:
5 And a tenth part of an ephah of 19 But ye shall ofîer a sacrifice
flour for a meat ofïering, mingled with made by fire for a bumt ofïering unto
the fourth pari of an hfii of beaten oil. the Lord;two yoimg bullocks,and one
6 It is 2L continuai bumt ofïering, ram,and seven lambs of the first year:
which was ordained in mount Si-nai they shall be unto you without blem-
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by ish:
fire unto the Lord, 20 And their meat ofïering shall be
7 And the drink ofïering thereof of flour mingled with oil: three tenth
shall be the fourth part of an hin for the deals shall ye ofîer for a bullock, and
one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou two tenth deals for a ram;
cause the strong wine to be poured im- 21 A several ténth deal shalt thou
to the Lord for a drink ofïering. ofîer for every lamb, throughout the
8 And the other lamb shalt thou seven lambs:
ofîer at even: as the meat ofïering of 22 And one goat for a sin ofïering,
the moming,and as the drink ofïering to make an atonement for you.
thereof, thou shalt ofîer it, a sacrifice 23 Ye shall ofîer these beside the
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto bumt ofïering in the moming, which
the Lord. is for a continucd bumt ofïering.
9 And on the sabbath day two 24 After this manner ye shall ofîer
lambs of the first year without spot, daily, throughout the seven days, the
and two tenth deals of flour for a meat meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of
ofïering, mingled with oil, and the a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall
drink ofïering thereof: be offered beside the continuai bumt
10 This is the bumt ofïering of ofïering, and his drink ofïering.
every sabbath, beside the continuai 25 And on the seventh day ye shaU
bumt ofïering, and his drink ofïering. have an holy convocation; ye shall do
11 And in the beginnings of your no servile work.
months ye shall ofîer a bumt ofïering 26 Also in the day of the firstfruits,
unto the Lord; two young bullocks, when ye bring a new meat ofïering un
and one ram, seven lambs of the first to the Lord, after your weeks be oui,
year without spot; ye shall have an holy convocation; ye
12 And three tenth deals of flour for shall do no servile work:
a meat ofïering, mingled with oil, for 27 But ye shall ofîer the bumt of
one bullock; and two tenth deals of fering for a sweet savour unto the
flour far a meat ofïering, mingled with Lord; two young bullocks, one ram,
oil, for one ram; seven lambs of the first year;
13 And a several tenth deal of flour 28 And their meat ofïering of flour
mingled with oil for a meat ofïeiing mingled with oil, three tenth deals un
unto one lamb; for a bumt ofïering of to one bullock, two tenth deals imto
a sweet savour,a sacrifice made by fire one ram,
unto the Lord. 29 A several tenth deal unto one
14 And thelr drink ofïerings shall be lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and 30 And one kid of the goats, to
the third part of an hin unto a ram, make an atonement for you.
and a fourth part of an hin unto a 31 Ye shall ofîer them beside the
lamb:this is the bumt ofïering of every continuai burnt ofïering, and his meat
month throughout the months of the ofïering,(they shall be unto you with
year. out blemish) and their drink ofïer
15 And one kid of the goats for a ings.
sin ofïering unto the Lord shall be
offered, beside the continuai bumt of CHAPTER 29
ïering, and his drink ofïering. AND in the seventh month, on the
16 And in the fourteenth day of the /\ first day of the inonthi ye shall
first month is the passover of the have an holy convocation; ye shall do
Lord. no servile work: it is a day of blowing
17 And in the flfteenth day of this the tmmpets unto you.
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2 And ye shall offer a bumt offering offering, his meat offering, and his
for a sweet saveur unto the Lord; eue drink offering.
young bullock, eue ram, and seven 17 And on the second day ye shall
lambs of the first year without blem- offer twelve young bullocks, two rams,
ish: fourteen lambs of the first year with
3 And their meat offering shall be of out spot:
fleur mingled with oil, three tenth 18 And their meat offering and
deals for a bullock, and two tenth their drink offerings for the bullocks,
deals for a ram, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall
4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, be according to their number,after the
throughout the seven lambs: manner:
5 And one kid of the goats for a sin 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin
offering, to make an atonement for offering; beside the continuai bumt
you: offering, and the meat offering thereof,
6 Beside the bumt offering of the and their drink offerings.
month, and his meat offering, and the 20 And on the third day.eleven bul
daily bumt offering, and his meat of locks, two rams,fourteen lambs of the
fering, and their drink offerings, ac- first year without blemish;
cording imto their manner,for a sweet 21 And their meat offering and
saveur, a sacriflce made by flre unto their drink offerings for the bullocks,
the Lord. for the rams, and for the lambs, shall
7 And ye shall have on the tenth be according to their number, after the
day of this seventh month an holy con manner:
vocation; and ye shall afflict your 22 And one goat for a sin offering;
seuls: ye shall net do any work therein: beside the continuai bumt offering,
8 But ye shall offer a bumt offering and his meat offering, and his drink
unto the Lord for a sweet saveur; one offering.
young bullock, one ram, and seven 23 And on the fourth day ten bul
lambs of the first year; they shall be locks, two rams,and fourteen lambs of
unto you without blemish: the first year without blemish:
9 And their meat offering shall be of 24 Their meat offering and their
fleur mingled with oil, three tenth drink offerings for the bullocks,for the
deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals rams, and for the lambs, shall be ac
to one ram, cording to their number, after the
10 A several tenth deal for one manner:
lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 25 And one kid of. the goats for a
11 One kid of the goats for a sin of sin offering; beside the continuai bumt
fering; beside the sin offering of atone offering, his meat offering, and his
ment, and the continuai bumt offer drink offering.
ing, and the meat offering of it, and 26 And on the fifth day nine bul
their drink offerings. locks, two rams,and fourteen lambs of
12 And on the flfteenth day of the the first year without spot:
seventh month ye shall have an holy 27 And their meat offering and their
convocation; ye shall do no servile drink offerings for the bullocks,for the
work, and ye shall keep a feast unto rams, and for the lambs, shall be ac
the Lord seven days: cording to their number, after the
13 And ye shall offer a bumt offer manner:
ing, a sacrifice made by flre, of a sweet 28 And one goat for a sin offering;
savour unto the Lord; thlrteen young beside the continuai burnt offering,
bullocks,two rams,and fourteen lambs and his meat offering, and his drink
of the first year; they shall be without offering.
blemish: 29 And on the sixth day eight bul
14 And their meat offering shall be locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
of fiour mingled with oil, three tenth the first year without blemish:
deals unto every bullock of the thir- 30 And their meat offering and
teen bullocks, two tenth deals to each their drink offerings for the bullocks,
ram of the two rams, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall
15 And a several tenth deal to each be according to their number, after the
lamb of the fourteen Igunbs: manner:
16 And one kid of the goats for a 31 And one goat for a sin offering;
sin offering; beside the continuai bumt beside the continuai bumt offering.
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his meat ofîering, and his drink offer- 5 But if her father disallow her in
ing. the day that he heareth; not any of her
32 And on the seventh day seven vows, or of her bonds wherewith she
bullocks,two rams,and fôurteen lambs hath bound her soul, shall stand: and
of the first year without blemlsh: the Lord shall forgive her, because her
33 And their meat offering and father disallowed her.
their drink offerings for the biïllocks, 6 And if she had at ail an husband,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall when she vowed, or uttered ought out
be according to their number, after the of her lips, wherewith she bound her
manner: soul;
34 And one goat for a sin offering; 7 And her husband heard if, and
beside the continuai bumt offering, held his peace at her in the day that he
his meat offering, and his drink offer heard if; then her vows shall stand,
ing. and her bonds wherewith she bound
35 On the eighth day ye shall have her soul shall stand.
a solemn assembly: ye shall do no ser- 8 But if her husband disaUowéd her
vile work therein: on the day that he heard if; then he
36 But ye shall offer a bumt offer shall make her vow which she vowed^
ing, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet and that which she uttered with her
savour unto the Lord: one bullock, lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of
one ram, seven lambs of the first year none effect: and the Lord shall forgive
without blemish: her.
37 Their meat offering and their 9 But every vow of a widow,and of
drink offerings for the bullock, for the her that is divorced, wherewith they
ram, and for the lambs, shall be ac- have bound their soûls, shall stand
corcùng to their number, after the against her.
manner: 10 And if she vowed in her hus-
38 And one goat for a sin offering; band's house, or bound her soul by a
beside the continuai bumt offering, bond with an oath;
and his meat offering, and his drink 11 And her husband heard il, and
offering. held his peace at her, and disallowed
39 These things ye shall do unto the her not: then ail her vows shall stand,
Lord in your set feasts, beside your and every bond wherewith.she bound
vows, and your freewill offerings, for her soul shall stand. ■
your burnt offerings, and for your 12 But if her husband hath utterly
meat offerings, and for your drink of made them void on the day he heard
ferings, and for your peace offerings. fkem; fhen whatsoever proceeded out
40 And Moses told the children of of her lips conceming her vows, or
Israël according to ail thàt the Lord conceming the bond of her soul, shaU
commanded Moses. not stand: her husband hath made
them void; and the Lord shall forgive
CHAPTER 30 her.
AND Moses spake unto the heads of 13 Every vow, and every binding
/\ the tribes conceming the children oath to afilict the soul, her husband
of Israël, saying, This is the thing may establish it, or her hiisband may
which.the Lord hath commanded. make it void.
2 If a man vow a vow unto the 14 But if her husband altogether
Lord, or swear an oath to bind his hold his peace at her from day to day;
soul with a bond; he shall not break then he establisheth ail her vows, or
his word, he shall do according to ail ail her bonds, which are upon her: he
that proceedeth out of his mouth. confirmeth them, because he held his
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto peace at her in the day that he heard
the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, fhem.
being in her father's house in her 15 But if he shall any ways make
youth; them void after that he hath heard
4 And her father hear her vow, and them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
her bond wherewith 'she hath bound 16 These are the statutes, which the
her soul, and her father shall hold his Lord commanded Moses, between a
peace at her: then ail her vows shall man and his wife, between the father
stand, and every bond wherewith she and his daughter, being yet in her youth
hath bound her soul shall stand. in her father*s house.
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16 Behold, these caused the chil

CHAPTER 31 dren of Israël, through the counsel of
VND the Lord spake unto Moses, Ba-laam, to commit trespass against
/V saying, the Lord in the matter of Pe-or, and
2 Avenge the children of Israël of there was a plague among the congré
the Mid-i-an-ites: afterward shalt thou gation of the Lord.
be gathered unto thy people. 17 Now therefore kill every maie
3 And Moses spake unto the people, among the little ones, and kill every
saying, Arm some of yourselves unto woman that hath known man by lying
the war, and let them go against the withhim.
Mid-i-an-ites, and avenge the Lord of 18 But ail the women children, that
Mid'-i-an^ have not known a man by lying with
4 Of every tribe a thousand, him, keep alive for yourselves.
throughout ail the tribes of Israël, 19 And do ye abide witiiout the
shall ye send to the war. camp seven days: whosoever hath
5 So there were delivered ont of the killed any person, and whosoever hath
thousands of Israël, a thousand of touched any slain, purify both your
evcry tribe, twelve thousand armed for selves and your captives on the third
war. day, and on the seventh day.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, 20 And purify ail your raiment, and
a thousand of every tribe, them and ail that is made of skins, and ail work
Phin-e-has the son of E-le-a-zar the of goats' hair, and ail things made of
priest, to the war, with the holy in wood.
struments, and the trumpets to blow 21 And É-le-a-zar the priest said
in hls hand. unto the men of war which went to the
7 And they warred against the Mid- battle, This is the ordinance of the law
i-an-ites, as the Lord commanded Mo which the Lord commanded Moses;
ses; and they slew ail the maies. 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the
8 And they slew the kings of Mid-i- brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
an, beside the rest of them that were 23 Every thing that may abide the
slain; namély, E'-vi, and Re'-kem, and fire, ye shall make it go through the
Zur,and Hur,and Re-ba,five kings of fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless
Mid-i-an: Ba-laam also the son of Be- it shall be purified with the water of
or they slew with the sword. séparation: and ail that abideth not
9 And the children of Israël took ail the fire ye shall make go through the
the women of Mid-i-an captives, and water.
their little ones, and took the spoil of 24 And ye shall wash your clothes
ail their cattle, and ail their docks,and on the seventh day, and ye shall be
ail their goods. clean, and afterward ye shaU come into
10 And they bumt ail their cities the camp.
wherein they dwelt, and ail their 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
goodly castles, with fire. saying,
11 And they took ail the spoil, and 26 Take the sum of the prey that
ail the prey, both of men and of beasts. was taken, both of man and of beast,
12 And they brought the captives, thou, and E-le-a-zar the priest, and
and the prey, and the spoil, unto Mo the chief fathers of the congrégation:
ses,and E-le-a-zar the priest, and unto 27 And divide the prey into two
the congrégation of the children of Is parts; between them that took the war
raël, unto the camp at the plains of upon them, who went out to battle,
Moab, which are by Jordan near Jéri and between ail the congrégation:
cho. 28 And levy a tribute unto the
13 And Moses, and E-le-a-zar the Lord of the men of war which went
priest, and ail the princes of the con out to battle; one soul of five hundred,
grégation, went forth to meet them both of the persons, and of the beeves,
without the camp. and of the asses, and of the sheep:
14 And Moses was wroth with the 29 Take it of their half, and ^ve it
officers of the host, luith the captains unto E-le-a-zar the priest,for an heave
over thousands, and captains over offering of the Lord.
hundreds, which came from the battle. 30 And of the children of Israel's
15 And Moses said unto thein, Have half, thou shalt take one portion of
ye saved ail the women alive? fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of
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the asses, and of the flocks, of ail man-
ner of beasts, and give them unto the
Levites, which keep the charge of the
tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and E-le-a-zar the
priest did as the Lord commanded
Moses.
32 And the booty, being the rest of
the prey which the men of war had
caught, was six hundred thousand and
seventy thousand and-«five thousand
sheep,
33 And threescore and twelve thou
sand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thou
sand asses»
35 And thirty and two thousand
persons in ail, of women that had not
known man by lying with him.
36 And the half, which was the por
tion of them that went out to war, was
in number three hundred thousand
and seven and thirty thousand and
five hundred sheep:
37 And the Lord's tribute of the
sheep was six hundred and threescore
and fifteen.
38 And the beeves were thirty and
six thousand; of which the Lord's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thou
sand and five hundred; of which the
Lord's tribute was threescore and one.
40 And the persons were sixteen
thousand; of which the Lord's tribute
was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute,
which was the Lord*s heave offering,
unto E-le-a-zar the priest, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel-s
half, which Moses divided from the
men that warred,
43 (Now the half that pertained unto
the congrégation was three hundred
thousand and thirty thousand and
seven thousand and five himdred
44 And thirty and six thousand
beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses and
five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
47 Even of the children of Israel's
half, Moses took one portion of fifty, of Gad and to the children of Reuben,
both of man and of beast, and gave Shall your brethren go to war, and
them unto the Levites, which kept the shall ye sit here?
charge of the tabernacle of the Lord;
as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 And the officers which were over
thousands of the host, the captains of
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thousands, and captains of hundreds,
came near unto Moses:
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy
servants have taken the sum of the
men of war which are under our charge,
and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 We have therefore brought an
oblation for the Lord,what every man
hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains,
and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tab-
lets, to make an atonement for our
soûls before the Lord.
51 And Moses and E-le-a-zar the
priest took the gold of them, even ail
wrought jewels.
52 And ail the gold of the offering
that they ofîered up to the Lord,of the
captains of thousands, and of the cap
tains of hundreds, was sixteen thou-
Scmd seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (For the men of war had taken
spoil, every man for himself.)
54 And Moses and E-le-a-zar the
priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and
brought it into the tabernacle of the
congrégation, for a mémorial for the
children of Israël before the Lord.
CHAPTER 32
NOW the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of cattle: and when
they saw the land of Ja-zer, and the
land of Gilead, that, behold, the place
was a place for cattle;
2 The children of Gad and the chil
dren of Reuben came and spake unto
Moses, and to E-le-a-zar the priest,
and unto the princes of the congréga
tion; saying,
3 At-a-roth, and Di-bon, and Ja-
zer, and Nim-rah, and Hesh-bon, and
E-le-a'-leh, and She-bam, and Nebo,
and Be-on,
4 Even the country which the Lord
smote before the congrégation of Is
raël, is a land for cattle, and thy ser
vants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have
found grâce in thy sight, let this land
be given unto thy servants for a pos
session, and bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children
7 And wherefore discourage ye the
heart of the children of Israël from
going over into the land which the
Lord hath given them?
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8 Thus did your fathers, when I 22 And the land be subdued before
sent them from Ka-desh-bar'-ne-a to the Lord: then afterward ye shaU re
see the land. tum,and be guiltless before the Lord,
9 For when they went up unto the and before Israël; and this land shall
Valley of Esh-col, and saw the land, be your possession before the Lord.
they discouraged the heart of the chil- 23 But if ye will not do so, behold,
dren of Israël» that they should not go ye have sinned against the Lord: and
into the land which the Lord had be sure your sin will find you out.
given them. 24 Build you cities for your little
10 And the Lord's anger was kin- ones, and folds for your sheep; and do
dled the same time» and he sware» say- that which hath proceeded out of your
Ing, mouth.
11 Surely none of the men that 25 And the children of Gad and the
came up out of Egypt, from twenty children of Reuben spake unto Moses,
years old and upward, shall see the saying, Thy servants will do as my
land which I sware unto Abraham,un lord commandeth.
to Isaac,and unto Jacob; because they 26 Our little ones, our wives, our
have not wholly foUowed me: fiocks, and ail our cattle, shall be there
12 Save Caleb the son of Je-phun- in the cities of Gilead:
neh the Ken-ez-ite,and Joshua the son 27 But thy servants will pass over,
of Nun:for they have wholly followed every man armed for war, before the
the Lord. Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
13 And the Lord's anger was kin- 28 So conceming them Moses com-
dled against Israël, and he made them manded E-le-a-zar the priest, and
wander in the wildemess forty years, Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief
until ail the génération, that had done fathers of the tribes of the children of
evil in the sight of the Lord, was con- Israël:
sumed. 29 And Moses said unto them.Ifthe
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in children of Gad and the children of
your fathers' stead, an increase of sin- Réuben will pass with you over Jor
ful men, to augment yet the fierce an dan, every man armed to battle, be
ger of the Lord toward Israël. fore the Lord, and the land shah be
15 For if ye tum away from after subdued before you; then ye shall give
him, he will yet again leave them in them the land of Gilead for a posses
the wildemess; and ye shall destroy ail sion:
this people. 30 But if they will not pass over
16 And they came near imto him, with you armed, they shall have pos
and said, We wiU build sheepfolds here sessions among you in the land of Ca
for our cattle, and cities for our little naan.
ones: 31 And the children of Gad and the
17 But we ourselves will go ready children of Reuben answered, saying.
armed before the children of Israël, As the Lord hath said ùnto thy ser
until we have brought them unto their vants, so will we do.
place: and our little ones shall dwell in 32 We will pass over armed before
the fenced cities because of the in the Lord into the land of Canaan,that
habitants of the land. the possession of our inheritance on
18 We will not retum unto our this side Jordan may be ours.
houses, untU the children of Israël 33 And Moses gave unto them,even
have ihherited every man his inherit- to the children of Gad,and to the chil
ance. dren of Reuben, and unto half the
19 For we will notinherit with them tribe of Ma-nas-seh the son of Joseph,
on yonder side Jordan, or forward; be the kingdom of Sihon king of the
cause our inheritance is fallen to us on Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king
tbîs side Jordan eastward. of Ba-shan, the land, with the cities
20 And Moses said unto them. If ye thereof in the coasts, even the cities of
will do this thing, if ye will go armed the country round about.
before the Lord to war, 34 And the children of Gad built
21 And will go ail ofyou armed over Di-bon, and Af-a-roth, and Ar'-o-er,
Jordan before the Lord, until he hath 35 And Af-roth, Sho'-phan, and Ja-
driven out his enemies from before a-zer, and Jog'-be-hah,
him. 36 And Beth-nim-rah, and Beth-
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ha-ran» fenced cities: and folds for and came unto Elim: and in Elim were
sheep. twelve fountains of water, and three-
37 And the children of Reuben score and ten palm trees; and they
built Hesh-bon, and E-le-a-leh, and pitched there.
Kir-jath-a'-im, 10 And they removed from Elim,
38 And Nebo, and Ba-al-me-on, and encamped by the Red sea.
(their names being changed,)and Shîb- 11 And they removed from the Red
mah: and gave other names unto the sea, and encamped in the wilderness of
cities which they builded. Sin.
39 And the children of Ma'chir the 12 And they took their joumey out
son of Ma-nas'-seh went to Gilead, and of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped
took it, and dispossessed the Amorite in Doph-kah.
which was in it. 13 And they departed from Doph-
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto kah, and encamped in A-lush.
Ma-chir the son of Ma-nas-seh; and he 14 And they removed from A'-lush,
dwelt therein. and encamped at Reph-i-dim, where
41 And Ja-ir the son of Ma-nas'-seh was no water for the people to
went and took the small towns thereof, drink.
and called them Ha-voth-ja-ir. 15 And they departed from Reph-i-
42 And No-bah went and took Ke- dim, and pitched in the wildemess of
nath, and the villages thereof, and Si-nai.
called it No-bah, after his own name. 16 And they removed from the des-
ert of Si-nai, and pitched at Kib-roth-
CHAPTER 33 hat-ta-a-v2ih.
THESE are the joumeys of the chil 17 And they departed from Kib-
dren of Israël, which went forth roth-hat-ta-a-vah, and encamped at
out of the land of Egypt with their Ha-ze'-roth.
armies under the hand of Moses and 18 And they departed from Ha-ze'-
Aaron. roth, and pitched in Rith-mah.
2 And Moses wrote their goings out 19 And they departed from Rith-
according to their journeys by the mah,and pitched at Rim-mon-pa-rez.
commandment of the Lord: and these 20 And they departed from Rim-
are their joumeys according to their mon-pa-rez, and pitched in Lib-nah.
goings out. 21 And they removed from Lib-
3 And they departed from Ra-me- nah, and pitched at Ris-sah.
ses in the first month, on the fifteenth 22 And they joumeyed from Ris-
day of the first month; on the morrow sah and pitched in Ke-hel-a-thah.
after the passover the children of Is 23 And they went from Ke-hel'-a-
raël went out with an high hand in the thah, and pitched in mount Sha-pher.
sight of ail the Egyptians. 24 And they removed from mount
4 For the Egyptians buried ail their Sha-pher, and encamped in Har'-a-
firstbom, which the Lord had smitten dah.
among them: upon their gods also the 25 And they removed from Har'-a-
Lord executed judgments. dah, and pitched in Mak-he-loth.
5 And the children of Israël re- 26 And they removed from Mak-he-
moved from Ra-me-ses, and pitched loth, and encamped at Ta'-hath.
in Suc'-coth. 27 And they departed from Ta'-
6 And they departed from Suc'- hath, and pitched at Ta-rah.
coth, and pitched in E-tham, which is 28 And they removed from Ta'-rah,
in the edge of the wilderness. and pitched in Mith-cah.
7 And they removed from E-tham, 29 And they went from Mith'-cah»
and turned again unto Pi-ha-hi-roth, and pitched in Hash-mo-nah.
which is before Ba-al-ze-phon: and 30 And they departed from Hash-
they pitched before Mig'-dol. mo-nah, and encamped at Mo-se-roth.
8 And they departed from before 31 And they departed from Mo-se-
Pi-ha-hi-roth, and passed through the roth, and pitched in Ben-e-ja-a-kan.
midst of the sea intp the wilderness, 32 And they removed from Ben-e-
and went three days' joumey in the ja'-a-kan, and encamped at Hor^ha-
wilderness of E-tham, and pitched in gid-gad.
Ma-rah. 33 And they went from Hor^ha-
9 And they removed from Ma-rah, gid-gad, and pitched in Jof-ba-thah.
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34 And they temoved from Jof-ba- habitants ofthe land,and dwell thereim
fhah, and encamped at E-bro'-nah. for I have given you the land to pos-
35 And they departed from E-bro- sess it.
nah, and encamped at E'-zi-on-ga-ben 54 And ye shall divide the land by
36 And they removed from E-zi- lot for an inheritance among your fam
on-ga-ber, and pitched in the wilder-illes: and to the more ye shall give the
ness of Zin, which is Ka-desh. more inheritance, and to the fewer ye
37 And they removed from Ka- shall give the less inheritance: every
desh,and pitched in mount Hor,in the man's inheritance shall be in the place
edge of the land of Edom. where his lot falleth; according to tiie
38 And Aaron the priest went up tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
into mount Hor at the commandment 55 But if ye will not drive out the
of the Lord, and died there, in the inhabitants of the land from before
fortieth year after the children of Is you; then it shall come to pass, that
raël were come ont of the land of those which ye let remain ofthem shaU
Egypt» in the first day of the fifth he pricks in your eyes, and thoms in
month. your sides, and sh^l vex you in the
39 And Aaron was an hundred and land wherein ye dwell.
twenty and three years old when he 56 Moreover it shall come to pass,
died in moimt Hor, that I shall do unto you, as I thoug^t
40 And king A-rad the Canaanite, to do unto them.
which dwelt in the south in the land of
Canaan, heard of the coming of the CHAPTER 34
children of Israël. AND the Lord spake unto Moses,
41 And they departed from moimt saying,
Hor, and pitched in Zal-mo'-nah. 2 Command the children of Israël,
42 And they departed from Zal- and say unto them, When ye come
mo-nah^ and pitched in Pu'-non. into the land of Canaan; (this is the
43 And they departed from Pu-non, land that shall fall unto you for an
and pitched in O-both. inheritance, even the land of Canaan
44 And they departed from O-both, with the coasts thereof:)
and pitched in Ij'-e-ab-a-rim, in the 3 Then your south quarter shall be
border of Moab. from the wildemess of Zin along by
45 And they departed from I-im, the coast of Edom, and your south
and pitched in Di-bon-gad. border shall be the outmost coast of
46 And they removed from Di-bon- the sait sea eastward:
gad, and encamped in Al-mon-dib-la- 4 And your border shall tum from
tha-im. the south to the ascent of A-krab-bim,
47 And they removed from Al- and pass on to Zin: and the going forth
mon-dib-la-tha-im,and pitched in the thereof shall be from the south to Ka-
mountains of Ab-a-rim, before Nebo. desh-bari-ne-a, and shall go on to Ha-
48 And they departed from the zar-ad'-dar, and pass on to Az'-mom
mountains of Ab-a-rim,and pitched in 5 And the border shall fetch a com-
the plains of Moab by Jordan near pass from Az-mon unto the river of
Jéricho. Egypt» and the goings out of it shall
49 And they pitched by Jordan, be at the sea.
from Beth-jes'-i-moth even unto A- 6 And as for the western border, ye
bel-shit-tim in the plains of Moab. shall even have the great sea for a
50 And the Lord spake unto Moses border: this shall be your west border.
in the plains of Moab by Jordan near 7 And this shall be your north bor
Jéricho, saying, der: from the great sea ye shall point
51 Speak unto the children of Is out for you mount Hor:
raël, and say unto them, When ye are 8 From mount Hor ye shall point
passed over Jordan into the land of out your border imto the entrance of
Canaan; Ha-math; and the goings forth of the
52 Then ye shall drive out ail the border shall be to Ze-dad:
inhabitants of the land from before 9 And the border shall go on to
you,and destroy aU their pictures, and Ziph-ron, and the goings out of it shall
destroy ail their molten images, and be at Ha-zar-e-nan: this shall be your
quite pluck down ail their high places; north border.
53 And ye shall dispossess the in- 10 And ye shall point out your east
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border from Ha-zar-e-nan to She-
pham:
11 And the coast shall go down
from She-pham to Rib-lah, on the
east side of A-in; and the border shall
descend, and shall reach unto the side
of the sea of Chin-ne-reth eastward:
12 And the border shall go down to
Jordan, and the goings ont of it shall
be at the sait sea: this shall be your
land with the coasts thereof round
about.
13 And Moses commanded the chil-
dren of Israël, saying, This is the land
near Jéricho, saying,
which ye shall inherit by lot, which the
Lord commanded to give unto the 2 Command the children of Ismel,
nine tribes, and to the half tribe: that they give unto the Levites of the
14 For the tribe of the children of inheritance of their possession cities to
Reuben according to the house of their dwell in; and ye shall give also unto
fathers, and the tribe of the children of
Gad according to the house of their
fathers, have received their inheritance;
and half the tribe of Ma-nas-seh have
received their inheritance:
15 The two tribes and the half tribe
have received their inheritance on this
side Jordan near Jéricho eastward, to-
ward the sunrising.
16 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
17 These are the names of the men
which shall divide the land unto you:
E-le^a-zar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun.
18 And ye shall take one prince of
every tribe, to divide the land by in
heritance.
19 And the names of the men are
these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
son of Je-phun-neh.
20 And of the tribe of the children
of Simeon, She-mu'-el the son of Am-
mi-hud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, E-li-
dad the son of Chis-Ion.
22 And the prince of the tribe of the
children of Dan, Buk-ki the son of
Jogr-li.
23 The prince of the children of Jo
seph, for the tribe of the children of
Ma-nas'-seh, Han-ni-el the son of
Ephod.
24 And the prince of the tribe ofthe
children of E-phra-im, Ke-mu-el the
son of Shiph-tan.
25 And the prince ofthe tribe ofthe
children of Zeb-u-lun, E-liz'-a-phan
the son of Par'-nach.
26 And the prince of the tribe of the
children of Is'-sa-char, Pal-ti-el the son
of Azzan.
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27 And the prince ofthe tribe ofthe
children of Asher, A-hi-hud the son of
Shel-o-mi.
28 And the prince ofthe tribe of the
children of Naph-ta-li, Ped-a-hel the
son of Am-mi-hud.
29 These are they whom the Lord
commanded to divide the inheritance
unto the children of Israël in the land
of Canaan.
CHAPTER 35
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in
jC\ the plains of Moab by Jordan
the Levites suburbs for the cities round
about them.
3 And the cities shall they have to
dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall
be for their cattle, and for their goods,
and for ail their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities,
which ye shall give imto the Levites,
shall reach from the wall ofthe city and
outward a thousand cubits round
about.
5 And ye shall measure from with-
out the city on the east side two thou-
Scmd cubits, and on the south side two
thousand cubits, and on the west
side two thousand cubits, and on the
north side two thousand cubits; and
the city shall be in the midst: this
shall be to them the suburbs of the
cities.
6 And among the cities which ye
shall give unto the Levites there shall
be six cities for refuge, which ye shall
appoint for the manslayer, that he
may flee thithen and to them ye shall
add forty and two cities.
7 So ail the cities which ye shall
give to the Levites shall be forty and
eight cities: them shaU ye give with
their suburbs.
8 And the cities which ye shall give
shall be of the possession of the chil
dren of Israël: from them that have
many ye shall give many; but from
them that have few ye shall give few:
every one shall give of his cities unto
the Levites according to his inherit
ance which he inheriteth.
9 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
10 Speak imto the children of Is
raël, and say unto them, When ye be
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corne over Jordan into the land of Ca refuge, whither he was fled: and he
naan; shall abide in it unto the death of the
11 Then ye shall appoint you cltles high priest, which was anointed with
to be cities of refuge for you; that the the holy oil.
slayer may flee thither, which killeth 26 But if the slayer shall at any
any person at unawares. time come without the border of the
12 And they shall be unto you city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
cities for refuge from the avenger; that 27 And the revenger of blood find
the manslayer die not, until he stand him without the borders of the city of
before the congrégation in judgment. his refuge, and the revenger of blood
13 And of these cities which ye shall kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of
give six cities shall ye have for refuge. blood:
14 Ye shall give three cities on this 28 Because he should have re-
side Jordan, and three cities shall ye mained in the city of his refuge until
give in the land of Canaan, which shall the death of the high priest: but after
be cities of refuge. the death of the high priest the slayer
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, shall retum into the land of his pos
both for the children of Israël, and for session.
the stranger, and for the sojoumer 29 So these ihings shall be for a stat-
among them; that every one that kill ute of judgment unto you throughout
eth any person unawares may flee your générations in ail your dwellings.
thither. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the
16 And if he smite him with an in murderer shall be put to death by the
strument of iron, so that he die, he is mouth of witnesses: but one witness
a murderer; the murderer shall surely shall not testify against any person to
be put to death. cause him to die.
17 And if he smite him with throw- 31 Moreover ye shall take no satis
ing a stone, wherewith he may die, and faction for the life of a murderer, whidh
he die, he is a murderer: the murderer is guilty of death: but he shall be
shall surely be put to death. surely put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction
weapon of wood, wherewith he may for him that is fled to the city of his
die, and he die, he is a murderer: the refuge, that he should come again to
murderer shall surely be put to death. dwell in the land, until the death of the
19 The revenger of blood himself priest.
shall slay the murderer: when he meet- 33 So ye shall not pollute the land
eth him, he shall slay him. wherein ye are:for blood it defileth the
20 But if he thrust him of hatred,or land: and the land cannot be cleansed
hurl at him by laying of wait, that he of the blood that is shed therein, but
die; by the blood of him that shed it.
21 Or in enmity smite him with his 34 Defile not therefore the land
hand, that he die: he that smote him which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell:
shall surely be put to death; for he is for I the Lord dwell among the chil
a murderer: the revenger of blood shall dren of Israël.
slay the murderer, when he meeteth
him.
CHAPTER 36
22 But if he thrust him suddenly AND the chief fathers of the familles
without enmity,or have cast upon him of the children of Gilead, the son
any thing without laying of wait, of Ma-chir, the son of Ma-nas-seh, of
23 Or with any stone, wherewith a the familles of the sons of Joseph,
man may die, seeing him not, and cast came near, and spake before Moses,
it upon him, that he die, and was not and before the princes, the chief fa
his enemy, neither sought his harm: thers of the children of Israël:
24 Then the congrégation shall 2 And they said, The Lord com-
judge between the slayer and the re manded my lord to give the land for an
venger of blood according to these inheritance by lot to the children of
judgments: Israël: and my lord was commanded
25 And the congrégation shall de- by the Lord to give the inheritance of
liver the slayer out of the hand of the Ze-lo-phe-had our brother unto his
revenger of blood, and the congréga daughters.
tion shall restore him to the city of his 3 And if they be married to any of
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the sons of the other tribes of the chil- 8 And every daughter, that pos-
dren of Israël, then shall their inherit- sesseth an inheritance in any tribe of
ance be taken from the inheritance of the children of Israël, shall be wife un
our fathers, and shall be put to the in to one of the family of the tribe of her
heritance of the tribe whereunto they father, that the children of Israël may
are received: so shall it be taken from enjoy every man the inheritance of his
the lot of our inheritance* fathers.
4 And when the jubile of the chil- 9 Neither shaU the inheritance re
dren of Israël shall be, then shall their move from one tribe to another tribe;
inheritance be put unto the inherit but every one of the tribes of the chil
ance of the tribe whereunto they are dren of Israël shall keep himself to his
received: so shall their inheritance be own inheritance.
taken away from the inheritance of the 10 Even as the Lord commanded
tribe of our fathers. Moses, so did the daughters of Ze-lo-
5 And Moses conunanded the chil- phe-had:
dren of Israël according to the word of 11 For Mah-lah, Tir'-zah, and Hog'-
the Lord,saying, The tribe of the sons lah, and Mil'cah, and Noah, the
of Joseph hath said welL daughters of Ze-lo-phe-had, were mar-
6 This is the thing which the Lord ried imto their father's brothers' sons:
doth command concerning the daugh- 12 And they were married into the
ters of Ze-lo-phe-had, saying, Let families of the sons of Ma-nas'-seh the
them marry to whom they think best; son of Joseph, and their inheritance
only to the family of the tribe of their remained in the tribe of the family of
father shall they marry. their father.
7 So shall not the inheritance of the 13 These are the commandments
children of Israël remove from tribe to and the judgments, which the Lord
tribe: for every one of the children of commanded by the hand of Moses unto
Israël shall keep himself to the inherit the children of Israël in the plains of
ance of the tribe of his fathers. Moab by Jordan near Jéricho.

The Fifth Book of Moses, called

Deuteronomy
Moab, began Moses to déclaré this
CHAPTER I
THESE be the words which Moses law, saying,
6 The Lord our God spake unto iis
spake unto ail Israël on this side in Ho-reb, saying, Ye have dwelt long
Jordan in the wildemess, in the enough in this mount:
plaln over against the Red sea, be- 7 Tum you, and take your joumey,
tween Paran,and To-phel,and Laban, and go to the mount of the Amorites,
and Ha-ze-roth, and Diz-a-hab. and unto ail the places nigh thereunto,
2 (There are eleven days* joumey in the plain^ in the hills, and in the
from Ho-reb by the way of mount vale, and in the south, and by the sea
Se-ir unto Ka'-desh-bar'-ne-a.) side,to the land of the Canaanites,and
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth unto Lebanon, unto the great river,
year, ih the eleventh month, on the the river Eu-phra-tes.
first day ofthe month,that Moses spake 8 Behold, I have set the land before
unto the children of Israël, according you: go in and possess the land which
unto ail that the Lord had given him the Lord sware unto your fathers,
in commandment unto them; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give
4 After he had slain Sihon the king unto them and to their seed after
of the Amorites, which dwelt in Hesh- them.
bon, and Og the king of Ba-shan, 9 And I spake unto you at that
Which dwelt at As'-ta-roth in Ed-re-h time,saying,I am not able to bear you
5 On this side Jordan,in the land of myself alone:
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10 The Lord your God hath multi- and I took twelve men of you, one of
plied you, and, behold, ye are this day a tribe:
as the stars of heaven for multitudei 24 And they tumed and went up
11 (The Lord God of your fathers into the mountain, and came unto the
make you a thousand times so many Valley of Esh-col, and searched it out.
more as ye are, and bless you, as he 25 And they took of the fruit of the
hath promised you!) land in their hands, and brought it
12 How can I myself alone bear down unto us, and brought us word
your cumbrance, and your burden, again, and said, It is a good land which
and your strife? the Lord our God doth give us.
13 Take you wise men, and under- 26 Notwithstanding ye would not
standing, and known among your go up, but rebelled against the com-
tribes, and 1 will make them rulers mandment of the Lord your God:
over you. 27 And ye murmured in your tents,
14 And ye answered me, and said, and said, Because the Lord hated us,
The thing which thou hast spoken is he hath brought us forth out of the
good for us to do. land of Egypt, to deliver us into the
15 Sô I took the chief of your trlbes, hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
wise men,and known,and made them 28 Whither shall we go up?our breth
heads over you, captains over thou- ren have discouraged our heart, say
sands, and captains over hundreds, ing, The people is greater and taller
and captains over fifties, and captains than we;the cities are great and walled
over tens, and officers among your up to heaven; and moreover we have
tribes. seen the sons of the Anakims there.
16 And I charged your judges at 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not,
that time, saying, Hear the causes be- neither be afraid of them.
tween your brethren, and judge right- 30 The Lord your God which goeth
eously between every man and his bro- before you, he shall fight for you, ac-
ther, and the stranger that is with him. cording to ail that he did for you in
17 Ye shall not respect persons in Egypt before your eyes;
judgment; but ye shall hear the small 31 And in the wildemess, where
as well as the great; ye shall not be thou hast seen how that the Lord thy
afraid of the face of man;for the judg God bare thee, as a man doth bear his
ment is God*s: and the cause that is son, in ail the way that ye went, imtil
too hard for you, bring it imto me,and ye came into this place.
I will hear it. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not be-
18 And I commanded you at that lieve the Lord your God,
time ail the things which ye should do. 33 Who went in the way before you,
19 And when we departed from to search you out a place to pitch your
Ho'-reb, we went through ail that tents in, in fire by night, to shew you
great and terrible wildemess, which ye by what way ye should go, and in a
saw by the way of the mountain of the cloud by day.
Amorites, as tiie Lord our God com 34 And the Lord heard the voice of
manded us; and we came to Ka-desh- your words, and was wroth, and
bar'-ne-a. sware, saying,
20 And I said unto you, Ye are 35 Surely there shall not one of
corne unto the mountain of the Amo these men of this evil génération see
rites, which the Lord our God doth that good land, which I sware to give
give unto us. unto your fathers,
21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath 36 Save Caleb the son of Je-phun-
set the leind before thee: go up and neh; he shall see it, and to him will I
possess it, as the Lord Cîod of thy fa give the land that he hath trodden
thers hath said unto thee; fear not, upon, and to his children, because he
neither be discouraged. hath wholly followed the Lord.
22 And ye came near unto me every 37 Also the Lord was angry with
one of you,and said, We will send men me for your sakes, saying, Tliou also
before us, and they shall search us out shalt not go in thither.
the land, and bring us word again by 38 But Joshua the son of Nxm,
what way we must go up, and into which standeth before thee, he shall go
what cities we shall come. in thithen encourage him:foc he shall
23 And the saying pleased me well: cause Israël to inherit it.
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39 Moreover your little ones, which also buy water of them for money,
ye said should be a prey, and your that ye may drink.
diildren» which in that day had no 7 For the Lord thy God hath
knowledge between good and evil, blessed thee in ail the works of thy
they shall go in thither, and unto them hand:he knoweth thy walking through
will I give it, and they shall possess this great wildemess: these forty years
it. the Lord thy God haih heen with thee;
40 But as for you, tum you, and thou hast lacked nothing.
take your joumey into the wildemess 8 And when we passed by from our
by the way of the Red sea, brethren the children of Esau, whidi
41 Then ye answered and said unto dwelt in Se-ir, through the way of the
me, We have sinned against the Lord, plain from E-lath, and from E-zi-on-
we will go up and fight, according to ga-ber, we tumed and passed by the
ail that the Lord our God commanded way of the wildemess of Moab.
us. And when ye had girded on every 9 And the Lord said imto me, Dis-
man his weapons of war, ye were ready tress not the Moabites,neither contend
to go up into the hiU. with them in battle: for 1 will not give
42 And the Lord said unto me,Say thee of their land for a possession; be
imto them. Go not up, neither fight; cause 1 have given Ar unto the chil
for I am not among you; lest ye be dren of Lot for a possession.
smitten before your enemies. 10 The E-mims dwelt therein in
43 So I spake unto you; and ye times past, a people great, and many,
would not heàr, but rebelled against and tall, as the Anakims;
the commandment of the Lord, and 11 Which also were accounted gi-
went presumptuously up into the hill. ants, as the Anakims; but the Moab
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt ites call them E-mims.
in that mountain, came out against 12 The Ho-rims also dwelt in Se-ir
you, and chased you, as bees do, and beforetime; but the children of Esau
destroyed you in Se-ir, even unto Hor'- succeeded them, when they had de
mah. stroyed them from before them, and
45 And ye retumed and wept before dwelt in their stead; as Ismel did unto
the Lord; but the Lord would not the land of his possession, which the
hearken to your voice, nor give ear Lord gave imto them.
unto you. 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you
46 So ye abode in Ka-desh many over the brook Ze-red. And we went
days, according unto the days that ye over the brook Ze-red.
abode there. 14 And the space in which we came
from Ka-desh-bar'-ne-a, until we were
CHAPTER 2 come over the brook Ze-red, was thirty
Then we tumed, and took our and eight years; until ail the génér
joumey into the wildemess by the ation of the men of war were wasted out
way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake from among the host, as the Lord
imto me:and we compassed mount Se- sware unto them.
ir many days. 15 For indeed the hand of the Lord
2 And the Lord spake unto me, was against them, to destroy them
saying, from among the host, until they were
3 Ye have compassed this moimtain consiimed.
long enough: tum you northward. 16 So it came to pass, when ail the
4 And command thou the people, men of war were consumed and dead
saying, Ye arc to pass through the from among the people,
coast of your brethren the children of 17 That the Lord spake unto me,
Esau, which dwell in Se-ir; and they saying,
shall be afraid of you: take ye good 18 Thou art to pass over through
heed unto yourselves therefore: Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
5 Meddle not with them; for I will 19 And when thou comest nigh over
not give you of their land, no, not so against the children of Ammon, dis-
much as a foot breadth; because 1 have tress them not, nor meddle with them:
given mount Se-ir unto Esau for a for 1 will not give thee of the land of
possession. the children of Ammon any possession;
6 Ye shaU buy meat of them for because I have given it unto the chil
money, that ye may eat; and ye shall dren of Lot for a possession.
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20 (That aise was accounted a land Mm before us; and we smote him, and
of giants: giants dwelt therein in old Ms sons, and ail Ms people..
time; ànd the Ammonites call them 34 And we took ail Ms cities at that
Zam-zum-mims; time, and utterly destroyed the men,
21 A people great, and many, and and the women, and the little ones, of
tall, as the Anales; but the Lord de- every city, we left none to remain:
stroyed them before them; and they 35 Only the cattle we took for a
succeeded them, and dwelt in their prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of
stead: the cities wMch we took.
22 As he did to the children of 36 From Ar'-o-er, wMch is by the
Bsau, which dwelt in Se-ir, when he brink of the river of Amon, and from
destroyed the Ho-rims from before the city that is by the river, even unto
them; and they succeeded them, and Gilead, there was not one city too
dwelt in their stead even unto this day; strong for us: the Lord our God de
23 And the A-vims which dwelt in livered ail imto us:
Ha-ze-rim,even unto Azzah,the Caph- 37 Only unto the land of the chil
to-rims, which caine forth out of Caph- dren of Ammon thou camest not, nor
tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in unto any place of the river Jabbok,
their stead») nor unto the cities in the mountains,
24 Rise ye up, take your joumey, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our
and pass over the river Arnon: behold, God forbad us.
1 have given into thine hand Sihon the
Amorite, king of Hesh-bon, and his CHAPTER 3
land: begin to possess it, and contend Then we tumed, and went up the
with him in battle» way to Ba-shan: and Og the king
25 This day will I begin to put the of Ba-shan came out against us, he and
dread of thee and the fear of thee upon ail his people, to battle at Ed-re-i.
the nations that are under the whole 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear
heaven,:who shall hear report of thee, him not: for I will deliver him, and ail
and shall tremble, and be in anguish his people, and his land,into thy hand;
because of thee. and thou shalt do unto him as thou
26 And I sent messengers out of the didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
wilderness of Ked-e-moth unto Sihon which dwelt at Hesh-bon.
king of Hesh-bon with words of peace, 3 So the Lord our God delivered
saying,. into our hands Og also, the king of
27 Let me pass through thy land: I Ba'-shan, and ail his people: and we
will go alohg by the high way, I will smote him until none was left to him
neither tum unto the right hand nor remaining.
to the left. 4 And we took ail his cities at that
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for time, there was not a city wMch wé
money, that I may eat; and give me took not from them, threescôre citiés,
water for money, that I may drink: ail the région of Ar'-gob, the kingdom
only I will pass through on my feet; of Og in Ba-shan.
29 (As the children of Esau which 5 AU these cities were fenced with
dwell in Se-ir, and the Moabites which high walls, gâtes, aiid bars; beside un-
dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall walled towns a great many.
pass over Jordan into the land which 6 And we utterly destroyed them,
the Lord our God giveth us. as we did unto Sihoû king of Hesh-
30 But Sihon king of Hesh-bon bon, utterly destroying the men, wo
would not let us pass by him: for the men, and children, of every city.
Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and 7 But ail the cattle, and the spoil of
made his heart obstinate, that he the cities, we took for a prey to our
might deliver him into thy hand, as selves.
appeareth this day. S And wie took at that time out of
31 And the Lord said unto me, Be the hand of the two kings of the Amor
hold, I have begun to give Sihon and ites the land that wds on this side Jor
his land before thee: begin to possess, dan, from the river of Amon unto
that thou mayest inherit his land. mount Hermon;
32 Then Sihon came out against us, 9 (Which Hermon the Si-do-M-ans
he and ail his people,to fight at Ja-haz. call Sif-i-on; and the Amorites call it
33 And the Lord our God delivered She'-nir;)
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10 Ali the cities of the plain, and ail done unto these two kings: so shall the
Gilead, and ail Ba-shan, unto Sal-chah Lord do unto ail the kingdoms whith-
and Ed-re-i, cities of the kingdom of er thou passest.
Og in Ba-shan. 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the
11 For only Og king of Ba-shan re- Lord your God he shaU fight for you.
mained of the remnant of giants; be- 23 And 1 besought the Lord at that
hold, his bedstead was a bedstead of time, saying,
24 O Lord God,thou hast begun to
iron; is it not in Rab'-bath of the chil-
dren of Ammon? nine cubits was the shew thy servant thy greatness, and
length thereof, and four cubits the thy mighty hand: for what God is
breadth of it, after the cubit of a there in heaven or in earth, that can do
man. according to thy works, and according
12 And this land, which we pos- to thy might?
sessed at that time, from Ar'-o-er, 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and
which is by the river Arnon, and half see the good land that is beyond Jor
mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, dan, that goodly mountain, and Leba-
gave I unto the Reubenites and to the non.
Gadites. 26 But the Lord was wroth with
13 And the rest of Gilead, and ail me for your sakes, and would not hear
Ba-shan, heing the kingdom of Og, me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it
gave I unto the half tribe of Ma-na?- suffice thee; speak no more unto me of
seh; ail the région of Ar'-gob, with ail this matter.
Ba-shan, which was called the land of 27 Get thee up into the top of Pis-
giants. gah, and lift up thine eyes wèstward,
14 Ja-ir the son of Ma-nas-seh took and northward, and southward, and
ail the country of Ar'-gob unto the eastward, and behold it with thine
coasts of Gesh'-u-ri and Ma-ach-a-thi; eyes: for thou shalt not go over this
and called them after his own name, Jordan.
Ba'shan-ha'-voth-jair, unto this day. 28 But charge Joshua, and encour
15 And I gave Gilead unto Ma'-chir. age him, and strengthen him: for he
16 And unto the Reubenites and shall go over before this people, and he
unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead shall cause them to inherit the land
even unto the river Arnon half the val- which thou shalt see.
ley, and the border even unto the river 29 So we abode in the valley over
Jabbok, which is the border of the against Beth-pe-or.
children of Ammon;
17 The plain also, and Jordan, and CHAPTER 4
the coast thereof, from Chin-ne-reth NOW therefore hearken, O Israël,
even unto the sea of the plain, even the unto the statutes and unto the
sait sea, under Ash-doth-pis-gah east- judgments, which I teach you, for to
ward. do them, that ye may live, and go in
18 And I commanded you at that and possess the land which the Lord
time,saying, The Lord your God hath God of your fathers giveth you.
given you this land to possess it: ye 2 Ye shall not add unto the word
shall pass over armed before your which I command you, neither shall ye
brethren the children of Israël, ail that diminish ought from it, that ye may
are meet for the war. keep the conunandments of the Lord
19 But your wives, and your little your God which I command you.
ones, and your cattle,(for I know that 3 Your eyes have seen what the
ye have much cattle,) shall abide in Lord did because of Ba-al-pe-or: for
your cities which I have given you; ail the men that followed Ba-al-pe-or,
20 Until the Lord have given rest the Lord thy God hath destroyed
imto your brethren, as well as unto them from among you.
you, and until they also possess the 4 But ye that did cleave unto the
land which the Lord your God hath Lord your God are alive every one of
given them beyond Jordan: and then you this day.
shall ye retum every man imto his 5 Behold, I have taught you stat
possession, which I have given you. utes and judgments, even as the Lord
21 And I commanded Joshua at my God commanded me, that ye
that time, saying, Thine eyes have should do so in the land whither ye go
seen ail that the Lord your God hath to possess it.
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6 Keep therefore and do them; for any fish that is in the waters beneath
this is your wisdom and your under- the earth:
standing in the sight of the nations, 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes
which «hall hear ail these statutes, and unto heaven, and when thou seest the
say, Surely this great nation is a wise sun, and the moon, and the stars, even
and understanding people. ail the host of heaven, shouldest be
7 For what nation is there sa great, driven to worship them, and serve
who hath God so nigh imto them, as them, which the Lord thy God hath
the Lord our God is in ail fhings that divided unto ail nations under the
we call upon him for? whole heaven.
8 And what nation is there so great, 20 But the Lord hath taken you,
that hath statutes and judgments so and brought you forth out of the iron
righteous as ail this law, which 1 set furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto
before you this day? him a people of inheritance, as ye are
9 Only take heed to thyself, and this day.
keep thy soul diligently, lest thou for- 21 Furthermore the Lord was an-
get the things which thine eyes have gry with me for your sakes, and sware
seen, and lest they départ from thy that I should not go over Jordan, and
heart ail the days of thy life: but teach that I should not go in unto that good
them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; land, which the Lord thy God giveth
10 Specially the day that thou thee for an inheritance:
stoodest before the Lord thy God in 22 But 1 must die in this land, I
Ho-reb, when the Lord said unto me, must not go over Jordan: but ye shall
Gather me the people together, and I go over, and possess that good land.
will make them hear my words, that 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest
they may leam to fear me ail the days ye forget the covenant of the Lord
that they shall live upon the earth,andyour God, which he made with you,
that they may teach their children. and make you a graven image, or the
11 And ye came near and stood un- likeness of any thing, which the Lord
der the mountain; and the mountain thy God hath forbidden thee.
bumed with tire unto the midst of hea- 24 For the Lord thy God is a con-
ven, with darkness, clouds, and thick suming fire, even a jealous God.
darkness. 25 When thou shalt beget children,
12 And the Lord spake unto you and children's children, and ye shall
out of the midst of the fire: ye heard have remained long in the land, and
the voice of the words, but saw no shall corrupt yourselves, and make a
similitude; only ye heard a voice. graven image, or the likeness of any
13 And he declared unto you his thing, and shall do evil in the sight of
covenant, which he commanded you to the Lord thy God, to provoke him to
perform,even ten commandments; and anger:
he wrote them upon two tables of 26 I call heaven and earth to wit-
stone. ness against you this day,that ye shall
14 And the Lord commanded me at soon utterly perish from off the land
that time to teach you statutes and whereunto ye go over Jordan to pos
judgments, that ye might do them in sess it; ye shall not prolong your days
the land whither ye go over to pos- upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
sess it. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you
15 Take ye therefore good heed un among the nations, and ye shall be left
to yourselves; for ye saw no manner of few in number among the heathen,
similitude on the day that the Lord whither the Lord shall lead you.
spake unto you in Ho-reb out of the 28 And there ye shall serve gods,
midst of the fire: the work of men's hands, wood and
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor
make you a graven image, the simili eat, nor smell.
tude of any figure, the likeness of maie 29 But if from thence thou shalt
or female, seek the Lord thy God,thou shalt find
17 The likeness of any beast that is him, if thou seek him with ail thy
on the earth, the likeness of any heart and with ail thy soul.
winged fowl that fiieth in the air, 30 When thou art in tribulation,
18 The likeness of any thing that and ail these things are come upon
creepeth on the ground, the likeness of thee, even in the latter days, if thou
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tum to the Lord thy God, and shalt awares, and hated him not in times
be obedient imto bis voice; past; and that fleeing unto one of thèse
31 (For the Lord thy God is a mer- cities he might live:
dful God;) he will net forsake thee, 43 Namely, Be-zer in the wilder-
neither destroy thee, nor forget the ness, in the plain country, of the Reu-
covenant of thy fathers which he benites; and Ra-moth in Gilead, of the
sware unto them. Gadites; and Go-lan in Ba-shan,of the
32 For ask now of the days that are Ma-nas-sites.
past, which were before thee, since the 44 And this is the law which Moses
day that God created man upon the set before the children of Israël:
earth, and ask from the one side of 45 These are the testimonies, and
heaven unto the other, whether there the statutes,and the judgments,which
hath been any such thing as this great Moses spake unto the children of Is
thing is, or hath been heard like it? raël, after they came forth out of
33 Did ever people hear the voice of Egypt,
God speaking ont of the midst of the 46 On this side Jordan,in the valley
fire, as thou hast heard, and live? over against Beth-pe-or,in the land of
34 Or hath God assayed to go and Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt
take him a nation from the midst of at Hesh-bon, whom Moses and the
another nation, by temptations, by children of Israël smote, after they
signs, and by wonders, and by war, were come forth out of Egypt:
and by a mighty hand, and by a 47 And they possessed his land,and
stretched ont arm, and by great ter- the land of Og king ôf Ba-shan, two
rors, according to ail that the Lord kings of the Amorites, which were on
your God did for you in Egypt before this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
your eyes? 48 From Ar'-o-er, which is by the
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that bank of the river Arhon, even unto
thou mightest know that the Lord he mount Sion, which is Hermon,
is God; there is none else beside him. 49 And ail the plain on this side
36 Out of heaven he made thee to Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of
hear his voice, that he might instruct the plain, under the springs of Pis-gah.
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee
his great fire; and thou heardest his CHAPTER 5
words out of the midst of the fire. A ND Moses called ail Israël, and said
37 And because he loved thy fa /V unto them, Hear, O Israël, the
thers, therefore he chose their seed statutes and judgments which I speak
after them, and brought thee out in in your ears this day, that ye may
his sight with his mighty power out of leam them, and keep, and do them.
Egypt; 2 The Lord our God made a cove
38 To drive out nations from before nant with us in Ho-reb.
thee greater and mightier than thou 3 The Lord made not this covenant
art, to bring thee in, to give thee their with our fathers, but with us, even us,
land for an inheritance,as it is this day. who are ail of us here alive this day.
39 Know therefore this day, and 4 The Lord talked with you face to
consider it in thine heart, that the face in the mount out of the midst of
Lord he is God in heaven above, and the fire,
upon the earth beneath: there is none 5 (I stood between the Lord ànd you
else. at that time, to shew you the word of
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his the Lord:for ye were afraid by reason
statutes, and his conunandments, of the fire, and went not up into the
which 1 command thee this day, that mount;) saying,
it may go well with thee, and with thy 6 I am the Lord thy God, which
children after thee, and that thou brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
mayest prolong thy days upon the from the house of bondage.
earth, which the Lord thy God giveth 7 Thou shalt have none other gods
thee, for ever. before me.
41 Then Moses severed three cities 8 Thou shalt not make thee any
on this side Jordan toward the sunris- graven image, or any likeness of any
ing; thing that is in heaven above, or that
42 That the slayer might flee thith- is in the earth beneath,or that is in the
er, which should kill his neighbour un- wàters beneath the earth:
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9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself darkness, (for the mountain did bum
unto them, nor serve them: for 1 the with fire,) that ye came near imto me,
Lord thy God am a jealous God, visit- even ail the heads of your tribes, and
ing the iniquity of the fathers upon the your elders;
children unto the third and fourth 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord
génération of them that hate me, our God hath shewed us his glory and
10 And shewing mercy unto thou- his greatness, and we have heard his
sands of them that love me and keep voice out of the midst of the fire: we
my commandments. have seen this day that God doth talk
11 Thou shalt not take the name of with man, and he liveth.
the Lord thy God in vain: for the 25 Now therefore why should we
Lord will not hold him guiltless that die? for this great fire will consume us:
taketh his name in vain. if we hear the voice of the Lord our
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanc- God any more, then we shall die.
tify it, as the Lord thy God hath com- 26 For who is there of ail flesh, that
manded thee. hath heard the voice of the living God
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and speaking out of the midst of the fire, as
do ail thy work: we have, and lived?
14 But the seventh day is the sab 27 Go thou near, and hear ail that
bath of the Lord thy God: in it thou the Lord our God shall say: and speak
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy thou unto us ail that the Lord our
son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man- God shall speak imto thee; and we will
servcmt, nor thy maidservant, nor hear it, and do if.
thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy 28 And the Lord heard the voice of
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within your words, when ye spake unto me;
thy gâtes;that thy manservant and thy and the Lord said unto me, I have
maidservant may rest as well as thou. heard the voice of the words of this
15 And remember that thou wast a people, which they have spoken unto
servant in the land of Egypt, and that thee: they have well said ail that they
the Lord thy God brought thee out have spoken.
thence through a mighty hand and by 29 O that there were such an heart
a stretched out arm: therefore the in them,that they would fear me,and
Lord thy God commanded thee to keep ail my commandments always,
keep the sabbath day. that it might be well with them, and
16 Honour thy father and thy moth- with their children for ever!
er, as the Lord thy God hath com 30 Go say to them, Get you into
manded thee; that thy days may be your tents again.
prolonged, and that it may go well 31 But as for thee, stand thou here
with thee, in the land which the Lord by me, and I will speak unto thee ail
thy God giveth thee. the commandments, and the statutes,
17 Thou shalt not kill. and the judgments, which thou shalt
18 Neither shalt thou commit adul- teach them, that they may do them in
tery» the land which I give them to possess
19 Neither shalt thou steal. it.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore
witness against thy neighbour. as the Lord your God hath com
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy manded you: ye shall not tum aside to
neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou the right hand or to the left.
covet thy neighbour's house, his fîeld, 33 Ye shall walk in ail the ways
or his manservant, or his maidservant, which the Lord your God hath com
his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is manded you, that ye may live, and
thy neighbour's. that it may be well with you,and that ye
22 These words the Lord spake un may prolong your days in the land
to ail your assembly in the mount out which ye shall possess.
of the midst of the fire, of the cloud,
CHAPTER 6
and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more. And he NOW these are the commandments,
wrote them in two tables of stone, and the statutes, and the judgments,
delivered them unto me. which the Lord your God commanded
23 And it came to pass, when ye to teach you,that ye might do them in
heard the voice out of the midst of the the land whither ye go to possess it:
 DEUTERONOMY 7
2 That thou mightest fear the Lord
thy God, to keep ail his statutes and
his commandments, which I command
thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, ail the days of thy life; and that
thy days may be prolonged*
3 Hear therefore, O Israël, and ob
serve to do it; thât it may be well with
thee, and that ye may increase might-
ily, as the Lord God of thy fathers
hath promised thee, in the land that
floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hearj O Israël: The Lord our God
is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with ail thine heart, and with ail
thy soul, and with ail thy might,
6 And these words, which I com
mand thee this day, shall be in thine
heart:
7 And thou shalt t^ch them dili-
gently unto thy children, and shalt
talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, £unid when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and
when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a
sign upon thine hand, and they shall
be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon
the posts of thy house, and on thy
gâtes.
10 And it shall be, when the Lord
thy God shall have brought thee into
the land which he sware unto thy
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob, to give thee great and
goodly cities, which thou buildedst
not,
11 And houses full of ail good things,
which thou. fiUedst not, and wells
digged, which thou diggedst not, vine-
yards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have
eaten ànd be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the
Lord, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage.
13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy
God, and serve him, and shalt swear
byhisname.
14 Ye shall not go after other gods,
of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
15 (For the Lord thy God is a jeal-
ous God among you) lest the anger of
the Lord thy God be kindled against
thee, and destroy thee from off the
face of the earth.
16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord
183
your God, as ye tempted him in Mas'-
sah.
17 Ye shall diligently keep the com-
mandments of the Lord your God,and
his testimonies,and his statutes, which
he hath commanded thee.
18 And thou shalt do that which is
right and good in the sight of the
Lord: that it may be well with thee,
and that thou mayest go in and pos-
sess the good land which the Lord
sware unto thy fathers,
19 To cast out ail thine enemies
from before thee, as the Lord hath
spoken.
20 And when thy son asketh thee
in time to come, saying, What mean
the testimonies, and the statutes, and
the judgments, which the Lord out
God hath conunanded you?
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy
son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in
Egypt; and the Lord brought us out
of Egypt with a mighty hand:
22 And the Lord shewed signs and
wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon ail his house-
hold, before our eyes:
23 And he brought us out from
thence, that he might bring us in, to
give us the land which he sware unto
our fathers.
24 And the Lord commanded us to
do ail these statutes, to fear the Lord
our God, for our good always, that he
might preserve us alive, as it is at this
day.
25 And it shall be oûr righteous-
ness, if we observe to do ail these com-
mandments before the Lord our God,
as he hath commanded us.
GHAPtER7
WHEN the Lord thy God shall
bring thee into the land whither
thou goest to possess it, and hath caSt
out many nations before thee, the Hit
tites, and the Gir'-ga-shitfes, and the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Per'-iz-zites, and the Hi'-vites, and the
Jeb-u-sites, seven nations greater and
mightier than thou;
2 And when the Lord thy God shall
deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them;
thou shalt make no covenant with
them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3 Neither shalt thou make mar-
riages with them; thy daughter thou
shalt not give unto his son, nor his
daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
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4 For they will tum away thy son
from foUowing me, that they may
serve other gods: so will the anger of
the Lord be kïndled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; deliver thee; thine eye shall have no
ye shall destroy their altars, and break pity upon them: neither shalt thou
down their images, and eut down their
groves, and bum their grayen images
with fire.
6 For thou art an holy people unto
the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God
hath chosen thee to be a spécial people
unto himself, above ail people that are
upon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not set his love
upon you, nor choose you, because ye
were more in number than an> people;
for ye were the fewest of ail people;
S But because the Lord loved you,
and because he would keep the oath
which he had swom unto your fathers,
hath the Lord brought you out with a
mighty hand, and redeemed you out
of the house of bondmen, from the
hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the Lord
thy God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand généra
tions;
10 And repayeth them that hate
him to their face, to destroy them: he
will not be slack to him that hateth
him, he will repay him to his face.
11 Thou shalt therefore keep the liver them imto thee, and shall destroy
commandments, and i^e statutes, and them with a mighty destruction, until
the judgments, which 1 command thee they be destroyed.
this day, to do them.
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, to thine hand, and thou shalt destroy
if ye hearken to these judgments, and
keep, and do them, that the Lord thy
God shall keep imto thee the covenant
and the mercy which he sware unto
thy fathers:
13 And he will love thee, and bless
thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the
fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oU,the increase of thy
kine, and the docks of thy sheep,in the
land which he sware imto thy fathers
to give thee.
14 Thou shalt be blessed above ail
people: there shall not be maie or fe-
male barren among you, or among
your cattle.
15 And the Lord will take away
from thee ail sickness, and will put
none of the evil diseases of Egypt,
which thou knowest, upon thee; but
will lay them upon ail them that hate
thee.
16 And thou shalt consume ail the
people which the Lord thy God shall
serve their gods;for that will be a snare
unto thee.
17 If thou shalt say in thine heart,
These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
18 Thou shalt not beafraidofthem:
btU shalt well remember what the
Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and
unto ail Egypt;
19 The great temptations which
thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and
the stretched out arm, whereby the
Lord thy God brought thee out: so
shall the Lord thy God do unto ail the
people of whom thou art afraid.
20 Moreover the Lord thy God will
send the homet among them, until
they that are left, and hide themselvés
from thee, be deistroyed.
21 Thou shalt not be aifrighted at
them: for the Lord thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
22 And the Lord thy God will put
out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume
them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
23 But the Lord thy God shall de
24 And he shall deliver their kingsin-
their name from under heaven: there
shall no man be able to stand before
thee, until thou have destroyed them.
25 The graven images of their gods
shall ye bum with fire: thou shalt not
desire the silver or gold that is on them,
nor take it xmto thee, lest thou be
snared therein: for it is an abomination
to the Lord thy God.
26 Neither shsilt thou bring an
abomination into thine house, lest
thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou
shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed
thing.
ÇHAPTER 8
ALL the commandments which I
command thee this day shall ye
observe to do, that ye may live, and
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multiply» and go in and possess the 15 Who led thee through that great
land which the Lord sware unto yonr and terrible wildemess, wherein were
fathers. fiery serpents, and scorpions, and
2 And thou shalt remember ail the drought, where there was no water;
way which the Lord thy God led thee who brought thee forth water out of
these forty years in the wildemess, to the rock of flint;
humble thee, and to prove thee, to 16 Who fed thee in the wildemess
know what was in thiné heart,whether with manna, which thy fathers knew
thou wouldest keep his command- not, that he might humble thee, and
ments, or no. ^ that he might prove thee, to do thee
3 And he humbled thee, and suf- good at thy latter end;
fered thee to hunger,and fed thee with 17 And thou say in thine heart, My
manna, which thou knewest not, nei- power and the might of mine hand
ther did thy fathers know; that he hath gotten me this wealth.
might make thee know that man doth 18 But thou shalt remember the
not live by bread only, but by every Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth
Word that proceedeth out of the mouth thee power to get wealth, that he may
of the Lord doth man live. establish his covenant which he sware
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
thee, neither did thy foot swell, these 19 And it shall be, if thou do at ail
forty years. forget the Lord thy God, and walk
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine after other gods, and serve them, and
heart, that, as a man chasteneth his worship them, I testify against you
son, sa the Lord thy God chasteneth this day that ye shall surely perish.
thee. 20 As the nations which the Lord
6 Therefore thou shalt keep the destroyeth before your face,so shall ye
commandments of the Lord thy God, perish; because ye would not be obedi-
to walk in his ways, and to fear him. ent unto the voice of the Lord your
7 For the Lord thy God bringeth God.
thee into a good land,a land of brooks
of water, of fountains and depths that CHAPTER 9
spring out of valleys and hills; HEAR,O Israël: Thou art to pass
8 A land of wheat, and barley, and over Jordan this day, to go in to
vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; possess nations greater and mightier
a land of oil olive, and honey; than thyself, cities great and fenced up
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat to heaven,
bread without scarceness, thou shalt 2 A people great and tall, the chil-
not lack any fhing in it; a land whose dren of the Anakims, whom thou
stones are iron, and out of whose hills knowest, and of whom thou hast heard
thou mayest dig brass. say, Who can stand before the children
10 When thou hast eaten and art of Anak!
full,then thou shalt bless the Lord thy 3 Understand therefore this day,
God for the good land which he hath that the Lord thy God is he which
given thee. goeth over before thee; as a consuming
11 Beware that thou forget not the fire he shall destroy them,and he shaU
Lord thy God,in not keeping his com- bring them down before thy face: so
manâments, and his judgments, and shalt thou drive them out,and destroy
his statutes, which I command thee them quickly, as the Lord hath said
this day: imto thee.
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and 4 Speak not thou in thine heart,
art full, and hast built goodly houses, after that the Lord thy God hath cast
and dwelt therein; them out from before thee,saying. For
13 And when thy herds and thy my righteousness the Lord hath
flocks multiply,and thy silver and thy brought me in to possess this land: but
gold is multiplied, and ail that thou for the wickedness of these nations the
hast is multiplied; Lord doth drive them out from before
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, thee.
and thou forget the Lord thy God, 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for
which brought thee forth out of the the uprightness of thine heart, dost
land of Egypt,from the house of bond- thou go to possess their land: but for
age; the.wickedness of these nations the
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Lord thy God doth drive them eut had tumed aside quickly out of the
from before thee,and that he may per- way which the Lord had commanded
form the word which the Lord sware you.
unto thy fathers, Abraham,Isaac, and 17 And I took the two tables, and
Jacob. cast them out of my two hands, and
6 Understand therefore, that the brake them before your eyes.
Lord thy God giveth thee not this 18 And I fell down before the Lord,
good land to possess it for thy right- as at the first, forty days and forty
eousness; for thou art a stiffnecked nights: I did neither eat bread, nor
people. drink water,, because of ail your sins
7 Remember, and forget not, how which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in
thou provokedst the Lord thy God to the sight of the Lord, to provoke him
wrath in the wildemess: from the day to anger.
that thou didst départ out of the land 19 For 1 was afraid of the anger and
of Egypt, imtil ye came imto this hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord
place, ye have been rebellious against was wroth against you to destroy you.
the Lord. But the Lord hearkened unto me at
8 Also in Ho-reb ye provoked the that time also.
Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was 20 And the Lord was very angry
angry with you to have destroyed you. with Aaron to have destroyed him:
9 When 1 was gone up into the and I prayed for Aaron also the same
mount to receive the tables of stone, time.
even the tables of the covenant which 21 And I took your sin, the calf
the Lord made with you,then I abode which ye had made,and bumt it with
in the mount forty days and forty fire, and stamped it, and ground it very
nights, 1 neither did eat bread nor small, ei;en until it was as small as
drink water. dust: and I cast the dust thereof into
10 And the Lord delivered unto me the brook that descended out of the
two tables of stone written with the mount.
finger of God; and on them was written 22 And at Tab-e-rah, and at Mas'-
according to ail the words, which the sah, and at Kib-roth-hat-ta-a-vah, ye
Lord spaJce with you in the moimt out provoked the Lord to wrath.
of the midst of the fire in the day of 23 Likewise when the Lord sent
the assembly. you from Ka-desh-bar'-ne-a, saying.
11 And it came to pass at the end Go up and possess the land which I
of forty days and forty nights, that the have given you; then ye rebeUed
Lord gave me the two tables of stone, against the commandment ofthe Lord
even the tables of the covenant. your God,and ye believed him not,nor
12 And the Lord said imto me, hearkened to his voice.
Arise, get thee down quickly from 24 Ye have been rebellious against
hence; for thy people which thou hast the Lord from the day that I knew
brought forth out of Egypt have cor- you.
rupted ihemselves: they are quickly 25 Thus I fell down before the Lord
tumed aside out of the way which I forty days and forty nights, as I fell
commanded them; they have made down at the first; because the Lord had
them a molten image. said he would destroy you.
13 Furthermore the Lord spake im- 26 I prayed therefore unto the
to me,saying, I have seen this people, Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: not thy people and thine inheritance,
14 Let me alone,that I may destroy which thou hast redeemed through thy
them, and blot out their name from greatness, which thou hast brought
under heaven: and I will make of thee forth out of Egypt with a mighty
a nation mightier and greater than hand.
they. 27 Remember thy servants, Abra
15 So I tumed and came down from ham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto
the moimt, and the moimt bumed the stubbomness of this people, nor to
with fire: and the two tables of the their wickedness, nor to their sim
covenant were in my two hands. 28 Lest the land whence thou
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye broughtest us out say, Because the
had sinned against the Lord your God, Lord was not able to bring them into
and had made you a molten calf: ye the land which he promised them,and
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because he hated them, he hath the land, which I sware unto their
brought them out to slay them in the fathers to give unto them.
wilderness. 12 And now, Israël, what doth the
29 Yet they are thy people and Lord thy God require of thee, but to
thine inheritance, which thou brought- fear the Lord thy God, to walk in ail
est out by thy mighty power and by his ways,and to love him,and to serve
thy stretched out arm. the Lord thy God with ail thy heart
and with ail thy soul,
CHAPTER 10 13 To keep the commandments of
AT that time the Lord said unto me, the Lord, and his statutes, which I
l\ Hew thee two tables of stone like command thee this day for thy good?
unto the first, and come up unto me 14 Behold,the heaven and the heav-
into the mount, and make thee an ark en of heavens is the Lord's thy God,
of wood» the earth also, with ail that therein
2 And I will Write on the tables the is.
words that were in the first tables 15 Only the Lord had a delight in
which thou brakest,and thou shalt put thy fathers to love them,£md he chose
them in the ark. their seed after them, even you above
3 And I made an ark of shittim ail people, as it is this day.
wood, and hewed two tables of stone 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin
like unto the first, and went up into of your heart, and be no more stifî-
the mount, having the two tables in necked.
mine hand. 17 For the Lord your God is God
4 And he wrote on the tables, ac- of gods, and Lord of lords, a great
cording to the first writing, the ten God, a mighty, and a terrible, which
commandments,which the Lord spake regardeth not persons, nor taketh re-
unto you in the mount out of the ward:
midst of the fire in the day of the as- 18 He doth execute the judgment of
sembly: and the Lord gave them unto the fatherless and widow, and loveth
me. the stranger, in giving him food and
5 And I turned myself and came raiment.
down from the mount, and put the 19 Love ye therefore the stranger:
tables in the ark which I had made; for ye were strangers in the land of
and there they be, as the Lord com- Egypt.
manded me. 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy
6 And the children of Israël took God; him shalt thou serve, and to him
their journey from Be-e-roth of the shalt thou cleave, and swear by his
children of Ja-a-kan to Mo-se-ra; there name.
Aaron died, and there he was buried; 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy
and E-Ie-a-zar his son ministered in God, that hath done for thee these
the priest's office in his stead. great and terrible things, which thine
7 From thence they journeyed unto eyes have seen.
Gud-go-dcih; and from Gud-go-dah to 22 Thy fathers went down into
Jot-bath, a land of rivers of waters. Egypt with threescore and ten per
8 At that time the Lord separated sons; and now the Lord thy God hath
the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the made thee as the stars of heaven for
covenant of the Lord, to stand before multitude.
the Lord to minister unto him,and to
bless in his name, unto this day. CHAPTER II
9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor Therefore thou shait love the
inheritance with his brethren; the Lord thy God, and keep his
Lord is his inheritance, according as charge, and his statutes, and his judg-
the Lord thy God promised him. ments,and his commandments,alway.
10 And I stayed in the mount, ac 2 And know ye this day: for I speak
cording to the first time, forty days not with your children which have not
and forty nights; and the Lord heark- known, and which have not seen the
ened unto me at that time also, and chastisement of the Lord your God,
the Lord would not destroy thee. his greatness, his mighty hand,and his
11 And the Lord said unto me, stretched out arm,
Arise, take thy journey before the peo 3 And his miracles, and his acts,
ple, that they may go in and possess which he did in the midst of Egypt
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unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and tum aside, and serve other gods, and
unto ail his land; worship them;
4 And what he did unto the army of 17 And then the Lord's wrath be
Bgypt, unto their horses, and to their kindled against you, and he shut up
chariots; how he made the water of the the heaven, that there be no rain, and
Red sea to overflow them as they pur- that the land yield not her fruit; and
sued after you,and how the Lord hath lest ye perish quickly from off the good
destroyed them imto this day; land which the Lord giveth you.
5 And what he did unto you in the 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these
wildemess, imtil ye came into this my words in your heart and in your
place; soul, and bind them for a sign upon
6 And what he did unto Da'than your hand, that they may be as front-
and A-bi-ram, the sons of E-li-ab, the lets between your eyes.
son of Reuben: how the earth opened 19 And ye shall teach them your
her mouth, and swallowed them up, children, speaking of them when thou
and their households, and their tents, sittest in thine house, and when thou
and ail the substance that was in their Wcilkest by the way, when thou liest
possession, in the midst of ail Israël: down, and when thou risest up.
7 But your eyes have seen ail the 20 And thou shalt write them upon
great acts of the Lord which he did. the door posts of thine house, and
8 Therefore shall ye keep ail the upon thy gâtes:
commandments which I conunand you 21 That your days may be multi-
this day, that ye may be strong, and plied, and the days of your children,
go in and possess the land, whither ye in the land which the Lord swcire imto
go to possess it; your fathers to give them, as the days
9 And that ye may prolong your of heaven upon the earth..
days in the land, which the Lord 22 For if ye shall diligently keep ail
sware unto your fathers to give unto these commandments which I com
them and to their seed, a land that mand you, to do them, to love the
floweth with milk and honey. Lord your God, to walk in ail his
10 For the land, whither thou goest ways, and to cleave unto him;
in to possess it, is not as the land of 23 Then will the Lord drive out ail
Egypt, from whence ye came out, these nations from before you, and ye
where thou sowedst thy seed, and shall possess greater nations and might-
wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden ier than yourselves.
of herbs: 24 Every place whereon'the soles of
11 But the land, whither ye go to your feet shall tread shall be yours:
possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, from the wildemess and Lebanon,
and drinketh water of the rain of heav- from the river, the river Eu-phra-tes,
en: even imto the uttermost sea shall your
12 A land which the Lord thy God coast be.
careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy 25 There shall no man be able to
God are always upon it, from the be- stand before you: for the Lord your
ginning of the year even unto the end God shall lay the fear of you and the
of the year. dread of you upon ail the land that ye
13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto
shall hearken diligently unto my com you.
mandments which 1 command you 26 Behold, I set before you this day
this day, to love the Lord your God, a blessing and a curse;
and to serve him with ail your heart 27 A blessing, if ye obey the com
and with ail your soul, mandments of the Lord your God,
14 That I will give you the rain of which I command you this day:
your land in his due season, the first 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey
rain and the latter rain, that thou the commandments of the Lord your
mayest gather in thy com, and thy God, but tum aside out of the way
wine, and thine oil. which I command you this day, to go
15 And I will send grass in thy after other gods, which ye have not
fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest known.
eat and be fuU. 29 And it shall come to pass, when
16 Take heed to yourselves, that the Lord thy God hath brought thee
your heart be not deceived, and ye in imto the land whither thou goest to
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possess it, that thou shalt put the God giveth you to inherit, and when
blessing upon mount Ger'-i-zim, and he giveth you rest from ail your ene-
the curse upon mount Ebal. mies roimd about, so that ye dwell in
30 Are they not on the other side safety;
Jordan, by the way where the sun 11 Then there shall be a place which
goeth down,in the land ofthe Canaan- the Lord your God shall choose to
ites, which dwell in the champaign cause his name to dwell there; thither
over against Gilgal, beside the plains shall ye bring ail that I conunand you;
of Mo'-reh? your bumt offerings, and your sac
31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to rifices, your tithes, and the heave
go in to possess the land which the offering of your hand, and ail your
Lord your God giveth you, and ye choice vows which ye vow unto the
shall possess it, and dwell therein. Lord:
32 And ye shall observe to do ail 12 And ye shall rejoice before the
the statutes and judgments which 1 Lord your God,ye,and your sons,and
set before you this day. your daughters, and your mehser-
vants, and your maidservants,and the
CHAPTER 12 Levite that is within your gâtes; foras-
THESE are the statutes and judg much as he hath no part nor inherit
ments, which ye shall observe to ance with you.
do in the land, which the Lord God of 13 Take heed to thyself that thou
thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, offer not thy bumt offerings in every
ail the days that ye live upon the place that thou seest:
earth. 14 But in the place which the Lord
2 Ye shall utterly destroy ail the shall choose in one of thy tribes, there
places, wherein the nations which ye thou shalt offer thy bumt offerings,
shall possess served their gods, upon and there thou shalt do ail that I com-
the high mountains, and upon the mand thee.
hUls, and imder every green tree: 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest
3 And ye shall overthrow their al- kill and eat fiesh in ail thy gâtes, what
tars, and break their pillars, and bum soever thy soul lusteth after, according
their groves with fire; and ye shall hew to the blessing of the Lord thy God
down the graven images of their gods, which he hath given thee: the imclean
and destroy the names of them out of and the clean may eat thereof, as of
that place. the roebuck, and as of the hart.
4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood;
your God. ye shall pour it upon the earth as
5 But unto the place which the water.
Lord your God shall choose out of ail 17 Thou mayest not eat within thy
your tribes to put his name there, even gâtes the tithe of thy com, or of thy
unto his habitation shall ye seek, and wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of
tiiither thou shalt come: thy herds or of thy fiock, nor any of
6 And thither ye shall bring your thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy
bumt offerings, and your sacrifices, freewill offerings, or heave offering of
and your tithes, and heave offerings of thine hand:
your hand, and your vows, and your 18 But thou must eat them before
freewill offerings, and the firstlings of the Lord thy God in the place which
your herds and of your fiocks: the Lord thy God shall choose, thou,
7 And there ye shall eat before the and thy son, and thy daughter, and
Lord your God,and ye shall rejoice in thy manservant,and thy maidservant,
ail that ye put your hand unto, ye and and the Levite that is within thy
your households, wherein the Lord gâtes: and thou shalt rejoice before the
thy God hath blessed thee. Lord thy God in ail that thou puttest
8 Ye shall not do after ail the things thine hands unto.
that we do here this day, every man 19 Take heed to thyself that thou
whatsoever is right in his own eyes. forsake not the Levite as long as thou
9 Fot ye are not as yet come to the Uvest upon the earth.
rest and to the inheritance, which the 20 When the Lord thy God shall
Lord your God giveth you. enlarge thy border, as he hath prom-
10 But when ye go over Jordan,and ised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat
dwell in the land which the Lord your fiesh, because thy soul longeth to eat
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flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatso- you, observe to do it; thou shalt not
ever thy soul lusteth after. add thereto, nor diminish from it.
21 If the place which the Lord thy
God hath chosen to put his name there CHAPTER 13
be toc far from thee,then thou shalt kill IF there arise among you a prophet,
of thy herd and of thy flock, which the or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth
Lord hath given thee, as I have com- thee a sign or a wonder,
manded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy 2 And the sign or the wonder come
gâtes whatsoever thy soul lusteth to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,
after. saying, Let us go after other gods,
22 Even as the roebuck and the which thou hast not known, and let us
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: serve them;
the unclean and the clean shall eat of 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the
them alike. words of that prophet, or that dreamer
23 Only be sure that thou eat not of dreams: for the Lord your God
the blood: for the blood is the life; and proveth you, to know whether ye love
thou mayest not eat the life with the the Lord your God with ail your heart
flesh. and with ail your soul.
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your
pour it upon the earth as water. God, and fear him, and keep his com-
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may mandments,and obey his voice, and ye
go well with thee, and with thy chil- shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
dren after thee, when thou shalt do 5 And that prophet, or that dream
that which is right in the sight of the er of dresims, shall be put to death; be-
Lord. cause he hath spoken to turn you away
26 Only thy holy things which thou from the Lord your God, which
hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, brought you out of the land of Egypt,
and go unto the place which the Lord and redeemed you out of the house of
shall choose; bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
27 And thou shalt offer thy bumt which the Lord thy God commanded
ofïerings, the flesh and the blood, upon thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the
the altar of the Lord thy God; and evil away from the midst of thee.
the blood of thy sacrifices shall be 6 If thy brother, the son of thy
poured out upon the altar of the mother,or thy son, or thy daughter,or
Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend,
flesh. which is as thine own soul, entice thee
28 Observe and hear ail these words secretly, saying, Let us go and serve
which I command thee, that it may go other gods, which thou hast not
well with thee, and with thy children known, thou, nor thy fathers;
after thee for ever, when thou doest 7 Namely, of the gods of the people
that which is good and right in the sight which are round about you, nigh unto
of the Lord thy God. thee, or far off from thee,from the one
29 When the Lord thy God shall end of the earth even unto the ofher
eut off the nations from before thee, end of the earth;
whither thou goest to possess them, 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him,
and thou succeedest them, and dwell- nor hearken unto him; neither shall
est in their land; thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou
30 Take heed to thyself that thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
be not snared by following them, after 9 But thou shalt surely kill him;
that they be destroyed from before thine hand shall be first upon him to
thee; and that thou enquire not after put him to death, and afterwards the
their gods, saying, How did these na hand of ail the people.
tions serve their gods? even so will I do 10 And thou shalt stone him with
likewise. stones, that he die; because he hath
31 Thou shalt not do so unto the sought to thrust thee away from the
Lord thy God: for every abomination Lord thy God,which brought thee out
to the Lord, which he hateth, have of the land of Egypt,from the house of
they done unto their gods; for even bondage.
their sons and their daughters they 11 And ail Israël shall hear, and
have burnt in the lire to their gods. fear, and shall do no more any such
32 What thing soever I command wickedness as this is among you.
 DEUTERONOMY 14 191

12 If thou shalt hear say in one of claws, and cheweth the cud among the
thy citles, which the Lord thy God beasts, that ye shall eat.
hath given thee to dwell there, say- 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not
ing, eat of them that chew the cud, or of
13 Certain men, the children of Be- them that divide the cloven hoof; as
li-al, are gone ont from among you, the camel,and the hare,and the coney:
and have withdrawn the inhabitants for they chew the cud, but divide not
of their city, saying, Let us go and the hoof; therefore they are unclean
serve other gods, which ye have not unto you.
known; 8 And the swine, because it divideth
14 Then shalt thou enquire, and the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it
make search, and ask diligently» and, is unclean imto you: ye shall not eat
behold, if it be truth, and the thing cer of their flesh, nor touch their dead car-
tain, that such abomination is wrought case.
among you; 9 These ye shall eat of ail that are
15 Thou shalt surely smite the in in the waters: ail that have fins and
habitants of that city with the edge of scales shall ye eat:
the sword, destroying it utterly, and 10 And whatsoever hath not fins
ail that is iherein, and the cattle there- and scales ye may not eat;it is imclean
of, with the edge of the sword. imto you.
16 And thou shalt gather ail the 11 Of ail clean birds ye shall eat.
spoil of it into the midst of the street 12 But these are they of which ye
thereof, and shalt bum with fire the shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossi-
city, and ail the spoil thereof every frage, and the ospray,
whit, for the Lord thy God: and it 13 And the glede, and the kite, and
shall be an heap for ever; it shall not the vulture after his kind,
be built again. 14 And every raven after his kind,
17 And there shall cleave nought of 15 And the owl, and the night
the cursed thing to thine hand: that hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
the Lord may tum from the fierceness after his kind,
of his anger, and shew thee mercy,and 16 The little owl, and the great owl,
have compassion upon thee,and multi- and the swan,
ply thee, as he hath swom unto thy 17 And the pélican, and the gier
fathers; eagle, and the cormorant,
18 When thou shalt hearken to the 18 And the stork, and the héron
voice of the Lord thy God,to keep ail after her kind,and the lapwing,and the
his commandments which I command bat.
thee this day, to do that which is right 19 And every creeping thing that
in the eyes of the Lord thy God. fiieâi is imclean unto you: they shsdl
not be eaten.
CHAPTER 14 20 But of ail clean fowls ye may eat.
Ye are the children ofthe Lord your 21 Ye shall not eat ofany thing that
God: ye shall not eut yourselves, dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto
nor make any baldness between your the stranger that is in thy gâtes, that
eyes for the dead. he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it
2 For thou art an holy people unto unto an alien: for thou art an holy peo
the Lord thy God,and the Lord hath ple unto the Lord thy God.Thou shalt
chosen thee to be a peculiar people un not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
to himself, above ail the nations that " 22 Thou shalt truly tithe ail the in-
are upon the earth. crease of thy seed, that the field bring-
3 Thou shalt not eat any abomi eth forth year by year.
nable thing. 23 And thou shalt eat before the
4 These are the beasts which ye Lord thy God, in the place which he
shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the shall choose to place his name there,
goat, the tithe of thy com,of thy wine, and
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy
the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and herds and of thy fiocks; that thou may
the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the est leam to fear the Lord thy God al-
chamois. ^ ways.
6 And every beast that parteth the 24 And if the way be too long for
hoofi and cleaveth the cleft into two thee,so that ihou art not able to carry
192 DEUTERONOMY 15
it; or if the place be too far from thee,
which the Lord thy God shall choose of one of thy brethren within any of
to set his name there, when the Lord thy gâtes in thy land which the Lord
thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou tum it into harden thine heart, nor shut thine
money, and bind up the money in hand from thy poor brother:
thine hand, and shalt go unto the
place which the Lord thy God shall
choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that
money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for
wine, or for strong drink, or for whatr
soever thy soul desireth: and thou
shalt eat there before the Lord thy
God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and
thine household,
27 And the Levite that is within thy
gâtes; thou shalt not forsake hlm; for
he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee.
28 At the end of three years thou
shalt bring forth ail the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay
it up within thy gâtes:
29 And the Levite,(because he hath
no part nor inheritance with thee,) and
the stranger, and the fatherless, and
the widow, which are within thy gâtes,
shall come, and shall eat and be satis-
fied; that the Lord thy God may bless
thee in ail the work of thine hand
which thou doest.
CHAPTER 15
AT the end of every seven years thou
/\ shalt make a release.
2 And this is the manner of the re
lease: Every creditor that lendeth
ought unto his neighbour shall release
it; he shall not exact it of his neigh
bour, or of his brother; because it is
called the Lord's release.
3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact
it again: but that which is thine with
thy brother thine hand shall release;
4 Save when there shall be no poor
among you; for the Lord shall greatly
bless thee in the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance
to possess it:
5 Only if thou carefully hearken un
to the voice of the Lord thy God, to
observe to do ail these commandments
which I command thee this day.
6 For the Lord thy God blesseth
thee, as he promised thee: and thou
shalt lend unto many nations, but
thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt
reign over many nations, but they
shall not reign over thee.
7 If there be among you a poor man
thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
8 But thou shalt open thine hand
wide unto him, and shalt surely lend
him sufficient for his need, in that
which he wanteth.
9 Beware that there be not a
thought in thy wicked heart, saying,
The seventh year, the year of release,
is at hand; and thine eye be evil
against thy poor brother, and thou
givest him nought; and he cry unto the
Lord against thee, and it be sin rmto
thee.
10 Thou shalt surely give him, and
thine heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him: because that for
this thing the Lord thy God shall bless
thee in ail thy works, and in ail that
thou puttest thine hand unto.
11 For the poor shall never cease
out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto thy brother, to thy
poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew
man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold
unto thee, and serve thee six years;
then in the seventh year thou shalt let
him go free from thee.
13 And when thou sendest him out
free from thee, thou shalt not let him
go away empty:
14 Thou shalt fumish him liberally
out Df thy flock, and out of thy floor,
and out of thy winepress: ofthat where-
with the Lord thy God hath blessed
thee thou shalt giVe unto him.
15 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt, and the Lord thy God re-
deemed thee: therefore I command
thee this thing to day.
16 And it shall be, if he say unto
thee, I will not go away from thee; be
cause he loveth thee and thine house,
because he is well with thee;
17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and
thrust it through his ear unto the door,
and he shall be thy servant for ever.
And also unto thy maidservant thou
shalt do likewise.
18 It shall not seem hard unto thee,
when thou sendest him away free
from thee; for he nath been worth a
double hired servant to thee, in serv-
ing thee six years: and the Lord thy
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God shall bless thee in ail that thou the moming^ and go unto thy tents.
doest. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleav-
19 AU the firstling maies that corne ened bread: and on the seventh day
of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt shaU be a solemn assembly to the Lord
sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou thy God:thou shalt do no work therein.
shalt do no work with the firstling of 9 Seven weeks shalt thou humber
thy buUock, nor shear the firstling of unto thee: begin to number the seven
tiiy sheep. weeksfrom such Urne as thou beginnest
20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord to put the sickle to the com.
thy God year by year in the place 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of
which the Lord shall choose» thou and weeks unto the Lord thy God with a
thy household. tribute of a freewill offering of thine
21 And if there be any blemish hand, which thou shalt give unto the
therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or Lord thy God, according as the Lord
have any iU blemish, thou shalt not thy God hath blessed thee:
sacrifice it imto the Lord thy God. 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the
22 Thou shalt eat it within thy Lord thy God,thou, and thy son, and
gâtes: the imclean and the clean person thy daughter, and thy manservant,
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as and thy maidîservant, and the Levite
the hart. that is within thy gâtes,and the stran-
23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood ger, and the fatherless, and the widow,
thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the that are among you,in the place which
ground as water. the Lord thy God hath chosen to place
his name there.
CHAPTER 16
12 And thou shalt remember that
OBSERVE the month of Abib,and thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and
keep the passover unto the Lord thou shalt observe and do these stat-
thy God: for in the month of Abib the utes.
Lord thy Grod brought thee forth ont 13 Thou shalt observe the feast of
of Egypt by night. tabernacles seven days,after that thou
2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the hast gathered in thy com and thy
passover unto the Lord thy God, of wine:
the flock and the herd, in the place 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy
which the Lord shaU choose to place feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
his name there. daughter, and thy manservant, and
3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread thy maidservant, and the Levite, the
with it; seven days shalt thou eat im- stranger, and the fatherless, and the
leavened bread therewith, even the widow, that are within thy gâtes.
bread of affliction; for thou camest 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: solemn feast unto the Lord thy God
that thou mayest remember the day in the place which the Lord shall
when thou camestforth out of the land choose: because the Lord thy God
of Egypt aU the days of thy life. shall bless thee in ail thine increase,
4 And there shall be no leavened and in ail the works of thine hands,
bread seen with thee in aU thy coast therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
seven days; neither shaU there any 16 Three times in a year shall ail
Hung of âie fiesh, which thou sacri- thy maies appear before the Lord thy
ficedst the first day at even, remain aU God in the place which he shall choose;
night untU the moming. in the feast of unleavened bread, and
5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the in the feast of weeks, and in the feast
passover within any of thy gâtes, of tabernacles: and diey shall not ap
which the Lord thy God giveth thee: pear before the Lord empty:
6 But at the place which the Lord 17 Every man shall give as he is
thy God shaU choose to place his name able, according to the blessing of the
in, there thou shalt sacrifice the pass Lord thy God which he hath given
over at even, at the going down of the thee.
sun, at the season that thou camest 18 Judges and offlcers shalt thou
forth out of Egypt. make thee in ail thy gâtes, which the
7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout
the place which the Lord thy God thy tribes: and they shall judge the
shaU choose: and thou shalt tum in people with just judgment.
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19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; into the place which the Lord thy God
thou shalt not respect persons, neither shall choose;
take a glft: for a gift doth blind the 9 And thou shalt come imto the
eyes of the wise,and pervert the words priests the Levites, and unto the judge
of the righteous. . that shall be in those days, and en-
20 That which is altogether just quire; and they shall shew thee the
shalt thou follow, that thou mayest sentence of judgment:
live, and Inherit the land which the 10 And thou shalt do according to
Lord thy God giveth thee.. the sentence, which they of that place
21 Thou shalt not plant thee a which the Lord shall choose shall
grove of any trees near unto the altar shew thee; and thou shalt observe to
of the Lord thy Grod, which thou shalt do according to ail that they inform
make thee. thee:
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up 11 According to the sentence of the
any image; which the Lord thy God law which they shall teach thee, and
hateth. according to the judgment which they
shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou
CHAPTER 17 shalt not décliné from the sentence
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the which; they shall shew thee, to the
Lord thy God any buUock, or right hand, nor to the left.
sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil- 12 And the man that will do pre-
favouredness: for that is an abomina sumptuously, and will not hearken im-
tion unto the Lord thy God. to the priest that standeth to minister
2 If there be found among you, there before the.LoRD thy God,or unto
within any of thy gâtes which the the judge,even that man shall die: and
Lord thy God giveth thee, man or thou shalt put away the evil from Is
woman,that hath wrought wickedness raël.
in the sight of the Lord thy God, in 13 And ail the people shall hear,
transgressing his covenant, and fear, and do no more presumptu-
3 And hath gone and served other ously.
gods, and worshipped them,either the 14 When thou art come unto the
Sun, or moon, or any of the host of land which the Lord thy God giveth
heaven, which I have not command- thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt
ed; dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast a king over me, like as ail the nations
heard of it, and enquired diligently, that are about me;
and, behold, it be true, and the thing 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him
certain, that such abomination is king over thee, whom the Lord thy
wrought in Israël: God shEill choose: one from among thy
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
man or that woman, which have com- thou mayest not set a stranger over
mitted that wicked thing, unto thy thee, which is not thy brother.
gâtes, even that man or that woman, 16 But he shaU not multiply horses
and shalt stone them with stones, till to himself, nor cause the people to re-
they die. tum to Egypt, to the end that he
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or should multiply horses: forasmuch as
three witnesses, shall he that is worthy the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall
of death be put to death; but at the henceforth retum no more that
mouth of one witness he shall not be way.
put to death. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives
7 The hands of the witnesses shall to himself, that his heart tum not
be first upon him to put him to death, away: neither shall he greatly multiply
and afterward the hands of ail the peo- to himself silver and gold.
ple. So thou shalt put the evil away 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth
from among you. upon the throne of his kingdom, that
8 If there arise a matter too hard he shall write him a copy of this law
for thee in judgment, between blood in a book out of that which is before the
and blood, between plea and plea, and priests the Levites:
between stroke and stroke, being mat- 19 And it shall be with him, and he
ters of controversy within thy gâtes: shall read therein ail the days of his
then shalt thou arise, and get thee up life: that he may leam to fear the Loiu>
 DEUTERONOMY 18, 19 195

his God, to keep ail the words of this Lord thy God doth drive them out
law and these statutes, to do them: from before thee.
20 That his heart be not llfted up 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the
above his brethren, and that he tum Lord thy God.
not aside from the commandment, to 14 For these nations, which thou
the right hand,or to the left: to the end shalt possess, hearkened unto obser-
that he may prolong his days in his vers of times, and unto diviners: but
kingdom, he, and his children, in the as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not
midst of Israël. suffered thee so to do.
15 The Lord thy God will raise up
CHAPTER 18 unto thee a Prophet from the midst of
The priests the Levites, and ail the thee, of thy bretiiren,like unto me;un
tribe of Levi, shall have no part to him ye shall hearken;
nor inheritance with Israël: they shall 16 According to ail that thou de-
eat the offerings of the Lord made by siredst of the Lord thy God in Ho-reb
fire, and his inheritance. in the day of the assembly,saying, Let
2 Therefore shall they have no in me not hear again the voice of the
heritance among their brethren: the Lord my God, neither let me see this
Lord is their inheritance, as he hath great fire any more, that I die not.
said unto them. 17 And the Lord said unto me,
3 And this shall be the priest's due They have well spoken that which they
from the people, from them that offer have spoken.
a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; 18 I will raise them up a Prophet
and they shall give unto the priest the from among their brethren, like imto
shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the thee, and will put my words in his
maw. mouth; and he shall speak unto them
4 The firstfruit also of thy com, of ail that I shall command him.
thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first 19 And it shall come to pass, that
of the fieece of thy sheep, shalt thou whosoever will not hearken unto my
give him. words which he shall speak in my
5 For the Lord thy God hath cho- name, I will require it of him.
sen him out of ail thy tribes, to stand 20 But the prophet, which shall pré
to minister in the name of the Lord, sumé to speak a word in my name,
htm and his sons for ever. which I have not conunanded him to
6 And if a Levite come from any of speak, or that shall speak in the name
thy gâtes out of ail Israël, where he so- of other gods, even that prophet shall
joumed, and come with ail the desire die.
of his mind imto the place which the 21 And if thou say in thine heart,
Lord shall choose; How shall we know the word which the
7 Then he shall minister in the Lord hath not spoken?
name of the Lord his God, as ail his 22 When a prophet speaketh in the
brethren the Levites do, which stand name of the Lord, if the thing follow
there before the Lord. not, nor come to pass, that is the thing
8 They shall have like portions to which the Lord hath not spoken, but
eat, beside that which cometh of the the prophet hath spoken it presump-
sale of his patrimony. tuously: thou shalt not be afraid of
9 When thou art come into the land him.
which the Lord thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not leam to do after the CHAPTER 19
abominations of those nations. WHEN the Lord thy God hath
10 There shall not be found among eut off the nations, whose land
you any one that maketh his son or his the Lord thy God giveth thee, and
daughter to pass through the fire, or thou succeedest them, and dwellest in
that useth divination, or an observer their cities, and in their houses;
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. 2 Thou shalt separate three cities
11 Or a charmer,or a consulter with for thee in the midst of thy land, which
familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necro- the Lord thy God giveth thee to pos
mancer. sess it.
12 For ail that do these things are 3 Thou shalt préparé thee a way,
an abomination unto the Lord: and and divide the coasts of thy land,
because of these abominations the which the Lord thy God giveth thee to
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inherit, into three parts» that every the mouth of two witnesses, or at the
slayer may flee thither. mouth of three witnesses, shall the
4 And this is the case of the slayer, matter be established.
which shall flee thither, that he may 16 If a false witness rise up against
live: Whoso killeth his neighbour igno- any man to testify against him that
rantly, whom he hated not in time which is wrong;
past; 17 Then both the men, between
5 As when à man goeth into the whom the controversy is, shall stand
wood with his neighbour to hew wood, before the Lord, before the priests and
and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the judges, which shall be in those
the axe to eut down the tree, and the days;
head slippeth from the helve, and 18 And the judges shall make dili
lighteth upon his neighbour, that he gent inquisition: and, behold, if the
die; he shall flee untô one of those witness he a false witness, and hâth
cities, and live: testifled falsely against his brotiier;
6 Lest the avenger of the blood pur- 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he
sue the slayer, wfile his heart is hot, had thought to have done unto his
and overtake him, because the way is brother: so shalt thou put the evil
long, and slay him; whereas he was not away from among you.
worthy of death,inasmuch as he hated 20 And those which remain shall
him not in time past. hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
7 Wherefore I command thee, say- commit no more any such evil among
ing, Thou shalt separate three cities you.
for thee. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but
8 And if the Lord thy God enlarge life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooâi
thy coast, as he hath swom unto thy for tooth, hand for hand,foot for foot.
fatiiers, and give thee ail the land
which he promised to give unto thy CHAPTER 20
fathers; WHEN thou goest out to battle
9 If thou shalt keep ail these com- against thine enemies, and seest
mandments to do them, which I com horses, and chariots,and a people more
mand thee this day, to love the Lord than thou, be not afraid of them: for
thy God,and to walk ever in lus ways; the Lord thy God is with thee, which
then shalt thou add three cities more brought thee up out of the land of
for thee, beside these three: Egypt.
10 Hiat innocent blood be not shed 2 And it shaU be, when ye are come
in thy land, which the Lord thy God nigh unto the battle, that the priest
giveth thee for an inheritance, and sa shall approach and speak unto the
blood be upon thee. people,
11 But if any man hate his neigh 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O
Israël, ye approach this day unto bat
bour, and lie in wait for him, and rise
up against him, and smite him mor- tle against your enemies: let not your
tally that he die, and fleeth into one of hearts faint,fear not, and do not trem
these cities: ble, neither be ye terrified because of
12 Then the elders of his city shall them;
send and fetch him thence, and deliver 4 For the Lord your God is he that
him into the hand of the avenger of goeth with you,to fight for you against
blood, that he may die. your enemies, to save you.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but 5 And the offlcers shall speak unto
thou shalt put away the guilt of inno the people, saying, What man is there
cent blood from Israël, that it may go that hath built a new house, and hath
well with thee. not dedicated it? let him go and re-
14 Thou shalt not remove thy tum to his house, lest he die in the
nei^bour's landmark, which they of battle, and another man dedicate it.
old time have set in thine inheritance, 6 And what man is he that hath
which thou shalt inherit in the land planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
that the Lord thy God giveth thee to eaten of it? let him also go and retum
possess it. unto his house, lest he die in the bat
15 One witness shall not rise up tle, and another man eat of it.
against a man for any iniquity, or for 7 And what man is there that hath
any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
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her? let him go and retum unto his 20 Only the trees which thou know-
house,lest he die in the battle, and an- est that they he not trees for meat,
other man take her. thou shalt destroy and eut them down;
8 i^d the officers shall speak fur- and thou shalt build bulwarks against
ther imto the people, and they shall the city that maketh war with thee,
say> What man is there that is fearfiil until it be subdued.
and fainthearted? let him go and re
tum imto his house> lest his brethren's CHAPTER 21
heart feint as well as his heart. IF one be foimd slain in the land
9 And it shall be, when the officers which the Lord thy God giveth
have màde an end ôf speaking unto the thee to possess it,lying in the field,and
people, that they shall make captains it be not known who hath slaih him:
of the armies to lead the people. 2 Then thy elders and thy judges
10 When thou comest nigh imto a shall come forth, and they shall mea-
city to fight against it, then proclaim sure unto the cities which are round
peace unto it. about him that is slain:
11 And it shall be, if it make thee 3 And it shall be,that the city which
answer of peace, and open imto thee, is next unto the slain man, even the
then it shall be, that ail the people that elders of that city shall take an heifer,
is foimd therein shall be tributaries un which hath not been wrought with,
to thee, and they shall serve thee. and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
12 And if it will make no peace with 4 And the elders of that city shall
thee, but will make war against thee, bring down the heifer imto a rough
then thou shalt besiege it: Valley, which is neither eared nor
13 And when the Lord thy God sown, and shall strike off the heifer's
hath delivered it into thine hands, neck there in the valley:
thou shalt smite every maie thereof 5 And the priests the sons of Levi
with the edge of the sword: shall come near;for them the Lord thy
14 But the women, and the little God hath chosen to minister unto him,
ones, and the cattle, and ail that is in and to bless in the name of the Lord;
the dty,even ail the spoil thereof, shalt and by their word shall every contro-
thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt versy and every stroke be tried:
eat the spoil of thine enèmies, wbich 6 And ail the elders of that city,
the Lord thy God hath given thee. that are next unto the slain man, shall
15 Thus shalt thou do unto ail the wash their hands over the heifer that
cities which are very far off from thee, is beheaded in the valley:
which are not of the cities of these na 7 And they shall answer and say,
tions. Our hands have not shed this blood,
16 But of the cities of these people, neither have our eyes seen if.
which the Lord thy God doth give 8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy
thee for an inheritance,thou shalt save people Israël, whom thou hast re-
alive nothing that breatheth: deemed, and lay not innocent blood
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy unto thy people of Israel's charge. And
them; namely, the Hittites, and the the blood shall be forgiven them.
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the 9 So shalt thou put away the guïlt
Per'-iz-zites, the Hi-vites, and the Jeb- of innocent blood from among you,
u-sites; as the Lord thy God hath com- when thou shalt do that which is right
manded thee: in the sight of the Lord.
18 That they teach you not to do 10 When thou goest forth to war
after ail their abominations, which against thine enemies, and the Lord
they have done unto their gods; so thy God hath delivered them into
should ye sin against the Lord your thine hands,and thou hast taken them
God. captive,
19 When thou shalt besiege a city 11 And seest among the captives a
a long time, in making war against it beautiful woman,and hast a desire im-
to take it, thou shalt not destroy the to her, that thou wouldest have her to
trees thereof by forcing an axe against thy wife;
them: for thou mayest eat of them, 12 Then thou shalt bring her home
and thou shalt not eut them down (for to thine house; and she shall shave her
the tree of the field is man's lifé) to head, and pare her nails;
employ fhem in the siege: 13 And she shall put the raiment of
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her captivity from off her, and shall case bring them again unto thy broth-
remain in thine house, and bewail her er.
father and her mother a full month: 2 And if thy brother be not nigh un
and after that thou shalt go in unto to thee, or if thou know him not, then
her, and be her husband, and she shall thou shalt bring it imto thine own
be thy wife. house, and it shaH be with thee imtil
14 And it shall be, if thou have no thy brother seek after it, and thou
delight in her, then thou shalt let her shalt restore it to him again.
go whither she wUl; but thou shalt not 3 In like manner shalt thou do with
sell her at ail for money,thou shalt not his ass; and so shalt thou do with his
make merchandise of her, because raiment; and with ail lost thing of thy
thou hast humbled her. brother's, which he hath lost, and thou
15 If a man have two wives,one be- hast found, shalt thou do likewise:
loved, and another hated, and they thou mayest not hide thyself.
have bom him children, both the be- 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's
loved and the hated; and if the first- ass or his ox fall down by the way,
bom son be hers that was hated: and hide thyself from them: thou
16 Then it shall be, when he maketh shalt surely help him to lift them up
his sons to inherit that which he hath, again.
ihat he may not make the son of the 5 The woman shall not wear that
beloved firstbom before the son of the which pertaineth unto a man, neither
hated, which is indeed the firstbom: shall a man put on a woman's gar-
17 But he shall acknowledge the ment: for ail that do so are abomina
son of the hated far the firstbom, by tion unto the Lord thy God.
giving him a double portion of ail that 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before
he hath: for he is the beginning of his thee in the way in any tree, or on the
strength; the right of the firstbom is ground, whether they be young ones, or
his. eggs, and the dam sitting upon the
18 If a man have a stubbom and young,or upon the eggs,thou shalt not
rebellions son, which will not obey the take the dam with the young:
voice of his father, or the voice of his 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the
mother,and that, when they have chas- dam go, and take the young to thee;
tened him,will not hearken unto them: that it may be well with thee, and that
19 Then shall his father and his thou mayest prolong thy days.
mother lay hold on him,and bring him 8 When thou buildest a new house,
ont unto the elders of his city, and un then thou shalt make a battlement for
to the gâte of his place; thy roof, that thou bring not blpod
20 And they shall say unto the eld upon thine house, if any man fall from
ers of his city, This our son is stubbom thence.
and rebeUious, he wiU not obey our 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard
voice; heis a glutton, and a drunkard. with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy
21 And ail the men of his city shall seed which thou hast sown, and the
stone him with stones, that he die: so fmit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
shalt thou put evil away from among 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox
you; and ail Israël shall hear, and fear. and an ass together.
22 And if a man have committed a 11 Thou shalt not wear a garment
sin worthy of death, and he be to be of divers sorts, as of wooUen and linen
put to death, and thou hang him on a together.
tree: 12 Thou shalt make thee fringes
23 His body shall not remain ail upon the four quarters of thy vesture,
night upon the tree, but thou shalt in wherewith thou coverest thyself.
any wise bury him that day; (for he 13 If any man take a wife, and go
ihat is hanged is accursed of God;) in unto her, and hate her,
that thy land be not defiled, which the 14 And give occasions of speech
Lord thy God giveth thee for an in- against her, and bring up an evil name
heritance. upon her, and say, I took this woman,
and when I came to her, I found her
CHAPTER 22 not a maid:
Thou shalt not see thy brother's 15 Then shall the father of the dam-
sel, and her mother, take and bring
ox or his sheep go astray, and hide
thyself from them: thou shalt in any forth the tokens of the damsel's virgin-
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ity imto the elders of the city in the 28 If a man find a damsel ûuit is a
gâte: virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay
16 And the damsers father shall say hold on her, and lie with her* and they
imto the elders, I gave my daughter be found;
unto this man to wife, ând he hateth 29 Then the man that lay with her
her; shall give unto the damsel's father
17 And,lô, he hath given occasions fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be
of speech against her, saying, I foimd his wife; because he hath humbled
not thy daughter a maid;and yet these her, he may not put her away ail his
are the tokens of my daughter's virgin- days.-
ity. And they shall spread the cloth 30 A man shall not take his father's
before the elders of the city. wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
18 And the elders of that city shall
take that man and chastise him; CHAPTER 23
19 And they shall amerce him in an Hethatis wounded in the stones,or
hundred shekels of silver, and give hath his privy member eut off,
them unto the father of the damsel, be- shall not enter into the congrégation
cause he hath brought up an evil name of the Lord.
upon a virgin of Israël: and she shall 2 A bastard shàll not enter into the
be his wife; he may hot put her away congrégation of the Lord; even to his
ail his days. tenth génération shall he not enter into
20 But if this thing be true, ànd the the congrégation of the Lord.
tokens of virginity be not foimd for the 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall
damsel: not enter into the congrégation of the
21 Then they shall bring out the Lord; even to their tenth génération
damsel to the door of her father's shall they not enter hito the congréga
house, and the men of her city shall tion of the Lord for ever:
stone her with stones that she die: be- 4 Because they met you not with
cause she hath wrought foUy in Israël, bread and with water in the way,
to play the whore in her father's house: when ye came forth out of Egypt; and
so shalt thou put evil away from because they hired against thee Ba-
among you. laam the son of Be-or of Pe'-thor of
22 If a man be foimd lying with a Mes-o-po-ta'-mira, to curse thee.
woman married to an husband, then 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God
they shall both of them die, both the would not hearken unto Ba-laam; but
man that lay with the woman,and the the Lord thy God tumed the curse
woman: so shalt thou put away evil into a blessing unto thee, because the
from Israël. Lord thy God loved thee.
23 If a damsel that Is a virgin be be- 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace
tro&ed unto an husband, and a man nor their prosperity ail thy days for
find her in the city, and lie with her; ever.
24 Then ye shall bring them both 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edom-
out unto the gâte of that city, and ye ite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt
shall stone them with stones that they not abhor an Egyptian; because thou
die; the damsel, because she cried not, wast a stranger in his land.
being in the city; and the man, because 8 The children that are begotten of
he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: them shall enter into the congrégation
so thou shalt put away evil from of the Lord in their third génération.
among you. 9 When the host goeth forth against
25 But if a man find a betrothed thhie enemies, then keep thee from
damsel in the field, and the man force every wickèd thing.
her, and lie with her: then the mau 10 If there be among you any man,
only that lay with her shall die: that is not clean by reason of uncleein-
26 But unto the damsel thou shalt ness that chanceth him by night* then
do nothing; there is in the damsel nô shall he go abroad out of the camp,he
sin worthy ôf death: for as when a man shall not come iwithln the Ccimp:
riseth against his neighbour, and slay- 11 But it shall be, when evening
eth him, even so is this matter: cometh on, he shall wash himseZf with
27 For he found her in the field, and water: and when the sun is down, he
the betrothed damsel cried* and there shall come into the camp again.
was none to save her. 12 Thou shalt have a place also
200 DEUTERONOMY 24
without the camp» whither thou shalt
go forth abroad:
13 And thou shalt have a paddle
upon thy weapon; and it shall be»
when thou wilt ease thyself abroad»
thou shalt dig therewith» and shalt
turh back and cover that which com-
ethfromthee:
14 For the Lord thy God walketh
in the midst of thy camp» to deliver
thee, and to glve up thine enemies be-
fore thee; therefore shall thy camp be
holy: that he see no unclean thing in
thee» and tum away from thee.
15 Thou shalt not deliver imto his
master the servant which is escaped
from his master imto thee:
16 He shall dwell with thee» even
among you» in that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gâtes» where
it liketh him best: thou shalt not op-
press him.
17 There shall be no whore of the
daughters of Israël» nor a sodomite of
the sons of Israël.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of
a whore» or ihe price of a dog» into the
house of the Lord thy God for any
vow:for even both these are abomina
tion unto the Lord thy God.
19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury
to thy brother; usury of money» usury
of victuals» usury of any thing that is
lent upon usury:
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest
lend upon usury; but unto thy brother
thou shalt not lend upon usury: that
the Lord thy God may bless thee in
ail that thou settest thine hand to in
the land whither thou goest to pos-
sess it.
21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto
the Lord thy God» thou shalt not slack
to pay it: for the Lord thy God will
surely require it of thee; and it would
besininthee.
22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow»
it shall be no sin in thee.
23 That which is gone ont of thy
lips thou shalt keep and perform; even
a freewill offering» according as thou
hast vowed unto the Lord thy God»
whidti thou hast promised with thy
mouth.
24 When thou comest into thy
neig^bour's vineyard» then thou may
est eat grapes thy fill at thine own
pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in
thy vessel.
25 When thou comest into the
standing com of thy neighbour» then
thou mayest pluck the ears with thine
hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle
unto thy neighbour's standing com.
CHAPTER 24
WHEN a man hath taken a wife»
and married her» and it come to
pass that she find no favour in his
eyes» because he hath found some un-
cleanness in her: then let him write her
a bill of divorcement» and give it in her
hand» and send her out of his house.
2 And when she is departed out of
his house» she may go and be another
man's wife»
3 And if the latter husband hate
her» and write her a bill of divorce
ment» and giveth it in her hand» and
sendeth her out of his house; or if the
latter husband die» which took her to
he his wife;
4 Her former husband» which sent
her away» may not take her again to
be his wife» after that she is defiled;for
that is abomination before the Lord:
and thou shalt not cause the land to
sin» which the Lord thy God .giveth
thee for an inheritance.
5 When a man hath taken a new
wife» he shall not go out to war» neither
shall he be charged with any business:
but he shall be free at home one year»
and shall cheer up his wife which he
hath taken.
6 No man shall take the nether or
the upper millstone to pledge: for he
taketh a man's life to pledge.
7 If a man be found stesding any of
his brethren of the children of Israël»
and maketh merchandise of him» or
selleth him; then that thief shall die;
and thou shalt put evil away from
among you.
S Take heed in the plague of lep-
rosy» that thou observe diligently» and
do according to ail that the priests the
Levites shsdl teach you: as I com-
manded them» so ye shall observe to
do.
9 Remember what the Lord thy
God did unto Miriam by the way» after
that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
10 When thou dostlend thy brother
any thing» thou shalt not go into his
house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad» and
the man to whom thou dost lend shall
bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And if the man he poor» thou
shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13 In any case thou shalt deliver
 DEUTERONOMY 25 201

him the pledge again when the sun 3 Forty stripes he may give him,
goeth down, that he may sleep in his and not exceed: lest, if he should ex-
own raiment, and bless thee: and it ceed, and beat him above these with
shall be righteousness imto thee before many stripes, then thy brother should
the Lord thy God. seem vile unto thee.
14 Thou shalt net oppress an hired 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
servant that is poor and needy, whether when he treadeth ont the com.
he be of thy brethren, or of thy stran- 5 If brethren dwell together, and
gers that are in thy land within thy one of them die, and have iio child,the
wife of the dead shall not marry with-
15 At his day thou shalt give him out unto a stranger: her husband's
his hire, neither shall the sun go down brother shall go in unto her, and take
upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his her to him to wife, and perform the
heart upon it; lest he cry against thee duty of an husband's brother unto her.
unto the Lord: and it be sin unto thee. 6 And it shall be, that the firstbom
16 The fathers shall not be put to which she beareth shall succeed in the
death for the children, neither shall the name of his brother which is dead,that
children be put to death for the fa- his name be not put out of Israël.
ttiers: every man shaU be put to death 7 And if the man like not to take
for his own sin. his brother's wife,then let his brother's
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judg- wife go up to the gâte unto the elders,
ment of the stranger, nor of the father- and say, My husband's brother refus-
less; nor take a widow's raiment to eth to raise up Unto his brother a name
pledge: in Israël, he will not perform the duty
18 But thou shalt remember that of my husband's brother.
thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and S Then the elders of his city shall
the Lord thy God redeemed thee call him,and speak imto him:and ifhe
thence: therefore 1 command thee to stand to it, and say, I like not to take
do this thing. her;
19 When thou cuttest down thine 9 Then shall his brother's wife come
harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a unto him in the presence of the elders,
sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go and loose his shoe from off his foot,
again to fetch it: it shall be for the and spit in his face, and shall answer
stranger,for the fatherless, and for the and say, So shall it be done unto that
widow: that the Lord thy God may man that will not build up his broth-
bless thee in ail the work of thine er's house.
hands. 10 And his name shall be called in
20 When thou beatest thine olive Israël, The house of him that hath his
tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs shoe loosed.
again: it shall be for the stranger, for 11 When men strive together one
the fatherless, and for the widow. with another, and the wife of the one
21 When thou gatherest the grapes draweth near for to deliver her hus-
of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean band out of the hand of him that smit-
it afterward:it shall be for the stranger, eth him, and putteth forth her hand,
for the fatherless, and for the widow. and taketh him by the secrets:
22 And thou shalt remember that 12 Then thou shalt eut off her hsind,
thou wast a bondman in the land of thine eye shall not pity her.
Egypt: therefore 1 command thee to 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag
do this thing. divers weights, a great and a small.
14 Thou shalt not have in thine
CHAPTER 25 house divers measures, a great and a
IF there be a controversy between small.
men, and they come unto judg- 15 But thou shalt have a perfect
ment,that the judges may judge them; and just weight, a perfect and.just
then they shall justify the righteous, measure shalt thou have: that thy
and condemn the wicked. days may be lengthened in the land
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
be worthy to be beaten, that the judge 16 For ail that do such things, and
shaU cause him to lie down, and to be ail that do unrighteously,are an abom
beaten before his face, according to his ination unto the Lord thy God.
fault, by a certain number. 17 Remember what Am-a-lek did
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unto thee by the way, when ye were the firstfruits of the land, which thou,
corne forth eut of Egypt; O Lord, hast given me. And thou
18 How he met thee by the way, shalt set it before the Lord thy God,
and smote the hindmost of thee, even and worship before the Lord thy
ail fhat were feeble behind thee, when God:
thou wast faint and weary; and he 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every
feared not God. good thing which the Lord thy God
19 Therefore it shall be, when the hath given unto thee, and unto thine
Lord thy God hath given thee rest house, thou, and the Levite, and the
from aU thine enemies roimd about,in stranger that is among you.
the land which the Lord thy God ^v- 12 When thou hast made an end of
eth thee for an inheritance to possess tithing ail the tithes of thine increase
it, that thou shalt blot out the remem- the tMrd year, which is the year of
brance of Am-a-lek from under heav- tithing, and hast given it unto the Le
en; thou shalt not forget it* vite, the stranger, the fatherless, and
the widow, that they may eat within
CHAPTER 26 thy gâtes, and be filled;
A ND it shall be, when thou art come 13 Then thou shalt say before the
/\ in unto the land which the Lord Lord thy God, I have brought away
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, the hallowed things out of mine house,
and possessest it, and dwellest there- and also have given them unto the Le
in; vite, and unto the stranger, to the fa
2 That thou shalt take of the first of therless, and to the widow, according
ail the fruit of the earth, which thou to ail thy commandments which thou
shalt bring of thy land that the Lord hast commanded me:I have not trans-
thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it gressed thy commandments, neither
in a basket, and shalt go imto the have I forgotten them:
place which the Lord thy God shall 14 I have not eaten thereof in my
choose to place his name there. mouming, neither have I taken away
3 And thou shalt go unto the priest ought thereof for any unclean use, nor
that shall be in those days,and say un given ought thereof for the dead: but I
to him, I profess this day unto the have hearkened to the. voice of the
Lord thy God^ that I am come unto Lord my God, and have done accord
the country which the Lord sware un ing to ail that thou hast commanded
to our fathers for to give us. me.
4 And the priest shall take the bas 15 Look down from thy holy habi
ket out of thine hand, and set it downtation,from heaven,and bless thy peo-
before the altar of the Lord thy God. ple Israël, and the land which thou
5 And thou shalt speak and say be hast given us,as thou swarest imto our
fore the Lord thy God,A Syrian ready fathers, a land that floweth with milk
to perish was my father, and he went and honey.
down into Egypt, and sojoumed there 16 This day the Lord thy God hath
with a few,and became there a nation, commanded thee to do these statutes
great, mighty, and populous: and judgments: thou shalt therefore
6 And the Egyptians evil entreated keep and do them with ail thine heart,
us, and aâlicted us, and laid upon us and with ail thy soul.
hard bondage: 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord
7 And when we cried unto the Lord this day to be thy God,and to walk in
God of our fathers,the Lord heard our his ways, and to keep his statutes, and
voice, and looked on oiu: affliction, and his commandments, and his judg
our labour, and our oppression: ments, and to hearken unto his voice:
8 And the Lord brought us forth 18 And the Lord hath avouched
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and thee this day to be his peculiar people,
with an outstretched arm, and with as he hath promised thee, and that
great terribleness, and with signs, and thou shouldest ke^ ail his command
with wonders: ments;
9 And he hath brought us into this 19 And to make thee high above ail
place, dnd hath given us this land, nations which he hath made,in praise,
even a land that floweth with milk and and in name, and in honour; and that
honey. thou mayest be an holy people imto
10 And now,behold,I have brought the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.
 DEUTERONOMY 27, 28
CHAPTER 27
AND Moses with the elders of Israël
/\ commanded the people, saying, in a secret place. And ail the people
Keep ail the commandments which 1
command you this day.
2 And it shall be on the day when
ye shall pass over Jordcin unto the
land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee, that thou shalt set thee up ^eat
stones, and plaister them with plaister:
3 And thou shalt write upon them
ail the words of this law, when thou
art passed over, that thou mayest go
in unto the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee, a land that floweth
with milk and honey; as the Lord God
of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4 Therefore it shall be when ye be
gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up
tiiese stones, which I command you
this day, in mount Ebal, and thou
shalt plaister them with plaister.
5 And there shalt thou build an al-
tar unto the Lord thy God,an altar of
stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron
tool upon them.
6 Thou shalt build the altar of the
Lord thy God of whole stones: and
thou shalt ofîer burnt offerings there-
on unto the Lord thy God:
7 And thou shalt ofîer peace offer
ings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice
before the Lord thy God.
8 And thou shalt write upon the
stones ail the words of this law very
plainly.
9 And Moses and the priests the Lé
vites spake unto ail Israël, saying,
Take heed, and hearken, O Israël; this
day thou art become the people of the
Lord thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the
voice of the Lord thy God, and do his
commandments and his statutes,
which I command thee this day.
11 And Moses charged the people
the same day, saying,
12 These shall stand upon mount
Ger'-i-zim to bless the people, when ye
are come over Jordan; Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Is'-sa-char, and
Joseph, and Benjamin:
13 And these shall stand upon
mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad,
and Asher, and Zeb-u-lun, Dan, and
Naph'-ta-U.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and
say unto ail the men of Israël with a
loud voice,
15 Cursed be the man that maketh
203
any graven or molten image, an abom
ination unto the Lord,the work of the
hands of the craftsman, and putteth it
shall answer and say. Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by
his father or his mother. And ail the
people shall say. Amen.
17 Cursed be he that removeth his
neighbour's landmark. And ail the
people shall say. Amen.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the
blind to wander out of the way. And
ail the people shall say. Amen.
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the
judgment of the stranger, fatherless,
and widow. And ail the people shall
say. Amen.
20 Cursed be he that lieth with his
father's wife; because he uncovereth
his father's skirt. And ail thel people
shall say. Amen.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any
manner of beast. And ail the people
shall say. Amen.
22 Cursed be he that Ueth with his
sister, the daughter of his father, or
the daughter of his mother. And ail the
people shall say. Amen.
23 Cursed be he that lieth with his
mother in law. And ail the people shall
say. Amen.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his
neighbour secretly. And ail the people
shall say. Amen.
25 Cursed be he that taketh reward
to slay an innocent person. And ail the
people shall say. Amen.
26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not
ail the words of this law to do them*
And ail the people shall say. Amen.
CHAPTER 28
AND it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of the Lord thy God, to observe
and to do ail his commandments which
1 command thee this day, that the
Lord thy God will set thee on high
above ail nations of the earth:
2 And ail these blessings shall come
on thee, and overtake thee, if thou
shalt hearken imto the voice of the
Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city,
and blessed shalt thou be in the fîeld.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy
body, and the fruit of thy ground, and
the fruit of thy cattle, the increase
of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep.
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5 Blessed shaU be thy basket and body, and the fruit of thy land,the in-
thy store. crease ofthy kine,and the flocks ofthy
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou sheep.
comest in, and blessed shalt thou be 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou
when thou goest out. comest in, and cursed shalt thou be
7 The Lord shall cause thine ene- when thou goest out.
mies that rise up against thee to be 20 The Lord shall send upon thee
smitten before thy face: they shall cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in ail
corne out against thee one way, and that thou settest thine hand imto for
flee before thee seven ways. to do, until thou be destroyed, and un-
8 The Lord shall command the til thou perish quickly; because of the
blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, wickedness of thy doings, whereby
and in ail that thou settest thine hand thou hast forsaken me.
unto; and he shall bless thee in the 21 The Lord shaU make the pesti
land which the Lord thy God giveth lence cleave unto thee, until he have
thee. consumed thee from off the land,
9 The Lord shall establish thee an whither thou goest to possess it.
holy people unto himself, as he hath 22 The Lord shaU smite thee with
swom unto thee,if thou shalt keep the a consumption, and with a fever, and
commandments of the Lord thy God, with an inflammation, and with an ex
and walk in his ways. trême buming, and with the sword,
10 And ail people of the earth shall and with blasting, and with mildew;
see that thou art called by the name of and they shall pursue thee imtil thou
the Lord; and they shall be afraid of perish.
thee. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy
11 And the Lord shall make thee head shall be brass, and the earth that
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy is under thee shall be iron.
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, 24 The Lord shall make the rain of
and in the fruit of thy ground, in the thy land powder and dust: from heav
land which the Lord sware unto thy en shall it come down upon thee, un
fathers to give thee. til thou be destroyed.
12 The Lord shall open unto thee 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be
his good treasure, the heaven to give smitten before thine enemies: thou
the rain unto thy land in his season, shalt go out one way against them,and
and to bless ail the work of thine hand: flee seven ways before them: and shalt
and thou shalt lend unto mahy na be removed into ail the kingdoms of
tions, and thou shalt not borrow. the earth.
13 And the Lord shall make thee 26 And thy carcase shall be meat
the head, and not the tail; and thou unto ail fowls of the air, and unto the
shalt be above only,and thou shalt not beasts of the earth, and no man shall
be beneath; if that thou hearken unto fray them away.
the commandments of the Lord thy 27 The Lord will smite thee with
God, which I command thee this day, the botch of Egypt, and with the
to observe and to do them: emerods, and with the scab, and with
14 And thou shalt not go aside the itch, whereof thou canst not be
from any of the words which I com healed.
mand thee this day, to the right hand, 28 The Lord shall smite thee with
or to the left, to go after other gods to madness, and blindness, and astonish-
serve them. ment of heart:
15 But it shall come to pass,if thou 29 And thou shalt grope at noon-
wilt not hearken unto the voice of the day, as the blind gropeth in darkness,
Lord thy God,to observe to do ail his and thou shalt not prosper in thy
commandments and his statutes which ways: and thou shalt be only op-
I command thee this day; that ail pressed and spoiled evermore, and no
these curses shall come upon thee, and man shall save thee,
overtake thee: 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, another man shall lie with her: thou
and cursed shalt thou be in the field. shalt build an house, and thou shalt
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
thy store. vineyard, and shalt not gather the
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy grapes thereof.
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31 Thine ox shall he slain before unto the voice of the Lord thy God,to
thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat keep his commandments and his stat-
thereof: thine ass shall he violently utes which he commanded thee:
taken away from before thy face, and 46 And they shall be upon thee for
shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy
shaU he given imto thine enemies, and seed for ever.
thou shalt have none to rescue them. 47 Because thou servedst not the
32 Thy sons and thy daughters Lord thy God with joyfulness, and
shall he given unto another people,and with gladness of heart, for the abon
thine eyes shall look, and fail with dance of ail things;
longing for them ail the day long: and 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine
there shall he no might in thine hand. enemies which the Lord shall send
33 The fruit of thy land, and ail thy against thee, in hunger, and in thirst,
labours, shall a nation which thou and in nakedness, and in want of ail
knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be things: and he shaU put a yoke of iron
only oppressed and crushed alway: upon thy neck,until he have destroyed
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the thee.
sight of thine eyes which thou shalt 49 The Lord shall bring a nation
see. against thee from far, from the end of
35 The Lord shall smite thee in the the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a
knees, and in the legs, with a sore nation whose tongue thou shalt not
botch that cannot be healed,from the understand;
sole of thy foot unto the top of thy 50 A nation of fierce countenance,
head. which shall not regard the person of
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and the old, nor shew favour to the young:
thy king which thou shalt set over 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy
thee, unto a nation which neither thou cattle, and the fruit of thy land, untÛ
nor thy fathers have known; and there thou be destroyed: which also shall not
shalt thou serve other gods, wood and leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or
stone. the increase of thy kine,or flocks ofthy
37 And thou shalt become an as- sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
tonishment, a proverb, and a byword, 52 And he shall besiege thee in ail
among ail nations whither the Lord thy gâtes, until thy high and fenced
shall lead thee. walls come down, wherein thou trust-
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out edst, throughout ail thy land: and he
into the held, and shalt gather hut shall besiege thee in ail thy gâtes
little in; for the locust shall consume throughout ail thy land, which the
it. Lord thy God hath given thee.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of
dress them, but shalt neither drink of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons
the wine, nor gather the grapes;for the and of thy daughters, which the Lord
worms shall eat them. thy God hath ^ven thee, in the siege,
40 Thou shalt have olive trees and in the straitness, wherewith thhie
throughout ail thy coasts, but thou enemies shall distress thee:
shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; 54 So that the man that is tender
for thine olive shall cast his fruit.among you, and very delicate, his eye
41 Thou shall beget sons and daugh shall be evil toward his brother, and
ters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; toward the wife of his bosom, and to
for they shall go into captivity. ward the remuant ofhis children which
42 Ail thy trees and fruit of thy he shall leave:
land shall the locust consume. 55 So that he will not give to any of
43 The stranger that is within thee them of the flesh of his children whom
shall get up above thee very high; and he shall eat: because he hath nothing
thou shalt come down very low. left him in the siege, and in the strait
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou ness, wherewith thine enemies shall
shalt not lend to him: he shall be the distress thee in ail thy gâtes.
head, and thou shalt be the tail. 56 The tender and delicate woman
45 Moreover ail these curses shall among you, which would not adven-
come upon thee,and shall pursue thee, ture to set the sole of her foot upon the
and overtake thee, till thou be de- ground for delicateness and tender-
stroyed; because thou hearkenedst nôt ness, her eye shall be evil toward the
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husband of her bosom, and toward her sight of thine eyes which thou shalt
son, and toward her daughter, see.
57 And toward her young one that 68 And the Lord shall bring thee
cometh ont from between her feet, and into Egypt again with ships, by the
toward her children which she shall way wheréof I spake unto thee, Thou
bear: for she shall eat them for want shalt see it no more again: and there ye
of ail things secretly in the slege and shall be sold unto your enemies for
straitness, wherewith thine enemy bondmen and bondwomen, and no
shall distress thee in thy gâtes. man shall buy you.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do ail
the words of this law that are written CHAPTER 29
in this book, that thou mayest fear THESE are the words of the cove-
this glorious and fearful name, THE nant, which the Lord commanded
LORD THY GOD; Moses to make with the children of Is
59 Then the Lord will make thy raël in the land of Moab, beside the
plagues wonderful, and the plagues of covenant which he made with them in
thy seed, even great plagues, and of Ho-reb.
long continuance, and sore sicknesses, 2 And Moses called unto ail Israël,
and of long continuance. and said unto them, Ye have seen ail
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee that the Lord did before your eyes in
ail the diseases of Egypt, which thou the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and
wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto ail his servants, and unto ail his
unto thee. land;
61 Also every sickness, and every 3 The great temptations which
plague, which is not written in the thine eyes have seen, the signs, and
book of this law, them will the Lord those great miracles:
bring upon thee, until thou be de- 4 Yet the Lord hath not given you
stroyed. an heart to perceive, and eyes to see,
62 And ye shall be left few in num- and ears to hear, unto this day.
ber, whereas ye were as the stars of 5 And I have led you forty years in
heaven for multitude; because thou the wildemess: your clothes are not
wouldest not obey the voice of the waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is
Lord thy God. not waxen old upon thy foot.
63 And it shall come to pass, that as 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither
the Lord rejoiced over you to do you have ye drunk wine or strong drink:
good,and to multiply you;so the Lord that ye might know that I am the
will rejoice over you to destroy you, Lord your God.
and to bring you to npught; and ye 7 And when ye came unto this
shall be plucked from off the land place, Sihon the king of Hesh-bon,and
whither thou goest to possess it. Og the king of Ba-shan, came out
64 And the Lord shall scatter thee against us unto battle, and we smote
among ail people, from the one end of them:
the earth even unto the other; and 8 And we took their land, and gave
there thou shalt serve other gods, it for an inheritance unto the Reuben-
which neither thou nor thy fathers ites, and to the Gadites, and to the
have known, even wood and stone. half tribe of Ma-nas-seh.
65 And among these nations shalt 9 Keep therefore the words of this
thou find no ease, neither shall the sole covenant, and do them, that ye may
of thy foot have rest: but the Lord prosper in ail that ye do.
shall give thee there a trembUng heart, 10 Ye stand this day ail of you be
and failing of eyes, and sorrow of fore the Lord your God; your captains
mind: of your tribes, your elders, and your
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt officers, with ail the men of Israël,
before thee; and thou shalt fear day 11 Your little ones, your wives, and
and night, and shalt have none assur thy stranger that is in thy camp,from
ance of thy life: the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer
67 In the morning thou shalt say, of thy water:
Would God it were even! and at even 12 That thou shouldest enter into
thou shalt say, Would God it were covenant with the Lord thy God, and
moming! for the fear of thine heart into his oath, which the Lord thy God
wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the maketh with thee this day:
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13 That he may establish thee to Wherefore hath the Lord done thus
day for a people unto himself» and that tmto this land? what meanelh the heat
he may be unto thee a God,as he hath of this gréât anger?
said unto thee, and as he hath swom 25 Then men shall say; Because
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to they have forsaken the covenant of the
Isaac, and to Jacob. Lord God of their fathers, which he
14 Neither with you only do I make made with them when he brought
this covenant and this oath; them forth out of the land of Egypt:
15 But with him that standeth here 26 For they went and served other
with us this day before the Lord our gods, and worshipped them, gods
God,and also with him that is not here whom they knew not, and whom he
with us this day: had not given unto them:
16 (For ye know how we have 27 And the anger of the Lord was
dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how kindled against this land, to bring
we came through the nations which ye upon it ail the curses that are written
passed by; in this book:
17 And ye have seen their abomina 28 And the Lord rooted them out
tions, and their idols, wood and stone, of their land in anger, and in wrath,
silver and gold, which were among and in great indignation, and cast
them:) them into another land, as U is this
18 Lest there should be among you day.
man, or woman, or fcimily, or tribe, 29 The secret things héUmg unto the
whose heart tumeth away this day Lord our Grod: but those things which
from the Lord oiu: God, to go and are revealed hélong unto us and to our
serve the gods of these nations; lest children for ever, that we may do ail
there should be among you a root that the words of this law.
beareth gah and wormwood;
19 And it come to pass, when he CHAPTER 30
heareth the words of this curse,that he AND it shall cohie to pass, when ail
bless himself in his hèart, saying, I jl\ these things are come upon thee,
shall have peace, though 1 walk in the the blessing and the curse, which I
imagination of mine heart, to add have set before thee, and thou shalt
drunkenness to thirst: call them to mind among ail the na
20 The Lord will not spare him,but tions, whither the Lord tibiy God hath
then the anger of the Lord and his driven thee,
jealousy shall smoke against that 2 And shalt retum imto the Lord
man, and ail the curses that are writ- thy God, and shalt obey his voice ac
ten in this book shall lie upon him,and cording to ail that 1 command thee
the Lord shall blot ont his name from this day, thou and thy children, with
under heaven. ail thine heart, and with ail thy soul;
21 And the Lord shall separate him 3 That then the Lord thyOod will
unto evil out of ail the tribes of Israël, tum thy captivLty, and have compas
according to ail the curses of the cove sion upon thee, and will retum eind
nant that are written in this book of gather thee from ail the nations,
the law: whither the Lord thy Gk>d hath scat-
22 So that the génération to come tered thee.
of your children that shall rise up after 4 If any of thine be driven out unto
you, and the stranger that shall come the outmost parts of heaven, from
from a far land, shall say, when they thence will the Lord thy God gather
see the plagues of that land, and the thee, and from thence will he fetch
sicknesses which the Lord hath laid thee:
upon it; 5 And the Lord thy God will bring
23 And that the whole land thereof thee into the land which thy fathers
is brimstone, and sait, and buming, possessed, and thou shedt possess it;
that it is not sown,nor beareth; nor any and he wûl do thee good,and miUtiply
grass groweth therein, like the over- thee above thy fathers^.
throw of Sodom,and Go^mor'-xah, Ad- ô And the Lord thy God will cir-
mah, and Ze-bo-im, which the Lord cumcise.thine heart, and the heart of
overthrew in his anger, and in his thy seed, to love the Lord thy God
wrath: with ail thine heart, and with ail thy
24 Even ail nations shall say. soul, that thou mayest live.
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7 And the Lord thy God will put thy God, and that thou mayest obey
ail these curses upon thine enemies» his voice, and that thou mayest cleave
and on them that hate thee, which unto him: for he is thy life, and the
persecuted thee. length of thy days: that thou mayest
8 And thou shalt retum and obey dwell in the land which the Lord
the voice of the Lord, and do ail his sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham,
commandments which 1 command to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
thee this day.
9 And the Lord thy God will make CHAPTER 31
thee plenteous in every work of thine AND Moses went and spake these
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in jt\ words unto ail Israël.
the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit 2 And he said unto them, I am an
of thy land,for good;for the Lord will hundred and twenty years old this
again rejoice over thee for good, as he day; I can no more go out and come
rejoiced over thy fathers: in: also the Lord hath said unto me,
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
voice of the Lord thy God,to keep his 3 The Lord thy God,he will go over
commandments and his statutes which before thee, and he will destroy these
are written in this book of the law,and nations from before thee, and thou
if thou tum unto the Lord thy God shalt possess them: and Joshua, he
with ail thine heart, and with ail thy shall go over before thee, as the Lord
soul. hath said.
11 For this commandment which I 4 And the Lord shall do unto them
command thee this day, it is not hid- as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of
den from thee, neither is it far off. the Amorites, and unto the Izmd of
12 It is not in heaven, that thou them, whom he destroyed.
shouldest say, Who shall go up for us 5 And the Lord shall give them up
to heaven, and bring it unto us, that before your face, that ye may do unto
we may hear it, and do it? them accordingunto ail the command
13 Neither is it beyond the sea,that ments which I have commanded you.
thou shouldest say, Who shall go over 6 Be strong and of a good courage,
the sea for us, and bring it imto us, fear not, nor be afraid of them:for the
that we may hear it, and do it? Lord thy God, he ii is that doth go
14 But the Word is very nigh imto with thee; he will not fail thee, nor for-
thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, sake thee.
that thou mayest do it. 7 And Moses called imto Joshua,
15 See, I have set before thee this and said unto him in the sight of ail
day life and good, and death and evil; Israël, Be strong and of a good cour
16 In that I command thee this day age: for thou must go with this people
to love the Lord thy God, to walk in unto the land which the Lord hath
his ways, and to keep his command swom unto their fathers to give them;
ments and his statutes and his judg- and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
ments,that thou mayest live and mul- 8 And the Lord, he it is that doth
tiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless go before thee; he will be with thee, he
thee in the land whither thou goest to will not fail thee, neither forsake thee:
possess it. fear not, neither be dismayed.
17 But if thine heart tum away, so 9 And Moses wrote this law,and de-
that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be livered it unto the priests the sons of
drawn away, and worship other gods, Levi, which bare the ark of the cove-
and serve them; nant of the Lord,and unto ail the eld-
18 I denounce unto you this day, ers of Israël.
that ye shall surely perish, and that ye 10 And Moses commanded them,
shaU not prolong your days upon the saying, At the end of every seven years,
land,whither thou passest over Jordan in the solemnity of the year of release,
to go to possess it. in the feast of tabernacles,
19 I call heaven and earth to record 11 When ail Israël is come to appear
this day against you, that I have set before the Lord thy God in the place
before you life and death, blessing and which he shall choose, thou shalt read
cursing: therefore choose life, that this law before ail Israël in their hear-
both thou and thy seed may live: ing.
20 That thou mayestlove the Lord 12 Gather the people together,men.
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and women» and children, and thy
stranger that is within thy gâtes, that
they may hear, and that they may
leam,and fear the Lord your God,and
observe to do ail the words of this
law:
13 And fhat their children, which
have not known any fhing, may hear,
and leam to fear the Lord your God,
as long as ye live in the land whither
ye go over Jordan to possess it.
14 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Behold, thy days approadhi that thou
must die: call Joshua, and présent
yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congrégation, that 1 may give him a
charge. And Môses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the taber
nacle of the congrégation.
15 And the Lord appeared in the
tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and
the pillar of the cloud stood over the
door of the tabernacle.
16 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fa-
thers; and this people will rise up, and
go a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land, whither they go
to he among them,and will forsake me,
and break my covenant which 1 have
made with them.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled
against them in that day, and 1 will
forsake them, and 1 will hide my face
from them, and they shall be de-
voured, and many evils and troubles
shall befall them; so that they will say
in that day. Are npt these evils come
upoh us, because our God is not among
us?
18 And I will surely hide my face in
that day for ail the evils which they
shall have wrought, in that they are
tumed unto other gods.
19 Now therefore write ye this song
for you, and teach it the children of
Iscael: put itin their mouths,that this
song may be a witness for me against
the children of Israël.
20 For when 1 shall have brought
them into the land which I sware unto
their fathers, that floweth with milk
and honey; and they shall have eaten
and filled themselves, and waxen fat;
then will they tum unto other gods,
and serve them, and provoke me, and
break my covenant.
21 And it shall come to pass, when of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto
many evils and troubles are befallen our God.
them, that this song shall testify
against them as a witness; for it shall fect: for ail his ways are judgment: a
209
not be forgotten out of the mouths of
their seed: for 1 know their imagina
tion which they go about, even now,
before 1 have brought them into the
land which 1 sware.
22 Moses therefore wrote this song
the same day, and taught it the chil
dren of Israël.
23 And he gave Joshua the son pf
Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and
of a good courage: for thou shalt bring
the children of Israël into the land
which 1 sware unto them:and 1 will be
with thee.
24 And it came to pass, when Moses
had Inade an end of writing the words
of this law in a book, until they were
finished,
25 That Moses commanded the Lé
vites, which bare the ark of the cove
nant of the Lord, saying,
26 Take this book of the law, and
put it in the side ofthe ark of the cove
nant of the Lord your God, that it
may be there for a witness against
thee.
27 For I know thy rébellion, and
thy stiif neck: behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been
rebellious against the Lord; and how
much more after my death?
28 Gather unto me ail the elders of
your tribes, and your officers, that I
may speak these words in their ears,
and call heayen and earth to record
against them.
29 For I know that after my death
ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and
tum aside from the way which I have
commanded you; and evil will befall
you in the latter days; because ye will
do evil in the sight of the Lord,to pro
voke him to anger through the work
ofyourhands.
30 And Moses spake in the ears of
ail the congrégation of Israël the words
of this song, until they were ended.
CHAPTER 32
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will
speak; and hear, O earth, the
words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the
rain, my speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name
4 He is the Rock, his work is per-
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God of truth and without iniqiiity, 20 And he said, I will hide my face
just and right îs he, from them, I will see what their end
5 They have corrupted themselves, shall he: for they are a very froward
their spot is net the spot of his chiidren: génération, chiidren in whom is no
they are a perverse and crooked gén faith.
ération. 21 They have moved me to jealousy
6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O with that which is not God; they have
foolish people and unwise? is not he provoked me to anger with their van-
thy father that hath bought thee? hath ities: and I will move them to jealousy
he not made thee, and established with those which are not a people; I will
thee? provoke them to anger with a foolish
7 Remember the days of old, con- nation.
sider the years of many générations: 22 For a fire is kindled in mine an
ask thy father, and he will shew thee; ger, and shall bum unto the lowest
thy eiders, and they will tell thee. hell, and shall consume the earth with
8 When thé Most High dividéd to her increase, and set on fire the foim-
the nations their inheritance, when he dations ofthe mountains.
separated the sons of Adam,he set the 23 I will heapmischiefsupon them;
bounds of the people according to the I will spend mine arrows upon them.
niimber of the chiidren of Israël. 24 They shall be bumt with himger,
9 For the Lord's portion is his peo and devoured with buming beat, and
ple; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. with bitter destruction: I will also send
10 He foiind him in a desert land, the teeth of beasts upon them, with
and in the waste howling wildemess; the poison of serpents of the dust.
he led him about, he instructed him, 25 The sword without, and terror
he kept him as the apple of his eye. within, shall destroy both the yoxmg
11 As an eagle stirreth up her hest, man and the virgin, the suckling also
fluttereth over her yoimg, spreadeth with the man of gray hairs.
abroad her wings, taketh them, bear- 26 I said, I would scatter them into
eth them on her wings: corners, I would make the remem-
12 Sa the Lord alone did lead him, brance of them to cease from among
and there was no strange god with him. men:
13 He made him ride on the high 27 Were it not that I feared the
places of the earthj that he might eat wrath of the enemy, lest their ad-
the increase of the fields; and he made versaries should behave themselves
him to suck honey out of the rock, and strahgely, and lest they should say,
oil out of the flinty rock; Our hand is high, and thé Lord hath
14 Butter of kine, and milk of not done ail this.
sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of 28 For they are a nation void of
the breéd of Ba-shan, and goats, with counsel, neither is there any under-
the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou standing in them.
didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 29 O that they were wise, that they
15 But Jesh-u-run waxed fat, and understood this, that they would con-
kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art sider their latter end!
grown thick, thou art covered îvith fat- 30 How should one chase a thou-
ness; then he forsook God which made sand, and two put ten thousand to
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of flight, except their Rock had sold
his salvation. them, and the Lord had shut them
16 They provoked him to jealousy up?
with strange gods, with abominations 31 For their rock is not as our Rock,
provoked tiiey him to anger. even our enemies themselves being
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not judges.
to God; to gods whom they knew not, 32 For their vine is of the vine of
to new gods that came newly up, whom Sodom, and of the fields of Go-mor'-
your fathers feared not. rah: their grapes are grapes of gall,
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou their clusters are bitter:
art unmindful, and hast forgotten God 33 Their wine is the poison of dra
that formed thee. gons, and the cruel venom of asps.
19 And when the Lord saw tt, he 34 Is not this laid up in store with
abhorred them, because of the prôvok- me, and sealed up among my treas-
ing of his sons, and of his daughters. ures?
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35 To me héUmgeth vengeance, and of Canaan, which I give imto the chil

recompence; their foot shall slide in dren of Israël for a possession:
due time; for the day of their calamity 50 And die in the mount whither
is at hand, and the things that shall thou goest up, and be gathered unto
come upon them make haste. thy people; as Aaron thy brother died
36 For the Lord shall judge his peo- in moimt Hor, and was gathered imto
ple, and repent himself for his ser his people:
vants, when he seeth that their power 51 Because ye trespassed against
is gone, and there is none shut up, or me among the children of Israël at the
left. waters of Mer'-i-bah-Ka-desh, in the
37 And he shall say, Where are wildemess of Zin; because ye sanctified
their gods, their rock in whom they me not in the midst of the children of
trusted, Israël.
38 Which did eat the fat of their 52 Yet thou shalt see the land be-
sacrifices, and drank the wine of their fore thee; but thou shalt not go thither
drink offerings? let them rise up and unto the land which I give the children
help you, and be your protection. of Israël.
39 See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god with me: I kill, and CHAPTER 33
1 make alive; I woimd, and I heal: AND this is the blessing, wherewith
neither is there any that can deliver ont jTV Moses the man of God blessed the
of my hsind. children of Israël before his death.
40 For 1 lift up my hand to heaven, 2 And he said, The Lord came from
and say, I live for ever. Si-nai, and rose up from Se-ir unto
41 If I whet my glittering sword, them; he shined forth from mount
and mine hand take hold on judgment; Paran, and he came with ten thou-
I will render vengeance to mine ene- sands of saints: from his right hand
mies, and will reward them that hate went a fiery law for them.
me. 3 Yea, he loved the people; ail his
42 I will make mine arrows drunk saints are in thy hand: and they sat
with blood, and my sword shall devour down at thy feet; every one shall re-
flesh; and that with the blood of the ceive of thy words.
slain and of the captives, from the be- 4 Moses commcuided us a law, even
ginning of revenges upon the enemy. the inheritance of the congrégation of
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his Jacob.
people: for he will avenge the blood of 5 And he was king in Jesh-u-run,
his servants,and will render vengccuice when the heads of the people and the
to his adversaries, and will be merciful tribes of Israël were gathered together.
unto his land, and to his people. 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and
44 And Moses came and spake ail let not his men be few.
the words of this song in the ears of the 7 And this is the blessing of Judah:
people, he, and Ho-she-a the son of and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of
Nun. Judah, and bring him unto his people:
45 And Moses made an end of let his hands be sufficient for him; and
speaking ail these words to ail Israël: be thou an help to him from his ene-
46 And he said unto them. Set your mies.
hearts unto ail the words which I testi- 8 And of Levi he said, Let thy
fy among you this day, which ye shall Thum-mim and thy U-rim be with thy
command your children to observe to holy one, whom thou didst prove at
do, ail the words of this law. Mas'-sah, and with whom thou didst
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; strive at the waters of Mer'-i-bah;
because it is your life: and thrbugh 9 Who said unto his father and to
this thing ye shall prolong your days in his mother, I have not seen him; nei
the land, whither ye go over Jordan to ther did he acknowledge his brethren,
possess it. nor knew his own children: for they
48 And the Lord spake unto Moses have observed thy word, and kept thy
that selfsame day, saying, covenant.
49 Get thee up into this mountain 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judg-
Ab-a-rim, unto mount Nebo, which is ments, and Israël thy law: they shall
in the land of Moab, that is over put incense before thee, and whole
against Jéricho; and behold the land bumt sacrifice upon thine altar.
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11 Bless» Lord, his substance, and 24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher
accept the work of his hands: smite he blessed with children; let him be ac
through the loins of them that rise ceptable to his brethren, and let him
against him, and of them that hate dip his foot in oil.
hiin, that they rise not again. 25 Thy shoes shaU he irôn and brass;
12 And of Benjamin he said, The and as thy days, so shaU thy strength
beloved of the Lord shall dwell in he.
safety by him; and the Lord shall 26 There is none like unto the God
cover him ail the day long,and he shallof Jesh-u-run, who rideth upon the
dwell between his shoulders. heaven in thy help, and in his excel-
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed lency on the sky.
of the Lord he his land, for the pre- 27 The etemal God is thy refuge,
cious things of heaven, for the dew, and undemeath are the everlasting
and for the deep that coucheth be- arms: and he shall thrust out the en-
neath, emy from before thee; and shall say,
14 And for the precious fruits Destroy them.
hrought forth by the sun, and foir the 28 Israël then shall dwell in safety
precious things put forth by the alone: the fountahi of Jacob shall he
moon, upon a land of com and wine; also his
15 And for the chief things of the heavens shall drop down dew.
ancient mountains, and for the pre 29 Happy art thou, O Israël: who is
cious things of the lasting hills, like unto thee, O people saved by the
16 And for the precious things of Lord, the shield of thy help, and who
the earth and fulness thereof, and for is the sword of thy excellencyl and
the good will of him that dwelt in the thine enemies shall be found Uars unto
bush: let the blessing come upon the thee; and thou shalt tread upon their
head of Joseph, and upon the top of high places.
the head of him that was separated
from his brethren.
CHAPTER 34
17 His glory is like the firstling of AND Moses went up from the plains
his bullock, and his horns are like the of Moab unto the mountain of
homs of unicoms: with them he shall Nebo, to the top of Pis-gah, that is
push the people together to the ends over against Jéricho. And the Lord
of the earth: and they are the ten thou- shewed him ail the land of Gilead,imto
sands of E-phra-im, and they are the Dan,
thousands of Ma-nas-seh. 2 And aU Naph-ta-li, and the land
18 And of Zeb-u-lun he said, Re- of E-phra-im, and Ma-nas-seh, and ail
joice, Zeb-u-lun,in thy going ont; and, the land of Judah, unto the utmost
Is-sa-char, in thy tents. sea,
19 They shall call the people imto 3 And the south, and the plain of
the mountain; there they shall ofîer the Valley of Jéricho, the city of palm
sacrifices of righteousness: for they trees, unto Zo-ar.
shall suck ofthe abondance of the seas, 4 And the Lord said unto him,This
and of treasures hid in the sand. is the land which I sware unto Abra
20 And of Gad he said, Blessed he ham,unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, say-
he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as ing, I will give it unto thy seed: I have
a lion, and teareth the arm with the caused thee to see it with thine eyes,
crown of the head. but thou shalt not go over thither.
21 And he provided the first part 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord
for himself, because there, in a portion died there in the land of Moab,accord-
of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he ing to the word of the Lord.
came with the heads of the people, he 6 And he buried him in a valley in
executed the justice of the Lord, and the land of Moab, over against Beth-
his judgments with Israël. pe-or: but no man knoweth of his
22 And of Dan he said. Dan is a sepulchre unto this day.
lion's whelp: he shall leap from Ba- 7 And Moses was an hundred and
shan. twenty years old when he died: his eye
23 And of Naph-ta-li he said, O was not dim, nor his natural force
Naph-ta-li, satisfied with favour, and abated.
fuU with the blessing of the Lord: pos- 8 And the children of Israël wept
sess thou the west and the south. for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty
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days: so the days of weeping and since in Israël like unto Moses, whom
mouming for Moses were ended». the Lord knew face to face,
9 And Joshua the son of Nun was 11 In âll the signs and the wonders,
fuU of the spirit of wisdoûi; for Moses which the Lord sent him to do in the
had laid his hands upon him: and the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to ail
children of Israël hearkened unto him, his servants, and to ail his land,
and did as the Lord commanded Mo 12 And inallthatmightyhand,and
ses. in aU the great terror which Moses
10 And there arose not a prophet shewed in the sight of ail IsraeL

The Book of

thou shalt make thy way prosperous»

CHAPTER I
NOW after the death of Moses and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I conunanded thee? Be
the servant of the Lord it strong and of a good courage; be not
came to pass, that the Lord afraid^ neither be thou dismayed: for
spake unto Joshua the son of Nim, the Lord thy God is with thee whith
Moses' minister, saying> ersoever thou goesti
2 Moses my servant is dead; now 10 Then Joshua commanded the of-
therefore arise, go over this Jordan, ficers of the people, saying,
thou,and ail this people,imto the land 11 Pass through the host, and com-
which I do give to them, even to the mand the people, saying. Préparé you
children of Israël. victuals; for within three days ye shall
3 Every place that the sole of your pass over this Jordan, to go in to pos-
foot shall tread upon,that have I given sess the land, which the Lord your
unto you, as I said unto Moses. God giveth you to possess it.
4 From the wildemess and this Leb- 12 And to the Reubenites, and to
anon even unto the great river, the the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
river Eu-phra-tes, ail the land of the Ma-nas'-^seh, spake Joshuav saying,
Hittites, and unto the great sea to- ^ 13 Remember the word which Mo
ward the going down of the sun, shall ses the servant of the Lord com
be your coast. manded you, saying, The Lord your
5 There shall not any man be able God hath given you rest^ and hath
to stand before thee ail the days of thy given yoii this land.
life: as I was with Moses, so I wUl be 14 Your wives, your little ones, and
with thee: I will not fail thee, nor fon- your cattle, shall remain in the land
sake thee. which Moses gave you on this side Jor
6 Be strong and of a good courage: dan; but ye shall pass before your
for unto this people shalt thou.divide brethren armed, ail the mighty men
for an inheritance the land, which I of valour, and help them;
sware unto their fathers to give them. 15 Until the Lord have given your
7 Only be thou strong and very brethren rest, as he hath given yôu,and
courageous, that thou mayest observe they also have possessed the land
to do according to ail the law, which which the Lord your Grod giveth them:
Moses my servant commanded thee: then ye shall retum unto the land of
tum not from it to the right hand or to your possession, and enjoy it, which
the left, that thou mayest prosper Moses the Lord's servant gave you on
whithersoever thou goest. this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
8 This book of the law shall not de- 16 And they answered Joshua, say
part out of thy mouth; but thou shalt ing, AU that thou commandest us we
meditate therehi day ând night, that wiU do, and whithersoever thou send-
thou mayest observe to do according est us, we wUl go.
to ail that is written therein: for then 17 According as we hearkened unto
d
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Moses in ail things/so will we hearken ther did there remain any more cour-
unto thee: only the Lord thy God be âge in any man,because of you:for the
with thee, as he was with Moses. Lord .your God, he is God ih heayen
18 Whosoever he he that doth rebel above, and in earth beneath.
àgainst thy commandinent/ and will 12 Now therefore, I pray you,
net hearken unto thy words In ail that sweâr unto me by the Lord, since I
thou commandest him, he shaU be put have shewed you kindness, that ye
to déatht only be strong and of à good will also shew kindness unto my fa-
courage. ther's house,and give me a true token:
13 And that ye will save alive my
CHAPTER 2 father, and my mother, and my breth-
AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out ren, and my sisters, and ail that they
J\ of Shif-tim two men to spy se- have,and deliver our lives from death.
cretly, saying, Go view the land, even 14 And the men answered lier, Our
Jéricho. And they went,and came into life for yours, if ye utter not this our
an harlot's house, named Rahab, and business. And it shall be, when the
lodgedthere. Lord hath given us the land, that we
2 And it was told the king of Jéri will deal kindly and truly with thee.
cho, saying, Behold, there came men 15 Then she let them down by a
in hither to night of the children of Is cord through the window: for her
raël to search out the coimtry. house was upori the tbwii wall, and she
3 And the king of Jéricho sent xmto dwélt Upon the wall.
Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men 16 And she said unto them, Get you
that are come to theé, which are en- to the mountain, lest the pursuers
tered into thine house: for they be meet you; and hide yourselves there
come to search out ail the country^ three days, imtil the pxursuers be re-
4 And the woman took the two tumed: and afterward may ye go your
men, and hid them, and said thus, way.
There came men imto me, but I wist 17 And the men said imto her, We
not whence they were: . will be blameless of this thine oath
5 And it came to pass ahout the time which thou hast made us swear.
of shutting of the gâte, when it was 18 Behold, when we come into the
dark,that the men went out: whither land,thou shalt bind this Une of scarlet
the men went I wot not: pursue after thread in the window which thou didst
them quickly; for ye shall overtake let us down by: and thou shalt bring
them. thy father, and thy mother, and thy
6 But she hâd brought them up to brethren, and ail thy father's house-
the roof of the house, and hid them hold, home unto thee.
with the stalks of flax, which she had 19 And it shall be, that whosoever
laid in order upon the roof. shall go out of the doors of thy house
7 And the men pursuéd after them into the street, his blood shall be upon
the way to Jordan untôtiie fords: and bis head,and wewUl be guiltless: and
as soon as they which pursued after whosoever shall be with thee in the
them were gone out, they shut the house, his blood shall be on our head,
gâte. if any hand be upon him.
8 And before they were laid down, 20 And if thou utter this our busi
she came up xmto them upon the roof; ness,then we will be quit of thine oath
9 Ànd she said imto the men, I which thou hast made us to swear.
know that the Lord hath given you 21 And she said, According unto
the land, and that your terror is fallen your words, so be it. And she sent
upon us, and thSLt ail the inhabitants them away, and they departed: and
of the land faint because of you. she bound the scarlet line in the win
10 For we have heard how the Lord dow.
dried up the water of the Red sea for 22 And they went, and came unto
you, when ye came out of Egypt; and the mountain, and abode there ihree
what ye did unto the two kings of the days, until the pursuers were retumed:
Amorites, that were on the other side and the pursuers sought them thrdugh-
Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye ut- out aU the way, but found them not.
terly destroyed. 23 So the two men retumed, and
11 And as soon as we had heard descended from i±Le mountain, and
ihese things, our hearts did melt, nei- passed over, and came to Joshua the
 JOSHUA 3, 4
son of Nun, and told him ail things of the Lord of ail the earth passeth
that befell them: over before you into Jordan.
24 And they said unto Joshua,
Truly the Lord hath delivered into our men out of the tribes of Israël, out of
hands ail the land; for even ail the in-
habltants of the coimtry do faint be-
cause of us.
CHAPTER 3
AND Joshua rose early in the mom-
/\ ing; and they removed from Shlf-
tim, and came to Jordan, he and ail
the children of Israël, and lodged there
before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went through
the host;
3 And they commanded the people,
saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God, and
the priests the Levites bearing it, then
ye shall remove from your place, and
go after it.
4 Yet there shaU be a space be-
tween you and it, about two thousand
cubits by measure: come not near unto
it,that ye may know the way by which
ye must go: for ye have not passed this
way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow
the Lord will do wonders among
you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the
priests, saying, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the
people. And they took up the ark of
the covenant, and went before the
people.
7 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
This day will I begin to magnify thee
in the sight of ail Israël,that they may
know that, as I was with Moses, so I
will be with thee.
8 And thou shalt command the
priests that bear the ark of the cove
nant,saying, When ye are come to the
brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall
stand still in Jordan.
9 And Joshua said imto the children
of Israël, Come hither, and hear the
words of the Lord your God.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye
shall know that the living God is
among you, and that he will without
fail drive out from before you the Ca-
naanites, and the Hittites, and the
Hi-vites, and the Per'-iz-zites, and the
Gir'-ga-shites, and the Amorites, and
the Jeb-u-sites.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant
215
12 Now therefore take you twelve
every tribe a man.
13 And it shall come to pass, as
soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the Lord,
the Lord of ail the earth, shaU rest in
the waters of Jordan, that the waters
of Jordan shall be eut off from the
waters that come down from above;
and they shall stand upon an heap.
14 And it came to pass, when the
people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan,and the priests bear
ing the ark of the covenant before the
people;
15 And as they that bare the ark
were come unto Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark were
dipped in the brim of the water, (for
Jordan overfioweth ail his bcinks ail
the time of harvest,)
16 That the waters which came
down from above stood and rose up
upon an heap very far from the city
Adcim, that is beside Zar'-e-tan: and
those that came down toward the sea
of the plain, even the sait sea, failed,
and were eut off: and the people passed
over right against Jéricho.
17 And the priests that bare the ark
of the covenant of the Lord stood firm
on dry ground in the midst of Jordan,
and ail the Israélites passed over on
dry ground, until ail the people were
passed clean over Jordéui.
CHAPTER 4
AND it came to pass, when ail the
l\ people were clean passed over
Jordan, that the Lord spake unto
Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelve men out of the
people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command ye them, saying,
Take you hence out of the midst of
Jordan, out of the place where the
priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones,
and ye shall carry them over with you,
and leave them in the lodging place,
where ye shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve
men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israël, out of every tribe a
man:
5 And Joshua said imto them, Pass
over before the ark of the Lord your
God into the midst of Jordan,and take
you up every man of you a stone upon
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his shoulder, according unto the num- nant of the Lord were come up out of
ber of the tribes of the children of Is the midst of Jordan, and the soles of
raël: the priests' feet were lifted up imto
6 That this may be a sign among the dry land,that the waters of Jordan
you, fhai when your children ask their retumed unto their place, and flowed
fathers in time to corne, saying, What over ail his banks, as they did before.
ntean ye by these stones? 19 And the people came up out of
7 Then ye shall answer them, That Jordan on the tenth day of the first
the waters of Jordan were eut off be- month,and encamped in Gilgal, in the
fore the ark of the covenant of the east border of Jéricho.
Lord; when it passed over Jordan,the 20 And those twelve stones, which
waters of Jordan were eut off: and they took out of Jordan, did Joshua
these stones shall be for a mémorial pitch in Gilgal.
unto the children of Israël for ever. 21 And he spake tmto the cdiildren
8 And the children of Israël did so of Israël, saying, When your children
as Joshua commanded, and took up shall ask their fathers in time to come,
twelve stones out of the midst of Jor- saying, What mean these stones?
Han, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, 22 Then ye shall let your dtiildren
according to the number of the tribes know, saying, Israël came over this
of the children of Israël, and carried Jordan on dry land.
them over with them tmto the place 23 For the Lord your God dried up
where they lodged, and laid them the waters of Jordan from before you,
down there^ imtil ye were passed over, as the Lord
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones your God did to the Red sea, which he
in the midst of Jordan, in the place dried up from before us, tmtil we were
where the feet ofthe priests which bare gone over:
the ark of the covenant stood: and 24 That ail the people of the earth
they are there unto this day, might know the hand of the Lord,
10 For the priests which bare the that it is mighty: that ye might fear
ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until the Lord your God for ever.
everything was finished that the Lord
commanded Joshua to speak imto the CHAPTER 5
people, according to ail that Moses AND it came to pass, when ail the
commanded Joshua: and the people /x kings of the Amorites, which were
hasted and passed over. on the side of Jordan westward, and
11 And it came to pass, when ail the ail the kings of the Canaanites, which
people were clean passed over,that the were by the sea, heard that the Lord
ark of the Lord passed over, and the had dried up the waters of Jordan
priests, in the presence of the people. from before the children of Israël, im-
12 And the children of Reuben,and til we were passed over, that their
the children of Gad,and half the tribe heart melted, neither was there spirit
of Ma-nas-seh, passed over armed be- in them any more, because of the chil
fore the children of Israël, as Moses dren of Israël.
spake unto them: 2 At that time the Lord said imto
13 About forty thousand prepared Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
for war passed over before tiie Lord circumcise again the children of Israël
unto battle, to the plains of Jéricho. the second time.
14 On that day the Lord magniâed 3 And Joshua made him shaip
Joshua in the sight of ail Israël; and knives,and circumcised the children of
they feared him, as they feared Moses, Israël at the hill of the foreskins.
ail the days of his life. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua
15 And the Lord spake xmto Josh did circumcise: AU the people that
ua, saying, came out of Egypt, that were maies,
16 Command the priests that bear even aU the men of war, died in the
the ark of the testimony, that they wUdemess by the way, àfter they
come up out of Jordan. came out of Egypt.
17 Joshua therefore commanded 5 Now aU the people that came out
the priests, saying, Come ye up out of were circumcised: but aU the people
Jordan. that were bom in the wUdemess by the
18 And it came to pass, when the way as they came forth out of Egypt,
priests that bare the ark of the cove them they had not circumcised.
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6 For the children of Israël walked 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
forty years in the wildemess, till ail See, I have given into thine hand Jéri
the people that were men of war, which cho, and the king thereof, and the
came out of Egypt, were consumed, mighty men of valour.
because they obeyed not the voice of 3 And ye shall compass the city, ail
the Lord:unto whom the Lord sware ye men of war,and go round about the
that he would not shew them the land, city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
which the Lord sware imto their fa- 4 And seven priests shall bear be-
thers that he would give us, a land fore the ark seven tmmpets of téuns'
that floweth with milk and honey. horns: and the seventh day ye shall
7 And their children, whom he compass the city seven times, and the
raised up in their stead, them Joshua priests shall blow with the trumpets.
circumcised: for they were uncircum- 5 And it shall come to pass, that
cised, because they had not circum when they make a long hlast with the
cised them by the way. ram's hom, and when ye hear the
8 And it came to pass, when they Sound of the trumpet, ail the people
had done circumcising ail the people, shall shout with a gréât shout; and the
that they abode in their places in the wall of the city shall fall down flat,and
camp, till they were whole. the people shall ascend up every man
9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, straight beforè him.
This day have I rolled away the re- 6 And Joshua the son of Nun called
proach of Egypt from off you. Where- the priests, and said unto them, Take
fore the name of the place is called Gil- up the ark of the covenant, and let
g£il unto this day» seven priests bear seven trumpets
10 And the children of Israël en- of rams' homs before the ark of the
camped in Gilgal, and kept the pass- Lord.
over on the fourteenth day of the 7 And he said unto the people, Pass
month at even in the plains of Jéricho. on, and compass the city, and let him
11 And they did eat of the old com that is armed pass on before the ark of
of the land on the morrow after the the Lord.
passover, unleavened cakes, and 8 And it came to pass, when Joshua
parched com in the selfscime day. had spoken unto the people, that the
12 And the manna ceased on the seven priests bearihg the seven trum
morrow after they had eaten of the old pets of rams* homs passed on before
com of the land; neither had the chil the Lord,and blew with the trumpets:
dren of Israël manna any more; but and the ark of the covenant of the
they did eat of the fmit of the land of Lord followed them.
Canaan that year. 9 And the armed men went before
13 And it came to pass, when Josh the priests that blew with the trump
ua was by Jéricho, that he lifted up ets, and the rereward came after the
his eyes and looked, and, behold, there ark, the priests going on, and blowing
stood a man over against him with his with the trumpets.
sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua 10 And Joshua had commanded the
went unto him, and said unto him. people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? make any noise with your voice, nei
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain ther shaU any word proceed out of
ofthe host of the Lord am I now come. your mouth, until the day I bid you
And Joshua fell on his face to the shout; then shall ye shout.
earth, and did worship, and said unto 11 So the ark of the Lord côm-
him, What saith my lord unto his ser passed the city^ going about it once:
vant? and they came into the camp, and
15 And the captain of the Lomd's lodged in the camp.
host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe 12 And Joshua rose early in the
froîn off thy foot; for the place where- moming, and the priests took up the
on thou standest is holy. And Joshua ark of the Lord.
did so. . 13 And seven piriests bearing seven
trumpets of rams' homs before the ark
CHAPTER6 of the Lord wènt on continually, and
NOW Jéricho was straitly shut up
because of the children of Israël:
blew with the trumpets: and the
armed men went before them; but the
none went out, and none came in. rereward càme after the ark of the
8
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Lord,the priests going on,and blowing
with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they com-
passed the city once,and retumed into
the camp: so they did six days.
15 And it came to pass on the sev-
enth day, that they rose early about
the dawning of the day, and com-
passed the city after the same manner
seven times: only on that day they
compassed the city seven times*
16 And it came to pass at the sev-
enth time, when the priests biew with
the trumpets, Joshua said imto the
people, Shout;for the Lord hath given
you the city.
17 And the city shall be accursed,
even it, and ail that are therein, to the
Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall
live, she and ail that are with her in
the house, because she hid the mes-
sengers that we sent.
18 And ye, in any wise keep your-
selves from the accursed thing, lest ye
make yoursélves accursed, when ye
take of the accursed thing, and make
the camp of Israël a curse, and trouble
it.
19 But ail the silver, and gold, and
vessels of brass and iron, are conse-
crated unto the Lord: they shall come
into the treasury pf the Lord.
20 So the people shouted when the
priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard
the soimd of the trumpet,and the peo
ple shouted with a great shout, that
the wall fell down flat, so that the peo
ple went up into the city, every man
straight before him,and they took the
city.
21 And they utterly destroyed ail
that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and
sheep, and ass, with the edge of the
sword.
22 But Joshua had said unto the
two men that had spied ont the coun-
try. Go into the harlot's house, and
bring out thence the woman, and
ail that she hath, as ye sware unto
her.
23 And the young men that were fell to the earth upon his face before
spies went in, and brought out Rzihab, the ark of the Lord until the eventide,
and her father, and her mother, and he and the elders of Israël, and put
her brethren,and ail that she had; and
they brought out ail her kindred,
and left them without the camp of
Israël.
24 And they bumt the city with
fire, and ail that was therein: only the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels of
brass and of iron, they put into the
treasury of the house of the Lord.
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the
harlot alive, and her father's house-
hold, and ail that she had; and she
dwelleth in Israël even unto this day;
because she hid the messengers, which
Joshua sent to spy out Jéricho.
26 And Joshua adjured them at that
time,saying, Cursed be the man before
the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth
this city Jéricho: he shall lay the foun-
dation thereof in his firstbom, and in
his youngest son shall he set up the
gâtes of it.
27 So the Lord was with Joshua;
and his famé was noised throughout ail
the coimtry.
CHAPTER 7
lUT the children of Israël com-
mitted a trespass in the accursed
thing: for A-chan, the son of Cari-mi,
the son of Zab-di,the son of Ze-rah, of
the tribe of Judah, took of the ac
cursed thing: and the anger of the
Lord was kindled against the children
of Israël.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jéri
cho to A'-i, which is beside Beth-a-ven,
on the east side of Beth-el, and spake
unto them,saying. Go up and view the
country. And the men went up and
viewedA-i.
3 And they retumed to Joshua,and
said unto him, Let not ail the people
go up; but let about two or three thou-
sand men go up and smite A-i; and
make not ail the people to labour
thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the
people about three thousand men:and
they fled before the men of A-i.
5 And the men of A-i smote of them
about thirty and six men: for they
chased them from before the gâte even
unto Sheb-a-rim, and smote them in
the going down: wherefote the hearts
of the people melted, and became as
water.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and
dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua Scdd, Alas, O Lord
God, wherefore hast thou at ail
brought this people over Jordan, to
deliver us into the hand of the Amo-
rites, to destroy us? would to God we
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had been content, and dwelt on the Car'-mi, the son of Zab-di, the son of
other side Jordan! Ze-rah, of the tribe of Judah, was
8 O Lord,what shall I say, when Is taken.
raël tumeth their backs before their 19 And Joshua said unto A-chan,
enemies! My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the
9 For the Canaanites and ail the in Lord God of Israël, and make confes
habitants of the land shall hear of it, sion unto him; and tell me now what
thou hast done; hide it not from me.
and shall environ us round,and eut off
our name from the earth: and what 20 And A-chan answered Joshua,
wilt thou do unto thy great name? and said, Indeed I have sinned against
10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, the Lord God of Israël, and thus and
Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus thus have I done:
upon thy face? 21 When I saw among the spoils a
11 Israël hath sinned, and they goodly Babylonish garment, and two
have also transgressed my covenant hundred shekels of silver, anda wedge
which I commanded them; for they of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I
have even taken of the accursed thing, coveted them,and took them;and,be-
aiid have also stolen, and dissembled hold, they are hid in the earth in the
also, and they have put it even among midst bf my tent, and the silver under
their own stuff. it.
12 Therefore the chlldren of Israël 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and
could not stand before their enemies, they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it
but tamed their backs before their ene was hid in his tent, and the silver un
mies, because they were accursed: nei- der it.
ther will I be with you any more, ex- 23 And they took them ont of the
cept ye destroy the accursed from midst of the tent, and brought them
among you. unto Joshua, and unto ail the children
13 Up,sanctify the people,and say, of Israël, and laid them ont before the
Sanctify yourselves against to mor^ Lord.
row:for thus saith the Lord God of Is 24 And Joshua, and ail Israël with
raël, There is an accursed thing in the him, took A'-chan the son of Ze-rah,
midst of thee, O Israël: thou canst not and the silver, and the garment, and
stand before thine enemies, until ye the wedge of gold, and his sons, and
take away the accursed thing from his daughters, and his oxen, and his
among you. asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and
14 In the moming therefore ye shall ail that he had:and they brought them
be brought according to your tribes: unto the valley of A-chor.
and it shall be, that the tribe which the 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou
Lord taketh shaU come according to troubled us? the Lord shall trouble
the families thereof; and the family thee this day. And ail Israël stoned
which the Lord shall take shall come him with stones, and bumed them
by househôlds; and the household with fire, after they had stoned them
which the Lord shall take shall come with stones.
man by man. 26 And they raised over him a great
15 And it shall be, that he that is heap of stones unto this day. So the
taken with the accursed thing shall be Lord tumed from the fierceness of his
bumt with fire,; he and ail that he anger. Wherefore the name of that
hath: because he hath transgressed the place was called, The valley of A-chor,
covenant of the Lord, and because he unto this day.
hath wrought folly in Israël. .
CHAPTER 8
16 So Joshua rose up early in the
moming, and brought Israël by their AND the Lord said unto Joshua,
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was /V Fear not, neither be thou dis-
taken: mayed: take ail the people of war with
17 And he brought the family of Ju thee, and arise, go up to A-i: see, I
dah;and he took the family of the Zar'- have given into thy hand the king of
hites: and he brought the family of the A'i, and his people, and his city, and
Zar'-hites man by man; and Zab'-di his land:
was taken: 2 And thou shalt do to A-i and her
18 And he brought his household king as thou didst unto Jéricho and
man by man; and A-chan, the son of her king: only the spoil thereof, and
220 JOSHUA 8
the cattle tJiereof, shall ye take for a and ail his people, at a time appointed,
prey unto yourselves: lay thee an am- before the plain; but he wist not that
bush for the city behind it. there were liers in ambush against him
3 So Joshua arose, and ail the peo- behind the city.
ple of war, to go up against A'-i: and 15 And Joshua and ail Israël made
Joshua chose out thirty thousand as if they were beaten before them,
mlghty men of valour, and sent them and fled by the way of the wildemess.
away by night. 16 And ail the people that were in
4 And he commanded them, say- A'-i were called together to pursue af
ing, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against ter them: and they pursued éifter Josh^
the city, even behind the city: go not ua, and were drawn away from the
very far from the city, but be ye ail city.
ready: 17 And there was not a man left in
5 And I, and ail the people that are A'-i or Beth-el, that went not out after
with me, will approach unto the city: Israël: and they left the city open, and
and it shall come to pass, when they pursued after Israël.
come out against us, as at the first, 18 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
that we will flee before them, Stretch out the spear that is in thy
6 (For they will come out after us) hand toward A'-i; for I will give it into
till we have drawn them from the city; thine hand. And Joshua stretched out
for they will say, They flee before us, the spear that he had in his hand to
as at the first: therefore we will flee ward the city.
before them. 19 And the ambush arose quickly
7 Then ye shall rise up from the am- out of their place, and they ran as soon
bush, and seize upon the city: for the as he had stretched out his hand: and
Lord your(3od wUl deliver it into your they entered into the city, and took it,
hand. and hasted and set the city on fire.
8 And it shall be, when ye have 20 And when the men of A'-i looked
taken the city, that ye shall set the city behind them, they saw, and, behold,
on fire: according to the command- the smoke of the city ascended up to
ment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I heaven, and they had no power to flee
have commanded you. this way or that way: and the people
9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: that fled to the wildemess tumed back
and they went to lie in ambush, and upon the pursuers.
abode between Beth—el smd A-i, on the 21 And when Joshua and ail Israël
west side of A-i: but Joshua lodged saw that the ambush had taken the
that night among the people. city, and that the smoke of the city
10 And Joshua rose up early in the ascended, then they tumed again, and
moming, and numbered the people, slew the men of A'-i.
and went up, he and the elders of Is 22 And the other issued out of the
raël, before the people to A'-i. city against them; so they were in the
11 And ail the people, even the peo midst of Israël, some on this side, and
ple of war that were with him, went up, some on that side: and they smote
and drew nigh, and came before the them,so that they let none of them re
city, and pitched on the north side of main or escape.
A'-i: now there was a valley between 23 And the king of A'-i they took
them and A'-i. alive, and brought him to Joshua.
12 And he took about flve thousand 24 And it came to pass, when Israël
men,and set them to lie in ambush be had made an end of slaying ail the in
tween Beth-el and A'-i, on the west habitants of A'-i in the field,in the wil
side of the city. demess wherein they chased them,and
13 And when they had set the peo when they were ail fallen on the edge
ple,^ even ail the host that was on the of the sword, until they were con-
north of the city, and their liers in sumed, that ail the Israélites retumed
wait on the west of the city, Joshua unto A'-i, and smote it with the edge
went that night into the midst of the of the sword^
valley. 25 And so it was, that ail that fell
14 And it came to pass, when the that day, both of men and women,
king of A'-i saw if, that they hasted and were twelve thousand,even ail the men
rose up early, and the men of the city of A'-i.
went out against Israël to battle, he 26 For Joshua drew not his hand
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back, wherewith he stretched out the over against Lebanon,the Hittite, and
spear, until he had utterly destroyed the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Per'-
ail the inhabitants of A'-i. iz-zite, the Hi'-vite, and the Jeb-u-site,
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of heard thereof;
that city Israël took for a prey unto 2 That they gathered themselves
themselves, according unto the word together, to fight with Joshua and
of the Lord which he commanded with Israël, with one accord.
Joshua. 3 And when the inhabitants of Gib-
28 And Joshua bumt A-i,and made eon heard what Joshua had done im-
it an heap for ever, even a désolation to Jéricho and to A'-i,
unto this day. 4 They did work wilily, and went
29 And the king of A-i he hanged on and made as if they had been ambassa-
a tree until eventide: and as soon as dors, and took old sacks upon their
the sun was down, Joshua conunanded asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent,
that they should take his carcase down and bound up;
from the tree, and cast it at the enter- 5 And old shoes and clouted upon
ing of the gâte of the city, and raise their feet, and old garments upon
thereon a great heap of stones, that re- them; and ail the bread of their pro
maineth unto this day. vision was dry and mouldy.
30 Then Joshua built an altar unto 6 And they went to Joshua imto
the Lord God of Israël in mount Ebal, the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him,
31 As Moses the servant of the and to the men of Israël, We be come
Lord commanded the children of Is from a far country; now therelfore
raël, as it is written in the book of the make ye a league with us.
law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, 7 And the men of Israël said unto
over which no man hath lift up any the Hi'-vites, Peradventure ye dwell
iron: and they ofïered thereon bumt among us; and how shall we make a
offerings unto the Lord,and sacrificed league with you?
peace offerings. 8 And they Scdd unto Joshua, We
32 And he wrote there upon the are thy servants. And Joshua said unto
stones a copy of the law of Moses, them, Who are ye? and from whence
which he wrote in the presence of the come ye?
children of Israël. 9 And they said unto him, From a
33 And ail Israël, and their elders, very far country thy servants are
and ofRcers, and their judges, stood on come because of the name of the Lord
this side the ark and on that side be- thy God: for we have heard the famé
fore the priests the Levites, which bare of him, £ind ail that he did in Egypt,
the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 10 And ail that he did to the two
as well the stranger, as he that was kings of the Amorites, that were be-
bom among them; half of them over yond Jordan, to Sihon king of Hesh-
against moimt Ger-i-zim, and half of bon, and to Og king of Ba-shan, which
them over against mount Ebal; as Mo was at Ash-ta-roth.
ses the servant of the Lord had com 11 Wherefore our elders and ail the
manded before, that they should bless inhabitants of our country spake to us,
the people of Israël. saying, Take victuals with you for the
34 And afterward he read ail the joumey,and go to meet them,and say
words of the law, the blessings and unto them, We are your servants:
cursings, according to ail that is writ therefore now make ye a league with
ten in the book of the law. us.
35 There was not a word of ail that 12 This our bread we took hot far
Moses commanded, which Joshua read our provision out of our houses on the
not before ail the congrégation of Is day we came forth to go unto you; but
raël, with the women, and the little now,behold,it is dry,and it is mouldy:
ones, and the strangers that were con 13 And these bottles of wine> which
versant among them. we filled, were new; and, behold, they
be rent: and these our garments and
CHAPTER 9 our shoes are become old by reason of
AN^D it came to pass, when ail the the very long jourhey.
l\ kings which were on this side Jor 14 And the men took of their vict
dan, in the hills, and in the valleys, uals, and asked not counsel at the
and in ail the coasts of the great sea mouth of the Lord.
222 JOSHUA 10
15 And Joshua made peace with for the congrégation, and for the altar
them, and made a league with them, of the Lord,even unto this day,in the
to let them live: and the princes of the place which he should choose.
congrégation sware unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the end of CHÀPTER 10
three days after they had made a NOW it came to pass, when A-do-
league with them,that they heard that ni-ze-dec king of Jérusalem had
they wefe their neighbours, and that heard how Joshua had taken A-i, and
they dwelt among them. had utterly destroyed it; as he had
17 And the children of Israël jour- done to Jéricho and her king,so he had
neyed, and came unto their cities on done to A-i and her king; and how the
the third day. Now their cities were inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace
Gibeon, and Che-phi'-rah, and Be-e- with Israël, and were among them;
roth, and Kir'-jath-je'a-rim. 2 That they feared greatly, because
18 And the children of Israël smote Gibeon was a great city, as one of the
them not, becàuse the princes of the royal cities, and because it was greater
congrégation had sworn unto them by than A-i, and ail the men thereof were
the Lord God of Israël. And ail the mighty.
congrégation murmured against the 3 Wherefore A-do'-ni-ze-dec king of
princes. Jérusalem sent unto Ho-ham king of
19 But ail the princes said unto ail Hebron, and unto Pi'ram king of Jar'-
the congrégation, We have swom unto muth, and unto Ja-phi'-a king of La-
them by the Lord God of Israël: now chish, and unto De-bir king of Eg'-lon,
therefore we may not touch them. saying,
20 This we will do to them; we will 4 Come up unto me, and help me,
even let them live, lest wrath be Upon that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath
us, because of the oath which we sware made peace with Joshua and with the
unto them. children of Israël.
21 And the princes said unto them, 5 Therefore the five kings of the
Let them live; but let them be hewers Amorites, the king of Jérusalem, the
of wood and drawers of water unto ail king of Hebron, the king of Jar'-muth,
the congrégation; as the princes had the king of La-chish, the king of Eg'-
promised them. lon, gathered themselves together,and
22 And Joshua called for them,and went up, they and ail their hosts, and
he spake unto them, saying, Where- encamped before Gibeon, and made
fore have ye beguiled us, saying, We war against it.
are very far from you; when ye dwell 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto
among us? Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,
23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and Slack not thy hand from thy servants;
there shall none of you be freed from come up to us quickly, and save us,
being bondmen, and hewers ôf wood and help us: for àll the kings of the
and drawers of water for the house of Amorites that dwell in the mountains
my God. are gathered together against us.
24 And they answered Joshua, and 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal,
said, Because it was certainly told thy he, and ail the people of war with him,
servants, how that the Lord thy God and ail the mighty men of valour.
commanded his servant Moses to give 8 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
you ail the land, and to destroy ail the Fear them not: for I have delivered
inhabitants of the land from before them into thine hand; there shall not
you, therefore we weré sore afraid of a man of them stand before thee.
our lives because of you, and have 9 Joshua therefore came unto them
done this thing. suddenly, and went up from Gilgal ail
25 And now, behold, we are in thine night.
hand: as it seemeth good and right un 10 And the Lord discomfited them
to thee to do unto us, do. before Israël, and slew them With a
26 And so did he unto them,and de- great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased
livered them out of the hand of the them along the way that goeth up to
children of Israël, that they slew them Beth-ho'-ron, and smote them to A-ze'-
not. kah, and unto Mak-ke'-dah^
27 And Joshua made them that day 11 And it came to pass, as they fled
hewers of wood and drawers of water from before Israël, and were in the
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going down to Beth-ho-ron, that the Israël» and said imto the captains of
Lord cast down greatstonesfrom heav- the men of war which went with him,
en upon them unto A-ze-kah, and Ccinre near, put your feet upon the
they died: they were more which died necks of these kings. And they came
with hailstones than they whom the near» and put their feet upon the necks
children of Israël slew with the sword. of them.
12 Then spake Joshiia to the Lord 25 And Joshua said imto them»
in the day when the Lord delivered up Fear not» nor be dismayed» be strông
the Amorites before the children of Is and of good courage: for thus shall the
raël» and he said in the sight of Israël» Lord do to ail your enemies against
Sun» stand thon still upon Gibeon; and whom ye fight.
thou» Moon» in the valley of Aj-a-lon. 26 And afterward Joshua smote
13 And the sun stood still» and the them» and slew them» and hanged
moon stayed» until the people had them on five trees: and they were
avenged themselves upon their ene- hanging upon the trees until the eve-
mies, Is not this written in the book ning.
of Ja-sher? So the sun stood still in the 27 And it came to pass at the time
midst of heaven» and hasted not to go of the going down of the sun» that
down about a whole day. Joshua commanded» and they took
14 And there was no day like that them down off the trees» and cast
before it or after it» that the Lord them into the cave wherein they had
hearkened unto the voice of a man:for been hid» and laid great stones in the
the Lord fought for Israël. cave's mouth» which remain until this
15 And Joshua retumed» and ail very day.
Israël with him» unto the camp to 28 And that day Joshua took Mak-
Gngal. ke-dah» and smote it with the edge of
16 But these hve kings fled» and hid the sword» and the king thereof he ut-
themselves in a cave at Mak-ke-dah. terly destroyed» them» and ail the soûls
17 And it was told Joshua» saying, that were therein; he let none remain:
The five kings are found hid in a cave and he did to the king of Mak-ke-dah
at Mak-ke-dah. as he did unto the king of Jéricho.
18 And Joshua said» Roll great 29 Then Joshua passed from Mak-
stones upon the mouth of the cave, ke'-dah, and ail Israël with him» unto
and set men by it for to keep them: Lib'-nah» and fought against Lib'-nah:
19 And stay ye not, but pursue after 30 And the Lord delivered it also»
your enemies» and smite the hindmost and the king thereof, into the hand of
of them; suffer them not to enter into Israël; and he smote it with the edge
their cities: for the Lord your God of the sword» and ail the soûls that
hath delivered them into your hand. were therein; he let none remain in it;
20 And it came to pass» when Josh but did unto the king thereof as he did
ua and the children of Israël had made unto the king of Jéricho.
an end of slaying them with a very 31 Arid Joshua passed from Lib'-
great slaughter» till they were con- nah» and ail Israël with him» unto La-
sumed» that the rest which remained of chish» and encamped against it» and
them entered into fenced cities. fought against it:
21 And ail the people retumed to 32 Arid the Lord delivered La'-chish
the camp to Joshua at Mak-ke'-dah in into the hand of Israël» which took it
peace: none moved his tongue against on the second dây» and smote it with
any of the children of Israël. the edge of the sword» and ail the soûls
22 Then said Joshua» Open the that were therein» according to ail that
mouth of the cave» and bring out those he had done to Lib'-nah.
five kings unto me out of the cave. 33 Then Ho'-ram king of Ge'-zer
23 And they did so» and brought came up to help La'-chish; and Joshua
forth those five kings unto him out of smote him and his people» until he had
the cave» the king of Jérusalem» the left him none remaining.
king of Hebron» the king of Jar'-muth» 34 And fromi La'-chish Joshua
the king of La-chish» and the king of passed unto Eg'-lon» and ail Israël
Eg'-lon. with him; and they encamped against
24 And it came to pass» when they it» and fought against it:
brought out those kings unto Joshua» 35 And they took it on that day»
that Joshua called for ail the men of and smote it with the edge of the
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sword, and ail the soiils that were 4 And they went out, they and ail
therein he utterly destroyed that day, their hosts with them, much people,
according to ail that he had done to even as the sand that is upon the sea
La'-chish. shore in multitude, with horses and
36 And Joshua went up from Eg'- chariots very many.
lon, and ail Israël with him, nnto He- 5 And when ail these kings were
bron; and they fought against it: met together, they came and pitched
37 And they took it, and smote it together at the waters of Me-rom, to
with the edge of the sword, and the fight against Israël.
king thereof, and ail the cities thereof, 6 And the Lord said unto Joshua,
and ail the soûls that were therein; he Be not afraid because of them: for to
left none remaining, according to ail morrow about this time will I deliver
that he had done to Eg'-lon; but de them up ail slain before Israël: thou
stroyed it utterly, and ail the soûls shalt hough their horses, and bum
that w;ere therein. their chariots with fire.
38 And Joshua retumed,and ail Is 7 So Joshua came, and ail the peu
raël with him, to De-bir; and fought ple of war with him, against them by
against it; the waters of Me'-rom suddenly; and
39 And he took it, and the king they fell upon them.
thereof, and ail the cities thereof; and 8 And the Lord delivered them into
they smote them with the edge of the the hand of Israël, who smote them,
sword, and utterly destroyed ail the and chased them unto great Zi-don,
soûls that were therein; he left none re and unto Mis-re-photh-ma-im, and
maining: as he had done to Hebron,so unto the valley of Miz-peh eastward;
he did to De-bir, and to the king and they smote them, until they left
thereof; as he had done also to Lib- them none remaining.
nah, and to her king. 9 And Joshua did unto them as the
40 So Joshua smote ail the country Lord bade him: he houghed their
of the hills, and of the south, and of horses, and bumt their chariots with
the vale, and of the springs, and ail fire.
their kings: he left none remaining» but 10 And Joshua at that time tumed
utterly destroyed ail that breathed, as back, and took Ha-zor, and smote the
the Lord God of Israël commanded. king thereof with the sword: for Ha-
41 And Joshua smote them from zor beforetime was the head of 2ill
Ka-desh-bar'-ne-a even unto Ga-za, those kingdoms.
and ail the coimtry of Goshen, even 11 And they smote ail the soûls that
imto Gibeon. were therein with the edge of the
42 And ail these kings and their sword, utterly destroying them: there
land did Joshua take at one time, be- was not any left to breathe: and he
cause the Lord God of Israël fought burnt Ha-zor with fire.
for Israël. 12 And ail the cities pf those kings,
43 And Joshua returned, and ail Is and ail the kings of them, did Joshua
raël with him,unto the camp to Gilgal. take, and smote them with the edge of
the sword, and he utterly destroyed
CHAPTER II them,as Moses the servant of the Lord
AND it came to pass, when Ja-bin commanded.
J\ king of Ha'"Zor had heard those 13 But as for the cities thiat stood
things, that he sent to Jo'-bab king of stm in their strength, Israël bumed
Ma-don, and to the king of Shim-ron, none of them, save Ha-zor only; that
and to the king of Ach-shaph, did Joshua burn.
2 And to the kings that were on the 14 And ail the spoil of these cities,
north of the mountains, and of the and the cattle the children of Israël
plains south of Chin'-ne-roth, and in took for a prey unto themselves; but
the valley, and in the borders of Dor every man they smote with the edge of
on the west, the sword, until they had destroyed
3 And to the Canaanite on the east them, neither left they any to breathe.
and on the west, and to the Amorite, 15 As the Lord commanded Moses
and the Hittite, and the Per'-iz-zite, his servant, so did Moses command
and the Jeb-u-site in the mountains, Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left
and ta the Hi-vite under Hermon in nothing undone of ail that the Lord
the land of Miz-peh. commanded Moses.
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16 So Joshua took ail that land,the and from the south, under Ash'doth-
hills, and ail the south country,and ail pis-gah:
the land of Goshen,and the valley,and 4 And the coast of Og king of Ba-
the plain, and the mountain of Israël, shan, which was of the remnant of the
and the valley of the same; giants, that dwelt at Ash-ta-roth and
17 Even from the mount Ha-lak, at Ed'-re-i,
that goeth up to Se-ir, even unto Ba- 5 And reigned in mount Hermon,
al-gad in the valley of Lebanon under and in Sal-cah,and in ail Ba-shan,un
moimt Hermon: and ail their kings to the border of the Gesh-u-rites, and
he took, and smote them, and slew the Ma-ach-a-thites, and half Gilead,
them. the border of Sihon king of Hesh-bon.
18 Joshua made war a long time 6 Them did Moses the servant ofthe
with ail those kings. Lord and the children of Israël smite:
19 There was not a city that made and Moses the servant of the Lord
peace with the children of Israël, save gave it for a possession unto the Reu-
the Hi-vites the inhabitahts of Gibeon: benites, and the Gadites, and the half
ail other they took in battle. tribe of Ma-nas-seh.
20 For it was of the Lord to harden 7 And these are the kings of the
their hearts, that they should come country which Joshua and the chil^-
against Israël in battle, that he might dren of Israël smote on this side Jor
dan on the west,from Ba-al-gad in the
destroy tiiem utterly, and that they
might have no favour, but that he valley of Lebanon even unto the
might destroy them,as the Lord com-mount Ha-lak, that goeth up to Se-ir;
manded Moses. which Joshua gave unto the tribes of
21 And at that time came Joshua, Israël for a possession according to
and eut off the Anakims from thé their divisions;
moimtains,from Hebron,from De-bir, 8 In thé mouhtains, and in the val-
from Anab, and from ail the moim leys, and in the plains, and in the
tains of Judah,and from ail the moim springs, and in the wildemess, and in
tains of Israël: Joshua destroyed them the south country; the Hittites, the
utterly with their cities. Amorites, and the Canaanites, the
22 There was none of the Anakims Per'-iz-zites, the Hi-vites,and the Jeb-
left in the land of the children of Is u-sites:
raël: only in Ga-za, in Gath, and in 9 The king of Jéricho, one; the king
Ash'dod, there remained. of A-i, which is beside Beth-el, one;
23 So Joshua took the whole land, 10 The king of Jemsalem, one; the
according to ail that the Lord said un king of Hebron, one;
to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an in- 11 The king of Jar'-muth, one; the
heritance unto Israël according to king of La-chish, one;
their divisions by their tribes. And the 12 The king of Eg'-lon, one;the king
land rested from war. of Ge-zer, one;
13 The king of De-bir,one;the king
CHAPTER 12 of Ge-der, one;
NOW these are the kings of the 14 The king of Hor'-mah, one; the
land, which the children of Israël king of A-rad, one;
smote, and possessed their land on the 15 The king of Lib-nah, one; the
other sldé Jordan toward the rising of king of AduUam,one;
thè sun, from the river Amon unto 16 The king of Mak-ke'Kiah, one;
mouht Hermon, and ail the plain on the king of Beth-el, one;
the east: 17 The king of Tap-pu-ah, one; the
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who king of He-pher,one;
dwelt in Hesh-bon,and ruled from Ar'- 18 The king of A'-phek, one; the
o-er, which is upon the bank of the king of La-shar'-on, one;
river Amon, and from the middle of 19 The king of Ma-don, one; the
the river, and from half Gilead, even king of Ha-zor, one;
unto the river Jabbok, which îs the 20 The king of Shim-ron-me-ron,
border of the children of Ammon; one; the king of Ach-shaph, one;
3 And from the plain to the sea of 21 The king of Ta-a-nach, one; the
Chin-ne-roth on the east, and unto the king of Me-gid-do, one;
sea of the plain, even the sait sea on 22 The king of Ke-desh, one; the
the east, the way to Beth-jesh-i-moth; king of Jok'-ne-am of Carmel, one;
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23 The king of Dor in the coast of remnant of the giants: for these did
Dor, one; the king of the nations of Moses smite, and cast them out.
Gilgal, one; 13 Nevertheless the children of Is
24 The king of Tir'-zah» one: all the raël expelled not the Gesh-u-rites, nor
kings thirty and one* the Ma-ach-a-thites: but the Gesh-u-
rites and the Ma-ach-a-thites dwell
CHAPTER 13 among the Israélites until this day.
NOW Joshua was old and stricken 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he
in years; and the Lord said imto gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of
him, Thou art old and stricken in the Lord God of Israël made by fire
years, and there remaineth yet very are their inheritance, as he S£dd imto
much land to be possessed. them.
2 This is the land that yet remain 15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of
eth: all the borders of the Philistines, the children of Reuben inheritance ac-
and all Gesh-u-ri, cording to their familles.
3 From Si-hor, which is before 16 And their coast was from Ari-o-
Egypt,even unto the borders of Ekron er, that is on the bank of the river Ar-
northward, which is counted to the Ca- non, and the city that is in the midst
naanite: five lords of the Philistines; of the river, and all the plain by Med-
the Ga-zath-ites, and the Ash-doth- e-ba;
ites, the Esh-ka-lon-ites, the Gif-tites, 17 Hesh-bon, and all her cities that
and the Ekronites; also the A-vites: are in the plain; Di-bon, and Ba-
4 From the south, all the land of the moth-ba'-al, and Beth-ba-al-me-on,
Canaanites, and Me-a-rah that is be- 18 And Ja-ha-za, and Ked-e-moth,
side the Si-do-ni-ans, unto A-phek, to and Meph-a-ath,
the borders of the Amorites: 19 And Kir-jath-a'-im, and Sib-
5 And the land of the Gib-lites, and mah, and Za-reth-sha-har in the
all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, mount of the valley,
from Ba-al-gad under moimt Hermon 20 And Beth-pe-or, and Ash-doth-
unto the entering into Ha-math. pis-gcih, and Beth-jesh-i-moth,
6 All the inhabitants of the hill 21 And all the cities of the plain,
country from Lebanon unto Mis-re- and all the kingdom of Sihon king of
photh-ma-im,and all the Si-do-ni-ans, the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh-
them will I drive out from before the bon, whom Moses smote with the
children of Israël: only divide thou princes of Mid-i-an,E-vi,and Re-kem,
it by lot unto the Israélites for an and Zur, and Hur, and Re-ba, which
inheritance, as I have commanded were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the
thee. country.
7 Now therefore divide this land for 22 Ba-laam also the son of Be-or,
an inheritance unto the nine tribes, the soothsayer, did the children of Is
and the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh, raël slay with the sword among them
8 With whom the Reubenites and that were slain by them.
the Gadites have received their in 23 And the border of the children of
heritance, which Moses gave them, be- Reuben was Jordan, and the border
yond Jordan eastward, even as Moses thereof. This was the inheritance of the
the servant of the Lord gave them; children of Reuben after their familles,
9 From Ari-o-er, that is upon the the cities and the villages thereof.
bank of the river Amon, and the city 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto
that is in the midst of the river, and éiU the tribe of Gad,even unto the children
the plain of Med-e-ba unto Di-bon; of Gad according to their familles.
10 And all the cities of Sihon king 25 And their coast was Ja-zer, and
of the Amorites, which reigned in all the cities of Gilead, and half the
Hesh-bon,imto the border of the chil Icind of the children of Ammon, imto
dren of Ammon; Ari-o-er that is before Rab-bah;
11 And Gilead, and the border of 26 And from Hesh-bon unto Ra-
the Gesh-u-rites and Ma-ach-a-thites, math-miz'-peh, and Bef-o-nim; and
and all mount Hermon, and all Ba- from Ma-ha-na-im unto the border of
shan unto Sal-cah; De'-bir;
12 All the kingdom of Og in Ba- 27 And in the valley, Beth-a-ram,
shan, which reigned in Ash'-ta-roth and Beth-nim-rah, and Suc-coth, and
and in Ed-re-i, who remained of the Za-phon, the rest of the kingdom of
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Sihon king of Hesh-bon, Jordan and unto hîm,Thou knowest the thing that
his border, even unto the edge of the the Lord said unto Moses the man of
sea bf Chin-ne-reth on the other side Gbd conceming me and thee in Kai-
Jordan eastwârd. desh-bar'-ne-a.
28 This îs the inherîtance of the 7 Forty years old u;as I when Moses
children of Gad àfter their families,the the servant of the Lord sent me from
cities, and their villages. Ka-desh-bar'-ne-a to espy ont the
29 And Moses gave inherîtance unto land; and I brought him word again as
the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh: and this it was in mine heart.
was the possession of thé half tribe of 8 Nevertheless my brethren that
the children of Marnas-seh by their went up with me made the heart ofthe
families. people melt: but I whoUy foUowed the
30 And their coast was from Ma-ha- Lord my God.
na-im, ail Ba-shan, aïl the kingdom of 9 And Moses sware on that day,
Og king of Ba-shan, and ail the towns sâying, Surely the land whereon thy
of Ja-ir, which are in Ba-shàn, three- feet have trodden shall be thîhe in
score cities; heritance, and thy children's for ever,
31 And half Gilead, and Ash-ta- because thou hast whoUy followed the
roth, and Ed-re-i, cities of the king Lord my God. 5
dom of Og in Ba-shan, were pertaining 10 And now,behold> the Lord hath
unto the children of Ma-chir the son bf kept me alive, as he said, these forty
Ma-nas-seh,even tô the one half of the and five years, even since the.Lord
children of Ma'-chir by their families. spake this word unto Moses, while the
32 These are the countries which Mo children of Israël wandered in the wil-
ses did distribute for inheritance in the demess: and now, lo, I am this day
plains of Moab, on the other side Jor fourscore and five years old.
dan, by Jéricho, eastward. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as
33 But unto the tribe of Le\d Moses I was in the day that Moses sent me:
gave not any inheritance: the Lord as my strength was then,even so is my
God of Israël was their inheritance, as strength now,for war, both to go out,
he said unto them. and to corne in.
12 Now therefore give me this
CHAPTER 14 mountain, whereof the Lord spake in
AND these are the countries whdch the that day;for thou heardest ih that day
jl\ children of Israël inherited in the how the Anakims were there, and that
land of Canaan, which E-le-a-zar the the cities a;ere great and fenced: if so
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,and be the Lord wUl he with me, then 1
the heads of the fathers of the tribes shall be able to drive them but, as the
of the children of Israël, distributed Lord said.
for inheritance to them. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and
2 By lot was their inheritance, as gave tmto Caleb the son of Je-phun'-
the Lord commanded by the hand of neh Hebron for an inheritance.
Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the 14 Hebron therefore became the in
half tribe. heritance of Caleb the son of Je-phun-
3 For Moses had given the inherit neh the Ken-ez-ite unto thià day, be
ance of twô tribes and an half tribe on cause that he whoUy followed the
the other side Jordan: butimto the Lé Lord God of Israël.
vites he gave none inheritance among 15: And the name of Hebron before
them. was Kir'-jath-ar^-ba; which Arba was a
4 For the children of Joseph were great man among the Anakims. And
two tribes, Ma-nas-seh and E-phra- the land had rest from war.
im: therefore they gave no part unto
the Levites in the land, save cities to CHAPTER 15
dweU in, with their subiirbs for their then was the lot of the tribe
cattle and for their substance. À of the children of Judah by their
5 As the Lord commanded Moses, families; even to the border of Edom
so the children of Israël did, and they the wildemess of Zin southward was
divided the land. the uttermost part of the south coast.
6 Then the children of Judah came 2 And their south border was from
unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the the shore of the sait sea,from the bay
son bf Je-phun-neh the Ken-ez-ite said that looketh southward:
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3 And It went out to the south side round about according to their fam-
to Ma-al'-eh-a-Grab-bim, and passed ilies.
along to Zin, and ascended up on the 13 And unto Caleb the son of Je-
south side unto Ka-desh-bar'-ne-a, phun-neh he gave a part among the
and passed along to Hez'-ron, and children of Judah, according to the
went up to A'-dar, and fetched a com- Gommandment of the Lord to Joshua,
pass to Kar'-ka-a: even the city of Arba the father of
4 From thence it passed toward Az'- Anak, which city is Hebron.
mon, and went out unto the river of 14 And Caleb drove thence the
Egypt; and the goings out of that three sons of Anak,She'-shcd,and A-hi-
coast were at the sea: this shall be your man, and Tal-mai, the children of
south Goast. Anak.
5 And the east border was the sait 15 And he went up thence to the in
sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And habitants of De-bir: and the néune of
iheir border in the north quarter was De-bir before was Kiri-jath-rse-pher.
from the bay of the sea at the utter- 16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth
most part of Jordan: Kiri-jath-se-pher, and taketh it, to
6 And the border went up to Beth- him will I give Ach-sah my daughter
hog'-la, and passed along by the north to wife.
of Beth-ari-a-bah; and the border went 17 And Oth-ni-el the son of Ke-naz,
up to the stone of Bo-han the son of the brother of Caleb, took it: and he
Reuben: gave him Ach-sah his daughter to wife.
7 And the border went up toward 18 And it came to pass, as she came
De'-bir from the valley of A-Ghor, and unto him, that she moved him to ask
so northward, looking toward Gilgal, of her father a field: and she lighted ofî
that is before the going up to A-dum- her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What
mim, whiGh is on tiie south side of the wouldest thou?
river: and the border passed toward 19 Who answered, Give me a bless-
the waters of En-she'-mesh, and the ing; for thou hast given me a soutih
goings out thereof were at En-ro-gel: land; give me also springs of water.
8 And the border went up by the And he gave her the upper springs,and
valley of the son of Hin'-nom unto the the nether springs.
south side of the Jeb'-u-site; the same 20 This is the inheritance of the
is Jérusalem: and the border went up tribe of the children of Judah accord
to the top of the mountain that lieth ing to their families.
before the valley of Hin-nom west- 21 And the uttermost cities of the
ward, whiGh is at the end of the valley tribe of the children of Judah toward
of the giants northward: the coast of Edom southward were
9 And the border was drawn from Kab-ze-el, and E-der, and Ja-gur,
the top of the hill unto the fountain of 22 And Ki-nah, and Di-mo-nah,
thé watér of Neph'-to-ah, and went out and Ad-a-dah,
to the Gities of mount E-phron; and 23 And Ke-desh, and Ha-zor, and
the border was drawn to Ba'-al-ah, Ith-nan,
whiGh is Kirirjath-je-a-rim: 24 Ziph, and Te-lem, and Be-a-
10 And the border Gompassed from loth,
Ba'-£il-ah westward unto mount Se-ir, 25 And Ha'-zor, Ha-daf-tah, and
and passed along unto the side of Ke-ri-oth, and Hez-ron, which is Ha-
mount Je-a-rim, whiGh is Ches-a-lon, zor,
on the north side, and went down to 26 A-mam, and She-ma, and Mol-
Beth-she'-mesh, and passed on to a-dah,
Tim-nah: 27 And Ha'-zar-gad-dah,and Hesh-
11 And the border went out unto mon, and Beth-pa-let,
the side of Ekron northward: and the 28 And Ha-zar-shu'-al, and Be'-er-
border was drawn to Shi-Gron, and she'-ba, and Biz-joth-jah,
passed along to mount Ba'-al-ah, and 29 Ba-al-ah, and l'-im, and A-zem,
went out unto Jab'me-el; and the 30 And El'-to-lad, and Che-sil, and
goings out of the border were at the Hori-mah,
sea. 31 And Ziklag, and Mad-man'mah,
12 And the west border was to the and San-san-nah.
great sea, and the Goast thereof, This is 32 And Leb-a-oth, and ShiT-him,
the coast of the children of Judah and A-in, and Rimmom ail the cities
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are twenty and nine, with their vil 59 And Ma-a-rath, and Beth-a-
lages: noth, and El-te-kon; six cities with
33 And in the valley, Esh-ta-ol,and their villages:
Zo'-re-ah, and Ash-nah, 60 Kir'-jath-ba'^al, which is Kir'-
34 And Za-nor-2ih, and En-gan'-nim, jath-je'-a-rim, and Rab-bah;two cities
Tap-pU'-ah, and E-nam, with their villages:
35 Jar'-muth, and Adullam, So-coh, 61 In the wildemess> Beth-ar'-a-
and A-ze'-kah, bah, Mid-din, and Sec'-a-cah,
36 And Sha-ra-im, and Ad-i-tha- 62 And Nib-shan, and the city of
im, and Ge-de-rah, and Ged-e-roth-a'- Sait, and En-ge-di; six cities with
im; fourteen cities with their villages: their villages.
37 Ze'^nan, and Had'-a-shah, and 63 Asfor the Jeb-u-sitesthe inhabit
Mig'-dal-gad, ants of Jérusalem, the children of Ju-
38 And Dil-e-an, and Miz'peh, and dah could not drive them out: but the
Jok-the-el, Jeb-u-sites dwell with the children of
39 La^chish^and Boz-kath,and Eg'- Judah at Jérusalem unto thîs day.
lon,
40 And Cab-bon, and Lah-mam, CHAPTER 16
and Kith-Ush, AND the lot of the children of Joseph
41 And Ge-de'-roth, Beth-da-gon, l\ fell from Jordan by Jéricho, unto
and Na-a-mah, and Mak-ke-dcih; six- the water of Jéricho on the east, to the
teen cities with their villages: wildemess that goeth up from Jéricho
42 Lib-nah, and E^ther, and A- throughout mount Beth-el,
shan, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to
43 And Jiph-tah, and Ash^nah,and Luz, and passeth along unto the bor-
Ne'-zib, ders of Ari-chi to At-a-roth,
44 And Kei-lah, and Ach-zib, and 3 And goeth down westward to the
Ma-re-shah; nine cities with their vil coast of Japh4e-ti, unto the coast of
lages: Beth-ho'-^rpn the nether, and to Ge-
45 Ekron, with her towns and her zer; and the goings out thereof are at
villages: the sea.
46 From Ekron even unto the sea, 4 So the children of Joseph, Ma-
ail that lay near Ash-dod, with their nas-seh and E-phra-im, took their in-
villages: heritance.
47 Ash'-dod with her towns and her 5 And the border of the children of
villages, Ga'-za with her towns and her E'-phra-im according to their families
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and was thus: even the border of their in-
the gréât sea^ and the border thereof: heritance on the east side was Af-a-
48 And in the mountains, Sha'-mir, roth-ad-dar, unto Beth-ho-ron the
and Jat'-tir, and So'-coh, upper;
49 And Dan'-nah, and Kir'-jath- 6 And the border went out toward
san'-nah, which is De-bir, the sea to Mich-me-thah on the north
50 And Anab,and Esh-te-moh,and side; and the border went about east-
A'-nim, ward unto Ta-a-nath-shi-loh, and
51 And Goshen, and Ho'-lon, and passed by it on the east to Ja-no-hah;
Gi'-loh; eleven cities with their vil 7 And it went down from Ja-no'-hah
lages: to At-a-roth, and to Na-a-rath, and
52 Arab, and Du-mah, and E-she- came to Jéricho, and went out at Jor
an, dan.
53 And Janum, and Beth-tap-pu- 8 The border went out.from Tap-
ah, and A-phe-kah, pu-ah westward unto the river Ka-
54 And Hum-tah, and Kir'-jath-ar'- nah; and the goings out thereof were
ba, which is Hebron, and Zi-or; nine at the sea. This is the inheritance of
cities with their villages: the tribe of the children of E-phra-im
55 Ma-on, Çarmel, and Ziph, and by their feunilies.
Juf-tah, 9 And the separate cities for the
56 And Jez'-re-el, and Jok'-de-am, children of E-phra-im were among the
and Za-no-ah, inheritance of the children of Ma-nas-
57 Gain, Gib-e-ah, and Tim-nah; seh, ail the cities with their villages.
ten cities with their villages: 10 And they drave not out the Ca-
58 Hal-hul, Beth-zur, and Ge-dor, naanites that dwelt in Ge-zer: but the
230 JOSHUA 17, 18
Canaanltes dwell among the E-plira- and northward it «/as Ma-nas-seh*s,
im-ites unto this day, and serve under and the sea is his border; and they met
tiibute. together in Asher on the north, and in
Is-sa-char on the east.
CHÀPTER 17 11 And Ma-nas-seh had in Is-sa-
THERE was also a lot for the tribe char and in Asher Beth-she-an and
of Ma^nas'-seh; for he was the first- her towns, and Ib-le-am and her
bom of Joseph; to wit, for Ma'chir the towns, cmd the inhabitants of Dor and
firstborn of Ma-nas-seh, the father of her towns, and the inhabitants of En-
Gilead: because he was a man of war, dor and her towns,and the inhabitants
therefore he had Gllead and Ba'-shan, of Ta-a-nach aiid her towns, and the
2 There was also a lot for the rest of inhabitants of Me^gid-do and her
the children of Ma-nas-seh by their towns, even three countries.
familles; for the children of A-bi-e-zer, 12 Yet the children of Ma-nas-seh
and for the children of He-lek, and for could not drive out the inhabitants af
the children of As-ri-el, and for the those cities; but the Canaanites would
children of She^chem, and for the chil dwell in that land.
dren of He'-pher, and for the children 13 Yet it came to pass, when the
of She-mi-da: these werè the maie chil children of Israël were waxen strông,
dren of Ma-nas-seh the son of Joseph that they put the Canaanites to trib-
by their familles. ute, but did not utterly drive them
3 But Ze-lo-phe-had, the son of out,
He-pher, the son of Gilead, the son of 14 And the children of Joseph spake
Ma-chir,the son of Ma-nas-seh,had no unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou
sons, but daughters; and these are the given me but one lot and one portion to
ncimes of his daughters, Mah-lah, and inherit, seeing I am a great people,
Noah, Hog'-lah; Mil-éah, and Tif-zah. forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed
4 And they came near before E-le- me hitherto?
a-zar the priest> and before Joshua the 15 And Joshua answered them. If
son of Nuni and before the princes, thou be a great people, then gét thee
saying, The Lord commanded Moses up to the wood country, and eut down
to give us an inheritarice among our for thyself there in the land of the Per'-
brethrén. Therefore according to the iz-zites and ôf the giants, if mount
commandment of the Lord he gave E-phra-im be too narrow for thee.
them an inheritance among the breth- 16 And the children of Joseph said,
ren of their father. The hill is not enough for us: and ail
5 And there fell ten portions to Ma- the Canaanites that dwell in the land
nas-seh, beside the land of Gilead and of the Valley have chariots of iron,
Ba-shan, which were on the other side bûth they who are of Beth-she-an and
Jordan; her towns, and they who are of the val-
6 Because the daughters of Ma-nas- ley of Jéz-re-el.
seh had an inheritance among his sons: 17 And Joshùa spake unto the
and the rest of Marnas-seh*s sons had house of Joseph, even to E'-phra-im
the land of Gilead. and to Ma-nas-seh, saying, Thou art a
7 And the coast of Ma-nas'-seh was great people, and hast great power:
from Asher to Mich-me-thah,that lieth thou shalt not have one lot only:
before She-chem; and the border went 18 But the mountain shall be thine;
along on the right hand unto the in for it is a wood, and thou shalt eut it
habitants of En-tap-pu-ah. down: and the outgoings of it shall be
S Now Ma-nas-seh had the land of thine: for thoti shalt drive out the
Tap-pu-ah: but Tap-pu-ah on the bor Canaanites, though they have iron
der of Ma-nas-seh belonged to'the chil chariots, and though they be strong.
dren of E-phra-im;
9 And the coast descended unto the CiHAPTER 18
river Ka-nah, southward of the river: AND the whole congrégation of the
these cities of E-phra-im arè among /\ children of Israël assembled to
the cities of Ma-nas-séh: the coast of gether at Shf-loh, and set up the tab
Ma-nas-sèh also was on the north side ernacle of the congrégation there. And
of the river, and the outgoihgs of it the land was subdued before them.
were at the sea: ^ 2 And there remained among the
10 Southward it was E'-^phra-im's, children of Israël seven tribes, which
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had not yet received their inheritance. border descended to Af-a-roth-a-dar,

3 And Joshua said unto the children near the hill that lieth on the south side
of Israelj How long are ye slack to go of the nether Beth-ho-ron.
to possess the land, which the Lord 14 And the border was drawn
God of your fathers hath given you? thence, and compassed the corner of
4 Give out from among you three the sea southward, from the hill that
men for each tribe: and I will send lieth before Beth-ho-ron southward;
them, and they shall rise, and go and the goings out thereof were at
through the land» and describe it ac- Kiri-jath-ba-al, which is Kir-jath-je-
cording to the inheritance of them; a-rim, a city of the children of Judah:
and they shall come again to me. this was the west quarter.
5 And they shall divide it into seven 15 And the south quarter was from
parts: Judah shall abide in their coast the end of Kir-jath-je'a-rim, and the
on the south, and the house of Joseph border went out on the west, and went
shall abide in their coasts on the north. out to the well of waters of Neph-to-
6 Ye shall therefore describe the ah:
land into seven parts, and bring the 16 And the border came down to
description hither to me, that I may the end of the mounteiin that lieth be
cast lots for you here before the Lord fore the Valley of the son of Hin-nom,
our God. and which is in the valley of the giants
7 But the Levites have no part on the north, and descended to the
among you; for the priesthood of the valley of Hin-nom, to the side of Je-
Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, bu-si on the south, and descended to
and Reuben, and half the tribe of Ma- En-ro'-gel,
nas-seh, have received their inherit 17 And was drawn from the north,
ance beyond Jordan on the east, which and went forth to En-she-mesh, and
Moses the servant of the Lord gave went forth toward Gel-i-loth, which is
them. over against the going up of A-dum-
8 And the men arose, and went mim, and descended to the stone of
away: and Joshua charged them that Bo-han the son of Reuben,
went to describe the land, saying. Go 18 And passed along toward the
and walk through the land, and de side over against Ari-a-bah northward,
scribe it, and come again to me,that I and went down unto Ar-a-bah:
may here cast lots for you before the 19 And the border passed along to
Lord in Shi-loh. the side of Beth-hog'-lah northward:
9 And the men went and passed and the outgoings of the border were
through the land, and described it by at the north bay of the sait sea at the
cities into seven parts in a book, and south end of Jordan: this was the
came again to Joshua to the host at south coast.
Shi-loh. 20 And Jordan was the border of it
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in on the east side. This was the inherit
Shi-loh before the Lord: and there ance of the children of Benjamin, by
Joshua divided the land unto the chil the coasts thereof round about, ac
dren of Israël according to their divi cording to their families.
sions. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to
children of Benjamin came up accord their families were Jéricho, and Beth-
ing to their families: and the coast of hog'-lah, and the valley of Ke-ziz,
their lot came forth between the chil 22 And Beth-ari-a-bah, and Zem-a-
dren of Judah and the children of Jo ra'-im, and Beth-el,
seph. 23 And A-vim, and Pa-rah, and
12 And their border on the north Oph-rah,
side was from Jordan; and the border 24 And Che-phar-ha-am'-mo-nai,
went up to the side of Jéricho on the and Oph-ni, and Ga'-ba; twelve cities
north side, and went up through the with their villages:
mountains westward; and the goings 25 Gibeon, and Ra-mah, and Be-e-
out thereof were at the wildemess of roth,
Beth-a-ven. 26 And Miz-peh, and Che-phi-rah,
13 And the border went over from and Mo-zah,
tiience toward Luz, to the side of Luz, 27 And Re-kem, and Iri-pe-el, and
which is Beth-el, southward; and the Tar'-a-lah,
232 JOSHUA 19
28 And Ze-lah, E-leph, and Je-bu' 15 And Kaf-tath, and Na-hal-lal,
si, which is Jérusalem, Gib'-e-ath, and and Shim-ron, and Id-a-lah, and
Kir'-jath; fourteen cities with thelr Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their
villages. This is the inheritance of the villages.
children of Benjamin according to 16 This is the inheritance of the
their families. children of Zeb-u-lun according to
their families, these cities with their
CHAPTER 19 villages.
AND the second lot came forth to 17 And the fourth lot came out to
Simeon, even for the tribe of the Is-sa-char, for the children of Is-sa-
children of Simeon according to their char according to their families.
families: and their inheritance was 18 And their border was toward
within the inheritance of the (diildren Jez'-re-el, ànd Che-sul-loth, and Shu-
of Judah. nem,
2 And they had in their inheritcince 19 And Haph-ra-im, and Shi-hon,
Be-er-she-ba, and She-ba, and Mol'-a- and An-a-ha-rath,
dah, 20 And Rab-bith, and Kish-i-on,
3 And Ha-zar-shu'-al, and Ba-lah, and Abez,
and A'zem, 21 And Re-meth, and En-gan-nim,
4 And El-to-lad, and Be-thul, and and En-had-dah, and Beth-paz-
Hor'-mah, zez;
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-mar'-ca- 22 And the coast reacheth to Ta-
both, and Ha-zar-su-sah, bor, and Sha-haz'-i-mah, and Beth-
6 And Beth-leb-a-oth, and Sha-ru- she-mesh; and the outgoings of their
hen; thirteen cities and their villages: border were at Jordan: sixteen cities
7 A-in, Rem'-mon, and E-ther, and with their villages.
A-shan; four cities and their villages: 23 This is the inheritance of the
8 And ail the villages that were tribe of the children of Is-sa-char ac
round about these cities to Ba-«il-ath- cording to their families, the cities and
be-er, Ra-math of the south. This is their villages.
the inheritance of the tribe of the chil 24 And the fifth lot came out for the
dren of Simeon according to their tribe of the children of Asher according
families. to their families.
9 Out of the portion of the children 25 And their border was Hel-kath,
of Judah was the inheritance of the and Ha-li, and Be-ten, and Ach-
children of Simeon: for the part of the shaph,
children of Judah was too much for 26 And A-lam-me-lech,and A-mad,
them: therefore the children of Simeon and Mi-she-al; and reacheth to Carmel
had their inheritance within the in westward, and to Shi-hor-lib-nath;
heritance 6f them. 27 And tumeth toward the sun
10 And the third lot came up for the rising to Beth-da-gon,and reacheth to
children of Zeb-u-lun according to Zeb-u-lun, and to the valley of Jiph-
their families: and the border of their thah-el toward the north side ôf Beth-
inheriteince was unto Sa'-rid: e-mek, and Ne-i-el, and goeth out to
11 And their border went up toward Ca-bul on the left hand,
the sea, and Mar'-a-lah, and reached to 28 And Hebron, and Re-hob, and
Dab'-ba-sheth,and reached to the river Ham-mon, and Ka-nah, even unto
that is before Jok-ne-am; great Zi-don;
12 And tuméd from Sa-rid east- 29 And then the coast tumeth to
ward toward the sunrising unto the Ra-mah, and to the strong city Tyre;
border of Chis-loth-ta-bor, and then and the coast tumeth to Ho'-sah; and
goeth out to Dab-e-rath, and goeth up the outgoings thereof are at the sea
to Ja-phi-a, from the coast to Ach'-zib:
13 And from thence passeth on 30 Um-mah also, and A-phek, and
along on the east to Gif-tah-he'-pher, Re-hob: twenty ànd two cities with
to If-tah-ka-zin, and goeth out to their villages.
Rem-mon-meth-o-ar to Ne-ah; 31 This is the inheritance of the
14 And the border compasseth it on tribe of the children of Asher accord
the north side to Han-na-thon: and ing to their families, these cities with
the outgoings thereof are in the valley their villages.
of Jiph-thah-el: 32 The sixth lot came out to the
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an inheritance to Joshua the son of

children of Naph-ta-li, even for thè
children of Naph-ta-li according toNun among them:
thelr familles. 50 According to the word of the
33 And their coast was from He- Lord they gave him the city which he
leph, from Al-lon to Za-a-nah-nim, asked, even Tim'-nath-se-rah in mount
and Ad-a-mi, Ne-keb, and Jab-ne-el, E'-phra-im: and he built the city, and
unto La-kum;and the outgoings there^ dwelt therein.
of were at Jordan: 51 These are the inheritances, which
34 And then the coast tumeth west- E-le-a-zar the priest, and Joshua the
ward to Az-noth-ta-bor, and goeth son of Nun, and the heads of the fa-
ont from thence to Huk-kok, and thers of the tribes of the children of
reacheth to Zeb-u-lun on the south Israël, divided for an inheritance by
side, and reacheth to Asher on the lot in Shi-loh before the Lord, at the
west side, and to Judah upon Jordan door of the tabernacle of the congré
toward the sunrising. gation. So they made an end of divid
35 And the fenced cities are Zid- ing the country.
dim, Zer, and Ham'-math, Rak'-kath,
CHAPTER 20
and Chin-ne-reth,
36 And Ad-a-mah, and Ra-mah, The Lord also spake unto Joshua,
ai^d Ha-zor, saying,
37 And Ke-desh, and Ed'-re-i, and 2 Speak to the children of Israël,
En-ha-zor, saying. Appoint out for you cities of
38 And I-ron, and Mig'-dal-el, Ho- refuge, whereof I spake unto you by
rem, and Beth-a-nath, and Beth-she- the hand of Moses:
mesh; nineteen cities with their vil 3 That the slayer that killeth any
lages. person unawares and unwittingly may
39 This is the inheritance of the flee thither: and they shall be your
tribe of the children of Naph-ta-li ac refuge from the avenger of blood.
cording to their families, the cities and 4 And when he that doth flee unto
their villages. one of those cities shall stand at the
40 And the seventh lot came ont for entering of the gâte of the city; and
the tribe of the children of Dan accord shall déclaré his cause in the ears of the
ing to their families. elders of that city, they shall take him
41 And the coast of their inherit into the city unto them, and give him
ance was Zo-rah, and Esh-ta-ol, and a place, that he may dwell among
Ir-she-mesh, them.
42 And Sha-al-ab'-bin, and Aj-a- 5 And if the avenger of blood pur-
lon, and Jeth-lah, sue after him, then they shall not de-
43 And E-lon, and Thim-na^thah, liver the slayer up into his hand; be-
and Ekron, cause he smote his neighbour unwit
44 And El-te-keh, and Gib-be-thon, tingly, and hated him not beforetime.
and Ba-al-ath, 6 And he shall dwell in that city,
45 And Jehud, and Ben-e-be'-rak, until he stand before the congrégation
and Gath-rim-mon, for judgment, and until the death of
46 And Me-jar'-kon, and Rak'-kon, the high priest that shall be in those
with the border before Ja-pho. days: then shall the slayer return, and
47 And the coast of the children of come unto his own city, and unto his
Dan went ont too little for thèm: there- own house, unto the city from whence
fore the children of Dan weht up to he fled.
fight against Le-shem,and took it, and 7 And they appointed Ke'-desh in
smote it with the edge of the sword, Galilee in mount Naph'-ta-li, and She-
and possessed it, and dwelt therein, chem in mount E'-phra-im, and Kir-
and called Le'-shem,' Dan, after the jath-ar-ba, which is Hebron, in the
name of Dan their father. mountain of Judah.
48 This is the inheritance of the 8 And on the other side Jordan by
tribe of the children of Dan according Jéricho eastward, they assigned Be-zer
to their families, these cities with their in the wilderhess upon the plain out of
villages. the tribe of Reuben, and Ra'-moth in
49 When they had made an end of Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and
dividing the land for inheritance by Go-lan in Ba'-shan out of the tribe of
their coasts,the children of Israël gave Ma-nas-seh.
234 JOSHUA 21
9 These were the cities appointée! Ar'-ba the father of Anak, which dty is
for ail the children of Israël, and for Hebron, in the hill country of Judah,
the stranger that sojoumeth among with the suburbs thereof round about
them, that whosoever killeth any per- it.
son at unawares might flee thither,and 12 But the fields of the city, and the
not die^by the hand of the avenger of villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the
blood, imtil he stood before the con son of Je-phun-neh for his possession.
grégation. 13 Thus they gave to the children of
Aaron the priest Hebron with her sub
CHAPTER 21 urbs, tobea city of refuge for the slay-
TKLEN came near the heads of the er; and Lib-nah with her suburbs,
fathers of the Levites unto E-le- 14 And Jaf-tir with her suburbs,
a-zar the priest, and unto Joshua the and Esh-te-mo-a with her suburbs,
son of Nun,and unto the heads of the 15 And Ho-Ion with her suburbs,
fathers of the tribes of the children of and De-bir with her suburbs,
Israël; 16 And A'-in with her suburbs, and
2 And they spake unto them at Shi- Juf-tah with her suburbs, and Beth-
loh in the land of Canaan, saying, The she-mesh with her suburbs; nine cities
Lord commanded by the hand of Mo- out of those two tribes.
ses to give us citiés to dwell in, with 17 And out of the tribe of Benja
the suburbs therepf for our cattle. min, Gibeon with her suburbs, Ge-ba
3 And the children of Israël gave with her suburbs,
imto the Levites out of their inherit- 18 An'-a-thoth with her suburbs,
ance, at the commandment of the and Al-mon with her suburbs; four
Lord, these cities and their suburbs. cities.
4 And the lot came out for the fam 19 AU the cities of the chUdren of
illes of the Ko-hath-ites: and the chil Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities
dren of Aaron the priest, which were of with their suburbs.
the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe 20 And the famUies of the chUdren
of Judah, and out of the tribe of Sim- of Ko-hath, the Levites which re-
eon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, mained of the children of Ko-hath,
thirteen cities. even they had the cities of their lot out
5 And the rest of the children of of the tribe of E-phra-im.
Ko-hath had by lot out of the familles 21 For they gave them She-chem
of the tribe of E-phra-im, and out of with her suburbs in mount E-phra-im,
the tribe of Dan, and out of the half to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
tribe of Ma-nas-seh, ten cities. Ge-zer with her suburbs,
6 And the children of Ger'-shon had 22 And Kib-za-im with her sub
by lot out of the familles of the tribe of urbs, and Beth-ho-ron with her sub
Is-sa-char, and out of the tribe of urbs; four cities.
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph- 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El-
ta-li, and out of the half tribe of Ma- te-keh with her suburbs, Gib-be-thon
nas-seh in Ba-shan, thirteen cities. with her suburbs,
7 The children of Me-ra-ri by their 24 Aij-a-lon with her suburbs,
families had out of the tribe of Reuben, Gath-rim'-mon with her suburbs; four
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of cities.
the tribe of Zeb-u-lun, twelve cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Ma-
8 And the children of Israël gave by nas-seh, Ta-nach with her suburbs,
lot imto the Levites these cities with and Gath-rim-mon with her suburbs;
their suburbs,as the Lord commanded two cities.
by the hand of Moses. 26 AU the cities were ten with their
9 And they gave out of the tribe of suburbs for the families of the children
the children of Judah, and out of the of Ko-hath that remadned.
tribe of the children of Simeon, these 27 And unto the chUdren of Ger'-
cities which are here mentioned by shon,of the famiUes of the Levites, out
name, of the other half tribe of Ma-nas-seh
10 Which the children of Aaron, they gave Go-lan in Ba-shan with her
being of the families of the Ko-hath- suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the
ites, who were of the children of Levi, slayer; and Be-esh-te-rah with her
had: for theirs was the first lot. suburbs; two cities.
11 And they gave them the dty of 28 And out of the tribe of Is-sa-
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char, Kf-shon with her suburbs, Dab- unto the house of Israël; aU came to
a-reh with her suburbs, pass.
29 Jar'-muth with her suburbs, En-
gan-nim with her suburbs; four cities. CHAPTER 22
30 And eut of the tribe of Asher, THEN Joshua called the Reuben-
Mi-shal with her suburbs, Abdon with ites, and the Gadites, and the half
her suburbs, tribe of Ma-nas'-sèh,
31 Hel-kath with her suburbs, and 2 And said unto them,Ye have kept
Re-hob with her suburbs; four cities. ail that Moses the servant of the Lord
32 And out of the tribe of Naph'-ta- commanded you, and have obeyed
li, Ke'-desh in Galilee with her sub my voice in aU that I commanded
urbs, to be a city of refuge for the slay- you:
er; and Ham-moth-dor with her sub 3 Ye have not left your brethren
urbs, and Kar'-tan with her suburbs; these many days unto this day, but
three cities. have kept the charge of the command-
33 AU the cities of the Ger'-shon-ites ment of the Lord your God. .
according to their famUies were thir- 4 And now the Lord your God hath
teen cities with their suburbs. given rest unto your brethren, as he
34 And unto the famiUes of the chU- promised them: therefore now retum
dren of Me-ra-ri, the rest of the Lé ye, and get you unto your tents, and
vites, out of the tribe of Zeb-u-lun, unto the land of your possession,which
Jok-ne-am with her suburbs, and Kar'- Moses the servant of the Lord gave
tah with her suburbs, you on the other side Jordan.
35 Dim-nah with her suburbs, Na- 5 But take diligent heed to do the
ha-lal with her suburbs; four cities. commandment and the law, which
36 And out of the tribe of Réuben, Moses the servant of the Lord charged
Be-zer with her suburbs, and Ja-ha- you, to love the Lord your God, and
zah with her suburbs, to walk in ail his ways, and to keep his
37 Ked-e-moth with her suburbs, commandments, and to cleave unto
and Meph'-a-ath with her suburbs;four him, and to serve him with ail your
cities. heart «md with ail your soul.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra- 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent
moth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be them away: and they went unto their
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ma- tents.
ha-na-im with her suburbs, 7 Now to the one half of the tribe of
39 Hesh'-bon with her suburbs, Ja- Ma-nas-seh Moses had given possession
zer with her suburbs; four cities in in Ba-shan: but unto the other half
aU. thereof gave Joshua among their breth
40 So ail the cities for the children ren on this side Jordan westward.
of Me-ra'-ri by their families, which And when Joshua sent them away also
were remaining of the families of the unto their tents, then he blessed them,
Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. 8 And he spake unto them, saying,
41 AU the cities of the Levites with- Retum with much riches unto your
in the possession of the chUdren of Is tents, and with very much cattle, with
raël were forty and eight cities with silver, and with gold, and with brass,
their suburbs. and with iron, and with very much
42 These cities were every one with raiment: divide the spoil of your ene
their suburbs round about them; thus mies with your brethren.
were aU these cities. 9 And the children of Reuben and
43 And the Lord gave unto Israël the children of Gad and the half tribe
aU the land which he sware to give un of Marnas-seh retumed, and departed
to their fathers; and they possessed it, from the children of Israël out of Shi-
and dwelt therein. ; loh, which is in the land of Canaan, to
. 44 And the Lord gave them rest go unto the country of Gilead, to the
round about, according to aU that he land of their possession, whereof they
sware unto their fathers; and there were possessed, according to the word
stood not a man of ail their enemies of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
before them; the Lord delivered ail 10 And when they came unto the
their enemies into their hand. borders of Jordan, that are in the land
45 There faUed not ought of any of Canaan,the children of Reuben and
good thing which the Lord had spoken the children of Gad and the half tribe
236 JOSHUA 22
of Ma-nas-seh buUt there an altar by
Jordan, a great altar to see to.
11 And the children of Israël heard
say, Behold, the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Ma-nas'-seh have built an altar
over against the land of Ccinaan,in the
borders of Jordan, at the passage of
the children of Israël.
12 And when the children of Israël
heard of it, the whole congrégation of
the children of Israël gathered them-
selves together at Shi-loh, to go up to
war against them.
13 And the children of Israël sent
unto the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the half
tribe of Ma-nas'-seh, into the land of
Gilead, Phin-e-has the son of E-le-a-
zar the priest, for fear of this thing, saying. In time
14 And with him ten princes, of to come your children might speak
each chief house a prince throughout unto our children, saying, What have
ail the tribes of Israël; and each one ye to do with the Lord God of Is
was an head of the house of their
fathers among the thousands of Is
raël.
15 And they C2une unto the children
of Reuben,and to the children of Gad,
and to the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh,
unto the land of Gilead, and they
spake with them, saying,
16 Thus saith the whole con^ega-
tion of the Lord, What trespass is this
that ye have committed against the
God of Israël, to tum away this day
from following the Lord, in that ye
have builded you an altar, that ye
might rebel this day against the Lord?
17 Is the iniquity of Pe'-or too little
for us,from which we are not cleansed
untU this day, although there was a
plague in the congrégation of the
Lord,
18 But that ye must tum away this
day from following the Lord? and it
will be, seeing ye rebel to day against
the Lord, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congrégation of
Israël.
19 Notwithstanding, if the Ismd of
your possession be unclean, then pass
ye over unto the land of the possession
of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tab
ernacle dwelleth, and take possession
among us: but rebel not against the
Lord, nor rebel against us, in building
you an altar beside the altar of the
Lord our God.
20 Did not A-chan the son of Ze-
r2ih commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on ail the congré
gation of Israël? and that man per-
ished not alone in his iniquity.
21 Then the children of Reuben and
the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Ma-nas-seh answered> and said un
to the heads of the thousands of Is
raël,
22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord
God of gods, he knoweth,and Israël he
shall know; if it be in rébellion, or if in
trcuisgression against the Lord,(save
us not this day,)
23 That we have built us dm altar to
turn from following the Lord, or if to
offer thereon burnt offering or meat
offering, or if to offer peace offerings
thereon, let the Lord himself require
it;
24 And if we have not rather done it
raël?
25 For the Lord hath made Jordan
a border between us and you, ye chil
dren of Reuben and children of Gad;
ye have no part in the Lord: so shciU
your children make our children cease
from fearing the Lord.
26 Therefore we said, Let us now
préparé to build us an altar, not for
bumt offering, nor for sacrifice:
27 But that it may be a witness be
tween us and you, and our générations
after us, that we might do the service
of the Lord before him with our bumt
offerings, and with our sacrifices, and
with our peace offerings; that your
children may not say to our children in
time to come, Ye have no part in the
Lord.
28 Therefore said we, that it shall
be, when they shôuld so say to us or to
our générations in time to come, that
we may say again, Behold the pattern
of the altar of the Lord, which our fa
thers made, not for burnt offerings,
nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness be
tween us and you.
29 God forbid that we should rebel
against the Lord, and turn this day
from following the Lord, to build an
altar for burnt offerings, for meat of
ferings, or for sacrifices, beside the al
tar of the Lord our God that is before
his tabemacle.
30 And when Phin'-e-has the priest,
and the princes of the congrégation
and heads of the thousands of Israël
which were with him, heard the
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words that the children of Reuben tum not aside therefrom to the right
and the children of Gad and the chil hand or to the left;
dren of Ma-nas-seh spake, it pleased 7 That ye come not among these na
tiiem. tions, these that remain among you;
31 And Phin'-e-has the son of E-le- neither make mention of the name of
their gods, nor cause to swear by them,
a'zar tiie priest said unto the children
of Reuben,and to the children of Gad, neither serve them, nor bow your-
and to the children of Ma-nas'-seh, This selves unto them:
day we perceive that the Lord is among 8 But cleave unto the Lord your
us, because ye have not committed this God, as ye have done unto this day.
trespass against the Lord: now ye 9 For the Lord hath driven out
have delivered the children of Israël from before you great nations and
out of the hand of the Lord. strong: but as for you, no man hath
32 And Phin-e-has the son of E-le- been able to stand before you unto
a'-zar the priest, and the princes, re- this day.
tumed from the children of Reuben, 10 One man of you shall chase a
and from the children of Gad, out of thousand:for the Lord your God,he it
the land of Gilead, unto the land of is that fighteth for you, as he hath
CanacUi, to the children of Israël, and promised you.
brought them word again. 11 Take good heed therefore unto
33 And the thing pleased the chil yourselves, that ye love the Lord your
dren of Israël; and the children of Is God.
raël blessed God,and did not intend to 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back,
go up against them in battle, to de- and cleave unto the remnant of these
stroy the land wherein the children of nations, even these that remain among
Reuben and Gad dwelt. you, and shall make marriages with
34 And the children of Reuben and them, and go in unto them, and they
the children of Gad called the altar to you:
Ed:for it shall be a witness between us 13 Know for a certainty that the
that the Lord is God. Lord your God will no more drive out
any of these nations from before you;
CHAPTER 23 but they shall be snares and traps unto
A ND it came to pass a long time after you, and scourges in your sides, and
/\ that the Lord had given rest unto thorns in your eyes, until ye perish
Israël from ail their enemies round from off this good land which the
about, that Joshua waxed old and Lord your God hath given you.
stricken in âge. 14 And, behold, this day I am going
2 And Joshua called for ail Israël, the way of ail the earth: and ye know
and for their elders, and for their in ail your hearts and in ail yout soûls,
heads, and for their judges, and for that not one thing hath failed of ail the
their ofhcers, and said unto them,I am good things which the Lord your God
old and stricken in âge: spake concerning you; ail are come to
3 And ye have seen ail that the pass unto you, and not one thing hath
Lord your God hath done unto ail failed thereof.
these nations because of you; for the 15 Therefore it shall come to pass,
Lord your God is he that hath fought that as ail good things are come upon
for you. you, which the Lord your God prom
4 Behold, I have divided unto you ised you; so shall the Lord bring upon
by lot these nations that remain, to be you ail evil things, until he have de-
an inheritance for your tribes, from stroyed you from off this good land
Jordan, with ail the nations that I which the Lord your God hath given
have eut off, even unto the great sea you.
westward. 16 When ye have transgressed the
5 And the Lord your God, he shall covenant of the Lord your God, which
expel them from before you, and drive he commanded you, and have gone
them from out of your sight; and ye and served other gods, and bowed
shall possess their land, as the Lord yourselves to them; then shall the £Ui-
your God hath promised unto you. ger of the Lord be kindled against
6 Be ye therefore very courageous you, and ye shall perish quickly from
to keep and to do ail that is written in off the good land which he hath given
the book of the law of Moses, that ye unto you.
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12 And I sent the homet before
CHAPTER 24 you, which drave them out from before
AND Joshua gathered ail the tribes you, even the two kings of the Amo
i\ of Israël to She-chem, and called rites; but not with thy sword, nor with
for the elders of Israël, and for their thy bow.
heads, and for their judges, and for 13 And I have given you a land for
their officers; and they presented which ye did not labour, and cities
themselves before God. which ye built not, and ye dwell in
2 And Joshua said unto ail the peo- them; of the vineyards and oliveyards
ple, Thus saith the Lord God of Israël, which ye planted not do ye eat.
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of 14 Now therefore fear the Lord,
the flood in old time, even Te-rah^ the and serve him in sincerity and in
father of Abraham, and the father of truth: and put away the gods which
Na-chor: and they served other gods. your fathers served on the other side
3 And I took your father Abrzdicun of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve
from the other side of the flood, and ye the Lord.
led him throughout ail the land of Ca 15 And if it seem evil unto you to
naan, and multiplied his seed, and serve the Lord, choose you this day
gave him Isaac. whom ye will serve; whether the gods
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and which your fathers served that were
Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount on the other side of the flood, or the
Se-ir, to possess it; but Jacob and his gods of the Amorites,in whose land ye
children went down into Egypt. dwell: but as for me and my house, we
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and will serve the Lord.
I plagued Egypt, according to that 16 And the people answered and
which I did among them; and after- said, God forbid that we should for-
ward I brought you ont. sake the Lord, to serve other gods;
6 And I brought your fathers out of 17 For thé Lord our God, he it is
Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and that brought us up and our fathers out
the Egyptians pursued after your fa of the land of Egypt,from the house of
thers with chariots and horsemen unto bondage, and which did those great
the Red sea, signs in our sight, and preserved us in
7 And when they cried unto the ail the way wherein we went, and
Lord, he put darkness between you among ail the people through whom
and the Egyptians, and brought the we passed:
sea upon them,and covered them; and 18 And the Lord drave out from
your eyes have seen what I have done before us ail the people, even the Amo
in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilder- rites which dwelt in the land: therefore
ness a long season. will we also serve the Lord; for he is
8 And I brought you into the land our God.
of the Amorites, which dwelt on the 19 And Joshua said unto the peo
other side Jordan; and they fought ple, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he
with you: and I gave them into your is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he
hand,that ye might possess their land; will not forgive your transgressions nor
and I destroyed them from before your sins.
you. 20 If ye forsake the Lord,and serve
9 Then Ba'-lak the son of Zippor, strange gods, then he will turn and do
king of Moab,arose and warred against you hurt, and consume you, after that
Israël, and sent and called Ba-lazun he hath done you good.
the son of Be-or to curse you: 21 And the people said unto Josh
10 But I would not hearken unto ua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.
Ba-laam; therefore he blessed you still: 22 And Joshua said unto the peo
so I delivered you out of his hand. ple, Ye are witnesses against your-
11 And ye went over Jordan, and selves that ye have chosen you the
came unto Jéricho: and the men of Lord,to serve him. And they said, We
Jéricho jfought against you, the Amo are witnesses.
rites, and the Peri-iz-zites, and the Ca- 23 Now therefore put away,said he,
naanites, and the Hittites, and the the strange gods which are among you,
Giri-ga-shites, the Hi-vites, and the aind incline your heart unto the Lord
Jeb-u-sites; and I delivered them into God of Israël.
your hand. 24 And the people said unto Josh-
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ua, The Lord our God will we serve, 30 And they buried him in the bor
and his voice wiU we obey. der of his inheritance in Tim-nath-se-
25 So Joshua made a covenant wlth rah, which is in mount E-phra-im, on
the people that day, and set them a the north side of the hill of Ga'-ash.
statute and an ordinance in She-chem. 31 And Israël served the Lord ail
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the days of Joshua, and ail the days
the bock of the law of God,and took a of the elders tiiat overlived Joshua,
great stone, and set it up there under and which had known ail the works
an oak, that was by the sanctuary of of the Lord, that he had done for Is
the Lord. raël.
27 And Joshua said unto ail the 32 And the bones of Joseph, which
people, Behold, this stone shall be a the children of Israël brought up out
witness unto us; for it hath heard ail of Egypt, buried they in She'chem, in
the words of the Lord which he spake a parcel of ground which Jacob bought
unto us: it shall be therefore a witness of the sons of Ha-mor the father of
unto you, lest ye deny your God. She-chem for an hundred pièces of sil-
28 So Joshua let the people départ, ver: and it became the inheritance of
every man unto his inheritance. the children of Joseph.
29 And it came to pass after these 33 And E-le-a-zar the son of Aaron
things, that Joshua the son of Nun, died; and they buried him in a hill that
the servant of the Lord,died, being an pertained to Phin-e-has his son, whi(di
hundred and ten years old. was given him in mount E-phra-im.

The Book of

Judges score and ten kings, having their

CHAPTER I
NOW after the death of Joshua
it came to pass, that the chil
thumbs and their great toes eut off,
gathered their meat under my table: as
I have done, so God hath requited me.
dren of Israël asked the Lord, And they brought him to Jérusalem,
saying, Who shall go up for us against and there he died.
the Ganaanites flirst, to fight against 8 Now the children of Judah had
them? fought against Jérusalem, and had
2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go taken it, and smitten it with the edge
up: behold, I have delivered the land of the sword, and set the city on fire.
into his hand. 9 And afterward the children of Ju
3 And Judah said imto Simeon his dah went down to fight against the
brother, Come up with me into my lot, Ganaanites, that dwelt in the moun-
that we may fight against the Ganaan tain, and in the south, and in the val-
ites; and I likewise will go with thee ley.
into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 10 And Judah went against the Ga
4 And Judah went up; and the naanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now
Lord delivered the Ganaanites and the the name of Hebron before was Kir'-
Per'-iz-zites into their hand: and they jath-ar'-ba:) and they slew She'-shai,
slew of them in Be-zek ten thousand and A-hi-man, ànd Tal'-mai.
men. 11 And from thence he went against
5 And they found A-do-ni-be-zek the inhabitants of De'-bir: and the
in Be-zek: and they fought against name of De'-bir before was Kir'-jath-
him,and they slew the Ganaanites and se'-pher:
the Per'-iz-zites. 12 And Galeb said, He that smiteth
6 But A-do-ni-be-zek fled; and they Kir'-jath-se'-pher, and taketh it, to
pursued after him, and caught him, him will I give Ach'-sah my daug^ter
and eut off his thumbs and his great to wife.
toes. 13 And Oth'-ni-el the son of Ke'-naz,
7 And A-do'ni-be-zek said, Three- Galeb's younger brother, took it: and
240 JUDGES 2
he gave him Ach-sah hls daughter to out the inhahitants of Beth-she-an and
wife. her towns, nor Ta-a-nach and her
14 And it came to pass, when she towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and
came to him, that she moved him to her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ib-
ask of her fatiier a held: and she lighted le-am and her towns, nor the inhabit
from off her ass; and Caleb said unto ants of Me-gid-do and her towns: but
her, What wilt thou? the Canaanites would dwell in that
15 And she said unto him, Give me land.
a blessing: for thou hast given me a 28 And it came to pass, when Israël
south land; give me also springs of was strong, that they put the Canaan
water, And Caleb gave her the upper ites to tribute, and did not utterly
springs and the nether springs. drive them out.
16 And the children of the Ken'-lté, 29 Neither did E-phra-im drive out
Moses* father in law, went up ont of the Canaanites that dwelt in Ge-zer;
the city of palm trees with the children but the Canaanites dwelt in Ge-zer
of Judah into the wildemess of Judah, among them.
which lieth in the south of A-rad; and 30 Neither did Zeb-u-lim drive out
they went and dwelt among the peo- the inhabitants of Kif-ron, nor the in
ple. habitants of Na'-ha-lol; but the Ca
17 And Judah went with Simeon naanites dwelt among them, and be-
his brother, and they slew the Canaan- came tributaries.
ites that inhabited Ze-phath, and ut- 31 Neither did Asher drive out the
terly destroyed it. And the name of the inhabitants of Ac-cho, nor the inhabit
city was called Hor'-mah. ants of Zi-don, nor of Ah-lab, nor of
18 Also Judah took Ga-za with the Ach-zib, nor of Hel-bah, nor of
coast thereof, and As-ke-lon with the A-phik, nor of Re-hob:
coast thereof, and Ekron with the 32 But the Asherites dwelt among
coast thereof. the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
19 And the Lord was with Judah; land: for they did not drive them out.
and he drave ont the inhabitants of the 33 Neither did Naph-ta-li drive out
mountain; but could not drive out the the inhabitants of Beth-she-mesh, nor
inhabitants of the valley, because they the inhabitants of Beth-a-nath; but he
had chariots of iron. dwelt among the Canaanites, the in
20 And they gave Hebron imto Ca habitants of the land: nevertheless the
leb, as Moses said: and he expelled inhabitants of Beth-she-mesh and of
thence the three sons of Anak. Beth-a-nath becaine tributaries unto
21 And the children of Benjamin them.
did not drive out the Jeb'pU-sites that 34 And the Amorites forced the
inhabited Jérusalem; but the Jeb-u- children of Dan into the mountain:for
sites dwell with the children of Benja they would not suffer them to come
min in Jérusalem unto this day. down to the valley:
22 And the house of Joseph, they 35 But the Amorites would dwell in
also went up against Beth-el: and the mount He-res in Aij-a-lon, and in Sha-
Lord was with them. al-bim: yet the hand of the house of
23 And the house of Joseph sent to Joseph prevailed, so that they became
descry Beth-el.(Now the name of the tributaries.
city before was Luz.) 36 And the coast of the Amorites
24 And the spies saw a man come was from the going up to A-krab-bim,
forth out of the city, and they said from the rock, and upward.
imto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the
entrance into the city, and we will CHAPTER 2
shew thee mercy. ÀND an angel of the Lord came up
25 And when he shewed them the jr\ from Gilgal to Bo-chim, and said,
entrance into the city, they smote the I made you to go up out of Egypt,and
city with the edge of the sword; but have brought you unto the land which
they let go the man and ail his family. I sware unto your fathers; and I said,
26 And the man went into the land I will never break my covenant with
of the Hittites, and built a city, and you.
called the name thereof Luz: which is 2 And ye shall make no league with
the name thereof unto this day. the inhabitants of this land; ye shall
27 Neither did Ma-nas-seh drive throw down their altars: but ye have
 JUDGES 3 241

not obeyed my voice: why have ye judges, which delivered them out of
donc this? the hand of those that spoiled thém.
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not 17 And yet they would not hearken
drive them eut from before you; but unto their judges, but they went a
they sball be as thoms in your sides, whoring after other gods, and bowed
and their gods shall be a snare untp themselves unto them: they tumed
-you. quickly out of the way which their fa-
4 And it came to pass» when the an- âiers walked in, obeying the com-
gel of the Lord spake these words imto mandments of the Lord; but they did
ail the children of Israël, that the peo- not so.
ple lifted up their voice, and wept. 18 And when the Lord raised them
5 And they called the name of that up judges,then the Lord was with the
place Bo-chim: and they sacrificed judge, and delivered them out of the
there unto the Lord. hand of their enemies ail the days of
6 And when Joshua had let the peo- the judge:for it repented thè Lord be-
ple go, the children of Israël went cause of their groanings by reason of
every man imto his inheritance to pos- them that oppressed them and vexed
sess the land. them.
7 And the people served the Lord 19 And it came to pass, when the
ail the days of Joshua,and all the days judge was dead, that they retumed,
of the elders that outlived Joshua, and comipted themsdves more than
who had seen ail the great works of the their fathers, in following other gods
Lord, that he did for Israël. to serve them, and to bow down unto
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the them; they ceased not from their own
servant of the Lord, died, heing an doings, nor from their stubbom way.
hundred and ten years old. 20 And the anger of the Lord was
9 And they buried him in the border hot against Israël; and he said, Be-
of his inheritance in Tim-nath-he-res, cause that this; r>eople hath trans-
in the moimt of E'-phra-im, on the gressed my covenant which I com-
north side ôf the hill Ga-ash. manded their fathers, and have not
10 And also ail that génération hearkened unto my voice;
were gathered unto their fathers: and 21 I also will not henceforth drive
there arose another génération after out any from before them of the na
them, which knew not the Lord, nor tions which Joshua left when he died:
yet the works which he had done for 22 That through them I may prôve
Israël. Israël, whether they will keep the way
11 And the children of Israël did of the Lord to walk therein, as their
evil in the sight of the Lord, and fathers did keep it, or not.
served Ba-al-im: 23 Therefore the Lord left those na
12 And they forsook the Lord God tions, without driving them out hast-
of their fathers, which brought them ily; neither delivered he them into the
out of the land of Egypt, and foUowed hand of Joshua.
other gods, of the gods of the people
that were round about them, and CHAPTER 3
bowed themselves unto them, and NOW these are the nations which
provoked the Lord to anger. the Lord left, to prove Israël by
13 And they forsook the Lord, aiid them,even as many ofIsraël as had not
served Ba-al and Ash-ta-roth. known sdl the wars of Canaan;
14 And the anger of the Lord was 2 Only that the générations of the
hot against Israël, and he delivered dbildren of Israël might know,to teadi
them into the hands of spoilers that them war, at the least sudti as before
spoUed them, and he sold them into knew nothing thereof;
the hands of their enemies round 3 Namely, five lords of the Philis-
about, so that they could not any tines, and ail the Canaanites, and the
longer stand before their enemies. Si-do-ni-ans, and the Hi-vites that
15 Whithersoever they went out, dwelt in mount Lebanon,from moimt
the hand of the Lord was against Ba-al-her'-mon unto the entering in
them for evil, as the Lord had said, of Ha-math.
and as the Lord had swom unto them: 4 And they were to prove Israël by
and they were greatly distressed. them, to know whether they would
16 Nevertheless the Lord raised up hearken unto the commandments of
242 JUDGES 3
the Loiu), whic±i he commanded their Eg'-lon king of Moab: and Eg'-lon was
fathers by the hand of Moses. a very fat man.
- 5 And the children of Israël dwelt 18 And when he had made an end
among the Canaanites, Hittites, and to offer the présent, he sent away the
Amorites, and Per'-iz-zites, and Hi- people that bare the présent.
vites, and Jeb-u-sites: 19 But he himself turned again
6 And they took their daughters to from the quarries that were by Gilgal,
be their wives, and gave their daugh and said, I have a secret errand imto
ters to their sons, and served their thee, O king: who said, Keep silence.
gods. And ail that stood by him went ont
7 And the children of Israël did evil from him.
in the sight of the Lord,and forgat the 20 And E'-hud came unto him; and
Lord their God> and seryed Ba-al-im he was sitting in a summer parlour,
and the groves. which he had for himself alone. And
8 Therefore the anger of the Lord E'-hud scdd, I have a message from
was hot against Israël, and he sold God unto thee. And he arose out of his
them into the hand of Chu-shan-rish-
à-tha-im king of Mes-o-po-ta-mi-a: 21 And E'-hud put forth his left
and the children of Israël served Chu- hand, and took the dagger from his
shan-rish-a-tha-im eight years. right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
9 And when the children of Israël 22 And the haft also went in after
cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised the blade; and the fat closed upon the
up a deliverer to the children of Israël, blade, so that he could not draw the
who delivered them,even Oth-ni-el the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt
son of Ke-naz, Caleb*s younger broth- came out.
er. 23 Then E'-hud went forth through
10 And the Spirit of the Lord came the porch, and shut the doors of the
upon him, and he judged Israël, and parlour upon him, and locked them.
went ont to war: and the Lord de 24 When he was gone out, his ser
livered Chu-shan-rish-a-tha-im king vants came; and when they saw that,
of Mes-o-po-ta-mi-a into his hand; and behold, the doors of the parlour were
his hand prevailed against Chu-shan- locked, they said, Surely he covereth
rish-a-tha'-im. his feet in his summer chamber.
11 And the land had rest forty 25 And they tarried till they were
years. And Oth-ni-el the son of Ke-naz ashamed: and, behold, he opened not
died» the doors of the parlour; therefore they
12 And the children of Israël did took a key, and opened them: and, be
evil again in the sight of the Lord:and hold, their lord was fallen down dead
the Lord strengthened Eg'-lon the on the earth.
king of Moab against Israël, because 26 And E'-hud escaped while they
they had done evil in the sight of the tarried, and passed beyond the quar
Lord. ries, and escaped unto Se'-i-rath.
13 And he gathered unto him the 27 And it came to pass, when he
children of Ammon and Am-a-lek, and was come, that he blew a trumpet in
went and smote Israël, and possessed the mountain of E'-phra-im, and the
the city of palm trees. children of Israël went down with him
14 So the children of Israël served from the mount, and he before them.
Eg'-lon the king of Moab eighteen 28 And he said unto them, Follow
years. after me: for the Lord hath delivered
15 But when the children of Israël your enemies the Moabites into your
cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised hand. And they went down after him,
them up a deliverer, E-hud the son of and took the fords of Jordan toward
Ge-ra, a Bénjamite, a man left-hand- Moab, and suffered not a man to pass
ed: and by him the children of Israël over.
sent a présent unto Eg'-lon the king of 29 And they slew of Moab at that
Moab. time about ten thousand men, ail
16 But E-hud made him a dagger lusty, and ail men of valour; and there
which had two edges,of a cubit lengith; escaped not a man.
and he did gird it imder his raiment 30 So Moab was subdued that day
upon his right thigh. under the hand of Israël. And the land
17 And he brought the présent unto had rest fourscore years.
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31 And after him wa^s Sham-gar the ; 12 And they shewed Sis'e^ra that
son pf A-nath, which slew of the Philis- Ba-rak the son of A-bin-o-am was
tines six hundred men with an ox gone up to mount Ta-bor.
goad: and he also delivered IsraeL 13 And Sis-e-ra gathered together
ail his chariots, even nine hundred
CHAPTER 4 diariots ofiron,:and ail the peuple that
A ND the children of Israël again did were with him,frpm Ha-ro-sheth of the
evU in the sight of the Lord» Grentiles unto the river of Ki-shon.
when E-hud was dead. 14 And Deb'-o-rah said unto Ba
2 And the Lord sold them into the rak, Upi for this is the day in whiph
hand of Ja-bin king of Canaan» that the Lord hath delivered Sis-e-ra into
reigned in Ha-zor; the captain of thine hand:;is not the Lord gone out
whose host was Sis'e-ra, which dwelt before thee? So Ba-rak went down
in Ha-ro-sheth of the Gentiles. from mount Ta-bor, and ten thousand
3 And the children of Israël cried men after him.
unto the Lord; for he had nine hun 15 And the Lord discomfited Sis-
dred chariots of iron; and twenty years e-ra, and ail his chariots, and ail his
he mightily oppressed the children of host, with the edge bf the sword before
Israël. Ba-rak; so that Sis-e-ra lighted down
4 And Deb-o-r<ih, a prophetess, the off his chariot, and fled away on his
wife of Lap'-i-dpth, she judged Israël feet.
at that time. 16 But Ba-rak pursued after the
5 And she dwelt under the pcdm chariots, and after the host, unto Ha-
tree of Deb-o-rah between Ra-mah ro-sheth of the Gentiles: and ail the
and Beth-el in mount E-phra-im: and host of Sis-e-ra fell upon the edge of
the children of Israël came up to her the sword; and there was not a man
for judgment. left.
6 And she sent and called Ba-rak 17 Howbeit Sis-e-ra fled away on
the son of A-bin-o-am ont of Ke-desh- his feet to the tent of Ja-el the wtfe of
naph'ta-li> and said unto him, Hath He-ber the Ken-ite:fPr there it;aspeace
not the Lord God of Israël com- between Ja-bin the king of Ha-zor and
manded, saying. Go and draw toward the house of He-ber the Ken-ite.
moimt Ta-bor, and take with thee ten 18 And Ja-el went out to meet Sis-
thousand men of the children of Naph- e-ra, and said unto him, Tum in, my
ta-li and of the children of Zeb-u4un? lord,tum in to me;fear not.^d when
7 And I will draw unto thee to the he had tumed in unto her into the
river Ki-shon Sis-e-ra, the captain of tent, she covered him with a mantle.
Ja-bin's army, with his chariots and 19 And he said imto her, Give me,
his multitude; and I will. deliver him I pray thee, a httle water to drink;for
into thine hand. I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle
8 And Ba-rak said unto her. If thou of milk, and gave him drink, and cov
wilt go with me, then I will go: but if ered him.
thou wilt not go with me, then I will 20 Again he said unto her. Stand in
not go. the door of the tent, and it shall be,
9 And she said, I will surely go with when any man doth come and enquire
thee: notwithstanding the joumey of thee,. and say, Is there any mein
that thou takest shall not be for thine here? that thou shalt say. No.
honour;for the Lord shall sell Sis-e-ra 21 Then Ja-el He-ber's wife took a
into the hand of a woman.And Deb-o- nail of the tent, and took an hammer
rah arose, and went with Ba-rak to in her hand,and went softly unto him,
Ke-desh. and smote the nail into his temples,
10 And Ba-rak called Zeb-u-lun and fastened it into the ground:for he
and Naph-ta-li to Ke-desh; and he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
went up with ten thousand men at his 22 And, behold, as Ba-rak pursued
feet: and Deb-o-rah went up with him. Sis-e-ra, Ja-el came out to meet him,
XI Now He-ber the Ken-ite, which and said unto him, Come, and I will
was of the children of Ho-bab the fa- shew thee the man whom thou seek-
ther in law of Moses, had severed him- est. And when he came into her tent,
selffrom the Ken'-ites, and pitched his behold, Sis'-e-ra lay dead,ând the nail
tent unto the plain of Za-a-na-im, was in his temples.
which is by Ke-desh. 23 So God subdued on ihat day Ja-
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bin the king of Canaan before the chil- 14 Out of E-phra-im was there a
dren of Israël. root of them against Am-a-lek; after
24 And the kand of the chUdren of thee. Benjamin,among thy people;out
Israël prospered,and prevailed against of Ma-chir came down govemors, àrid
Ja-bin the king of Canaan, until they out of Zeb-u-lun they that handle the
had destroyed Ja-bin king of Canaan. pen of the writer.
15 And the princes of Is-sa-chàr
CHAPTER6 were with Deb'-o-rah; even Is-sa-char,
THEN sang Deb-o-rah and Ba-rak and also Ba-rak: he was sent on foot
the son of A-bin-o-am on that day, into the VciUey. For the divisions of
saying, Reuben there were great thoughts of
2 Fraise ye the Lord for the aveng- heart.
ing of Israël, when the people willingly 16 Why abodest thoU among the
ofîered themselves. sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye flocks? For the divisions of Reuben
princes; I, even I, will sing unto the there were great searchings of heart.
Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan:
God of Israël. and why did Dan remain in ships?
4 Lôrd, when thou wentest out of Asher continued on the sea shore, and
Se-ir, when thou marchedst out of the abode in his breaches.
field of Edom,the earth trembled, and 18 Zeb-u-lun and Naph-ta-li were a
the heavens dropped, the clouds also people that jeoparded their lives unto
dropped water. the death in the high places of the
5 The mountains melted from be field.
fore the Lord, even that Si-nai from 19 The kings came and fought,then
before the Lord God of Isçael. fought the kings of Canaan in Ta-a-
6 In the days of Sham-gar the son nach by the waters of Me-gid-do; they
of A-nath, in the days of Ja-el, the took no gain of money.
highways were unoccupied, and the 20 They fought from heaven; the
travellers walked through byways. stars in their courses fought against
7 The inhahitants of the villages Sis-e-ra.
ceased,they ceased in Israël, until that 21 The river of Ki-shon swept them
I Deb-o-rih arose, that I arose a away,that ancient river, the river Ki-
mother in Israël. shon. O iny soul, thou hast trodden
8 They chose new gods; then was down strength.
war in the gâtes: was ihere a shield or 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken
spear seen among forty thousand in by the means of the pransings, the
Israël? pransings of their mighty ones.
9 My heart is toward the govemors 23 Curse ye Me-roz, said the angel
of Israël, that offered themselves will of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the in
ingly among the people. Bless ye the habitants thereof; because they came
Lord. not to the help of the Lord,to the help
10 Speak, ye that ride on white of the Lord against the mighty.
asses, ye that sit in jUdgment, and 24 Blessed above women shall Ja-el
walk by the way. the wife of Hé'ber the Ken-ite be,
11 They that are délivered from the blessed shall she be above women in
noise of archers in the places of draw- the tent.
ing water,there shall they rehearse the 25 He asked water, and she gave
righteous acts of the Lord, even the him milk; she brought forth butter in a
righteous acts toward the inhahitants of lordly dish.
his villages in Israël: then shall the 26 She put her hand to the nail, and
people of the Lord go down to the her right hand to the workmen's ham-
gâtes. mer; and with the hammer she smote
12 Awâke, awsike, Deb'-o-rah: Sis-e-ra, she smote oif his head, when
awake, awake, utter a song: arise, she had pierced and stricken through
Ba-rak, and lead thy captivity cap his temples.
tive, thou son of A-bin'-o-am. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he
13 Then he made him that remzdn- lay down: at her feet he bowed,he fell:
eth have dominion over thé nobles where hé bowed, there he fell down
among the people: the Lord made me dead.
have dominion over the mighty. 28 The mother of Sis-e-ra looked
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out at a window,and cried through the hand of ail that oppressed you, and
lattice, Why is his chariot so long in drave them out from before you, and
coiriing? why tarry the wheels of his gave you their land;
chariots? 10 And I said unto you, I am the
29 Hér wise ladies answered her, Lord your God; fear not the gods of
yea, she retumed answer to herself, the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
30 Have they not sped? have they but ye have not obeyed my voice.
not divided the prey; to every man a 11 And there came an angel of the
damsel or two; to Sis-e-ra a prey of Lord,and sat under an oak which was
divers colours, a prey of divers colours in Oph-rah,that pertained vmto Jo-ash
of neediework, of divers colours of the A-bi-ez-rite: and his son Gideon
needlework on both sides» meet for the threshed wheat by the winepress, to
necks of them that take the spoil? hide it from the Mid-i-an-ites.
31 So let ail thine enemies perish, O 12 And the angel of the Lord ap-
Lord: but let them that love him be as peared imto him, and said unto him,
the sun when he goeth forth in his The Lord is vnth thee, thou mighty
mighté And the land had rest forty man of valour.
years» 13 And Gideon said unto him. Oh
my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why
CHAPTER 6 then is aU this befallen us? and where
A ND the children of Israël did evil in be ail his miracles which our fathers
Jr\. the sight of the Lord: and the told us of, saying, Did not the Lord
Lord delivered them into the hand of bring us up from Egypt? but now the
Mid-i-an seven years. Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered
2 And the hand of Mid-i-an pre- us into the hands of the Mid-i^an-ites.
vâiled against Israël: and because of 14 And the Lord looked upon him,
the Mid-i-an-ites the children of Israël and said. Go in this thy might, and
made them the dens which are in the thou shalt save Israël from the hsuid of
mountains, and caves, and strong the Mid-i-an-ites: have not I sent thee?
holds. 15 And he said unto him. Oh my
3 And so it was, when Israël had Lord, wherewith shall I save Israël?
sown, that the Mid'-i-an-ites came up, behold, my family is poor in Ma-nas-
and the Am'-a-lek-ites, and the chil seh, and I am the least in my father's
dren of the east, even they came up house.
against them; 16 And the Lord said unto him,
4 And they encamped against them, Surely I will be with thee, and thou
and destroyed the increase of the shalt smite the Mid-i-an-ites as one
earth, till thou come unto Ga-za, and man.
left no sustenance for Israël, neither 17 And he said unto him, If now I
sheep, nor ox, nor ass, have found grâce in thy sight, then
5 For they came up with their cat- shew me a sign that thou talkest with
tle and their tents, and they came as me.
grasshoppers for multitude; for both 18 Départ not hence, I pray thee,
they and their camels were without until I come unto thée, and bring forth
number: and they entered into the my présent, and set it before thee. And
land to destroy it. he said, I will tarry until thou come
6 And Israël was greatly impover- again.
ished because of the Mid-i-aurites; and 19 And Gideon went in, and made
the children of Israël cried unto the ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of
Lord. an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a
7 And it came to pass, when the basket^ and he put the broth in a pot,
children of Israël cried unto the Lord and brought it out unto him under the
because of the Mid-i-an-ites, oak, and presented it.
8 That the Lord sent a prophét im- 20 And the angel of God said imto
to the children of Israël, which said him,Take the flesh and the unleavened
unto them, Thus saith the Lord God cakes, and lay them upon this rock,
of Israël, I brought you up from and pour out the broth. And he did
Egypt» and brought you forth out of so.
the house of bondage; 21 Then the angel of the Lord put
9 And I delivered you but of the forth the end of the statf that was in
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the his hand, and touched the flesh and
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the unleavened cakes; and thère rose plead against him, because he hath
up fîre eut of the rock» and consumed thrown down his altar.
the flesh and the unleavened cakes. 33 Then aU the Mid-i-an-ites and
Then the angel of the Lord departed the Am-a-lek-ites and the children of
ont of his sight. the east were gathered together, and
22 And when Gideon percelved that went over, and pitched in the vaUey of
he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon Jez-re-el.
said,.Alas, O Lord God! for because 1 34 But the Spirit of the Lord came
have seen an angel of the Lord face to upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet;
face. and A-bi-e-zer was gathered after him.
23 And the Lord said unto him, 35 And he sent messengers through-
Peace be unto thee;fear not: thou shalt out aU Ma-nas-seh; who also was gath
not die. ered after him: and he sent messengers
24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto Asher, and unto Zeb-u-lun, and
unto the Lord, and called it Je-ho- unto Naph-ta-U; and they came ,up to
vah-sha-lom: unto this day it is yet meet them.
in Oph'-rah of the A'-bi-ez-rites. 36 And Gideon said unto God, If
25 And it came to pass the same thou wUt save Israël by mine hand, as
night, that the Lord said unto him, thou hast said,
Take thy father's yoimg buUock, even 37 Behold,I wUl put a fleece of wool
the second buUock of seven years old, in the floor; and if the dew be on the
and throw down the altar of Ba-al that fleece only, and it he dry upon aU the
thy father hath, and eut down the earth heside, then shaU I know that
grove that is by it: thou \^t save Israël by mine hand, as
26 And build an altar unto the thou hast said.
Lord thy God upon the top of this 38 And it was so: for he rose up
rock, in the ordered place^ and take early on the morrow, and thrust the
the second buUock, and oder a bumt fleece together, and wringed the dew
sacrifice with the wood of the grove ont of the fleece, a bowl fuU of water.
which thou shalt eut down. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his not thine anger be hot against me,and
servants, and did as the Lord had said I wUl speak but this once:let me prove,
imto him: and so it was, because he I pray thee, but this once with the
feared his father's household, and the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the
men of the city, that he coiUd not do fleece, and upon ail the groimd let
it by day, that he did it by night. there be dew.
28 And when the men of the city 40 And God did so that night: for
arose early in the moming,behold,the it was dry upon the fleece only, and
altar of Ba-al was cast down, and the there was dew on ail the ground.
grove was eut down that was by it, and
the second buUock was offered upon CHAPTER 7
the altar that was built. Then Je-mb-ba-al, who fs Gideon,
29 And they said one to another, and ail the people that were with
Who hath done this thing? And when him, rose up early, and pitched beside
they enquired and asked, they said, the well of Ha-rod: so that the host of
Gideon the son of Jo-ash hath done the Mid-i-an-ites were on the north
this thing. side of them, by the hill of Mo-reh, in
30 Then the men of the city said un the Valley.
to Jo-ash, Bring ont thy son, that he 2 And the Lord said unto Gideon,
may die: because he hath cast down The people that are with thee are too
the altar of Ba-al,and because he hath many for me to give the Mid'-i-an-ites
eut down the grove that was by it. into their hands, lest Israël vaimt
31 And Jo-ash said imto aU that themselves against me, saying. Mine
stood against him, WiU ye plead for own heind hath saved me.
Ba-al? wiU ye save him? he that wiU 3 Now therefore gp to, proclaim in
plead for him,let him be put to death the ears of the people, saying, Whoso-
whilst if is yet moming: if he be a god, ever is fearful and afraid, let him re-
let him plead for himself, because one tum and départ early from mount
hath cast down his altar. Gilead. And there retumed of the peo
32 Therefore on that day he caUed ple twenty and two thousand; and
him Je-rub-ba-al, saying, Let Ba-al there remained ten thousand.
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4 And the Lord said unto Gideon» said, This is nothing else save the
The people are yet too many; bring sword of Gideon the son of Jo-ash, a
them down unto the water, and I witt man of Israël: for into his hand hath
try them for thee there: and it shall be, God delivered Mid-i-an, and ail the
that of whom I say unto thee, This host.
shall go with thee, the SEune shall go 15 And it was so, when Gideon
with thee; and of whomsoever I say heard the telling of the dream,and the
unto thee, This shall not go with thee, interprétation thereof, that he wor-
the same shaU not go. shipped, and retumed into the host of
5 So he brought down the people Israël, and said, Arise; for the Lord
imto the water: and the Lord said un hath delivered into your hand the host
to Gideon, Every one that lappeth of of Mid-i-an.
the water with his tongue, as a dog 16 And he divided the three hun
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; dred men into three companies, and he
likewise every one that boweth down put a trumpet in every man's hand,
upon his knees to drink. with empty pitchers, and lamps within
6 And the number of them that the pitchers.
lapped, putting their hand to their 17 And he said unto them. Look
mouth, were three hundred men: but on me, and do likewise: and, behold,
ail the rest of the people bowed down when I come to the outside of the
upon their knees to drink water. camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall
7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, ye do.
By the three hundred men that lapped 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I
will I save you, and deliver the Mid-i- and ail that are with me,then blow ye
an-ites into thine hand: and let ail the the trumpets also on every side of ail
other people go every man unto his the camp, and say, The sword of the
place. Lord, and of Gideon.
8 So the people took victuals in 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men
their hand, and their trumpets: and he that were with him,came unto the out
sent ail the rest of Israël every man un side of the camp in the beginning of
to his tent, and retained those three the middle watch; and they had but
hundred men: and the host of Mid-i-an newly set the watch: and they blew
was beneath him in the valley. the trumpets, and brake the pitdiers
9 And it came to pass the same that were in their hands.
night, that the Lord said unto him, 20 And the three companies blew
Arise, get thee down unto the host; for the trumpets, and brake the pitchers,
I have delivered it into thine hand. and held the lamps in their left hands,
10 But if thou fear to go down, go and the trumpets in their right hands
thou with Phu-rah thy servant down to blow withal: and they cried, The
to the host: sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
11 And thou shalt hear what they 21 And they stood every man in his
say; and afterward shall thine hands place round about the camp: and ail
be strengthened to go down unto the the host ran, and cried, and fled.
host. Then went he down with Phu- 22 And the three hundred blew the
rah his servant unto the outside of the trumpets, and the Lord set every
armed men that were in the host. man's sword against his fellow, even
12 And the Mid'-i-an-ites and the throughout ail the host: and the host
Am-a-lek-ites and ail the children of fled to Beth-shif-tah in Zer'-e-rath,
the east lay along in the valley like and to the border of A'-bel-me-ho-lah,
grasshoppers for multitude; and their unto Tab-bath.
camels were without number, as the 23 And the men of Israël gathered
sand by the sea side for multitude. themselves together out of Naph-ta-li,
13 And when Gideon was come, be- and out of Asher, and out of ail Mia-
hold,there was a man that told a dream nas-seh, and pursued after the Mid-i-
imto his fellow, and said, Behold, I an-ites.
dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of 24 And Gideon sent messengers
barley bread tumbled into the host of throughout ail mount E'-phra-im, say-
Mid-i-an, and came unto a tent, and ing, Come down against the Mid-i-an-
smote it that it fell, and overtumed it, ites, and take before them the waters
that the tent lay along. unto Beth-ba-rah and Jordan. Then
14 And his fellow answered and ail the men of E-phra-im gathered
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themselves together, and took the wa-
ters iinto Beth-ba-rah eind Jordan.
25 And they took two princes of the
Mid-i-an-ites, O'-reb and Ze-eb; and
they slew O-reb upon the rock O-reb, of No-bah and Jog'-be-hah, and smote
and Ze-eb they slew at the winepress the host: for the host was secure.
of Ze-eb, and pursued Mid-i-an, and
brought the heads of O-reb and Ze-eb na fled, he pursued after them, and
to Gideon on the other side Jordan. took the two kings of Mid-i-an, Ze-bah
CHAPTER8
AND the men of E-phra-im said unto
J\ him, Why hast thou served us
thus, that thou calledst us not, when
thou wentest to fight with the Mid-i-
an-ites? And they did chide with him
sharply.
2 And he said unto them, What
have I done now in comparison of you?
Is not the gleaning of the grapes of
E'-phra-im better than the vintage of
A'-bi-e-zer?
3 God hath delivered into your
hands the princes of Mid-i-an, O'-reb
and Ze-eb: and what was I able to do
in comparison of you? Then their anger
was abated toward him, when he had
said that.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and
passed over,he, and the three hundred
men that were with him,faint, yet pur-
suing them.
5 And he said unto the men of Suc-
coth, Give, I pray you,loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for
they he faint, and I am pursuing after
Ze'-bah and Zal-mun-nâ, kings of Mid'-
i-an.
6 And the princes of Suc-coth said,
Are the hands of Ze-bah and Zal-mun-
na now in thine hand, that we should
give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when
the Lord hath delivered Ze-bah and
Zal-mim'na into mine hand, then I
will tear your flesh with the thoms of
the wildemess and with briers.
8 And he went up thence to Pe-nu''-
el, and spake imto them likewise: and
the men of Pe-nu-el answered him as
the men of Suc^'-coth had answered
him,
9 And he spake also unto the men
of Pe-nu-el, saying, When I come
again in peace, 1 will break down this
tower.
10 Now Ze-bah and Zal-mun'-na
were in Kar'-kor, and their hosts with
them, about fifteen thousand men, ail
that were left of ail the hosts of the
children of the east: for there fell an
hundred and twenty thousand men
that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way
of them that dwelt in tents on the east
12 And when Ze-bah and Zal-mun-
and Zal-mun'-na, and discomfited ail
the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Jo'-ash
retumed from battle before the sun
was up,
14 And caught a young man of the
men of Suc-coth, and enquiréd of him:
and he described unto him the princes
of Suc-coth, and the elders thereof,
even threescore and seventeen men.
15 And he camé unto the men of
Suc-coth,and said, Behold Ze-bah and
Zal-mun'-na, with whom ye did up-
braid me,saying. Are the hands of Ze-
bah and Zal-mim'-na now in thine
hand, that we should give bread unto
thy men that are weary?
16 And he took the elders of the
city, and thoms of the wildemess and
briers, and with them he taught the
men of Suc-coth.
17 And he beat dowh the tower of
Pe-nu'-el, and slew the men of the city.
18 Then said he unto Ze'-bah and
Zal-mun'-na, What manner of men
were they whom ye slew ât Ta'-bor? And
they answered. As thou art, so were
they; each one resembled the children
of a king.
19 And he said, They were my breth-
ren, even the sons of my mother: as
the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them
alive, I would not slay you.
20 And he said unto Je'-ther his
firstbom, Up, and slay them. But the
youth drew not his sword: for he
feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Then Ze'-bah and Zal-mun'-na
said, Rise thou, arid fall upon us:for as
the man is, so is his strengith. And Gid
eon arose, and slew Ze'-bah and Zal-
mun'-na, and took away the omaments
that were on their camels* necks.
22 Then the men of Israël said unto
Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou,
and thy son, and thy son's son also:
for thou hast delivered us from the
hand of Mid'-i-an.
23 And Gideon said unto them, I
will not mie over you, neither shall my
son mie over you: the Lord shall mie
over you.
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24 And Gideon said imto them, I the house of his mother's father, say-
would desire a request of you, that ye ing,
would give me every man the earrings 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of
of his prey.(For they had golden ear ail the men of She-chem, Whether is
rings» because they were Ish-ma-el- better for you, either that ail the sons
ites.) of Je-rub-ba-al, which are threescore
25 And they answered, We will will- and ten persons, reign over you, or
ingly give them, And they spread a gar- that one reign over you? remember
ment, and did cast therein every man also that I am your bone and your
the earrings of his prey. flesh.
26 And the weight of the golden 3 And his mother's brethren spake
earrings that he requested was a thou- of him in the ears of ail the men of She•
sand and seven hundred shekels of chem ail these words: and their hearts
gold; beside omaments» and coUars» inclined to follow A-bim-e-lech; for
and purple raiment that was on the they said, He is our brother.
kings of Mid-i-an, and beside the 4 And they gave him threescore and
chains that were about their camels' ten pièces of silver out of the house of
necks, Ba-al-be-rith, wherewith A-bim-e-
27 And Gideon made an ephod lech hired vain and light persons,
thereof, and put it in his city, even in which followed him.
Oph-rah: and ail Israël went thither a 5 And he went unto his father's
whoring after it: which thing became a house at Oph-rah, and slew his breth-
snare unto Gideon, and to his house. ren the sons of Je-rub-ba-al, being
28 Thus was Mid-i-an subdued be- threescore and ten persons, upon one
fore the children of Israël, so that they stone: notwithstanding yet Jo-tham
lifted up their heads no more. And the the yoimgest son of Je-rub-ba-al was
country was in quietness forty years in left; for he hid himself.
the days of Gideon. 6 And ail the men of She-chem
29 And Je-rub-ba-al the son of gathered together, and ail the house of
Jo-ash went and dwelt in lus own Mil-lo, and went, and made A-bim-e-
house. lech king, by the plain of the plUar
30 And Gideon had threescore and that was in She-chem.
ten sons of his body begotten: for he 7 And when they told it to Jo-tham,
had many wives. he went and stood in the top of mount
31 And his concubine that was in Ger-i-zim, and lifted up his voice, and
She-chem, she also bare him a son, cried, and said unto them, Hearken
whose name he called A-bim-e-lech. imto me, ye men of She-chem, that
32 And Gideon the son of Jo-ash God may hearken unto you.
died in a good old âge, and was buried 8 The trees went forth on a Urne to
in the sepulchre of Jo-ash his father, anoint a king over them;and they said
in Oph-rah of the A-bi-ez-rites. unto the olive tree, Reign thou over
33 And it came to pass, as soon as us.
Gideon was dead, that the children of 9 But the olive tree said unto them,
Israël tumed again, and went a whor Should I ieave my fatness, wherewith
ing after Ba-al-im, and made Ba-al- by me they honour God and man,and
be'-rith their god. go to be promoted over the trees?
34 And the children of Israël re- 10 And the trees said to the fig tree,
membered not the Lord their God, Come thou, and reign over us.
who had dellvered them out of the 11 But the fig tree said unto them,
hands of ail their enemies on every Should I forsake my sweetness, and
side: my good fruit, and go to be promoted
35 Neither shewed they kindness to over the trees?
the house of Je-rub-ba-al, namely, 12 Then said the trees unto the
Gideon, according to ail the goodness vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
which he had shewed unto Israël. 13 And the vine said unto them,
Should I leave my wine, which cheer-
CHAPTER 9 eth God and man, and go to be pro
AND A-bim-e-lech the son of Je^rub- moted over the trees?
jt\ ba-al went to She-chem unto his 14 Then said ail the trees unto the
mother's bretiiren, and communed bramble,Come thou,and reign over us.
with them, and with ail the family of 15 And the bramble said unto the
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trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, then coma and put your
trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire
coma out of tha brambla, and davour
tha cadars of Labanon.
16 New tharafora, if ya hava dona
tnily and sincaraly, in that ya hava
mada A-bim-a-lach king, and if ya
hava daalt wall with Ja-nib-ba-al and
his housa, and hava dona imto him ac-
cording to tha dasarving of his hands;
17 (For my fathar fought for you,
and advanturad his lifa far, and da-
livarad you out of tha hand of Mid-i-
an:
18 And ya ara risan up against my
fathar's housa this day, and hava slain
his sons, thraascora and tan parsons,
upon ona stona,and hava mada A-bim-
a-lech,tha son of his maidsarvant, king
over tha man of Sha-cham, bacausa he
is your brothar;)
19 If ya than hava daalt truly and
sincaraly with Ja-rub-ba-al and with
his housa this day, tken rajoica ya in
A-bim-a-lach, and lat him also rajoica
in you:
20 But if not,lat fira coma out from
A-bim-a-lach, and davour tha man of
Sha'cham,and tha housa of Mil-lo; and
lat fira coma out from tha man of Sha-
chem, and from tha housa of Mil-lo,
and davour A-bim'-a-lach.
21 And Jo-tham ran away,and fiad,
and want to Baar, and dwalt thara,for
faar of A-bim-a-lach his brothar.
22 Whan A-bim'-a-lach had raignad
thraa yaars ovar Israël,
23 Than God sent an avil spirit ba-
twaan A-bim'-a-lach and tha man of
Sha'-cham; and tha man of Sha'-cham
dealt treacherously with A-bim'-e-lech:
24 That tha cruelty done to the
thraascora and tan sons of Ja-rub'-ba-al
might coma, and thair blood ba laid
upon A-bim'-a-lach thair brothar, which
slaw tham; and upon the man of Sha'-
cham,which aidad him in tha killing of
his brathran.
25 And tha man of Sha'-cham sat
liars in wait for him in tha top of tha
mountains, and thay robbad ail that
cama along that way by tham: and it
was told A-bim'-a-lach.
26 And Ga'-al tha son of E'-bad
cama with his brathran, and want ovar
to Sha'-cham:and tha man of Sha'-cham
put thair confidanca in him.
27 And thay want out into tha
fialds, and gatharad thair vinayards,
and troda the grapes, and mada marry.
and want into tha housa of thair god,
and did aat and drink, and cursad
A-bim'-a-lach.
28 And Ga'-al tha son of E-bad said,
Who is A-bim'-a-lach, and who is Sha'-
cham,that wa should serve him? is not
he tha son of Ja-rub'-ba-al? and Za'-bul
his officar? serve tha man of Ha'-mor
tha fathar of Sha'-cham:for why should
wa serve him?
29 And would to God this paopla
wara undar my hand! than would I ra-
mova A-bim'-a-lach. And ha said to
A-bim'-a-lach, Incraasa thina army,
and coma out.
30 And whan Za'-bul tha rularof tha
city haard tha words of Ga'-al tha son
of E'-bad, his angar was kindlad.
31 And ha sent massangars unto
A-bim'-a-lach privily, saying, Bahold,
Ga'-al tha son of E'-bad and his brath
ran ba coma to Sha'-cham; and, ba
hold, thay fortify tha dty against
thaa.
32 Now tharafora up by night,thou
and tha paopla that is with thaa, and
lia in wait in tha fiald:
33 And it shall ba,that in tha mom-
ing, as soon as tha sun is up, thou
shalt risa aarly, and sat upon tha city:
and, bahold, when ha and tha paopla
that is with him coma out against thaa,
than mayast thou do to tham as thou
shalt find occasion.
34 And A-bim'-a-lach rose up, and
ail tha paopla that were with him, by
night, and thay laid wait against Sha'-
cham in four companias.
35 And Ga'-al tha son of E'-bad want
out, and stood in tha antaring of tha
gâte of tha city: and A-bim'-a-lach rose
up, and tha paopla that were with him,
from lying in wait.
36 And whan Ga'-al saw tha paopla,
he said to Za'-bul, Bahold, thara coma
people down from tha top of tha moun
tains. And Za'-bul said unto him,Thou
saest tha shadow of tha moimtains as
if they were man.
37 And Ga'-al spaka again and said,
See thara coma paopla down by the
middle of tha land, and anothar Com
pany coma along by tha plain of Me-
on'-e-nim.
38 Than said Za'-bul unto him,
Whera is now thy mouth, wharawith
thou saidst, Who is A-bim'-a-lach, that
we should serve him? is not this tha
paopla that thou hast daspisad? go out,
I pray now, and fight with tham.
39 And Ga'-al want out bafore tha
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men of She-chem, and fought with 52 And A-bim-e-lech came unto the
A-bim-e-lech. tower, and fought against it, and went
40 And A-bim-e-lech chased hinij hard unto the door of the tower to
and he fled before him,and many were bum it with fire.
overthrown and wounded, even unto 53 And a certain woman cast a
the entering of the gâte. piece of a millstone upon A-bim-e-
41 And A-bim-e-lech dwelt at A-^ni- lech's head, and ail to brake his skull.
mah: and Ze-bul thnist eut Ga-al and 54 Then he called hastily unto the
his brethren, that they should not young man his armour-bearer, and
dwell in She-chem. said unto him, Draw thy sword, and
42 And it came to pass on the mor- slay me, that men say not of me, A
row, that the people went ont into the woman slew him. And his young man
field; and they told A-bim'-e-lech. thrust him through, and he died.
43 And he took the people, and di- 55 And when the.men of Israël saw
vided them into three companies, and that A-bim'-e-lech was dead, they de-
laid wait in the held, and looked, and, parted every man unto his place.
behold, the people were come forth out 56 Thus God rendered the wicked-
of the city; and he rose up against ness of A-bim-e-lech, which he did im-
them, and smote theih. to his father, in slaying his seyenty
44 And A-bim-e-lech, and the Com brethren:
pany that was with him, rushed for- 57 And ail the evil of the men of
ward, and stood in the entering of the She-chem did God render upon their
gâte of the city: and the two other com heads: and upon them came the curse
panies ran upon ail the people that of Jo-tham the son of je-rub-ba-al.
were in the fields, and slew them.
45 And A-bim-e-lech fought against ÇHAPTER 10
the city ail that day; and he took the AND after A-bim-e-lech there arose
city, and slew the people that was /\ to defend Israël To-la the son of
therein, and beat down the city, and Pu-ah, the son of Dodo, a man of Is-
sowed it with sait. sa-char; and he dwelt in Sha-mir in
46 And when ail the men of the mount E-phra-im.
tower of She-chem heard that, they en- 2 And he judged Israël twenty and
tered into an hold of the house of the three years, and died, and was buried
god Be'-rith. in Sha-nUr.
47 And it was told A-bim-e-lech, 3 And after him arose Ja-ir, a Gil-
that ail the men of the tower of She- eadite, and judged Israël twenty and
chem were gathered together. two years.
48 And A-bim-erlech gat him up to 4 And he had thirty sons that rode
mount Zal-mon, he and ail the people on thirty ass coïts, and they had thirty
that were with him; ând A-bim-e-lech cities, whidhi are caUed Ha-voth-ja-ir
took an axe in his hand, and eut down unto this day, which are in the land of
a bough from the trees, and took it, Gilead.
and laid it on his shoulder, and said 5 And Ja-ir died, and was buried in
unto the people that were with him, Ca-mon.
What ye have seen me do, make haste, 6 And the children of Israël did evil
and do as I have done» again in the sight of the Lord, and
49 And ail the people Ukewise eut served Ba-al-im, and Ash-ta-roth, and
down every man his bough, and fol- the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zi-
lowed A-bim-e-lech, and put them to don, and the gods of Moab, and the
the hold, and set the hold on hre upon gods of the children of Ammon, and
them; so that ail the men of the tower the gods of the Philistinés, and forsook
of She-chem died also, about a thou- the Lord, and served not him.
sand men and women. 7 And the anger of the Lord was
50 Then went A-bim-e-lech to The- hot against Israël, and he sold them
bez, and encamped against The-bez, into the hands of the Philistinés, and
and took it. into the hands of the children of Am
51 But there was a strong tower mon.
within the city, and thither fled ail the 8 And that year they vexed and op-
men and women, and ail they of the pressed the children of Israël: eighteen
city, and shut it to them,and gat them years, ail the children of Israël that
up to the top of the tower. ufere on the other side Jordan in the
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land of the Amorites, which is in Gil-
ead.
9 Moreover the children of Ammon time, that the children of Ammon
passed over Jordan to fight also made war against Israël.
against Judah, and against Benjamin,
and against the house of E'-phra-im; so dren of Ammon made war against Is
that Israël was sore distressed.
10 And the children of Israël cried
imto the Lord,saying, We have sinned
against thee, both because we have
forsaken our God, and also served Ba-
al-im.
11 And the Lord said unto the chil
dren of Israël, Did not I deliver you
from the Egyptians, and from the
Amorites, from the children of Am
mon, and from the Philistines?
12 The Zi-do'-ni-ans also, and the
Am-a-lek-ites, and the Ma'-on-ites, did
oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I
deliyered you out of thèir hand.
13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and
served other gods; wherefore I will de
liver you no more.
14 Go and cry unto the gods which
ye have chosen; let them deliver you
in the time of your tribulation.
15 And the children of Israël said
imto the Lord, We have sinned: do
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good
unto thee; deliver us only, we pray
thee, this day.
16 And they put away the strange
gods from among them,and served the
Lord: and his soul was grieved for the
misery of Israël.
17 Then the children of Ammon
were gathered together, and encamped
in Gilead. And the children of Israël
assembled themselves together, and
encamped in Miz-peh.
18 And the people and princes of
Gilead said one to another, What man
is he that will begin to fight against the
children of Ammon? he shall be head
over ail the inhabitants of Gilead.
CHAPTER II
New Jeph-thah the Gileadite was
a mighty man of valour, and he
was the son of an harlot: and Gilead
begat Jeph-thah.
2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons;
and his wife's sons grew up, and they
thrust out Jeph-thah, and said unto
him, Thou shalt not inherit in our fa-
ther's house; for thou art the son of a
strange woman.
3 Then Jeph'-thah fled from his
brethren, and dwelt in the land of
Tob:and there were gathered vain men
to Jeph-thah, and went out with him.
4 And it came to pass in process of
5 And it was so, that when the chil
raël, the elders of Gilead went to fetch
Jeph'-thah out of the land of Tob:
6 And they said unto Jeph'-thah,
Come, and be our captain, that we
may fight with the children of Am
mon.
7 And Jeph'-thah said unto the eld
ers of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and
expel me out of my father's house? and
why are ye come unto me now when ye
are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto
Jeph'-thah, Therefore we tum again to
thee now,that thou mayest go with us,
and fight against the children of Am
mon, and be our head over ail the in
habitants of Gilead.
9 And Jeph'-thah said unto the eld
ers of Gilead, If ye bring me home
again to fight against the children of
Ammon, and the Lord deliver them
before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said un
to Jeph'-thcih, The Lord be witness be-
tween us, if we do not so according to
thy words.
11 Then Jeph'-thah went with the
elders of Gilead, and the people made
him head and captain over them: and
Jeph'-thah uttered ail his words before
the Lord in Miz'-peh.
12 And Jeph'-thcih sent messengers
unto the king of the children of Am
mon, saying, What hast thou to do
with me, that thou art come against
me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of
Ammon answered unto the messengers
of Jeph'-thah, Because Israël took
away my land, when they came up out
of Egypt, from Amon even unto Jab-
bok, and unto Jordan: now therefore
restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And Jeph'-thah sent messengers
again unto the king of the children of
Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith
Jeph'-thah, Israël took not away the
land of Moab, nor the land of the chil
dren of Ammon:
16 But when Israël came up from
Egypt, and walked through the wil-
demess unto the Red sea, and came to
Ka'-desh;
17 Then Israël sent messengers unto
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the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I words.of Jeph-thah which he sent him.
pray thee, pass through thy land: but 29 Then the Spirit of the Lord
the king of Edom would not hearken came upon Jeph-thah, and-he passed
ihereto. And in like manner they sent over Gilead, and Ma-nas-seh, and
unto the king of Moab: but he would passed over Miz'-peh of Gilead, and
not consent: and Israël abode in Ka- from Miz-peh of Gilead he passed over
desh. unto the children of Ammon.
18 Then they went along through 30 And Jeph'-thah vowed a vow im-
the wildemess, and compassed the to the Lord, and said. If thou shalt
land of Edom, and the land of Moab, without fail deliver the children of
and came by the east side of the land Ammon into mine hands,
of Moab,2ind pitched on the other side 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever
of Amon,but came not within the bor cometh forth of the doors of my house
der of Moab: for Amon was the border to meet me, when I retum in peace
of Moab. from the children of Ammon, shall
19 And Israël sent messengers unto surely be the Lord's, and I will offer
Sihon king of the Amorites,the king of it up for a burnt offering.
Hesh-bon; and Israël said unto him, 32 So Jeph-thah passed over unto
Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy the children of Ammon to fight against
land into my place. them; and the Lord delivered them
20 But Sihon tmsted not Israël to into his hands.
pass through his coast: but Sihon gath- 33 And he smote them from Ar-o-
ered ail his people together, and er, even till thou come to Min'-nith,
pitched in Ja-haz, and fought against even twenty cities, and unto the plain
IsraeL of the vineyards, with a very great
21 And the Lord God of Israël de- slaughter. Tlius the children of Am
livered Sihon and ail his people into mon were subdued before the children
the hand of Israël, and they smote of Israël.
them: so Israël possessed ail the land 34 And Jeph'-thah came to Miz'-peh
of the Amorites, the inhabitants of unto his house, and, behold, his daugh-
that country. ter came out to meet him with tim-
22 And they possessed ail the coasts brels and with dances: and she luas his
of the Amorites,from Amon even unto only child; beside her he had neither
Jabbok, and from the wildemess even son nor daughter.
unto Jordan. 35 And it came to pass, when he
23 So now the Lord God of Israël saw her, that he rent his clothes, and
hath dispossessed the Amorites from said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast
before his people Israël, and shouldest brought me very low,and thou art one
thou possess it? of them that trouble me: for I have
24 Wilt not thou possess that which opened my mouth unto the Lord, and
Che'-mosh thy god giveth thee to pos I cannot go back.
sess? So whomsoever the Lord our 36 And she said unto him, My fa-
God shall drive out from before us, ther, if thou hast opened thy mouth
them will we possess. unto the Lord, do to me according to
25 And now art thou any thing bet- that which hath proceeded out of thy
ter than Ba'-lak the son of Zippor, king mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath
of Moab? did he ever strive against Is taken vengeance for thee of thine ene-
raël, or did he ever fight against them, mies, even of the children of Ammon.
26 While Israël dwelt in Hesh'-bon 37 And she said unto her father,
and her towns, and in Ar-o-er and her Let this thing be done for me: let me
towns, and in ail the cities that be alone two months, that I may go up
along by the coasts of Amon, three and down upon the mountaihs, and
hundred years? why therefore did ye bewail my virginity, I and my fel-
not recover them within that time? lows.
27 Wherefore I have not sinned 38 And he said. Go. And he sent her
against thee, but thou doest me wrong away for two months: and she went
to war against me:the Lord the Judge with her companions,and bewailed her
be judge this day between the children virginity upon the mountains.
of Israël and the children of Ammon. 39 And it came to pass at the end of
28 Howbeit the king of the children two months, that she retumed unto
of Ammon hearkened not unto the her father, who did with her according
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to his vow which he had vowed; and 10 Then died Ib-zan, and was bur
she knew no man. And it was a custom ied at Beth-lehem.
in Israël, • 11 And after him E-lon, a Zeb-u-
40 That the daughters of Israël lon-ite, judged Israël; and he judged
went yearly to lament the daughter of Israël ten years.
Jeph-thah the Gileadite four days in a 12 And E-lon the Zeb-u-lon-ite
year. died, and was buried in Aij-a-lon in
the country of Zeb-u-lun.
CHAPTER 12 13 And after him Ab'-don the son of
AND the men of E-phra-im gathered Hil'rlel, a Pir'-a-thon-ite, judged Israël.
jf\ themselves together, and went 14 And he had forty sons and thirty
northward, and said unto Jeph-thah, nephews, that rode on threescore and
Wherefore passedst thou over to fight ten ass coïts: and he judged Israël
ag^inst the children of Ammon, and eight years.
didst not call us to go with thee? we 15 And Ab'-don the son of Hil'-lel
wUl bum thine house upon thee with the Pir'-a-thon-ite died,and was buried
fire. in Pir'-a-thon in the land of E'-phra-im,
2 And Jeph-thah said unto them, I in the mount of the Am'-a-lek-ites.
and my people were at great strife with
the children of Ammon; and when I CHAPTER 13
called you, ye delivered me not out of AND the children of Israël did evil
theirhands. again in the sight of the Lord;
3 And when I saw that ye delivered and the Lord delivered them into the
me not,I put my life in my hands,and hand of the Philistines forty years.
passed over against the children of 2 And there was a certain man of
Ammon,and the Lord delivered them Zo'-rah, of the family of the Danites,
into my hand; wherefore then are ye whose name was Ma-no'-ah; and his
come up unto me this day, to fight wife was barren, and bare not.
against me? 3 And the angel of the Lord ap-
4 Then Jeph-thah gathered togeth peared unto the woman,and said unto
er ail the men of Gilead, and fought her, Behold now, thou art barren, and
with E-phra-im: and the men of Gil bearest not: but thou shalt conceive,
ead smote E-phra-im, because they and bear a son.
said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of 4 Now therefore beware, I pray
E-phra-im among the E'-phra-im-ites, thee, and drink not wine nor strong
and among the Ma-nas-sites. drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
5 And the Gileadites took the pas 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and
sages of Jordan before the E-phra-im- bear a son; and no irazor shall come on
ites: and it was so, that when those his head: for the child shall be a Naz-
E-phra-im-ites which were escaped arite unto God from the womb:and he
said, Let me go over; that the men of shall begin to delivér Israël out of the
Gilead said unto him. Art thou an haind of the Philistines.
E'-phra-im-ite? If he said, Nay; 6 Then the woman came and told
6 Then said they unto him,Say now her husband, saying, A man of God
Shib-bo-leth: and he said Sib-bo-leth; came unto me, and his countenance
for he could not frame to pronounce it was like the countenance of an angel
right. Then they took him, and slew of God, very terrible: but I asked him
him at the passages of Jordan: and not whence he was, neither told he me
there fell at that time of the E-phra- his name:
iin-ites forty and two thousand. 7 But he said unto me,Behold,thou
7 And Jeph-thah judged Israël six shalt conceive, and bear a son; and
years. Then died Jeph'-thah the Gil now drink no wine nor strong drink,
eadite, and was buried in one of the neither eat any unclean thing: for the
cities of Gilead. child shall be a Nazarite to God from
8 And after him Ib'rzan of Beth-le- the womb to the day of his death.
hem judged Israël. 8 Then Ma-no'-ah intreated the
9 And he had thirty sons,and thirty Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the
daughters, whom he sent abroad, and man of God which thou didst send
took in thirty daughters from abroad come again unto us, and teach us what
for his sons. And he judged Israël sev- we shall do unto the child that shall be
en years. bom.
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9 And God hearkened to the voice wife, We shall surely die, because we
of Ma-no-ah; and the angel of God have seen God.
came again imto the woman as she sat 23 But his wife said unto him. If the
in the field: but Ma-no-ah her husband Lord were pleased to kill us, he would
was net with her. not have received a bumt offering and
10 And the woman made haste, and a meat offering at our hands, neither
ran,and shewed her husband,and said would he have shewed us ail these
unto him, Behold, the man hath ap- things, nor would as at this time have
peared unto me, that came unto me told us such things as these.
the other day. 24 And the woman bare a son, and
11 And Ma-no''-ah arose, and went called his name Samson: and the chUd
after his wife, and came to the man, grew, and the Lord blessed him.
and said imto him. Art thou the man 25 And the Spirit of the Lord began
that spakest unto the woman? And he to move him at times in the camp of
said, I am. Dan between Zo-rah and Esh-ta-ol.
12 And Ma-no-ah said, Now let thy
words come to pass. How shall we or- CHAPTER 14
der the child, and how shall we do unto AND Samson went down to Tim-
him? /\ nath, and saw a woman in Tim-
13 And the angel of the Lord said nath of the daughters of the Philis-
unto Ma-nô'ah, Of ail that I said unto tines.
the woman let her beware. 2 And he came up, and told his fa-
14 She may not eat of any thing that ther and his mother, and said, I have
cometh of the vine, neither let her seen a woman in Tim-nath of the
drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any daughters of the Philistines: now
unclean thing: ail that I commanded therefore get her for me to wife.
her let her observe. 3 Then his father and his mother
15 And Ma-no-ah said unto the an said unto him, Is there never a woman
gel of the Lord,I pray thee,let us de- among the daughters of thy brethren,
tain thee, until we shall have made or among aU my people, that thou
ready a kid for thee. goest to take a wife of the uncircum-
16 And the angel of the Lord sziid cised Philistines? And Samson said un
unto Ma-no-ah, Though thou detain to his father, Get her for me; for she
me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if pleaseth me well.
thou wilt offer a bumt offering, thou 4 But his father and his mother
must offer it unto the Lord. For Ma- knew not that it was of the Lord,that
no-ah knew not that he was an angel he sought an occasion against the Phil
of the Lord. istines: for at that time the Philistines
17 And Ma-no-ah said unto the an had dominion over Israël.
gel of the Lord, What is thy name, 5 Then went Samson down, and his
that when thy sayings come to pass father and his mother, to Tim-nath,
we may do thee honour? and came to the vineyards of Tim-
18 And the angel of the Lord said nath: and, behold, a young lion roared
unto him, Why askest thou thus after against him.
my name, seeing it is secret? 6 And the Spirit of the Lord came
19 So Ma-no'-ah took a kid with a mightily upon him,and he rent hhn as
meat offering, and offered it upon a he would have rent a kid, and he had
rock unto the Lord: and the angel did nothing in his hand: but he told not
wonderously; and Ma-no-ah and his his father or his mother what he had
wife looked on. done.
20 For it came to pass, when the 7 And he went down, and talked
flame went up toward heaven from off with the woman;and she pleased Sam
the altar, that the angel of the Lord son well.
ascended in the flame of the altar. And 8 And after a time he retumed to
Ma-no-ah and his wife looked on it, take her, and he tumed aside to see
and fell on their faces to the ground. the carcase of the lion: and, behold,
21 But the angel of the Lord did no there was a swarm of bees and honey in
more appear to Ma-no-ah and to his the carcase of the lion.
wife. Then Ma-no-ah knew that he 9 And he took thereof in his hands,
was an angel of the Lord. and went on eating, and came to his
22 And Ma-no-ah said unto his father and mother, and he gave them.
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and they did eat: but he told not them 20 But Samson's wife was given to
that he had taken the honey out of the his companion, whom he had used as
carcase of the lion. his friend.
10 So his father went down unto the
woman: and Samson made there a
CHAPTER 15
feast;for so used the young men to do. UT it came to pass within a while
11 And it came to pass, when they after, in the time of wheat har-
saw him, that they brought thirty vest, that Samson visited lus wife
companions to be with him. with a kid; and he said, I will go in to
12 And Samson said unto them, I my wife into the chamber. But her fa
will now put forth a riddle unto you: ther wotild not suffer him to go in.
if ye can certainly déclaré it me within 2 And her father said, I verUy
the seven days of the feast, and find it thought that thou hadst utterly hated
out, then I will give you thirty sheets her; therefdre I gave her to thy com
and thirty change of garments: panion: is not her younger sister fairer
13 But if ye cannot déclaré it me, than she? take her,I pray thee,instead
then shall ye give me thirty sheets and of her.
thirty change of garments. And they 3 And Samson said concerhing
said unto him. Put forth thy riddle, them, Now shall I be more blameless
that we may hear it. than the Philistines, though I do them
14 And he said unto them, Out of a displeasure.
the eater came forth meat, and out of 4 And Samson went and caught
the strong came forth sweetness. And three hundred foxes, and took fire-
they could not in three days expound brands, and turned tail to tail, and put
the riddle. a firebrand in the midst between two
15 And it came to pass on the sev- tails.
enth day, that they said unto Sam- 5 And when he had set the brands
son's wife, Entice thy husband,that he on fire, he let them go into the standing
may déclaré unto us the riddle, lest we com of the Philistines, and bumt up
burn thee and thy father's house with both the shocks, and also the standing
fire; have ye called us to take that we com, with the vineyards and olives.
have? is it not so? 6 Then the Philistines said, Who
16 And Samson's wife wept before hath done this? And they answered,
him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, Samson, the son in law of the Tim-
and lovest me not: thou hast put forth nite, because he had taken his wife,
a riddle unto the children of my peo- and given her to his companion. And
ple, and hast not told it me. And he the Philistines came up, and bumt her
said unto her, Behold, 1 have not told and her father with fire.
it my father nor my mother, and shall 7 And Samson said unto them,
1 tell it thee? Though ye have done this, yet will I
17 And she wept before him the be avenged of you, and after that I
seven days, while their feast lasted: will cease.
and it came to pass on the seventh 8 Arid he smote them hip and thigh
day, that he told her, because she lay with a great slaughter: and he went
sore upon him: and she told the riddle down and dwelt in the top of the rock
to the children of her people. E-tam.
18 And the men of the city said un 9 Then the Philistines went up, and
to him on the seventh day before the pitched in Judah, and spread them-
sun went down, What is sweeter than selves in Le'-hi.
honey? and what is stronger than a 10 And the men of Judcih said, Why
lion? And he said unto them. If ye had are ye come up against us? And they
not plowed with my heifer, ye had not answered, To bind Samson are we
ifound out my riddle. come up, to do to him as he hath done
19 And the Spirit of the Lord came to us.
upon him, and he went down to Ash- 11 Then three thousand men of Ju
ke-lon, and slew thirty men bf them, dah went to the top of the rock E-tam,
and took their spoil, and gave change and said to Samson, Knowest thou not
of garments unto them Which ex- that the Philistines are mlers over us?
pounded the riddle. And his anger was what is this that thoii hast done unto
kindled, and he went up to his father's us? And he said unto them. As they did
house. unto me, so have I done unto them.
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12 And they said imto him, We are two posts, and went away with them,
corne down to bind thee, that we may bar and ail, and put them upon Ms
deliver thee into the hand of the Phil- shoulders, and carried them up to the
Istines. And Samson said unto them» top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Swear unto me, that ye will not fall 4 And it came to pass afterward,
upon me yourselves. that he loved a woman in the valley of
13 And they spake imto him, say- So-rek, whose name was De-Ii-Iah.
ing, No; but we will bind thee fast, and 5 And the lords of the Philistines
deliver thee into their hand: but surely came up imto her, and said xmto her,
we will not kill thee, And they bound Entice him, and see wherein his great
him with two new cords, and brought strength lieth, and by whât means we
him up from the rock. may prevail against him,that we may
14 And when he came unto Le-hi, bind him to afflict him: and we will
the Philistines shôuted against him: givé thee evéry one of us eleven huh-
and the Spirit ofthe Lord came might- dred pièces of silver.
ily upon him, and the cords that were 6 And De-li-lah said to Samson,
upon his arms became as flcix that was Tell me,I pray thee, wherein thy great
bumt with fire, and his bands loosed strength lieth, and wherewith thou
from off his hands. mightest be bound to afflict thee.
15 And he found a new jawbone of 7 And Samson said unto her. Ifthey
an ass, and put forth his hand, and bind me with seven green withs that
took it, and slew a thousand men were never dried,then shall I be weak,
therewith. and be as another man.
16 And Samson said, With the jaw 8 Then the lords of the Philistines
bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with brought up to her seven green withs
the jaw of an ass have 1 slain a thou which had not been dried, and she
sand men. boimd him with them^
17 And it came to pass, when he 9 Now there were men lying in wait,
had made an end of speaking, that he abiding with her in the chamber. And
cast away the jawbone out of his hand, she said unto him, The Philistines be
and called that place Ra-math-le-hi. upon thee, Samson. And he brake the
18 And he was sore athirst, and withs, as a thread of tow is broken
called on the Lord, and said, Thou when it toucheth the fire. So his
hast given this great deliverance into strength was not known.
the hand of thy servant: and now shall 10 And De-li-lah said unto Samson,
1 die for thirst, and fall into the hand Behold, thou hast mocked me, and
of the uncircumcised? told nie lies: now tell me, I pray thee,
19 But God clave an hollow place wherewith thou mightest be bound.
that was in thé jaw, and there came 11 And he said imto her. If they
water thereout; and when he had bind me fast with new ropes that never
drunk, his spirit came again, and he were occupied, then shall I be weak,
revived: wherefore he called the name and be £is another man.
thereof En-hak'-ko-re, which is in Le- 12 De-li-lah therefore took new
hi unto this day.- ropes, and boimd him therewith, and
20 And he judged Israël in the days said imto him, The Philistines be upon
of the Philistines twenty years. thee, Samson. And therè were liérs in
wait abiding in the chamber. And he
CHAPTER 16 brake them from oif his arms like a
THEN went Samson to Ga-za, and thread.
saw there an harlot, and went in 13 And De-li-lah said unto Samson,
imto her. Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and
2 And it was told the Ga-zites, say- told me lies: tell me wherewith thou
ing, Samson is come hither. And they mightest be bound. And he said unto
compassed him in, and laid wait for her. If thou weavest the seven locks of
îiitTi ail night in the gâte of the city, my head with the web.
and wére quiet ail the night, saying. In 14 And she fastened it with the pin,
the moming, when it is day, we shall and said imto him, The Philistines be
kill him. upon thee, Samson. And he awàked
3 And Samson lay till midnight, out of his sleep, and went away with
and arose at midnight, and took the the pin ofthe beam,and with the web.
doors of the gâte of the city, and the 15 And she said unto him, How
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canst thou say,I love thee, when thine 26 And Samson said unto the lad
heart is net with me? thou hast mocked that held him by the hand, Suffer me
me these three times, and hast not that I may feel the pillars whereupon
told me wherein thy great strength the house standeth, that I may lean
lieth. upon them.
16 And it came to pass, when she 27 Now the house was fuU of men
pressed him daily with her words, and and women; and ail the lords of the
urged him, so that his soul was vexed Philistines were there; and there were
unto death; upon the roof about three thousand
17 That he told her ail his heart, men and women, that beheld while
and said unto her, There hath not Samson made sport.
come a razor upon mine head; for I 28 And Samson called unto the
have hem a Nazarite unto God from Lord, and said, O Lord God, remem-
my mother's womb: if I be shaven, ber me, I pray thee, and strengthen
then my strength will go from me,and me,I pray thee, only this once, O God,
I shall become weak, and be like any that I may be at once avenged of the
other man. Philistines for my two eyes.
18 And when De-li'lah saw that he 29 And Samson took hold of the
had told her ail his heart, she sent and two middle pillars upon which the
called for the lords of the Philistines, house stood,and on which it was borne
saying, Come up this once,for he hath up, of the one with his right hand,and
shewed me ail his heart. Then the lords of the other with his left.
of the Philistines came up unto her, 30 And Samson said, Let me die
and brought money in their hand. with the Philistines. And he bowed
19 And she made him sleep upon himself with ail his might; and the
her knees; and she called for a man, house fell upon the lords, and upon ail
and she caused him to shave off the the people that ivere therein. So the
seven locks of his head; and she began dead which he slew at his death were
to afilict him, and his strength went more than they which he slew in his
from him. Ufe.
20 And she said, The Philistines he 31 Then his brethren and ail the
upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out house of his father came down, and
of his sleep, and said, 1 will go out as took him, and brought him up, and
at other times before, and shake my- buried him between Zo-rah and Esh-
self. And he wist not that the Lord ta-ol in the buryingplace of Ma-no-ah
was departed from him. his father. And he judged Israël twen-
21 But the Philistines took him, ty years.
and put out his eyes, and brought him
down to Ga-za, and bound him with CHAPTER 17
fetters of brass; and he did grind in the AND there was a man of mount
prison house. /\E-phra-im, whose name was Mi-
22 Howbeit the hair of his head be cah.
gan to grow again after he was shaven. 2 And he said unto his mother, The
23 Then the lords of the Philistines eleven hundred shekels of silver that
gathered them together for to offer a were taken from. thee, about which
great sacrifice unto Da'-gon their god, thou cursedst, and spakest of also in
and to rejoice: for they said, Our god mine ears, behold, the silver is with
hath delivered Samson our enemy into me; I took it. And his mother said,
our hand. Blessed he thou of the Lord, my son.
24 And when the people saw him, 3 And when he had restored the
they praised their god: for they said, eleven hundred shekels of silver to his
Our god hath delivered into our hands mother, his mother said, 1 had wholly
our enemy, and the destroyer of our dedicated the silver unto the Lord
country, which slew many of us.^* from my hand for my son, to make a
25 And it came to pass, when their graven image and a molten image:now
hearts were merry,that they said, Call therefore I will restore it unto thee.
for Samson, that he may make us 4 Yet he restored the money unto
sport. And they called for Samson out his mother; and his mother took two
of the prison house; and he made them hundred shekels of silver, and gave
sport: and they set him between the them to the founder,who made thereof
pillars. a graven image and a molten image:
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and they were in the house of Mi'-cah. thus dealeth Mi-cah with me,and hath
5 And the man Mi'-cah had an house hired me, and I am his priest.
of gods, and made an ephod, and tera- 5 And they said unto him, Ask
phim, and consecratèd one of his sons, counsel, we pray thee, of God,that we
who became his priest. may know whether our way which we
6 In those days there was no king in go shall be prospérons.
Israël, but every man did that which 6 And the priest said unto them. Go
was right in his own eyes. in peace: before the Lord is your way
7 And there was a young man ont wherein ye go.
of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of 7 Then the five men departed, and
Judah, who was a Levite, and he so- came to La-ish, and saw the people
joùmed there. that were therein,how they dwelt care-
8 And the man departed ont of the less, after the manner of the Zi-do-ni-
eity ftom Beth-lehem-judah to so- ans, quiet and secure; and there was no
joum where he could find a place: and magistrate in the land, that might put
he came to mount E-phra-im to the them to shame in any thing; and they
house of Mi-cah, as he jbumeyed. were far from the Zi-do-ni-ans, and
9 And Mi-cah said him, had no business with any man.
unto
Whence comest thou? And he said uh- 8 And they came unto their breth-
to him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem- ren to Zo-rah and Esh'-ta-ol: and
judah,and I go to sojoum where I may their brethren said unto ^em, What
find à place. say ye?
10 And Mi-cah said uritohim, DweU 9 And they said, Arise,that we may
with me, and be unto me a father and gd up agcdnst them: for we have seen
a priest, and I will give thee ten shek the land, and, behold, it is very good:
els of silver by the year, and a suit of and are ye still? be not slothful tô go,
apparelj and thy victuals. So the Le and to enter to possess the land.
vite went in. 10 When yé go, ye shall come unto
11 And the Levite was content to a people securé, and to a large land:
dwell with the man; and the young for God hath given it into your hands;
man was unto him as one of his sons. a place where ihere is no want of any
12 And Mi-cah consecrated thé Le thing that is in the earth.
vite; and thé young man bécame his 11 And there went from thence of
priest, and was in the house of Mi'-cah. the family of the Danites, out of Zo-
13 Then said Mi-cah^» Now know I rah and out of Esh-ta-ol, six.hundred
that the Lôrd will dé nie good, seéing men âppointed with weapons of war.
I have a Levite to my pnest. 12 And they went up, and pitched
in Kir^jath-je'-a-rim,in Judah: where-
CHAPTER 18 fore they called that place Ma-ha-neh-
IN thoèe days there was no king in dan unto this day: behold, it is behind
Israël: and in those days the tribe Kif-jath-je-a-rim.
of the Danites sought them an inherit- 13 And they passed thénce unto
ançé to dwell in; for unto that day àll mount E-phra-im, and came imto the
iheir inheritance had not fallen untô house of Mi-cah.
thenf among the tribes of Israël. 14 Then answered the five men that
2 And the children of Dan sent of went to spy out thé country of La-ish,
their family five men from their coasts, and said unto their brethren. Do ye
men of vàlour,from Zo-rah, and from know that there is in these houses an
Esh-ta-ol, to spy out the land, and to ephod, and teraphim, and a graven
search it; and they said unto them. image,and a molten image? now there-
Go, search the land: who when they fore consider what ye have to do.
came to mount E-phra-im, to the 15 And they tumed thitherward,
house of Mi-cah, they lodged there. and came to the house of the young
3 When they wére by the hbuse of man the Levite^ even unto the house of
Mi-cah, they knéw the Voice of thé Mi-càh, and saluted him.
young mah the Lévite: and they 16 And the six himdred men âp
tumed in thither, and said unto him, pointed with their weapons of war,
Who brought thee hither? and what which were of the childrén of Dan,
makést thou in this place? and what stood by the entering of the gâté.
hast thou here? 17 And the five men that went tô
4 And he said unto them, Thus and spy out the land went up, and came in
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thither, and took the graven image, 29 And they called the name of the
and the ephod, and the teraphim, and city Dan, after the name of Dan their
the molten image: and the priest stood father, who was bom unto Israël: how-
in the entering of the gâte with the six beit the name of the city was La-ish at
hundred men that were appointed with the first.
weapons of war. 30 And the children of Dan set up
18 And these. went into Mi'-cah's the graven image: and Jonathan, the
house, and fetched the carved image, son of Ger'-shom, the son of Ma-nas-
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the seh, he and his sons were priests to the
molten image. Then said the priest tribe of Dan until the day of the cap^
unto them, What do ye? tivity of the land.
19 And they said unto him, Hold 31 And they set them up Mi-cah*s
thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy graven image, which he made, ail the
mouôi,and go with us, and be tp us a time that the house of God was in
father and a priest: is it better for thee Shi'-loh.
to be a priest unto the house of one CHAPTER 19
man, or that thou be a priest imto a
tribe and a family in Israël? AND it came to pass in those days,
20 And the priest's heart was glad, jt\ when there was no king in Israël,
and he took the ephod, and the tera that there was a certain Levite so-
phim, and the graven image,and went jouming on the side of moimt E-phra-
in the midst of the people. im, who took to him a concubine out
21 So they tumed and departed, pf Beth-lehem-judah.
and put the little ones and the cattle 2 Ànd his concubine played the
and the carriage before them. whore against him, and went away
22 And when they were a good way from hhn unto her father's house to
from the house of Mi'-cah, the men Beth-lehem-judah,and was there four
that were in the houses near to Mi- whole months.
cah's house were gathered together, 3 And her husband arose, and went
and overtook the children of Dan. after her, to speak friendly imto her,
23 And they cried unto the children and to bring her again, having his ser
of Dan. And they tumed their faces, vant with him, and a couple of asses:
and said unto Mi-cah, What aileth and she brought him into her father's
thee, that thou comest with such a house: £uid when the father of the dam-
Company? sel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
24 And he said,Ye have taken away 4 And his father in law, the dam-
my gods whidi I made, and the priest, sers father, retained him; and he
and ye are gone away: and what have abode with him three days:so they did
I more? and what is this that ye say eat and drink, and lodged there.
unto me, \vniat iaileth thee? 5 And it came to pass on the fourth
25 And the children of Dan s£dd un day, when they arose early in the
to him, Let not thy voice be heard moming, that he rose up to départ:
among us, lest angry fellows mn upon and the damsel's father said unto his
thee, and thou lose thy life, with the son in law, Comfort thine heart with a
lives of thy household. morsel of bread,and afterward go your
26 And the children of Dan went way.
their way: and when Mi'-cah saw that 6 And they sat down, and did eat
they were too strong for him,he tumed and drink both of them together: for
and went back unto his house. the damsel's father had said unto the
27 And they took the things which man, Be content, I pray thee, and tar-
Mi'-cah had made,and the priest which ry ail night, and let thine heart be
he had, and came unto La-ish, unto a merry.
people that were dit quiet and secure: 7 And when the man rose up to de-
and they smote them with the edge of part, his father in law urged him:
the sword,and bumt the city with tire. therefore he Ipdged there again.
28 And there was no deliverer, be- 8 And he arose early in the moming
cause it was far froih Zi-don, and they on the fifth day to départ: and the
had no business with any man; and it damsel's father said, Comfort thine
was in the vaUey that lieth by Beth-re- heart, I pray thee. And they tarried
hob. And they built a city, and dwelt until aftemoon, and they did eat both
therein. of them.
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9 And when the man rose up to de- with thy servants: there is no want of
part, he, and his concubine, and his any thing.
servant, his father in law,the darnseVs 20 And the old man said, Peace be
fàther, said unto him,Behold, now the with thee; howsoever let ail thy wants
day draweth toward evening, I pray lie upon me; only lodge not in the
you tarry ail night: behold, the day street.
groweth to an end, lodge here, that 21 So he brought him into his
thine heart may be merry; and to mor- house, and gave provender unto the
row get you early on your way, that asses: and they washed their feet, and
thou mayest go home. did eat and drink.
10 But the man would not tarry 22 Now as they were making their
that night, but he rose up and de- hearts merry, behold, the men of the
parted, and came over against Je-bus, city, certain sons of Be-li-al, beset the
which is Jérusalem; and there were with house round about, and beat at the
him two asses saddled, his concubine door, and spake to the master of the
also was with him. house, the old man, saying, Bring
11 And when they were by Je-bus, forth the man that came into thine
the day was far spent; and the servant house, that we may know him. v
said unto his master, Gome, I pray 23 And the man, the master of the
thee, and let us tum in into this city house, went out imto them, and said
of the Jeb'-u-sites, and lodge in it. unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I
12 And his master said unto him, pray you, do not so wlckedly; seeing
We will not tum aside hither into the that this man is come into mine house,
city of a stranger, that is not of the do not this folly*
children of Israël; we will pass over to 24 Behold, here is my daughter a
Gib-e-ah. maiden, and his concubine; them I
13 And he said unto his servant, will bring out now, and humble ye
Come, and let us draw near to one of them,and do with them what seemeth
these places to lodge ail night, in Gib- good imto you: but imto this man do
e-ah, or in Ra-mah. not so vile a thing.
14 And they passed on and went 25 But the men would not hearken
their way; cuid the sun went down to him: so the man took his concubine,
upon them when they were by Gib-e-ah, and brought her forth imto them; and
which helongeih to Benjamin.. they knew her, and abused her ail the
15 And they turned aside thither, night until the moming: and when the
to go in and to lodge in Gib-e-ah: and day began to spring, they let her go.
when he went in, he sat him down in a 26 Then came the woman in the
street of the city: for there was no man dawning of the day^ and feU down at
that took them into his house to lodg- the door of the man's house where her
ing. lord was, till it was light..
16 And, behold, there came an old 27 And her lord rose up in the
mcUi from his work out of the field at moming, and opened the doors of the
even, which was also of mount E'-phra- house, and went out to go his way:
im; and he sojoumed in Gib-e-ah: but and, behold, the woman his concubine
the men of the place were Benjamites. was fallen down at the door of the
17 And when he had lifted up his house, and her hands were upon the
eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the threshold.
street of the city: and the old man ssiid, 28 And he said unto her, Up, and
Whither goest thou? and whence com- let us be going. But none answered.
est thou? Then the man took her up upon an ass^
18 And he said imto him, We are and the man rose up,and gat him imto
passing from Beth-lehem-judah to his place.
ward the side of moimt E-phra-im; 29 And when he was come into his
from thence am I: and I went to Beth- house,he took a knife,and laid hold on
lehem-judah, but I am now going to his concubine, and dîvided her, to-
the house of the Lord; and there ^ no gether with her bones, into twelve
man that receiveth me tô house. pièces, and sent her into ail the coasts
19 Yet there is both straw and pro- of Israël.
vender for our asses; and there is bread 30 And it was so, that àll that saw
and wine also for me^ and for thy hand- it said, There was no such deed done
maid, and for the young man which is nor seen from the day that the children
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of Israël came up out of the land of 13 Now therefore deliver us the
Egypt unto this day: consider of It, men,thie chhdren of Be-li-al, which are
take advlce, and speak your minds. in Gib-e-ah, that we may put them to
death, and piit away evil from Israël.
CHAPTER 20 But the chhdren of Benjamin would
THEN ail the children of Israël not hearken to the voice of their breth-
went out, and the congrégation ren the chhdren of Israël:
was gathered together as one man, 14 But the chhdren of Benjamin
from Dan even to Be-er-she-ba, with gathered themselves together out of
the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in the cities unto Gib-e-ah, to go out to
Miz'^peh. battle against the chhdren of Israël.
2 And the chief of ail the people, 15 And the chhdren of Benjamin
even of ail the tribes of Israël, pre- were numbered at that time out of the
sented themselves in the assembly of cities twenty and six thousand men
the people of God,four hundred thou- that drew sword, beside the inhabit
sand footmen that drew sword. ants of Gib-e-ah, which were num
-3 (Now the children of Benjamin bered seven hundred chosen men.
heard that the children of Israël were 16 Among ah;this people there were
gone up to Miz'-peh.) Then said the seven hundred chosen men lefthanded;
childten of Israël, Tell tis, how was every one could sling stones at an hair
this wickedness? hreadth, and not miss.
4 And the Levite^ the husband of 17 And the men of Israël, beside
the woman that was slain, answered Benjamin, were numbered four hun
and said, I came into Gib-e-ah that be- dred thoussmd men that drew sword:
longdk to Benjamin, I and my concu ah these were men of war.
bine, to lodge. 18 And the chhdren of Israël arose,
5 And the men of Gib'-e-ah rose and went up to the house of God, and
against me,and beset the hoiise round asked counsel of Godj and said, Which
about upon me by night, and thought of us shah go up first to the battle
to have slain me: and my concubine against the chhdren of Benjamin? And
have they forced, that she is dead. the LoRD^said, Judah shall go up first.
6 And I took my concubine,andxut 19 And the chhdren of Israël rose
her in pièces, and sent her throughout up in the moming, and encamped
ah the country of the inheritance of against Gib-e-ah. .
Israël: for they have committed lewd- 20 And the men of Israël went out
ness and folly in Israël. to battle against Benjamin; and the
7 Behold, ye are aU children of Is men of Israël put themselves in array
raël: give here your advibe and coun- to fight against them at Gib-e-ah.
sel. 21 And the chhdren of Benjamin
8 And ail the people arose as one came forth out of Gib-e-ah, and de-
man, saying, We whl not any of us go stroyed down to the ground of thè Is
to.his tent, neither whl we any of us raélites that day twenty and two thou
tum into his house. sand men.
9 But now this shaU be the thing 22 And thè people thè men of Israël
encouraged themselves, and set their
which we whl do to Gib'-e*ah; we will go
up by lot against it; battle again in array in the place
10 And we wiU take ten men of an where they put themselves in array
himdred throughout ah the tribes of the first dky.
Israël, and an himdred of a thousand, 23 (And the chhdren of Israël went
and a thousand out of ten thousand, up and wept before the Lord unth
to fetch ^;lctual for the people, that even, and asked counsel of the Lord,
they may do, when they come to Gib- saying. Shah I go up again to battle
e-ah of Benjamin, according to ail the against the chhdren of Benjamin my
foUy that théy have wrought in Israël. brother? And the Lord said. Go up
11 So ah the men of Israël were against him.)
gathered against the city, knit to 24 And the chhdren of Israël came
gether as one man. near against the chhdren of Benjamin
12 And the tribes of Israël sent men the second day.
tteough ah the tribe of Benjamin,say 25 And Benjamin went forth
ing, What wickedness is this that is against them out of Gib'-e-ah the sec
done ainong you? ond day, and destroyed down to the
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ground of the children of Israël again because they trusted unto the liers in
eighteen thousand men; ail these drew wait which they had set beside Gib-
the sword. e-ah.
26 Then ail the children of Israël, 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and
and ail the people, went up, and came rushed upon Gib-e-ah; and the Uers in
unto the house of God, and wept, and wait drew themselves^ along, and smote
sat there before the Lord, and fasted aU the city with the edge of the sword.
that day until even, and offered bumt 38 Now there was an appointed
ofïerings and peace offerings before the sign between the men of Israël and the
Lord. liers in wait, that they should make a
27 And the children of Israël en- great flame with smoke rise up out of
qnired of the Lord,(for the ark of the the city.
covenant of God was there.in those 39 And when the men of Israël re-
days, tired in the battle. Benjamin began to
28 And Phin-e-has, the son of E-le- smite and kiU of the men of Israël
a-zar, the son of Aaron,stood before it about thirty persons: for they said,
in those days,) saying, Shall I yet Surely they are smitten down before
again go ont to battle against the chil us, as in the first battle.
dren of Benjamin my brother, or shall* 40 But when the flame began to
I cease? And the Lord said. Go up;for arise up out of the city with a piUar of
to morrow I will deliver them into smoke, the Benjeunites looked behind
thine hand. them, and, behold, the dame of the
29 And Israël set Uers in wait roimd city ascended up to heaven.
about Gib-e-ah. 41 And when the men of Israël
30 And the children of Israël went tumed again, the men of Benjsunin
up agamst the children of Benjamin on were amazed: for they saw that evil
the third day, and put themselves in was come upon them.
array against Gib-e-ah, as at other 42 Therefore they tumed their backs
times. before the men of Israël unto the way
31 And the children of Benjamin of the wildemess; but the battle over-
went out against the people, and were took them; and them which came out
drawn away from the city; and they of the cities they destroyed in the
began to smite of the people, and kill, midst of them.
as at other times, in the highways, of 43 Thus they inclosed the Benja
which one goeth up to the house of mites round about, and chased them,
God, and the other to Gib-e-ah in the and trode them down with ease over
field, about thirty men of Israël. against Gib-e-ah toward the sunrising.
32 And the children of Benjamin 44 And there feU of Benjamin eight
said, They are smitten down before us, een thousand men; aU these were men
as at the first. But the children of Is of valour.
raël said, Let us flee, and draw them 45 And they tumed and fled toward
from the city unto the highways. the wildemess unto the rock of Rim-
33 And ail the men of Israël rose up mon: and they gleaned of them in the
out of their place, and put themselves highways five thousand men: and pur-
in array at Ba-al-ta-mar: and the liers sued hard after them unto Gi-dom,
in wait of Israël came forth out of and slew two thousand men of them.
their places, even out of the meadows 46 So that aU which fell that day of
of Gib-e-ah. Benjamin were twenty and five thou
34 And there came against Gib-e-ah sand men that drew the sword; aU
ten thousand chosen men out of ail these were men of valour.
Israël, and the battle was sore: but 47 But six hundred men tumed and
they knew not that evil was near fled to the wildemess imto the rock
them. Rimmon,and abode in the rock Rim-
35 And the Lord smote Benjamin mon four months.
before Israël: and the children of Israël48 And the men of Israël turned
destroyed of the Benjeunites that day again upon the children of Benjamin,
twenty and five thousand and an hun- and smote them with the edge of the
dred men: ail these drew the sword. sword, as well the men of every city, as
36 So the children of Benjamin saw the beast, and ail that came to hand:
that they were smitten: for the men of also they set on fire ail the cities that
Israël gave place to the Benjamites, they came to.
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mon,and to call peaceably unto them.
CHAPTER 21 14 And Benjamin came again at
NOW the men of Israël had swom that time; and they gave them wives
in Miz'-peh, saying, There shall which they had saved alive ofthe wom
not any of us give his daughter unto en of Ja-besh-gil-e-ad: and yet so
Benjamin to wife, they sufficed them not.
2 And the people came to the house 15 And the people repented them
of God, and abode there till even be- for Benjamin, because that the Lord
fore God, and lifted up their voices, had made a breach in the tribes of
and wept sore; Israël.
3 And said, O Lord God of Israël, 16 Then the elders of the congréga
why is this come to pass in Israël, that tion said, How shall we do for wives
there should be to day one tribe lack- for them that remain, seeing the wom
ing in Israël? en are destroyed out of Benjamin?
4 And it came to pass on the mor^ 17 And they said, There must be an
row, that the people rose early, and inheritance for them that be escaped
built there an altar, and offered bumt of Benjamin, that a tribe be not de
ofîerings and peace ofîerings. stroyed out of Israël.
5 And the children of Israël said, 18 Howbeit we may not give them
Who is there among ail the tribes of Is wives of our daughters: for the chil
raël that came not up with the congré dren of Israël have swom, saying,
gation imto the Lord? For they had Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Ben
made a great oath conceming him that jamin.
came not up to the Lord to Miz-peh, 19 Then they said, Behold, there is
saying, He shall surely be put to death. a feast of the Lord in Shi-loh yearly
6 And the children of Israël re- in a place which is on the north side of
pented them for Benjamin their broth- Beth-el, on the east side of the high-
er, and said, There is one tribe eut way that goeth up from Beth-el to
off from Israël this day. She'-chem, and on the south of Le-bo-
7 How shall we do for wives for nah.
them that remain, seeing we have 20 Therefore they commanded the
swom by the Lord that we will not children of Benjamin, saying. Go and
give them of our daughters to wives? lie in wait in the vineyards;
8 And they said, V^at one is there 21 And see, and, behold, if the
ofthe tribes of Israël that came not up daughters of Shi-loh come out to dance
to Miz-peh to the Lord? And, behold, in dances, then come ye out of the
there came none to the camp from Ja- vineyards, and catch you every man
besh-gil-e-ad to the assembly. his wife of the daughters of Shi-loh,
9 For the people were numbered, and go to the land of Benjamin.
and, behold, there were none of the in 22 And it shall be, when their fa-
habitants of Ja-besh-gil'-e-ad there. thers or their brethren come imto us
10 And the congrégation sent thith- to complain, that we will say unto
er twelve thousand men of the valiant- them,Be favourable unto them for our
est, and commanded them,saying. Go sakes: because we reserved not to each
and smite the inhabitants of Ja-besh- man his wife in the war:for ye did not
gil-e-ad with the edge of the sword, give imto them at this time, that ye
with the women and the children. should be guilty.
11 And this is the thing that ye 23 And the children of Benjamin
shall do,Ye shall utterly destroy every did so, àiid took them wivès, according
maie, and every woman that hath lain to their number, of them that danced,
by man. whom they caught: and they went and
12 And they foimd among the in retumed unto their inheritance, and
habitants of Ja-besh-gil'-e-ad four repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
hundred yoimg virgins, that had 24 And the children of Israël de-
known no man by lying with any parted thence at that time, every man
maie: and they brought them unto the to his tribe and to his family, and they
camp to Shi-loh, which is in the land went outfrom thence every man to his
of Canaan. inheritance.
13 And the whole congrégation sent 25 In those days ihere was no Idng
some to speak to the children of Ben in Israël: every man did that which was
jamin that were in the rock Rim- right in his own eyes.
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Ruth
there yet any more sons in my womb,
CHAPTER I
NOW it came to pass in the days
when the judges ruled, that
that they may be your husbands?
12 Tum again, my daughters, go
your way; for I am too old to have an
there was a famine in the husband. If I should say, I have hope,
land. And a certain man of Beth-le- if I should have an husband also to
hem-judah went to sojbum in the night, and should also bear sons;
coimtry of Moab,he, and his wife, and 13 Would ye tarry for them till they
his two sons. were grown? would ye stay for them
2 And the name of the man was from having husbands? nay, my
E-lim-e-lech, and the name of his wife daughters;for it grieveth me much for
Naomi, and the name of his two sons your sakes that the hand of the Lord
Mah'-lon and Chil'-i-on, Eph-rath-ites is gone out against me.
of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came 14 And they lifted up their voice,
into the country of Moab, and con- and wept again: and Or'-pah kissed her
tinued there. mother in law; but Ruth clave xmto
3 And E-lim-e-lech Naomi's hus- her.
band died; and she was left, and her 15 Ànd she said, Behold, thy sister
two sohs. in law is gone back unto her people,
4 And they took them wives of the and unto her gods: retum thou after
women of Moab; the name of the one thy sister in law.
was Or^pah, and the name of the other 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not
Ruth: and they dwelled there about to leave thee, or to return from follow-
ten years. ing after thee: for whither thou goest,
5 And Mah-lon and Chil-i-on died I will go; and where thou lodgest, I
also both of them; and the woman was will lodge: thy people shall he my peo
left of her two sons and hér husband. ple, and thy God my God:
6 Then she arose with her daugh- 17 Where thou diest, will l die, and
ters in law,that she might retum from there will I be buried: the Lord do so
the country of Moab:for she had heard to me, and more also, if ought but
in the country of Moab how that the death part thee and me.
Lord had visited his people in giving 18 When she saw that she was sted-
them bread. fastly minded to go with her, then she
7 Wherefore she went forth out of left speaking unto her.
the place where she was, and her two 19 So they two went until they
daughters in law with her; arid they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to
went on the way to retum unto the pass, when they were come to Beth-
land of Judah. lehem, that ail the city was moved
8 And Nâomi said unto her two about them,and they said, Is this Na
daughters in law. Go, retum each to omi?
het mother*s house: the Lord deal 20 And she said unto them, Call me
kindly with you, as ye hâve dealt with not Naomi, call me Ma-ra: for the Al-
the dead, and with me. mighty hath dealt very bitterly wîth
9 The Lord grant you that ye may me.
find rest, each pf you in the house of 21 I went but full, and the Lord
her husband. Then she kissed them; hath brought me home again empty:
and they lifted up their voice, and why then call ye me Naomi,seeing the
wept. Lord hath testihed against me, and
10 And they said unto her, Surely the Almighty hath afflicted me?
we will retum with thee unto thy peo 22 So Naomi retumed, and Ruth
ple. the Moabitess, her dâughter in law,
11 And Naomi said, Tum again, my with her, which retumed out of the
daughters: why will ye go with me? are country of Moab: and they came to
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Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley people which thou knewest not here-
harvest. tofore.
12 The Lord recompense thy work,
CHAPTER 2 and a fuU reward be given thee of the
^ND Naomi had a kinsman of her Lord God of Israël, under whose
husband's, a mighty man of wings thou art come to trust.
wealth, of the family of E-lim-e-lech; 13 Then she said, Let me find fa
and his name ii;as Bo'-az. veur in thy sight, my lord; for that
2 And Ruth the Moabltess said un- thou hast comforted me, and for that
to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, thou hast spoken friendly unto thine
and glean ears of com after him in handmaid, though I be not like unto
whose sight 1 shall hnd grâce. And she one of thine handmaidens.
said unto her, Go, my daughter. 14 And Bo-az said unto her, At
3 And she went, and came, and me£dtime come thou hither, and eat of
gleaned in the field after the reapers; the bread, and dip thy morsel in the
and her hap was to light on a part of vinegar. And she sat beside the reap
the field hélonging unto Bo-az, who ers: and he reached her parched com,
was of the kindred of E-lim-e-lech. and she did eat, and was sufficed, and
4 And, behold, Bo-az came from left.
Beth-lehem, and said unto the reap 15 And when she was risen up to
ers, The Lord he with you. And they glean, Bo-az commanded his young
answered him, The Lord bless thee. men,saying,Let her glean even among
5 Then said Bo-az imto his servant the sheaves, and reproach her not:
that was set over the reapers, Whose 16 And let fall also some of the
damsel is this? handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
6 And the servant that was set over them,that she may glean them,and re-
the reapers answered and said, It is buke her not.
the Moabitish damsel that came back 17 So she gleàned in the field until
with Naomi out of the country of even, and beat out that she had
Moab: gleaned: and it was about an ephah of
7 And she said, I pray you, let me barley.
glean and gather after the reapers 18 And she took U up, and went
£unong the sheaves: so she came, and into the city: and her mother in law
hath continued even from the moming saw what she had gleaned: and she
until now, that she tarried a little in broughtforth,and gave to her that she
the house. had reserved after she was sufficed.
8 Then said Bo-az unto Ruth, 19 And her mother in law said unto
Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go her, Where hast thou gleaned to day?
not to glean in another field, neither go and where wroughtest thou? blessed be
from hence, but abide here fast by my he that did take knowledge of thee.
maidens: And she shewed her mother in law
9 Let thine eyes he on the field that with whom she had wrought,and said,
they do reap, and go thou after them: The man's name with whom I wrought
have 1 not charged the yoimg men to day is Bo-az.
that they shall not touch thee? and 20 And Naomi said unto her daugh
when thou art athirst, go unto the ves- ter in law, Blessed he he of the Lord,
sels, and drink of that which the young who hath not left off his kindness to
men have drawn. the living and to the dead. And Naomi
10 Then she fell on her face, and said imto her, The man is near of kin
bowed herself to the ground, and said imto us, one of our next kinsmen.
unto him, Why have I found grâce in 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said,
thine eyes, that thou shouldest take He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep
knowledge of me,seeing I am a stran- fast by my young men,until they have
ger? ended ail my harvest.
11 And Bo-az answered and said 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her
unto her, It hath fully been shewed daughter in law, It is good, my daugh
me, ail t^t thou hast done unto thy ter, that thou go out with his maidens,
mother in law since the death of thine that they meet thee not in any other
husband: and how thou hast left thy field.
father and thy mother,and the land of 23 So she kept fast by the maidens
thy nativity, and art come imto a of Bo-az to glean unto the end of bar-
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ley harvest and of wheat harvest; and thee, then will I do the part of a kins
dwelt with her mother in law. man to thee, as the Lord Uveth: Ue
down until the moming.
CHAPTER 3 14 And she lay at his feet untU the
THEN Naomi her mother in law moming: and she rose up before one
said unto her, My daughter, shall could know another. And he said, Let
I net seek rest for thee, that it may be it not be known that a woman came
wellwiththee? into the floor.
2 And now is not Bo-az of our kin- 15 Also he said, Bring the vaU that
dred, with whose maidens thou wast? thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night when she held it, he measured six
in the threshingfloor. measures of barley, and laid it on hen
3 Wash thyself therefore, and and she went into the city.
anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon 16 And when she came to her mo
thee, and get thee down to the floor; ther in law,she said, Who art thou,my
but make not thyself known unto the daughter? And she told her aU that the
man, until he shall have done eating man had done to her.
and drinking. 17 And she said, These six mea
4 And it shall be, when he lieth sures of barley gave he me;for he said
down, that thou shalt mark the place to me. Go not empty unto thy mother
where he shall lie; and thou shalt go in law.
in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee 18 Then said she, Sit stiU, my
down; and he will tell thee what thou daughter, until thou know how the
shalt do. matter wiU fall: for the man wiU not
5 And she said unto her, AU that be in rest, untU he have finished the
thou sayest unto me I wiU do. thing this day.
6 And she went down unto the floor,
and did according to aU that her moth CHAPTER 4
er in law bade her. Then went Bo'-az up to the gâte,
7 And when Bo-az had eaten and and sat him down there: and, be
drunk, and his heart was merry, he hold, the kinsman of whom Bo-az
went to lie down at the end of the heap spake came by; unto whom he said.
of com; and she came softly, and im- Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down
covered his feet, and laid her down. here. And he turned aside, and sat
8 And it came to pass at midnight, down.
that the man was afraid, and turned 2 And he took ten men of the elders
himself; and, behold, a woman lay at of the city, and said, Sit ye down here.
his feet. And they sat down.
9 And he said, Who art thou? And 3 And he said unto the kinsman,
she answered, 1 am Ruth thine hand- Naomi, that is come again out of the
maid: spread therefore thy skirt over country of Moab, selleth a parcel of
thine handmaid; for thou art a near land, which was our brother E-lim-e-
kinsman. lech's:
10 And he said, Blessed he thou of 4 And 1 thought to advertise thee,
the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast saying, Buy it before the inhabitants,
shewed more kindness in the latter end and before the elders of my people. If
than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou wilt redeèm it, redeem it: but if
thou followedst not young men, thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me,
whether poor or rich. that I may know: for there is none to
11 And now,my daughter,fear not; redeem it beside thee; and I am after
i wiU do to thee aU that thou requir- thee. And he said, I wiU redeem it.
est: for ail the city of my people doth 5 Then said Bo-az, What day thou
know that thou art a virtuous woman. buyest the fleld of the hand of Naomi,
12 And now it is true that I am thy thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moab-
near kinsman: howbeit there is a kins itess, the wife of the dead, to raise up
man nearer than 1. the name of the dead upon his in-
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be heritance.
in the moming, that if he wiU perform 6 And the kinsman said, X cannot
unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; redeem it for myself, lest 1 mar mine
let him^ do the kinsman's part: but if own inheritance: redeem thou my right
he wiU not do the part of a Idnsman to to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
268 I SAMUEL 1
7 Now thls wos the nuinner in former
time in Israël conceming redeeming
and concerning changing, for to con-
firm ail things; a man plucked off his
shoe> and gave it to his neighbour: and
this was a testimony in Israël.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto
Bo'-az, Buy it for thee. So he drew off
his shoe.
9 And Bo'-az said unto the elders,
and unto ail the people, Ye are wit-
nesses this day, that I have bought ail
that was E-lim'e-lech's, and ail that
was Chil-i-on*s and Mah-lon's, of the
hand of Naomi.
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess,
the wife of Mah'-lon, have I purchased
to be my wife, to raise up the name of
the dead upon his inheritance,that the
name of the dead be not eut off from
among his brethren, and from the gâte
of his place: ye are witnesses this
day.
11 And ail the people that were in
the gâte, and the elders, said, We are
witnesses. The Lord make the woman
that is come into thine house like Ra-
chel and like Leah, which two did
buUd the house of Israël: and do thou
worthily in Eph'-ra-tah, and be famous
in Beth-lehem:
12 And let thy house be like the
house of Pha'-rez, whom Ta-mar bare
imto Judah, of the seed which the
The First Book of
Samuel
Otherwise Called
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER I
NOW there was a certain man
of Ra-math-a'-im-zo'-phim, of
mount E'-phra-im, and his
name was El-ka'-nah, the son of Jer-o-
ham,the son of E-li'-hu, the son of To-
hu, the son of Zuph, an Eph'-rath-ite:
2 And he had two wives; the name
of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Pe-nin'-nah: and Pe-nin-
nah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
Lord shall give thee of this young
woman.
13 So Bo'-az took Ruth, and she
was his wife: and when he went in unto
her, the Lord gave her conception,
and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Nao
mi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath
not left thee this day without a kins
man, that his name may be famous in
Israël.
15 And he shall be unto thee a re-
storer of thy life, and a nourisher of
thine old âge: for thy daughter in law,
which loveth thee, which is better to
thee than seven sons, hath bom him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and
laid it in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours
gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they called his
name O'-bed: he is the father of Jesse,
the father of David.
18 Now these are the générations of
Pha'-rez: Pha'-rez begat Hez'-ron,
19 And Hez'-ron begàt Ram, and
Ram begat Am-min'-a-dab,
20 And Am-min'-a-dab begat Nah-
shon, and Nah'-shon begat Sal'-mon,
21 And Sal'-mon begat Bo'-az, and
Bo'-az begat O'-bed,
22 And O'-bed begat Jesse, and
Jesse begat David.
3 And this man went up out of his
city yearly to worship and to sacrifice
linto the Lord of hosts in Shi'-loh. And
the two sons of EU, Hoph'-ni and Phin'-
e-has, the priests of the Lord, were
there.
4 And when the time was that EI-
ka'-nah offered, he gave to Pe-nin'-nah
his wife, and to âU her sons and her
daughters, portions:
5 But unto Hannah he gave a
worthy portion; for he loved Hannah:
but the Lord had shut up her womb.
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6 And her adversary also provoked
her sore, for to make her fret, because
the Lord had shut up her womb.
7 And as he did so year by year, the time was come about after Hannah
when she went up to the house of the had conceived,that she bare a son,and
Lord, so she provoked her; therefore called his name Samuel, saying, Be
she wept, and did not eat. cause I have asked him of the Lord»
8 Then said £l-ka''-nah her husband
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?
and why eatest thou not? and why is
thy heart grieved? am not I better to
thee than ten sons?
9 So Hannah rose up after they had
eaten in Shi-Ioh, and after they had
drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a
seat by a post of the temple of the
Lord»
10 And she was in bittemess of soul,
and prayed unto the Lord, and wept
sore»
11 And she vowed a vow, and said,
O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed
look on the affliction of thine hand-
maid, and remember me, and not for-
get thine handmaid, but wilt give unto
thine handmaid a man child, then I
will give him unto the Lord ail the
days of his life, and there shall no
razor come upon his head»
12 And it came to pass, as she con-
tinued praying before the Lord, that
Eli marked her mouth»
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her
heart; only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli
thought she had been dnmken»
14 And Eli said rmto her, How long
wilt thou be drunken? put away thy
wine from thee»
15 And Hannah answered and said.
No, my lord, I am a woman of a sor-
rowful spirit: I have drunk neither
wine nor strong drink, but have poured
out my soul before the Lord»
16 Count not thine hcmdmaid for a
daughter of Be'-li-al: for out of the
abimdance of my complaint and grief
have I spoken hitherto»
17 Then Eli answered and said. Go
in peace: and the God of Israël grant
(kee thy pétition that thou hast asked
of him»
18 And she said, Let thine hand
maid find grâce in thy sight» So
the woman went her way,and did eat,
and her coimtenance was no more
sad»
19 And they rose up in the moming
early, and worshipped before the
Lord,and retumed, and came to their
house to Ra-mah: and El-ka-nah
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knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord
remembered her»
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when
21 And the man El-ka-nah, and ail
his house, went up to offer unto the
Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow»
22 But Hannah went not up;for she
said imto her husband, 1 wUl not go up
imtil the child be weaned, and then I
will bring him,that he may appear be
fore the Lord, and there abide for
ever.
23 And El-ka-nah her husband said
unto her. Do what seemeth thee good;
tarry imtil thou have weaned him;
only the Lord establish his word» So
the woman abode, and gave her son
suck until she weaned him»
24 And when she had weaned him,
she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of fiour,£md a
bottle of wine, and brought him unto
the house of the Lord in Shi'-loh: and
the child was young»
25 And they slew a bullock, and
brought the child to Eli»
26 And she said. Oh my lord, as thy
soul liveth, my lord, 1 am the woman
that stood by thee here, praying unto
the Lord»
27 For this child I prayed; and the
Lord hath given me my pétition which
1 asked of him:
28 Therefore also I have lent him to
the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall
be lent to the Lord» And he wor
shipped the Lord there»
CHAPTER 2
AND Hannah prayed, and said, My
heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine
horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth
is enlarged over mine enemies; because
I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none holy as the Lord:
for there is none beside thee: neither is
there any rock like our God»
3 Talk no more so exceeding proud-
ly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth:for the Lord is a God of knowl-
edge, and by him actions are weighed»
4 The bows of the mighty men are
broken, and they that stumbled are
girded with strength»
5 They that were fuU have hired out
themselves for bread; and they that
were hungry ceased: so that the barren
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hath bom seven; and she that hath from year to year, when she came up
many children is waxed feeble. with her husband to offer the yearly
6 The Lord killeth, and maketh sacrifice.
alive: he bringeth down to the grave, 20 And EU blessed El-ka'nah and
and bringeth up. his wife, and said, The Lord give thee
7 The Lord makéth poor, and mak seed of this woman for the loan which
eth rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth is lent to the Lord. And they went im-
up. to their own home.
8 He raiseth up the poor out of the 21 And the Lord visited Hannah,
dust, and lifteth up the beggar from so that she conceived, and bare three
the dunghill, to set them among prin sons and two daughters. And the chUd
ces, and to make them inherit the Samuel grew before the Lord.
throne of glory: for the pillars of the 22 Now EU was very old, and heard
earth are the Lord's, and he hath set ail that his sons did unto ail Israël; and
the world upon them. how they lay with the women that as-
9 He will keep the feet of his saints, sembled at the dôor of the tabernacle
and the wicked shall be silent in dark- of the congrégation.
ness;for by strength shall no man pre- 23 And he said unto them, Why do
vail. ye suCh things? for I hear of yoiu: evil
10 The adversaries of the Lord shall dealings by ail this people.
be broken to pièces; out of heaven shall 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good
be thunder upon them: the Lord shall report that I hear: ye make the Lord's
judge the ends of the earth; and he people to transgress.
shall give strength unto his king, and 25 If one man sin against another,
exalt the hom of his anointed. the judge shairjudge him: but if a man
11 And El-ka'-nah went to Ra-mah sin against the Lord, who shall intreat
to his house. And the child did minis- for him? Notwithstanding they heark-
ter unto the Lord before EU the priest. ened not unto the voice of their father,
12 Now the sons of EU were sons of because the Lord would slay them.
Be-U-al; they knew not the Lord. 26 And the child Samuel grew on,
13 And the priest's custom with the and was in favôur both with the Lord,
people was,that,when any man offered and also with mèn.
sacrifice, the priest's servant came, 27 And there came a man of God
while the flesh was in seething, with a unto EU, and said unto him, Thus
fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear
14 And he struck it into the pan, or unto the house of thy father, when
kettle, or caldron, or pot; aU that the they were- in Egypt in Pharaoh's
fleshhook brought up the priest took house?
for himself. So they did in Shi-loh unto 28 And did I choose him out of aU
aU the IsraeUtes that came thither. the tribes of Israël to be my priest, to
15 Also before they bumt the fat, oflfer upon mine altar, to burn incense,
the priest's servant came, and said to to wear an ephod before me? and did I
the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to give unto the house of thy father aU
roast for the priest;for he wiU not have the offerings made by fire of the chil
sodden flesh of thee, but raw. dren of Israël?
16 And if any man said imto him, 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacri
Let them not fail to bum the fat pres- fice and at mine offering, which I have
ently, and then take as much as thy commanded in my habitation; and
soul desireth; then he would answer honourest thy sons above me,to make
him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me yourselves fat with the chiefest of aU
now: and if notj I wiU take it by the offerings of Israël my people?
force. 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Is
17 Wherefore the sin of the young raël saith, I said indeed that thy house,
men was very great before the Lord: and the house of thy father, should
for men abhorred the offering of the walk before me for ever: but now the
Lord. Lord saith, Be it far from me;for them
18 But Samuel ministered before that honour me I will honour,and they
the Lord, heing a chUd, girded with a that despise me shall be lightly es-
Unen ephod. teemed.
19 Moreover his mother made him 31 Behold, the days come, that I
a Utile coat, and brought it to him will eut off thine arm, and the arm of
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thy father's honse,that there shall not didst call me. And EU perceived that
be an old man in thine house. the Lord had caUed the chUd.
32 And thou shalt see an enemy in 9 Therefore EU said unto Samuel,
my habitation, in all the wealth which Go, lie down: and it shaU be,if he caU
God shall give Israël: and there shall thee,thatthou shalt say, Speak,Lord;
not be an old man in thine house for for thy servant heareth. So Samuel
ever.
went and lay down in his place.
33 And the man of thine, whom I 10 And the Lord came, and stood,
shall not eut off from mine altar, shall and called as at other times, Samuel,
he to consume thine eyes, and to grieve Samuel. Then Samuel answered,
thine heart: and aU the increase of Speak; for thy servant heareth.
thine house shall die in the flower of 11 And the Lord said to Samuel,
theirage. Behold, I will do a thing in Israël, at
34 -^d this shall he a sign unto thee, which both the ears of every one that
that shall come upon thy two sons, on heareth it shall tingle.
Hoph-ni and Phin-e-has; in one day 12 In that day I wiU perform
they shall die both of them. against EU all things which I have
35 And I wiU raise me up a faithful spoken conceming his house: when I
priest, that shall do accorcfing to that begin, I wiU also make an end.
wWch is in mine heart and in my 13 For I have told him that I wiU
mind: and I will build him a sure judge his house for ever for the in-
house; and he shall walk before mine iquity which he knoweth; because his
anointed for ever. sons made themselves vUe, and he re-
36 And it shaû come to pass, that strained them not.
every one that is left in thine house 14 And tiierefore I have swom unto
shall come and crouch to blm for a the house of Eli, that the iniquity of
piece of silver and a morsel of bread, EU's house shaU not be purged with
and shall say. Put me,I pray thee,into sacrifice nor offering for ever.
one of the priests' offices, that I may 15 And Samuel lay untU the mom-
eat a piece of bread. ing, and opened the doors of the house
CHAPTER 3 of the Lord. And Samuel feared to
shew EU the vision.
AND the chUd Samuel ministered 16 Then EU caUed Samuel,and said,
/TL imto the Lord before Eli. And Samuel, my son. And he answered,
the Word of the Lord was precious in Here am I.
those days; there was no open vision. 17 And he said, What is the thing
2 And it came to pass at that time, that the Lord hath said unto thee? I
when Eli was laid down in his place, pray thee hide it not from me: God do
and his eyes began to wax dim,that he so to thee, and more also, if thou hide
could not see; any thing from me of aU the things
3 And ere the lamp of God went ont that he said unto thee.
in the temple of the Lord, where the 18 And Samuel told him every whit,
ark of God was, and Samuel was laid and hid nothing from him. And he
down to sleep; said, It is the Lord: let him do what
4 That the Lord called Samuel: and seemeth him good.
he answered, Here am I. 19 Samuel grew, and the LoRD
5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, was with him, and did let none of his
Here am I; for thou calledst me. And words faU to the ground.
he said, I called not; lie down again. 20 And all Israël from Dan even to
And he went and lay down. Be-er-she-ba knew that Samuel was
6 And the Lord called yet again, established to be a prophet ofthe Lord.
Samuel. And Samuel arose and went 21 And the Lord appeared again in
to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou
Shi-loh: for the Lord revealed himself
didst call me. And he answered, I to Samuel in Shi-loh by the word of
called not, my son; lie down again. the Lord.
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the
Lord, neither was the word of the CHAPTER 4
Lord yet revealed unto him. AND the word of Samuel came to aU
8 And the Lord called Samuel again jLX. Israël. Now Israël went ont
the third time. And he arose and went
against the PhUistines to battle, and
to EU, and said, Heré am I; for thou pitched beside Eb-en-e-zer: and the
272 ï SAMUEL 5
Philistines pitched in A-phek»
2 And the Philistines put them-
selves in array against Israël: and
when they joined battle, Israël was
smitten before the Philistines: and
they slew of the army in the field about
four thousand men.
3 And when the people were corne
into the camp,the elders of Israël said, years old; and his eyes were dim, that
Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us
to day before the Philistines? Let us
fetch the ark of the covenant of the
Lord out of Shi-loh unto us, that,
when it cometh among us, it may save
us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shi-loh,that
they might bring from thence the ark
of the covenant of the Lord of hosts,
which dwelleth between the cherubims:
and the two sons of EU, Hoph-ni and
Phin'-e-has, were there with the ark of
the covenant of God.
5 And when the ark of the covenant
of the Lord came into the camp, aU
Israël shouted with a great shout, so
that the earth rang again.
6 And when the PhiUstines heard
the noise of the shout,they said, What
meaneth the noise of this great shout in
the camp of the Hebrews? And they
understood that the ark of the Lord
was come into the camp.
7 And the PhiUstines were afraid, and that her father in law and her hus-
for they said, God is come into the band were dead,she bowed herself and
camp. And they said, Woe unto usî for travaUed; for her pains came upon
there hath not been such a thing here- her.
tofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shaU deUver us
out of the hand of these mighty Gods?
these are the Gods that smote the
Egyptians with aU the plagues in the
wUdemess.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves
Uke men, O ye PhiUstines, that ye be
not servants unto the Hebrews, as
they have been to you: quit yourselves
Uke men, and fight.
10 And the PhUistines fought, and
Israël was smitten, and they fled every
man into his tent: and there was a very
great slaughter; for there feU of Israël
thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken;
and the two sons of EU, Hoph-ni and
Phin'-e-has, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benja
min out of the army,and came to Shi-
loh the same day with his clothes rent,
and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, EU sat
upon a seat by the wayside watching:
for his heart trembled for the ark of
God. And when the man came into the
city, and told it, ail the city cried out.
14 And when EU heard the noise of
the crying, he said, What meaneth the
noise of this tumult? And the man
came in hastily, and told EU.
15 Now EU was ninety and eight
he could not see.
16 And the man said unto EU,I am
he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he
said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answered and
said, Israël is fled before the PhiUs
tines, and there hath been also a great
slaughter among the people, and thy
two sons also, Hoph'-ni and Phin'-e-
has, are dead, and the ark of God is
taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he
made mention of the ark of God, that
he feU from off the seat backward by
the side of the gâté, and his neck
brake, and he died: for he was an old
man, and heavy. And he had judged
Israël forty years.
19 And his daughter in law, Phin-
e-has' wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the ti-
dings that the ark of God was taken,
. 20 And about the time of her death
the women that stood by her said unto
her, Fear not;for thou hast bom a son.
But she answered not, neither did she
regard it
21 And she named the child I^-cha-
bod, saying. Thé glory is departed
from Israël: because the ark of God
was taken, and because of her fattier
in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is de
parted from Israël: for the ark of God
is taken.
CHAPTER 5
,ND the PhiUstines took the ark of
God, and brought it from Eb'-en-
e'-zer unto Ash'-dod.
2 When the PhiUstines took the ark
of God,they brought it into the house
of Da'-gon, and set it by Da'-gon.
3 And when they of Ash'-dod arose
early on the morrow, béhold,^ Da'-gon
was faUen upon his face to the earth
before the ark of the Lord. And they
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took Da'-gon, and set him in his place 2 And the Philistines called for the
again. priests and the diviners, saying, What
4 And when they arose early on the shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell
morrow moming, behold, Da-gon was us wherewith we shall send it to his
fallen upon his face to the groimd be- place.
fore the ark of the Lord; and the head 3 And they said. If ye send away
of Da-gon and both the palms of his the ark of the God of Israël,send it not
hands were ait off upon the threshold; empty; but in any wise retum him a
only the stump of Da-gon was left to trespass ofiering: then ye shall be
him. healed, and it shaU be known to you
5 Therefore neither the priests of why his hand is not removed from
Da-gon, nor any that corne into Da- you.
gon's house, tread on the threshold of 4 Then said they, What shaU he the
Da-gon in Ash-dod unto this day. trespass offering which we shall retum
6 But the hand of the Lord was to him? They answered, Five golden
heavy upon them of Ash-dod, and he emerods, and five golden mice, accord-
destroyed them, and smote them with ing io the number of the lords of the
emerods, even Ash-dod and the coasts Philistines: for one plague was on you
thereof. ail, and on your lords.
7 And when the men of Ash-dod 5 Wherefore ye shall make images
saw that it was so, they said, The ark of your emerods, and images of your
of the God of Israël shall not abide mice that mar the land; and ye shall
with us: for his hand is sore upon us, give glory unto the God of Israël: per-
and upon Da-gon our god. adventure he will lighten his hand
8 Tliey sent therefore and gathered from off you, and from off your gods,
ail the lords of the Philistines unto and from off your land.
them,and said, What shall we do with 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your
the ark of the God of Israël? And they hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
answered, Let the ark of the Grod of Is hardened their hearts? when he had
raël be carried about unto Gath. And wrought wonderfully among them,did
they carried the ark of the God of Is they not let the people go, and they
raël about thither. departèd?
9 And it was so,that, after they had 7 Now therefore make a new cart,
carried it about, the hand of the Lord and take two milch kine, on which
was against the city with a very great there hath come no yoke, and tie the
destruction: and he smote the men of kine to the cart, and bring their calves
the city, both small and great, and home from them:
they had emerods in their secret parts. 8 And take the ark of the Lord,and
10 Therefore they sent the ark of lay it upon the cart;and put the jewels
God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as of gold, which ye retum him for a tres
the ark of God came to Ekron, that pass oflfering, in a coffer by the side
the Ekronites cried out, saying, They thereof; and send it away,that it may
have brought about the ark of the God go.
of Israël to us, to slay us and our peo- 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way
ple. of his own coast to Beth-shemesh,
11 So they sent and gathered to- ihen he hath done us this great eyil:
gether ail the lords of the Philistines, but if not, then we shall know that if
and said, Send away the ark of the is not his hand that smote us; it was a
God of Israël, and let it go again to his chance that happened to us.
own place, that it slay us not, and oiu: 10 And the men did so; and took
people:for there was a deadly destruc two milch kine, and tied them to the
tion throughout ail the city; the hand cart, and shut up their calves at home:
of God Was very heavy there. 11 And they laid the ark of the
12 And the men that died not were Lord upon the cart, and the coffer
smitten with the emerods: and the cry with the mice of gold and the images
of the city went up to heaven. of their emerods.
12 And the kine took the straight
GHAPTER 6 way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and
AND the ark of the Lord was in the went along the highway, lowing as
/\ coimtry of thé Philistines seven they went, and tumed not aside fo the
months. right hand or fo the left; and the lords
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2 And it came to pass, while the ark

of the Philistines went after them unto
the border of Beth-shemesh. abode in Kir'-jath-je-a-rim, that the
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were time was long;for it was twenty years:
reaping their wheat harvest in the val- and ail the house of Israël Isimented
ley: and they lifted up their eyes, and after the Lord.
saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it 3 And Samuel spake unto ail the
14 And the cart came into the field house of Israël, saying, If ye do retum
of Joshua, a Beth—shemite, and stood unto the Lord with ail your hearts,
there, where there was a great stone: then put away the strange gods and
and they clave the wood of the cart, Ash-ta-roth from among you, and pré
and ofîered the kine a bumt ofîering paré your hearts unto the Lord, and
unto the Lord. serve him only: and he will deliver you
15 And the Levites took down the out of the hand of the Philistines.
ark of the Lord, and the coffer that 4 Then the children of Israël did put
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold away Ba'-al-im and Ash'-ta-roth, and
were, and put thevn on the great stoneî served the Lord only.
and the men of Beth-shemesh ofîered 5 And Samuel said, Gather ail Is
bumt offerings and sacrificed sacrificesraël to Miz-peh,and I will pray for you
the same day unto the Lord. unto the Lord.
16 And when the five lords of the 6 And they gathered together to
Philistines had seen it, they retumed Miz-peh, and drew water, and poured
to Ekron the same day. it out before the Lord, and fasted on
17 And these are the golden emer- that day, and said there, We have
ods which the Philistines retumed for sinned against the Lord. And Samuel
a trespass ofîering unto the Lord; for judged the children of Israël in Miz'-
Ash-dod one,for Ga-za one,for As-ke- peh.
lon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 7 And when the Philistines heard
18 And the golden mice, according that the children of Israël were gath
to the number of ail the cities of the ered together to Miz'-peh, the lords of
Philistines belonging to the five lords, the Phfiistines went up against Israël.
hoth of fenced cities, and of country And when the children of Israël heard
villages, even unto the great stone of it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
Abel, whereon they set down the ark 8 And the children of Israël said to
of the Lord: which stone remaineth un Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the
to this day in the field of Joshua, the Lord our God for us, that he will save
Beth-shemite. ^ us out of the hand of the Philistines.
19 And he smote the men of Beth- 9 And Scimuel took a sucking lamb,
shemesh, because they had looked into and ofîered it for a burnt ofîering
the ark of the Lord, even he smote of wholly imto the Lord: and Samuel
the people fifty thousand and three- cried unto the Loim for Israël; and the
score and ten men: and the people la- Lord heard him.
mented,because the Lord had smitten 10 And as Samuel was ofîering up
many of the people with a great the burnt ofîering, the Philistines drew
slaughter. ^^ t, near to battle against Israël: but the
20 And the men of Beth-shemesh Lord thundered with a great thunder
said, Who is able to stand before this on that day upon the Philistines, and
discomfited them; and they were smit
holy Lord God? and to whom shall he ten before Israël.
go up from us? . 11 And the men of Israël went out
21 And they sent messengers to the
inhabitants of Kir'-jath-je'-a-rim, say- of Miz'-peh, and pursued the Philis
ing, The Philistines have brought tines, and smote them,imtil they came
under Beth-car.
again the ark of the Lord; come ye
down, and fetch it up to you. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and
set it between Miz'-peh and Shen, and
CHAPTER 7 called the name of it Eb'-en-e'-zer, say
AND the men of Kir'-jath-je-a-rim ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
/\ came, and fetched up the ark of 13 So the Philistines were subdued,
the Lord, and brought it into the and they came no more into the coast
house of A-bin-a-dab in the hiU, and of Israël: and the hand of the Lord
sanctified E-le-a-zar his son to keep was against the Philistines ail the days
the ark of the Lord. of Samuel.
 I SAMUEL 8, 9 275

. 14 And the cities which the Philis- over you: He will take your sons, and
tines had taken from Israël were rcr appoint them for himself,for his chari
Stored to Israël from Ekron evên unto ots, and to be his horsemen; and some
Gath;and the coasts thereof did lérael shall run before his chariots.
dellver eut of the hands of the Philis- 12 And he will appoint him cap-
tines. And thêre was peace between Is tains over thousands, and captains
raël and the Amorites. over fifties; and wiU set them to par his
15 And Samuel judged Israël ail the ground,and to reap his harvest,and to
days of his Ufe. make his instruments of war, and in
16 And he went from year to year struments of his chariots.
in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and 13 And he will take your daughters
Miz'-peh, and judged Israël in ail those to he confectionaries, and to be cooks,
places. and to be bakers.
17 And his retum was to Ra-mah; 14 And he will take your fields, and
for there was his house; and there he your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
judged Israël; and there he buht an even.the best ofthem,and give them to
altar imto the Lord. his servants. •
15 And he will take the tenth of
CHAPTER 8 your seed, and of your vineyards, and
AND it came to pass, when Samuel give to his ofïicers, and to his servants.
was old, that he made his sons 16 And he will take your menser-
judges over Israël. vants, and your maidservants, and
2 Now the name of his firstbom was your goodliest young men, and your
Jo'-el; and the name of his second, asses, and put them to his work.
A-bi-ah: they were judges in Be-er- 17 He will take the tenth of your
she-ba. sheep: and ye shall be his servante.
3 And his sons walked not in his 18 And ye shall cry out in that day
ways, but tumed aside after lucre, and because of your king which ye shall
took bribes, and perverted judgment. have choseu you; eind the Lord will
4 Then ail the elders of Israël gath- not hear you in that day.
ered themselves together, and came to 19 Nevertheless the people refused
Samuel unto Ra-mah, to obey the voice of Samuel; and they
: 5 And said imto hlm, Behold, thou said, Nay; but we will have a king
art old, and thy sons walk not in thy over us;
ways: now make us a king to judge us 20 That we also may be like ail the
like ail the nations. nations; and that our king may judge
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, us, and go out before us, and fight our
when they said, Give us a long to battles.
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the 21 And Samuel heard ail the words
Lord. of the people, and he rehearsed them
7 And the Lord said imto Samuel, in the ears 6f the Lord.
Hearken unto the voice of the people 22 And the Lord said to Samuel,
in ail that they say unto thee: for they Hearken unto their voice, and make
have not rejected thee, but they have them a king. And Samuel said unto the
rejeçted me, that I should not reign men of Israël, Go ye every man imto
overthem. his city.
8_ According to ail the works which
they have done since the day that I CHAPTER 9
brought them up out pf Egypt even [OW there was a man of Bèpjamin,
imto this day, where\idth they have ] .whose name wa^ Kish,the son of
fprsaken me,and served other gods, so A-bi-èl^ the son of Ze-fbr, the son pf
do they also unto thee, Berçhô^rath, the son of À-phi-ah, a
•9 Now therefore hearken unto their Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly 2 And he had a son, whose name
unto them> and shew them the manner wç^ Saul, a choice young man, and a
of the king that shall reign pver them. gbodly: and there was not among the
: 10 And Samueltold ail the words of children of Ismel a goodlier person
the Lord unto the people that asked thap he: from his shoulders ànd up-
ofhimaking. ward he was higher than any of the
II And he said, This will be the people. î
mannpr of the king that shall reign 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's fa-
276 I SAMUEL 9

ther were lost. And Kish said to Saul behold, Samuel came out against
his son, Take now one of the servants them, for to go up to the high place.
with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 15 Now the Lord had told Samuel
4 And he paissed through mount in his ear a day before Saul came,say-
E-phra-im, and passed through the ing,
land of Shal-i-sha, but they found 16 To morrow about this time I will
them not: then they passed through send thee a man out of the land of Ben
the land of Sha-Iim, and there they jamin, and thou shalt anoint him to he
were not: and he passed through the captain over my people Israël, that he
land of the Benjattiites, but they found may save my people out of the hand
them not. of the Philistines: for I have looked
5 And when they were corne to the upon my people, because their cry is
land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant come unto me.
that M;as with him, Corne, and let us 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the
retum; lest my father leave caring for Lord said unto him, Behold the man
the asses, and take thought for us. whom I spake to thee of! this same
6 And he said unto him, Behold shall reign over my people.
now,there is in this city a man of God, 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel
and he is an honourable man; ail that in the gâte, and said. Tell me, I pray
he saith cometh surely to pass: now thee, where the seer's house is.
let us go thither; peradventure he can 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and
shew us our way that we should go. said, I am the seer: go up before me
7 Then said Saul to his servant. unto the high place; for ye shall eat
But, behold, if we go, what shall we with me to day, and to morrow I will
bfing the man? for the bread is spent let thee go, and will tell thee ail that
in our vessels, and there is not a présent is in thine heart.
to bring to the man of God: what have 20 And as for thine asses that Were
we? lost three days ago, set not thy mind
8 And the servant answered Saul on them; for they are found. And on
again, and said, Behold, I have here at whom is ail the desire of Israël? Is it
hand the fourth part of a shekel of sil- not on thee, and on ail thy father's
ver: that will I give to the man of God, house?
to tell us our way. 21 And Saul answered and said,
9 (Beforetime in Israël, when a man Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest
went to enquire of God,thiis he spake, of the tribes of Israël? and my family
Come, and let us go to the seer: for he the least of ail the familles of the tribe
that is now called a Prophet was be of Benjgimin? wherefore then speakest
foretime called a Seer.) thou so to me?
10 Then said Saul to his servant, 22 And Sëimuel took Saul and his
Well said; come, let us go. So they servant, and brought them into the
went unto the city where the man of parlourj and made them sit in the
God was, chiefest place among them that were
11 And as they went up the hill to bidden, which were about thirty per-
the city, they found young maidens sons.
going out to draw water,and said unto 23 And Samuel said unto the cook,
them, Is the seer here? Bring the portion which I gave thee,
12 And they answered them, and of which I said unto thee. Set it by
said, He is; behold, he is before you: thee.
make haste now,for he came to day to 24 And the cook took up the shoul-
ihe city; for there is a sacrifice of the der, and that which was upon it, and
people to day in the high plàce: set it before Saul. And Samuel said,
13 As soon as ye be come into the Behold that which is left! set it before
city, ye shall straightway find him, be thee, and eat: for unto this time hath
fore he go up to the high place to eat: it been kept for thee since I said, I
for the people will not eat imtil he have invited the people. So Saul did
come, because he doth bless the sacri- eat with Samuel that day.
ficé; and afterwards they eat that be 25 And when they were come down
bidden. Now therefore get you up; for from the high place into the city, Sam
about this time ye shall find him. uel communed with Saul upon the top
14 And they went up into the city: of the house.
and when they were come into the city. 26 And they arose early: and it
 I SAMUEL 10 277

came to pass about the spring of the till I come to thee, and shew thee what
day,that Samuel called Saulto the top thou shalt do.
of the house, saying, Up, that I may 9 And it was sa, that when he had
send thee away. And Saul arose, and tumed his back to go from Samuel,
they went out both of them, he and God gave him another heart: and ail
Samuel, abroad. those signs came to pass that day.
27 And as they were golng down to 10 And when they came thither to
the end of the city, Samuel said to the hill, behold,a company of prophets
Saul, Bid the servant pass on before met him; and the Spirit of God came
us,(and he passed on,) but stand thou upon him, and he prophesied among
still a while, that I may shew thee the them.
Word of God. 11 And it came to pass, when ail
that knew him beforetime saw that,
CHAPTER 10 behold,he prophesied amongthe proph
ets, then the people said one to an
THEN Samuel took a vial of oil,and other, What is this that is come unto
poured it upon his head,and klssed the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the
him, and said, Is it npt because the prophets?
Lord hath anointed thee tp he captain 12 And one of the same place an-
over his inheritance? swered and said. But who is their fa-
2 When thou art departed from me ther? Therefore it became a proverb,Is
to day, then thou shalt find two men Saul also among the prophets?
by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of 13 And when he had made an end
Benjamin at Zel-zah;and they will say of prophesying, he came to the high
unto thee, The asses which thou went- place.
est to seek are found: and, lo, thy fa- 14 And Saurs uncle said unto him
ther hath left the care of the cisses, and and to his servant, Whither went ye?
sorroweth for you, saying, What shall And he said, To seek the asses; and
I do for my son? when we saw that they were ho where,
3 Then shalt thou go on forward we came to Samuel.
from thence, and thou shalt corne to 15 And Saurs uncle said. Tell me,
the plain of Ta'-bor, and there shall I pray thee, what Samuel said unto
meet thee three men going up to God you.
to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He
and another carrying three loaves of told us plainly that the asses were
bread, and another carrying a bottle found. But of the matter of the king-
of wine: dom, whereof Samuel spake, he told
4 And they will salute thee, and him not.
give thee two loaves of bread; which 17 And Samuel called the people
thou shalt receive of their hands. together unto the Lord to Miz-peh;
5 After that thou shalt corne to the 18 And said unto the children of Is
hUl of God, where is the garrison of the raël, Thus saith the Lord God of Is
Philistines; and it shall corne to pass, raël, I brought up Israël out of Egypt,
when thou art corne thither to the city, and delivered you out of the hand of
that thôu shalt meet a company of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of
prophets coming down from the high ail kingdoms, and of them that op-
place with a.psaltery, and a tabret, pressed you:
and a pipe, and a harp, before them; 19 And ye have this day rejected
guid they shall prophesy; your God, who himself saved you out
6 And the Spirit of the Lord will of ail your adversities and your tribu
comeupon thee, and thou shalt proph- lations; and ye have said unto him,
esy with them, and shalt be turned in- Nay, but set a king over us. Now
to another man. therefore présent yourselves before the
7 Ànd let it be, when these signs are Lord by your tribes, and by your
come unto thee, that thou do as occa thousands.
sion serve thee; for God is with thee. 20 And when Samuel had caused ail
8 And thou shalt go down before me the tribes of Israël to come near, the
to Gilgal; and, behold, 1 will come tribe of Benjamin was taken.
down unto thee, tô offer bumt offer- 21 When he had caused the tribe of
ings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace Benjamin to come near by their fami
offerings; seven days shalt thou tarry, lles, the family of Ma-tri was taken.
10
278 I SAMUEL 11, 12
and Saul the son of Kish xvas taken: hewed them in pièces, and sent fkem
and when they spught him, he coiild throughout ail the coasts of Israël by
not be found. the hands of messengers, saying, Who-
22 Therefore they enquired of the soever cometh not forth after Saul and
Lord further, if the man should yet after Samuel, so shall it be done unto
corne thither. And the Lord answered, his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell
Behold,he hath hid himself among the on the people, and they came out with
stufî» one consent.
j2^ And they ran and fetched him 8 And when he numbered them in
thence: and when he stood among the Be'-zek, the children of Israël were
people, he was higher than any of the three hundred thousand, and the men
people from his shoulders and upward. of Judah thirty thousand.
Samuel said to ail the peo- 9 And they said unto the messen
See yé him whom the Lord hath gers that came, Thus shall ye say unto
chosen, that there is none like him the men of Ja-besh-gil-e-ad, To mor-
among ail the people? And ail the peo row, by that time the sun be hot, ye
ple shouted, and said, God save the shall havê help. And the messengers
king. came and shewed it to the men of Ja-
25 Then Seimuel told the people the besh; and they were glad.
manner of the kingdom, and wrote H 10 Therefore the men of Ja-besh
in a book, and laid U up before the said, To morrow we will come out unto
Lord. And Samuel'sent ail the people you, and ye shall do with us ail that
away, every man to his house. seemeth good unto you.
26 And Saul also went home to Gib- 11 And it was so on the morrow,
e-ah; and there \yent with him a band that Saul put the people in three com-
of men,whose hearts God had touched. panies; and they came into the midst
27 But the children of Be'-li-al said, of the host in the moming watch, and
How shall this man save us? And they slew the Ammonites until the heat of
despised him, and brought him no the day: and it came to pass, that they
présents. But he held his peace. which remained were scattered, so
that two of them were not left to-
CHAPTER II gether.
Then Nahash the Ammonite came 12 And the people said unto Sam
up, and encamped against Ja- uel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul
besh-^'-e-ad: and ail the men of Ja- reign over us? bring the men, that we
besh said unto Nahash, Make a cove- may put them to death.
nant with us, and we will serve thee. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a
2 And Nahash the Ammonite an man be put to death this day: for to
swered them. On this condition win I day the Lord hath wrought salvation
make a covenant with you, that I mày in Israël.
thrust out ail your right eyes, and lay 14 Then said Samuel to the people,
it for a reproach upon ail Israël. Come, and let us go to Gilgal; and re-
3 And the elders of Ja'-besh said un new the kingdom there.
to him, Give us seven days' respite, 15 And ail the people went to Gil-
that we may send messengers imto ail gal; and there they made Saul king be
the coasts of Israël: and then, if there fore the Lord in Gilgal; and there they
he no man to save us, we will come out sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings
to thee. before the Lord;and there Saul and âll
4 Then came the messengers to Gib- the men of Israël rejoiced greatly.
e-ah of Saul,and told the tidings in the
CHAPTER 12
ears of the people: and ail the people
lifted up their voices, and wept. AND Samuel said unto ail Israël, Be-
5 And, behold, Saul came after the /V hold, I have hearkened unto your
herd out of the held; and Saùl said, voice in ail that ye said unto me, and
What aileth the people that they have made a king over you.
weep? And they told him the tidings 2 And now, behold, the king walk-
of the men of Ja-besh. eth before you: and I am old and gray-
6 And the Spirit of God came upon héaded; and, behold, my sons are with
Saul when he heard those tidings, and you: and I have walked before you
his anger was kindled greatly. from my childhood unto this day.
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and 3 Behold,here I am;witness against
 I SAMUEL 13 279

me before the Lord, and before bis Lord, then shall both ye and also the
anointed: whose ox have I taken? or king that reigneth over you continue
whose ass have I taken? or whom have foUowing the Lord your God:
I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? 15 But if ye will not obey the voice
or of whose hand have I received any ofthe Lord,but rebel against the com
bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? mandment of the Lord,then shall the
and I will restore it you. hand of the Lord be against you, as it
4 And they said, Thou hast not de was against your fathers.
frauded us, nor oppressed us, neither 16 Now therefore stand and see this
hast thou taken ought of any man's great thing, which the Lord will do be
hand. fore your eyes.
5 And he said unto them, The Lord 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I
is witness against you,and his anointed will call unto the Lord, and he shall
is witness this day, that ye have not send thunder and rain; that ye may
found ought in my hand. And they an- perceive and see that your wickedness
swered, He is witness. is great, which ye have done in the
6 And Samuel said unto the people, sight of the Lord,in asking you a king.
It is the Lord that advanced Moses 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord;
and Aaron, and that brought your fa- and the Lord sent thunder and rain
thers up out of the land of Egypt. that day: and ail the people greatly
7 Now therefore stand still, that I feared the Lord and Samuel.
may reason with you before the Lord 19 And ail the people said unto
of ail the righteous acts of the Lord, Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto
which he did to you and to your fa- the Lord thy God,that we die not:for
thers. we have added unto ail our sins this
8 When Jacob was come into evil, to ask us a king.
Egypt,and your fathers cried unto the 20 And Samuel said unto the peo
Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and ple, Fear not: ye have done ail this
Aaron, which brought forth your fa wickedness: yet tum not aside from
thers out of Egypt, and made them following the Lord, but serve the
dwell in this place. Lord with ail your heart;
9 And when they forgat the Lord 21 And tum ye not aside: for then
their God, he sold them into the hand should ye go after vain things, which
of Sis-e-ra, captain of the host of Ha- cannot profit nor deliver; for they are
zor, and into the hand of the Philis- vain.
tines, and into the hand of the king of 22 For the Lord will not forsake his
Moab, and they fought against them. people for his great name's sake: be
10 And they cried unto the Lord, cause it hath pleased the Lord to make
and said, We have sinned, because we you his people.
have forsaken the Lord, and have 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid
served Ba-al-im and Ash-ta-roth: but that I should sin against the Lord in
now deliver us out of the hand of our ceasing to pray for you: but I will
enemies, and we will serve thee. teach you the good and the right way:
11 And the Lord sent Je-rub-ba-al, 24 Only fear the Lord, and serve
and Be'-dan, and Jeph'-thah, and Sam him in tmth with ail your heart: for
uel, and delivered you out of the hand consider how great things he hath done
of your enemies on every side, and ye for you.
dwelled safe. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly,
12 And when ye saw that Nahash ye shall be consumed, both ye and
the king of the children of Ammon your king.
came against you, ye said unto me,
Nay; but a king shall reign over us: CHAPTER 13
when the Lord your God was your SAUL reigned one year; and when he
king. had reigned two years over Israël,
13 Now therefore behold the king 2 Saul chose him three thousand
whom ye have chosen, and whom ye men of Israël; whereof two thousand
have desiredl and, behold^ the Lord were with Saul in Mich-mash and in
hath set a king over you. mount Beth-el, and a thousand were
14 If ye will fear the Lord, and with Jonathan in Gib-e-ah of Benja
serve him,and obey his voice, and not min: and the rest of the people he sent
rebel against the commandment of the every man to his tent.
280 I SAMUEL 14
3 And Jonathan smote the garrison
of the Phîllstines that was in Ge-ba,
and the Philistines-heard of it. And
Saul blew the tmmpet throughout ail
the land» saying, Let the Hebrews
hear.
4 And ail Israël heard say that Saul
had smitten a garrison of the Philis
tines, and that Israël also was had in
abomiiiation with the Philistines. And
the people were called together after
Saul to Gilgal.
5 And the Philistines gathered
themselves together to fight with Is
raël, thirty thousand chariots, and six
thousand horsemen, and people as the
sand which is on the sea shore in mul
titude; and they came up, and pitched
in Mich-mash, eastward from Beth-
a'-ven.
6 When the men of Israël saw that
they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people did
hlde themselves in caves, and in thick-
ets, and in rocks, and in high places,
2uid in pits.
7 And some of the Hebrews went
over Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gil
gal, and ail the people followed him
trembling.
8 And he tarried seven days, ac-
cording to the set time that Samuel
had appointed: but Samuel came not to
Gilgal; and the people were scattered
from him.
9 And Saul said, Bring hither a
bumt ofîering to me, and peace offer-
ings. And he offered the biurnt ofîer
ing. forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen
10 And it came to pass,that as soon the goads.
as he had made an end of ofîering the
bumt ofîering, behold, Samuel came; battle, that there was neither sword
and Saul went out to meet him,that he nor spear found in the hand of any of
might salute him. the people that were with Saul and
11 And Samuel said, What hast
thou done? And Saul said, Because I
saw that the people were scattered
from me, and that thou camest not
within the days appointed, and that
the Philistines gathered themselves to
gether at Mich-mash;
12 Therefore said I, The Philistines
will come down now upon me to Gil-
gEd,and I have not made supplication
unto the Lord: I forced myself there
fore, and ofîered a bumt ofîering.
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou
hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandment of the Lord thy
God, which he commanded thee: for
now would the Lord have established
thy kingdom upon Israël for ever.
14 But now thy kingdom shail not
continue: the Lord hath sought him a
man after his own hecirt, and the Lord
hath commanded him to he captain
over his people, because thou hast not
kept that which the Lord commanded
thee.
15 And Samuel arose, and gat him
up from Gilgal unto Gib-e-ah of Ben
jamin. And Saul numbered the people
that were présent with him, about six
hundredmen.
16 Aiid Saul, and Jonathan his son,
and the people that were présent with
them, abode in Gib-e-ah of Benjamin:
but the Philistines encamped in Mich-
mash.
17 And the spoilers came out of the
camp ofithe Philistines in three com-
panies: one company tumed unto the
way that leadeth to Oph-rah, unto the
land of Shu'-al:
18 And another company tumed
the way to Beth-ho-ron: and another
company tumed to the way of the bor
der that looketh to the valley of Ze-
bo-im toward the wildemess.
19 Now there was no smith found
throughout ail the land of Israël: for
the Philistines said. Lest the Hebrews
make them swords or spears:
20 But ail the Israélites went down
to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his
axe, and his mattock.
21 Yet they had a file for the mat-
tocks, cind for the coulters, and for the
22 So it came to pass in the day of
Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jon
athan his son was there found.
23 And the garrison of the Philis
tines went out to the passage of l^ch-
mash.
CHAPTER 14
NOW it came to pass upon a day,
that Jonathan the son of Saul
said unto the young m£Ui that bare his
armour, Come, and let us go over to
the Philistines' garrison, that is on the
other side. But he told not his father.
2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost
part of Gib-e-ah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Mig^ron: and the peo-
 I SAMUEL 14 281

pie that were with hdm were about six was about twenty men, within as it
hundred men; were an half acre of land, which a yoke
3 And A-hi'-ah, the son of A-hi-tub, ofoxen mighi plow.
I^ha-bod's brother,the son of Phin-e- 15 And theré was trembling in the
has,thé son of EU,the Lord's priest in host, in the field, and among aU the
Shi-loh, wearing an ephod. And the people: the garrison, and the spoUers,
people knew ndt that Jonathan was they also trembled, and the earth
gone. quaked: so it was a very great trem
4 And between the passages, by bling.
which Jonathan sought to go over un- 16 And the watchmen of Saul in
to the PhiUstines' garrison, theré was a Gib-e-ah of Benjamin looked;and; be
Sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp hold, the multitude melted away, and
rock on the other side: and thé name they went on beating down one an-
ofthe one was Bo-zez,and the name of other.
the other Se-neh. 17 Then said Saul unto the people
5 The forefront of the one was situ- that were with him, Number now,and
ate northward over against Mich- see who is gone from us. And when
mash, and the other southward over they had numbered, béhold, Jonathan
against Gib-e-ah. and his armourbearer were not there.
6 Aiid Jonathan said to the young 18 And Saul said imto A-hi-ah,
man that bare bis armour, Come, and Bring hither thé ark of God. For the
let us go over unto the garrison of ark of God was at that time with the
these uncircumcised: it may be that children of Israël.
the Lord will work for us: for there is 19 And it came to pass, while Saul
no restraint to the Lord to save by talked imto the priest, that the noise
many or by few. that was in the host of the PhiUstines
7 And his armourbearer said unto went on and increased: and Saul said
him. Do ail that is in thine heart: tum unto the priest, Withdraw thine
thee; behold, I am with thee according hand.
to thy heart. 20 And Saul and aU the people that
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we were with him assembled themselves,
will pass over unto these men, and we and they came to the battle: and, be
wiU discover ourselves unto them. hold, every man's sword was against
9 If they say thus imto us, Tafry his feUow, and there was a very great
until we come to you; then we wUl discomUture.
stand stiU in our place, and wiU not go 21 Moreover the Hebrews that were
up unto them. with the PhiUstines before that time,
10 But if they say thus, Come up which went up with them into the
imto us; then we wiU go up: for the camp from the coùniry round about,
Lord hath deUvered them into our even they also tumed to be with the
hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. Israélites that were with Saul and Jona
11 And both of them discovered than.
themselves unto the garrison of the 22 Likewise aU the men of Israël
PhiUstines: and the PhiUstines said, which had hid themselves in mount
Behold, the Hebrews come forth out E-phra-im, when they heard that the
of the holes where they had hid them PhiUstines fled, even they also fol-
selves. lowed hard after them in the battle.
12 And the men of the garrison an- 23 So the Lord saved Israël that
swered Jonathan and his armourbear day: and the battle passed over unto
er, and S3id, Come up to us, and we Beth-a-ven.
wiU shew you a thing. And Jonathan 24 And the men of Israël were dis-
said imto his armourbearer, Come up tressed that day: for Saul had adjured
after me: for the Lord hath deUvered the people, saying, Cursed be the man
them into the hand of Israël. that eateth any food until evening,
13 And Jonathan cUmbed up upon that I may be avenged on mine ene-
his hahds and upon his feet, and his mies. So none of the people tasted any
armourbearer after him: and they feU food.
before Jonathan; and his armourbear 25 And aU they of the land came to
er slew after him. a wood; and there was honey upon the
14 And that first slaughter, whichground.
Jonathàn and his armourbearer made, 26 And when the people were come
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Into the wood, behold, the honey Shall I go down after the Philistines?
dropped; but no man put bis hand to wilt thou deliver them into the hand
his mouth: for the people feared the of Israël? But he answered hdm not
oath. that day.
27 But Jonathan heard not.when 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near
his father charged the people with the hither, ail the chief of the people: and
oath: wherefore he put forth the end know and see wherein this sin hath
of the rod that was in his hand, and been this day.
dipped it in an honeycomb, and put 39 For, as the Lord liveth, which
his hand to his mouth; and his eyes saveth Israël,though it be in Jonathan
were enlightened. my son, he shall surely die. But there
28 Then answered one of the peo was not a man among ail the people
ple, and said, Thy father straitly that answered him.
charged the people with an oath, say- 40 Then said he unto ail Israël, Be
ing, Cursed he the man that eateth any ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my
food this day. And the people were son will be on the other side. And the
faint. people said unto Saul, Do what seem
29 Then said Jonathan, My father eth good unto thee.
hath troubled the land: see, I pray 41 Therefore Saul said unto the
you, how mine eyes have been enlight Lord God of Israël, Give a perfect lot
ened, because 1 tasted a little of this And Saul and Jonathan were taken:
honey. but the people escaped.
30 How much more, if haply the 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between
people had eaten freely to day of the me and Jonathan my son. And Jona
spoil of their enemies which they than was taken.
found? for had there not been now a 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell
much greater slaughter among the me what thou hast done. And Jona
Philistines? than told him, and said, I did but
31 And they smote the Philistines taste a little honey with the end of the
that day from Michrmash to Aij-a-lon: rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I
and the people were very faint. must die.
32 And the people flew upon the 44 And Saul answered, God do so
spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and and more also: for thou shalt surely
calves, and slew them on the ground: die, Jonathan.
and the people did eat them with the 45 And the people said imto Saul,
blood. Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought
33 Then they told Saul, saying, Be- this great salvation in Israël? God for-
hold, the people sin against the Lord, bid: as the Lord liveth, there shaU not
in that they eat with the blood. And he one hair of his head fall to the ground;
said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great for he hath wrought with God this day.
stone unto me this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that
34 And Saul said. Disperse your- he died not.
selves among the people^ and say unto 46 Then Saul went up from follow-
them, Bring me hither every man his ing the Philistines: and the Philistines
ox, and every man his sheep, and slay went to their own place.
them here, and eat; and sin not against 47 So Saul took the kingdom over
the Lord in eating with the blood. Israël, and fought against ail his ene
And ail the people brought every man mies on every side, against Moab, and
his ox with him that night, and slew against the children of Ammon, and
them there. against Edom,and ag£dnst the kings of
35 And Saul built an altar unto the Zobah, and against the Philistines:
Lord:the same was the flrst altar that and whithersoever he tumed himself,
he built imto the Lord. he vexed them.
36 And Saul said, Let us go down 48 And he gathered an host, and
after the Philistines by night,and spoil smote the Am-a-lek-ites, and delivered
them until the moming light, and let Israël out of the hands of them that
us not leave a man of them. And they spoiled them.
said. Do whatsoever seemeth good un 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jona
to thee. Then said the priest, Let us than, and Ish-u-i, and Mer-chi-shu-a:
draw near hither unto God. and the names of his two daughters
37 And Saul asked counsel of God, were these; the name of the firstbom
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Me-irab, and the name of the younger up Saul to be king:for he is tumed back
Mi-chal: from foUowing me, and hath not per-
50 And the name of Saul's wife was formed my commandments. And it
A-hin'-o-am, the daughter of A-him-a- grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the
az: and the name of the captain of his Lord ail night.
host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's 12 And when Samuel rose early to
uncle. meet Saul in the moming, it was told
5X And Kish ivos the father of Saul; Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel,
and Ner the father of Abner was the and, behold, he set him up a place, ànd
son of A-bi-el. is gone about, and passed on,and gone
52 And there was sore war against down to Gilgal.
the Philistines ail the days of Saul: and 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and
when Saul saw any strong man» or any Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of
valiant man« he took him unto him* the Lord: I have performed the com-
mandment of the Lord.
CHAPTER 15 14 And Samuel said, What meaneih
SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The then this bleating of the sheep in mine
Lord sent me to anoint thee to be ears, and the lowing of the oxen which
king over his people, over Israël: now I hear?
therefore hearken thou unto the voice 15 And Saul said, They have
of the words of the Lord. brought them from the Am'-a-lek-ites:
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I for the people spared the best of the
remember ihat which Am-a-lek did to sheep and of the oxen> to sacrifice unto
Israël, how he laid wait for him in the the Lord thy God; and the rest we
way, when he came up from Egypt. have utterly destroyed.
3 Now go and smite Am-a-lek, and 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul,
utterly destroy ail that they have,and Stay, and I will tell thee what the
spare them not; but slay both man and Lord hath said to me this night. And
woman, infant and suckling, ox and he said unto him, Say on.
sheep, camel and ass. 17 And Samuel said, When thou
4 And Saul gathered the people to- wast littie in thine own sight, wast thou
gether, and numbered them in Tel-a- not mode the head of the tribes of Is
im, two hundred thousand footmen, raël, and the Lord anointed thee khig
and ten thousand.men of Judah. over Israël?
5 And Saul came to a city of Am-a- 18 And the Lord sent thee on a
lek, and laid wait in the valley. joumey, and said. Go and utterly de
6 And Saul said unto the Ken-ites, stroy the sinners the Am-a-lek-ites,
Go,départ, get you down from among and fight against them until they be
the Am-a-lek-ites, lest I destroy you consumed.
with them: for ye shewed kindness to 19 Wherefore then didst thou not
ail the chUdren of Israël, when they obey the voice of the Lord, but didst
came up out of Egypt. So the Ken-ites fiy upon the spoil, and didst evil in the
departed from among the Am-a-lek- sight of the Lord?
ites. 20 And Saul said unto Samuel,Yea,
7 And Saul smote the Am-a-lek-ites I have obeyed the voice of the Lord,
from Hav'-i-lah unhZ thou comest to and have gone the way which the Lord
Shur,that is over against Egypt. sent me, and have brought Agag the
8 And he took Agag the king of the king of Am-a-lek,and have utterly de
Am-a-lek-ites alive, and utterly de- stroyed the Am-a-lek-ites.
stroyed ail the people with the edge of 21 But the people took of the sppU,
the sword. sheep and oxen,the chief of the thing^
9 But Saul and the people spared which should have been utterly de
Agag, and the best of the sheep, and stroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and God in Gilgal.
the lambs, and ail ihat was good, and 22 And Samuel said, Hath the
would not utterly destroy them: but Lord 05 greotdelight in bumt offerings
every thing ihat was vile and refuse, and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice
that they destroyed utterly. of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better
10 Then came the word of the Lord than sacrifice, and to hearken than the
unto Samuel, saying, fat of ràms.
11 It rep^teth me that I have set 23 For rébellion is as the sin of
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witchcraft, and stubbomness is as in- provided me a king among his sons.

iqnity and idolatry. Because thou hast 2 And Samuel said, How can I go?
rejected the word of the Lord,he hath if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the
also rejected thee from heing king. Lord said, Take an heifer with thee,
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I and say, I am come to sacrifice to the
have sinned: for I have transgressed Lord.
the commandment of the Lord, and 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and
thy words: because 1 feared the peo- I will shew thee what thou shalt do:
ple, and obeyed their voice. and thou shalt anoint unto me him
25 New therefore, I pray thee, par whom I name unto thee.
don my sin, and tum agaln with me, 4 And Samuel did that which the
that I may worship the Lord. Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I And the elders of the town tfembled at
will not retum with thee: for thou hast his coming, and said, Comest thou
rejected the word of the Lord,and the peaceably?
Lord hath rejected thee from being 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am
king over Israël. come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanc-
27 And as Samuel tumed about to tify yourselves, and come with me to
go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse
his mantle, and it rent. and his sons, and called them to the
28 And Samuel said unto him, The sacrifice.
Lord hath rént the kingdom of Israël 6 And it came to pass, when they
from thee this day, and hath given it were come, that he looked on E-li-ab,
to a neighbour of thlne, that is better and said, Surely the Lord's anointed
than thou. is before him.
29 And also the Strength of Israël 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel,
will not lie nor repent: for he is not a Look not on his countenance, or on the
man, that he should repent. height of his stature: because I have
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet refused him: for the LORD seeth not as
honour me now, I pray thee, before man seeth;for man looketh on the out-
the elders of my people, and before Is ward appearance, but the Lord look
raël, and tum again with me, that I eth on the heart.
may worship the Lord thy God. 8 Then Jesse called A-bin'-a-dab,
31 So Samuel turned again after and made him pass before Samuel.
Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord. And he said, Neither hath the Lord
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye chosen this.
hither to me Agag the king of the Am- 9 Then Jesse made Sham-mah to
a-lek-ites. And Agag came unto him pass by. And he said, Neither hath the
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the Lord chosen this.
bittemess of death is past. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his
33 And Samuel said. As thy sword sons to pass before Samuel. And Sam
hath made women childless, so shall uel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not
thy mother be childless among women. chosen these.
And Samuel hewed Agag in pièces be- 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are
fote the Lord in Gilgal. here ail thy children? And he said,
34 Then Samuel went to Ra'-mah; There remaineth yet the youngest,
and Saul went up to his house to Gib- and, béhold, he keepeth the sheep.
e-ah of Saul. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and
35 And Samuel came no more to see fetch him: for we will not sit down till
Saul until the day of his death: never- he come hither.
theless Samuel moumed for Saul: and 12 And he sent, and brought him in.
the Lord repented that he had made Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
Saul king over Israël. beautiful countenance, and goodly to
look to. And the Lord said, Arise,
CHAPTER 16 anoint him: for this is he.
AND the Lord said imto Samuel, 13 Then Samuel took the hom of
J\ How long wilt thou moum for oil, and anointed him in the midst of
Saul, seeing I have rejected him from his brethren: and the Spirit of the
reigning over Israël? fill thine hom Lord came upon David from that day
with oil, and go, I will send thee to forward. So Samuel rose up, and went
Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have to Ra-mah.
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14 But the Spirit of the Lord de- out of the camp of the Phlllstlnes,
parted from Saul, and an evil spirit named Goliath, of Gath, whose helght
from the Lord troubled him. was six cublts and à span.
15 And Saurs servants said unto 5 And he had an helmet of brass
him, Behold now, an evil spirit from upon hls head, and he was armed wlth
God troubleth thee. a coat of mail; and the welght of the
16 Let our lord now command thy coat was five thousand shekels of
servants, which are before thee, to seek brass.
out a man, who is a cunnlng player on 6 And he had greaves of brass upon
an harp; and It shall come to pass, hls legs, and a target of brass between
when the evil spirit from God Is upon hls shoulders.
thee, that he shall play wlth hls hand, 7 And the staff of hls spear was Ilke
and thou shalt be well. a weaver's beam; and hls spear's head
17 And Saul sald unto hls servants. weighed six hundred shekels of Iron:
Provide me now a man that can play and one bearing a shleld went before
well, and bring him to me. him.
18 Then answered one of the ser 8 And he stood and cried unto the
vants, and sald, Behold, 1 have seen a armies of Israël, and sald unto them,
son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is Why are ye come out to set your battle
cunnlng In playlng, and a mlghty val- In array? am not I a Phlllstine, and ye
lant man, and a man of war, and pru servants to Saul? choose you a man
dent In matters, and a comely person, for you, and let him come down to me.
and the Lord is wlth him. 9 If he be able to fight wlth me,and
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers to klll me, then wlll we be your ser
unto Jesse, and sald, Send me David vants: but If I prevall agalnst him,and
thy son, whlch is wlth the sheep. klll him,then shall ye be our servants,
20 And Jesse took an ass laden wlth and serve us.
bread, and a bottle of wlne, and a kid, 10 And the Phlllstine sald, I defy
and sent them by David hls son unto the armies of Israël thls day; give me a
Saul. man, that we may fight together.
21 And David came to Saul, and 11 When Saul and ail Israël heard
stood before him: and he loved him those words of the Phlllstine, they
greatly; and he became hls armour- were dlsmayed, and greatly afrald.
bearer. 12 Now David was the son of that
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saylng, Eph-rath-lte of Beth-lehem-judah,
Let David, 1 pray thee, stand before whose name was Jesse; and he had
me; for he hath found favour In my elght sons: and the man went among
slght. men for an old man In the days of Saul.
23 And It came to pass, when the 13 And the three eldest sons of
evil spirit from God was upon Saul, Jesse went and followed Saul to the
that David took an harp, and played battle: and the names of hls three sons
wlth hls hand: so Saul was refreshed, that went to the battle were E-ll-ab
and was well, and the evil spirit de- the firstborn, and next unto him A-
parted from him. bln-a-dab, and the thlrd Sham'-mah.
14 And David was the youngest:
CHAPTER 17 and the three eldest followed Saul.
NOW the Phlllstlnes gathered to- 15 But David went and returned
gether thelr armies to battle, and from Saul to feed hls fa;theris sheep at
were gathered together at Sho-choh, Beth-lehem.
whlch belongeth to Judah, and pitched 16 And the Phlllstine drew near
between Sho'-choh and A-ze-kah, In mornlng and evening, and presented
E-phes-dam'-mlm. hlmself forty days.
2 And Saul and the men of Israël 17 And Jesse sald unto David hls
were gathered together, and pitched son, Take now for thy bjethren an
by the valley of E-lah,and set the bat ephah of thls parched com, and these
tle In array agalnst the Phlllstlnes. ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy
3 And the Phlllstlnes stood on a brethren;
mountaln on the one slde, and Israël 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto
stood on a mountaln on the other slde: the captaln of their thousand, and look
and there was a valley between them. how thy brethren fare, and take thelr
4 And there went out a champion pledge.
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19 Now Saul, and they, and ail the them before Sauh and he sent for him.
men of Israël, wer.e in the valley of 32 And David said to Saul, Let no
E-lah, fighting with the Philistines. man's heart fail because of him; thy
20 And David rose up early in the servant will go and fight with this
moming, and left the sheep with a Philistine.
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse 33 And Saul said to David, Thou
had commanded him; and he came to art not able to go against this Philis
the trench, as the host was going forth tine to fight with him: for thou art but
to the fight, and shouted for the battle. a youth, and he a man of war from his
21 For Israël and the Philistines youth.
had put the battle in array, army 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy
against army. servant kept his father's sheep, and
22 And David left his carriage in there came a lion,and a bear,and took
the hand of the keeper of the carriage, a lamb out of the fiock:
and ran into the army, and came and 35 And I went out after him, and
saluted his brethren. smote him, and delivered it out of his
23 And as he talked with them, be- mouth: and when he arose against me,
hold, there came up the champion,the I caught him by his beard, and smote
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, him, and slew him.
out of the armies of the Philistines, 36 Thy servant slew both the lion
and spake according to the Scune and the bear: and this uncircumcised
words: and David heard them. Philistine shall be as one of them, see-
24 And ail the men of Israël, when ing he hath defied the armies of the
they saw the man,fled from him, and living God.
were sore afraid. 37 David said moreover, The Lord
25 And the men of Israël said, Have that delivered me out of the paw of the
ye seen this man that is come up? lion, and out of the paw of the bear,
surely to defy Israël is he come up: and he will deUver me out of the hand of
it shall be, that the man who killeth this Philistine. And Saul said unto
him, the king will enrich him with David, Go,and the Lord be with thee.
great riches, and will give him his 38 And Saul armed David with his
daughter, and make his father's house armour, and he put an helmet of brass
free in Israël. upon his head; also he armed him with
26 And David spake to the men a coat of mail.
that stood by him, saying, What shall 39 And David girded his sword up
be done to the man that killeth this on his armour, and he assayed to go;
Philistine, and taketh away the re- for he had not proved it. And David
proach from Israël? for who is this un- said unto Saul, I cannot go with these;
circumcised Philistine, that he should for I have not proved them. And David
defy the armies of the living God? put them off him.
27 And the people answered him 40 And he took his staff in his hand,
after this manner, saying, So shall it and chose him five smooth stones out
be done to the man that killeth him. of the brook, and put them in a shep-
28 And E-li'-ab his eldest brother herd's bag which he had, even in a
heard when he spake unto the men; scrip; and his sling was in his hand:and
and E-li'-ab's anger was kindled he drew near to the Philistine.
against David, and he said, Why C2un- 41 And the Philistine came on and
est thou down hither? and with whom drew near unto David; and the man
hast thou left those few sheep in the that bare the shield went before him.
wildemess? I know thy pride, and the 42 And when the Philistine looked
naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art about, and saw David, he disdained
come down that thou mightest see the him:for he was but a youth,and ruddy,
battle. and of a fair countenance.
29 And David said, What have I 43 And the Philistine said unto Da
now done? Is there not a cause? vid, Am I a dog, that thou comest to
30 And he tumed from him toward me with staves? and the Philistine
another, and spake after the same cursed David by his gods.
manner: and the people answered him 44 And the Philistine said to David,
again after the former manner. Come to me, and I will give thy flesh
31 And when the words were heard unto the fowls of the air, and to the
which David spake, they rehearsed beasts of the field.
 I SAMUEL 18
45 Then said David to the Philis-
tine, Thou comest to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a shield:
but I come to thee in the name of the
Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israël, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will the Lord deliver
thee into mine hand; and I will smite
thee, and take thine head from thee;
and I will give the carcases of the host
of the Philistines this day unto the
fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts
of the earth; that ail the earth may
know that there is a God in Israël.
47 And ail this assembly shall know
that the Lord saveth not with sword
2ind spear: for the battle is the Lord's,
and he will give you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the
Philistine arose, and came and drew
nigh to meet David, that David
hasted, and ran toward the army to
meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his
bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and smote the Philistine in his
forehead, that the stone sunk into his
forehead; and he fell upon his face to
the earth.
50 So David prevailed over the
Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and smote the Philistine, and
slew him; but there was no sword in the
hand of David.
51 Therefore David ran, and stood
upon the Philistine, and took his
sword, and drew it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him, and eut off his
head therewith. And when the Philis
tines saw their champion was dead,
they fled.
52 And the men of Israël and of Ju-
dah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, until thou come to the
Valley, and to the gâtes of Ekron. And
the wounded of the Philistines fell
down by the way to Sha-a-ra-im, even
unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
53 And the children of Israël re-
tumed from chasing after the Philis
tines, and they spoiled their tents.
54 And David took the head of the
Philistine, and brought it to Jérusa
lem; but he put his armour in his
tent.
55 And when Saul saw David go
forth against the Philistine, he said un
to Abner, the captain of the host, Ab-
ner, whose son is this youth? And Ab
ner said. As thy soul liveth, O king, I
cannot tell.
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56 And the king said, Enquire thou
whose son the stripling is.
57 And as David retumed from the
slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took
him,and brought him before Saul with
the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul said to him, Whose son
art thou, thou young man? And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant
Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
CHAPTER 18
AND it came to pass, when he had
l\ made an end of speaking unto
Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was
knit with the soul of David,and Jona
than loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day, and
would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made
a covenant, because he loved him as
his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of
the robe that was upon him, and gave
it to David, and his garments, even to
his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
5 And David went out whitherso-
ever Saul sent him, and behaved him
self wisely: and Saul set him over the
men of war,and he was accepted in the
sight of ail the people, and also in the
sight of Saurs servants.
6 And it came to pass as they came,
when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, that the
women came out of ail cities of Israël,
singing and dancing, to meet king
Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with
instruments of musick.
7 And the women answered âne an-
other as they played, and said, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David
his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and the
saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten
thousands, and to me they have as
cribed but thousands: and what can he
have more but the kingdom?
9 And Saul eyed David from that
day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on the mor-
row, that the evil spirit from God
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in
the midst of the house: and David
played with his hand, as at other
times: and there was a javelin in SauPs
hand.
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11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the
said, I wiU smite David even to the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's
wall with it And David avoided out of enemies. But Saul thought to make
his presence twice» David fall by the hand of the Philis
12 And Saul was afraid of David, tines.
because the Lord was with him, and 26 And when his servants told Da
was departed from Saul. vid these words, it pleased David well
13 Iherefore Saul removed him to be the king's son in law: and the
from him, and made him his captain days were not expired.
over a thousand; and he went out and 27 Wherefore David arose and
came in before the people. went, he and his men, and slew of the
14 And David behaved himself Philistines two hundred men; and Da
wisely in ail his ways; and the Lord vid brought their foreskins, and they
was with him, gave them in full taie to the king, that
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he might be the king's son in law. And
he behaved himself very wisely, he Saul gave him Mi-chal his daughter to
was afraid of him. wife.
16 But ail Israël and Judah loved 28 And Saul saw and knew that the
David, because he went out and came Lord was with David, and that Mi-
in before them. chal Saul's daughter loved him.
17 And Saul said to David, Behold 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid
my elder daughter Me-rab, her will I of David; and Saul became David's
give thee to wife: only be thou valiant enemy continually.
for me, and fight the Lord's battles. 30 Then the princes of the Philis
For Saul said, Let not mine hand be tines went forth: and it came to pass,
upon him, but let the hand of the Phil- after they went forth, that David be
istines be upon him. haved himself more wisely than ail the
18 And David said unto Saul, Who servants of Saul; so that his name was
am I? and what is my life, or my fa- much set by.
ther's family in Israël, that I should be
son in law to the king? CHAPTER 19
19 But it came to pass at the time AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son,
when Me-rab Saul's daughter should jt\ and to ail his servants, that they
have been given to Da^dd, that she should kill David.
was given unto A-dri-el the Me-hol- 2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted
ath-ite to wife. much in David: and Jonathan told
20 And Mi-chal SauFs daughter David, saying, Saul my father seeketh
loved David: and they told Saul, and to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee,
the thing pleased him. take heed to thyself until the moming,
21 And Saul said, I will give him and abide in a secret place, and hide
her, that she may be a snare to him, thyself:
and that the hand of the Philistines 3 And I will go out and stand beside
may be against him. Wherefore Saul my father in the field where thou art,
said to David, Thou shalt this day be and I will commune with my father of
my son in law in the âne of the twain. thee; and what I see, that I will tell
22 And Saul commanded his ser thee.
vants, saying, Commune with David 4 And Jonathan spake goôd of Da
secretly, and say, Behold, the king vid unto Saul his father, and said unto
hath delight in thee, and ail his ser him, Let not the king sin against his
vants love tlîee: now therefore be the servant, against David; because he
king's son in law. hath not sinned'against thee, and be
23 And Saul's servants spake those cause his Works have heen to thee-ward
words in the ears of David. And David very good:
said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to 5 For he did put his life in his hand,
be a king's son in law,seeing that I am 2ind slew the Philistine, and the Lord
a poor man, and lightly esteemed? wrought a great salvation for ail Is
24 And the servants of Saul told raël: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:
him, saying. On this manner spake wherefore then wilt thou sin against
David. innocent blood, to slay David without
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say a cause?
to David, The king desireth not any 6 And Saul hearkened unto the
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voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As over them,the Spirit of God was upon
the Lord liveth, he shall net be slain. the messengers of Saul, and they also
7 And Jonathan called David, and prophesied.
Jonathan shewed him ail those things. 21 And when it was told Saul, he
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, sent other messengers, and they pro
and he was in his presence, as in times phesied likewise. And Saul sent mes
pasti sengers again the third time, and they
8 And there was war again: and Da prophesied also.
vid went ont, and fought with the 22 Ihen weijt he also to Ra-mah,
PMistines,and slew them with a great and came to a great well that is in Se-
slaughter; and they fled from him. chu: and he asked and said, Where are
9 And the evil spirit from the Lord Samuel and David? And one said, Be
was upon Saul, as he sat in his house hold, they be at Na'-ioth in Ra-mah.
with his javelin in his hand:and David 23 And he went thither to Na-ioth
played with Jus hand. in Ra-mah: and the Spirit of God was
10 And Saul sought to smite David upon him also, and he went on, and
even to the wall with the javelin; but prophesied, until he came to NaMoth
he slipped away out of SauPs presence, in Ra-mah.
and he smote the javelin into the wall: 24 And he stripped off his clothes
and David fled, and escaped that also, and prophesied before Samuel in
night. like manner, and lay down naked ail
11 Saul also sent messengers unto that day and ail that night. Wherefore
David's house, to watch him, and to they say, Is Saul also among the pro-
slay him in the morning: and Mi-chai phets?
David's wife told him, saying. If thou
save not thy life to nightj to liiorrow CHAPTER 20
thou shalt be slain. AND David fled from Na-ioth in
12 So Mi-chal let David down jTx Ra-mah, and came and said be
through a window: and he went, and fore Jonathan, What have I done?
fled, and escaped. what is mine iniquity? and what is my
13 And Mi-chal took an image, and sin before thy father, that he seeketh
laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of my life?
goats' Jiair for his bolster, and covered 2 And he said unto him, God forbid;
it with a cloth. thou shalt not die: behold, my father
14 And when Saul sent messengers will do nothing either great or small,
to tâke David, she said, He is sick. but that he will shew it me: and why
15 And Saul sent the messengers should my father hide this thing from
àgain to see David, saying, Bring him me? it is not so.
up to me in the bed, that 1 may slay 3 And David sware moreover, and
him. said, Thy father certainly knoweth
16 And when the messengers werê that I have found grâce in thine eyes;
come in, behold, there was an image in and he saith, Let not Jonathan know
the bed, with a pillow of goats* Jiair for this,lest he be grieved: but truly as the
his bolster. Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
17 And Saul said unto Mi-chal, there is but a step between me and
Why hast thou deceived me so, and death.
sent away mine enemy, that he is es 4 Then said Jonathan unto David,
caped? And Mi-chal answered Saul, He Whatsoever thy soul desireth, 1 will
said imto mè; Let me go; Why should even do it for thee.
I kill thee? 5 And David said unto Jonathan,
18 So David fled, and escaped, and Behold, to morrow is the new moon,
came to Scutnuel to Ra-mah, and told and I should not fail to sit with the
him ail that Saul had done to him. And king ât méat: but let me go,that I may
he and Samuel Wént and dwelt in Na- hide myself in the field unto the third
ioth. day àt even.
19 And it was told Satil, saying, Be 6 If thy father at ail miss me, then
hold, David is at Nk-iôth îh Ra-mah. say, David earnestly asked teave of me
'20 Àhd Saul sent messengers to that he might run to Beth-lehem his
tâke Dâi^d: ahd when they saw the city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there
Company ôf the prophets prôphésyingj for ail the family.
and Samtiel standing as appointed 7 If he sây thus» It is well; thy ser-
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vant shall have peace: but if he be very the side thereùf, as though I shot at a
wroth, then be sure that evil is deter- mark.
mined by him. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad,
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly saying, Go,find out the arrows. If I ex-
with thy servant; for thou hast pressly say unto the lad, Behold, the
brought thy servant into a covenant arrows are on this side of thee, take
of the Lord with thee; notwithstand- them; then eome thou: for there is
ing, if there be in me iniquity, slay me peace to thee,and no hurt;as the Lord
thyself; for why shouldest thou bring liveth.
me to thy father? 22 But if I say thus unto the young
9 And Jonathan said, Far be it man, Behold, the arrows are beyond
from thee; for if I knew certainly that thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath
evil were determined by my father to sent thee away.
come upon thee, then would not I tell 23 And as touching the matter whieh
it thee? thou and I have spoken of, behold, the
10 Then said David to Jonathan, Lord he between thee and me for ever.
Who shall tell me? or what if thy fa 24 So David hid himself in the field:
ther answer thee roughly? and when the new moon was eome,the
11 And Jonathan said unto David, king sat him down to eat meat.
Come, and let us go out into the field. 25 And the king sat upon his seat,
And they went out both of them into as at other times, even upon a seat by
the field, the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Ab-
12 And Jonathan said unto David, ner sat by Saul's side, and David's
O Lord God of Israël, when I have place was empty.
sounded my father about to morrow 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any
any time,or the third day,and, behold, thing that day: for he thought, Some-
if there he good toward David, and 1 thing hath befallen him, he is not
then send not unto thee, and shew it elean; surely he is not elean.
thee; 27 And it came to pass on the mor
13 The Lord do so and much more row, which was the second day of the
to Jonathan: but if it please my father month,that David's place was empty:
to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and Saul said unto Jonathan his son,
and send thee away,that thou mayest Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse
go in peace: and the Lord be with to meat,neither yesterday, nor to day?
thee, as he hath been with my father. 28 And Jonathan answered Saul,
14 And thou shalt not only while David eamestly asked leave of me to go
yet I live shew me the kindness of the to Beth-lehem:
Lord, that 1 die not: 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray
15 But also thou shalt not eut off thee; for our family hath a sacrifice
thy kindness from my house for ever: in the city; and my brother, he hath
no,not when the Lord hath eut off the commanded me to he there: and now,
enemies of David every one from the if I have found favour in thine eyes,
face of the earth. let me get away, I pray thee, cUid see
16 So Jonathan made a covenant my brethren. Therefore he cometh not
with the house of Da\dd, saying, Let unto the king's table.
the Lord even require it at the hand 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled
of David's enemies. against Jonathan, and he said unto
17 And Jonathan eaused David to him, Thou son of the perverse rebel
swear again, beeause he loved him: for lions woman, do not I know that thou
he loved him as he loved his own soul. hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine
18 Then Jonathan said to David, own confusion, and unto the confusion
To morrow is the new moon: and thou of thy mother's nakedness?
shalt be missed, beeause thy seat will 31 For as long as the son of Jesse
be empty. liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not
19 And when thou hast stayed three be established, nor thy kingdom.
days,then thou shalt go down quiekly, Wherefore now send and fetch him un
and eome to the place where thou didst to me,for he shall surely die.
hide thyself when the business was in 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his
hand, and shalt remain by the stone father, and said unto him, Wherefore
E-zel. shall he be slain? what hath he done?
20 And I will shoot three arrows on 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to
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smite him: whereby Jonathan knew 3 Now therefore what is under thine
that It was determined of his father to hand? give me fiye louves of bread in
slay David. mine hand, or what there is présent.
34 So Jonathan arose from the table 4 And the priest answered David,
in fierce anger^.and did eat no meat the and said, There is no common bread
second day of the month: for he was under mine hand, but there is hallowed
grieved for David, because his father bread; if the youiig men have kept
had done him shame. themselves at least from women.
35 And it came to pass in the;mom- 5 And David answered the priest,
ing, that Jonathan went.out into the and said unto him, Of a truth women
field at the time appointed with Da have heen kept from us about these
vid, and a little lad with him. three days, since I came out, and the
36 And he said unto his lad, Run, vessels of the young men are holy, and
find ont now the arrows which 1 shoot. the bread is in a manner common, yea,
And as the lad ran,lie shot an arrow though it were sanctified this day in
beyond him. the vessel.
37 And when the lad was come to 6 So the priest gave him hallowed
the place of the arrow which Jonathan bread:for there was no bread there but
had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, the shewbread, that was taken from
and said, Is not the arrow beyond before the Lord, to put hot bread in
thee? the day when it was taken away.
38 And Jonathan cried after the 7 Now a certain man of the servants
lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And of Saul was there that day, detained
Jonathan's lad gathered up the ar before the Lord; and his name was
rows, and came to his master. Do-eg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the
39 But the lad knew not any thing: herdmen that belonged to Saul.
only Jonathan and David knew the 8 And David said unto A-him-e-
matter. lech, And is there not here under thine
40 And Jonathan gave his artillery hand spear or sword? for I have neither
unto his lad, and said unto him. Go, brought my sword nor my weapons
carry them to the city. with me, because the king's business
41 And as soon as the lad was gone, required haste.
David arose out of a place toward the 9 And the priest said, The sword of
south, and fell on his face to the Goliath the Philistine^ whom thou
^oimd, and bowéd himself three slewést in the valley of E'-lah, behold,
times: and they kissed ôné another, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the
and wept one with another, until Da ephod: if thou wilt take that, take ii;
vid exceeded. for there is no other save that here. And
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go David said, There is none like that;
in peace, forasmuch as we have swom give it me.
both of us in the name of the Lord, 10 And David arose, and fled that
saying, The Lord be between me and day for fear of Saul, and went to
thee, and between my seed and thy A-chish the king of Dath.
seed for ever. Ànd he arose and de- 11 And the servants of A-chish said
parted: and Jonathan went into the unto him,Is not this David the king of
city. the Icuid? did they not sing one to an
other of him in dances, saying, Saul
CHAPTER 21 hath slain his thousands, and David
THEN came David to Nob to A- his ten thousands?
him-e-lech the priest; and A-him- 12 And David laid up these words
e-lech was afraid at the meeting of Da in his heart, and was sore afraid of
vid, and said unto him, Why art thou A-chish the king of Gath.
alone, and no man with thee? 13 And he cha^ed his behavior be
2 And David said unto A-him-e- fore them, and feignéd himself mad in
lech. the priest, The king hath com- their hands, and sciabbled on the
mianded me'a business, and hath said doors of the gâte, and let his spittle
unto me, Let no man Imow any thing fall down upon his beard.
of the business whereabout T send 14 Then said A-chish unto his ser
thee, and what I have commanded vants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
thee: and.l have appointed my ser wherefore then have ye brought him to
vants to such and such a place. me?
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15 Have 1 need of mad men,that ye him the sword of Goliath the Philis-
have brought this féllow to play the tine.
mad man in my presence? shall this 11 Then the king sent to call A-him-
feUow come into my house? e-lech the priest, the son of A-hi-tub,
and ail his father's house, the priests
CHAPTER 22 that were in Nob: and they came ail of
them to the king.
David therefore departed thence, 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou
and escaped ta the cave A-dul- son of A-hi-tub. And he answered,
lam: and when his brethren and ail his Here I am, my lord.
father's house heard U, they went 13 And Sàul said unto him, Why
down thither to him. have ye conspired against me, thou
2 And every one that was in distress, and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast
and every one that was in debt, and given him bread, and a sword, and
every one that was discontented, gath- hast enquired of God for him, that he
ered themselves unto him; and he be- should rise against me, to lie in wait,
came a captain over them; and there as at this day?
were with him about four hundred 14 Then A-him-e-lech answered the
men. king, and said, And who is so faithful
3 And David went thence to Miz- among ail thy servants as David,
peh of Moab; and he Sciid unto the king which is the king's son in law, and
of Moab,Let myfather and my mother, goeth at thy bidding, and is honour-
I pray thee, come forth, and be with able in thine house?
you, till I knôw what God will do for 15 Did I then begin to enquire of
me. God for him? be it far from me: let not
4 And he brought them before the the king impute any thing unto his
king of Moab:and they dwelt with him servant, nor to ail the house of my
ail the while that David was in the father: for thy servant knew nothing
hold. of ail this, less or more.
5 And the prophet Gad said unto 16 And the king said, Thou shalt
David, Abide not in the hold; départ, surely die, A-him-e-lech, thou, and ail
and get thee into the land of Judah. thy father's house.
Then David departed, and Ccime into 17 And the king said unto the foot-
the forest of Ha-reth. men that stood about him, Tum, and
6 Wheii Saul heard that David was slay the priests of the Lord; because
discovered, and the men that were their hand also is with David, and be
with him,(now Saul abode in Gib'-e-ah cause they knew when he fled, and did
under a tree in Ra'-mah, having his not shew it to me. But the servants of
spear in his hand, and ail his servants the king would not put forth their
were standing about him;) hand to fall upon the priests of the
7 Then Saul said unto his servants Lord.
that stood about him, Hear now, ye 18 And the king said to Do'-eg,
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.
every one of you fields and vineyards, And Do'-eg the Edomite tumed, and
and make you ail captains of thou- he fell upon the priests, and slew on
sands, £ind captains of hundreds; that day fourscore and five persons
8 That ail of you have conspired that did wear a linen ephod.
against me, and there is none that 19 And Nob,the city of the priests,
sheweth me that my son hath made a smote he with the edge of the sword,
league with the son of Jesse, and there both men and women, children and
is none of you that is sorry for me, or sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
sheweth unto me that my son hath sheep, with the edge of the sword.
stirred up my servant against me, to 20 And one of the sons of A-him'-e-
lie in wait, as at this day? lech the son of A-hi'-tub, named A-bi'-a-
9 Then answered Do'-eg the Edom- thar, escaped, and fled after David.
ite, which Was set over the servants of 21 And A-bi'-a-thar shèwed David
Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse that Saul had slain the Lord's priests.
coming to Nob, to A-him-e-lech the 22 And- David said unto A-bi'-a-
son of A-hi-tub. thar, I knew it that day, when Do'-eg
10 And he enquired of the Lord for the Edomite was there, that he would
him and gave him victuals, 2ind gave surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the
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death of ail the persons of thy father's of Kei-lah deliver me and my men into
house, the hand of Saul? And the Lord said,
23 Abide thou with me, fear not: They will deliver thee up.
for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy 13 Then David and his men, which
life: but with me thou shalt be in safe- were about six hundred, arose and de-
guard. parted out of Kei'-lah, and went whith-
ersoever they could go. And it was
CHAPTER 23 told Saul that David was escaped from
THEN they told David,saying, Be- Kei'-lah; and he forbare to go forth.
hold, the Philistines fight against 14 And David abode in the wilder-
Kei'-lah, and they rob the threshing- ness in strong holds, and remained in a
floors. mountain in the wildemess of Ziph.
2 Therefore David enquired of the And Saul sought him every day, but
Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite God delivered him not into his hand.
these Philistines? And the Lord said 15 And David saw that Saul was
unto David, Go, and smite the Philis come out to seek his life: and David
tines, and save Kei'-lah. was in the wildemess of Ziph in a
3 And David's men said unto him, wood.
Behold, we be afiaid here in Judah: 16 And Jonathan SauLs son arose,
how mueh more then if we come to and went to David into the wood, cind
Kei'-lah against the armies of the Phil strengthened his hand in God.
istines? 17 And he said unto him, Fear not:
4 Then David enquired of the Lord for the hand of Saul my father shall
yet again. And the Lord answered not find thee; and thou shalt be king
him and said, Arise, go down to Kei'- over Israël, and I shall be next unto
lah; for I will deliver the Philistines thee; and that also Saul my father
into thine hand. knoweth.
5 So David and his men went to 18 And they two made a covenant
Kei'-lah, and fought with the Philis before the Lord: and David abode in
tines, and brought away their cattle, the wood, and Jonathan went to his
and smote them with a great slaughter. house.
So David saved the inhabitants of 19 Then came up the Ziph-ites to
Kei'-lah. Saul to Gib'-^e-£ih, saying, Doth not
6 And it came to pass, when A-bi'-a-^ David hide himself with us in strong
thar the son of A-him'-e-lech fled to holds in the wood,in the hill of Hach'-i-
David to Kei'-lah, that he came down Icih, which is on the south bf Jesh'-i-
with an ephod in his hand. mon?
7 And it was told Saul that David 20 Now therefore, O king, come
was come to Kei'-lah. And Saul said, down according to ail the desire of thy
God hath delivered him into mine soul to come down; and our part shaU
hand;for he is shut in, by entering into he to deliver him into the king's
a town that hath gâtes and bars. hand.
8 And Saul called ail the people to- 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of
gether to war, to go down to Kei'-lah, the Lord; for ye have compassion on
to besiege David and his men. me.
9 And David knew that Saul se- 22 Go, I pray you, préparé yet, and
cretly practised mischief against him; know and see his place where his haunt
and he said to A-bi'-a-thar the priest, is, and who hath seen him there: for it
Bring hither the ephod. is told me that he dealeth very sub-
10 Then said David,O Lord God of tilly.
Israël, thy servant hath certainly 23 See therefore, and take knowl-
heard that Saul seeketh to come to edge of ail the lurking places where he
Kei'-lah, to destroy the city for my hideth himself, and come ye again to
sake. me with the certainty, and I will go
11 Will the men of Kei'-lah deliver with you: and it shall come to pass, if
me up into his hand? will Saul come he be in the land, that I will search
down, as thy servant hath heard? O him out throughout ail the thousands
Lord God of Israël, 1 beseech thee, tell of Judah.
thy servant. And the Lord said, He 24, And they arose, and went to
will come down. Ziph before Saul: but David and his
12 Then said David, Will the men men were in the wildemess of Ma'-on,
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in the plain on the south of Jesh-i- 8 David also arose afterward, and
mon. went out of the cave, and cried after
25 Saul also and his men went te Saul, saying, My lord the king. And
seek him* And they told David: where- when Saul looked behind him, David
fore he came down into a rock, and stooped with his face to the earth, and
abode in the wildemess of Ma'-on. And bowed himself.
when Saul heard that, he pursued after 9 And David said tp Saul, Where
David in the wildemess of Ma-oh. fore hearest thou men*s words, saying,
26 And Saul went on this side of the Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
mountain, and David and his men on 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have
that side of the mountaip: and David seen how that the Lord had delivered
made haste to get away for fear of thee to day into mine hand in the cave:
Saul; for Saul and his men compassed and some bade me kill thee: but mine
David and his men round about tè eye spared thee; and I said, I will not
take them. put forth mine hand against my lord;
27 But there came a messenger unto for he is the Lord's anointed.
Saul,saying, Haste thee, and come;for 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea,
the Philistines have invaded the land. see the skirt of thy robe in my hand:
28 Wherefore Saul retumed from for in that I eut off the skirt of thy
pursuing after David, and went robe, and killed thée not, know thou
against the Philistines: therefore they and see that there is neither evil nor
called that place Se'-la-ham-mah-le'- transgression in mine hand,and I have
koth. not sinned against thee; yet thou hunt-
29 And David went up from thence, est my soul to take it.
and dwelt in strong holds at En~ge-di. 12 The Lord judge between me and
thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee:
CHAPTER 24 but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
AND it came to pass, when Saul 13 As saith the proverb of the an-
/V was retumed from fbllowing the cients, Wickedness prôceedeth from
Philistines, that it was told him, say the wicked: but mine hand shall not be
ing, Behold, David is in the wildemess upon thee.
of En-ge'-di. 14 After whom is the king of Israël
2 Then Saul took three thousand come out? after whom dost thou pur-
chosen men out of ail Israël, and went sue? after a dead dog, after a fléa.
to seek David and his men upon the 15 The Lord therëfore be judgê,
rocks of the wild gdats. and judge between me and thee, and
3 And he came to the sheepcotes by see, and plead my cause, and deliver
the way, where was a cave; and Saul me out of thine hafid.
went in to cover his feet: and David 16 And it came to pass, when David
and his men remained in the sides of had made an end of speaking these
the cave. words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this
4 And the men of David said unto thy voice, my son David? Ànd Saul
him, Behold the day of which the lifted up his voice, and wept.
Lord said unto thee, Behold,I will de- 17 And he said to David, Thôu art
liver thine enemy into thine hand,that more righteous than I: for thou hast
thou mayest do to him as it shall seem rewarded me good, whereas I have re-
good unto thee. Then David arose, and warded thee evil.
eut off the skirt of SauPs robe privily. 18 And thou hast shewed this day
5 And it came to pass afterward, how that thou hast dealt well with me:
that David's heart smote him, because forasmuch as when the Lord had de
he had eut off SauPs skirt. livered me into thine hand, thou kill-
6 And he said unto his men, The edst me not.
Lord forbid that I should do this 19 For if a man find his enemy, will
thing unto my màster, the Lord's he let him go well away? wherefore the
anointed, to stretch forth mine hand Lord reward thee good for that thou
against him, seeing he is the anointed hast done unto me this day.
of the Lord. 20 And now, behold, I know well
7 So David stayed his servants with that thou shalt surely be king, and
these words, and sufîered them not to that the kingdom of Israël shall be es-
rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out tablished in thine hand.
of the cave, and went on his way. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by
 I SAMUEL 25 295

the Lord, that thou wilt net eut off my water, and my flesh that I have
my seed after me, and that thou wilt killed for my shearers, and give H unto
net destroy my name eut of my fa- men, whom I know not whence they
ther's house. be?
22 And David sware unto Saul. And 12 So David's young men tumed
Saul went home; but David and his their way, and went again, and came
men gat them up unto the hold. and told him ail those sayings.
13 And David said unto his men,
CHAPTER 25 Gird ye on every man his sword. And
they girded on every man his sword;
AND Samuel died; and ail the Israel- and David also girded on his sword:
l\ ites were gathered together, and and there went up after David about
lamented him, and buried him in his four hundred men; and two hundred
house at Ra'-mah. And David arose, abode. by the stufï.
and went down to the wilderness of 14 But one of the young men told
Paran. Ab-i-gail, Na-bal's wife, saying, Be-
2 And there was a man in Ma'-on, hold, David sent messengers out of the
whose possessions were in Carmel; and wilderness to salute our master;and he
the man was very great, and he had railed on them.
three thousand sheep, and a thousand 15 But the men were very good unto
goats: and he was shearing his sheep us, and we were not hurt, neither
in Carmel. missed we any thing, as long as we
3 Now the name of the man was were conversant with them, when we
Na'bal; and the name of his wife Ab'-i- were in the helds:
gail: and she was a woman of good 16 They were a wall unto us both
imderstanding, and of a beautiful by night and day, ail the while we
countenance: but the man was churlish were with them keeping the sheep.
and evil in his doings; and he was of 17 Now therefore know and con-
the house of Caleb. sider what thou wilt do; for evil is de-
4 And David heard in the wilder termined against our master, and
ness that Na-bal did shear his sheep. against ail his household: for he is such
5 And David sent out ten young a son of Be-li-al, that a man cannot
men, and David said unto the young speak to him.
men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to 18 Then Ab-i-gail made haste, and
Na-bal, and greet him in my name: took two hundred loaves, and two bot-
6 And thus shall ye say to him that tles of wine, and five sheep ready
liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to dressed, and five measures of parched
thee, and peace be to thine house, and com, and an hundred clusters of rai
peace be unto ail that thou hast. sins, and two hundred cakes of figs,
7 And now 1 have heard that thou and laid them on asses.
hast shearers: now thy shepherds 19 And she said unto her servants.
which were with us, we hurt them not, Go on before me; behold, I come after
neither was there ought missing unto you. But she told not her husband
them, ail the while they were in Car Na'-bal.
mel. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the
8 Ask thy young men,and they will ass, that she came down by the covert
shew thee. Wherefore let the young of the hUl, and, behold, David and his
men find favour in thine eyes: for we men came down against her; and she
come in a good day: give, 1 pray thee, met them.
whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto 21 Now David had said, Surely in
thy servants, and to thy son David. vain have I kept ail that this fellow
9 And when David's young men hath in the wilderness, so that nothing
came,they spake to Na-bal according was missed of ail that periained unto
to aU those words in the name of Da him: and he hath requited me evil for
vid, and ceased. good.
10 And Na-bal answered David's 22 So and more also do God unto
servants, and said, Who is David? and the enemies of David, if I leave of ail
wbo is the son of Jesse? there be mâny that pertain to him by the moming
servants now a days that break away light any that pisseth against the wall.
every man from his master. 23 And when Ab-i-gail saw David,
11 Shall 1 then take my bread, and she hasted,and lighted ofif the ass, and
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fell befôre David on her fece, and me,surely there had not been left imto
bowed herself to the ground, Na'-bal by the moming light any that
24 And fell at hls feet, and sald, pisseth against the wall.
Upon me, my lord, upon me let this 35 So David received of her hand
iniquity be; and let thine handmaid, I that which shè had brought him, ànd
pray thee,speak in thine audience,and said unto her. Go up in peace to thine
hear the words of thine handmaid. house; see, I have hearkened to thy
25 Let net my lord, I pray thee, re voice, and have accepted thy person.
gard this man bf Be'-li-al, even Na-bali 36 And Ab'-i-gail came to Na-bal;
for as his name is^ so is he; Na'-bal îs and, behold, he held a feast in his
his name, and folly is with him: bût I house,like the feast of a kiiig; and Na'-
thine handmaid saw not the yoùng bal's heart was mérry within him, for
meh of my lord, whom thou didst send. he was very drûnkeh: wherefore she
26 Now therefore, my lordj as the told him nothing, less or more, until
Lord liveth, and as thy seul liveth, the moming light.
seeing the Lord hath withholden thee 37 But it came to pass in the mom
from coming to shed blood, and from ing, when the wine was gone out of
avenging thyself with thine own hand, Na-bal, and his wife had told him
now let thine enemies, and they that these things, that his heart died within
seek evil to my lord, be as Na-bal. him, and he beceime as a stone.
27 And now this blessing which 38 And it came to pass about ten
thine handmaid hath brought unto my days after, that the Lord smote Na-
lord, let it even be given unto the baU that he died.
young men that follow my lord. 39 And when David heard that Na-
28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass bal was dead, he said, Blessed be the
of thine handmaid: for the Lord will Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of
certainly make my lord a sure house; my reproach from the hand of Na-bal,
because my lord fighteth the battles ànd hath kept his servant from evil:
of the Lord, and evil hath not been for the Lord hath retumed the wick-
found in thee ail thy days. edness of Na-bal upon his own head.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, And David sent and communed with
and to seek thy soul: but the soul of Ab-i-gail, to take her to him to wife.
my lord shall be bound in the bundle 40 And when the servants of David
of life with thé Lord thy God; and the were come to Ab'-i-gail to Carmel,they
soûls of thine enemies, them shall he spake unto her, saying, David sènt us
sling out, as oui of the middle of a unto thee, to take thee^ to him to wife.
sling. 41 And she arose, ànd bowed her
30 And it shall come to pass, when self on her face to the earth, and said,
the Lord shàll have done to my lord Behold, let thine handmaid be a ser
according to ail the gpôd that he hàth vant to wash the feet of the servants
spoken conceming thee, ànd shall have ofmylord.
appointed thee ruler ovér Israël; 42 And Ab'-i-gail hasted, and arose,
31 That this shall be no grief unto and rode upon an ass, with five dairi-
thee, nor offence of heart unto my sèls of hers that went after her; and
lord, èither that thou hast shed blood she went after the messengers of Da
causeless; or that my lord hath aveng- vid, and becàme his wife.
ed himself: but whén the Lord shall 43 David also. tôok A-hin'-o-am of
have dealt well with my lôrd, then re- Jez'-re-el; and they were also both of
member thine handmaid. them his wives.
32 And David sàid to Ab-i-gail, 44 But Sàul had given his
Blessed be the Lord God of Israël, daughter, David's wife, to Phal'-ti the
which sent thee this dây to meet me: son of La'-ish, which was of Gal'-lim.
33 And blessed be thy advice, and
CHAPTER 26
blessed be thou, which hast kept me
this day from coming to shed blood, AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to
and from avenging myself with mine jr\ Gib'-e-ah, saying, Doth not David
own haiid. hide himself ih the hill bf Hach-i'-lah,
34 For in very deed, as the Lord which is before Jesh'-i-mon?
God of Israël liveth, which hath kèpt 2 Then Saul arose, and went down
me back from hurting thee, except to the wilderness of Ziph, havîng three
thou hadst hasted and come to meet thousand chosen men of Israël with
 I SAMUEL 26
him,to seek David in the wilderness of
Ziph.
3 And Saul pitched in the hill of
Hach-i'-Iah, which is before Jesh-i-
mon, by the way. But David abode in
the wildemess, and he saw that Saul
came after him into the wildemess.
4 David therefore sent eut spies,
and imderstood that Saul was come in
very deed.
5 And David arose, and came to the
place wheré Saul had pitched: and Da
vid beheld the place where Saul lay,
and Abner the son of Ner, the captain
of his host: and Saul lay in the trench,
and the people pitched round about
him.
6 Then answered David and said to
A-him'-e-lech the Hittite, and to A-
bish-a-i the son of Zer-u-i-ah, brother
to Jo-ab, saying, Who will go down
with me to Saul to the camp? And A-
bish'-a-i said, I will go down with thee.
7 So David and A-bish-a-i came to
the people by night: and, behold, Saul
lay sleeping within titie trench, and his
spear stuck in the ground at his bol-
ster: but Abner and the people lay
round about him.
8 Then said A-bish-a-i to David,
God hath delivered thine enemy into
thine hand this day: now therefore let
me smite him, 1 pray thee, with the
spear even to the earth ât once, and I
will not smite him the second time.
9 And David said to A-bish'-a-i, De-
stroy him not: for who can stretch
forth his hand against the Lord's
anointed, and be guiltless?
10 David said furthérmore. As the
Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him;
or his day shall come to die; or he shall
descend into battle, and perish.
11 The Lord forbid that I should
stretch forth mine hand against the
Lord's anointed: but, 1 pray thee,
take thou now the spear that is at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let
us go.
12 So David took the spear and the
cmse of water from SauLs bolster; and
they gat them away, and no man saw
it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for
they were ail asleep; because a deep
sleep from the Lord was fallen upon
them.
13 Then David went over to the
other side, and stood on the top of an
hill afar off; a great space heing be-
tween them:
14 And David cried to the people.
297
and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Ab
ner answered and said, Who art thou
that criest to the king?
15 And David said to Abner, Art
not thou a valiant man? and who is like
to thee in Israël? wherefore then hast
thou not kept thy lord the king? for
there came one of the people in to de-
stroy the king thy lord.
16 This thing is not good that thou
hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are
worthy to die, because ye have not
kept your master,the Lord's anointed.
And now see wliere the king's spear is,
and the cruse of water that was at his
bolster.
17 And Saul knew David's voice,
and said, Is this thy voice, my son Da
vid? And David said, It is my voice,
my lord, O king.
18 And he said, Wherefore doth my
lord thus pursue after his servant? for
what have I done? or what evil is in
mine hand?
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
my lord the king hear the words of his
servant. If the Lord have stirred thee
up against me,let him accept an ofîer-
ing: but if they be the children of men,
cursed be they before the Lord; for
they have driven me out this day from
abiding in the inheritance of the Lord,
saying. Go, serve other gods.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood
fall to the earth before the face of the
Lord:for the king of Israël is come out
to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt
a partridge in the mountains.
21 Then said Saul, I have sinned:
retum, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my soul
was precious in thine eyes this day: be
hold, I have played the fool, and have
erred exceedingly.
22 And David answered and said,
Behold the king's spear! and let one of
the young men come over and fetch it.
23 The Lord render to every man
his righteousness and his.faithfulness:
for the Lord delivered thee into my
hand to day, but I would not stretch
forth mine hand against the Lord's
anointed.
24 And, behold, as thy life was
much set by this day in mine eyes, so
let my life be much set by in the eyes
of the Lord, and let him deliver me
out of ail tribulation.
25 Then Saul said to David,Blessed
be thou, my son David:thou shalt both
298 I SAMUEL 27, 28
do great things, and also shalt still pre-
vail. So David went on his way, and
Saul returned to his place.
CHAPTER 27
A ND David said in his heart, I shall
/\ now perish one day by the hand
of Saul: there is nothirig better for me
than that I should speedily escape into
the land of the Philistines; and Saul
shall despair of me, to seek me any
more in any coast of Israël: so shall I
escape out of his hand.
2 And David arose, and he passed
over with the six hundred men that
were with him unto A-chish, the son of
Ma-och, king of Gath.
3 And David dwelt with A-chish at
Gath, he and his men,every man with
his household, even David with his two
wives, A-hin-o-am the Jez-re-el-i-tess,
and Ab-i-gail the Carmelitess, Na-
bars wife.
4 And it was told Saul that David
was fled to Gath: and he sought no
more again for him.
5 And David said unto A'-chish, If
I have now found grâce in thine eyes,
let them give me a place in some town
in the country, that I may dwell there:
for why should thy servant dwell in
the royal city with thee?
6 Then A-chish gave him Ziklag
that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth
unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in
the country of the Philistines was a
full year and four months.
8 And David and his men went up,
and invaded the Gesh'-u-rites, and the
Gez-rites, and the Am'-a-lek-ites: for
those nations were of old the inhabit
ants of the land, as thou goest to Shur,
even unto the land of Egypt.
9 And David smote the land, and
left neither man nor woman alive, and
took away the sheep, and the oxen,
and the asses, and the camels, and the
apparel, and retumed, and came to
A-chish.
10 And A-chish said, Whither have
ye made a road to day? And David
said, Against the south of Judah, and
against the south of the Je-rah'-me-el-
ites, and against the south of the Ke'-
nites.
11 And David saved neither man
nor woman alive, to bring tidings to
Gath, saying. Lest they should tell on
us, saying, So did David, and so will
be his manner ail the while he dwell-
eth in the country of the Philistines.
12 And A-chish believed David,
saying, He hath made his people Israël
utterly to abhor him;therefore he shall
be my servant for ever.
CHAPTER 28
AND it came to pass in those days,
l\that the Philistines gathered their
armies together for warfare, to fight
with Israël. And A-chish said unto
David, Know thou assuredly, that
thou shalt go out with me to battle,
thou and thy men.
2 And David said to A'-chish, Sure-
ly thou shalt know what thy servant
can do. And A-chish said to David,
Therefore will I make thee keeper of
mine head for ever.
3 Now Scunuel was dead, and ail Is
raël had lamented him, and buried
him in Ra-mah, even in his own city.
And Saul had put away those that had
familiar spirits, and the wizards, out
of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered
themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shu-nem:and Saul gathered
ail Israël together, and they pitched in
Gil-bo-a.
5 And when Saul saw the host of
the Philistines, he was afraid, and his
heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the
Lord, the Lord answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by U-rim, nor
by prophets.
7 Then said Saul unto his servants,
Seek me a woman that hath a familiar
spirit, that I may go to her, and en-
quire of her. And his servants said to
him, Behold, there is a woman that
hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and
put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came
to the woman by night: and he said, I
pray thee, divine unto me by the fa
miliar spirit, and bring me him up,
whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him,
Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath
done, how he hath eut off those that
have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land: wherefore then layest
thou a snare for my life, to cause me
to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the
Lord, saying. As the Lord liveth,
there shall no punishment happen to
thee for this thing.
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11 Then saîd the woman, Whom 22 Now therefore, I pray thee,

shall I bring up unto thee? And he hearken thou also unto the voice of
said, Bring me up Samuel. thine handmaid, and let me set a mor-
12 And when the woman saw Samu sêl of bread before thee; and eat, that
el, she cried with a loud voice: and thethou mayest have strength, when thou
woman spake to Saul,saying, Why hast goest on thy way.
thou decelved me? for thou art Saul. 23 But he refused, and said, I will
13 And the king said unto her, Be not eat. But his servants, together
not afraid: for what sawest thou? And with the woman, compelled him; and
the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods he hearkened unto their voice. So he
ascending out of the earth. arose from the earth, and sat upon the
14 And he said unto her, What bed.
form is he of? And she said. An old 24 And the woman had a fat calf in
man cometh up; and he is covered the house; and she hasted, and killed
with a mantle. And Saul perceived it, and took flouf, and kneaded it, and
that it was Samuel, and he stooped did bake uiileavened bread thereof:
with his face to the ground, and bowed 25 And she brought it before Saul,
himself. and before his servants; and they did
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why eat. Then they rose up,and went away
hast thou disquieted me, to bring me that night.
up? And Saul answered, I am sore dis-
tressed; for the Philistines make war CHAPTER 29
against me, and God is departed from NOW the Philistines gathered to
me, and answereth me no more, nei- gether ail their armies to A-phek:
ther by prophets, nor by dreams: and the Israélites pitched by a foun-
therefore I have called thee, that thou tain which is in Jez'-re-el.
mayest make known unto me what I 2 And the lords of the Philistines
shall do. passed on by hundreds, and by thou-
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore sands: but David and his men passed
then dost thou ask of me, seeing the on in the rereward with A-chish.
Lord is departed from thee, and is be- 3 Then said the princes of the Phil
come thine enemy? istines, What do these Hebrews here?
17 And the Lord hath done to him, And A-chish said unto the princes of
as he spake by me: for the Lord hath the Philistines, Is not this David, the
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, servant of Saul the king of Israël,
and given it to thy neighbour, even to which hath been with me these days,
David: or these years, and I have found no
18 Because thou obeyedst not the fault in him since he fell unto me unto
voice of the Lord, nor executedst his this day?
fierce wrath upon Am-a-lek, therefore 4 And the princes of the Philistines
hath the Lord done this thing unto were wroth with him; and the princes
thee this day. of the Philistines said unto him, Make
19 Moreover the Lord will also de- this fellow retum, that he may go
liver Israël with thee into the hand of again to his place which thou hast ap-
the Philistines: and tomorrow shalt pointed him, and let him not go down
thou and thy sons he with me: the with us to battle, lest in the battle he
Lord also shall deliver the host of Is be an adversary to us: for wherewith
raël into the hand of the Philistines. should he reconcile himself unto his
20 Then Saul fell straightway ail master? should it not he with the heads
along on the earth,and was sore afraid, of these men?
because of the words of Samuel: and 5 Is not this David, of whom they
there was no strength in him; for he sang one to another in dances, saying,
had eaten no bread ail the day, nor Saul slew his thousands, and David his
ail the night. ten thousands?
21 And the woman came unto Saul, 6 Then A-chish called David, and
and saw that he was sore troubled,and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord
said unto him, Behold, thine hand- liveth,thou hast been upright,and thy
maid hath obeyed thy voice, and I going out and thy coming in with me
have put my life in my hand,and have in the host is good in my sight: for I
hearkened unto thy words which thou have not found evil in thee since the
spakest unto me. day of thy coming unto me unto this
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day: nevertheless the lords faveur thee A-bi'-a-thar brought thither the ephod
net. to David.
7 Wherefore now retum, and go in 8 And David enquired at the Lord,
peace, that thou displease not the saying, Shall I pursue after this troop?
lords of the Philistines. shall I overtake them? And he an
8 And David said unto A'-chish, swered him, Pursue: for thou shalt
But what have I done? and what hast surely overtake them, and without fail
thou fouhd in thy servant so long as I recover alL
have been with thee unto this day, 9 So David went, he and the six
that I may not go fight against the hundred men that were with him, and
enemies of my lord the king? came to the brook Be'-sor, where those
9 And A'-chish answered and said to that were left behind stayed.
David, I know that thou art good in 10 But David pursued, he and four
my sight, as an angel of God: notwith- hundred men: for two hundred abode
standing the princes ef the Philistinesbehind, which were so faint that they
have said, He shall not go up with us could not go over the brook Be'-sor.
to the battle. 11 And they found an Egyptian in
10 Wherefore now rise up early in the field, and brought him to David,
the morning with thy master's ser and gave him bread, and he did eat;
vants that are come with thee: and as and they made him drink water;
soon as ye be up early in the morning, 12 And they gave him a piece of a
and have light, départ. cake of figs, and two clusters of rai
11 So David and his men rose up sins: and when he had eaten, his spirit
early to départ in the morning, to re came again to him: for he had eaten
tum into the land of the Philistines. no bread, nor dmnk any water, three
And the Philistines went up to Jez'- days and three nights.
re-el. 13 And David said unto him, To
whom helongest thou? and whence art
CHAPTER 30 thou? And he said, I am a young man
AND it came to pass, when David of Egypt, servant to an Am'-a-lek-ite;
/\ and his men were come to Ziklag and my master left me, because three
on the third day, that the Am'-a-lek- days agone I fell sick.
ites had invaded the south, and Zik 14 We made an invasion upon the
lag, and smitten Ziklag, and bumed it south of the Cher'-e-thites, and upon
with fire; the coast which helongeth to Judeih, and
2 And had taken the women cap upon the south of Caleb; and we
tives, that were therein: they slew not bumed Ziklag with fire.
any, either great or small, but carried 15 And David said to him, Canst
them away, and went on their way. thou bring me down to this company?
3 So David and his men came to the And he said, Swear unto me by God,
city, and, behold, it was bumed with that thou wilt neither kill me, nor de-
fire; and their wives, and their sons, liver me into the hands of my master,
and their daughters, were taken cap and I will bring thee down to this com
tives. pany.
4 Then David and the people that 16 And when he had brought him
were with him lifted up their voice and down, behold, they were spread abroad
wept, until they had no more power to upon ail the earth, eating and drink-
weep» ing, and dancing, because of ail the
5 And David's two wives were great spoil that they had taken out of
taken captives, A-hin'-o-am the Jez'-re- the land of the Philistines, and out of
el-i-tess, and Ab'-i-gail the wife of Na- the land of Judah.
bal the Carmélite. 17 And David smote them from the
6 And David was greatly distressed; twilight even unto the evening of the
for the people spake of stoning him, next day: and there escaped not a man
because the soul of ail the people was of them, save four hundred young
grieved, every man for his sons and for men, which rode upon camels, and
his daughters: but David encouraged fled.
himself in the Lord his God. 18 And David recovered ail that the
7 And David said to A-bi'-a-thar Am'-a-lek-ites had carried away: and
the priest, A-him'-e-lech*s son, I pray David rescued his two wives.
thee, bring me hither the ephod. And 19 And there was nothing lacking
 I SAMUEL 31
to them, neither small nor great, nei-
ther sons nor daughters, neither spoil,
nor any thing that they had taken to
them: David recovered ail.
20 And David took ail the flocks
and the herds, which they drave before
those other cattle, and said, This is
David's spoil.
21 And David came to the two hun-
dred men, which were so faint that
they could not follow David, whom
they had made also to abide at the
brook Be-sor: and they went forth to
meet David, and to meet the people
tiiat were with him: and when David
came near to the people, he saluted
them.
22 Then answered ail the wicked
men and men of Be-li-al, of those that
went with David, and said, Because
they went not with us, we will not give
them ought of the spoil that we have
recovered, save to every man his wife
and his children, that they may lead
them away, and départ.
23 Then said David, Ye shall not do
so, my brethren, with that which the
Lord hath given us, who hath pre-
served us, and delivered the company
that came against us into our hand.
24 For who will hearken unto you
in this matter? but as his part is that
goeth down to the battle, so shall his
part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they
shall part alike.
25 And it was so from that day for-
ward,that he made it a statute and an
ordinance for Israël unto this day.
26 And when David came to Ziklag,
he sent of the spoil unto the elders of
Judah, even to his friends, saying, Be-
hold a présent for you of the spoil of
the enemies of the Lord;
27 To them which were in Beth-el,
and to them which were in south Ra-
moth, and to them which were in Jaf-
tir,
28 And to them which were in Ar-o-
er, and to them which were in Siph-
moth, £Uid to them which were in Esh-
te-mo-a,
29 And to them which were in Ha
chai, and to them which were in the
cities of the Je-rah-me-el-ites, and to
them which were in the cities of the
Ken'-ites,
30 And to them which were in Hor'-
mah,and to them which were in Chor-a'-
shan, and to them which were in
A-thach,
31 And to them which were in He-
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bron,and to ail the places where David
himself and his men were wont to
haunt.
CHAPTER 31
NOW the Philistines fought against
Israël: and the men of Israël fled
from before the Philistines, and fell
down slain in mount Gil-bo-a.
2 And the Philistines followed hard
upon Saul and upon his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan,and A-bin-a-
dab, and Mel-chi-shu-a, SauFs sons.
3 And the battle went sore against
Saul, and the archers hit him; and he
was sore wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul unto his armour-
bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust
me through therewith; lest these un-
circumcised come and thrust me
through, and abuse me. But his ar-
mourbearer would not; for he was sore
afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw
that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died with him.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons,
and his armourbearer, and ail his men,
that same day together.
7 And when the men of Israël that
were on the other side of the valley,
and they that were on the other side
Jordan, saw that the men of Israël
fled, and that Saul and his sons were
dead, they forsook the cities, and fled;
and the Philistines came and dwelt in
them.
8 And it came to pass on the mor-
row, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his
three sons fallen in mount Gil-bo'-a.
9 And they eut ofï his head, and
stripped off lis armour, and sent into
the land ofthe Philistines round about,
to publish it in the house of their idols,
and among the people.
10 And they put his armour in the
house of Ash-ta-roth: and they fasten-
ed his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11 And when the inhabitants of Ja-
besh-gil-e-ad heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;
12 AU the vaUant men arose, and
went aU night, and took the body of
Saul and the bodies of his sons from
the waU of Beth-shéin, and came to
Ja-besh, and bumt them there.
13 And they took their bones, and
buried them under a tree at Ja-besh,
and fasted seven days.
 The Second Bock of
Samuel
Otherwise Called
THE SECOND BOCK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER I
New it came to pass after the
death of Saul, when David
was retumed from the slaugh-
ter of the Am'-a-lek-ites, and David
had abode two days in Ziklag;
2 It came even to pass on the third
day, that, behold, a man came ont of
the camp from Saul with his clothes
rent, and earth upon his head: and so
it was, when he came to David, that
he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
3 And David said unto him, From
whence comest thou? And he said unto
him, Out of the camp of Israël am I
escaped.
4 And David said unto him, How
went the matter? I pray thee, tell me.
And he answered, That the people are
fled from the battle, and many of the
people also are fallen and dead; and
Saul and Jonathan his son are dead
also.
5 And David said unto the young
man that told him, How knowest thou
that Saul and Jonathan his son be
dead?
6 And the young man that told him
said. As I happened by chance upon
mount Gil-bo-a, behold, Saul leaned
upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots
and horsemen foliowed hard after him.19 The beauty of Israël is slain upon
7 And when he looked behind him, thy high places: how are the mighty
he saw me, and called unto me. And I
answered, Here am I.
8 Aild he said unto me, Who art
thou? And I answered him, I am an
Am-a-lek-ite.
9 He said unto me again. Stand, I
pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for
ahguish is come upon me, becaiisè my
life is yet whole in me.
10 So I stood upon him, and slew
him, because I was sure that he could
not live after that he was fallen: and I
took the crown that u;as upon his head,
and the bracelet that wos on his arm,
and have brought them hither unto
my lord.
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11 Then David took hold on his
clothes, and rent them; and likewise
ail the men that were with him:
12 And they mourned, and wept,
and fasted until even,for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the people
of the Lord, and for the house of Is
raël; because they were fallen by the
sword.
13 And David said unto the young
man that told him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a
stranger, an Am-a-lek-ite.
14 And David said unto him, How
wast thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the Lord's
anointed?
15 And David called one of the
young men,and said. Go near, and fall
upon him. And he smote him that he
died.
16 And David said unto him, Thy
blood be upon thy head;for thy mouth
hath testified against thee, saying, 1
have slain the Lord's anointed.
17 And David lamented with this
lamentation over Saul and over Jona
than his son:
18 (Also he bade them teach the
children of Judah the use of the bow:
behold, it is written in the book of
Ja-sher.)
fallenl
20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not
in the streets of As'-ke-lon; lest the
daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised
triumph.
21 Ye moimtains of Gil-bo-a, let
there be no dew,neither let there be rain,
ujion you, nor fields of offerings: for
there the shield of the mighty is vilely
cast away,the shield of Saul, as though
he had not been anointed with oil.
22 From the blood of the slain,from
the fat of the mighty,the bow of Jona
than tumed not back, and the sword
of Saul retumed not empty.
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23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and over the Ash-ur-ites, and over
and pleasant in their lives» and in their Jez-re-el, and over E-phra-im, and
death they were net divided: they were over Benjamin, and over ail Israël.
swifter than eagles, they were stronger 10 Ish-bo-sheth SauPs son was
than lions. forty years old when he began to reign
24 Ye daughters of Israël, weep over Israël, and reigned two years. But
over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, the house of Jpdah followed David.
with other delights, who put on oma- 11 And the time that David was
ments of gold upon your apparel. king in Hebron over the house of Ju
25 How are the mighty fallen in the dah was seven years and six months.
midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and
wast slain in thine high places. the servants of Ish-bo-sheth the son
26 I am distressed for thee, my of Saul, went out from Ma-ha-na-im to
brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast Gibeon.
thou been unto me: thy love to me was 13 And Jo-ab the son of Zer-u-i'-cih,
wonderful, passing the love of women. and the servants of David, went out,
27 How are the mighty fallen, and and met together by the pool of Gib
the weapons of war perished! eon: and they sat down,the one on the
one side of the pool, and the other on
CHAPTER 2 the other side of the pool.
AND it came to pass after this, that 14 And Abner said to Jo'-ab, Let the
jl\ David enquired of the Lord, say- young men now arise, and play before
ing, Shall I go up into any of the cities us. And Jo-ab said, Let them arise.
of Judah? And the Lord said unto 15 Then there arose and went over
him. Go up. And David said, Whither by number twelve of Benjamin, which
shall I go up? And he said, Unto He- pertained to Ish-bo'-sheth the son of
bron. Saul, and twelve of the servants of
2 So David went up thither, and his David.
two wives also, A-hin'-o-am the Jez-re- 16 And they caught every one his
el-i-tess, and Ab-i-gail Na-bal's wife fellow by the head, and thrust his
the Carmélite. sword in his fellow's side; so they fell
3 And his men that were with him down together: wherefore that place
did David bring up, every man with was called Hel-kath-haz-zu-rim,
his household: and they dwelt in the which is in Gib-e-on.
cities of Hebron. 17 And there was a very sore battle
4 And the men of Judah came^ and that day; and Abner was beaten, and
there they anointed David king over the men of Israël, before the servants
the house of Judah. And they told of David.
David, saying, That the men of Ja- 18 And there were three sons of
besh-^-e-ad were they that buried Zer-u-i-ah there, Jo-ab,andA-bish-a-i,
Saul. and A-sa-hel: and A-sa-hel was as
5 And David sent messengers unto light of foot as a wild roe.
the men of Ja-besh-gil-e-ad, and said 19 And A-sa-hel pursued after Ab
unto them, Blessed he ye of the Lord, ner; and in going he turned not to the
that ye have shewed this kindness unto right hand nor to the left from follow-
your lord, even unto Saul, and have ing Abner.
buried him. 20 Then Abner looked behind him,
6 And now the Lord shew kindness and said. Art thou A-sa-hel? And he
and truth unto you: and I also will answeréd, ï am.
requite you this kindness, because ye 21 And Abner said to him, Tum
have done this thing. thee aside to thy right hand or to thy
7 Therefore now let your hands be left, and lay thee hold on one of the
strengthened, and be ye valiant: for young men, and take thee his armour.
yoiu: master Saul is d^d,and also the But A-sa-hel would not tum aside
house of Judah haye anointed me king from following of him.
over them. 22 And Abner said again to A'-sa-
8 But Abner the son of Ner,captain hel, Tum thee aside from following me:
of Saul's host, took Ish-bo-sheth the wherefore should I smite thee to the
son of Saul, and brought him over to ground? how then should I hold up my
Ma-ha-na-im; face to Jo-ab thy brother? '
9 And made him king over Gilead, 23 Howbeit he refused to tum aside:
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wherefore Abiier with the hinder end 3 And his second, Chil-e-ab, of Ab-i-
of the spear smote him under the fifth gail the wife of Na'-bal the Carmélite;
rïb, that the spear came dut behind and the third, Ab-sa-lom the son of
hdm; and he fell down there, and died Ma-a-cah the daughter of Tal-mai king
in the same place: and it came to pass, of Ge-shur;
that as many as came to the place 4 And the fourth, Ad-o-ni-jah the
where A-sa-hel fell down and died son of Hag'-gith; and the fifth, Sheph-a-
stood still. ti-ah the son of Ab'd-tal;
24 Jo'-ab also and A-bish'-a-i pur- 5 And the sixth, Ith-re-am, by Eg'-
sued after Abner: and the son went lah David's wife. These were bom to
down when they were come to the hill David in Hebron.
of Am-mah, that Ueth before Gi-ah by 6 And it came to pass, while there
the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. was war between the house of Saul and
25 And the children of Benjamin the house of David, that Abner made
gathered themselves together after himself strong for the house of Saul.
Abner, and became one troop, and 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose
stood on the top of an hill. name was Riz-pah, the daughter of
26 Then Abner called to Jo-ab, and A-i-ah: and Ish-bo'-sheth said to Abner,
said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my
knowest thou not that it will be bitter- father's concubine?
ness in the latter end? how long shall S Then was Abner very wroth for
it be then, ere thou bid the people re- the words of Ish-bo-sheth, and said,
tum from following their brethren? Am I a dog's head, which against Ju-
27 And Jo-ab said. As God liveth, dah do shew kindness this day unto
unless thou hadst spoken, surely then the house of Saul thy father, to his
in the moming the people had gone up brethren, and to his friends, and have
every one from following his brother. not delivered thee into the hand of Da
28 So Jo'-ab blew a trumpet, and ail vid, that thou chargest me to day with
the people stood still, and pursued a fault concerning this woman?
after Israël no more, neither fought 9 So do God to Abner, and more
they any more. also, except, as the Lord hath swom
29 And Abner and his men walked to David, even so I do to him;
ail that night through the plain, and 10 To translate the kingdom from
passed over Jordan, and went through the house of Saul, and to set up the
ail Bith-ron, and they came to Ma-ha- throne of David over Israël and over
na-im. Judah, from Dan even to Be-er-she-
30 And Jo-ab retumed from follow ba.
ing Abner: and when he had gathered 11 And he could not answer Abner
ail the people together, there lacked of a Word again, because he feared him.
David's servants nineteen men and 12 And Abner sent messengers to
A-sa-hel. David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
31 But the servants of David had the land? saying also, Make thy league
smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's with me,and, behold, my hand shall be
men, so that three hundred and three- with thee, to bring about ail Israël un
score men died. to thee.
32 And they took up A-sa-hel, and 13 And he said, Well; I will make a
buried him in the sepulchre of his fa- league with thee: but one thing I re-
ther, which was in Beth-lehem. And quire of thee, that is, Thou shalt not
Jo-ab and his men went ail night, and see my face, except thou first bring
they came to Hebron at break of day. Mi-chai Saurs daughter, when thou
comest to see my face.
CHAPTER 3 14 And David sent messengers to
Ish-bo-sheth Saul's son, saying, De-
NOW there was long war between liver me my wife Mi-chal, which I es-
the house of Saul and the hôuse poused to me for an hundred foreskins
of David: but David wsixed stronger of the Philistines.
and stronger, and the house of Saul 15 And Ish-bo-sheth sent, and took
waxed weaker and weaker. her from her husband, even from Phal'-
2 And unto David were sons bom ti-el the son of La-ish.
in Hebron: and his firstbom was Am- 16 And her husband went with her
non, of A-hin-o-am the Jez-re-el-i-tess; along weeping behind her to Ba-hu-
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rim. Then said Abner nnto hlm. Go, heard it, he said, I and my kingdom
retum. And he retumed. are guiltless before the Lord for ever
17 And Abner had communication from the blood of Abner the son of
with the elders of Israël, saying, Ye Ner:
sought for David in times past to be 29 Let it rest on the head of Jo-ab,
king over you: and on ail his father's house; and let
18 Now then do it: for the Lord there not fail from the house of Jo-ab
hath spoken of David, saying, By the one that hath an issué, or that is a
hand of my servant David I will save leper, or that leaneth on a staff, ôr that
my people Israël ont of the hand of the falleth on the sword, or that lacketh
Philistines, and ont of the hand of ail bread.
their enemies. 30 So Jo-ab and A-bish'-a-i his broth-
19 And Abner also spake in the ears er slew Abner, because he had slain
of Benjamin: and Abner went also to their brother A-sa-hel at Gibeon in the
speak in the ears of David in Hebron battle.
ail that seemed good to Israël, and 31 And David said to Jo-ab, and to
that seemed good to the whole house ail the people that were with him,
of Benjamin. Rend your clothes, and gird you with
20 So Abner came to David to He sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.
bron, and twenty men with him. And And king David himself followed the
David made Abner and the men that hier.
were with him a feast. 32 And they buried Abner in He
21 And Abner said unto David, I bron: and the king lifted up his voice,
will arise and go, and will gather ail and wept at the grave of Abner; and
Israël unto my lord the king, that they ail the people wept.
may make a league with thee, and that 33 And the king lamented over Ab
thou mayest reign over ail that thine ner, and said, Died Abner as a fool
heart desireth. And David sent Abner dieth?
away; and he went in peace. 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor
22 And, behold, the servants of Da thy feet put into fetters: as a man fall
vid and Jo-ab came from pursuing a eth before wicked men, so fellest thou.
troop, and brought in a great spoil And ail the people wept again over
with them: but Abner was not with him.
David in Hebron; for he had sent him 35 And when ail the people came to
away, and he was gone in peace. cause David to eat meat while it was
23 When Jo-ab and ail the host that yet day, David sware, saying, So do
was with him were come,they told Jo- God to me, and more also, if I taste
ab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came bread, or ought else, till the sun be
to the king, and he hath sent him down.
away, and he is gone in peace. 36 And ail the people took notice of
24 Then Jo-ab came to the king, it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever
and Scdd, What hast thou done? be the king did pleased ail the people.
hold, Abner came unto thee; why is it 37 For ail the people and ail Israël
that thou hast sent him away, and he understood that day that it was not of
is quite gone? the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
25 Thou knowest Abner the son of 38 And the king said unto his ser
Ner,that he Ccime to deceive thee, and vants, Know ye not that there is a
to know thy going out and thy coming prince and a great man fallen this day
in, and to know ail that thou doest. in Israël?
26 And when Jo'-ab was come out 39 And I am this day weak, though
from David, he sent messengers after anointed king; and these men the sons
Abner, which brought him again from of Zer-u-i-ah be too hard for me: the
the well of Si'-rah: but David knew it Lord shall reward the doer of evil ac-
not. cording to his wickedness.
27 And when Abner was retumed
to Hebron, Jo-ab took him aside in the CHAPTER 4
gâte to speak with him quietly, and AND when Saul's son heard that Ab-
smote him there under the fifth rib, /V ner was dead in Hebron, his
that he died, for the blood of A-sa-hel hands were feeble, and ail the Israél
his brpther. ites were troubled.
28 And afterward when David 2 And Saul's son had two men that
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were captains of bands:the name of the eut off their hands and their feet, and
one was Ba-a-nah» and the name of the hanged them up over the pool in He
other Re-chab, the sons of Rimmon a bron. But they took the head of Ish-
Be-e-ro-thite, of the children of Ben bo'-sheth,and buried U in the sepulchre
jamin:(for Be-e-roth also was reckon- of Abner in Hebron.
ed to Benjamin.
3 And the Be-e-ro-thites fled to CHAPTER 5
Gif-ta-im, and were sojoumers there THEN came ail the tribes of Israël
until this day.) to David untô Hebron, and spake,
4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a saying, Behold, we are thy bone and
son that was lame of his feet. He was thy flesh.
five years old when the tidings Ccime 2 Also in time past, when Saul was
of Saul and Jonathan ont of Jez-re-el, king over us,thou wast he that leddest
and his nurse took him up, and fled: out and broughtest in Israël: and the
and it came to pciss, as she made haste Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my
to flee, that he fell, and became lame. people Israël, and thou shalt be a cap-
And his name was Me-phib-o-sheth. tain over Israël.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the Be- 3 So ail the elders of Israël came to
e-ro-thite, Re-chab and Ba-a-nah, the king to Hebron; and king David
went, and came about the heat of the made a league with them in Hebron
day to the house of Ish-bo-sheth, who before the Lord: and they anointed
lay on a bed at noon. David king over Israël.
6 And they came thither into the 4 David was thirty years old when
midst of the house, as though they he began to reign, and he reigned forty
would have fetched wheat; and they years.
smote him under the fifth rib: and Re- 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah
chab and Ba-a-nah his brother es- seven years and six months: and in
caped. Jérusalem he reigned thirty and three
7 For when they came into the years over ail Israël and Judah.
house, he lay on his bed in his bed- 6 And the king and his men went to
chamber, and they smote him, and Jérusalem unto the Jeb-u-sites, the in
slew hhn, and beheaded him, and took habitants of the land: which spake im-
his head, and gat them away through to David, saying, Except thou take
the plain ail night. away the blind and the lame, thou
8 And they brought the head of shalt not come in hither: thinking, Da
Ish-bo-sheth unto David to Hebron, vid cannot come in hither.
and said to the king, Behold the head 7 Nevertheless David took the
of Ish-bo-sheth the son of Saul thine strong hold of Zion: the same is the
enemy, which sought thy life; and the city of David.
Lord hath avenged my lord the king 8 And David said on that day,
thls day of Saul, and of his seed. Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,
9 And David answered Re-chab and smiteth the Jeb-u-sites, and the
and Ba'-a-nah his brother, the sons of lame and the blind, that are hated of
Rimmon tiie Be-e-ro-thite, and said David's soul, he shall be chief and cap-
unto them. As the Lord liveth, who tain. Wherefore they s£iid, The blind
hath redeemed my soul out of ail ad- and the lame shall not come into the
versity, house.
10 When one told me, saying, Be 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and
hold, Saul is dead, thinking to have called it the city of David. And David
brought good tidings, I took hold of built round about from Mil-lo and in-
him, and slew him in Ziklag, who ward.
thought that I would have given him a 10 And David went on, and grew
reward for his tidings: great, and the Lord God of hosts was
11 How much more, when wicked with him.
men have slain a righteous person in 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent
his own house upon his bed? shcill I not messengers to David, and cedar trees,
ttierefore now require his blood of your and carpenters, and masons: and they
hand, and take you away from the built David an house.
earth? 12 And David perceived that the
12 And David commanded his Lord had established him king over
yoimg men, and they slew them, and Israël, and that he had exalted his
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kingdom for his people Israers sake.
13 And David took him more con
cubines and wives ont of Jérusalem,
after he was come from Hebron: and
there were yet sons and daughters
bom to David.
14 And these he the names of those
that were bom unto him in Jérusalem;
Sham-mu'-ah, and Sho-bab, and Na
than, and Solomon,
15 Ib-har also and El-f-shu-a, and
Ne'-pheg, and Ja-phi-a,
16 And E-lish-a-ma, and E-li-a-da,
and E-liph-a-let.
17 But when the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David king
over Israël, ail the Philistines came up
to seek David; and David heard of it,
and went down to the hold.
18 The Philistines also came and
spread themselves in the valley of
Reph-a-im.
19 And David enquired of the
Lord,saying, Shall I go up to the Phil
istines? wilt thou deliver them into
mine hand? And the Lord said unto
David, Go up: for I will doubtless de
liver the Philistines into thine hand.
20 And David came to Ba-al-per'-a-
zim, and David smote them there, and
said, The Lord hath broken forth upon
mine enemies before me, as the breach
of waters. Therefore he called the
name of that place Ba-al-per'-a-zim.
21 And there they left their images, of the Lord come to me?
and David and his men bumed them.
22 And the Philistines came up yet
again, and spread themselves in the
valley of Reph-a-im.
23 And when David enquired of the
Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
but fetch a compass behind them, and
come upon them over against the mul-
berry trees.
24 And let it be, when thou hearest
the Sound of a going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, that then thou shalt
bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord
go out before thee,to smite the host of
the Philistines.
25 And David did so, as the Lord
had commanded him; and smote the
Philistines from Ge-ba until thou come
to Ga-zer.
CHAPTER 6
A GAIN, David gathered together ail
the chosen men of Israël, thirty
thousand.
2 And David arose, and went with
ail the people that were with him from
307
Ba-al-e of Judah, to bring up from
thence the ark of God, whose name is
called by the name of the Lord of
hosts that dwelleth between the cheru-
bims.
3 And they set the ark of God upon
a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of A-bin-a-dab that was in Gib-
e-ah: and Uz-zah and A-hi'-o, the sons
of A-bin-a-dab, drave the new cart.
4 Aiid they brought it out of the
house of A-bin-a-dab which was at
Gib-e-ah, accompanying the ark of
God: and A-hi-o went before the ark.
5 And David and ail the house of
Israël played before the Lord on ail
manner of instruments made of fir
wood,even on harps,and on psalteries,
and on timbrels, and on cornets, and
on cymbals.
6 And when they came to Na-
chon's threshingfloor, Uz-zah put
forth his hand to the ark of God, and
took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7 And the anger of the Lord was
kindled against Uz-zah; and God
smote him there for his error; and
there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, be-
cause the Lord had made a breach
upon Uz-zah: and he called the name
of the place Pe-rez-uz-zah to this day.
9 And David was afraid of the Lord
that day, and said, How shall the ark
10 So David would not remove the
ark of the Lord unto him into the city
of David: but David carried it aside
into the house of O-bed-e-dom the
Gif-tite.
11 And the ark of the Lord con-
tinued in the house of O-bed-e-dom
the Gif-tite three months: and tiie
Lord blessed O-bed-e-dom, and ail
his household.
12 And it was told king David,say
ing, The Lord hath blessed the house
of O-bed-e-dom, and ail that pertain-
efh imto him, because of the ark of
God. So David went and brought up
the ark of God from the house of
O-bed-e-dom into the city of David
with gladness.
13 And it was so, that when they
that bare the ark ofthe Lord had gone
six paces, he sacrihced oxen and fat-
lings.
14 And David danced before the
Lord with ail his might; and David
was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and ail the house of Is-
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rael brought up the ark of the Lord 4 And it came to pass that night,
with shouting, and with the sound of that the word of the Lord came unto
the trumpet. Nathan, saying,
16 And as the ark of the Lord came 5 Go and tell my servant David,
into the city of David, Mi-chal Saul's Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build
daughter looked through a window, me an house for me to dwell in?
and saw king David leaping and danc 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any
ing before the Lord; and she despised house since the time that I brought up
him in her heart. the children of Israël out of Egypt,
17 And they brought in the ark of even to this day, but have walked in a
the Lord,and set it in his place,in the tent and in a tabernacle.
midst of the tabernacle that David 7 In ail the places wherein I have
had pitched for it: and David offered walked with ail the children of Israël
bumt offerings and peace offerings be spake I a word with any of the tribes
fore the Lord. of Israël, whom I commanded to feed
18 And as soon as David had made my people Israël, saying, Why build ye
an end of oifering burnt offerings and not me an house of cedar?
peace offerings, he blessed the people 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say
in the name of the Lord of hosts. unto my servant David, Thus saith
19 And he dealt among ail the peo the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the
ple, even among the whole multitude sheepcote,from following the sheep,to
of Israël, as well to the women as men, be ruler over my people, over Israël:
to every one a cake of bread, and a 9 And I was with thee whitherso-
good piece of fiesh, and a dagon of ever thou wentest, and have eut off ail
wine* So ail the people departed every thine enemies out of thy sight, and
one to his house. have made thee a great name,like un
20 Then David retumed to bless his to the name of the great men that are
household. And Mi-chal the daughter in the earth.
of Saul came out to meet David, and 10 Moreover I will appoint a place
said, How glorious was the king of Is for my people Israël, and will pleint
raël to day, who uncovered himself to them, that they may dwell in a place
day in the eyes of the hcindmaids of his of their own, and move no more; nei-
servants, as one of the vain fellows ther shall the children of wickedness
shamelessly uncovereth himself! afflict them any more, as beforetime,
21 And David said unto Mi-chal, It 11 And as since the time that I
was before the Lord, which chose me commanded judges to be over my peo
before thy father, and before ail his ple Israël, and have caused thee to
house, to appoint me ruler over the rest from ail thine enemies. Also the
people of the Lord, over Israël: there- Lord telleth thee that he will make
fore will I play before the Lord. thee an house.
22 And I will yet be more vile than 12 And when thy days be fulfilled,
thus, and will be base in mine own and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers,
sight: and of the maidservants which I will set up thy seed after thee, which
thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I
had in honour. will establish his kingdom.
23 Therefore Mi-chal the daughter 13 He shall build an house for my
of Saul had no child unto the day of name, and I will stablish the throne of
her death. his kingdom for ever.
14 I will be his father, and he shall
CHAPTER 7 be my son. If he commit iniquity, I
A ND it came to pass, when the king will chasten him with the rod of men,
j[\ sat in his house, and the Lord and with the stripes of the children of
had given him rest round about from men:
ail his enemies; 15 But my mercy shall not départ
2 That the king said unto Nathan away from him, as I took it from Saul,
the prophet, See now, I dwell in an whom I put away before thee.
house of cedar, but the ark of God 16 And thine house and thy king
dwelleth within curtains. dom shall be established for ever be
3 And Nathan said to the king. Go, fore thee: thy throne shall be estab
do ail that is in thine heart; for the lished for ever.
Lord is with thee. 17 According to ail these words,and
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according to ail this vision, so did Na and with thy blessing let the house of
than speak unto David. thy servant be blessed for ever.
18 Then went king David in, and
sat before the Lord,and he said, Who CHAPTER8
am I, O Lord God? and what is my
house, that thou hast brought me AND after this it came to pass, that
hitherto? l\ David smote the Philistines, and
19 And this was yet a small thing in subdued them: and David took Me-
thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast theg-am'mah out of the hand of the
spoken also of thy servantes house for Philistines.
a great while to come. And is this the 2 And he smote Moab, and mea-
manner of man, O Lord God? sured them with a line, casting them
20 And what can David say more down to the ground; even with two
unto thee? for thou. Lord God, know- Unes measured he to put to death, and
est thy servant. with one fuU line to keep alive. And so
21 For thy word's sake, and accord the Moabites became David's ser
ing to thine own heart, hast thou done vants, and brought gifts.
ail these great things, to make thy ser 3 David smote also Had-ad-e-zer,
vant know them. the son of Re-hob, king of Zobah, as
22 Wherefore thou art gréât, O he went to recover his border at the
Lord God: for there is none like thee, river Eu-phra-tes.
neither is there any God beside thee, 4 And David took from him a thou-
according to ail that we have heard sand chariots; and seven hundred
with our ears. horsemen, and twenty thousand foot-
23 And what one nation in the men: and David houghed aU the chari
earth is like thy people, even like Is ot horses, but reserved of them for an
raël, whom God went to redeem for a hundred chariots.
people to himself, £Uid to make him a 5 And when the Syrians of Damas-
name, and to do for you great things cus came to succour Had-ad-e-zer king
and terrible, for thy land, before thy of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians
people, which thou redeemedst to thee two and twenty thousand men.
from Egypt, from the nations and 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria
their gods? of Damascus: and the Syrians became
24 For thou hast confirmed to thy- servants to David, and brought gifts.
self thy people Israël to be a people un And the Lord preserved David whith-
to thee for ever: and thou. Lord, art ersoever he went.
become their God. 7 And David took the shields of
25 And now, O Lord God,the word gold that were on the servants of Had-
that thou hast spoken conceming thy ad-e-zer, ànd brought them to Jéru
servant, and concemihg his house, es- salem.
tablish it for ever, and do as thou hast 8 And from Be-tah,and from Ber'-o-
said. thai, cities of Had-ad-e-zer, king Da
26 And let thy name be magnihed vid took exceeding much brass.
for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is 9 When To-i king of Ha-math heard
the God over Israël: and let the house that David had smitten ail the host of
of thy servant David be established Had-ad-e-zer,
before thee. 10 Then To-i sent Joram his son
27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God unto king David, to salute him,and to
of Israël, hast revealed to thy servant, bless him, because he had fought
saying, I will build thee an house: a^nst Had-ad-e-zer, and smitten
therefore hath thy servant found in him: for Had-ad-e-zer had wars with
his heart to pray this prayer unto To-i. And Joram brought with him
thee. vessels of sUver, and vessels of gold,
28 And now, O Lord God, thou art and vessels of brass:
that God, and thy words be true, and 11 Which also king David did dedi-
thou hast promised this goodness unto cate unto the Lord,with the silver and
thy servant: gold that he had dedicated ôf ail na
29 Therefore now let it plesise thee tions which he subdued;
to bless the house of thy servant, that 12 OfSyria, and of Moab,and of the
it may continue for ever before thee: children of Ammon, and of the Philis
for thou, O Lord Gop, hast spoken it: tines, and of Am-a-lek, and of the
310 n SAMUEL 9, 10
spoil of Had-ad-C'-zer, son of Re'hob, and will restoré thèe ail the lahd of
king of Zobah. Saul thy father; and thou shàlt êat
13 And David gat him a name when bread at my table contlnually.
he retumed from smiting of the Syri- 8 And he bowed himself, and said,
ans in the valley of sait, being eighteen What is thy servant, that thou should-
thousand men. est look upon such a dead dog as I am?
14 And he put garrisons in Edom; 9 Then the king called to Zi-bà,
throughout ail Edom put he garrisons, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I
and ail they of Edom became David's have given unto thy master's son ail
servants. And the Lord preserved Da that pertained to Saul and to ail his
vid whithersoever he went. house.
15 And David reigned over ail Is 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons,
raël; and David executed judgment and thy servants, shall till the land for
and justice unto ail his people. him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits,
16 And Jo-ab the son of Zer-u-i'-éih that thy master's son may have food
was ovér the host; and Je-hosh'-a-phat to eat: but Me-phib-o-sheth thy mas-
the son of A-hi'4ud was recorder; ter^s son shall eat bread alway at my
17 And Za'-dok the son of A-hi-tub, table. Now Zi'-ba had iiftèéh sons and
and A-him'-e-lech the son of A-bi'-a- twenty servants.
thar, were the priests; and Ser-ài'ah 11 Then said zr-ba imto the king,
was the scribe; According to ail that my lord the king
18 And Be-na-iah the son of Je-hoi'- hath commanded his servant, so shall
a-da was over both the Cher'-e-thites thy servant do. As for Me-phib-o-
and the Pel'e-thites; and David's sons sheth, said the king, he shall eat at my
were chief rulers. table, as one of the king's sons.
12 And Me-phib'-o-sheth had a
CHAPTER 9 young son, whose name was Mi-cha.
And ail that dwelt in the houée of Zi-
AND David said, Is there yet any ba were servants unto Me-phib-o-
/\ that is left of the house of Saul, sheth.
that I may shew him kindness for Jona- 13 So Me-phib-o-sheth dwelt in
than's sake? Jérusalem: for he did eat continually
2 And there was of the house of Saul at the king's table; and was lame on
a servant whose name was Zi-ba. And both his feet.
when they had called him unto David,
CHAPTER 10
the king said unto him.Art thou Zi'ba?
And he said, Thy servant is he, AND it came to pass after this, that
3 And the king said, Is there not yet /\ the king of the children of Am-
any of the house of Saul, that I may mon died, and Ha-nun his son reigned
shew the kindness of God unto him? in his stead.
And Zi-ba said unto the king, Jona 2 Then said David, I will shew
than hath yet a son, which is lame on kindness unto Ha-nun the son of Na'-
his feet. hash, as his father shewed kindness un
4 And the king said unto him, to me. And David sent to comfort him
Where is he? And Zi-ba said unto the by the hand of his servants for his fa
king, Behold, he is in the house of Ma'- ther. And David's servants came into
chir, the son of Am'-mi-el, in Lo-de'- the land of the children of Ammon.
bar. 3 And the princes of the children of
5 Then king David sent, and Ammon said unto Ha-nun théir lord,
fetched him ont of the house of Ma- Thinkest thou that David doth honour
chir, the son of Am'-mi-el, from Lo- thy father, that he hath sent comfort-
de'-bar. ers unto thee? hath not David rather
6 Now when Me-phib'o-sheth, the sent his servants unto thee to seàrch
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was the city, and to spy it ont, and to over-
come unto David, he fell on his face, throw it?
gmd did reverence. And David said, 4 Wherefore Ha-nun took David's
Me-phib-o-sheth. And he answered, servants, and shaved off the one half
Behold thy servanti of their bpards, arid eut off their gar-
7 And David said unto him> Fear ments in the middle, even to their but-
nôt: for I will surely shew thee kind tocks, and sent them away.
ness for Jonathan thy father's sake, 5 When they told it unto David, he
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sent to meet them, because the men
were greatly ashamed: and the king
said, Tanry at Jéricho until your
beards be grown, and then retum.
6 And when the children of Ammon
saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the
Syrians of Beth-re-hob, and the Syri-
ans of Zo-ba, twenty thonsand foot-
men,and of king Ma-a-cah a thousand
men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand
men.
7 And when David heard of it, he
sent Jo'-ab, and ail the host of the
mighty men.
8 And the children of Ammon came
ont, and put the battle in array at the
entering in of the gâte: and the Syrians
of Zo-ba, and of Re-hob, and Ish-tob,
and Ma-a-cah, were by themselves in
the field.
9 When Jo-ab saw that the front of
the battle was against him before and
behind, he chose of ail the choice men
of Israël, and put them in array against
the Syrians:
10 And the rest of the people he de-
livered into the hand of A-bish-a-i his
brother, that he might put them in ar
ray against the children of Ammon.
11 And he said. If the Syrians be
too strong for me,then thou shalt help
me: but if the children of Ammon be
too strong for thee, then I will come
and help thee.
12 Be of good courage, and let us
play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the Lord do
that which seemeth him good.
13 And Jo-ab drew nigh, and the
people that were with him, unto the
battle agcdnst the Syrians: and they
fled before him.
14 And when the children of Am
mon saw that the Syrians were fled,
then fled they also before A-bish-a-i,
and entered into the city. So Jo-ab re-
turned from the children of Ammon,
and came to Jérusalem.
15 And when the Syrians saw that
they were smitten before Israël, they
gathered themselves together.
16 And Had-ar-e-zer sent, and
brought out the Syrians that were be-
yond the river: and they came to He-
lam; and Sho-bach the captain of the
host of Had-ar-e'-zer went before them.
17 And when it was told David, he
gathered ail Israël together, and
passed over Jordan, and came to He-
lam. And the Syrians set themselves in
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array against David, and fought with
him.
18 And the Syrians fled before Is
raël; and David slew ihe men of seven
hundred chariots of the Syrians, and
forty thousand horsemen, and smote
Sho-bach the captain of their host,
who died there.
19 And when ail the kings ihat were
servants to Had-ar-e-zer saw that they
were smitten before Israël, they made
peace with Israël, and served them. So
the Syrians feared to help the children
of Ammon any more.
CHAPTER II
AND it came to pass, after the year
i\. was expired, at the time when
kings go forth to battle, that David
sent Jo-ab, and his servants with him,
and ail Israël; and they destroyed the
children of Ammon,and besieged Rab-
bah. But David tarried still at Jéru
salem.
2 And it came to pass in an evening-
tide,that David arose from off his bed,
and walked upon the roof of the king's
house:and from the roof he saw a wom-
an washing herself; and the woman
was very beautiful to look upon.
3 And David sent and enquired aft
er the woman. And one said, Is not
this Bath-she-ba, the daughter of
E-li-am, the wife of U-ri-ah the Hit
tite?
4 And David sent messengers, and
took her; and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was puri-
fied from her uncleanness: and she re-
tumed unto her house.
5 And the woman conceived, and
sent and told David, and said, I am
with child.
6 And David sent to Jo-ab, saying,
Send me U-ri-ah the Hittite. And Jo-
ab sent U-ri-ah to David.
7 And when U-ri-ah was come imto
him, David demanded of him how Jo-
ab did, and how the people did, and
how the war prospered.
8 And David said to U-ri-ah, Go
down to thy house, and wash thy feet.
And U-ri'-ah departed out of the king's
house, and there followed him a mess
of meat from the king.
9 But U-ri-ah slept at the door of
the king's house with ail the servants
of his lord, and went not down to his
house.
10 And when they had told David,
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saying, U-ri-ah wient not down unto
his house, David said unto U-rf-ah,
Camest thou not from thy joumey?
why then didst thou not go down unto
thine house?
11 And U-ri-ah said unto David,
The ark, and IsraLel, and Judah, abide
in tents; and my lord Jo-ab, and the
servants of my lord, are encamped in
the open helds; shall I then go into
mine house, to eat and to drink, and
to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and
as thy soul liveth, I will not do this
thing.
12 And David said to U-ri-ah, Tar-
ry here to day also, and tomorrow I
will let thee départ. So U-ri-ah abode
in Jérusalem that day, and the mor-
row.
13 And when David had called him,
he did eat and drink before him; and
he made him drunk; and at even he
went out to lie on his bed with the ser
vants of his lord, but went not down
to his house.
14 And it came to pass in the mom-
ing, that David wrote a letter to Jo-
ab, and sent it by the hand of U-ri-ah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, say-
ing. Set ye U-ri-ah in the forefront of
the hottest battle, and retire ye from
him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Jo-ab
observed the city, that he assigned
U-ri-ah unto a place where he knew
that valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went
out, and fought with Jo-ab: and there
fell some of the people of the servants
of David; and U-ri'-ah the Hittite dled
also.
18 Then Jo'-ab sent and told David
ail the things concerning the war;
19 And charged the messenger, say-
ing, When thou hast made an end of
telling the matters of the war unto the
king,
20 And if so be that the king's
wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto
the city when ye did fight? knew ye
not that they would shoot from the
W£dl?
21 Who smote A-bim-e-lech the son
of Je-rub'-be-sheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon him
from the wall,that he died in The-bez?
why went ye nigh the wall? then say
thou, Thy servant U-ri'-ah the Hittite
is dead also.
22 So the messenger went, and
came and shewed David ail that Jo-ab
had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said imto Da
vid, Surely the men prevâiled against
us, and came out unto us into the
held, and we were upon them even un
to the entèring of the gâte.
24 And the shooters shot from off
the wall upon thy servants; and some
of the king's servants be dead,and thy
servant U-ri-ah the Hittite is dead
also.
25 Then David said unto the mes
senger, Thus shalt thou say unto Jo-
ab, Let not this thing displease thee,
for the sword devoùreth one as well as
another: make thy battle more strong
against the city, and overthrow it: and
encourage thou him.
26 And when the wife of U-ri-ah
heard that U-ri-ah her husband was
dead, she moumed for her husband.
27 And when the mouming was
past, David sent and fetched her to his
house, and she became his wife, and
bare him a son. But the thing that Da
vid had done displeased the Lord.
CHAPTER 12
AND the Lord sent Nathan unto
/\ David. And he came unto him,
and said unto him, There were two
men in one city; the one rich, and the
other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding many
docks and herds:
3 But the poor mun had nothing,
save one little ewe lamb, which he had
bought and nourished up: and it grew
up together with him, and with his
children; it did eat of his own meat,
and drank of his own cup, and lay in
his bosom, and was unto him as a
daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto
the rich man,and he spared to take of
his own flock and of his own herd, to
dress for the wayfaring man that was
come unto him; but took the poor
man's lamb,and dressed it for the man
that Wcis come to him.
5 And David's anger was greatly
kindled against the man; and he said
to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the
man that hath done this thing shall
surely die:
6 And he shall restore the lamb
fourfold, because he did this thing,and
because he had no pity.
7 And Nathan said to David, Thou
art the man. Thus saith the Lord God
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of Israël, I anointed thee king over Is
raël, and I delivered thee out of the
hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master's
house, and thy master's wives into thy
bosom, and gave thee the honse of Is
raël and of Judah; and if that had been
too little, I would moreover have given
unto thee such and such things.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the
commandment of the Lord, to do evil
in his sight? thou hast killed U-ri-ah
the Hittite with the sword, and hast
taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast
slain him with the sword of the chil-
dren of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall
never départfrom thine house; because
thou hast despised me,and hast taken
the wife of U-ri'-ah the Hittite to be
thy wife.
11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will raise up evil against thee out of
thine own house, and I will take thy
wives before thine eyes, and give them
unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie
with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I
will do this thing before ail Israël, and
before the sun.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I
have sinned against the Lord. And
Nathan said unto David, The Lord
also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt
not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed
thou hast given great occasion to the
enemies of the Lord to blasphémé, the
child also that is bom unto thee shall
surely die.
15 And Nathan departed unto his
house. And the Lord struck the child
that U-ri-ah's wife bare unto David,
and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought God
for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay ail night upon the
earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose,
and went to him, to raise him up from
the earth: but he would not, neither
did he eat bread with them.
18 And it came to pass on the sev-
enth day,that the child died. And the
servants of David feàred to teh him And he brought forth the spoil of the
that the child was dead: for they said, city in great abundance.
Behold, whUe the child was yet alive,
we spsike unto him, and he would not that were therein, and put them under
hearken unto pur voice: how will he
then vex himsélf, if wè tell him that
the child is dead?
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19 But when David saw that his
servants whispered, David perceived
that the child was dead: therefore Da
vid said unto his servants, Is the child
dead? And they said, He is dead.
20 Then David arose from the
earth, and washed, and anointed him
sélf, and changed his apparel, and
came into the house of the Lord, and
worshipped: then he came to his own
house; and when he required, they set
bread before him, and he did eat.
21 Then said his servants ùnto him,
What thing is this that thou hast
done? thou didst fast and weep for the
chUd, while it was alive; but when the
child was dead, thou didst rise and eat
bread.
22 And he said, While the child was
yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said,
Who can tell whether God will be gra
cions to me, that the child may live?
23 But now he is dead, wherefore
should I fast? can I bring him back
again? I shall go to him, but he shall
not retum to me.
24 And David comforted Bath-she-
ba his wife, and went in unto her, and
lay with her: and she bare a son, and
he called his name Solomon: and the
Lord loved him.
25 And he sent by the hand of Na
than the prophet; and he called his
name Jed-i-di'-ahj because of the
Lord.
26 And Jo'-ab fought against Rab-
b£ih of the children of Ammon, and
took the royal city.
27 And Jo-ab sent messengers to
David, and said, I have fought against
Rab-bah, and have taken the city of
waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of
the people together, and encamp
against the city, and take it: lest I take
the city, and it be called after my
name.
29 And David gathered ail the peo
ple together, and went to Rab'-bah,
and fought against it, and took it.
30 And he took their king's crown
from off his head, the weight whereof
was a talent of gold with the precious
stones: and it was set on David's head.
31 And he brought forth the people
saws, and under harrows of iron, and
under axes of iron, and ihade them
pass through the brick-kiln: and thus
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did he unto ail the cities of the chil-
dren of Ammon. Se David and ail the
people retumed unto Jérusalem.
CHAPTER 13
AND it came to pass after this, that
i\ Ab-sa-lom the son of David had
a fait sister, whose name was Ta-mar;
cmd Amnon the son of David loved
her.
2 And Amnon was so vexed,that he
fell sick for his sister Ta-mar; for she
was a virgin; and Amnon thought it
hard for iBm to do anything to her.
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose
name was Jon-a-dab, the son of Shim-
e-ah David's brother: and Jon-a-dab
was a very subtil man.
4 And he said unto him, Why art
thou, being the king*s son, lean from
day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And
Amnon said unto him, I love Ta-mar,
my brother Ab-sa-lom's sister.
5 And Jon'^a-dab said unto him,
Lay thee down on thy bed, and make
thyself sick: cUid when thy father com-
eth to see thee, say unto him, I pray
thee, let my sister Ta-mar come, and
give me meat, and dress the meat in
my sight, that I may see it, and eat it
at her hand.
6 So Amnon lay down, and made
himself sick: and when the king was
come to see him, Amnon said unto the
king, 1 pray thee, let Ta-mar my sister
come, and make me a couple of cakes
in my sight, that 1 may eat at her
hand.
7 Then David sent home to Ta'-mar, 20 And Ab'-sa-lom her brother said
saying. Go now to thy brother Am- unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother
non's house, and dress him meat.
8 So Ta'-mar went to her brother
Amnon's house; and he was laid down.
And she took flour, and kneaded it,
and made cakes in his sight, and did
bake the cakes.
9 And she took a pan, and poured
them out before him; but he refused to
eat. And Amnon said, Havë out ail
men from me. And they went out
every man from him.
10 And Amnon said unto Ta'-mar,
Bring the meat into the chamber, that
1 may eat of thine hand. And Ta'-mar
took the cakes which she had made,
and brought them into the chamber to
Amnon her brother.
11 And when she had brought them
unto him to eat, he took hold of her,
and said unto her, Come lie with me,
my sister.
12 And she answered him, Nay, my
brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israël: do not
thou this folly.
13 And h whither shall I cause my
shame to go? and as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israël.
Now therefore, I pray thee,speak imto
the king; for he will not withhold me
from thee.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken
unto her voice: but; being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with her.
15 Then Amnon hated her exceed-
ingly; so that the hatred wherewith he
hated her was greater than the love
wherewith he had loved her. And Am
non said unto her, Arise, be gone.
16 And she said unto him, There is
no cause: this evil in sending me away
is greater than the other that thou
didst unto me. But he would not
hearken xmto her.
17 Then he called his servant that
ministered unto him, and said. Put
now this woman out from me,and boit
the door after her.
18 And she had a garment of divers
colours upon her: for with such robes
were the king's daughters that were vir-
gins apparelled. Then his servant
brought her out, and bolted the door
after her.
19 And Ta'-mar put ashes on her
head, and rent her garment of divers
colours that was on her, éuid laid her
hand on her head, and went on cry-
ing.
been with thee? but hold now thy
peace, my sister: he is thy brother; re
gard not this thing. So Ta'-mar re-
mained desolate in her brother Ab'-sa-
lom's house.
21 But when king David heard of
ail these things, he was very wroth.
22 And Ab'-sa-lom spake unto his
brother Aiimon neither good nor bad:
for Ab'-sa-lom hated Amnon, because
he had forced his sister Ta'-mar.
23 And it came to pass after two
full years, that Ab'-sa-lom had sheep-
shearers in Ba'-al-ha'-zor, which is be-
side E'-phra-im:,and Ab'-sa-lom invited
ail the king's sons.
24 And Ab'-sa-lom came to the
king, cmd said, Behold now, thy ser
vant hath sheepsheare^s; let the king,
I beseech thee, and his servants go
with thy servant.
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25 And the king said to Ab'-sa-lom, of Ge-shur. And David moumed for his
Nay, my son, let us net ail now go, son every day.
lest we be chargeable unto thee. And 38 So Ab'-sa-lom fled, and went to
he pressed him: howbeit he would not Ge-shur, and was there three years.
go, but blessed him. 39 And the soul of king David
26 Then said Ab-sa-lom, If not, I longed to go forth unto Ab-sa-lom: for
pray thee, let my brother Amnon go he was comforted conceming Amnon,
with us. And the king said unto him, seeing he was dead.
Why should he go with thee?
27 But Ab-sa-lom pressed him,that CHAPTER 14
he let Amnon and ail the king's sons
go with him.
NOW Jo'-ab the son of Zer-u-i-ah
perceived that the king*s heart
.28 Now Ab-sa-lom had commanded was toward Ab'-sa-lom.
his servants, saying. Mark ye now 2 And Jo-ab sent to Te-ko-ah, and
when Amnon's heart is merry with fetched thence a wise woman,and said
wine, and when I say unto you, Smite unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to
Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have be a moumer, and put on now moum-
not I commanded you? be courageous, ing apparel, and anoint not thyself
and be valiant. with oil, but be as a woman that had
29 And the servants of Ab-sa-lom a long time mourned for the dead:
did unto Anrnon as Ab'-sa-lom had 3 And come to the king, and speak
commanded. Then ail the king*s sons on this manner unto him. So Jo-ab put
arose, and every man gat him up upon the words in her mouth.
his mule, and fled. 4 And when the woman of Te-ko-ah
30 And it came to pass, while they spake to the king, she fell on her face
were in the way, that tidings came to to the ground, and did obeisance, and
David, saying, Ab-sa-lom hath slain said, Help, G king.
ail the king's sons, and there is not one 5 And the king said unto her, What
of them left. aileth thee? And she answered, I am
31 Then the king arose, and tare his indeed a widow woman,and mine hus-
garments,and lay on the earth; and ail band is dead.
his servants stood by with their clothes 6 And thy hmdmaid had two sons,
rent. and they two strove together in the
32 And Jon'-a-dab, the son of Shim- field, and there was none to part them,
e-ah David's brother, answered and but the one smote the other, and slew
said, Let not my lord suppose that they him.
have slain ail the young men the king's 7 And, behold, the whole family is
sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by risen against thine handmaid,and they
the appointment of Ab-sa-lom this said, Deliver him that smote his broth
hath been determined from the day er, that we may kill him, for the life
that he forced his sister Ta-mar. of his brother whom he slew; and we
33 Now therefore let not my lord will destroy the heir also: and so they
the king take the thing to his heart, to shall quench my coal which is left, and
think that ail the king's sons are dead: shall not leave to my husband neither
for Amnon only is dead. name nor remainder upon the earth.
34 But Ab-sa-lom fled. And the 8 And the king said unto the wom
young man that kept the watch lifted an. Go to thine house, and I will give
up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, charge concerning thee.
there came much people by the way of 9 And the woman of Te-ko-ah said
the hill side behind him. unto the king, My lord, G king, the
35 And Jon'-a-dab said unto the iniquity be on me, and on my father's
king, Behold, the king's sons come: as house: and the king and his throne be
thy servant said, so it is. guiltless.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as 10 And the king said, Whosoever
he had made an end of speaking, that, saith ought unto thee, bring him to me,
behold, the king's sons came, and and he shall not touch thee any mpre.
lifted up their voice and wept: and the 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let
king also and ail his servants wept the king remember the Lord thy God»
verysore. that thou wouldest not suffer the re-
37 But Ab-sa-lom fled, and went to vengers of blood to destroy any more,
Tal'^mai, the son of Am-mi'^hud, king lest they destroy my son. And he said.
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As the Lord liveth, there shall net one day thy servant knoweth that I have
hair of thy son fall to the earth. found grâce in thy sight, my lord, O
12 Then the woman said, Let thine king,in that the king hath fulfilled the
handmaid, 1 pray thee, speak one request of his servant.
Word unto my lord the king. And he 23 So Jo-ab arose and went to Ge-
said, Say on. shur, and brought Ab-sa-lom to Jéru
13 And the woman said, Wherefore salem.
then hast thou thought such a thing 24 And the king said, Let him tum
against the people of God? for the king to his own house, and let him not see
doth speak this thing as one which is my face. So Ab-sa-lom retumed to his
faulty, in that the king doth not fetch own house, and saw not the king's face.
home again his banished. 25 But in ail Israël there was none
14 For we must needs die, and are to be so much praised as Ab-sa-lom
as water spilt on the ground, which for his beauty:from the sole of his foot
cannot be gathered up again; neither even to the crown of his head there
doth God respect any person; yet doth was no blemish in him.
he devise means, that his banished be 26 And when he polled his head,
not expelled from him. (for it was at every year*s end that he
15 Now therefore that I am come to polled it: because the hair was heavy on
speak of this thing unto my lord the him,therefore he polled it:) he weighed
king, it is because the people have the hair of his head at two hundred
made me afraid: and thy handmaid shekels after the king's weight.
said, I will now speak unto the king; 27 And unto Ab-sa-lom there were
it may be that the king will perform bom three sons, and one daughter,
the request of his handmaid. whose name was Ta'-mar: she was a
16 For the king will hear, to deliver woman of a fair countenance.
his handmaid out of the hand of the 28 So Ab'-sa-lom dwelt two full
man that would destroy me and my son years in Jemsalem, and saw not the
together out of the inheritance of God. king's face.
17 Then thine handmaid said, The 29 Therefore Ab-sa-lom sent for Jo-
word of my lord the king shall now be ab, to have sent him to the king; but
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so he would not come to him: and when
is my lord the king to discem good and he sent again the second time, he
bad; therefore the Lord thy God will would not come.
be with thee. 30 Therefore he said unto his ser
18 Then the king answered and said vants, See, Jo-ab's field is near mine,
imto the woman, Hide not from me,I and he hath barley there; go and set it
pray thee, the thing that I shall ask on fire. And Ab-sa-lom's servants set
thee. And the woman said, Let my the field on fire.
lord the king now speak. 31 Then Jo-ab arose, and came to
19 And the king said, Is not the Ab-sa-lom unto his house, and said un
hand of Jo-ab with thee in ail this? to him, Wherefore have thy servants
And the woman answered and said, As set my field on fire?
thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none 32 And Ab-sa-lom answered Jo-ab,
can tum to the right hand or to the Behold,I sent unto thee,saying, Come
left from ought that my lord the king hither, that I may send thee to the
hath spoken; for thy servant Jo-ab, he king, to say, Wherefore am I come
bade me,and he put ail these words in from Ge-shur? it had been good for me
the mouth of thine handmaid: to have been there still: now therefore
20 To fetch about this form of let me see the king's face; and if there
speech hath thy servant Jo'-ab done be any iniquity in me]let him kill me.
this thing: and my lord is wise, accord- 33 So Jo'-ab C2ime to the king, and
ing to the wisdom of an angel of God, told him: and when he had called for
to know ail things that are in the earth. Ab'-sa-lom, he came to the king, and
21 And the king said unto Jo-ab, bowed himself on his face to the
Behold now,I have done this thing: go ground before the king: and the king
therefore, bring the young man Ab-sa- kissed Ab'-sa-lom.
lom agàin.
22 And Jo-ab fell to the ground on CHAPTER 15
his face, and bowed himself, and AND it came to pass after this, that
thanked the king: and Jo-ab said, To jl\ Ab'-sa-lom prepared him chariots
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and horses, and fifty men to run before Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not
him. else escape from Ab'-sa-lom: make
2 And Ab-sa-lom rose up early, and speed to départ, lest he overtake us
stood beside the way of the gâte: and suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and
it was so, that when any man that had smite the city with the edge of the
a controversy came to the king for sword.
judgment, then Ab'-sa-lom Ccilled unto 15 And the king*s servants said un
him, and said, Of what city art thou? to the king, Behold, thy servants are
And he said, Thy servant is of one of ready to do whatsoever my lord the
the tribes of Israël, king shall appoint.
3 And Ab-sa-lom said unto him, 16 And the king went forth, and ail
See, thy matters are good and right; his household after him. And the king
but there is no man deputed of the king left ten women, which were concubines,
to hear thee. to keep the house.
4 Ab-sa-lom said moreover. Oh that 17 And the king went forth, and ail
1 were made judge in the land, that the people after him, and tarried in a
every man which hath any suit or place that was far off.
cause might come unto me, and I 18 And ail his servants passed on
would do him justice l beside him; and ail the Cher'-e-thites,
5 And it was so, that when any man and ail the Pel'-e-thites, and ail the
came nigh to him to do him obeisance, Gif-tites, six hundred men which came
he put forth his hand, and took him, after him from Gath, passed on before
and kissed him. the king.
6 And on this manner did Ab-sa- 19 Then said the king to It'-ta-i the
lom to ail Israël that came to the king Gif-tite, Wherefore goest thou also
for judgment: so Ab-sa-lom stole the with us? retum to thy place, and abide
hearts of the men of Israël. with the king: for thou art a stranger,
7 And it came to pass after forty and also an exile.
years, that Ab-sa-lom said unto the 20 Whereas thou camest but yester-
king, I pray thee, let me go and pay day,should I this day make thee go up
my vow, which I have vowed unto the and down with us? seeing I go whither
Lord, in Hebron. I may,retum thou, and take back thy
8 For thy servant vowed a vow brethren: mercy and tmth be with
while I abode at Ge-shur in Syria, say- thee.
ing. If the Lord shall bring me again 21 And If-ta-i answered the king,
indeed to Jérusalem, then I will serve and said. As the Lord liveth, and as
the Lord. my lord the king liveth, surely in what
9 And the king said unto him. Go in place my lord the king shall be, wheth-
peace. So he arose, and went to He er in death or life, even there also will
bron. thy servant be.
10 But Ab'-sa-lom sent spies 22 And David said to If-ta-i, Go
throughout ail the tribes of Israël, and pass over. And If-ta-i the Gif-tite
saying. As soon as ye hear the sound passed over, and ail his men, and ail
of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Ab- the little ones that were with him.
sa-lom reigneth in Hebron. 23 And ail the country wept with a
11 And with Ab'-sa-lom went two loud voice, and ail the people passed
hundred men out of Jérusalem, that over: the king also himself passed over
were called; and they went in their the brook Kidron, and ail the people
simplicity, and they knew not any passed over, toward the way of the
thing. wildemess.
12 And Ab'-sa-lom sentfor A-hith'-o- 24 And lo Za'-dok also, and ail the
phel the Gi'-lo-nite, David's counsel- Levites were with him, bearing the ark
lor, from his city, even from Gi'-loh, of the covenant of God: and they set
while he offered sacrifices. And the down the ark of God; and A-bi'-a-thar
conspiracy was strong; for the people went up, untU ail the people had done
increased continually with Ab'-sa-lom. passing out of the city.
13 And there came a messenger to 25 And the king said unto Za'-dok,
David, saying, The hearts of the men Carry back the ark of God into the
of Israël are after Ab'-sa-lom. city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of
14 And David said unto ail his ser the Lord, he will bring me again, and
vants that were with him at Jérusalem, shew me both it, and his habitation:
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26 But if he thus isay, I have no de- him, with a couple of asses saddled,
light in thee; behold, here am I,let him and upon them two hundred loaves of
do to me as seemeth good unto him. bread, and an hundred bunches of rai
27 The king said also Unto Za'-dok sins, and an hundred of summer fruits,
the priest, Art not thou a seer? retum and a bottle of wine.
into the city in peace, and your two 2 And the king said unto Zi-ba,
sons with you, A-him'-a-az thy son, What meanest thou by these? And Zi-
and Jonathan the son of A-bi-a-thar. ba said, The asses be for the king's
28 See, I will tarry in the plain of household to ride on; and the bread
the wildemess, until there come word and summer fruit for the young men to
from you to certify me. eat; and the wine, that such as be
29 Za-dok therefore and A-bi-a- faint in the wildemess-may drink.
thar carried the ark of God again to 3 And the king said, And where is
Jérusalem: and they tarried there. thy master's son? And Zi-ba said unto
30 And David went up by the as- the king, Behold, he abideth at Jem-
cent of mount Olivet, and wept as he salem: for he said, To day shall the
went up, and had his head covered, house of Israël restore me the kingdom
and he went barefoot: and ail the peo- of my father.
ple that was with him covered every 4 Then said the king to Zi-ba, Be
man his head, and they went up, hold, thine are ail that pertained unto
weeping as they went up. Me-phib'-o-sheth. And Zi-ba said, I
31 And one told David, saying, A- humbly beseech thee that I may find
hith'-o-phel is among the conspirators grâce in thy sight, my lord, O king.
with Ab-sa-lom. And David said, O 5 And when king David came to
Lord, 1 pray thee, turn the counsel of Ba-hu'-rim, behold, thence came out a
A-hith-o-phel into foolishness. man of the family of the house of Saul,
32 And it came to pass, that when whose name was Shim'-e-i, the son of
David was come to the top of the Ge'-ra: he came forth, and cursed still
mount, where he worshipped God, be as he came.
hold, Hu-shai the Ar'-chite came to 6 And he cast stones at David, and
meet him with his coat rent, and earth at ail the servants of king David: and
upon his head: ail the people and ail the mighty men
33 Unto whom David said. If thou were on his right hand and on his
passest on with me,then thou shalt be left.
a burden unto me: 7 And thus said Shim'-e-i when he
34 But if thou retum to the city, cursed, Come out, come out, thou
and say unto Ab-sa-lom, I will be thy bloody man,and thou man of Be'-li-al:
servant, O king; as I have been thy fa- 8 The Lord hath retumed upon
ther's servant hitherto, so will I now thee ail the blood of the house of Saul,
also be thy servant: then mayest thou in whose stead thou hast reigned; and
for me defeat the counsel of A-hith-o- the Lord hath delivered the kingdom
phel. into the hand of Ab'-sa-lom thy son:
35 And hast thou not there with thee and, behold, thou art taken in thy
Za-dok and A-bi'-a-thar the priests? mischief, because thou art a bloody
therefore it shall be, that what thing man.
soever thou shalt hear but of the king's 9 Then said A-bish'-a-i the son of
house, thou shalt tell it to Za-dok and Zer-u-i'-£ih unto the king, Why should
A-bi-a-thar the priests. this dead dog curse my lord the king?
36 Behold, they have there with let me go over, I pray thee, and take
them their two sons, A-him-a-az Za- off his head.
dok*s son, and Jonathan A-bi-a-thar*s 10 And the king said, What have I
son; and by them ye shall send unto to do with you, ye sons of Zer-u-i'-ah?
me every thing that ye can hear. so let him curse, because the Lord
37 So Hu-shai David's friend came hath said unto him, Curse David. Who
into the city, and Ab-sa-lom came into shall then say, Wherefore hast thou
Jérusalem. done so?
11 And David said to A-bish-a-i,
CHAPTER 16 and to ail his servants, Behold, my
AND when David was a little past son, which came forth of my bowels,
/V. the top of the hill, behold, Zi-ba seeketh ihy life: how much more now
the servant of Me-phib'-o-sheth met may this Benjamite do U? let him alone.
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and let him curse; for the Lord hath 2 And I will come upon him while
bidden him. he is weary and weak handed,and will
12 It may be that the Lord will make him afraid: and ail the people
look on mine affliction, and that the that are with him shall flee; and I will
Lord will requite me good for his smite the king only:
cursing this day. 3 And I will bring back ail the peo
13 And as David and his men went ple unto thee: the man whom thou
by the way, Shim'-e-i went along on seekest is as if ail returned: so ail the
the hill's side over against him, and people shall be in peace.
cursed as he went, and threw stones at 4 And the saying pleased Ab'-sa-
him, and cast dust. lom well, and ail the elders of Israël.
14 And the king, and ail the people 5 Then said Ab'-sa-lom, Call now
that were with him, came weary, and Hu'-shai the Ar'-chite also, and let us
refreshed themselves there. hear likewise what he saith^
15 And Ab-sa-lom, and ail the peo 6 And when Hu'-shai was come to
ple the men of Israël, came to Jérusa Ab'-sa-lom, Ab'-sa-lom spake unto him,
lem, and A-hith'-o-phel with him. saying, A-hith'-o-phel hath spoken aft
16 And it came to pass, when Hu- er this méuiner: shall we do after his
shai the Ar'-chite, David's friend, was saying? if not; speak thou.
come unto Ab-sa-lom, that Hu-shai 7 And Hu'-shai said unto Ab'-sa-
said unto Ab-sa-lom, God save the lom, The counsel that A-hith'-o-phel
king, God save the king. hath given is not good at this time.
17 And Ab-sa-lom said to Hu-shai, 8 For, said Hu'-shai, thou knowest
Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why thy father and his men, that they he
wentest thou not with thy friend? mighty men, and they he chafed in
18 And Hu-shai said unto Ab-sa- their minds, as a bear robbed of her
lom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and whelps in the field: and thy father is a
this people, and ail the men of Israël, man of war, and will not lodge with
choose, his will I be, and with him will the people.
I abide. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit,
19 Andagain, whom should I serve? or in some other place: and it will come
should I not serve in the presence of his to pass, when some of them be over-
son? as I have served in thy father's thrown at the first, that whosoever
presence, so will I be in thy presence. heareth it will say, There is a slaughter
20 Then said Ab-sa-lom to A-hith- among the people that follow Ab'-sa-
o-phel, Give counsel among you what lom.
we shall do. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose
21 And A-hith-o-phel said unto heart is as the heart of a lion, shall ut-
Ab'-sa-lom, Go in unto thy father's terly melt: for ail Israël knoweth that
concubines, which he hath left to keep thy father is a mighty man, and they
the house; and ail Israël shall hear that which he with him are valiant men.
thou art abhorred of thy father: then 11 Therefore I counsel that ail Is
shall the hands of ail that are with thee raël be generally gathered unto thee,
be strong. from Dan even to Be'-er-she'-ba, as the
22 So they spread Ab-sa-lom a tent sand that is by the sea for multitude;
upon the top of the house; and Ab-sa- and that thou go to battle in thine own
lom went in unto his father's concu person.
bines in the sight of ail Israël. 12 So shall we come upon him in
23 And the counsel of A-hith'-o- some place where he shall be found,
phel, which he counselled in those and we will light upon him as the dew
days, was as if a man had enquired at falleth on the ground: and of him
the oracle of God: so was ail the coun and of ail the men that are with him
sel of A-hith'-o-phel both with David there shcdl not be left so much as
and with Ab'-sa-lom. one.
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a
CHAPTER 17 city, then shall ail Israël bring ropes
MOREOVER A-hith'-o-phel said to that city, and we will draw it into
unto Ab-sa-lom, Let me now the river, imtil there be not one small
choose out twelve thousand men, and stone foimd there.
I will arise and pursue after David this 14 And Ab'-sa-lom and ail the men
night: of Israël said, The counsel of Hu'-shai
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the Ar'-ehite is better than the counsel dan, he and ail the men of Israël with
of A-hith-o-pheL For the Lord had him.
appointed to defeat the good counsel 25 And Ab-sa-lom made Am-a-sa
of A-hith-o-phel,to the intent that the captain of the host instead of Jo-ab:
Lord might bring evil upon Ab-sa- which Am-a-sa was à man's son, whose
lom. name was Ith-ra an Israélite, that
15 Then said Hu-shai unto Za-dok went in to Ab-i-gail the daughter of
and to A-bi-a-thar the priests, Thiis Na-hash, sister to Zer-u-i-ah Jo-ab's
and thus did A-hith-o-phel counsel mother.
Ab'-sa-lom and the elders of Israël; and 26 So Israël and Ab-sa-lom pitched
thus and thuis have I counselled, in the land of Gilead.
16 Now therefore send quickly, éuid 27 And it came to pass, when David
tell David, saying, Lodge not this was come to Ma-ha-na-im, that Sho-bi
night in the plains of the wildemess, the son of Na-hash of Rab-bah of the
but spee(hly pass over; lest the king be children of Ammon, and Ma-chir the
swallowed up, and ail the people that son of Am-mi-el of Lo-de'-bar, and
are with him. Bar-zil-la-i the Gileadite of Ro-ge-lim,
17 Now Jonathan and A-him-a-az 28 Brought beds, and basons, and
stayed by En-ro-gel; for they might earthen vessels, and wheat, and bar-
not be séen to come into the city: and ley, and flouf, and parched com, and
a wench went and told them; and they beans, and lentiles, and parched puise,
went and told king David. 29 And honey, and butter, and
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,
and told Ab-sa-lom: but they went and for the people that were with him,
both of them away quickly, and came to eat: for they said, The people is
to a man's house in Ba-hu'-rim, which hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the
had a well in his court; whither they wildemess.
went down.
CHAPTER 18
19 And the woman took and spread
a covering over the weirs mouth, and AND David numbered the people
spread ground com thereon; and the that were with him, and set cap-
thing was not known. tains of thousands and captains of
20 And when Ab-sa-lom*s servants hundreds over them.
came to the woman to the house, they 2 And David sent forth a third part
said, Where is A-him-a-az and Jona of the people under the hand of Jo-ab,
than? And the woman said unto them, and a third part under the hand of
They be gone over the brook of water, A-bish-a-i the son of Zer-u-i-ah, Jo'-
And when they had sought and could ab*s brother, and a third part under
not find them, they returned to Jéru the hand of It-ta-i the Gif-tite. And
salem. the king said imto the people, I will
21 And it came to pass, after they surely go forth with you myself also.
were departed, that they came up out 3 But the people answered, Thou
of the weU, and went and told king shalt not go forth: for if we flee away,
David, and said unto David, Arise, they will not care for us; neither if half
and pass quickly over the water: for of us die, will they care for us: but now
thus hath A-hith-o-phel counselled thou art worth ten thousand of us:
against you. therefore now it is better that thou
22 Then David arose, and ail the succour us out of the city.
people that were with hlm, and they 4 And the king said unto them,
passed over Jordan: by the moming What seemeth you best I will do. And
light there lacked not one of them that the king stood by the gâte side, and ail
was not gone over Jordan. the people came out by hundreds and
23 And when A-hith-o-phel saw by thousands.
that his counsel was not followed, he 5 And the king commanded Jo-ab
saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him and A-bish-a-i and If-ta-i, saying,
home to his house, to his city, and put Deal gently for my sake with the young
his household in order, and hanged man,even with Ab-sa-lom. And ail the
himself, and died, and was burièd in people heard when the king gave ail
the sepulchre of his father. the captains charge conceming Ab-sa-
24 Then David came to Ma-ha-na- lom.
im. And Ab-sa-lom passed over Jor 6 So the people went out into the
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field against Israël: and the battle was he said, I have no soii to keep my
in the wood of E-phra-im; name in remembrance: and he called
7 Where thé people of Israël were the pillar aftiér his o\;m name: and it is
slain before the servants of David,and called unto this day> Ab-sa-lom's
there was there a great'slaughter that place.
day of twenty thousand men. 19 Then said A-him-a-az the son of
8 For the battle was there scattered Za'-dok, Letme riow run, and bear the
over the face of ail the country: and king tidings, how that the Lord hath
the wood devoured more people that âvenged him of his énemies.
day than the sword devoured. 20 And Jô-ab said unto him, Thou
; 9 And Ab-sa-lom met the servants shalt not bear tidings this day, but
of David. And Ab-sa-lom rode upon a thou shalt bear tidings another day:
mule, and the mUle went under the but this day thou shalt beàr no tidings,
thick boughs of a greatloafc, and his because the king's son is dead.
head caught hold of the oak, £ind he 21 Then said Jo-ab to Cu'-shi, Go
was taken up between the heaven and tell the king what thou hast seen. And
the earth; and the mule that was under Cu-shi bowed himself unto Jo-ab, and
him went away. ran.
10 And a certain man saw it, and 22 Then saad A-him'-a-az the son of
told Jo-ab, and said, Behold, I saw Za-dok yet again to Jo'-ab^ But how-
Ab-sa-lom hanged in an oak. soever, let me, 1 pray thee, also run
11 And Jo'rab said imto the man after Cu-shi. And Jp-ab said, Where-
that told him, And, behold, thou saw- fore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that
est him, and why didst thou not smite thou hast no tidings ready?
him there to the ground? and I would 23 But howsoever, said he, let me
have given thee ten shekels of silver, run. And he said unto him, Run. Then
and a girdle. A-him-a-az ran by the way of the
12 And the man said unto Jo-ab, plain, and overran Cu'-shi.
Though I should receive a thousand 24 And David sat between the two
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet gâtes: and the watchman went up to
would I not put forth: mine hand the roof ovet the gâte unto the wall,
against the king's son: for in our hezu- and lifted Up his eyes, and looked, and
ing the king charged thee and A-bish- behold a man running alone.
a-i and It'-ta-i, saying, Beware that 25 And the watchman cried, and
none touch the young man Ab-sa-lom. told the king. And the king said. If he
13 Otherwise I should have wrought be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.
falsehood against mine own life: for And he came apace, and drew near.
there is no matter hid from the king, 26 And the watchman saw another
and thou thyself wouldest have set man running: and the watchman called
thyself against me. unto the porter, and said, Behold an
14 Then said Jo'-ab, I may not tarry other man running alone. And the king
thus with thee. And he took three said, He also bringeth tidings.
darts in his hand, and thrust them 27 And the watchman saidi Me
through the heart of Ab-sa-lom, while thinketh the running of the foremost
he was yet alive in the midst of the is like the running of A-him'-a-az the
oak. son of-Za-dok. And the king said, He
15 And ten young men that bare is a good man, and cometh with gôod
Jo'-ab's armour compassed about and tidings.
smote Ab'-sa-lom, and slew him. 28 And A-him'-a-az called, and said
16 And Jorab blew the trumpet, unto the king, AU is well. And he fell
and the pepple retumed from pursuing down to the earth upon his face before
after Israël: for Jo-ab held back the the king,and said, Blessed be the Lord
people. thy God, which hath delivered up the
17 And they took Ab-sa-lom, and men that lifted up their hand agaiinst
cast him into a great pit in the wood, my lord the king.
and laid a very great heap of stones 29 And the king said, Is the young
upon him: and ail Israël fled every one man Ab'-sa-lom safe? And A-him'-a-az
to bis tent. answered, When Jo'-ab sent the king's
18 Now Ab-sa-lom in his lifetime servant, and rne thy servant, 1 saw a
had taken and reared up for himself a great tumult, but I knew not what it
pillar, which is in the king's dale: for wàs.
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30 And the king said unto him, people, saying, Behold, the king doth
Tiim aside» and stand here* And he sit in the gâte. And ail the people came
tumed aside» and stood still. before the king: for Israël had fled
31 And> behold, Gu'-shi came; and every man to his tent.
Ou-shi said, Tidings, my lord the king: 9 And ail the people were at strife
for the Lord hath avenged thee this throughout ail the tribes of Israël, say
day of ail them that rose up against ing, The king saved us out of the hand
thee. of oiu:enemies, and he delivered us out
32 And the king said unto Cu-shi, of the hand of the Philistines; and now
Is the young man Ab-sa-lom safe? And he is fled out of theland for Ab-sa-lom.
Cu'shi answered, The enemies of my 10 AndAb'i'Sa4om,whomwe anoint-
lord the king, and ail that rise against ed over us, is dead in battle. Now
thee to do thee hurt, be as that young therefore why speâk ye not a word of
man is. bringing the king back?
33 And the king was much moved, 11 And king David sent to Za-dok
and went up to the chamber over the and to A-bi'-a-thar the priests, saying,
gâte, and wept: and as he went, thus Speak imto the elders of Judah, say
he said, O my son Ab-sa-lom, my son, ing, Why are ye the last to bring the
my son Ab-sa-lom! would God I had king back to his house? seeing the
died for thee, O Ab-sa-lom, my son, speech of ail Israël is come to the king,
my son! even to his house.
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my
CHAPTER 19 bones and my flesh: wherefore then are
AND it was told Jo-ab, Behold, the ye the last to bring back the king?
/\ king weepeth and moumeth for 13 And say ye to Am-a-sa, Art thou
Ab-sa-lom. not of my bone, and of my flesh? God
2 And the yictory that day was do so to me, and more also, if thou be
tumed into mourning unto ail the peo- not captain of the host before me con-
gle: for the people heard say that day tinually in the room of Jo'-ab.
14 And he bowed the heart of ail
ow the king was grieved for his son.
3 And the people gat them by the men of Judah, even as the heart of
stealth that day into the city, as peo one man; so that they sent this word
ple being ashamed steal away when imto the king, Retum thou, and ail
they flee in battle. thy servants.
4 But the king covered his face,and 15 So the king retumed, and came
the king cried with a loud yoiçe, O my to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal,
son Ab'-sa-lom, O Ab-sa-lwn, my son, to go to meet the king, to conduct the
my son! king over Jordan.
5 And Jo'-ab came into the house to 16 And Shim'-e-i the son of Ge-ra, a
the king,and said, Thou hast shamed Benjamite, which was of Ba-hu'-rim,
this day the faces of ail thy servants, hasted and came down with the men
whichtiiis day have saved thy life, and of Judcih to meet king David.
the lives of thy sons and of thy daugh- 17 And there were a thousand men
ters, and the lives of thy wives, and of Benjamin with him, and Zi-ba the
the lives of thy concubines; servant of the house of Saul, and his
6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, fifteen sons and his twenty servants
and hatest thy friends. For thou hast with him; and they went over Jordan
declared this day, that thou regardest before the king.
neither princes nor servants: for this 18 And there went over a ferry boat
day I perceive, that if Ab-sa-lom had to carry over the king's household,and
lived, and ail we had died this day; to do what he thought good. And
then it had pleased thee well. Shim-e-i the son of Ge-ra fell down be
7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and fore the king, as he was come over Jor
speak comfortably unto thy servants: dan;
for I swear by the Lord,if thou go not 19 And said unto the king, Let not
forth, there will not tarry one with my lord impute iniquity unto me, nei
thee this night: and that will be worse ther do thou remember that which thy
unto thee than ail the evil that befell servant did perversely the day that
thee from thy youth until now. my lord the king went out of Jérusa
8 Then the king arose, and sat in lem,that the king should take it to his
the gâte. And they told imto ail the heart.
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20 For thy seryant doth know that while he lay at Ma-ha-na'-dm; for he
I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am was a very great man.
corne the first titiis day of all the.honse 33 And the king said unto Bar-zil-
of Joseph to go down to meet my lord la-i, Come thou over with me, and I
the king. will feed thee with me in. Jérusalem.
21 But A-bish-a-i the^son of Zer-u- 34 And Bar-zil-la-i said unto the
i-ah: answered and sdid, Shall not king, How long have I to livé, that I
Shim'-e-i be put to death for this, be- should go up with the king unto Jéru
cause he cursed the Lord's anointed? salem?
22 And David said, What have 1 to 35 I am this day fourscore years
do with you, ye sons of Zer-u-i-ah, old: and can I discem between? good
that ye should this day be adversaries and evil? can thy servant taste,what I
unto me? shall there any man be put eat or what I drink? can I hear any
to death this day in Israël? for do not morè the voice of singing men and
I know that I am this day king over singing women? wherefore then should
Israël? thy servant be yet a burden unto my
23 Therefore the king said unto lord the king?
Shim-fr-i, Thou shalt not die. And the 36 Thy servant will go a little way
king sware unto him. over Jordan with the Jdng: and why
24 And Me^phib'-o-sheth the son of should the king recompense it.me with
Saul came down to meet the king, and such a reward?
had neither dressed his feet, nor 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee,
trimmed his beard, nor washôl his tum back again, that I may die in
clothes, from the day the king de- mine own city, and he buried hy the
parted until the day he came again in grave of my father ànd ôf my mother.
peace. But behold thy servant Chim-ham;let
25 And it came to pass, when he him go over with my lord the king; and
was Gome to Jérusalem to meet the do to 1dm what shaU seem good unto
king, that the king said unto him, thee.
Wherefore wentest not thou with me, 38 And the king answered, Ghim-
Me-phib'-o-sheth? ham shall go over with me, and I will
26 ^d he answered, My lord, O do to him that which shall seem good
king, myLservant deceived me:for thy unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt
servant Sciid, I will saddle me an ass, requiré of me, that will I do for thee.
that I may ride thereon, and go to the 39 And ail the people went over Jor
king; because thy servant is lame. dan. And when the king was come
27 And.he hath slandered thy ser over, the king kissed Bar-zil>la4, and
vant unto my lord the king; but my blessed him; and he retumed unto his
lord the king is as an angel of God: do own place.
therefore what is good in thine eyes. 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal,
28 For all of my father's house were and Chim-ham went on with him: and
but dead men before my lord the king: all the people of Judah conducted the
yet didst thou set thy servant among king, and also half the people of Israël.
them that did eat at thine own table. 41 And, behold, all the men of Is
What right therefore have I yet to cry raël came to the king, and said unto
any more unto the king? the king, Why have our brethren the
29 And the king said unto him, men of Judah stolen thee away, and
Why speakest thou any more of thy have brought the king, and his house-
matters? I have said, Thou and Zi-ba hold, and all David's men with him,
divide the land. over Jordan?
30 And Me-phib-o-sheth said imto 42 And all the men of Judah an
the king, Yea, let him take all, foras- swered the men of Israël, Because the
much as my lord the kingis come again king is near of kin to us: wherefore
in peace unto his own house. then.be ye angry for this matter? have
31 And Bar-zil-la-i the Gileadite we eaten at all of the king's cost? or
came down from Ro-ge-lim, and went hath he given us any gift?
over Jordan with the king,.to conduct 43 And the men of Israël answered
him over Jordan. the men of Judah, and said, We have
32 Now Bar-zil'-la-i was a very aged ten parts in the king, and we have also
man, even fourscore years old: and he more right in David than ye: why then
had provided the king of sustenance did ye despise us, that our advice
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should not be first had in bringing and struck him not again; and he died.
back our king? And the words of the So Jo'-ab and A-bish'-a-i his brother
men of Judah were fiercer than the pursued after She-ba the son of Bich-
words of the men of Israël. ri.
11 And one of Jo-ab's men stood by
CHAPTER 20 him, and said, He that favoureth Jo-
AND there hàppened to be there a ab,and he thatis for David,let him go
/\ man of Be-li-ab whose name was after Jo'-ab.
She-ba, the son of Bich'-ri, a Benja- 12 And Am-a-sa wallowed in blood
mite: and he blew a trumpet,and said, in the midst ofthe highway. And when
We have no part in David, neither the man saw that ail the people stood
have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: still, he removed Am'-a-sa out of the
every man to his tehts, O Israël. highway into the field, and cast a cloth
2 So every man of Israël went up upon him, when he saw that every one
from after David,and followed She-ba that came by him stood still.
the son of Bich-ri: but the men of Ju 13 When he was removed out of the
dah clave unto their king,from Jordan highway, ail the people went on after
even to Jérusalem. Jo-ab, to pursue after She-ba the son
3 And David came to his house at of Bich'-ri.
Jérusalem; and the king took the ten 14 And he went through ail the
women his concubines, whom he had tribes of Israël unto Abel, and to
left to keep the house,and put them in Beth-ma-a-chah, and ail the Be-rites:
ward, and fed them, but went net in and they were gathered together, and
unto them. So they were shut up unto went also after him.
the day of their death,living in widow- 15 And they came and besieged him
hood. in Abel of Beth-ma'-a-chah, and they
4 Then said the king to Am-a-sa, cast up a bank against the city, and it
Assemble me the men of Judah within stood in the trench: and ail the people
three days, and be thou here présent. that were with Jo-ab battered the
5 So Am'-a-sa went to assemble the wall, to throw it down.
men of Judah: but he tarried longer 16 Then cried a wise woman out of
than the set time which he had ap- the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you,
pointed him. unto Jo-ab, Come near hither, that I
6 And David said to A-bish-a-i, may speak with thee.
Now shall She'-ba the son df Bich-ri do 17 And when he was come near im-
us more harm than did Ab-sa-lom: to her, the woman said. Art thou Jo-
take thou thy lord*s servants, and pur- ab? And he answered, I am he. Then
sùe after him, lest he get him fenced she said unto him, Hear the words of
cities, and escape us. thine handmaid. And he answered, I
j And there went out after him Jo- do hear.
ab's men, and the Gher'-e-thites, and 18 Then she spake, saying, They
the Pel-e-thites, and ail the mighty were wont to speak in old time,saying,
men: and they went out of Jérusalem, They shall surely ask counsél at Abel:
to pursue after She-ba the son of and so they ended the matter.
Bich'-ri. 19 I am one of them that are peace-
8 When they were at the great stone able and faithful in Israël: thou seek-
which is in Gibeon, Am-a-sa went be- est to destroy a city and a mother in
fore them. And Jo'-ab's garment that Israël: why wilt thou swallow up the
he had put on was girded unto him, inheritance of the Lord?
and upon it a girdle with a sword fas- 20 And Jo-ab answered and said.
tened upon his loins in the sheath Far be it, far be it from me, that I
thereof; and as he went forth it fell should swallow up or destroy.
out. 21 The matter is not so: but a man
9 And Jo-ab said to Am'-a-sa, Art of mount E-phra-im, She-ba the son of
thou in health, my brother? And Jo-ab Bich'-ri by name, hath lifted up his
took Am'-a-sa by the beard with the hand against the king, even against
right hand to kiss him. David: deliver him only, and I will de-
10 But Am'-a-sa took no heed to the part from the city. And the woman
swdrd that was in Jo-ab*s hand: so he said unto Jo'-ab, Behold, his head shall
smote him therewith in the fifth rib, be thrown to thee over the wall.
and shed out his bowels to the groimd. 22 Then the woman went unto ail
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the people in her wisdom* And they Riz'-pah the daughter of A4-ah,whom
eut off tiie head of She-ba the son of she bare unto Saul, Ar-mo-ni and Me-
Bich'-ri, and cast it ont to Jo-ab. And phib'-o-sheth; and the five sons of Mi-
he blew a trumpèt, and they retired chal the daughter.of Saul, whom she
from the city, every man to his tent, brought up for A-dri-el the son of Bar-
And Jo'-ab returaed to Jérusalem unto zil-la-i the Merholsath-ite:
the king. 9 And he delivered them into the
23 Now Jo'-ab was over ail the host hands of the Gibeonites, and they
of Israël: and Be-naMah the son of Je- hanged them in the hill before thé
hoi'-a-da was over the Cher'-e-thites Lord: and they fell ail sevèn together,
and over the Pef-e-thltes: and were put to death in the days of
24 And A-do-ram was over the trib- harvest, in the first days,in the begin-
ute: and Je-hosh-a-phat the son of ning of barley harvest.
A-hi-lud was recorder: 10 And Riz-pah the daughter of
25 And She'-va was scribe: and Za- A-i-ah took sackcloth, and spread it
dok and A-bi'-a-thar were the priests: for her upon the rock,from the begin-
26 And Ira also the Ja'-ir-ite was a ning of harvest until water dropped
chief ruler about David. upon them out of heaven, and suffered
neither the birds of the air to rest on
CHAPTER 21 them by day,nor the beasts of the field
THEN there was a famine in the by night.
days of David three years, year 11 And it was told David what Riz'-
after year; and David enquired of the pah the daughter of A-i'-ah, the concu
Lord. And the Lord answered, It is bine of Saul, had done.
for Saul, and for his bloody house, be- 12 And David went and took the
cause he slew the Gibeonites. bones of Saul and the bones of Jona
2 And the king called the Gibeon than his son from the men of Ja-besh-
ites, and said unto them; (now the gil'-e^ad, which had stolen them from
Gibeonites were not of the children of the street of Beth-shan^ where the
Israël, but of the remuant of the Amo- Philistines had hanged them, when the
rites; and the children of Israël had Philistines had slain Saul in Gil-bo-a:
swom unto them: and Saul sought to 13 And he brought up from thence
slay them in his zeal to the children of the bones of Sauland the bones of Jona
Israël and Judah.) than his son; and they gathered the
3 Wherefore David said unto the bones of them that were hanged.
Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? 14 And the bones of Saul and Jona^
and wherewith shall I make the atone- than his son buried they in the coûntry
ment, that ye may bless the inherit- of Benjamin in Ze'-lah,in the sepulchre
ance of the Lord? of Kish his father: cmd they performed
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, ail that the king commanded. And
We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, after that God was dntreated for the
nor of his house; neither for us shalt land.
thôu kill any man in Israël. And he 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet
said, What ye shall say, that will I do war again with Israël; and David went
for you. down, and his servants with him, and
5 And they answered the king, The fought against the Philistines: and Da
man that consumed us, and that de- vid waxed faint.
vised against us that we should be de- 16 And Ish'-^bi-be'-nob, which was of
stroyed from remaining in any of the the sons of the giant, the weight of
çoasts of Israël, whose spear weighed three hundred
6 Let seven men.of his sons be de- shekels of brass in weight, he being
livered unto us, and we will hang them girded with a new sword, thought to
up unto the Lord in Gib'-e-ah of Saul, have slain David.
whom the Lord did choose. And thè 17 But A-bish-a-i the son of Zer-u-
king said, I will give them. i-ah succoured him, and smote the
7 But the king spared Me-phib-o- Philistine, and killed him. Then the
sheth, the son of Jonathan the son of men of David sware unto him, saying,
Saul, because of the Lord's oath that Thou shalt go no more out with us to
was between them,between David and battle, that thou quench not the light
Jonathan the son of Saul. of Israël.
8 But the king took the two sons of 18 And it came to pass after this.
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that there wâs again a battlé with the 12 And he made darkness pavhions
Philistines at Gob: then Sib-be-chai roimd about him, dark waters, and
the Hu'-shath-ite slew Saph, which thick clouds of the skies.
was of the sons of the giîuit, 13 Through the brightness before
19^ And there was again a battle in him were coals of fire kindled.
Gob with the PhilistiheSj where ElrhaV 14 The Lord thundered from.heav
nan the son of Ja-cùrf-e-or'-ergim, a en, and the most High uttered his
Beth-Iehemite, slew the brother of Go- voicê.; V
li-ath the Gifrtite^ the staff ôf whose 15 And he sent out arrows, and
spear was like a weàver's beam. scattered them; Ughtning, and disçomr
20 And there was yet a battle in fited them.
Gath/where was a man of great sta 16 And the channels of the sea ap-
ture,that had on every hand six fingers, peared, the foundations of the world
and oh every foot six toes, four and were discovered, at the rebuking of the
twenty in number; and he also was Lom), at the blast of the breath of his
born to'tiie giant. nostrilSi .
21 And when he defied Israël, Jona 17 He sent from above, he took me;
than the son of Shim'-e-ah the brother he drew me out of many waters;
of David slew him. 18 He delivered me from my strong
22 These four Were born to the giant enemy, and from them that hated me:
in Gath,and fell by the hand of David, for they were too strong for me.
and by the hand of his servants. 19 They prevented me in the day of
my calamity: but the Lord was my
CHAPTER 22' stay.
AND David spake unto the Lord the 20 He brought me forth also into a
/V words of this song in the day that large place: he delivered me, because
the Lord had delivered him out of the he delighted in me.
hand of ail his enemies, and out of the 21 The Lord rewarded me accord-
hand of Saul: ing to my righteousness: according to
2 And he said, The Lord îs my rock, the cleaniiess of my hands hath he
and my fortress, and my deliverer;. recompensed me.
3 The God of my rock; in him will I 22 For I have kept the ways of the
trust; he is my shielcL and the hom of Lord,and have not wickedly departed
my salvation, my high -tower, and my from my God.
refuge, my saviour; thou savest me 23 For ail his judgments were before
from violence. me: and as for his statutes, I did not
4 1 wiir call on the Lord, who is départ from them.
worthy to be praised: so shall I be 24 I was also upright before him,
saved from mine enemies. and have kept myself from mine in-
5 When the waves of death com- iquity.
passed me, the floods of ungodiy mén 25 Therefore the Lord hath recom
made me afraid; pensed me according to my righteous
6 The sorrows of héll compassed me ness; according to my cleanness in his
about; the snares of death prevented eye sight.
me; 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew
7 In my distress I called upon the thyself merciful, and with the upright
Lord,and cried to my God: and he did man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
hear my voice out of his temple, and 27 With the pure thou wilt shew
my cry did enter into his ears. thyself pure; and with the froward
8 Then the earth shook and trem- thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
bled; the foundations of heaven moved 28 And the afilicted people thou
and shook, because he was wroth,, wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the
9 There went up a smoke out of his hâughty, that thou mayest bring fhem
nostrils, and fire out of his mouth de- down.
voured: coals were kihdled by it. 29 For thou arf my lamp, G Lord;
10 He bowed the heavens also, and and the Lord will Ughten my darkness.
came down; and darkness was under 30 For by thee I have run through
his feet. a troop: by my God have I leaped over
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and a wall.
did fly: and he was seen upon the wings 31 As for God, his way is perfect;
of the wînd. the Word of the Lord is tried: he is a
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buckler to ail them that trust in thee, O Lord,amongthe heatiiien, and

him» I will sing praises unto thy name.
32 For who is God, save the Lord? 51 He is the tower of salvation for
and who is a rock, save our God? his king: and sheweth mercy to his
33 God is my strength and powen anointed, unto David, and to his seed
and he maketh my way perfect. for evermore.
34 He maketh my feet like hinds'
feet: and setteth me upon my high CHAPTER 23
places. NOW these he the last words of Da
35 He teacheth my hands to war;so vid. David the son of Jesse saidj
that a bow of steel is broken by mine and the man who was raised up on
arms. high,the anointed of the God of Jacob,
36 Thou hast also given me the and the sweet psalmist of Israël, said,
shield of thy salvation: and thy gentle- 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by
ness hath made me great. me, and his word was in my tongue.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps im- 3 The God of Israël said, the Rock
der me; so that my feet did not slip. of Israël spake to me, He that nileth
38 I have pursued mine enemies, over men must he just, ruling in the
and destroyed them; and tumed not fear of God.
again until 1 had consumed them. 4 And he shall he as the light of the
39 And 1 have consumed them, and moming, ii;hen the sun riseôi, even a
wounded them, that they could not moming without clouds; as the tender
arise: yea, they are fallen under my grass spnnging out of the earth by
feet. clear shining after rain.
40 For thou hast girded me with 5 Although my house he not so with
strength to battle: them that rose up God; yet he hath made with me an
against me hast thou subdued under everlasting covenant, ordered in ail
me. things, and sure:for this is ail my salva
41 Thou hast also given me the tion, cind ail my desire, although he
necks of mine enemies, that 1 might make it not to grow.
destroy them that hate me. 6 But the sons of Be-li-al shall he ail
42 They looked, but there ii;as none of them as thorns thrust away, be-
to save; even.imto the Lord, but he cause they canriot be taken with
answered them not. hands:
43 Then did 1 beat them as small as 7 But the man that shaU touch them
the dust of the earth,1 did stamp them must be fenced with iron and the staff
as the mire of the street, and did of a spear; and they shall be utterly
spread them abroad. bumed with fire in the same place.
44 Thou also hast delivered me 8 These he the names of the mighty
from the strivings of my people, thou men whom David had: The Tach-mo-
hast kept me to he head of the heathen: nite that sat in the seat, chief among
a people which I knew not shall serve the captains; the same was Ad-i-no the
me. Ez'-nite: he lift up his spear against
45 Strangers shall submit them- eight hundred, whom he slew at one
selves unto me: as soon as they hear, time.
they shall be obedient unto me. 9 And after him was E-le-a-zar the
46 Strangers shall fade away, and son of Dodo the A-ho-hite, one of the
they shall be afhaid out of their close three mighty men with David, when
places. they dehed the Philistines that were
47 The Lord liveth; and blessed he there gathered together to battle, and
my rock; and exalted be the God of the the men of Israël were gone away:
rock of my salvation. 10 He arose, and smote the Philis
48 It is God that avengeth me, and tines until his hand was weary,and his
that bringeth down the people under hand clave unto the sword: and the
me, Lord wrought a great victory that
49 And that bringeth me forth from day;and the people retumed after him
mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me only to spoil.
up on bigh above them that rose up 11 And after him was Sham-mah
against me: thou hast delivered me the son of Ag'-e-e the Ha'-ra-rite. And
from the violent man. the Philistines were gathered together
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto into a troop, where was a piece of
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ground fuU of lentUes; and the jpeople
fled from the Philistines.
12 But he stood in the midst of the
ground, and defended it, and slew thé
Philistines: and the Lord wrought a
great victory»
13 And fiiree of the thirty chief
went down, and came tô David in the
harvesttiine unto the cave of Adullani:
and the tfoop ofthe Philistines pitched
in the valley of Reph-a-im.
14 And David was then in an hold^
and the garrison of the'Philistines was
then in Beth-lehem.
15 And David longed, and said, Oh
that one would givé me drink of the
water of the well of Beth-4ehem, which
is by tiie gatel
16 And the three mighty men brake
through the host ofthe Philistines, and
drew wàter out of the well of Beth-
lehem, that was by the gâte, £uid took
ît, and brought it to David: neverthe-
less he would not drink thereof, but
poured it out unto the:Lord.
17 And he said, Be it far from me, Gi-lo-nite,
G Lord, that I should do this: is not
this the blood of the liien that went in
jeopardy of their lives? therefore he
would not drink it. These things did
these three mighty men.
18 And A-bish-a-i, the brother of
Jo-ab, the son of Zer-u-i-ah, was cWef
among three. And he lifted up his
spear against three hundred, and slew
them, and had the name among
three.
19 Was he not most honourable of
three? therefore he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not unto the first
three.
20 And Be-na-iah the son of Je-hoi-
a-da, thé son of a valiant man, of
Kab-ze-el, who had donc many acts,
he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he
went down also and slew a lion in the
midst of a pit in time of snow:
21 And he slew an Egyptian, a
goodly man: and the Egyptian had a
spear in his hand; but he went down
to him With à staff, aiid plucked thé
spéar out of the Egyptian's hand, and
slew him with his own spear.
22 These things did Be-na-iah the
son of Je-hoi'-a-da, and had the name
ainong three mighty men.
23 He was more honourable than
the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three. And David set him over his
guard.
24 A-sa-hel the brother of Jo-ab
was one of the thirty; El-ha-nan the
son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
25 Shain-mah the Ha-rod-ite, El-i'-
ka the Ha-rod-ite,
26 He-lez ttie Pal-tite, Ira the son
of Ik'-kesh the Te-ko-itë^
27 A-bi-e-zer the An-e-thoth-ite,
Me-bun-nai the Hu-shath-ite,
28 Zal-mon the A-ho-hite, Ma-har'-
a-i the Ne-toph'-â-thite,
29 He-leb the son of Ba-a-riah, a
Ne-toph-a-thite, It-ta-i the son of Ri-
bai out of Gib'-e-ah of thé children of
Benjamin, •
30 Be-na-iah the Pif-a-thon-ite,
Hid-da-i of the brooks of Ga-ash,
31 A'-bi-al-bon the Ai<-bath-ite, Az-
ma'-veth the Bar-hu-mite,
32 E-U-ah-ba thé Sha-ar-bo-nite, of
the sons of ja-shen, Jonathan,
33 Shàm-mah the Ha-ra-rite, A-hi-
am the son of Sha-rar the Ha'-ra-rite,
34 E-liph-e-let the son of A-has-
ba-i, the son of the Ma-ach-a-thite,
E-li-am the son of A-hith-o-phel the
35 Hez'-ra-i the Carmélite, Pa-a-rai
the Ar'-bite,
36 I-gal the son of Nathan of Zo-
bah, Ba-ni the Gadite,
37 Ze-lek thé Ammonite, Na'-ha-ri
the Be-e-ro-thite, armourbearer to Jo-
ab the son of Zer-u-i-ah,
38 Ira an Ith-rite, Ga-réb an Ith-
rite,
39 U-ri'-ah the Hittite: thirty and
seven in aU.
CHAPTER 24
AND again the anger of the Lord
/\ was kindled against Israël, and he
moved David against them to say. Go,
number Israël and Judah.
2 For the king said to Jo-àb the
captain of the host, which was with
him. Go now through ail the tribes of
Israël, from Dan even to Be-er-she-
ba, and number ye the people, that I
may know the number of the people.
3 And Jo'-ab said unto the Idng,
Now the Lord thy God add unto the
people, how many soever they be, an
hundredfold, and that the eyes of my
lord the king may see it: but why doth
my lord the king delight in this thing?
4 Notwithstanding the king's word
prevailèd against Jo-ab, and against
the captains of the host. And Jo'-ab
and the captains of the host went out
from the presence of thé king, to num
ber the people of Israël.
 II SAMUEL 24
5 And they passed over Jordan,and
pitched in Ar-o-er, on the right side of out his hand upon Jérusalem to de-
the city that lieth in the midst of the stroy it, the Lord repented him of the
river of Gad, and toward Ja-zer:
6 Then they came to Gilead, and to
the land of Tah-tim-hod'^shi; and they
came to Dan-ja-an, and about to Zi-
don,
7 And came to the strong hold of
Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hi-
vites, 2ind of the Canaanites: and they
went ont to the south of Judah,even tô
Be-ér-she-ba.
8 So when they had gone through
all the land, they came to Jérusalem
at the end of hine mohths and twenty
days.
9 And Jo'-ab gave up the sum of the
number of the people unto the king:
and there were in Israël eight hundred
thousand Valiant men that drew the
sword; and the men of Judah were five
huhdred thousand men.
10 And David's heart smote him
after that he had numbered the peo
ple. And David sàid unto the Lord, I
have sinned greatly in that I have
done: and now, I beseech thee, O
Lord, take away the iniquity of thy
servant;for I have done very foolishly.
11 For when David was up in the
moming, the word of the Lord came
unto the prophet Gad, David's seer,
saying,
12 Go and say unto David, Thus
saith the Lord, I offer thee three
Mngs; choose thee one of them, that I
may do it unto thee.
13 So Gad came to David, and told
him, and said unto him, Shall seven
years of famine come unto thee in thy
land? or wilt thou flee three months
before thlne enemies, while they pur-
sue thee? or that there be -three days*
pestilence in thy land? now advise, and
see what answer I shall retum to him
that sent me.
14 And David said unto Gad, I am
in a great strait: let us fall now into the
hand of the Lord; for his merçies are
great: and let me not fall into tbie hahd
of man.
15 So.the Lord sent a pestilence up-
on Israël from the moming even to the
time appointed: and there died of the
people from Dan even to Be-er-she-ba
seventy thousand men.
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16 And when the angel stretched
evil, and said to the angel that de-
stroyed the people, It is enough: stay
now thine hand. And the angel of the
Lord was by the threshingplace of
A-rau-nah the Jeb-u-site.
17 And David spake unto the Lord
when he saw the angel that smote the
people, and said, Lo, I have sinned,
and I have done wickedly: but these
sheep, what have they done? let thine
hand, I pray thee, be against me, and
against my father's house.
18 And Gad came that day to
David, and said unto him. Go up,
rear an altar unto the Lord in the
threshing-floor of A-rau-nah the Jeb-
u-site.
19 And David, accbrding to the
saying of Gad, went up as the Lord
commanded.
20 And À-rau'-nah looked, and saw
the king and his servants cpming on
toward him: and A-rau-neih went out,
and bowed himself before the king on
his face upon the ground.
21 And A-rau-nsih said, Wherefore
is my lord the king come to his ser
vant? And David said, To buy the
threshingfloor of thee,to build an altar
unto the Lord,that the plague may be
stayed from the people.
22 And A-rau'-nah said unto David,
Let my lord the king take and offer up
what seemeth good unto him: behold,
here be oxen for bumt sacrifice, and
threshing instruments and other instm-
ments of the oxen for wood.
23 All these things did A-rau-nah,
as à king, give unto the king. And
A-rau'-nah said unto the king, The
Lord thy God accept thee.
24 And the king said unto A-rau'-
nah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of
thee at a price: neiiher will I offer
bumt offerings unto the Lord my Qod
of that which doth cost me nothing.
So David bought the threshingfloor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of sil-
ver.
25 And David built there an altar
unto the Lord, and offered burnt of
ferings and peace offerings. So the
Lord was intreated for the land, and
the plague was stayed from Israël.
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Kings
Conunonly Called
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS
saying. Hast tbou not beard tbat Ad-o-
CHAPTER I
NOW king David was old and
stricken in years; and they
ni-jab tbe son of Hag^-gitb dotb
reign, and David our lord knowetb it
not?
covered him with clothes, but 12 Now tberefore come, let me, I
he gat no beat. pray tbee, give tbee counsel, tbat tbou
2 Wherefore bis servants said unto mayest save tbine own life, and tbe life
bim, Let tbere be sougbt for my lord of tby son Solomon.
tbe king a young virgin: and let her 13 Go and get tbee in unto king Da
stand before tbe king, and let ber cber- vid, and say imto bim, Didst not tbou,
isb bim, and let ber be in tby bosom, my lord, O king, swear unto tbine
tbat my lord tbe king may get beat. bandmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon
3 So tbey sougbt for a fair damsel tby son shall reign after me, and be
tbrougbout aU tbe cocists of Israël, and sball sit upon my tbrone? wby tben
found Ab-i-sbag a Sbu-nam-mite, and dotb Ad-o-ni-jab reign?
brougbt ber to tbe king. 14 Bebold, wbile tbou yet talkest
4 And tbe damsel was very fair, and tbere witb tbe king, I also will come
cberisbed tbe king, and ministered to in after tbee, and confirm tby words.
bim: but tbe king knew ber not. 15 And Batb-sbe-ba werit in unto
5 Tben Ad-o-ni-jab tbe son of Hag'- tbe king into tbe cbamber: and tbe
gitb exalted bimself, saying, I wiU be king was very old; and Ab'-i-sbag tbe
king: and be prepared bim chariots Sbu-nam-mite ministered imto tbe
and borsemen, and fifty inen to run king.
before bim. 16 And Batb-sbe-ba bowed, and
6 And bis fatber bad not displeased did obeisance unto tbe king. And tbe
bim at any time in saying, Wby bast king said, Wbat wouldest tbou?
tbou done so? and be also was a very 17 And sbe said unto bim, My lord,
goodly rnan; and his mother bare bim tbou swarest by tbe Lord tby God xm-
after Ab-sa-lom. to tbine bandmaid, saying, Assuredly
7 And be conferred witb Jo-ab tbe Solomon tby son sball reign after me,
son of Zer-u-i-ab,and witb A-bi-a-tbar and be sball sit upon my tbrone.
tbe priest: and tbey following Ad-o- 18 And now, bebold, Ad-o-ni-jah
ni-jab belped him. reignetb; and now, my lord tbe king,
8 But Za-dok tbe priest,and Be-na- tbou knowest it not:
iab tbe son of Je-boi'-a-da, and Natban 19 And be batb slain oxen and fat
tbe propbet, and Sbim'-e-i, ahd Re-i, cattle and sbeep in abondance, and
and tbe migbty men wbicb beUmged to batb called ail tbe sons of tbe king,and
David, were not witb Ad-o-ni-jab. A-bi-a-tbar tbe priest, and Jo-ab tbe
9 Ànd Ad-o-ni-jab slew sbeep and captain of tbe bost: but Solomon tby
oxen and fat cattle by tbe stone of Zo- servant bàtb be not called.
be-letb, wbicb is by En-ro-gel, and 20 And tbou, my lord, O king, tbe
called ail bis bretbren tbe king's sons, eyes of ail Israël are upon tbee, tbat
and ail tbe men of Judab tbe king's tbou stibuldest tell tbem wbo sball sit
servants: on tbe tbroné of my lord tbe king after
10 But Natban tbe propbet, and bim.
Be-na-iab, and tbe migbty men, and 21 Otberwise it sball come to pass,
Solomon bis brotber, be called not. wben my lord tbe king sball sleep witb
11 Wberefore Natban spake unto bis fatbers,tbat 1 and my son Solomon
Batb-sbe-ba tbe motber of Solomon, sball be counted offenders.
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22 Aïid, lo, while she yet talked that he may come and sit upon my
with the king, Nathan the prophet throne; for he shall be king in my
also came in. stead: and I have appointed him to be
23 And they told the king, saying, ruler over Israël and over Judah.
Behold Nathan the prophet. And when 36 And Be-na'-iah the son of Je-
he was come in before the king, he hoi-a-da answered the king, and said.
bowed himself before the king with his Amen: the Lord God of my lord the
face to the ground. king say so too.
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O 37 As the Lord hath been with my
king, hast thou said, Ad-o-ni-jah shall lord the king, even so be he with Solo
reign after me, and he shall sit upon mon,and make his throne greater than
my throne? the throne of my lord king David.
25 For he is gone down this day, 38 So Za-dok the priest, a:nd Na
and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and than the prophet, and Be-na-iah the
sheep in abundance, and hath called son of Je-hoi-a-da, and the Cher'-e-
ail the king's sons, and the captains of thites, and the Pel-e-thites, went
the host, and A-bi-a-thar the priest; down, and caused Solomon to ride up
and, behold, they eat and drink before on king David's mule, and brought
him, and say, God save king Ad-o- him to Gi-hon.
ni-jah. 39 And Za'-dok the priest took an
26 But me, even me thy servant, hom of oil out of the tabernacle, and
and Za-dok the priest, and Be-na-iah anointed Solomon. And they blew the
the son of Je-hoi'-a-da, and thy servant trumpet; and ail the people said, God
Solomon, hath he not called. save king Solomon.
27 Is this thing done by my lord the 40 And ail the people céime up after
king, and thou hast not shewed it unto him, and the people piped with pipes,
thy servant, who should sit on the and rejoiced with great joy,so that the
throne of my lord the king after him? earth rent with the sound of them.
28 Then king David answered and 41 And Ad-o-ni'-jah and ail the
said, Call me Bath-she-ba. And she guests that were with him heard it as
came into the king's presence, and they had made an end of eating. And
stood before the king. when Jo-ab heard the sound of the
29 And the king sware, and said. As trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this
the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed noise of the city being in an uproar?
my soul out of ail distress, 42 And while he yet spake, behold,
30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Jonathan the son of A-bi'-a-thar the
Lord God of Israël, saying, Assuredly priest came;and Ad-o-ni'-jah said unto
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, him, Come in; for thou art a valiant
and he shall sit upon my throne in my man,and bringest good tidings.
stead; even so will I certainly do this 43 And Jonathan answered and
day. said to Ad-o-ni'-jah, Verily our lord
31 Then Bath-she-ba bowed with king David hath made Solomon king.
her face to the earth, and did reverence 44 And the king hath sent with him
to the king, and said, Let my lord king Za'-dok the priest, and Nathan the
David live for ever. prophet, and Be-na-iah the son of Je-
32 And king David said, Call me hoi'-a-da, and the Cher'-e-thites, and
Za-dok the priest, and Nathan the the Pel'-e-thites, and they have caused
prophet, and Be-na-iah the son of Je- him to ride upon the king-s mule:
hoi-a-da. And they came before the 45 And Za'-dok the priest and Na
king. than the prophet have anointed him
33 The king also said unto them, king in Gi'-hon: and they are come up
Take with you the servants of your from thence rejoicing, so that the city
lord,and cause Solomon my son to ride rang again. This is the noise that ye
upon mine own mule, and bring him have heard.
down to Gi-hon; 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the
34 And let Za-dok the priest and throne of the kingdom.
Nathan the prophet ainoint him there 47 And moreover the king's ser
Idng over Israël: and blow ye with the vants came to bless our lord king Da
trumpet, and say, God save king Solo vid,saying,God make the name ofSolo
mon. mon better than thy name, and make
35 Then ye shall come up after him. his throne greater than thy throne.
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And the king bowed himself upon the about his loins, and in his shoes that
bed. were on his feet.
48 And also thus said the king, 6 Do therefore according to thy
Blessed be the Lord God of Israël, wisdom, and let not his hoar head go
which hath given one to sit on my down to the grave in peace.
throne this day, mine eyes even see- 7 But shew kindness unto the sons
ing iU of Bar-zil-la-i the Gileadite, and let
49 And ail the guests that were with them be of those that eat at thy table:
Ad-o-ni-jah were afraid, and rose up, for so they came to me when I fled be
and went every man his way. cause of Ab'-sa-lom thy brother.
50 And Ad-o-ni-jah feared because 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee
of Solomon, and arose, and went, and Shim-e-i the son of Ge'-ra, a Benja-
caught hold on the horns of the altar. mite of Ba-hu-rim, which cursed me
51 And it was told Solomon, saying, with a grievous curse in the day when
Behold, Ad-o-ni-jah feareth king Solo I went to Ma-ha-na-im: but he came
mon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on down to meet me at Jordan, and I
the horns of the altar, saying, Let king sware to him by the Lord, saying, I
Solomon swear unto me today that he will not put thee to death with the
wiU not slay his servant with the sword.
sword. 9 Now therefore hold him not guilt-
52 And Solomon said. If he will less: for thou art a wise man, and
shew himself a worthy man,there shall knowest what thou oughtest to do un
not an hair of him fall to the earth: but to him; but his hoar head bring thou
if wickedness shall be found in him, he down to the grave with blood.
shcill die. 10 So David slept with his fathers,
53 So king Solomon sent, and they and was buried in the city of David.
brought him down from the altar. And 11 And the days that David reigned
he came and bowed himself to king over Israël were forty years: seven
Solomon: and Solomon said imto him. years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty
Go to thine house. and three years reigned he in Jérusa
lem.
CHAPTER 2 12 Then sat Solomon upon the
NOW the days of David drew nigh throne of David his father; and his
that he should die; and he kingdom was established greatly.
charged Solomon his son, saying, 13 And Ad-o-ni-j^ the son of Hag'-
2 I go the way of ail the earth: be gith came to Bath-she-ba the mother
thou strong therefore, and shew thy- of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou
self a man; peaceably? And he Sciid, Peaceably.
3 And keep the charge of the Lord 14 He said moreover, I have some-
thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep what to say unto thee. And she said,
his statutes, and his commandments, Say on.
and his judgments, and his testimo- 15 And he said, Thou knowest that
nies, as it is written in the law of Mo- the kingdom was mine, and that ail
ses, that thou mayest prosper in ail Israël set their faces on me, that I
that thou doest, and whithersoever should reign: howbeit the kingdom is
thou turnest thyself: turned about,andis becomemy broth-
4 That the Lord may continue his er's: for it was his from the Lord.
Word which he spake concerning me, 16 And now I ask one pétition of
saying. If thy children take heed to thee, deny me not. And she said unto
their way, to walk before me in truth him, Say on.
with ail their heart and with ail their 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee,
soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) unto Solomon the king,(for he will not
a man on the throne of Israël. say thee nay,) that he give me Ab-i-
5 Moreover thou knowest also what shag the Shu-nam-mite to wife.
Jo-ab the son of Zer-u-i'-ah did to me, 18 And Bath-she-ba said, Well; I
and what he did to the two captains of will speak for thee unto the king.
the hosts of Israël, unto Abner the son 19 Bath-she-ba therefore went unto
of Ner, and unto Am'-a-sa the son of king Solomon, to speak unto him for
Je'-ther, whom he slew, and shed the Ad-o-ni'-jah. And the king rose up to
blood of war in peace, and put the meet her, and bowed himself unto her,
blood of war upon his girdle that was and sat down on his throne,and caused
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a seat to be set for the king's mother; And Be-na-iah brought the king word
and she sat on his right hand. again, saying, Thus said Jo-ab, and
20 Then she said, I desire one small thus he answered me.
pétition of thee;I pray thee, say me not 31 And the king said unto him. Do
nay, And the king said unto her, Ask as he hath said, and fall upon him,and
on, my mother: for I will not say thee bury him;that thou mayest take away
nay. the innocent blood, which Jo-ab shed,
21 And she said, Let Ab-i-shag the from me, and from the house of my
Shu'-nam-mite be given to Ad-o-ni-jah father.
thy brother to wife. 32 And the Lord shaU retum his
22 And king Solomon answered and blood upon his own head,who feU upon
said unto his mother, And why dost two men more righteous and better
thou ask Ab-i-shag the Shu-nam-mite than he, and slew them with the
for Ad-o-ni-jah? ask for him the king- sword, my father David not knowing
dom also; for he is mine elder brother; thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner,
even for him, and for A-bi'-a-thar the captain of the host of Israël, and Am-
priest, and for Jo-ab the son of Zer-u- a-sa the son of Je'-ther, captain of the
r-ah. host of Judcih.
23 Then king Solomon sware by the 33 Their blood shaU therefore re
Lord, saying, God do so to me, and tum Upon the head of Jo-ab,and upon
more also,if Ad-o-ni'-jah have not spo- the head of his seed for ever: but upon
ken this word against his own life. David, and upon his seed, and upon
24 Now therefore, as the Lord liv- his house, and upon his throne, shall
eth,which hath established me,and set there be peace for ever from the Lord.
me on the throne of David my father, 34 So Be-na-i£ih the son of Je-hoi-a-
and who hath made me an house, as he da went up, and feU upon him, and
promised, Ad-o-ni-jah shall be put to slew him: and he was buried in his own
death this day. house in the wilderness.
25 And king Solomon sent by the 35 And the king put Be-na-iah the
hand of Be-na-iah the son of Je-hoi-a- son of Je-hoi-a-da in his room over the
da; and he fell upon him that he died. host: and Za-dok the priest did the
26 And unto A-bi-a-thar the priest king put in the room of A-bi-a-thar.
said the king, Cet thee to An-a-thoth, 36 And the king sent and called for
unto thine own fields; for thou art Shim'-e-i, and said unto him, Build
worthy of death: but I will not at this thee an house in Jérusalem, and dwell
time put thee to death, because thou there, and go not forth thence any
barest the ark of the Lord God before whither.
David my father, and because thou 37 For it shall be, that on the day
hast been afïlicted in ail wherein my thou goest out, and passest over the
father was afïlicted. brook Kidron,thou shalt know for cer
27 So Solomon thrust out A-bi-a- tain that thou shalt surely die: thy
thar from being priest unto the Lord; blood shall be upon thine own head.
that he might fulfil the word of the 38 And Shim-e-i said unto the king,
Lord, which he spake conceming the The saying is good: as my lord the king
house of EU in Shi-loh. hath said, so will thy servant ddi And
28 Then tidings came to Jo-ab: for Shim'-e-i dwelt in Jerasalem many
Jo-ab had turned after Ad-o-ni-jah, days.
though he turned not after Ab--sa-lom. 39 And it came to pass at the end of
And Jo-ab fled unto the tabernacle of three years,that two of the servants of
the Lord, and caught hold on the Shim-e-1 ran away unto A-chish son of
homs of the altar. Ma-a-chah king of Gath. And they
29 And it was told king Solomon told Shim-e-i, saying, Behold, thy ser
that Jo'-ab was fled unto the taber vants he in Gath.
nacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is 40 And Shim-e-i arose, and saddled
by the altar. Then Solomon sent Be- his ass, and went to Gath to A-chish to
na^ah the son of Je-hoi-a-da, saying. seek his servants: and Shim-e-i went,
Go,fall upon him. and brought his servants from Gath.
30 And Be-na-iah came to the tab 41 And it was told Solomon that
ernacle of the Lord, and said unto Shim-e-i had gone from Jérusalem to
him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. Gath, and was come again.
And he said, Nay; but 1 will die here. 42 And the king sent and called for
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Shîm-e-î,and said unto him, Did I not David my father: and I am but a little
make thee to swear by the Lord, and child: I know not how to go out or
protested unto thee, saying, Know for come in.
a certain, on the day thou goest ont, 8 And thy servant is in the midst of
and walkest abroad any whither, that thy people which thou hast chosen, a
thou shalt surely die? and thoU saidst great people,that cannot be numbered
unto me, The word that I have heard nor counted for multitude.
is good. 9 Give therefore thy servant an un-
43 Why then hast thou not kept the
derstanding heart to judge thy people,
oath of the Lord, and the command- that I may discem between good and
ment that I have charged thee with? bad: for who is able to judge this thy
44 The king said moreover to Shim'- so great a people?
e-i, Thou knowest ail the wickedness 10 And the speech pleased the
which thine heart is privy to,that thou Lord, that Solomon had asked this
didst to David my father: therefore thing.
the Lord shall return thy wickedness 11 And God said unto him, Because
upon thine own head; thou hast asked this thing, and hast
45 And king Solomon shaïl be not asked for thyself long life; neither
blessed, and the throne of David shall hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast
be established before the Lord for asked the life of thine enemies; but
ever. hast asked for thyself understanding
46 Sothe kingcommanded Be-na'-iah to discern judgment;
the son of Je-hoi'-a-da; which went 12 Behold, I have done according to
out, and fell upon him, that he died. thy words: lo,.I have given thee a wise
And the kingdom was established in and an understanding heart; so that
the hand of Solomon. there was none like thee before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise like
CHAPTER 3 unto thee.
AND Solomon made afhnity with 13 And I have also given thee that
jr\ Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took which thou hast not askied, both riches,
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her and honour: so that there shall not be
into the city of David, until he had any among the kings like unto thee ail
made an end of building his own house, thy days.
and the house of the Lord, and the 14 And if thou wilt walk in my
wall of Jérusalem round about. ways, to keep my statutes and my
2 Only the people sacrificed in high commandments, as thy father David
places, because there was no house did walk,^ then I will lengthen thy
built unto the name of the Lord,until days.
those days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, be
3 And Solomon loved the Lord, hold, if was a dream. And he came to
walking in the statutes of David his Jérusalem, and stood before the ark of
father: only he sacrificed and bumt in- the covenant of the Lord, and offered
cense in high places. up burnt offerings, and offered peace
4 And the king went to Gibeon to offerings, and made a feast to Ml his
sacrifice there; for that was the great servants.
high place: a thousand bumt offerings 16 Then came there two women,
did Solomon ofîer upon that altar. that were harlots, unto the king, and
5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to stood before:him.
Solomon in a dream by night: and God 17 And the one woman said, O my
said, Ask what I shall give thee. lord, I and this woman dwell in one
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast house; and I was delivered of a child
shewed unto thy servant David my with her in the house.
father great mercy, according as he 18 And it came to pass the third
walked before thee in tmth, and in day after that I was delivered, that
righteousness, and in uprightness of this woman was delivered also: and we
heart with thee; and thou hast kept were together; there was no stranger
for him this great kindness, that thou with us in the house, save we two in
hast given Mm a son. to sit on his the house.
throne^ as if is this day. 19 And this woman's child died in
7 And now, O Lord my God, thou the night; because she overlaid it,
hast made thy servant king instead of 20 And she arose at midnight, and
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took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept,and laid it in her
bosom, and laid her dead child in my
bosom.
21 And when I rose in the moming
to give my child suck, behold, it was
dead: but when 1 had considered it in
the moming, behold, it was not my
son, which 1 did bear. in Sha-al-bim, and Beth-she-mesh,
22 And the other woman said, Nay; and E-lon-beth-ha-nan:
but the living is my son, and the dead
is thy son. And this said. No; but the
dead is thy son, and the living is my
son. Thus they spake before the king.
23 Then said the king, The one
saith, This is my son that liveth, and
thy son is the dead: and the other
saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead,
and my son is the living.
24 And the king said, Bring me a
sword. And they brought a sword be
fore the king.
25 And the king said, Divide the
living child in two,and give half to the
one, and half to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose
the living child was unto the king, for
her bowels yeamed upon her son, and
she said, O my lord, give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it. But the
other said, Let it be neither mine nor
thine, but divide it
27 Then the king answered and
said, Give her the living child, and in
no wise slay it: she is the mother
thereof.
28 And ail Israël heard of the judg-
ment which the king had judged; and
they feared the king: for they saw that
the wisdom of God was in him, to do
judgment.
CHAPTER 4
SO king Solomon was king over ail
Israël.
2 And these were the princes which
he had; Az-a-ri-ah the son of Za-dok
the priest,
3 El-i-ho-reph and A-hi'-ah, the
sons of Shi-sha, scribes; Je-hosh-a-
phat the son of A-hi-lud, the recorder.
4 And Be-na-iah the son of Je-hoi-a-
da was over the host^ and Za-dok and
A-bi-a-thar were the priests:
5 And Az-a-ri-ah the son of Nathan
was over the officers: and Za-bud the
son of Nathan was principal officer,
and tbe king's friend:
6 And A-hi-shar was over the
household: and Ad-o-ni-ram the son of
Abda was over the tribute.
335
7 And Solomon had twelve officers
over ail Israël, which provided victuals
for the king and his household: each
man his month in a year made provi
sion.
8 And these are their names: The
son of Hur, in moimt E-phra-im:
9 The son of De-kar,in Ma-kaz,and
10 The son of He-sed,in Ar'-u-both;
to him pertained So-choh, and ail the
land of He-pher:
11 The son of A-bin-a-dab, in ail
the région of Dor; which had Ta-phath
the daughter of Solomon to wife:
12 Ba-a-na the son of A-hi-lud; to
him pertained Ta-a-nach and Me-gid-
do, and ail Beth-she-an, which is by
Zar-ta-nah beneath Jez-re-el, from
Beth-she-an to A-bel-me-hp'-lah, even
unto the place that is beyond Jok-ne-
am:
13 The son of Ge-ber, in Ra-moth-
gil-e-ad; to him pertained the towns of
Ja-ir the son of Ma-nas-seh, which are
in Gilead; to him also pertained the ré
gion of Ar'-gob, which is in Ba'-shan,
threescore great cities with walls and
brasen bars:
14 A-hin-a-dab the son of Id-do had
Ma-ha-na-im:
15 A-him'-a-az was in Naph-ta-li; he
also took Bas'-math the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
16 Ba-a-nah the son of Hu-shai
was in Asher and in A-loth:
17 Je-hosh-a-phat the son of Par'-u-
ah, in Is-sa-char:
18 Shim-e-i the son of E'-lah, in
Benjamin:
19 Ge-ber the son of U-ri was in the
country of Gilead, in the country of
Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og
king of Ba-shan; and he was the only
officer which was in the land.
20 Judah and Israël were many, as
the sand which is by the sea in multi
tude, eating and drinking, and makhig
merry.
21 And Solomon reigned over ail
kingdoms from the river unto the land
of the Philistines, and unto the border
of Egypt: they brought présents, and
served Solomon ail the days of his
life.
22 And Solomon's provision for one
day was thirty measures of fine fiour,
and threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen
ont of the pastures, and an hundred
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sheep, beside harts, atid roebucks, and the wars which were about him on
fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. every side, until the Lord put them
24 For he had dominion over ail the under the soles of his feet.
région on this side the river,from Tiph- 4 But now the Lord my God hath
sah even to Az-zah, over ail the kings given me rest on every side, so that
on this side thè river; and he had peace there is neither adversary nor evil oc-
on ail sîdes round about him. current.
25 And Judah and Israël dwelt safe- 5 And,behold,I purpose to build an
ly, every man under his vine and un- house unto the name of the Lord my
der his fig tree, from Dan even to God, as the Lord spake unto David
Be-er-she-ba, ail the days of Solomon. my father, saying, Thy son, whom I
26 And Solomon had forty thou- will set upon thy throne in tiiy room,
sand stalls of horses for his chariots, he shall build an house unto my name.
and twelve thousand horsemen, 6 Now therefore cominand thou
27 And those officers provided vict- that they hew me cedar trees out of
ual for king Solomon, and for ail that Lebanon; and my servants shall be
came unto king Solomôn's table, every with thy servants: and xmto thee will
man in his month: they lacked noth- I give hire for thy servants according
ing. to ail that thou shalt appoint:for thou
28 Barley âlso and straw for the knowest that there is not among us any
horses and dromedaries brought they that can skill to hew timber like unto
unto the place where the officers were, the Si-do-ni-ans.
every man according to his charge. 7 And it came to pass, when Hiram
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom heard the words of Solomon, that he
and understanding exceeding much, rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be
and largeness of heart, even as the the Lord this day, which hath given
sand that is on the sea shore. unto David a wise son over this great
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled people.
the wisdom of ail the children of the 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, say
east country, and ail the wisdom of ing, I have considered the things which
Egypt. thou sentest to me for: dnd I will do 2ill
31 For he was wiser than ail men; thy desire conceming timber of cedar,
than Ethah the Ez'-ra-hite, and He' and conceming timber of fir.
man, and Char-col, and Dari-da, the 9 My servants shall bring them
sons of Ma'-hol: and his famé was in ail down from Lebanon unto the sea: and
nations round about. I will convey them by sea in floats un
32 And he spake three thousand to the place that thou shalt appoint
proverbs: and his songs were a thou me, and will cause them to be dis-
sand and five. charged there, and thou shalt receive
33 And he spake of trees, from the them: and thou shalt accomplish my
cedar tree that is in Lebanon even un desire, in giving food for my house-
to the hyssop that springeth ont of the hold.
wall: he spake also of beasts, and of 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar
fowl, and of creeping things, and of trees and fir trees according to ail his
fishes. desire.
34 And there came of ail people to 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twen-
hear the wisdom of Solomon, from ail ty thousand measures of wheat for
kings of the earth, which had heard of food to his household, and twenty
his vnsdom. measures of pure oil: thus gave Solo
mon to Hiram year by year.
CHAPTER 5 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wis
AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his dom, as he promised him: and there
/\ servants unto Solomon; for he was peace between Hiram and Solo
had heard that they had anointed him mon; and they two made a league to-
Mng in the room of his father: for Hi gether.
ram was ever a lover of David. 13 And king Solomon raised a levy
2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, say- out of ail Israël; and the levy was
ing, thirty thousand men.
3 Thou knowest how that David 14 And he sent them to Lebanon,
my father could not build an house un ten thousand a month by courses: a
to the name of the Lord his God for month they were in Lebanon, and two
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months at home:and Ad-o-nl'-ram was was in the right ^de of the house: and
over the levy. they went up with winding stairs into
15 AndSolomonhàdthreescore and the middle chamber, and out of the
ten thousand that bare burdens, and middle into the third.
fonrscore thousand hewers in the 9 Sohe built the house,and finished
mountains; it; and covered the hoUse vdth beams
16 Beside thé chief of Solomon's and boards of cedar.
officers which were over the work, 10 And then he built chambers
three thousand and three hundred, against ail the house, five cubits high:
which ruled over the people that and they rested on the house with tim
wrought in thé work» ber of cedar.
17 And the king commanded, and 11 And the word of the Lord came
they broùght great stones, costly to Solomon, saying,
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the 12 Conceming this hoiise which
foundation of the house» thou art in building, if thou wilt walk
18 And Solomon's builders and Hi- in my statutes, and execute my judg-
ram's builders did hew them, and the mentSi and keep ail my command-
stonesquarers: so they prepared timber ments to'walk in them;then wiU I per-
and stones to build the house. form my word with thee,which I spake
unto David thy father:
CHAPTER 6 13 And I will dwell among the chil
AND it came to pass in the four hun- dren of Israël, and will not forsake my
j[\ dred and eightieth year after the people Israël.
children of Israël were come ont of the 14 So Solomon built the house, and
land of Egypt, in the fourth year of finished it.
Solomon's relgn over Israël, in the 15 And he built the walls of the
month Zif, which is the second month, house within with boards of cedar,
that he began to build the house of the both the fioor of the house, and the
Lord. Wcdls of the ceiling: and he covered
2 And the house which king Solo- them on the inside with wood,and cov
mon built for the Lord, the length ered the fioor of the house with planks
therebf was threescôre cubits, and the of fir.
breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the 16 And he built twenty cubits on
height thereof thirty cubits. the sides of the house, both the fioor
3 And the porch before the temple and the walls with boards of cedar: he
of the house, twenty cubits was the even built them for it within, even for
length thereof; according to the the oracle, even for the most holy
breadth of the house; and ten cubits place.
wàs the breadth thereof before the 17 And the house, that is, the tem
house. ple before it> was forty cubits long.
4 And for the house he made Win 18 And the cedar of the house with
dows of narrow lights. in was carved with knops and open
5 And against flie wall of the house fiowers: ail was cedar; ihere was no
he buUt chambers round about,against stonéseen.
the walls of the house round about, 19 And the oracle he prepared in
both of the temple and of the oracle: the house within, to set there the ark
and he màde chambers roimd about: of the çovénant of the Lord.
6 The nethermdst chamber was five 20 And the oracle in the forepart
cubits broad, atid the middle was six was twenty cubits in length,and twen-
cubits broad, aiid the third was seven ty cubits in breadth, and twenty cu
cubits broad: for without in the wall of bits in the height thereof: and he over-
the house he made narrowed rests laid it with pure gpld; and so covered
round about;that the beams should not the altar which was of cedar.
be fastened in the walls of the house. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house
7 And the house^ when it was in within with pure gold: and he made a
building, was built of stone made partition by the chains of gold before
ready béfore it was brought thithen so the oracle;and he overlaid it with gold.
that thére was neither hammer nor axe 22 And the whole house he overlaid
nor any tool ofiron heard in the house, with gold, imtil he had finished ail the
while it was in building. house: also the whole altar that was by
S The door for the middle chamber the oracle he overlaid with gold.
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23 And within the oracle he made was the house finished throughout ail
two dhierubims of olive tree, each ten the parts thereof, and according to ail
cubits high. the fashion ofit. So was he seven years
24 And five cubits was the one wing in bufldingit.
of the dierub» and five cubits the other
wing of the cherub: from the utter- CHAPTER 7
most part of the one wing unto the ut- But Solomon was building his own
termost part of the other were ten cu house thirteen years, and he fin
bits. ished ail his house.
25 And the other cherub was ten 2 He built also the house of the for-
cubits: both the cherubims were of one est of Lebanon; the length thereof was
measure and one size. an hundred cubits, and the breadth
26 The height of the one cherub was thereof fifty cubits, and the height
ten cubits, and so was it of the other thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows
cherub. of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon
27 And he set the cherubims within the pillars.
the inner house: and they stretched 3 And it was covered with cedar
forth the wings of the cherubims, so above upon the beams, that lay on
that the wing of the one touched the forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
one wall, and the wing of the other 4 And there were Windows in three
cherub touched the other wall; and rows, and light was against light in
their wings touched one another in the three remks.
midst of the house. 5 And ail the doors and posts were
28 And he overlaid the cherubims square, with the Windows: and light
with gold. was against light in three ranks.
29 And he carved àll the walls of 6 And he made a porch of pillars;
the house round about with carved fig the length thereof was fifty cubits, and
ures of cherubims and palm trees and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and
open flowers, within and without, the porch was before them: and the
30 And the floor of the house he other pillars and the thick beam were
overlaid with gold, within and with before them.
out. 7 Then he made a porch for the
31 And for the entering of the oracle throne where he might judge, even the
he made doors of oUve tree: the lintel porch of judgment: and it was covered
and side posts were a fifth part of the with cedar from one side of the floor
walU to the other.
32 The two doors also were of olive 8 And his house where he dwelt had
tree; and he carved upon them carv- another court within the porch, which
ings of cherubims and palm trees and was of the like work. Solomon made
open flowers, and overlaid them with also an house for Pharaoh's daughter,
gold, and spread gold upon the cheru whom he had taken io wife, like unto
bims, and upon the palm trees. this porch.
33 So also made he for the door of 9 AU these were of costly stones, ac
the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth cording to the measures of hewed
part of the walL stones, sawed with saws, within and
34 And the two doors were of fir without, even from the foundation im-
tree: the two leaves of the one door to the coping, and so on the outside
were folding, and the two leaves of the toward the great court.
other door were folding. 10 And the foundation was ofcostly
35 And he carved thereon cherubims stones, even great stones, stones of ten
and pailm trees and open flowers: and cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
covered them with gold fitted upon the 11 And above were costly stones,
carved work. after the measures of hewed stones,
36 And he built the inner court with and cedars.
three rows of hewed stone, and a row 12 And the great court roimd about
of cedar beams. was with three rows of hewed stones,
37 In the fourth year was the foun- and a row of cedar beams, both for the
dation of the house of the Lord laid, inner court of the house of the Lord,
in the month Zif: and for the porch of the house.
38 And in the eleventh year, in the 13 And king Solomon sent and
month Bul, which is the eighth month. fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
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14 He was a widow's son of the thick, and the brim thereof was
tribe of Naph-ta-li, aiid his father was wrought like the brim of a cup, with
a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and flowers of lihes: it contained two thou-
he Was filled with wisdom, and under- sand baths.
standing> and cunning to work ail 27 And he made ten bases of brass;
Works in brâss. And he came to king four cubits was the length of one base,
Solomon, and wrought ail his work. and four cubits the breadth thereof,
15 For he cast two pillars of brass, and three cubits the height of it.
of eighteen cubits high apiece; and a 28 And the work of the bases was on
line oftwelve cubits did compass either this manner:they had borders,and the
of them about. borders were between the ledges:
16 And he made two chapiters of 29 And on the borders that were be
molten brass, to set upon the tops of tween the ledges were lions, oxen, and
the pillars: the height of the ône chapi- cherubims: and upon the ledges there
ter was five cubits, and the height of was a base above: and beneath the
the other chapiter was five cubits: lions and oxen were certain additions
17 And nets of checker work, and made of thin work.
wreaths of chain work, for the chapi 30 And every base had four brasen
ters which were upon the top of the pil wheels, and plates of brass: and the
lars; seven for the one chapiter, and four corners thereof had undersetters:
seven for the other chapiter. under the laver were undersetters mol
18 And he made the pillars, and ten, at the side of every addition.
two rows round about upon the one 31 And the mouth of it within the
network, to cover the chapiters that chapiter and above was a cubit: but
were upon the top,^th pomegranates: the mouth thereof was round after the
and so did he for the other chapiter. work of the base, a cubit and an half:
19 And the chapiters that were ùpon and also upon the mouth of it were
the top of the pillars were of Ifiy work gravings with their borders, four-
ih the porch, four cubits. square, not round.
20 And the chapiters upon the two 32 And under the borders were four
pillars had pomegranates also above, wheels; and the âxletrees of the wheels
over agziinst the belly which was by were joinéd to the base: and the height
the network: and the pomegranates of a wheel was a cubit and half a
were two hundred in rows round about cubit.
upon the other chapiter. 33 And the work of the wheels was
21 And he set up the pillars in the like the work of a chariot wheel: their
porch of the temple: and he set up the âxletrees, and their naves, and their
right pillar, and called the name there- felloes, and their spokes, were ail mol
of Ja-chin: and he set up the left pillar, ten.
and called the name thereof Bo-az. 34 And there were four undersetters
22 And upon the top of the pillars to the four corners of one base: and the
was lUy work: so was tiie work of the undersetters were of the very base it-
pillars finished. self.
23 And he made a molten sea, ten 35 And in the top of the base was
cubits from the one brim to the other: there a round compass of half a cubit
U was round ail about, and his height high: and on the top of the base the
was five cubits: and a line pf thirty cu ledges thereof and the borders thereof
bits did compass it roxmd àbout. were of the same.
24 And under the brim of it round 36 For on the plates of the.ledges
about there were knops compassing it, thereof, and on the borders thereof, he
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea graved cherubims, lions, and palm
roimd about: the knops were cast in trees, according to the proportion of
two rows, when it was cast. every oné, and additions round about.
25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three 37 After this manner he made the
looking toward the north, and three ten bases: ail of them had one casting,
looking toward the west, and three one measure, and one size.
looking toward the south, and three 38 Then made he ten lavers of
looking toward the east: and the sea brass: one laver contained forty baths:
was set above upon thëm, and ail their and every laver was four cubits: and
htnder parts were inward. upon every one of the ten bases one
26 And it was an hand breadth laver.
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39 And he put five bases on the

light side of the house» and five on the CHAPTER 8
left side of the house: and he set the
sea on the right side of the house east-
THEN Solomon assembled the d-
ders of Israël, and ail the heads of
ward over against the south. the tribes, the chief of the fathers of
40 And Hiram made the lavers» and the children of Israël, unto king Solo
the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram mon in Jérusalem, that thçy might
made an end of doing ail the work that bring up the ark of the covenant of the
he made king Solomon for the house of Lord out of the city of David, which
the Lord: is Zion.
41 The two pUlars, and the two 2 And ail the men of Israël assem
bowls of the chapiters that were on the bled themselyçs unto king Solomon at
top of the two pûlars; and the two net the feast in the month £th-a-nim,
works, to cover the two bowls of the which is the seventh month.
chapiters which were upon the top of 3 And ail the elders of Israël came,
the pillars; and the priests took up the ark.
42 And four hundred pomegranates 4 And they brought up the ark of
for the two networks,even two rows of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the
pomegranates for one network,to cov congrégation, and ail the holy vessels
er the two bowls of the chapiters that that were in the tabernacle, even those
were upon the pillars; did the priests and the Levites bring up.
43 And the ten bases,and ten lavers 5 And king Solomon, and ail the
on the bases; congrégation of Israël, that were as
44 And one sea, and twelve oxen sembled unto him, were with him be
under the sea; fore the ark, sacrificing sheep and ox
45 And the pots, and the shovels, en, that could not be told nor num-
and the basons: and ail these vessels, bered for multitude.
which Hiram made to king Solomon 6 And the priests brought in the ark
for the house of the Lord, were of of the covenant of the Lord unto his
bright brass. place, into the oracle of the house, to
46 In the plain of Jordan did the the most holy place, even imder the
king cast them,in the clay groimd be- wings of the cherubims.
tween Suc-coth and Zar'-than. 7 For the cherubims spread forth
47 And Solomon left ail the vessels fheir two wings over the place of the
unweighed, because they were exceed- ark, and the cherubims covered the
Ing many: neither was the weight of ark and the staves thereof above.
the brass found out. 8 And they drew out the staves,
48 And Solomon made ail the ves that the ends of the staves were seen
sels that pertained unto the house of out in the holy place before the oracle,
the Lord: the altar of gold, and the and they were not seen without: and
table of gold, whereupon the shew- there they are unto this day.
bread was, 9 There was nothing in the ark save
49 And the candlesticks of pure the two tables of stone, which Moses
gold, five on the right side, and five on put there at Ho-reb, when the Lord
the left, before the oracle, with the made a covenant with the children of
fiowers, and the lamps, and the tongs Israël, when they came out of the land
of gold, of Egypt.
50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, 10 And it came to pass, when the
and the basons, and the spoons, and priests were come out of the holy place,
the censers of pure gold; and the hinges that the cloud filled the house of the
of gold, both for the doors of the inner Lord,
house, the most holy place, and for the 11 So that the priests could not
doors of the house, to wit, of the tem stand to minister because of the cloud:
ple. for the glory of the Lord had filled the
51 So was ended ail the work that house of the Lord.
king Solomon made for the house of 12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord
the Lord. And Solomon brought in the said that he would dwell in the thick
things which David his father had darkness.
dedicated; even the silver,and the gold, 13 I have surely built thee an house
and the vessels, did he put among the to dwell in, a settled place for thee to
treasures of the house of the Lord. abide in for ever.
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14 And the kiiig tumed his face 26 And now,O God of Israël,let thy
abbut» and blessed ail the congrégation Word, I pray thee, be verified, which
of Israël:(and ail the congrégation of thou spakest unto thy servant David
Israël stood;) my father.
15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord 27 But wUl God indeed dwell on the
God of Israël, which spake with his earth? behold, the heaven and heaven
mouth unto David my father, and of heavens cannot contain thee; how
hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, much less this house that I have
16 Since the day that I brought builded?
forth my people Israël ont of Egypt, I 28 Yet have thou respect unto the
prayer of thy servant, and tp his sup
chose no city out of ail the tribes of Is
raël to build an house, that my name plication, O Lord my God,to hearken
might be therein; but I chose David tounto the cry and to the prayer, which
be over my people Israël. thy servant prayeth before thee tp day:
17 And it wasin the heart of David 29 That thine eyes may be open to
my father to build an house for the ward this house night and day, even
name of the Lord God of Israël. towcird the place of which thou hast
18 And the Lord Sciid unto David said, My name shall be there: that thou
my father, Whereas it was in thine mayest hearken unto the prayer which
heart to build an house unto my name, thy servant shall make toward this
thou didst well that it was in thine place.
heart. 30 And hearken thou to the suppli
19 Nevertheless thou shalt not cation of thy servant, and of thy peo
build the house; but thy son that shall ple Israël, when they shall pray to
come forth out of thy loins, he shall ward this place: and hear thou in heav
build the house unto my name. en thy dwelling place: and when thôu
20 And the Lord hath performed hearest, forgive.
his Word that he spake, and I am risen 31 If any mcUi trespass against hiis
up in the room of David my father, neighbour, and an oath be laid upon
and sit on the throne of Israël, as the hkn to cause him to swear, and the
Lord promised, and have built an oath come before thine altar in this
house for the name of the Lord God of house:
Israël. 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and
21 And I have set there a place for do, and judge thy servants, condeinn-
the ark, wherein is the covenant of the ing the wicked, to bring his waynpon
Lord, which he made with our fathers, his head; and justifying the righteous,
when he brought them out of the land to give him according to his righteous-
of Egypt. ness.
22 And Solomon stood before the 33 When thy people Israël be smit-
altar of the Lord in the presence of ail ten down before the enemy, because
the congrégation of Israël, and spread they have sinned against thee, and
forth his hands toward heaven: shall tum again to thee, and coQfess
23 And he said, Lord God of Israël, thy name,and pray, and make suppli
there is no God like thee, in heaven cation unto thee in this house:
above, or on earth beneath, who keep- 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and
est covenant and mercy with thy ser forgive the sin of thy people Israël,and
vants that walk before thee with ail bring them again unto the land which
their heart: thou gavest unto their fathers.
24 Who hast kept with thy servant 35 When heaven is shut up, and
David my father that thou promisedst there is no rain, because they have
him: thou spakest also with thy sinned against thee; if they pray to
mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine ward this place, and confess thy name,
hand, as it is this day. and tum from their sin, when thou
25 Therefore now. Lord God of Is afilictest them:
raël, keep with thy servant David my 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and
father that thou promisedst him, say forgive the sin of thy servants, and of
ing, There shall not fail thee a man in thy people Israël, that thou teach
my sight to sit on thé throne of Israël; them the good way wherein they
so that thy children take heed to their should walk, and give rain upon thy
way,that they walk before me as thou land, which thou hast given to thy
hast walked before me. people for an inheritance.
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37 If there be in the land famine, if their heart, and with ail their soul, in
there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, the land of their enemies, which Led
locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their them away captive, and pray unto
enemy besiege them in the land of thee toward their land, which thou
their cities; whatsoever plague, what- gavest unto their fathers, the city
soever sickness there be; which thou hast chosen, and the house
38 What prayer and supplication which I have built for thy name:
soever be mode by any man, or by ail 49 Then hear thou their prayer and
thy people Israël, which shall know their supplication in heaven thy dwell
èvery man the plague of his own heart, ing place, and maintain their cause,
and spread forth his hands toward this 50 And forgive thy people that have
house: sinned against thee,and ail their trans
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy gressions wherein they have trans-
dwelling place, and forgive, and do, gressed against thee, and give them
and give to every man according to his compassion before them who carried
ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for them captive, that they may have
thou, even thou only, knowest the compassion on them:
hearts of ail the children of men;) 51 For they be thy people,and thine
40 That they may fear thee ail the inheritance, which thou broughtest
days that they live in the land which forth out of Egypt, from the midst of
thou gavest unto our fathers. the fumace of iron:
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, 52 That thine eyes may be open un
that is not of thy people Israël, but to the supplication of thy servant, and
cometh out of a far country for thy unto the supplication of thy people Is
name's sake; raël, to hearken unto them in ail that
42 (For they shall hear of thy great they call for unto thee.
name, and of thy strong hand, and of 53 For thou didst separate them
thy stretched out arm:) when he shall from among ail the people of the earth,
come and pray toward this house; to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest
43 Hèar thou in heaven thy dwell by the hand of Moses thy servant,
ing place, and do according to ail that when thou broughtest our fathers out
the stranger calleth to thee for: that ail of Egypt, O Lord God.
people of the earth may know thy 54 And it was so, that when Solo-
name, to fear thee, as do thy people mon had made an end of praying ail
Israël; and that they may know that this prayer and supplication unto the
this house, which I have builded, is Lord, he arose from before the altar
called by thy name. of the Lord, from kneeling on his
44 If thy people go out to battle knees with his hands spread up to
against their enemy, whithersoever heaven.
thou shalt send them, and shall pray 55 And he stood, and blessed ail the
unto the Lord toward the city which congrégation of Israël with a loud
thou hast chosen, and toward the house voice, saying,
that I have built for thy name: 56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath
45 Then hear thou in heaven their given rest unto his people Israël, ac
prayer and their supplication, and cording to ail that he promised: there
maintain their cause. hath not failed one word of ail his good
46 If they sin against thee, (for promise, which he promised by the
there is no man that sinneth not,) and hand of Moses his servant.
thou bé angry with them, and deliver 57 The Lord our God be with us, as
them to the enemy, so that they carry he was with our fathers: let him not
them away captives unto the land of leave us, nor forsake us:
the enémy, far or near; 58 That he may incline our hearts
47 Yet if they shall bethink them- unto him, to walk in ail his ways, and
selves in the land whither they were to keep his commandments, and his
carried captives, and repent, and make statutes, and his judgments, which he
supplication unto thee in the land of commanded our fathers.
them that carried them captives, say- 59 And let thèse my words, where-
ing, We have sinned, and have done with I have made supplication before
perversely,we have committed wicked- the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our
ness; God day and night, that he maintain
48 And 30 retum unto thee with ail the cause of his servant, and the cause
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of his people Israël at ail times, as the according to ail that I have command-
matter shall rèquire: ed thee,and wilt keep my statutes and
60 That ail the people of the earth my judgments:
may know that the Lord is God, and 5 Then I will establish the throne of
that there is none else. thy kingdom upon Israël for ever, as I
61 Let your heart therefore be per- promised to David thy father, saying,
fect with the Lord our God,to walk in There shall not fail thee a man upon
his statutes, and to keep his command- the throne of Israël.
ments, as at this day. 6 But if ye shall at ail turn from fol-
62 And the king, and ail Israël with lowing me, ye or your children, and
him, offered sacrifice before the Lord, will not keep my conunandments and
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice my statutes which I have set before
of peace offerings, which he offered un- you, but go and serve other gods, and
to the Lord,two and twenty thousand worship them:
oxen, and an hundred and twenty 7 Then will I eut off Israël out of
thousand sheep. So the king and ail the land which I have given them; and
the children of Israël dedicated the this house, which I have hallowed for
house of the Lord. my name, will I cast out of my sight;
64 The same day did the king hal- and Israël shall be a proverb and a by-
low the middle of the court that was word among ail people:
before the house of the Lord:for there 8 And at this house, which is high^
he offered bumt offerings, and meat every one that passeth by it shall be
offerings, and the fat of the peace of astonished, and shall hiss; and they
ferings: because the brasen altar that shall say, Why hath the Lord done
was before the Lord was too little to thus unto this land, and to this house?
receive the bumt offerings, and meat 9 And they shall answer, Because
offerings, and the fat of the peace of they forsook the Lord their God, who
ferings. brought forth their fathers out of the
65 And at that time Solomon held land of Egypt, and have taken hold
a feast, and ail Israël with him,a great upon other gods, and have worshipped
congrégation, from the entering in of them,and served them: therefore hath
Ha-math unto the river of Egypt, be the Lord brought upon them ail this
fore the Lord our God,seven days and evil.
seven days, even fourteen days. 10 And it came to pass at the end
66 On the eighth day he sent the of twenty years, when Solomon had
people away: and they blessed the built the two houses, the house of the
king, and went unto their tents joyful Lord, and the king's house,
and glad of heart for ail the goodness 11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre
that the Lord had done for David his had fumished Solomon with cedar
servant, and for Israël his people. trees and .fir trees, and with gold, ac
cording to ail his desire,) that then
CHAPTER 9 king Solomon gave Hiram twenty
cities in the land of Galileé.
AND it came to pass, when Solomon 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre
had finished the building of the to see the cities which Solomon had
house of the Lord, and the king's given him; and they pleased him not.
house, and ail Solomon's desire which 13 And he said, What cities are
he was pleased to do, these which thou hast given me, my
2 That the Lord appeared to Solo brother? And he called them the land
mon the second time, as he had ap of Ca-bul unto this day.
peared unto him at Gibeon. 14 And Hiram sent to the king six-
3 And the Lord said unto him, I score talents of gold.
have heard thy prayer and thy suppli 15 And this is the reason of the levy
cation, that thou hast made before which king Solomon raised; for to
me: I have hallowed this house, which build the house of the Lord, and his
thou hast built, to put my name there own house, and Mil-lo, and the wall of
for ever; and mine eyes and mine Jérusalem, and Ha-zor, and Me-gid-
heart shall be there perpetually. do, and Ge-zer.
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had
as David tiiy father walked,in integri- gone up, and taken Ge-zer, and bumt
ty of heart, and in uprightness, to do it with fire, and slaiii the Canaanites
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that dwelt in the city, and given it for 2 And she came to Jérusalem with
a présent unto his daughter, Solomon's a very great train, with camels that
wife. bare spices, aiid very much gold, and
17 And Solomon built Ge'-zer, and precious stones: and when she was
Beth-ho-ron the nether, come to Solomon, she communed with
18 And Ba'al-ath, and Tad^mor in him of ail that was in her heart.
the wildemess, in the land, 3 And Solomon told her ail her
19 And ail the cities of store that questions: there was not any thing hid
Solomon had, and cities for his chari from the king, which he told her not.
ots, and cities for his horsemen, and 4 And when the queen of Sheba had
that which Solomon desired to build in seen ail Solomon's wisdom, and the
Jérusalem, and in Lebanon, and in ail house that he had built,
the land of his dominion. 5 And the meat of his table, and the
20 And ail the people that were left sitting of his servants, and the attend-
of the Amorites, Hittites, Per'-iz-zites, ance of his ministers, and their ap-
Hi-vites, and Jeb-u-sites, which were parel, and his cupbearers, and his as-
not of the children of Israël, cent by which he went up unto the
21 Their children that were left house of the Lord; there was no more
after them in the land, whom the chil spirit in her.
dren of Israël also were not able ut- 6 And she said to the king, It was a
terly to destroy, upon those did Solo true report that I heard in mine own
mon levy a tribute of bondservice imto land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
this day. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words,
22 But of the children of Israël did until I came, and mine eyes had seen
Solomon make no bondmen: but they it: and, behold, the half was not told
were men of war, and his servants, and me: thy wisdom and prosperity ex-
his princes, and his captains, and rul- ceedeth the famé which I heard.
ers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are
23 These were the chief of the offi- these thy servants, which stand con-
cers that were over Solomon's work, tinually before thee, and that hear thy
five hundred and fifty, which bare rule wisdom.
over the people that wrought in the 9 Blessed be the Lord thy God,
work. which delighted in thee, to set thee on
24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up the throne of Israël: because the Lord
out of the city of David unto her house loved Israël for ever, therefore made
which Solomon had built for hen then he thee king, to do judgment and jus
did he build Mil-lo. tice.
25 And three times in a year did 10 And she gave the king ah him-
Solomon offer bumt offerings and dred and twenty talents of gold, and of
peace offerings upon the altar which he spices very great store, and precious
built unto the Lord, and he bumt in- stones: there came no more such abun-
cense upon the altar that was before dance of spices as these which the
the Lord. So he hnished the house. queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
26 And king Solomon made a navy 11 And the navy also of Hiram,
of ships in E-zi-on~ge'-ber, which is be- that brought gold from O'-phir,
side E'-loth, on the shore of the Red brought in from O'-phir great plenty of
sea, in the land of E-dom. almug trees, and precious stones.
27 And Hircim sent in the navy his 12 And the king made of the almug
servants, shipmen that had knowledge trees pillars for the house of the Lord,
of the sea, \^th the servants of Solo and for the king's house, harps also
mon. and psalteries for singers: there came
28 And they came to O'-phir, and no such almug trees, nor were seen un
fetched from thence gold, four hun to this day.
dred and twenty talents, and brought 13 And king Solomon gave unto the
it to king Solomon. queen of Sheba ail her desire, whatso-
ever she asked, beside that which Solo
CHAPTER 10 mon gave her of his royal bounty. So
A ND when the queen of Sheba heard she tuméd and went to her own coun-
of the famé of Solomon concem- try, she and her servants.
ing thé name of the Lord,she came to 14 Now the weight of gold that
prove him with hard questions. came to Solomon in one year was six
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hundred threescore and six talents of
gold,
15 Beside that he had of the mer-
chantmen, anô, of the traffick of the
spiee merchants,and of aU the kings of
Arabia, and pf the govemors of the
country.
16 And king Solpmon made two
hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to one
target,
17 And he made three himdred
shields of beaten golji; three pound of
gold went to one shield: and the king daughter of Pharaoh, women of the
put them in the house pf the,forest of Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zi-
Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a great
throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps,and the
top of the throne was round behind:
and there were stays on either side on
the place of the seat, and two lions
stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on
the one side and on the other upon the
six steps: there was not the like made
in any kingdom.
21 And ail king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and ail the vessels
of the house of the forest of Lebanon
were of pure gold; none were of silver:
it was nothing accounted ofin the days
of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy
of Thar-shish with the navy of Hiranu
once in three years came the navy of
Thar'-shish, bringing gold^ and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded ail the
kings of the earth for riches and for
wisdom.
24 And ail the earth sought to Solo-
mcm, to hear his wisdom, which God
had put in his heart.
. 25 And they brought every man his
présent, vessels of silver, and vessels of
gold, nnd garments, and armour, and
spices,.horses, and mules, a rate year
by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together
chariots and horsemen: and. he had a
thousand and fpur hundred. chariots,
and twelye thousand horsemen, whom
he bestowed in the cities for chariots,
and wi^ the king at Jérusalem,
27 And the king made silver to be
in Jérusalem as stones, and cedars
made he to be as the sycomore trees
that are in the vale, for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought
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out of Egypt, and linen yam: the
king's merchants received the linen
yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went
out of Egypt for six hundred shékels of
silver, and an horse for an hundred and
fif^: and so for ail the kings of the
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did
they bring them out by their means.
CHAPTER II
But king Splomon loved many
strange women, together with the
do-ni-ans, and Hittites;
2 Of the nations conceming which
the Lord said unto the children of Is
raël, Ye shall not go in to them,neither
shall they come in unto you:for surely
they will tum away your heart after
their gods: Solomon clave unto these
in love.
: .3 And he had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred concu
bines: and his wives tumed away his
heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solo
mon was old, that his wives tumed
away his heart after other gods: and
his heart was not perfect with the
Lord his God, as was the heart pf Da
vid his father.
5 For Solomon went after Ash-to-
reth the goddess of the Zi-do-ni-ans,
and after Mil-com the abomination of
the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight
of the Lord, and went not fully after
the Lord, as did David his father.
7 Then did Solomon build an high
place for Che-mosh, the abomination
of Moab,in the hill that is before Jem-
salem, and for Mo-lech, the abomina
tion of the children of Ammon.
8 And likewise did he for ail his
strange wives, which bumt incense
and sacriàced unto their gods.
9 And the Lord was angry with
Solomon, because his heart was tumed
from the Lqrd God of Israël, whidi
had appeared unto him twice,
10 And had commanded him con
ceming this thing, that he should not
go after other gods: but he kept not
that which the Lord commanded.^
;II Wherefore the Lord said linto
Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of
thee, and thou hast not kept my cove-
nant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend
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the kingdom from thee, and will give and became captain over a band,when
it to thy servant. David slew them of Zobah: and they
12 Notwithstandlng in thy days I went to Damascus, and dwelt therein,
will not do it for David thy father's and réigned in Damascus.
sake: but I will rend it eut of the hand 25 And he was an adversary to Is
of thy son. raël ail the dâys of Solomon, beside the
13 Howbeit I will not rend away ail mischief that Ha-dad did; and he ab-
the kingdom; but will give one tribe tô horred Israël, and reigned over Syria.
thy son for David my servantes sâke, 26 And Jer-o-bo-am the son of Ne-
and for Jerusalem's sake which 1 have bat, an Eph-rath-ite of Zer'-e-da, Solo-
chosen. mon*s servant, whose mother's name
14 And the Lord stirred up an ad- was Ze-ru-ah,a widow woihan,even he
versary unto Solomon, Ha-dad the lifted up his hand against the king.
Edomite: he was of thé king's seed in 27 And this was the cause that he
Bdom. lifted up his haiid against the king:
15 For it came to pass, when David Solomon built Mil-lo, and repaired the
was in Edom,and Jo-ab the captain of breaches of the city of David his fa-
the host was gone up to bury the slain, ther.
after he had smitten every malé in 28 And the man Jer-o-bo-am was a
Edoin; mighty man of valour: and Solomon
16 ^or six months did Jo-ab re seeing the young man that he was in-
main there with ail Israël, until he had dustrious, he made him ruler over ail
eut off every maie in Edom:) the charge of the house of Joseph.
17 That Ha-dad fled,he and certain 29 And it came to pasis at that time
Edomites of his father's servants with when Jer-o-bo-am went out of Jéru
him, to go into Egypt; Ha-dad being salem, that the prophet A-hi-jah the
yet a Uttle child. Shi-lo-nite found him in the way; and
18 And they arose out of Mid-i-an, he had clad himself with a new gar-
and came to Paran: and they took men ment; and they two were alone in the
with them out of Paran, and they field:
came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of 30 And A-hi-jah caught the new
Egypt; whidi gave him an house, and garment that was on him, and rent it
appointed him victuals, and gave him in twelve pièces:
Iwd. 31 And he said to Jer-o-bo-am,
19 And Ha-dad foimd great favour Take thee ten pièces: for thus saith the
in the sight of Pharaoh,so that he gave Lord,the God of Israël, Behold, I will
him to wife the sister of his own wife, rend the kingdom out of the hand of
the sister of Tah-pen-es the queen. Solomon, and will givé ten tribés to
20 And the sister of Tah'-pen-es thee:
bare him Ge-nu-bath his son, whom 32 (But he shall have one tribe for
Tah-pen-es weaned in Pharaoh's my servant David's sake,and for Jeru-
house: and Ge-nu'-bath was in Phar- salem's sake, the city which I have
aoh's household among the sons of chosen out of ail the tribes of Israël:)
Pharaoh. 33 Because that they have forsaken
21 And when Ha-dad heard in me, and have worshipped Ash-to-reth
Egypt that David slept with his fa- the goddess of the Zi-do'-ni-ans, Che-
thers, and that Jo-ab the captain of mosh the god of the Moabites, and
the host was dead, Ha-dad said to Mil-com the god ofthe children of Am-
mon,and have not walked in my ways,
Pharaoh, Let me départ, that I may
go to mine own country. to do that which is right in mine eyes,
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him. and to keep my statutes and my judg-
But what hast thou lacked with me, ments, as did David his father.
that, behold, thou seekest to go to 34 Howbeit I will not take the
thine own country? And he answered, whole kingdom out of his hand: but I
Nothing: howbeit let me go in any will make him prince ail the days of
wise. his life for David my servantes sake,
23 And God stirred him up another whom I chose, because he kept my
adversary, Re'-zon the son of E-li-à- commandments and my statutes:
dah, which fied from his lord Had-ad- 35 But I will take the kingdom out
è-zer king of Zobah: of his son's hand, and will give it unto
24 And he gathered men unto him. thee, even ten tribes.
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36 And unto his son will I give one Solomon his father while he yet lived,
tribe, that David my servant may and said, How do ye advise that I may
have a light alway before me in Jéru answer this people?
salem, the city whieh I have chosen 7 And they spake unto him,saying.
me to put my name there. If thou wilt be a servant unto this peo
37 And I wilI take thee, and thou ple this dây, and wilt serve them, and
shalt reign according to ail that thy answer them,and speak good words to
soul desireth, and shalt be king pver them, then they will be thy servants
Israël* for ever.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt 8 But he forsook the counsel of the
hearken unto ail that I command thee, old men, which they had given him,
and wilt walk in my ways, and do that and consulted with the young men
is right in my sight, to keep my stat- that were grown up with him, and
utes and my commandments,as David which stood before him:
my servant did; that I will be with 9 And he said unto them, What
thee, and build thee a sure house, as I counsel give ye that we may answer
built for David, and will give Israël this people, who have spoken to me,
unto thee. saying, Make the yoke which thy fa
39 And I will for this afflict the seed ther did put upon us lighter?
of David, but not for ever. 10 And the young men that were
40 Solomon sought therefore to kill grown up with him spake unto him,
Jer-o-bo'-am. And Jer-o-bo-am arose, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto
and fled into Egypt, unto Shi'-shak this people that spake unto thee, say
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until ing, Thy father made our yoke heavy,
the death of Solomon. but make thou it lighter unto us; thus
41 And the rest of thé acts of Solo shalt thou say unto them, My little
mon, and ail that he did, and his wis- finger shall be thicker than my father's
dom, are they not written in the book loins.
of the acts of Solomon? 11 And now whereas my father did
42 And the time that Solomon lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add
reigned in Jérusalem over ail Israël to your yoke: my father hath chastised
was forty years. you with whips, but I will chastise you
43 And Solomon slept with his fa- with scorpions.
thers, and was buried in the city of 12 So Jer-o-bo-am and ail the peo
David his father: and Re-ho-bo-am ple came to Re-ho-bo'-am the third
his son reigned in his stead. day, as the king had appointed, say
ing, Come to me again the third day.
CHAPTER 12 13 And the king answered the peo
ple roughly, and forsook the old men's
AND Re-ho-bo-am went to She- counsel that they gave him;
/\ chem: for ail Israël were come to 14 And spake to them after the
She-chem to make him king. counsel of the young men, saying, My
2 And it came to pass, when Jer-o- father made your yoke heavy, and I
bo'-am the son of Ne-bat, who was yet will add to your yoke: my father also
in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled chastised you with whips, but I will
from the presence of king Solomon, chastise you with scorpions.
and Jer-o-bo-am dwelt in Egypt;) 15 Wherefore the king hearkened
3 That they sent and called him. not unto the people; for the cause was
And Jer-o-bo'-am and ail the congréga from the Lord,that he might perform
tion of Israël came, and spake unto his saying, which the.Lord spake by
Re-ho-bo'-am, saying, A-hi'-jah the Shi'-îo-nite unto Jer-o-
4 Thy father made our yoke griev- bo-am the son of Ne'-bat.
ous: now therefore make tiiou the 16 So when ail Israël saw that the
grievous service of thy father, and his king hearkened not unto them, the
heavy yoke which he put upon us, people answered the king, saying,
lighter, and we will serve thee. What portion have we in David? nei-
5 And he said unto them. Départ ther have we inheritance in the son of
yet for three days, then come again to Jesse: to your tents, O Israël: now see
me. And the people departed. to thine own house, David. So Israël
6 And king Re-ho-bo-am cpnsulted departed unto their tentSi
with the old men, that stood before 17 But as for the children of Israël
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whi(^ dwelt in the cities of Judah» 30 And this thing became a sin: for
Re-ho-bo-am reigned over them. the people went to worship before the
18 Then king Re-ho-bo-am sent one, even unto Dan.
A-do-ram, who was over the tribute; 31 And he made an house of high
and ail Israël stoned him with stones, places, and made priests of the lowest
tiiat he died. Therefore king Re-ho- of the people, which were not of the
bo'-am made speed to get him up to his sons of Le^.
chariot, to flee to Jérusalem. 32 And Jer-o-bo-am ordained a
19 So Israël rebelled against the feast in the eighth month, on the fif-
house ôf David unto this day. teenth day of the month,like unto the
20 And it came to pass, when ail Is feast that is in Judah, and he offered
raël heard that Jer-o-bo'-am was come upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el,
again, that they sent and called him sacrificing unto the calves that he had
unto the congrégation, and made him made: and he placed in Beth-el the
king over ail Israël: there was none priests of the high places which he had
that followed the house of David, but made.
the tribe of Judah only. 33 So he offered upon the altar
21 And when Re-ho-bo-am was which he had made in Beth-el the fif-
come to Jérusalem, he assembled ail teenth day of the eighth month, even
the house of Judah, with the tribe of in the month which he had devised of
Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore his own heart; and ordained a feast un
thousand chosen men,which were war- to the children of Israël: and he offered
riors, to fight against the house of Is upon the altar, and bumt incense.
raël, to bring the kingdom again to
Re-ho-bo-am the son of Solomon. CHAPTER 13
22 But the Word of God came unto AND, behold, there came a man of
She-ma-iah the man of God, saying, jr\ God out of Judah by the word of
23 Speak unto Re-ho-bo-am, the the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jer-o-bo-
son of Solomon, king of Judah, and am stood by the altar to bum incense.
unto ail the house of Judah and Ben 2 And he cried against the altar in
jamin, and to the remnant of the peo- the word of the Lord, and said, O al
ple, saying, tar, altar, thus saith the Lord;Behold,
24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall a child shall be bom imto the house of
not go up,nor fight against your breth- David, Jo-si-ah by name; and upon
ren the children of Israël: retum every thee shall he offer the priests of the
man to his house;for this thing is from high places that bum incense upon
me. They hearkened therefore to the thee, and men's bones shall be bumt
Word of the Lord,and retumed to de- upon thee.
part,according to the word ofthe Lord. 3 And he gave a sign the same day,
25 Then Jer-o-bo-am built She- sa^g, This is the sign which the
chem in mount E-phra-im, and dwelt Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar
therein; and went outfrom thence,and shall be rent, and the ashes that are
built Pe-nu-el. upon it shall be poured out.
26 And Jer-o-bo-am said in his 4 And it came to pass, when king
heart, Now shall the kingdom retum Jer-o-bo-am heard the saying of the
to the house of David: man of God, which had cried against
27 If this people go up to do sacri- the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth
ûce in the house of the Lord at Jem- his hand from the altar, sa^ng, Lay
salem,then shall the heart of this peo hold on him. And his hand, wMch he
ple tum again imto their lord,even un put forth against him, dried up, so
to Re-ho-bo-am king of Judah, and that he could not pull it in again to
they shall kill me, and go again to Re- him.
ho-bo-am king of Judah. 5 The altar also was rent, and the
28 Whereupon the king took coun- ashes poured out from the altar, ac
sel, and made two calves of gold, and cording to the sign which the man of
said unto them,It is too much for you God had given by the word of the
to go up to Jérusalem: behold thy Lord.
gods, O Israël, which brought thee up 6 And the king answered and said
out of the land of Egypt. unto the man of God, Intreat now the
29 And he set the one in Beth-el, face of the Lord thy God,and pray for
and the other put he in Dan. me,that my hand may be restored me
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again. And the man of God besought came unto the prophet that brought
the Lord,and the king's hand wa^ re- him back:
stored him again, and became as it was 21 And he cried unto the man of
before. God that came from Judah, saying,
7 And the king said unto the man of Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as
God, Come home wlth me,and refresh thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the
thyself, and I will give thee a reward. Lord, and hast not kept the com-
8 And the man of God said unto the mandment which the Lord thy God
king. If thou wilt give me half thine commanded thee,
house, I will not go in with thee, nei- 22 But camest back, and hast eaten
ther will I eat bread nor drink water in bread and drunk water in the place, of
this place: the which the LORD did say to thee,
9 For so was it charged me by the Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy
Word of the Lord, saying, Eat no carcase shall not come unto the sepul-
bread, nor drink water, nor tum again chre of thy fathers.
by the same way that thou camesL 23 And it came to pass, after he had
10 So he went another way, and re- eaten bread, and after he had dmnk,
tumed not by the way that he came to that he saddled for him the ass, to wit,
Beth-eL for the prophet whom he had brought
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet back.
in Beth-el; and his sons came and told 24 And when he was gone, a lion
him ail the works that the man of God met him by the way, and slew him:
had done that day in Beth-el: the and his carcase was cast in the way,
words which he had spoken unto the and the ass stood by it, the lion also
king, them they told also to their fa- stood by the carcase.
ther. 25 And,behold, men passed by,and
12 And their father said unto them, saw the carcase cast in the way, and
What way went he? For his sons had the lion standing by the carcase: and
seen what way the man of God went, they came and told it in the city where
which came from Judah. the old prophet dwelt.
13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle 26 And when the prophet that
me the ass. So they saddled him the brought him back from the way heard
ass: and he rode thereon, thereoft he said, It is the man of God,
14 And went after the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of
and found him sitting under an oak: the Lord: therefore the Lord hath de-
and he said unto him. Art thou the livered him unto the lion, which hath
man of God that camest from Judah? tom him, and slain him, according to
And he said, I arri. the word of the Lord, which he spake
15 Then he said unto him, Come unto him.
home with me, and eat bread. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying,
16 And he said, I may not retum Saddle me the ass. And they saddled
with thee, nor go in with thee: neither Him.
will I eat bread nor drink water with 28 And he went and found his car
thee in this place: case cast in the way, and the ass and
17 For it was said to me by the the lion standing by the carcase: the
Word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no lion had not eaten the carcase, nor
bread nor drink water there, nor tum tom the ass.
again to go by the way that thou cam 29 And the prophet took up the car
est. case of the man of God, and laid it
18 He said unto him, I am a proph upon the ass, and brought it back: and
et also as thou art; and an angel the old prophet came to the city, to
spake unto me by the word of the mourn and to bury him.
Lord, saying, Bring him back with 30 And he laid his carcase in his
thee into thine house, that he may eat own grave; and they moumed over
bread and drink water. But he lied him, saying, Alas, my brother!
unto him. 31 And it came to pass, after he had
19 So he went back with him, and buried him, that he spake to his sons,
did eat bread in his house, and drank saying, When I am dead, then bury
water. me in the sepulchre wherein the man
20 And it came to pass, as they sat of God is buried; lay my bones beside
at the table,that the word of the Lord his bones:
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32 For the saylng which he cried by 9 But hast done evil above ail that
the Word of the Lord against the altar wertf before thee: for thou hast gone
in Beth-el, and against cdl the houses and made thee other gods, and molten
of the high places which are in the images, to provoke me to anger, and
cities of Sa-ma-ri-a, shall surely corne hast cast me behind thy back:
to pass. 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring
33 After this thing Jer-o-bo-am re- evil upon the house of Jer-o-bo'-am,
tumed not from his evil way, but made and will eut off from Jer-o-bo'-am him
again of the lowest of the people priests that pisseth against the wall, and him
of the high places: whosoever would, that is shut up and left in Israël, and
he consecrated him, and he became will take away the remnant of the
one of the priests of the high places. house of Jer-o-bo'-am, as a man taketh
34 And this thing became sin unto away dung, till it be ail gone.
the house of Jer-o-bo-am, even to eut 11 Him that dieth of Jer-o-bo'-am in
it off, and to destroy it from off the the city shall the dogs eat; and him
face of the earth. that dieth in the field shall the fowls
of the air eat: for the Lord hath spo-
CHAPTER 14 ken it.
AT that time A-bi'-jah the son of Jer- 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to
/\ o-bo'-am fell sick. thine own house: and when thy feet
2 And Jer-o-bo-am said to his wife, enter into the city, the child shall die.
Arise, 1 pray thee, and disguise thy- 13 And ail Israël shall mourn for
self, that thou be not known to be the him, and bury him: for he only of Jer-
wife of Jer-o-bo-am; and get thee to o-bo'-am shall come to the grave, be-.
Shi'-loh: behold, there is A-hi-jah the cause in him there is found some good
prophet, which told me that I should thing toward the Lord God of Israël
be king over this people. in the house of Jer-o-bo'-am.
3 And take with thee ten loaves, 14 Moreover the Lord shall raise
and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, him up a king over Israël, who shall
and go to him: he shall tell thee what eut off the house of Jer-o-bo'-am that
shall become of the child. day: but what? even now.
4 And Jer-o-bo-am's wife did so, 15 For the Lord shall smite Israël,
and arose, and went to Shi'-loh, and as a reed is shaken in the water,and he
came to the house of A-hi'-jah. But shall root up Israël out of this good
A-hi-jah could not see; for his eyes land, which he gave to their fathers,
were set by reason of his âge. and shall scatter them beyond the
5 And the Lord said unto A-hi'-jah, river, because they have made their
Behold, the wife of Jer-o-bo'-am com- groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
eth to ask a thing of thee for her son; 16 And he shall give Israël up be
for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou cause of the sins of Jer-o-bo'-am, who
say unto her: for it shall be, when she did sin, and who made Israël to sin.
cometh in, that she shall feign herself 17 And Jer-o-bo'-am's wife arose,
to be another woman* and departed, and came to Tir'-zah:
6 And it was so, when A-hi'-jah and when she came to the threshold of
heard the sound of her feet, as she the door, the child died;
came in at the door,that he said, Come 18 And they buried him; and £tll Is
in, thou wife of Jer-o-bo'-am; why raël moumed for him, according to the
feignest thou thyself to be another? for Word of the Lord, which he spake by
I am sent to thee with heavy tidings, the hand of his servant A-hi'-j£ih the
7 Go, tell Jer-o-bo'-am, Thus saith prophet.
the Lord God of Israël, Forasmuch as 19 And the rest of the acts of Jer-o-
I exalted thee from among the people, bo'-am, how he warred, and how he
and made thee prince over my people reigned, behold,they are written in the
Israël, book of the chronicles of the kings of
8 And rent the kingdom away froin Israël.
the house of David, and gave it thee: 20 And the days which Jer-o-bo'-am
and yet thou hast not been as my ser reigned were two and twenty years:
vant David, who kept my command- and he slept with his fathers, and Na-
ments, and who followed me with ail dab his son reigned in his stead.
his heart, to do that only which was 21 And Re-ho-bo'-am the son of Solo-
right in mine eyes; mon reigned in Judah. Re-ho-bo'-am
 I KINGS 15
was forty and one years old when he
began to réign, and he reigned seven-
teenyears in Jérusalem,the city which
the Lord did choose ont of ail the
tribes of Israël, to put his name there,
And his mother's name was Na-a-mah
an Ammonitess.
22 And Judah did evil in the sight
of the Lord, and they provoked him
to jealousy with their sins which they
had committed,above ail that their fa-
thers had done.
23 For they also built them high
places, and images, and groves, on
every high hill, ^nd under every green
tree.
24 And there were also sodomites in
the land: and they did according to ail
the abominations of the nations which
the Lord cast out before the children
of Israël.
25 And it came to pass in the fîfth
year of king Re-ho-bo-am, ihat Shï-
shak king of Egypt came up against
Jérusalem;
26 And he took away the treasures
of the house of the Lord,and the trea
sures of the king's house; he even took
away ail: and he took away ail the
shields of gold which Solomon had
made.
27 And king Re-ho-bo'-am made in
their stead brasen shields, and com
mitted them unto the hands of the
chief of the guard, which kept the door
of the king's house.
28 And it was so, when the king
went into the house of the Lord, that
the guard bare them, and brought
them back into the guard chamber.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Re-
ho-bo-am, and ail that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Judah?
30 And there was war between Re-
ho-bo-am and Jer-o-bo'-am ail their
days.
31 And Re-ho-bo-am slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his fa-
thers in the city of David. And his
mother's name was Na-a-mah an Am
monitess. And A-bi-jam his son
reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 15
NOW in the eighteenth year of king
Jer-o-bo-am the son of Ne-bat
reigned A-bf-jam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jérusa
lem. And his mother's name was Ma-a-
chah, the daughter of A-bish-a-lom.
351
3 And he walked in ail the sins of
his father, which he had done before
him:and his heart was not perfect with
the Lord his God, as the heart of Da
vid his father,
4 Nevertheless for David's sake did
the Lord his God give him a lamp in
Jérusalem, to set up his son after him,
and to establish Jérusalem.
5 Because David did that which was
right in the eyes of the Lord, and
tumed not aside from any thing that he
commanded him ail the days of his life,
save only in the matter of U-ri'-ah the
Hittite.
6 And there was war between Re-ho-
bo-am and Jer-o-bo-am ail the days of
his life.
7 Now the rest of the acts of A-bi-
jam, and ail that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? And there was war
between A-bi-jam and Jer-o-bo'-am.
8 And A-bi-jam slept with his fa
thers; and they buried him in the ci^
of David: and Asa his son reigned in
his stead.
9 Ànd in the twentieth year of Jer-o-
bo-am king of Israël reigned Asa over
Judah.
10 And forty and one years reigned
he in Jérusalem. And his mottier's
name was Ma-a-chah, the daughter of
A-bish-a-lom.
11 And Asa did that which was right
in the eyes of the Lord, as did David
his father.
12 And he took away the sodomites
ont of the land, and removed ail the
idols that his fathers had made.
13 And also Ma-a-chah his mother,
even her he removed from being queen,
because she had made an idol in a
grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and
bumt it by the brook Kidron.
14 But the high places were not re
moved: nevertheless Asa's heart was
perfect with the Lord ail his days.
15 And he brought in the things
which his father had dedicated, and
the things which himself had dedi
cated, into the house of the Lord, sil-
ver, and gold, and vessels.
16 And there was war between Asa
and Ba-a-sha king of Israël ail their
days.
17 And Ba-a-sha king of Israël went
up against Judah, and built Ra-mah,
that he might not sufîer any to go out
or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took ail the silver and
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the gold that were left in the treasures 29 And it came to pass, when he
of tiie house of the Lord,and the trea reigned, that he shiote ail the house of
sures of the king's hduse,and delivered Jer-o-bo-am;he left not to Jer-o-bo-am
them into the hand of his servants: and any that breathed, until he had de-
king Asa sent them to Ben-ha-dad,the stroyed him,according imto the saying
son of Tab-ri-monj the son of He'zi-on, of the Lord, which he spake by his
king of Syria, that dwelt àt Damascus, servant A-hi-jah the Shi-lo-nite: -
saying, 30 Because of the sins of Jer-o-
19 Tlfiere is a league between me bo-am which he sinned, and which he
and thee, and between my father and made Israël sin, by his provocation
thy father: behold, I have sent unto wherewith he provoked the Lord God
thee a présent of silver and gold; come of Israël to anger.
and breàk thy league with Ba-a-sha 31 Now the rest of the acts of Na-
king of Israël,that he may départ from dab, and ail that he did, are they not
me. written in the book of the chronicles
20 So Ben-ha-dad hearkened unto of the kings of Israël?
king Asa, and sent the captains of the 32 And there was war between Asa
hosts which he had against the cities and Ba-a-sha king of Israël ail their
of Israël, and smote I-jon, and Dan, days.
and A'-bel-beth-ma-a-ehah, and ail 33 In the third year of Asa king of
Cin-ne-roth, with ail the land of Judah began Ba'-a-sha the son of A-hi-
Naph'-ta-li. jah to reign over ail Israël in Tir'-zah,
21 And it came to pass, when Ba'-a- twenty and four years.
sha heard fhereof, that he left off build 34 And he did evil in the sight of
ing of Ra-mah, and dwelt in Tir'- the Lord, and walked in the way of
zah. Jer-o-bo-am, and in his sin wherewith
22 Then king Asa made a proclama he made Israël to sin.
tion throughout ail Judah; none was
exempted: and they took away the GHAPTER 16
stones of Ra'-mah, and the timber
thereof, wherewith Ba-a-sha had Then the word of the Lord came
builded; and king Asa built with them to Jehu the son of Ha-na'-ni against
Ge'-ba of Benjamin, and Miz'-pah. Ba'-a-sha, saying,
23 The rest of ail the acts of Asa, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out
and ail his might, and ail that he did, of the dust, and made thee prince over
and the cities which he built, are they my people Israël; and thou hast
not written in the book of the chroni- walked in the way of Jer-o-bo'-am, and
cles of the kings of Judah? Neverthe- hast made my people Israël to sin, to
less in the time of his old âge he was provoke me to anger with their sins;
diseased in his feet. 3 Behold, I will take away the pos-
24 And Asa slept with his fathers, terity of Ba'-a-sha, and the posterity
and was buried with his fathers in the of his house; and will make thy house
city of David his father: and Je-hosh'-a- like the house of Jer-o-bo'-am the son
phat his son reigned in his stead. of Ne'-bat.
25 And Na-dab the son of Jer-o- 4 Him that dieth of Ba'-a-sha in the
bo'-iam began to reign over Israël in city shall the dogs eat; and him that
the sécond year of Asa king of Judah, dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls
and reigned over Israël two years. of the air eat.
26 And he did evil in the sight of 5 Now the rest of the acts of Ba'-a-
the Lord, and walked in the way of sha, and what he did, and his might,
his father, and in his sin wherewith he are they not written in the book of the
made Israël to sin. chronicles of the kings of Israël?
27 And Ba'-a-sha the son of A-hi- 6 So Ba'-a-sha slept with his fathers,
jah, of the house of Is-sa-char, con- and was buried in Tir'-zah: and E'-lah
sjpired against him; and Ba-a-sha his son reigned in his stead.
smote him at Gib'-be-thon, which be- 7 And also by the hand of the pro-
Umged to the Philistines; for Na-dab phet Jehîi the son of Ha-na'-ni came
and ail Israël laid siege to Gib-be-thon. the word of the Lord against Ba'-a-
28 Even in the third year of Asa sha, and against his house^ even for ail
king of Judah did Ba-a-sha slay him, the evil that he did in the sight of the
and reigned in his stead. Lord,in provoking him to anger with
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the work of his hands,in being like the
house of Jer-o-bo-am; and because he
killed him.
8 In the twenty and sixth year of
Asa king of Judah began E-lah thé son
of Ba-a-sha to reign over Israël in Tir'-
zah, two years.
9 And Ms servant Zimri, captain of
half his chariots/ conspired against
him, as he was in Tir'-zah, drinking
hhnself drunk in the house of Ar'-za
steward of his house in Tir'-zah.
10 And Zimri went in and smote
him,and killed him,in the twenty and
seventh year of Asa king of Judah,and
reigned in his stead.
11 And it came to pass, when he be
gan to reign, as soon as he sat on his
throne, that he slew ail the house of
Ba-a-sha: he left him not one that pis-
seth against a wall, neither of his kins-
folks, nor of his friends.
12 Thus did Zimri destroy ail the
house of Ba'-a-sha, according to the
Word of the Lord, which he spake
against Ba-a-sha by Jehu the prophet,
13 For ail the sins of Ba'-a-sha, and
the sins of E'-lah his son, by which they
sinned, and by which they made Israël
to sin, in provoking the Lord God of
Israël to anger with their vanities.
14 Nowtherestof the actsof E'-lah,
and ail that he did, are they not writ-
ten in the bbok of the chrohicles of the
kings of Israël?
15 In the twenty and seventh year
of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign
seven days in Tir'-zzdi. And the people
were encamped against Gib'-be-thon,
which béUmged to the Philistines.
16 And the people that were en
camped heard say, Zimri hath con
spired, and hath also slain the king:
wherefore ail Israël made Omri^ the
captain of the host, king over Israël
that day in the camp.
17 And Omri went up from Gib'-be-
thon, and ail Israël with him,and they
besieged Tir'-zah.
18 And it came to pass, when Zimri
saw that the city was taken, that he
went into the palace of the king's
house, and burnt the king'S house over
him with fire, and died,
19 For his sins which he sinned in
doing evil in the sight of the Lord,in
walking in the way of Jer-o-bo'-am;
and in his sin which he did, to make
Israël to sin. .
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri,
and his treasôn that he wrought, are
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they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israël?
21 Then were the people of Israël
divided into two parts: hédf of the peo
ple fdllowed Tib'-ni the son of Gi'-nath,
to make him king; and half foUowed
Omri.
22 But the people that followed
Omri prevailed against the people that
followed Tib'-ni the son of Gi'-nath: so
Tib'-ni died, and Omri reigned.
23 In the thirty aiid first year of
Asa king of Judah bégan Omri to reign
over Israël, twelve years: six years
reigned he in Tir'-zah.
24 And he bought the hUl Sa-ma'^ria
of She'-mer for two talents of silver,
and built on the hill, and called the
name of the city wliich he built, after
the namé of She'-mer,owner of the hill,
Sa-ma'-ri-^à.
25 But Omri wrought evil in the
eyes of the Lord, and did worse than
ail that were before hhUi
26 For he wâlked in ail the way of
Jer-o-bo'-am the son of Ne'-pbat, and in
his sin wherewith he made Israël to sin,
to provoke the Lord God of Israël to
anger with their vanities.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri
which he did, and his might that he
shewed, are they not written in the
book of tiie chronicles of the kings of
Israël?
28 So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Sa-ma'-ri-a: and
Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29 And in the thirty and eighth
year of Asa king of Judàh began
Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Is
raël: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned
over Israël in Sa-ma'-ri-a twenty and
two years.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did
evil in the sight of the Lord above ail
that were before him.
31 And it came to pass, as if it had
been a light thing for him to walk in
the sins of Jer-o-bo'-am the son of Ne'«>
bat, that hé took to wife Jez'-e-bel the
daughter of Eth-ba'-al king of the Zi-
dô'-ni-ans, arid went and served Ba'-al,
and worshipped him.
32 And he reared up an altar for
Ba'-al in the house of Ba'--al, which he
had built:ih Sa-ma'-ri-a.
33 And Ahab made a grove; and
Ahab did more to provoke the Lord
Gcki ôf Israël to anger than ail the
kings of Israël that were before him.
34 Ih hisndays did Hi'-el the Beth^
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elite build Jéricho: he laid tJie founda-
tion thereof in A-bi-ram his firstborn,
and set up the gâtes thereof in his
youngest son Se-gub, according to the
Word of the Lord, which he spake by
Joshua the son of Nun,
CHAPTER 17
AND E-ir-jah the Tish'-bite, who was
/\ of the inhabitants of Gilead, said
unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israël
liveth, before whom I stand, there
shall not be dew nor rain these years,
but according to my word.
2 And the word of the Lord came
imto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and tum thee
eastward, and hide thyself by the
brook Che-rith, that is before Jordan.
4 And it shall be, fhai thou shalt
drink of the brook; and I have com-
manded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according un
to the word of the Lord: for he went
and dwelt by the brook Che-rith, that
is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him
bread and flesh in the moming, and
bread and flesh in the evening; and he
drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while,
that the brook dried up, because there
had been no rain in the land.
8 And the word pf the Lord came
imto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zari-e-phath, I pray thee, let this child's soul come
which belongeth to Zi-don, îuid dwell into him again.
there: behold, I have commanded a
widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zari-e-
phath. And when he came to the gâte
of the city, behold, the widow woman
<was there gathering of sticks: and he
called to her, and said, Fetch me, I
pray thee, a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink.,
11 And as she was going to fetch it,
he called to her, and said, Bring me, I
pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine
hand.
12 And she said. As the Lord thy
God liveth, I have not a cake, but an
handful of meal in a barrel, and a little
oil in a cruse: and,behold,I am gather
ing two sticks, that I may go in and
dress it for me and my son, that we
may eat it, and die.
13 And E-li-jah said unto her, Fear
not; go and do as thou hast said: but famine in Sa-ma-ri-a.
make me thereof a little cake flrst, and 3 And Ahab called
bring it unto me, and after make for
thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith the Lord God of
Israël, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil
fail, until the day that the Lord send-
eth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according
to the saying of E-li-jah: and she, and
he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted
not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, ac
cording to the word of the Lord^ which
he spake by E-li-jah.
17 And it came to pass after these
things, that the son of the woman,the
mistress of the house, fell sick; and his
sickness was so sore, that there was no
breath left in him.
18 And she said unto E-li-jah, What
have I to do with thee, O thou man of
God? art thou come unto me to call my
sin to remembrance, and to slay my
son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me
thy soni And he took him out of her
bosom, and carried him up into a loft,
where he abode, and laid him upon his
own bed.
20 And he cried unto the Lord,and
said, O Lord my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow with
whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon
the child three times, and cried unto
the Lord, and said, O Lord my God,
22 And the Lord heard the voice of
E-li-jah; and the soul of the child came
into him again, and he revived.
23 And E-li-jah took the child, and
brought him down out of the chamber
into the house, and delivered him imto
his mother: and E-li-jah said, See, thy
son liveth.
24 And the woman said to E-li'-jah,
Now by this I know that thou art a
man of God, and that the word of the
Lord in thy mouth is truth.
CHAPTER 18
AND it came to pass after many
jtx days, that the word of the Lord
came to E-li-jah in the third year,
saying. Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;
and I will send rain upon the earth.
2 And E-li-jah went to shew him
self unto Ahab. And there was a sore
O-ba-di-ah,
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which was the govemor of his house. 18 And he answered, I have not
(Now O-ba-di-ah feared the Lord troubled Israël; but thou, and thy fa-
gr^tly: ther's house, in that ye have forsaken
4 For it was so, when Jez'-e-bel eut the commandments of the Lord, and
off the prophets of the Lord, that thou hast followed Ba-al-im.
Oba-di'-ah took an hundred prophets, 19 Now therefore send, and gather
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and to me ail Israël unto mount Garmel,
fed,them with bread and water.) and the prophets of Ba'-al four hun
5 And Ahab said unto O-ba-di'-ah, dred and fifty, and the prophets of
Go into the land, unto ail fountains of the grovés four hundred, which eat at
water, and unto ail brooks: peradven- Jez-e-bel's table.
ture we may find grass to save the 20 So Ahab sent unto ail the chil-
horses and mules alive, that we lose dren of Israël, and gathered the pro
not ail the beasts. phets together unto mount Carmel.
6 So they divided the land between 21 And E-li'-jah came unto ail the
them to pass throughout it: Ahab went people, and said, How long hait ye be
one way by himself, and O-ba-di-ah tween two opinions? if the Lord he
went another way by himself. God,foUow him: but if Ba'-al, then fol-
7 And as O-ba-di'-ah was in the low him. And the people answered
way, behold, E-li-jah met him; and he him not a word.
knew him, and fell on his face, and 22 Then said E-li'-jah unto the peo
said. Art thou that my lord E-li-jah? ple, I, even I only, remain a prophet of
8 And he answered him, 1 am: go, the Lord; but Ba'-al*s prophets are
tell thy lord, Behold, E-li'-jah is here, four hundred and fifty men.
9 And he said, What have 1 sinned, 23 Let them therefore give us two
that thou wouldest deliver thy servant bullocks; and let them choose oné bul-
into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? lock for themselves, and eut it in
10 As the Lord thy God livéth, pièces, and lay it on wood, and put no
there is no nation or kingdom, whither fire under: and I will dress the other
my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and buUock, and lay it on wood, and put
when they said, He is not there; he took no fire under:
an oath of the kingdom ând nation, 24 And call ye on the name of your
that they found thee not. gods, and I will call on the name of the
11 And now thou sayest. Go,- tell Lord: and the God that answereth by
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. fire, let him be God. And ail the people
12 And it shall come to pass,as soon answered and said, It is well spoken.
as I am:gone from thee, that the Spirit 25 And E-li'-jah said unto the pro
of the Lord shall carry thee whither I phets of Ba'-al, Choose you one bullock
know not; and so when I come and tell for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye
Ahab,and he cannot find thee, he shall are many;and call on the name of your
slay me: but I thy servant fear the gods, but put no fire under.
Lord from my youth. 26 And they took the bullock which
13 Was it not told my lord what I was given them, and they dressed it,
did when Jezre-bel slew the prophets and called on the name of Ba'-al from
of the Lord, how I hid an hundred moming even until noon, saying, O
men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in Ba'-al, hear us. But there was no voice,
a cave, and fed them with bread and nor any that answered. And they
water? leaped upon the altar which was made.
14 And now thou sayest-. Go, tell 27 And it came to pass at noon,
thy lord, Behold, E-li-jah is here: and that E-li'-jah mocked them, and said,
he shall slay me. Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is
15 And E-li-jah said. As the Lord talking, or he is pursuihg, or he is in a
of hosts liveth, before whom 1 stand, joumey, or peradventure he sleepeth,
I will surely shew myself unto him to and must be awaked.
day. 28 And they cried aloud, and eut
16 So O-ba-di'-ah went to meet themselves after their manner with
Ahab,and told him: and Ahab went to knives and lancets, till the blood
meet E-li'fjah. gushed out upon them.
17 And it came to pass, when Ahab 29 And it came to pass, when mid-
saw E-li-jah,^ that Ahab said unto him, day was pàst, and they prophesied un
Ari thou he that trpubleth Israël? til the time of the offering of the eve-
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ning sacrifice, that there was neither drink. And E-li-jah went up to the top
voice, nor any to answer, nor any that of Carmel; and he cast himself down
regarded. upon the earth, and put his face be-
30 And E-li-jah said unto ail the tween his knees,
people, Corne near unto me. And ail 43 And said to his servant. Go up
the people came near unto him. And now,look toward the sea. Andhe went
he repaired the altar of the Lord that up, and looked, and said, There is
was broken down. nothing. And he said. Go again seven
31 And E-li-jah took twelve stones, times.
according to the number of the tribes 44 And it came to pass at the sev-
of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the enth time, that he said, Behold, there
Word of the Lord came, saying, Israël ariseth a little cloud out of the seà,like
shaU be thy name; a man's hand. And he said. Go up,say
32 And with the stones he built an unto Ahab, Préparé thy chariot, and
altar in the name of the Lord: and he get thee down, that the rain stop thee
made a trench about the altar, as not.
great as would contain two nœasures 45 And it came to pass in the mean
of seed. whUe, that the heaven was black with
33 And he put the wood in order, clouds and wind,and there was a great
and eut the bullock in pièces, and laid rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jez-
him on the wood^ and said, FUI four re-el.
barrels with water, and pour it on the 46 And the hand of the Lord was
burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. on E-li'-jah; and he girded up his loihs,
34 And he sajd. Do it the second and ran before Ahab to the entrance
time. And tjiey did if the second time. of Jez-re-el.
And he said. Do it the third time. And
they did it the third time. CHAPTER 19
35 And the water ran round about AND Ahab told Jez'^e-bel aU that
the altar; and he filled the trench also l\ E-li-jah had done, and withal
with water. how he had slain ail the prophets with
36 And it came to pass at the time of the sword.
the offering of the evening sacrifice, 2 Then Jez'-e-bel sent a messenger
that E-li-jah the prophet came near,. unto E-li-jah, saying, So let the gods
and said. Lord God of Abraham, db fo me, and more also, if I make not
Isaac, and of Israël, let it be known thy life as the life of one of them by to
this day that thou art God in Israël, morrow about this time.
and that I am thy servant, and that I 3 And when he saw that, he arose,
have done aU these things at thy word. and went for his life, and came to
37 Héar me, O Lord, hear me, that Be-er-she'-ba, which helongeth to JU-
this people may know that thou art dâh, and left his servant there.
the Lord God, and that thou hast 4 But he himself went a day's jour-
tumed their heart back again; ney into the wildemess, and came and
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, sat down under a juniper tree: and he
and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and requested for himself that he might
the wood,and the stones,and the dust, die; and said, It is enough; now, O
and licked up the water that was in the Lord, take away my life; for I am not
trench; better than my fathers.
- 39 And when ail the people saw if, 5 And as he lay and slept under a
they fell on their faces: and they said, juniper tree, behold, then an angel
The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he touched him, and said unto him, Arise
is the God. and eat.
40 And E-li-jah said unto them, 6 And he looked, ànd, behold, there
Take the prophets of Ba'-al; let not one was a. cake baken on the coals, and a
of them escape. And they took them: cruse of water at his head. And he did
and E-li-jah brought them down to eat and drink, and laid him down
the brook Ki-shon, and slew them again.
there. 7 And the angel of the Lord came
41 And E-li-jah said unto Ahab, again the second time, and touched
Get thee up, eat and drink; for fhere is him, and said, Arise and eat; because
a Sound of abondance of rain. the joumey is too great for thee. •
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to 8 And he arose, and did eat aind
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drink, and went in the strength of that found E-li-sha the son of Sha-phat^
meat forty days and forty nights unto who was plowing with twelve yoke of
Ho-reb the mount of God,
9 And he came thither unto a cave, twelfth: and Ê-li-jah passed by him,
and lodged there; and, behold, the and cast his mantle upon him.
Word of the Lord came to him, and he
said unto him, What doest thou here,
E-ir-jah?
10 And he said, 1 have been very
jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for
the childrên of Israël have forsaken
thy coVenantj thrown down thine al-
tars, and slain thy prophets with the
sword; and I, even I only, am left; and
they seek my life, to take it âway.
11 And he said. Go forth, and stand
upon the mount before the Lôrd, And,
behold, the Lord passed by, and a
great and strong wind rent the moun-
tains, and brake in pièces the rocks
before the Lord; but the Lord was not
in the wind: and after the wind an
earthquake; but the Lord it;as not In
the earthquake:
12 And after the earthquake a fire;
but the Lord was not in the fire; and
after the fire a still small voice.
13 And it was so, when E-li-jah
heard it, that he wrapped his face in
his mantle, and went out, and stood in
the entering in of the cave. And, be
hold, there came a voice unto him, and
said, What doest thou here, E-li-jah?
14 And he said, I have been very
jealous for the Lord God of hosts: be-
cause the childrên of Israël have for
saken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets
with the sword; and 1, even 1 only,,am
left; and they seek my life, to take it
away.
15 And the Lord said unto him.
Go, return on thy way to the wilder-
ness of Damascus: arid when thou
cornest, anoint Haz-a-el to be king over
Syria:
16 And Jehu the son of Nim-shi
shalt thou anoint to be king over Is
raël: and E4i-sha the son of Sha-phat
of A'bel-me-ho-lah shalt thou anoint
to be prophet in thy room.
17 And it shall come to pass, that
him that escapeth the sword of Haz-a-
el shall Jehu slay: and him that es
capeth from the sword of Jehu shall
E-li'-sha slay.
18 Yet I have left me seven. thou-
sand in Israël, ail the knees which have
not bowed unto Ba'-al, and. every hirh, nor consent.
mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 Sq, he departed thence, and
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oxeh before hiih, and he with the
20 And he left the oxen, and ran
after E-li-jah, and said, Let me,I pray
thee, kiss my father and my mother,
and then I will follow theè. And he said
unto him. Go back again: for what
have 1 done tô thee?
21 And he retumed back from him,
and took a yoke of oxen, and slew
them, and boiled their flesh with the
instruments of the oxen, and gave un
to the people, and they did eat. Then
he àrose, and went aftèr E-li-jiedi, and
ministered unto him.
CHAPTER 20
AND Ben-ha-dad the king of Syria
gathered ail his host together: and
there were thirty and two kings with
him, and hbrses, and chariots: and he
went up and besieged Sa-ma-ri-a, and
warred against it.
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab
king of Israël into the city, and said
unto him, Thus saith Ben-ha-dad,
3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine;
thy wives also and thy childrên, even
the goodliest, are mine.
4 And the king of Israël answered
and said, My lord, O king, according
to thy saying, I am thine, and ail that
I have.
5 And the messengers came again,
and said, Thus speaketh Ben-ha-dad,
saying, Although 1 have sent unto
thee,saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy
silver, and thy gold, and thy wives,
and thy childrên;
6 Yet 1 will send my servants unto
thee to ihorrow about this time, and
they shall search thine house, and the
houses of thy servants; and it shall be,
that whatsoever is pleasant in thine
eyes, they shall put it in théir hand,
and take it away.
7 Then the king of Israël called ail
the elders of the land, and said. Mark,
I pray you, and see how this man seek-
etii mischief: for he sent unto me for
my wives, and for my childrên; and for
my silver, and for.my gold; and I de-
nied him not.
8 And ail the elders and ail thé peo
ple said unto him, Hearken not unto
9 Wherefore he said unto the mes
sengers of Ben-ha'-dad, Tell my lord
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the king, AU that thou didst send for 21 And the king of Israël went out,
to thy servant at the first I will do: and smote the horses and chariots,and
but this thing I may not do, And the slew the Syrians with a great slaugh-
messengers departed, and brought him ter.
Word again. 22 And the prophet came to the
10 And Ben-ha-dad sent unto him, king of Israël, and said unto him, Go,
and said, The gods dp so unto me, and strengthen thyself, and mark, and see
more also, if the dust of Sa-ma-ri-a what thou doest: for at the retum of
shaU suffice for handfuls. for ail the the year the king of Syria wUl come up
people that follow me. against thee.
11 And the king of Israël answered 23 And the servants of the king of
and said, Tell him, Let not him that Syria said unto him, Their gods are
girdeth on his hamess boast himself as gods of.the hills; therefore they were
he that putteth it off. stronger than we; but let us fight
12 And it came to pass, when Ben- against them in the plain, and surely
ha'-dad heard this message, as he ms we shall be stronger than they.
drinking, he and the kings in the pavil- 24 And do this thing, Take the
ions, that he said unto his servants. kings away, every man out of his
Set yourselves in array, And they set place, and put captains in their rooms:
ihemselves in array against the city. 25 And number thee an army, like
13 And, behold, there came a pro- the army that thou hast lost, horse for
phet unto Ahab king of Israël, saying, horse, and chariot for chariot: and we
Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen will fight against them in the plain,
ail this great multitude? behold, 1 will and surely we shall be stronger than
deUver it into thine hand this day; and they. And he hearkened unto their
thou shalt know that I am the Lord. voice, and did so.
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And 26 And it came to pass at the retum
he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by of the year, that Ben-ha'-dad num
the young men of the princes of the bered the Syrians, and went up to
provinces. Then he said, Who shall A'-phek, to fight against Israël.
order the battle? And he answered, 27 And the children of Israël were
Thou. numbered, and were ail présent, and
15 Then he numbered ; the young went against them: and the children of
men of the princes of the provinces, Israël pitched beforè them like two
and they were two hundred and thirty little flocks of kids; but the Syrians
two: and after them he numbered ail fiUed the country.
the people, cven ail the children of Is 28 And there came a man of God,
raël, being seven thousand. and spake unto the king of Israël, and
16 And they went out at noon. But said, Thus saith the Lord,Because the
Ben-ha'-dad was drinking himself Syrians have said, The Lord is God of
drunk in the pavilions, he and the the hills, but he is not God of the val-
kings, the thirty and two kings that leys, therefore will I deliver ail this
helped him. great multitude into thine hand, and
17 And the young men of the prin ye shall know that 1 am the Lord.
ces of the provinces went out first; and. 29 And they pitched one over
Ben-ha'-dad sent out, and they told against the other seven days. And so
him, saying, There are men corne out it was, that in the seventh day the
of Sa-ma-ri-a. battle was joined: and the children of
18 And he said, Whether they be Israël slew of the Syrians an hundred
come out for peace,take them alive; or thousand footmen in one day.
whether they be come out for war, 30 But the rest fied to A'-phek, into
take them alive. the city; and there a wall fell upon
19 So these young men of the prin twenty and seven thousand of the men
ces of the provinces came out of the that were left. And Ben-ha'-dad fled,
city, and the army which followed and came into the city, into an inner
them. chamber.
20 And they slew every one his 31 And his servants said unto him,
man: and the Syrians fled; and Israël Behold now, we have heârd that the
pursued them: and Ben-ha'-dad the kings of the houseof Israël are merciful
king of Syria escaped on an horse with kings: let us, I pray thee, put sack-
the horsemen. cloth on our loins, and ropes upon our
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heads, and go eut to the king of Israël: the Lord,Because thou hast let go out
peradventure he will save thy life. of thy hand a man whom I appointed
32 Se they girded saekcloth on their to utter destruction, thereforé thy life
loins» and put ropes on their heads,and shall go for his life, and thy people for
came to the king of Israël» and said, his people.
Thy servant Ben-ha'-dad saith, I pray 43 And the king of Israël weiit to
thee,let me live. And he said, Is he yet his house heavy and displeased, and
alive? he is my brother. came to Sa-ma-ri-a.
33 Now the men did diligently ob
serve whether any thing would corne CHAPTER 21
from him, and did hastily catch it: and AND it came to pass after these
they said, Thy brother Ben-ha-dad. /\ things, that Na-both the Jez-re-
Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then el-ite had a vineyard, whiçh was in
Ben-ha-dad came forth to him; and he Jez-re-el, hard by the palace of Ahab
caused him to come up into the chariot. king of Sa-ma-ri-a.
34 And Ben-ha'-dad said unto him, 2 And Ahab spake unto Na-both,
The cities, which my father took from saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I
thy father, 1 will restore; and thou may have it for a garden of herbs, be
shalt make streets for thee in Damas- cause it is near unto my house: and I
cus, as my father made in Sa-ma-ri-a. will give thee for it a better vineyard
Then said Ahab, 1 will send thee away than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I
with this covenant. So he made a cove- will give thee the worth of it in money.
nant with him, and sent him away. 3 And Na'-both said to Ahab, The
35 And a certain man of the sons of Lord forbid it me, that I should give
the prophets said unto his neighbour the inheritance of my fathers unto
in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I thee.
pray thee. And tiie man refused to 4 And Ahab came into his house
smite him. heavy and displeased because of the
36 Then said he unto him, Because word which Na-both the Jez'-re-el-ite
thou hast not obeyed the voice of the had spoken to him: for he had said, I
Lord, behold, as soon as thou art de- will not give thee the inheritance of
parted from me, a lion shall slay thee. my fathers. And he laid him down
And as soon as he was departed from upon his bed, and tumed away his
him, a lion found him, and slew him. face, and would eat no bread.
37 Then he found another man,and 5 But Jez'-e-bel his wife came to
said, Smite me, 1 pray thee. And the him, and said unto him, Why is thy
man smote him, so that in smiting he spirit so sad, that thou eatest no
wounded him. bread?
38 So the prophet departed, and 6 And he said unto her, Because I
waited for the king by the way, and spake unto Na-both the Jez'-re-el-ite,
disguised himself with ashes upon his and said unto him, Give me thy vine
face. yard for money; or else, if it please
39 And as the king passed by, he thee, I will give thee another vineyard
cried unto the king: and he said, Thy for it: and he answered, I will not give
servant went out into the midst of the thee my vineyard.
battle; and, behold, a man turned 7 And Jez-e-bel his wife said unto
aside,and brought a man unto me,and him, Dost thou now govern the king-
said, Keep this man: if by any means dom of Israël? arise, and eat bread,and
he be missing,then shall thy life be for let thine heart be merry: I will give
his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent thee the vineyard of Na'-both the Jez'-
of silver. re-el-ite.
40 And as thy servant was busy 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's
here and there, he was gone. And the name, and sealed them with his seal,
king of Israël said unto him, So shall and sent the letters unto the elders and
thy judgment be; thyself hast decided to the nobles that were in his city,
it. dwelling with Na'-both.
41 And he hasted, and took the 9 And she wrote in the letters, say
ashes away from his face; and the king ing, Proclaim a fast, and set Na'-both
of Israël disçemed him that he was of on high ampng the people:
the prophets. 10 And set two men, sons of Be'-li-
42 And he said unto him,Thus saith al, before him, to bear witness against
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him, saying, Thou didst blasphémé Ne'-bat, and like thé house of Ba'-a-sha
God and the king. And then carry him the son of A-hi'-jah, for the provoca
ont, and stone him, that he may die. tion wherewith thou hast provoked me
11 And the men of his city, even the to anger, and madé Israël to sih.
elders and the nobles who were the in 23 And of Jez'-e-bel also spàke the
habitants in his city, did as Jez'-e-bel Lord,sâying, The dogs shall eat Jez'-e-
had sent imto them, and as it was bel by the wall of Jez'-re-el.
written in the letters which she had 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the
sent unto them. city the dogs shall éat; and him that
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set dieth in the field shall the fowls of the
Na'-both on high aihong the people* air eat.
13 And there came in two men,chil- 25 But there was none like uiito
dren of Be-li-al, and sat before him: Ahab, which did sell himself to work
and the men of Be-li-al witnessed wickedness in the sight of the Lord,
against him, even against Na-both, in whom Jez'-e-bel his wife stirred up.
the presenceof the people, saying, Na- 26 And he did very abominably in
both did blasphémé God and the king. following idôls, accôrding to ail things
Then they carried him forth out of the as did the Amorites, whom the Lord
city, and stoned him with stones, that cast out before thé children of Israël.
hedied. 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab
14 Then they sent to Jez'-e-bel, say heàrd those words, that he rent his
ing, Na-both is stoned, and is dead. clothes, and put sackcloth upon his
15 And it came topass, when Jez-e- flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
bel heard that Na'-both was stoned, and went sôftly.
and was dead, that Jez'-e-bel said to 28 And the word of the Lord came
Ahab, Arise, take possession of the to E-li'-jah the Tish'-bite, saying,
vineyard of Na'-both the Jez'-re-el-ite, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth
which he refused to give thee for mon- himself before me? because he hum
ey: for Na'-both is hot alive, but dead. bleth himself before mé, I will not
16 And it came to pass, when Ahab bring the evil in his days: but in his
heard that Na'-both was dead, that son's days will I bring the evil upon
Ahab rose up to go down to the vine his house.
yard of Na'-both the Jez'-re-el-ite, to
CHAPTER 22
take possession of it.
17 And the word of the Lord came AND they continued three years
to E-li'-jah the Tish'-bite, saying, /\ without war between Syria aiid
18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab Israël.
king of Israël, which is in Sa-ma'-ri^a: 2 And it came to pass in the third
behold, he is in the vineyard of Na'- year, that Je-hosh'-a-phat the king of
both, whither he is gone down to pos- Judcih came down to the king of Israël.
sess it. 3 And the king of Israël said unto
19 And thou shalt speak unto him, his servants, Know ye that Ra'-moth
saying, Thus sâith" the Lord, Hast in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and
thou killed, and also taken possession? take it not out of thé hand of the king
And thou shalt speak unto him, say of Syria?
ing, Thus sàith thé Lord, In the place 4 And he said unto Je-hosh'-a-phat,
where dogs licked the blood of Na'- Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ra-
both shall dogs lick thy blood, even moth-gil'-e-ad? And Je-hosh'-a-pliat
thine. said to the king of Israël, I am as thou
20 And Ahab said to E^li'-jah, Hàst art, my people as thy people, my horses
thou found me,O mine enemy? And he as thy horses.
answered, I have found thee: because 5 Ahd Jé^hosh-a-phat said unto the
thou hast sold thyself tô work evil in king of Israël, Enquire, I pray thee, at
the sight of the Lord. the word of the Lord to day.
21 Behold, 1 will bring evil upon 6 Then the king of Israël gather^
thee, and will take away thy posterity, the prophets together, about four hun-
and will eut off from Ahab him that dred méh, and said unto them, Shall I
pisseth against the wâll, and him that go against Ra-moth-gil'-e-ad to bat
is shut up and léft îÉ Israël, tle, or shall I forbear? And they said.
22 And will maké thine hoùse like Go up;for the Lord shall dèliver itinto
the house of Jer-o-bo'-am the son of Ihe hiahd of the king.
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7 And Je-hosh'a-phat said, Is there sitting on his throne, and ail the host
not here a prophet of the Lord besides, of heaven standing by him on his right
that we might enquire of hini? hand and on his left.
8 And the king of Israël said unto 20 And the Lord said, Who shall
Je-hosh-a-phat, There is yet one man, persuade Ahab,that he may go up and
Mi-ca'-iah the son of Im-lah, by whom fall at Ra'-mbth^gil'-e-ad? And one
we may enquire of the Lord; but 1 said on this manner, and another said
hate him; for he doth not prophesy on that manner.
good concerning me, but evU. And Je- 21 And there Ccune forth a spirit,
hosh'-a-phat said, Let not the king and stood before the Lord, and said,
say so. I will persuade him.
9 Then the king of Israël called an 22 And the Lord said unto him,
officer, and said, Hasten hither Mi-ca- Wherewith? And he said, I will go
iah the son of Im'-lah. forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the
10 And the king of Israël and Je- mouth of ail his prophèts. And he said,
hosh-a-phat the king of Judah sat each Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail
on his throne, having put on their also: go forth, and do so.
robes, in a void place in the entrance 23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord
of the gâte of Sa-ma-ri-a; and ail the hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
prophets prophesied before them. ail these thy prophets, and the Lord
11 And Zed-e-ki'ah the son of Che- hath spoken evil concerning thee.
na-a-nah made him horns of iron: and 24 But Zed-e-ki'ah the son of Che-
he said, Thus saith the Lord, With na-a-nah went near, and smote Mi-ca'-
these shalt thou push the Syrians, un- iah on the cheek, and said, Which way
til thou have consumed them. went the Spirit of the Lord from me to
12 And ail the prophets prophesied speak unto thee?
so,saying, Go up to Ra-moth-gil'-e-ad, 25 And Mi-ca'-iah said, Behold,
and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver thou shalt see in that day, when thou
it into the king's hand. shalt go into an inner chamber to hide
13 And the messenger that was thyself.
gone to call Mi-ca'-iah spake unto him, 26 And the king of Israël said, Take
saying, Behold now, the words of the Mi-ca'-iah, and carry hini back unto
prophets déclaré good unto the king A'-mon the govemor of the city, and to
with one mouth: let thy word, I pray Jo'-ash the king's son;
thee, bé like the word of one of them, 27 And say, Thus saith the king.
and speak that which is good. Put this fellow in the prison, and feed
14 And Mi-ca'-icih said. As the Lord him with bread of affliction and with
liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, water of affliction, until I come in
that will I speak. peace.
15 So he Ccime to the king. And the 28 And Mi-ca'-iah said. If thou re
king said unto him, Mi-ca'riah, shall tum at ail in peace, the Lord hath not
we go against Ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad to spoken by me. And he said, Hearken,
battle, or shall we forbear? And he an- O people, every one of you.
swered him. Go, and prosper: fot the 29 So the king of Israël and Je-r
Lord shall deliver it into the hand of hosh'-a-phat the king of Judah went up
the king. to Ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad.
16 And the Mng said unto him, 30 And the Idng of Israël said unto
How many times shall I adjure thee Je-hosh'-a-phat, I will disguise myself,
that thou tell me nothing but that and enter into the battle; but put thou
which is tnie in the name of the Lord? on thy robes. And the king of Israël
17 And he said, I saw ail Israël scat- disguised himself, and went into the
tered upon the hills, as sheep that have battle.
not a shepherd: and the Lord said, 31 But the king of Syria com-
These have no master: let them retum manded his thirty and two captains
every man to his house in peace. that had rule over his chariots, saying,
18 And the king of Israël said unto Fight neither with small nor great,
Je-hosh-a-phat, Did I not tell thee save only with the king of Israël.
that he would prophesy no good con 32 And it came to pass, when the
cerning me, but evil? captains of the chariots saw Je-hosh'-a-
19 And he said, Hear thou therefore phat, that they said, Surely it is the
the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord king of Israël. And they tumed aside
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to fight against him: and Je-hosh'-a- 43 And he walked in ail the ways of
phat cried out. Asa his father; he tumed not aside
33 And it came to pass, when the from it, doing that which was right in
captains of the chariots perceived thatthe eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the
it was not the king of Israël, that they
high places were not tàken away; for
tumed back from pursuing him. the people offered and bumt incense
34 And a certain mân drew a bow at yet in the high places.
a venture, and smote the king of Israël 44 And Je-hosh-a-phat made peace
between the joints of the hamess: with the king of Israël.
wherefore he said unto the driver of 45 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
his chariot, Tum thine hand,and carry hosh-a-phat, and his might that he
me out of the host; for I am wounded. shewed, and how he warred, are they
35 And the battle increased that not written in the book of the chroni
day: and the king was stayed up in his cles of the kings of Judah?
chariot against the Syrians, and died 46 And the remnant of the sodom-
at even: and the blood ran out of the ites, which remained in the days of his
wound into the midst of the chariot. father Asa, he took out of the land.
36 And there went a proclamation 47 There was then no king in Edom:
throughout the host about the going a deputy was king.
down of the sun, saying, Every man to 48 Je-hosh'-a-phat made ships of
his city, and every man to his own Thar'-shish to go to O-phir for gold:
country. but they went not; for the ships were
37 So the king died, and was broken at E'-zi-on-ge-ber.
brought to Sa-ma-ri-a; and they bur- 49 Then said A-ha-zi-ah the son of
ied the king in Sa-ma-ri-a. Ahab unto Je-hosh-a-phat, Let my
38 And one washed the chariot in servants go with thy servants in the
the pool of Sa-ma'-ri-a; and the dogs ships. But Je-hosh-a-phat would not.
licked up his blood; and they washed 50 And Je-hosh'-a-phat slept with
his armour; according unto the word his fathers, and was buried with his
of the Lord which he spake. fathers in the city of David his father:
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, 2ind Je-ho'-ram his son reigned in his
and ail that he did,and the ivory house stead.
which he made, and ail the cities that 51 A-ha-zi'-ah the son of Ahab be
he built, are they not written in the gan to reign over Israël in Sa-ma'-ri-a
book of the chronicles of the kings of the seventeenth year of Je-hosh'-a-
Israël? phat king of Judah, and reigned two
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; years over Israël.
and A-ha-zi-ah his son reigned in his 52 And he did evil in the sight of
stead. the Lord, and walked in the way of
41 And Je-hosh'-a-phat the son of his father, and in the way of his moth-
Asa began to reign over Judah in the er, and in the way of Jer-o-bo'-am
fourth year of Ahab king of Israël. the son of Ne'-bat, who made Israël to
42 Je-hosh'-a-phat was thirty and sin:
five years old when he began to reign; 53 For he served Ba'-al, and wor-
and he reigned twenty and five years shipped him, and provoked to anger
in Jérusalem. And his mother's name the Lord God of Israël, according to
was A-zu-bah the daughter of Shir-hi. ail that his father had done.
 Tke Second Bock of the

Kings
Commonly Called
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER I
THEN Moab rebelled against Is
raël after the death of Ahab.
2 And A-ha-zi-ah fell down
through a lattice in his upper chamber
that was in Sa-ma-ri-a, and was sick:
and he sent messengers, and said unto
them, Go,enquire of Ba-al-ze'-bub the
god of Ekron whether I shall recover
of this disease.
3 But the angel of the Lord said to
E-li'-jah the Tish-bite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Sa-
ma-ri-a, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israël,
that ye go to enquire of Ba-al-ze'-bub
the god of Ekron?
4 Now therefore thus saith the
Lord, Thou shalt not come down from
that bed on which thou art gone up,
but shalt surely die. And E-li'-jah de-
parted.
5 And when the messengers turned
back unto him, he said unto them,
Why are ye now tuméd back?
6 And they said unto him, There
came a man up to meet us, and said
unto us. Go, turn again unto the king
that sent you, and say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Is it not becâuse there
is not a God in Israël, that thou sendest unto E-li'-jah, Go down with him: be
to enquire of Ba'-al-ze'-bub the god of not afraid of him. And he arose, and
Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come went down with him unto the king.
down from that bed on which thou art
gone up, but shalt surely die.
7 And he said unto them, What sent messengers to enquire of Ba'-al-
mahner of man was he which came up
to meet you,and told you these words?
8 And they answered him, He was
an hairy man,and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said,
It is E-li'-jah the Tish'-bite.
9 Then the king sent unto him a
captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
went up to him; and, behold, he sat on
the top ôf an hill. And he spake unto
him, Thou man of God, the king hath
said, Come down.
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10 And E-li'-jah answered and said
to the captain of fifty. If I be a man of
God,then let fire come down from heav-
en, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heav-
en, and consumed him and his fifty.
11 Again also he sent unto him aii-
other captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him,
O man of God,thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly.
12 And E-li'-jcih answered and said
unto them. If I be a man of God, let
fire come down from heaven, and con
sume thee and thy fifty. And the fire
of God came down from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty.
13 And he sent again a captain of
the third fifty with his fifty. And the
third captain pf fifty went up, and
came and fell on his knees before E-li'-
jah, and besought him, and said unto
him, O man of God, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fifty thy
servants, be precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire down
from heaven, and bumt up the two
captains of the former fifties with their
fifties: therefore let my life now be
precious in thy sight.
15 And the angel of the Lord said
16 And he said unto him,Thus saith
the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast
ze'-bub the God of Ekron, is it not be
cause there is no God in Israël to en
quire of his Word? therefore thou shalt
not come down oflf that bed on which
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the word
pf the Lord which E-li'-jah had spo-
ken. And Je-ho'-ram reigned in his
stead in the second year of Je-ho'-ram
the son of Je-hosh'-a-phat king of Ju-
d^; because he had no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of A-ha-
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zi-ah which he did, are they not writ- horses of fire, and parted them both
ten in the book of the chronicles of the asunder; and E-li'-jah went up by a
kings of Israël? whirlwind into heaven.
12 And E-li'-sha saw it, and he cried,
CHAPTER 2 My father, my father, the chariot of
AND it came to pass, when the Lord Israël, and the horsemen thereof. And
would take up E-li'jah into heav- he saw him no more: and he took hold
en by a whirlwind, that E-li-jah of his own clothes, and rent them in
went with E-li-sha from Gllgal. two pièces.
2 And E-li-jah said unto E-li'-sha, 13 He took up also the mantle of
Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord E-li'-jah that fell from him, and went
hath sent me to Beth-el. And E-li-sha back, and stood by the bank of Jor
S2dd unto him, As the Lord liveth, and dan;
as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 14 And he took the mantle of E-li'-
So they went down to Beth-el. jah that fell from him, and smote the
3 And the sons of the prophets that waters, and said, Where is the Lord
were at Beth-el came forth to E-li'-sha, God of E-li'-jah? and when he also had
and said unto him, Knowest thou that smitten the waters, they parted hither
the Lord will take away thy master and thither: and E-li'-sha went over.
from thy head to day? And he said, 15 And when the sons of the pro
Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. phets which were to view at Jéricho
4 And E-li-jah said unto him, E-li- saw him, they said, The spirit of E-li'-
sha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the jah doth rest on E-li'-sha. And they
Lord hath sent me to Jéricho. And he came to meet him, and bowed them-
said. As the Lord liveth, and as thy selves to the ground before him.
soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So 16 And they said unto him, Behold
they came to Jéricho. now, there be with thy servants fifty
5 And the sons of the prophets that strong men; let them go, we pray thee,
were at Jéricho came to E-li'-sha, and and seek thy master:lest peradventure
said unto him, Knowest thou that the the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him
Lord will take away thy master from up,and cast him upon some mountain,
thy head to day? And he answered, or into some valley. And he said, Ye
Yea, I know it: hold ye your peace. shall not send.
6 And E-li'-jah said unto him, Tar 17 And when they urged him till he
ry, I pray thee, here;for the Lord hath was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent
sent me to Jordan. And he said. As the therefore fifty men; and they sought
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I three days, but found him not.
will not leave thee. And they two went 18 And when they came again to
on. him,(for he tarried at Jéricho,) he said
7 And fifty men of the sons of the unto them, Did I not say unto you.
prophets went, and stood to view afar Go not?
off: and they two stood by Jordan. 19 And the men of the city said un
8 And E-li'-jah took his mantle, and to E-li'-sha, Behold, I pray thee, the
wrapped it together, and smote the situation of this city is pleasant, as my
waters, and they were divided hither lord seeth: but the water is naught,
and thither, so that they two went and the ground barren.
over on dry ground. 20 And he said, Bring me a new
9 And it came to pass, when they cruse, and put sait therein. And they
were gone over, that E-li'-jcih said unto brought it to him.
E-li'-sha, Ask what I shall do for thee, 21 And he went forth unto the
before I be taken away from thee. And spring of the waters, and cast the sait
E-li'-sha said, I pray thee, let a double in there, and said, Thus saith the
portion of thy spirit be upon me. Lord, I have healed these waters;
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a there shall not be from thence any
hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me more death or barren land.
when 1 am taken from thee, it shall be 22 So the waters were healed unto
so unto thee; but if not, it shall not this day, according to the saying of
be so. E-li'-sha which he spake.
11 And it came to pass, as they still 23 And he went up from thence un
went on, and talked, that, behold, to Beth-el: and as he was going up by
there appeared a chariot of fire, and the way, there came forth little chil-
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dren out of the city, and mocked him And one of the king of Israers servants
and said unto him, Go up, thou bald answered and said, Here is E-li'-sha the
head; go up, thou bald head. son of Sha-phat, which poured water
24 And he turned back, and looked on the hands of E-li-jah.
on them, and cursed them in the name 12 And Je-hosh-a-phat said, The
of the Lord. And there came forth two Word of the Lord is with him. So the
she bears out of the wood, and tare king of Israël and Je-hosh'-a-phat and
forty and two children of them. the king of Edom went down to him.
25 And he went from thence to 13 And E-li'-sha said unto the king
mount Carmel, and from thence he re- of Israël, What have I to do with thee?
tumed to Sa-ma-ri-a. get thee to the prophets of thy father,
and to the prophets of thy mother.
CHAPTER 3 And the king of Israël said unto him,
NOW Je-ho'-rcun the son of Ahab Nay: for the Lord hath called these
began to reign over Israël in Sa- three kings together, to deliver them
ma'-ri-a the eighteenth year of. Je- into the hand of Moab.
hosh'-a-phat king of Judah, and 14 And E-li'-sha said. As the Lord
reigned twelve years. of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
2 And he wrought evil in the sight surely, were it not that I regard the
of the Lord; but not like his father, presence of Je-hosh'-a-phat the king of
and like his mother; for he put away Judah, I would not look toward thee,
the image of Ba-al that his father had nor see thee.
made. 15 But now bring me a minstrel.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the And it came to pass, when the min
sins of Jer-o-bo-am the son of Ne'-bat, strel played, that the hand of the
which made Israël to sin; he departed Lord came upon him.
not therefrom. 16 And he said, Thus saith the
4 And Me-sha king of Moab was a Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.
sheepmaster, and rendered unto the 17 For thus saith the Lord,Ye shall
king of Israël an hundred thousand not see wind, neither shall ye see rain;
lambs,and an hundred thousand rams, yet that valley shall be hlled with
with the wool. water,that ye may drink, both ye,and
5 But it came to pass, when Ahab your cattle, and your beasts.
was dead, that the king of Moab re- 18 And this is but a light thing in
belled against the king of Israël. the sight of the Lord: he will deliver
6 And king Je-ho-ram went out of the Moabites also into your hand.
Sa-ma-ri-a the same time, and num- 19 And ye shall smite every fenced
bered ail Israël. city, and every choice city, and shall
7 And he went and sent to Je-hosh-a- fell every good tree, and stop ail wells
phat the king of Judah, saying, The of water, and mar every good piece of
king of Moab hath rebelled against me: land with stones.
wilt thou go with me against Moab to 20 And it came to pass in the mom-
battle? And he said, I will go up: I am ing, when the meat ofîering was of-
as thou art, my people as thy people, fered, that, behold, there came water
and my horses as thy horses. by the way of Edom, and the country
8 And he said, Which way shall we was hlled with water.
go up? And he answered, The way 21 And when ail the Moabites heard
through the wilderness of Edom. that the kings were come up to fight
9 So the king of Israël went, and the against them, they gathered ail that
king of Judah, and the king of Edom: were able to put on armour, and up-
and they fetched a compass of seven ward, and stood in the border.
days* joumey: and there was no water 22 And they rose up early in the
for the host, and for the cattle that fol- moming, and the sun shone upon the
lowed them. water, and the Moabites saw the water
10 And the king of Israël said, Alas! on the other side as red as blood:
that the Lord hath called these three 23 And they said, This is blpod: the
kings together, to deliver them into kings are surely slain, and they have
the hand of Moab! smitten one another: now therefore,
11 But Je-hosh-a-phat said, Is there Moab, to the spoil.
not here a prophet of the Lord, that 24 And when they came to the
we may enquire of the Lord by him? camp of Israël, the Israélites rose up
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and smote the Moabites, so that they
fled before them: but they went for-
ward smiting the Moabites, even in
their country.
25 And they beat down the cities,
and on every good piece of land cast
évery man his stone, and filled it; and
they stopped ail the wells of water, and
felled ail the gobd trees: only in Kir-
har'-a-seth left they the stones thèreof;
howbeit the slingers went about it, and
smote it.
26 And whén the king of Moab saw
that the battle was too sore for him, he
took with him seven hundred men that
drew swords, to break through even
unto the king of Edom; but they could
not.
27 Then he took his eldest son that
should have reigned in his stead, and
ofîered him for a burnt offering upon
the wall. And there was great indigna
tion against Israël: and they departed
from him, and retumed to their own
land.
CHAPTER 4
NOW there cried a certain woman
of the wives of the sons of the
prophets unto E-lf-sha, saying, Thy
servant my husband is dead; and thou
knowest that thy servant did fear the
Lord: and the creditor is come to take
unto him my two sons to be bond-
men.
2 And E-li'-sha said unto her, What
shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast
thou in the house? And she said, Thine
handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said. Go, borrow thee
vessels abroad of ail thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not à few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou
shalt shut the door upon thee and upon
thy sons, and shalt pour out into ail
those vessels, and thou shalt set aside
that which is full.
' 5 So she went from him, and shut
the door upon her and upon her sons,
who brought the vessels to her; and she
poured out.
6 And it came ta pass, when the
vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he
said Unto her, There is not a vessel
more. And the oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the man
of God. And he said. Go, sell the oil,
and pay thy debt, and live thou and
thy children of the rest.
8 And it fell on a day, that E-li-sha
passed to Shu'-nem, where was a great
woman; and she constrained him to
eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as
he passed by, he turned in thither to
eat bread.
9 And she said unto her husband,
Behold now, I perceive that this is an
holy man of God, which passeth by us
continually.
10 Let us make a little chamber, I
pray thee, on the wall; and let us set
for him there a bed, and a table, and a
stool, and a candlestick: and it shall
be, when he cometh to us, that he shall
turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he
came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Ge-ha'-zi his ser
vant, Call this Shu'-nam-mite. And
when he had called her, she stood be
fore him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now
unto her, Behold, thou hast been care-
ful for us with ail this care; what is to
be done for thee? wouldest thou be
spoken for to the king, or to the cap-
tain of the host? And she answered, I
dwell among mine own people.
14 And he said, What then is to be
done for her? and Ge-ha-zi answered,
Verily she hath no child, and her hus
band is old.
15 And he said, Call her. And when
he had called her, she stood in the
door.
16 And he said, About this season,
according to the time of life, thou shalt
embrace a son, And she said, Nay, my
lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto
thinè handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived, and
bare a son at that season that E-li-sha
had said unto her, according to the
time of life.
18 And when the child was grown,
it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers.
19 And he said unto his father, My
head, my head. And he said to a lad,
Carry him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him,and
brought him to his mother, he sat on
her knees till noon, and then died.
2t And she went up, and laid him
on the bed of the man of God,and shut
the door upon him, and went out.
22 And shè called unto her hus
band, and said, Send me, I pray thee,
one of the young men, and one of the
 II KINGS 5
asses, timt I may run to the man of
God, and corne again.
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou
go to him to day? it is neither new
moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It
shall be yvelL
24 Then she saddled an ass, and
said to her servant. Drive, and go for-
ward; slack not thy riding for me, ex-
cept 1 bid thee.
25 So she went and came unto the
man of God to mount Carmel. And it
came to pass, when the man of God
saw her afar off, that he said to Ge-ha-
zi his servant, Behold, yonder is that
Shu-nam-mite:
26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet
her, and say unto her, Is it well with
thee? is it well with thy husband? is it
well with the child? And she answered,
It is well.
27 And when she came to the man
of God to the hill, she caught him by
the feet: but Ge-ha-zi came near to
thrust her away. And the man of God
said, Let her alone; for her soul is
vexed within her; and the Lord hath
hid it from me, and hath not told me.
28 Then she said, Did I desire a son
of my lord? did I not say, Do not de-
ceive me?
29 Then he said to Ge-ha'-zi, Gird
up thy loins, and take my staff in
thine hand, and go thy way: if thou
meet any man, salute him not; and if
any salute thee, answer him not again:
and lay my staff upon the face of the
child.
30 And the mother of the child said.
As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. And he
arose, and followed her.
31 And Ge-ha-zi passed on before
them, and laid the staff upon the face
of the child; but there was neither
voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went
again to meet him, and told him, say-
ing, The child is not awaked.
32 And when E-li'-sha was come in-
to the house, behold, the child was
dead, and laid upon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut
the door upon them twain, and prayed
unto the Lord.
34 And he went up, and lay upon
the child, and put his mouth upon his
mouth,and his eyes upon his eyes, and
his hands upon his hands: and he
stretched himself upon the child; and
the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he retumed, and walked in
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the house to and fro; and went up, and
stretched himself upon him: and the
child sneezed seven times, and the
child opened his eyes.
36 And he called Ge-ha-zi, and said,
Call this Shu-nam-mite. So he called
her. And when she was come in unto
him, he said, Take up thy son.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his
feet, and bowed herself to the ground,
and took up her son, and went out.
38 And E-li-sha came again to Gil-
gal: and there was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sit-
ting before him: and he said unto his
servant. Set on the great pot, and
seethe pottage for the sons of the pro
phets.
39 And one went out into the field
to gather herbs, and found a wild vine,
and gathered thereof wild gourds his
lap full, and came and shred them into
the pot of pottage: for they knew them
not.
40 So they poured out for the men
to eat. And it came to pass, as they
were eating of the pottage, that they
cried out, and said, O thou man of God,
there is death in the pot. And they
could not eat thereof.
41 But he said, Then bring meal.
And he cast it into the pot; and he
said, Pour out for the people, that they
may eat. And there was no harm in the
pot.
42 And there came a man from
Ba'-al-shal-i-sha, and brought the man
of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty
loaves of barley, and full ears of com
in the husk thereof. And he said, Give
unto the people, that they may eat.
43 And his servitor said, What,
should I set this before an hundred
men? He said again, Give the people,
that they may eat: for thus saith the
Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave
thereof.
44 So he set it before them,and they
did eat, and left thereof, according to
the Word of the Lord.
CHAPTER 5
NOW Na-a-man, captain of the
host of the king of Syria, was a
great man with his master, and hon-
ourable, because by him the Lord had
given deliverance unto Syria: he was
also a mighty man in valour, but he
was a leper.
2 And the Syrians had gone out by
companies, and had brought away
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captive out of the land of Israël a little done it? how much rather then, when
maid; and she waited on Na-a-man's he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
wife. 14 Then went he down, and dipped
3 And she said unto her mistress, himself seven times in Jordan, accord-
WpuldGod my lord were with the pro- ing to the saying of the man of God:
phet that is in Sa-mà-ri-a!for he would and his flesh came again like unto the
recover him of his leprosy. flesh of a little child, and he was cléan.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, 15 And he returried to the man of
sayihg, Thus and thus said the maid God, he and ail his corripany, and
that is of the land of Israël. came, and stood before him: and he
5 And the king of Syria said. Go to, said, Behold, now I know that there is
go, and I will send a lettèr unto the no God in ail the earth, bût in Israël:
king of Israël. And he departed, and now therefpre, I prày thee, take a
took with him tén talents of silyer, and blessing ôf thy servant.
six thousand pièces of gold, and ten 16 But he said. As thé Lord liveth,
changes of raiment. before whom I stand, I will reçeive
6 And he brought the letter to the none. And he urged him to take it; but
king of Israël, saying, Now when this he refused.
letter is come unto thee, behold, I have 17 And Na'-a-man said, Shall there
therewith sent Na-a-man my servant to not then, I pray thee, be given to thy
thee, that thou mayest recover him of servant two mules' burden of earth?
his leprosy. for thy servant will henceforth offer
7 And it came to pass, when the neither burnt ofîering nor sacrifice un
king of Israël had read the letter, that to other gods, but unto the Lord.
he rent his clothes, and said, Am I 18 In this thing the Lord pardon
God, to kill and to make alive, that thy servant, that when my master go-
this man doth send unto me to recover eth into the house of Rimmon to wor-
a man of liis leprosy? wherefore con- ship there, and he leaneth on my hand,
sider, I pray you, and see how he seek- and I bow myself in the house of Rim
eth a quarrel against me^ mon: when I bow down myself in the
8 And it was so, when E-li-sha the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon
man of God had heard that the king of thy servant in this thing.
Israël had rent his clothes, that he 19 And he said unto him. Go in
sent tô the king, saying, Wherefore peace. So he departed from him a little
hast thou rent thy clothes? let him way.
come now to me, and he shall know 20 But Ge-ha-zi, the servant of E-
that there is a prophet in Israël. li-sha the man of God, said, Behold,
9 So Na-a-man came with his my master hath spared Na-a-man this
horses and \yith his chariot, and stood Syrian, in not receiving at his hands
at the door of the house of E-li'-sha. that which he brought: but, as the
lô And E-li-sha sertt a messenger Lord liveth, I will run after him, and
unto him, saying. Go and wash in Jor take somewhat of him.
dan seven times, and thy flesh shall 21 So Ge-ha-zi followed after Na-a-
come again to thee, and thou shalt be man. And when Na-a-man; saw him
clean. ruhning after him, he lighted down
11 But Na-a-man was wroth, and from the chariot to meet him,and said,
went away, and said, Behold, I Is ail well?
thought, Hé will surely come out to 22 And he said, AU is well. My mas
me, and stand, and call on the name ter hath sent me^ saying, Behold, even
of the Lord his God, and strike his now there be come to me from mount
hand over the place, and recover the E-phra-im two young men of the sons
leper. of the prophefs: give thein, I pray thee,
12 Are not Ab-àrna and Phar'-par, a talent of silver, and two changes of
riyers of Damascus, bëtter than ail the garments.
wâters ôf Israël? ihay I not wash in 23 And Na-a-man said, Be content,
them, and be clean? So he tumed and take two talents. And he urged him,
went away in â rage. and bound two talents of silver in two
13 And his servants came near, and bags, with two changes of garments,
spake unto him, and said, My father, and laid them upoh two of his servants;
if the prophet had bid thee do some and they bare them before him.
great thing, wouldest thou not have 24 And when he came to the tower.
 II KINGS 6 369

he took them from their hand, and be- 11 Therefore the heart of the king
stowed them in the house: and he let of Syria was sore troubled for thÉ
the men go, and they departçd. thing; and he called his servants, and
25 But he went in, and stood before said unto them, Will ye not shew
his master. And E-li-sha said unto me which of us is for the king of Is
him, Whence comest thou, Ge-ha-zi? raël?
And he said,. Thy servant went ho 12 And one of his servants said,
whither. None, my lord, O king; but E-li-sha,
26 And he said unto him, Went not the prophet that is in Israël, telleth the
mine heart with thee, when the man king of Israël the words that thou
tumed again from his chariot to meet speakest in thy bedchamber.
thee? Is it a time to receive money,and 13 And he said. Go and spy where
to receive garments, and oliveyards, he is, that I may send and fetch him.
and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, And it was told him, saying, Behold,
and menservants, and maidservants? he is in Do-than.
27 The leprosy therefore of Na-a- 14 Therefore sent he thither horses,
man shall cleave unto thee, and unto and chariots, and a great host: and
thy seed for ever. And he went out they came by night, and compassed
from his presence a leper as white as the city about.
snow. 15 And when the servant of the
man of God was risen early, and gone
CHAPTER 6 forth, behold, an host compassed the
city both with horses and chariots.
AND the sons of the prophets said And his servant said unto him, Alas,
unto E-li-sha, Behold now, the my master! how shall we do?
place where we dwell with thee is too 16 And he answered, Fear not: for
strait for us. they that be with us are more than
2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jor they that be with them.
dan, and take thence every man a 17 And E-li-sha prayed, and said.
beam,and let us make us a place there, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that
where we may dwell. And he answered. he may see. And the Lord opened the
Go ye. eyes of the young man; and he saw;
3 And one said, Be content, I pray and, behold, the mountain was full of
thee,and go with thy servants. And he horses and chariots of fire round about
answered, I will go. Ë-ii-sha.
4 So he went with them. And when 18 And when they came down to
they came to Jordan, they eut down him, E-li'-sha prayed unto the Lord,
wood. and said, Smite this people, I pray
5 But as one was felling a beam,the thee, with blindness. And he smote
axe head fell into the water: and he them with blindness according to the
cried, and said, Alas, master! for it Word of E-li-sha.
was borrowed. 19 And E-li'-sha. said unto them,
6 And the man of Gpd said, Where This is not the way, neither is this the
fell it? And he shewed him the place. city: follow me,and I will bring you to
And he eut down a stick, and cast it in the man whom ye seek. But he led
thither; and the iron did swim. them to Sa-ma'-ri-a.
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to 20 And it came to pass, when they
thee. And he put out his hand, and were come into Sa-ma-ri-a, that E-^li-
took it. sha said. Lord, open the eyes of these
8 Then the king of Syria warred men,that they may see. And the Lord
against Israël, and took counsel with opened their eyes, and they saw; and,
his servants, saying. In such and such behold, they were in the midst of Sa-
a place shall be my camp. ma'-ri-a.
9 Ànd the man of God sent unto the 21 And the king oif Israël said unto
king of Israël, saying, Beware that E-li'-sha, when he saw them, My fa-
thpu pass not such a place; for thither ther, shall I smite them? shall I smite
the Syrians are come down. them?
10 And the king of Israël sent to the 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not
place which the man of God told him smite them: wouldest thou smite those
and wamed him of, and saved himself whom thou hast taken captive with
there, not once nor twlce. thy sword and with thy , bow? set
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bread and water before them, that

they may eat and drink, and go to CHAPTER 7
their master. Then E-ll-sha said, Hear ye the
23 And he prepared great provision word of the Lord; Thus saith the
for them: and when they had eaten Lord,To morrow about this time shall
and drunk, he sent them away, and a measure of fine flour be sold for a
they went to their master. So the shekel, and two measures of barley for
bands of Syria came no more into the a shekel, in the gâte of Sa-ma-ri-a.
land of Israël. 2 Then a lord on whose hcuid the
24 And it came to pass after this, king leaned answered the man of God,
that Ben-ha'dad king of Syria gath- and said, Behold, if the Lord would
ered ail his host, and went up, and be- make Windows in heaven, might this
besieged Sa-ma'ri-a. thing be? And he said, Behold, thou
25 And there was a great famine in shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt
Sa-ma-ri-a: and, behold, they besieged not eat thereof.
it, until an ass's head was sold for four- 3 And there were four leprous men
score pièces of silver, and the fourth at the entering in of the gâte: and they
part of a cab of dove*s dung for five said one to another, Why sit we here
pièces of silver. until we die?
26 And as the king of Israël was 4 If we say, We wUl enter into the
passing by upon the wall, there cried a city, then the famine is in the city, and
woman unto him, saying, Help, my we shall die there: and if we sit still
lord, O king. here, we die also. Now therefore come,
27 And he said. If the Lord do not and let us fall unto the host of the
help thee, whence shall I help thee? Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall
out of the bamfloor,or out of the wine- live; and if they kill us, we shall but
press? die.
28 And the king said unto her, 5 And they rose up in the twilight,
What aileth thee? And she answered, to go unto the camp of the Syrians:
This woman said unto me, Give thy and when they were come to the utter-
son, that we may eat him to day, and most part of the camp of Syria, be
we will eat my son to morrow. hold, there was no man there.
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat 6 For the Lord had made the host
him: and I said unto her on the next of the Syrians to hear a noise of chari
day, Give thy son, that we may eat ots, and a noise of horses, even the
him: and she hath hid hèr son. noise of a gréât host: and they said one
30 And it came to pass, when the to another, Lo, the king of Israël hatii
king heard the words of the woman, hired against us the kings of the Hit
that he rent his clothes; and he passed tites, and the kings of the Egyptians,
by upon the wall, and the people to come upon us.
looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth 7 Wherefore they arose and fied in
within upon his flesh. the twilight, and left their tents, and
31 Then he said, God do so and their horses, and their asses, even the
more also to me,if the head of E-li-sha camp as it was, and fied for their life.
the son of Sha-phat shall stand on him 8 And when these lepers came to
this day. the uttermost part of the camp, they
32 But E-li'-sha sat in his house,and went into one tent, and did eat and
the elders sat with him; and the king drink, and carried thence silver, and
sent a man from before him: but ere gold, and raiment, and went and hid
the messenger came to him, he said to it; and came again, and entered into
the elders, See ye how this son of a another tent, and carried thence also,
murderer hath sent to take away mine and went and hid it
head? look, when the messenger com- 9 Then they said one to another,
eth, shut the door, and hold him fast We do not well: this day is a day of
at the door: is not the sound of his good tidings, and we hold our peace:
master's feet behind him? if we tarry till the moming light, some
33 And while he yet talked with mischief \^1 come upon us: now there
them, behold, the messenger came fore come,that we may go and tell the
down unto him: and he said, Behold, king's household.
this evil is of the Lord; what should I 10 So'they câme and called unto the
wait for the Lord any longer? porter of the city: and they told them.
 II KINGS 8
saying, We came to the camp of the
Syrians, and, behold, there was no man
there, neither voice ôf man, but herses
tied, and asses tied, and the tents as
they were.
11 And he called the porters; and
they told it to the king's house within.
12 And the king arose in the night,
and said unto his servants, I will now
shew you what the Syrlans have done
to us. They know that we he hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the
camp to hide themselves in the field,
saying, When they come out of the
citry, we shall catch them alive,and get
into the city.
13 And one of his servants answered
and said, Let some take, I pray thee,
five of the horses that remain, which
are left in the city,(behold, they are as
ail the multitude of Israël that are left
in it: behold, I say,they are even as ail
the multitude of the Israélites that are
consumed:) and let us send and see.
14 They took therefore two chariot
horses; and the king sent after the host
of the Syriîuis, saying. Go and see.
15 And they went after them unto
Jordan: and,lo, ail the way was full of
garments and vessels, which the Syri-
ans had cast away in their haste. And
the messengers retumed, and told the
king.
16 And the people went out, and
spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a
measure of fine flour was sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for
a shekel, according to the word of the
Lord.
17 And the king appointed the lord
on whose hand he leaned to have the
charge of the gâte: and the people
trode upon him in the gâte, and he
died, as the man of God had said, who
spake when the king came down to
him.
18 And it came to p£iss as the man
of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel,
and a measure of fine flour for a shekel,
shall be to morrow about this time in
the gâte of Sa-ma-ri-a:
19 And that lord answered the man
of God, and said, Now, behold, if the
Lord should make Windows in heaven,
might such a thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
20 And so it fell out unto him: for
the people trode upon him in the gâte, shewed me that he shall surely die.
and he died.
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CHAPTER 8
THEN spake E-li-shaimto the wom-
an, whose son he had restored to
life, saying, Arise, and go thou and
thine household,and sojoum whereso-
ever thou canst sojoum: for the Lord
hath called for a famine; and it
shall also come upon the land seven
years.
2 And the woman arose, and did
after the saying of the man of God:and
she went with her household, and so-
joumed in the Icind of the Philistines
seven years.
3 And it came to pass at the seven
years* end, that the woman retumed
out of the land of the Philistines: and
she went forth to cry imto the king for
her house and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Ge-ha-
zi the servant of the man of God,say
ing, Tell me, I pray thee, ail the great
things that E-li-sha hath done.
5 And it came to pass, as he was
telling the king how he had restored a
dead body to life, that, behold, the
woman, whose son he had restored to
life, cried to the king for her house and
for her land. And Ge-ha'-zi said, My
lord, O king, this is the woman, and
this is her son, whom E-li-sha restored
to life.
6 And when the king asked the wom
an, she told him. So the king ap
pointed imto her a certain offlcer, say
ing, Restore ail that was hers, and ail
the fmits of the field since the day that
she left the land, even until now.
7 And E-li-sha came to Damascus;
and Ben-ha-dad the king of Syria was
sick; amd it was told him, saying, The
man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said unto Haz-a-el,
Take a présent in thine haind, amd go,
meet the man of God, amd enquire of
the Lord by him, saying, Shall I re-
cover of this disease?
9 So Haz-a-el went to meet him,
amd took a présent with him, even of
every good thing of Damascus, forty
camels* burden, and came and stood
before him, and said, Thy son Ben-
ha-dad king of Syria hath sent me to
thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
10 And E-li-sha said unto him. Go,
say unto him, Thou mayest certainly
recover: howbeit the Lord hath
11 And he settled his countenance
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stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and in the city of David: and A-ha-zi'-ah
the man of God wept. his son reigned in his stead.
12 And Haz'-a-el said, Why weep- 25 In the twelfth year of Joram the
eth my lord? And he answered, Be- son of Ahab king of Israël did A-ha-
eause I* know the evil that thou wilt zi-ah the son of Je-ho'-ram king of Ju
do unto the children of Israël: thelr dah begin to reign.
strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and 26 Two and twenty years old was
their young men wilt thou slay with A-ha-zi'-zih when he began to reign;
the sword, and wilt dash their chil and he reigned one year in Jérusalem.
dren, and rip up their women with And his mother's name was Ath-a-li-
child. ah,the daughter of Omri king of Israël.
13 And Haz-a-el said. But what, is 27 And he walked in the way of the
thy servant a dog, that he should do house of Ahab, and did evil in the
this great thing? And E-li-sha an sight of the Lord, as did the house of
swered, The Lord hath shewed me Ahab: for he i(;as thé son in law of the
that thou shalt he king over Syria. house of Ahab.
14 So he departed from E-li'-sha, 28 And he went with Joram the son
and came to his master; who said to of Ahab to the war against Haz-a-el
him, What said E-li-sha to thee? And king of Syria in Ra-moth-gil-e-ad;and
he answered, He told me that thou the Syrians wounded Joram.
shouldest surely recover. 29 And king Joreun went back to be
15 And it came to pass on the mor- healed in Jez'-re-el of the wounds
row, that he took a thick cloth, and which the Syrians had given him at
dipped it in water, and spread it on his Ra'-mah, when he fought against
face, so that he died: and Haz'-a-el Haz'-a-el king of Syria. And A-ha-zi'-ah
reigned in his stead. the son of Je-ho'-r2im king of Judah
16 And in the fifth year of Joram went down to see Joram the son of
the son of Ahab king of Israël, Je- Ahab in Jez'-re-el, because he wzis sick.
hosh'-a-phat heing then king of Judah,
Je-ho'-ram the son of Je-hosh-a-phat CHAPTER9
king of Judah began to reign. AND E-li'-sha the prophet called one
17 Thirty and two years old was he /\ of the children of the prophets,
when he began to reign; and he reigned and said unto him, Gird up thy loins,
eight years in Jérusalem. and take this box of oil in thine hand,
18 And he walked in the way of the and go to Ra'-moth-gil'e-ad:
kings of Israël, as did the house of 2 And when thou comest thither,
Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was look out there Jehu the son of Je-
his wife: and he did evil in the sight of hosh'-a-phat the son of Nim'-shi, and
the Lord. go in, and make him arise up from
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy among his brethren, and carry him to
Judah for David his servantes sake, as an inner chamber;
he promised him to give him alway a 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour
light, and to his children. it on his head, and say, Thus saith the
20 In his days Edom revolted from Lord, I have anointed thee king over
under the hand of Judah, and made a Israël. Then open the door, and flee,
king over themselves. and tarry not.
21 So Joram went over to Za'-ir, 4 So the young man,even the young
and ail the chariots with him: and he man the prophet, went to Ra'-moth-
rosé by night, and smote the Edomites gil'-e-ad.
which compassed him about, and the 5 And when he came, behold, the
captains of the chariots: and the peo- captains of the host were sitting; and
ple fled into their tents. he said, I have an errand to thee, O
22 Yet Edom revolted from under captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of
the hand of Judah unto this day. Then ail us? And he said, To thee, O cap
Lib-nah revolted at the same time. tain.
23 And the rest of the acts of Jo 6 And he arose, and went into the
ram, and ail that he did, are they not house; and he poured the oil on his
Written in the book of the chronicles of head, and said unto him, Thus saith
the kings of Judah? the Lord God of Israël, I have anointed
24 And Jorcim slept with his fa- thee king over the people of the Lord,
thers, 2ind was buried with his fathers even over Israël.
 Il KINGS 9 373

7 And thou slialt smite the house of saying, The messenger came to them,
Ahab thy master, that I may avenge but he cometh not again.
the blood of my servants the prophets, 19 Then he sent out a second on
and the blood of ail the servants of the horseback, which came to them, and
Lord, at the hand of Jez-e-bel. said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace?
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall And Jehu answered, What hast thou
perish: and I will eut off from Ahab to do with peace? turn thee behind
him that pisseth against the wall, me.
and him that is shut up and left in 20 And the watchman told, saying,
Israël: He came,even unto them, and cometh
9 And I will make the house of not again: and the driving is like the
Ahab like the house of Jer-o-bo-am driving of Jehu the son of Nim-shi;for
the son of Ne-bat, and like the house he driveth furiously.
of Ba-a-sha the son of A-hi'-jah: 21 And Joram said, Make ready.
10 And the dogs shall eat Jez-e-bel And his chariot was made ready. And
in the portion of Jez'-re-el, and ihere Joram king of Israël and A-ha-zi-ah
shall be none to bury her. And he king of Judah went out, each in his
opened the door, and fled. chariot, and they went out against
11 Then Jehu camé forth to the ser Jehu, and met him in the portion of
vants of his lord: and one said unto Na-both the Jez'-re-el-ite.
him, Is ail well? wherefore came this 22 And it Ccime to pass, when Joram
mad fellow to thee? And he said unto saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,
them, Ye know the man, and his com Jehu? And he answered, What peace,
munication. so long as the whoredoms of thy moth-
12 And they said, ît is false; tell us er Jez-e-bel and her witchcrafts are
now. And he said, Thus and thus spake so many?
he to me,saying, Thus saith the Lord, 23 And Joram tumed his hands,
I have anointed thee king over Israël. and fled, and said to A-ha-zi-ah, There
13 Then they hasted, and took is treachery, O A-ha-zi'-ah.
every man his garment, and put it un- 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his
der him on the top of the stairs, and full strength, and smote Je-ho'-rcun be-
blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is tween his arms, and the arrow went
king. out at his heart, and he sunk down in
14 So Jehu the son of Je-hosh-a- his chariot.
phat the son of Nim-shi conspired 25 Then said Jehu to Bid-kar his
against Joram.(Now Joram had kept captain, Take up, and cast him in the
Ra-moth-gil-e-ad, he and ail Israël, portion of the field of Na-both the Jez'-
because of Haz'-a-el king of Syria. re-el-ite: for remember how that, when
15 But king Joram was retumed to I and thou rode together after Ahab
be healed in Jez-re-el of The wounds his father, the Lord laid this burden
which the Syrians had given him, upon him;
when he fought with Haz'-a-el king of 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the
Syria.) And Jehu said. If it be your blood of Na'-both, and the blood of his
minds, then let none go forth nor es- sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite
cape out of the city to go to tell it in thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now
Jez'-re-el. , therefore take and cast him into the
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and plat of ground, according to the word
went to Jez'-re^el; for Joram lay there. of the;Lord.
And A-harzi'i-ah king of Judah was 27 But when A-ha-zi-ah the king of
come down to see Joram. Judah saw this, he fled by the way of
17 And there stood a watchman on the garden house. And Jehu foliowed
the tower in Jez-re-el, and he spied the after him, and said, Smite him also in
Company of Jehu as he came,and said, the chariot. And they did so at the
I see a Company. And Jorctm said, going up to Gur,which is by Ib-le-am.
Take an horseman, and send to meet And he fled to Me-gid'-do, and died
them, and let him say, Is it peace? there.
18 So there went one on horseback 28 And hiis servants carried him in
to meet him, and said, Thus saith the a chariot to Jérusalem,and buried him
king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What in his sepulchre with his fathers in the
hast thou to do with peace? tum thee city of David.
behind me. And the watchman told. 29 And in the eleventh year of Jo-
374 II KINGS 10
ram the son of Ahab began A-ha-zi-ah
to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to
Jez-re-el, Jez-e-bel heard of it; and she
painted her face, and tired her head,
and looked ont at a window.
31 And as Jehu entered in at the
gâte, she said, Had Zimri peace, who
slew his master?
32 And he lifted up his face to the
window, and said, Who is on my side?
who? And there looked out to him two
or three eunuchs.
33 And he said, Throw her down.
So they threw her down: and some of
her blood was sprinkled on the wall,
and on the horses: and he trode her
under foot.
34 And when he was come in, he did
eat and drink, and said. Go, see now
this cursed woman, and bury her: for
she is a king's daughter,
35 And toey went to bury her: but
they found no more of her than the
skull, and the feet, and the palms of
her hands.
36 Wherefore they came again, and
told him. And he said, This is the word
of the Lord, which he spake by his
servant E-li-jah the Tish-bite, saying.
In the portion of Jez'-re-el shall dogs
eat the flesh of Jez'-e-bel:
37 And the carcase of Jez-e-bel
shall be as dung upon the face of the
field in the portion of Jez-re-el; so that
they shall ndt say, This is Jez'-e-bel.
CHAPTER 10
AND Ahab had seventy sons in Sa-
ma'-ri-a. And Jehu wrote letters,
and sent to Sa-ma'-ri-a, unto the rulers
of Jez-re-el, to the elders, and to them
that brought up Ahab*s children, say
ing,
2 Now as soon as this letter cometh
to you, seeing your master's sons are
with you, and there are with you chari
ots and horses, a fenced city also, and
armour;
3 Look even out the best and meet-
est of your master's sons, and set him
on his father's throne, and fight for
your master's house.
4 But they were exceedingly afraid,
and said, Behold, two kings stood not
before him: how then shall we stand?
5 And he that was over the house, and he saluted him, and said to him,
and he that was over the city, the eld
ers also, and the bringers up of the
children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are
thy servants, and will do ail that thou
shalt bid us; we will not make any
king: do thou that which is good in
thine eyes.
6 Then he wrote a letter the second
time to them, saying. If ye be mine,
and if ye will hearken unto my voice,
take ye the heads of the men your
master's sons, and come to me to Jez-
re-el by to morrow this time. Now the
king's sons, being seventy persons,
were with the great men of the city,
which brought them up.
7 And it came to pass, when the let
ter came to them, that they took the
king's sons, and slew seventy persdhs,
and put their heads in baskets, and
sent him them to Jez-re-el.
8 And there came a messenger, and
told him, saying, They have brought
the heads of the king's sons. And he
said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
entering in of the gâte until the mom-
ing. '
9 And it came to pass in the mom-
ing, that he went out, and stood, and
said to ail the people, Ye be righteous:
behold, I conspired against my master,
and slew him: but who slew ail these?
10 Know now that there shall fall
unto the earth nothing of the word of
the Lord, which the Lord spake con-
ceming the house of Ahab: for the
Lord hath done that which he spake by
his servant E-li'-jah.
11 So Jehu slew ail that remained
of the house of Ahab in Jez-re-el, and
ail his great men, and his kinsfolks,
and his priests, until he left him none
remaining.
12 And he arose and departed, and
came to Sa-ma'-ri-a. And as he was at
the shearing house in the way,
13 Jehu met with the brethren of
A-ha-zi'-ah king of Judah, and said,
Who are ye? And they answered, We
are the brethren of A-ha-zi'-ah; and we
go down to salute the children of the
king and the children of the queen.
14 And he said, Take them alive.
And they took them alive, and slew
them at the pit of the shearing house,
even two and forty men; neither left he
any of them.
15 And wheii he was departed
thence, he lighted on Je-hon'-a-dab the
son of Re'-chab coming to meet him:
Is thine heart right, as my heart is
with thy heart? And Je-hon'-a-dab an
swered, It is. If it be, give me thine
hand. And he gave him his hand; and
 II KINGS 11 375

he tookhlm up to hîm into the chariot. 27 And they brake down the image
16 And he said, Corne with me, and of Ba-al, and brake down the house of
see my zeal for the Lord. So they Ba'-al, and itiade it a draught house
made him ride in his chariot. unto this day.
17 And when he came to Sa-ma- 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Ba'-al out
ri-a, he slew ail that remained unto of Israël.
Ahab in Sa-ma-ri-a, till he had de- 29 Howbeit from the sins of Jer-o-
stroyed him, according to the saying bo'-am the son of Ne'-bat, who made
of the Lord, which he spake to E-li- Israël to sin, Jehu depàrted not from
jah. after them, to wit, the golden calves
18 And Jehu gathered ail the people that were in Beth-el, and that wére in
together, £ind said unto them, Ahab Dan.
served Ba'-al a little; but Jehu shall 30 And the Lord said unto Jehu,
serve him much. Because thou hast done well in execut-
19 Now therefore call unto me ail ing that which is right in mine eyes, and
the prophets of Ba-al, ail his servants, hast done unto the house of Ahab ac
and ail his priests;let none be wanting: cording to ail that was in mine heart,
for I have a great sacrifice to do to thy children of the fourth génération
Ba-al; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall sit on the throne of Israël.
shall not live. But Jehu did it in sub- 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk
tility, to the intent that he might de- in the law of the Lord God of Israël
stroy the worshippers of Ba-al. with ail his heart: for he depàrted not
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a sol- from the sins of Jer-o-bo'-am, which
emn assembly for Ba-al, And they made Israël to sin.
proclaimed it 32 In those days the Lord began to
21 And Jehu sent through ail Israël: eut Israël short: and Haz'-a-el smote
and ail the worshippers of Ba'-al came, them in ail the coasts of Israël;
so that there was not a man left that 33 From Jordan eastward, ail the
came not. And they came into the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
house of Ba'-al; and the house of Ba'-al Reubenites, and the Ma-nas'-sites,
was full from one end to another. from Ar-o'-er, which is by the river
22 And he said unto him that was Amon, even Gilead and Ba'-shan.
over the vestry, Bring forth vestments 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu,
for ail the worshippers of Ba'-al. And and ail that he did, and ail his might,
he brought them forth vestments. are they not written in the book of the
23 And Jehu went, and Je-hon'-a- chronicles of the kings of Israël?
dab the son of Re'-chab,into the house 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers:
of Ba'-al, and said unto the worship and they buried him in Sa-ma'-ri-a.
pers of Ba'-al, Search, and look that And Je-ho'-a-haz his son reigned in his
there be here with you none of the ser stead.
vants of the Lord, but the worshippers 36 And the time that Jehu reigned
of Ba'-al only. over Israël in Sa-ma-ri-a was twenty
24 And when they went in to offer and eight years.
sacrifices and burnt offerinp, Jehu ap-
pointed fourscore men without, and CHAPTER II
Scdd, If any of the men whom I have
brought into your hands escape, he AND when Ath-a-li'-ah the mother of
that letteth him go, his life shall be for A-ha-zi'-ah saw that her son was
the life of him. dead, she arose and destroyed ail the
25 And it came to pass, as soon as seed royal.
he had made an end of ofîering the 2 But Je-hosh'-e-ba, the daughter of
bumt offering, that Jehu said to the king Joram, sister of A-ha-zi'-ah, took
guard and to the captains. Go in, and Jo'-ash the son of A-ha-zi'-ah, and stole
slay them; let none come forth. And him from among the king's sons which
they smote them with the edge of the were slain; and they hid him,even him
sword;and the guard and the captains and his nurse,in the bedchcimber from
cast ihèm ont, ând went to the city of Ath-a-li'f£ih, so that he was not slain.
the house of Ba-al. 3 And he was with her hid in
26 And they brought forth the the house of the Lord six years. And
images out of the house of Ba'-al, and Ath-a-li'-ah did reign over the land.
bumed them. 4 And the seventh year Je-hoi'-a-da
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sent and fetched tije nilers over hun-
dreds, with the captains and the
guard, and brought them to him Into
the house of the Lord, and made a
covenant with them,and took an oath
of them in the house of the Lord, and
shewed them the king's son.
5 And he commanded them,saying,
This is the thing that ye shall do; A
third part of you that enter in on the
sabbath shall even be keepers of the
watch of the king's house;
6 And a third paît shall he at the
gâte of Sur; and a third part at the
gate hehind the guard: so shall ye keep
the watch of the house, that it be not
broken down.
7 And two parts of ail you that go
forth on the sabbath, even they shall
keep the watch of the house of the
Lord about the king.
8 And ye shall compass the king
round about, every man with his wea-
pons in his hand: and he that cometh
within the ranges,let him be slain: and
be ye with the king as he goeth out and
as he cometh in.
9 And the captains over the hun-
dreds did according to ail things that
Je-hoi-a-da the priest commanded:
and they took eve^ man his men that
were to come in oh the sabbath, with
them that should go out on the sab
bath, and came to Je-hoi-a-da the
priest.
10 And to the, captains over hun-
dreds did the priest give king David's
spears and shieldSj that were in the
temple of the Lord.
11 And the guard stood, every man
with his weapons in his hand, round
about the king, from the right corner
of the temple to the left corner of the
temple,along by the altar and the tem
ple.
12 And he brought forth the king's
son, and put the crown upon him, and
gave him the testimony;and they made
him king, and anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, God
save the king.
13 And when Ath-a-li'-ah heard the
noise of the guard and of the people,
she came to the people into the temple taken away: the people still sacrificed
of the Lord.
14 And when she looked, behold,
the king stood by a pillar, as the man- AU the môney of the dedicated things
ner was, and the princes and the that is brought into the house of the
trumpeters by the king, and ail the Lord, even the money of every one
people of the land rejoiced, and blew that passeth the account, the money
with trumpets: and Ath-a-li-ah rent that every man is set at, and ail the
her clothes, and cried, Treason, Trea-
son.
15 But Je-hoi-a-da the priest com
manded the captains of the hundreds,
the officers of the host, and said unto
them, Have her forth without the
ranges: and him that foUoweth her kill
with the sword. For the priest had
said, Let her not be slain in the house
of the Lord.
16 And they laid hands on her; and
she went by the way by the which the
horses came into the king's house: and
there was she slain.
17 And Je-hoi-a-da made a cove
nant between the Lord and the king
and the people, that they should be
the Lord-s people; between the king
also and the people.
18 And ail the people of the land
went into the house of Ba-al, and
brake it down; his altars and his
images brake they in pièces thor-
oughly, and slew Mat'-tan the priest of
Ba-al before the altars. And the priest
appointed officers over the house of the
Lord.
19 And he took the rulers over hun
dreds,and the.captains,and the guard,
and ail the people of the land; and they
brought down the king from the house
of the Lord, and came by the way of
the gâte of the guard to the king's
house. And he sat on the throne of the
kings.
20 And ail the people of the land re
joiced, and the city was in quiet: and
they slew Ath-a-li'-ah with the sword
beside the king's house.
21 Seven years old was Je-ho-ash
when he began to reign.
CHAPTER 12
IN the seventh year of Jehu Je-ho-
ash began to reign; and for^ years
reigiied he in Jérusalem. And his moth-
er's name was Zib'i-ah of Be-er-
she-ba.
2 And Je-ho'-ash did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord ail his
days wherein Je-hoi'-a-da the priest
instructed him.
3 But the high places were not
and bumt incense in the high places.
4 And Je-ho'-ash Sciid to the priests,
 II KINGS 13 377

money that cometh into any man's 16 The trespass money and sin
heart to bring into the hoùse of the money was not brought into the house
Lord, of the Lord: it was the priests'.
5 Let the priests take it to them, 17 Then Haz'-a-el * king of Syria
every man of his acquaintance: and went up, and fought against Gath,and
let them répair the breaches of the took it: and Haz'-a-el set his face to go
house, whéresoever any breach shall up to Jérusalem.
be found. 18 And Je-ho'-ash king of Judah
6 But it was so,that in the three and took nll the hallowed things that
twentieth year of king Je-ho'-ash the Je-hosh'-a-phat, ând Je-ho'-ram, and
priests hàd not repaired the breaches A-ha-zi'-ah, his fathers, kings of Judah,
of the house. had dedicàted, and his own hallowed
7 Then king Je-ho-ash called for things, ànd ail the gold that u;as found
Je-hoi'-a-da the priest, and the other in the treasures of the house of the
priestsi and said unto them, Why re Lord, and in the king's house, and
pair ye not the breaches of the house? sent it to Haz'-a-el king of Syria: and
now therefore recéive no more money he went away from Jérusalem.
of your acquaintance, but deliver it 19 And the rest of the acts of Jo-
for the breaches of the house. ash, and ail that he did, are they not
8 And the priests consented to re writtén in the book of the chronicles of
çoive no more money of the peOple, the kings of Judah?
neither to repair the breaches of the 20 And his servants arose, and
house. made a conspiracy, and slew Jo'-ash
9 But Je-hoi'-a-da the priest took a in the house of Mil'-lo, which goeth
chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, down to Sil'-la.
and set it beside the altar, on the right 21 For Joz'-a-charthesonof Shim'-e-
side as one cometh into the house of ath, and Je-hoz'-a-bad the son of Sho'-
the Lord: and thé priests that kept mer, his servants, smote him, and he
the door put therein ail the money that died; and they buried him with his fa
was brought into the house of the thers in the city of David: and Àm-a-
Lord. zi'-ah his son reigned in his stead.
10 And it was so, when they saw
that there was much money in the CHAPTER 13
chest, that the king's scribe and the
high priest came up, and they put up IN the three and twentieth year of
in bags, and told the money that was Jo'-ash the son of A-ha-zi'-ah king
found in the house of the Lord. of Judah Je-ho'-a-haz the son of Jehu
11 And they gave the money, being began to reign over Israël in Sa-ma-
told, into the hands of them that did ri-a, and reigned seventeen years..
the work,that had the oversight of the 2 And he did that which was eviî in
house of the Lord: and they laid it out the sight of the Lord,and followed the
to the carpenters and builders, that sins of Jer-o-bo'-am the son of Ne'-bat,
wrought upon the house of the Lord, which made Israël to sin; he departed
12 And to masons, and hewers of not therefrom.
stone, and to buy timber and hewed 3 And the anger of the Lord was
stone to repair the breaches- of the kindled against Israël, and he deliv
house of the Lord, and for ail that ered them into the hand of Haz'-a-el
was laid out for the house to repair it king of Syria, and into the hand of
13 Howbeit'there were not made Bén-ha'-dad the son of Haz'^a-el, ail
for the house of thè Lord bowls pf sil- their days,
ver, snuffers, basons, trumpets^ any 4 And Je-ho'-a-haz besought the
vessels of gold, or véssels of silver, of LoRb, and the Lord hearkened unto
the monéy that was brought into the him: for he saw the oppression of Is
house of the-Lord: raël, because the king of Syria op-
14 But they gaVe that to the work- pressed them.
men,and repairèd therewith the house 5 (And thé Lord gave Israël a sav-
of the Lord. iour, so that they went out from under
15 Moreover they reckoned not the hand of the Syrians: and the chil-
with the meii, into whose hand they dren of Israël dwelt in their tents, as
delivered the money to be bestowéd on beforetime.
workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 6 Nevertheless they departed not
378 II KINGS 14
from the sins of the house of Jer-o-bo'-
am, who made Israël sin, but walked
therein: and fhere remained the grove
also in Sa-ma-ri-a.)
7 Neither did he leave of the people
to Je-ho-a-haz but fifty horsemen, and
ten chariots, and ten thousand foot-
men; for the king of Syria had de-
stroyed them,and had made them like
the dust by threshing.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
ho-a-heiz, and ail that he did, and his
might,are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israël?
9 And Je-ho-a-haz slept with his
fathers; and they buried him in Sa-
ma'-ri-a: and Jo-ash his son reigned in
his stead.
10 In the thirty and seventh year of
Jo-ash king of Judah began Je-ho'-zish
the son of Je-ho-a-haz to reign over
Israël in Sa-ma-ri-a, and reigned six-
teen years.
11 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord; he departed not
from ail the sins of Jer-o-bo-am the
son of Ne-bat, who made Israël sin:
but he walked therein,
12 And the rest of the acts of Jo-
ash, and ail that he did, and his might
wherewith he fought against Am-a-
zi'-ah king of Judah, are they not writ
ten in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israël?
13 And Jo-ash slept with his fa
thers; £md Jer-o-bo-am sat upon his
throne: and lo'-ash was buried in Sa-
ma-ri-a with the kings of Israël.
14 Now E-li'-sha was fallen sick of
his sickness whereof he died. And Jo-
ash the king of Israël came down unto
him, and wept over his face, and said,
O my father, my father, the chariot of
Israël, and the horsemen thereof.
15 And E-li-sha said unto. him,
Take bow and arrows. And he took
unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israël,
Put thine hand upon the bow. And he
put his hand upon it: and E-li-sha put
his hands upon the king's hands.
17 And he said, Open the window
eastward. And he opened it. Then È-li-
sha said. Shoot. And he shot. And he
said, The arrow of the Lord's deliver-
ance, and the arrow of deliverance
from Syria; for thou shalt smite the
Syrians in A-phek, till thou have con-
sumed them.
18 And he said, Take the arrows.
And he took them. And he said unto
the king of Israël, Smite upon the
ground. And he smote thrice, and
stayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth
with him, and said, Thou shouldest
have smitten five or six times; then
hadst thou smitten Syria till thou
hadst consumed it: whereas now thou
shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20 And E-li-sha died, and they bur
ied him. And the bands of the Moab-
ites invaded the land at the coming in
of the year.
21 And it came to pass, as they
were biuying a man,that, beholdj they
spied a band of men;and they cast the
man into the sepulchre of E-li-sha: and
when the man was let down, and
touched the bones of E-li-sha, he re-
vived, and stood up on his feet.
22 But Haz'-a-el king of Syria op-
pressed Israël ail the days of Je-ho-a-
haz.
23 And the Lord was gracions unto
them, and had compassion on them,
and had respect unto them, because of
his covenant with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, and would not destroy
them, neither cast he them from his
presence as yet.
24 So Haz'-a-el king of Syria died;
and Ben-ha-dad his son reigned in his
stead.
25 And Je-ho-ash the son of Je-ho-a-
haz took again ont of the hand of
Ben-ha-dad the son pf Hciz-a-el the
cities, which he had taken ont of the
hand of Je-ho-a-haz his father by war.
Three times did Jo-ash beat him, and
recovered the cities of Israël.
CHAPTER 14
IN the second year of Jo'-ash son of
Je-ho-a-haz king of Israël reigned
Am-a-zi'-ah the son of Jo-ash king of
Judah.
2 He was twenty and five years old
when he began to reign, and reigned
twenty and nine years in Jérusalem.
And his mother's n^e was Je-ho-ad'-
dan of Jérusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, yet not like Da
vid his father: he did according to ail
things as Jo-ash his father did.
4 Howbeit the high places were not
taken away: as yet the people did sac
rifice and bumt incense on the high
places.
5 And it came to pass, as soon as
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the kîngdom was confirmed in his
hand, that he slew his servants which
had slain the king his father.
6 But the ehildren of the murderers
he slew not: according unto that which with the kings of Israël; and Jer-o-bo-
is written in the book of the law of am his son reigned in his stead.
Moses, wherein the Lord commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to ash king of Judah lived after the death
death for the ehildren, nor the ehildren of Je-ho'-ash son of Je-ho'-a-haz king
be put to death for the fathers; but of Israël fifteen years.
every man shall be put to death for his
own sin.
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of
sait ten thousand, and took Se'-lah by
war,and ealled the name of it Jok-the-
el unto this day.
8 Then Am-a-zi'-ah sent tnessengers
to Je-ho-ash, the son of Je-hô-a-haz
son of Jehu, king of Israël, saying.
Corne, let us look one another in the
face.
9 And Je-ho'-ash the king of Israël
sent to Am-a-zi'-ah king of Judah,say
ing, The thistle that ii;as in Lebanon
sent to the eedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to
wife: and there passed by a wild beast
that was in Lebanon, ând trode down
the thistle.
10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
and thine heart hath lifted thee up:
glory of this, and tarry at home: for
why shouldest thou meddle to thy
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even
thou, ând Judah with thee?
11 But Am-a-zi'-ah would not hear.
Therefore Je-ho'-ash king of Israël
went up; and he and Am-a-zi'-ah king
of Judah looked one another in the
face at Beth-she'-mesh, whieh belong-
eth to Judah.
12 And Judah was put to the worse
before Israël; and they fled every man
to their tents.
13 And Je-ho'-ash king of Israël
took Am-a-zi'-ah king of Judah, the
son of Je-ho'-ash the son of A-ha-zi'-ah,
at Bethr-she'-mesh, and came to Jéru
salem,and brake down the wall of Jéru
salem from the gâte of E'-phra-im un
to the corner gâte, four hundred eu-
blts.
14 And he took ail the gold and sil-
ver, and ail the vessels that were found
in the house of the Lord, and in the
treasures of the king's house, and hos-
tages, and retumed to Sa-ma'-ri-a.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
ho'-ash which hè did, and his might,
and how he fought with Am-a-zi'-ah
king of Judah, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israël?
16 And Je-ho'-ash slept with his fa
thers, and was buried in Sa-ma'-ri-a
17 And Am-a-zi'-ah the son of Jo-
18 And the rest of the acts of Am-a-
zi'-ah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
19 Now they made a conspiracy
against him in Jérusalem: and he fled
to La'-chîsh; but they sent after him to
La'-chish, and slew him there.
20 And they brought him on horses:
and he was buried at Jérusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
21 And ail the people of Judah took
Az-a-ri'-ah, which was sixteen years
old, and made him king instead of his
father Am-a-zi'-ah.
22 He built E'-lath, and restored it
to Judah,after that the king slept with
his fathers.
23 In the flfteenth year of Am-a-zi'-
ah the son of Jo'-ash king of Judah
Jer-o-bo'-2un the son of Jo'-ash king of
Israël began to reign in Sa-ma'-ri-a,
arid reigned forty and one years.
24 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord: he departed not
from ail the sins of Jer-o-bo'-am the
son of Ne'-bat, who made Israël to
sin.
25 He restored the coast of Israël
from the entering of Ha'-math unto the
sea of the plain, according to the word
of the Lord God of Israël, which he
spake by the hand of his servant Jo-
nah, the son of A-mif-ta-i, the pro-
phet, which was of Gath-he'-pher.
26 For the Lord saw the aflUction
of Israël, that it was very bitter: for
there was not any shut up, nor any left,
nor any helper for Israël.
27 And the Lord said not that he
would blot out the namé of Israël from
under heaven: but he saved them by
the hand of Jer-o-bo'-am the son of
Jo'-ash.
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jer-o-
bo'-am; and ail that he did, and his
might, how he warred, and how he re-
covered Damascus, and Ha'-math,
which béhngèd to Judah,fot Israël, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israël?
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29 And Jer-o-bo-am slept with his
fathers, even with the kings of Israël;
and Zaclè^-ri-ah his son reigned in his
stead.
CHAPTER 15
IN the twenty and seventh year of
Jer-o-bo-am king of Israël began
Az-a-ri-ah son of Am-a-zi-ah king of
Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen years old was he when he
began to reign, and he reigned two and
fifty years in Jérusalem. And his moth-
er's nzime was Jech-o-li-ah of Jéru
salem.
3 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, according to ail
that his father Am-a-zi'-cih had done;
4 Save that the high places were not
removed: the people sacrificed and
bumt incense still on the high places.
5 And the Lord smote the king, so
that he was a leper unto the day of his
death, and dwelt in a several house.
And Jo-tham the king's son was over
the house, judging the people of the
land.
6 And the rest of the acts of Az-a-
ri-ah, and ail that he did, are they not
writtèn in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
7 So Az-a-ri'-ah slept with his fa-
thers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David; and Jo-
tham his son reigned in his stead.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of
Az-a-ri-ah king of Judah did Zach-a-
ri-ah the son of Jer-o-bo-am reign over
Israël in Sa-ma-ri-a six months.
9 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord, as his fathers
had done: he departed not from the
sins of Jer-o-bo-am the son of Ne-bat,
who made Israël to sin.
10 And Shal-lum the son of Ja-besh
conspired against him, and smote him
before the people, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zach-a-
ri-ah, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israël.
12 This was the word of the Lord
which he spake unto Jehu,saying, Thy
sons shall sit on the throne of Israël
unto the fourth génération. And so it
came to pass.
13 Shal-lum the son of Ja-besh be
gan to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uz-zi-ah king of Judah; and he
reigned a full month in Sa-ma-ri-a.
14 For Men-a-hem the son of Ga-dî
went up from Tir'-zah, and came to Sa-
ma-ri-a, and smote Shal-lum the son of
Ja-besh in Sa-ma-ri-a, and slew him,
and reigned in his stead.
15 And the rest of the acts of Shal-
lum, and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israël.
16 Then Men-a-hem smote Tiph-
sah, and ail that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tir'-zah: because
they opened not to him, therefore he
smote it; and ail the women therein
that were with child he ripped up.
17 In the nine and thirtieth year
of Az-a-ri-ah king of Judah began
Men-a-hem the son of Ga'-di to reign
over Israël, and reigned ten years in
Sa-ma-ri-a.
18 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord: he departed not
ail his days from the sins of Jer-o-bo-
am the son of Ne-bat, who made Israël
to sin.
19 And Fui the king of Assyria
came against the land: and Men-a-hem
gave Fui a thousand talents of silver,
that his hand might be with him to
confirm the kingdom in his hcind.
20 And Men-a-hem exacted the
money of Israël, even of ail the mighty
men of wealth, of each man fifty shek
els of silver, to give to the king of As
syria. So the king of Assyria turned
back, and stayed not there in the
land.
21 And the rest of the acts of
Men'-a-hem, and ail that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israël?
22 And Men-a-hem slept with his
fathers; and Fek-a-hi'-cih his son
reigned in his stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Az-a-ri-ah
king of Judah Fek-a-hi'-ah the son of
Men-a-hem began to reign over Israël
in Sa-ma-ri-a, and reigned two years.
24 And he did that which was evil
in the sight of the Lord: he departed
not from the sins of Jer-o-bo-am the
son of Ne'-bat, who made Israël to
sin.
25 But Fe'-kah the son of Rem-a-li-
ah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Sa-ma-ri-a, in
the palace of the king's house, with Ari-
gob and A-ri'-eh, and with him fifty
men of the Gileadites: and he .killed
him, and reigned in his room.
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26 And the rest of the acts of Pek-a-

hi-ah, and ail that he did, behold,they CHAPTER 16
are written in the book of the dtiron- IN the seventeenth year of Pe-kah
icles of the kings of Israël. the son of Rem-a-li-ah Ahaz the
27 In the two and fiftieth year of son of Jo-tham king of Judah began to
Az-a-ri-ah king of Judah Pe-kah the reign.
son of Rem-a-li-ah began to reign over 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when
Israël in Sa-ma-ri-a, and reigned twen- he began to reign, and reigned sixteen
ty years. years in Jérusalem, and did not that
28 And he did that which was evil in which was right in the sight of the
the sight of the Lord: he departed not Lord his God, like David his father.
from the sins of Jer-o-bo-am the son of 3 But he walked in the way of the
Ne-bat, who made Israël to sin. kings of Israël, yea, and made his son
29 In the days of Pe-kah king of Is to pass through the fire, according to
raël came Tig'-lath-pi-le-ser king of the abominations ofthe heathen,whom
Assyria, and took I-jon, and A-bel- the Lord cast out from before the chil-
beth-ma-a-chah, and Ja-no-ah, and dren of Israël.
Ke-desh, cind Ha-zor, and Gilead, and 4 And he sacrificed and bumt in
Galilee, ail the land of Naph-ta-li, and
cense in the high places, and on the
carried them captive to Assyria. hills, and under every green tree.
30 And Ho-she-a the son of E-lah 5 Then Re-zin king of Syria and
made a conspiracy against Pe-kah the Pe-kah son of Rem-a-li-ah king of Is
son of Rem-a-li-ah, and smote him, raël came up to Jérusalem to war: and
and slew him,and reigned in his stead, they besieged Ahaz, but could not
in the twentieth year of Jo-tham the overcome him.
son of Uz-zi-ah. 6 At that time Re'-zin king of Syria
31 And the rest of the acts of Pe- recovered E-lath to Syria, and drave
kah, and ail that he did, behold, they the Jews from E'-lath: and the Syrians
are written in the book of the chron- came to E'-lath, and dwelt there unto
icles of the kings of Israël. this day.
32 In the second year of Pe-kah the 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tig'-
son of Rem-a-li'-ah king of Israël began lath-pi-le-ser king of Assyria, saying,
Jo-tham the son of Uz-zi-ah king of I am thy servant and thy son: come
Judah to reign. up,and save me out of the hand of the
33 Five and twenty years old was king of Syria, and out of the hand of
he when he began to reign, and he the king of Israël, which lise up against
reigned sixteen years in Jérusalem. me.
And his mother's name was Jerusha, 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold
the daughter of Za'-dok. that was found in the house of the
34 And he did that which was right Lord, and in the treasures of the
in the sight of the Lord: he did accord- king's house, and sent it for a présent
ing to ail that his father Uz-zi-ah had to the king of Assyria.
done. 9 And the king of Assyria heark-
35 Howbeit the high places were ened unto him: for the king of Assyria
not removed: the people sacrificed and went up against Damsiscus, and took
bumed incense still in the high places. it, and carried the people of it captive
He built the higher gâte of the house of to Kir, and slew Re-zin.
the Lord. 10 And king Ahaz went to Damas-
36 Now the rest of the acts of Jo- cus to meet Tig'-lath-pi-le-ser king of
tham,and ail that he did, are they not Assyria, and saw an altar that was at
written in the book of the chronicles of Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to
the kings of Judah? U-ri-jcih the priest the fashion of the
37 In those days the Lord began to altar, and the pattem of it, according
send against Judah Re-zin the king of to ail the workmanship thereof.
Syria, and Pe-kah the son of Rem-a- 11 And U-ri-jah the priest built an
U'-ah. altar according to ail that king Ahaz
38 And Jo-tham slept with his had sent from Damascus: so U-ri-jah
fathers, and was buried with his fa- the priest made it against king Ahaz
thers in the city of David his fa came from Damascus.
ther: and Ahaz his son reigned in Ms 12 And when the king was come
stead. from Damascus, the king saw the al-
382 n KINGS 17
tar: and the king approached to the
altar, and ofîered théreon.
13 And he bumt his bumt offering
and his meat offering, and poured his
drink offering, and sprinkled the blood
of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
14 And he brought also the brasen
altar, which was before the Lord,from
the forefront of the house, from be-
tween the altar and the house of the
Lord, and put it on the north side of
the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded U-ri-
jah the priest, saying, Upon the
great altar bum the moming burnt of
fering, and the evening meat offering,
and the king's bumt sacrifice, and his
meat offering, with the bumt offering
of ail the.people of the land, and their
meat offering, and their drink offer
ings; and sprinkle upon it ail the blood
of the bumt offering, and ail the blood
of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar
shall be for me to enquire hy,
16 Thus did U-ri'-jah the priest, ac-
cording to ail that king Ahaz com
manded.
17 And king Ahaz eut off the bor-
ders of the bases, and removed the
laver from off them; and took down
the sea from off the brasen oxen that
were under it, and put it upon a pave
ment of stones.
18 And the covert for the sabbath
that they had built in the house, and
the king's entry without, tumed he
from the house of the Lord for the
king of Assyria.
19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz
which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the
dty of David: and Hez-e-ki-ah his son
reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 17
INJudah
the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
began Ho-she'-a the son of
E-lah to reign in Sa-ma-ri-a over Israël
nineyears.
2 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord, but not as the
kings of Israël that were before him.
3 Against him came up Shal-man-
e'-ser king of Assyria; and Ho-she'-a be-
came his servant, and gave him prés
ents.
4 And the king of Assyria found
conspiracy in Ho-she-a: for he had
sent messengers to So king of Egypt,
and brought no présent to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year:
therefore the king of Assyria shut him
up, and bound him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria came up
throughout ail the land, and went up
to Sa-ma'-ri-a, and besieged it three
years.
6 In the ninth year of Ho-she'-a the
king of Assyria took Sa-ma'-ri-a, and
carried Israël away into Assyria, and
placed them in Ha'-lah and in Ha'-bor
hy the river of Go'-zan, and in the cities
of the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the diildren of
Israël had sinned against the Lord
their God, which had brought them up
out of the land of Egypt, from under
the hand pf Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and had feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the
heathen, whom the Lord cast outfrom
before the children of Israël, and of the
kings of Israël, which they had made.
9 And the children of Israël did se-
cretly those things that were not right
against the Lord their God, and they
built them high places in ail their
cities,from the tower of the watchmen
to the fenced city.
10 And they set them up images
and groves in every high hill, and un
der every green tree:
11 And there they burnt incense in
ail the high places, as did the heathen
whom the Lord carried away before
them; and wrought wicked things to
provoke the Lord to anger:
12 For they served idols, whereof
the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall
not do this thing.
13 Yet the Lord testified against Is
raël, and against Judah, by ail the pro-
phets, and by ail the seers, saying,
Tum ye from your evil ways, and keep
my commandments and my statutes,
according to ail the law which I com
manded your fathers, and which I sent
to you by my servants the prophets.
14 Notwithstanding they would not
hear, but hardened their necks,like to
the neck of their fathers, that did not
believe in the Lord their God.
15 And they rejected his statutes,
and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies
which he testified against them; and
they foUowed vanity, and became
vain, and went after the heathen that
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were round about them, conceming cause they know not the manner of the
whom the Lord had charged them, God of the land.
that they should net dd like them. 27 Then the king of Assyria com-
16 And they left ail the command- manded, saying, Carry thither one of
ments of the Lord their God, and the priests whom ye brought from
made them molten images, even two thence; and let them go and dwell
calves, and made a grove, and wor- there, and let him teach them the
shipped ail the host of heaven, and manner of the God of the land.
served Ba-al. 28 Then one of the priests whôm
17 And they caused their sons and they had carried away from Sa-ma-
their daughters to pass through the ri-a came and dwelt in Beth-el, and
fire, and used divination and enchant- taught them how they should fear the
ments, and sold themselves to do evil Lord.
in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 29 Howbeit every nation made gods
him to anger. of their own, and put them in the
18 Therefore the Lord was very houses of the high places which the
angry with Israël, and removed them Sa-mar-i-tans had made, every nation
ont of his sight: there was none left but in their cities wherein they dwelt.
the tribe of Judah only. 30 And the men of Babylon made
19 Also Judah kept not the com- Suc'-coth-be-noth, and the men of
mandments of the Lord their God, but Cuth made Ner'-gal, and the men of
walked in the statutes of Israël which Ha-math made A-shi-ma,
they made. 31 And the A'-vites made Nib-haz
20 And the Lord rejected ail the and Tartak, and the Se-phar-vites
seed of Israël, and afflicted them, and bumt their children in fire to A-dram'-
delivered them into the hand of spoil- me-lech and A-nam-me-lech, the gods
ers, until he had cast them out ôf his of Se-phar-va-im.
sightw 32 So tliey feared the Lord, and
21 For he rent Israël from the house made unto themselves of the lowest of
of David; and they made Jer-o-bô-am them priests of the high places, which
the son of Ne-bat king: and Jer-o-bo- sacrificed for them in the houses of the
am drave Israël from following the high places.
Lord, and made them sin a great sin. 33 They feared the Lord, and
22 For the children of Israël walked served their own gods, after the man
in ail the sins of Jer-o-bo'-am which he ner of the nations whom they carried
did; they departed not from them; away from thence.
23 Until the Lord removed Israël 34 Unto this day they do after the
out of his sight, as he had said by ail former manners: they fear not the
his servants the prophets. So was Is Lord, neither do they after their stat
raël carried away out of their own land utes, or after their ordinances, or after
to Assyria unto this day. the law and cômmandment which the
24 And the king of Assyria brought Lord commanded the children of Ja
mm from Babylon, and from Cu-thah, cob, whom he named Israël;
and from A-va, and from Ha-math, 35 With whom the Lord had made
and from Se-phar-va-im, and placed a covenant, and charged them,saying,
them in the cities of Sa-ma-ri-a instead Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow
of the children of Israël: and they pos- yourselves to them, nor serve them,
sessed Sa-ma'-ri-a, and dwelt in the nor sacrifice to them:
cities thereof. 36 But the Lord, who brought you
25 And so it was at the begiiining of up out of the land of Egypt with great
their dwelling there, that they feared power and a stretchèd out arm, him
not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,
lions among them, which slew sofhe of and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
them. 37 And the statutes, and the ordi
26 Wherefore they spake to the nances, and the law, and the côm
king of Assyria, saying, The nations mandment, which he wrote for you, ye
which thou hast removed, and placed shall observe to do for evermore; and
in the cities of Sa-ma-ri-a, know not ye shall not fear other gods.
the manner of the God of the land: 38 And the covenant that I have
therefore he hath sent lions among made with you ye shall not forget; nei
them,and, behold, they slay them, be- ther shall ye fear other gods.
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39 But the Lord your God ye shall ry away Israël unto Assyria, and put
fear; and he shall deliver you out of the tfiem in Ha-lah and in Ha-bor by the
hand of ail your enemies. river pf Go'-zan, and inthe cities of the
40 Howbelt they did not hparken, Medes:
but they did after their former man- 12 Because they obeyed not the
ner. voice of the Lord their God,but trcins-
41 So these nations feared the gressed his covenant, and ail that Mo
Lord, and served their graven images, ses the servcint of the Lord com
both their çhildren, and their chil- manded,and would not hear fhem, nor
dren's children: as did their fathers, so do them.
do they unto this day. 13 Now in the fourteenth year of
king Hez-e-ki-ah did Sen-nach'-er-ib
CHAPTER 18 king pf Assyria come up against ail
the fenced cities of Judah, and took
NOW it came to pass in the third
year of Ho-she'-a son of E-lah
them.
14 And Hez-e-ki'-ah king of Judah
king of Israël, that Hez-e-ki-ah the son sent to the king of Assyria to La-chish,
of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. saying, I have offended; retum from
2 Twenty and five years old was he me:that which thou puttest on me will
when he began to reign; and he reigned I bear. _And the king of Assyria ap-
twenty and nine years in Jérusalem* pointed'unto Hez-e-ki'-ah king of Ju
His mother's name also was A-bi, the dah three hundred talents of silver ond
daughter of Zach-a-ri-cih. thirty talents of gold.
3 And he did that which was right in 15 And Hez-e-ki-ah gave him ail the
the sight of the Lord, accprding to aU silver that was fpund in the house of
that David his father did*. the Lord, and in the tresisures of the
4 He removed the high places, and king*s house.
brake the images, and eut down the 16 At that time did Hez-e-ki'-ah eut
groves, and brake in pièces the brasen off the gold from the doors of the tem
serpent that Moses had made;for untp ple of the Lord, and /rom the pillars
those days the çhildren of Israël did whdch Hez-e-ki'-ah king of Judah had
bum incense to it: and he called it Ne- overlaid, and gave it to the king of As
hush-tan. syria.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Is 17 And the king of Assyria sent
raël; so that after him was none like Tartan and Rab-sa-ris and Rab^sha-
him among ail the kings of Judah, nor keh from La'-chish to king Hez-e-ki'-ah
any that were before him. with a great host against Jérusalem.
6 For he clave to the Lord, and de- And they went up and Ç2ime to Jéru
parted not from fpllowing him, but salem. And when they were come up,
kept his commandments, which the they came and stood by the conduit of
Lord commanded Moses. the upper pool, which is in the high-
7 And the Lorei was with him; and way of the fuller's field.
he prospered whithersoever he went 18 And when they had called to the
forth: and he rebelled against the king king, there came out to them E-li'-a-
of Assyria, and served him not. kim the son of Hiî-ki'-ah, which was
8 Hé smote the Philistines, even un over the household, and Sheb'-na the
to Gaza, and the borders thereof,from scribe, and Jo'-ah the son of A'-saph
the tower of the watchmen to the the recorder.
fenced city. 19 And Rab-sha-keh Scdd unto
9 And it came to pass m the fourth them, Speak ye now to Hez-e-ki'-ah,
year of king Hez-e-ki-ah, which was Thus saith the great king, the king of
tiie seventh year of Ho-she-a son of Assyria, What confidence is this
E-lah king of Israël, that Shal-man- wherein thou trustest?
e-ser king of Assyria came up against 20 Thou sayest, (but they are but
Sa-ma-ri-a, and besieged it. vain words,) I have counsel and
Ip And at the end of three years strength for the war. Now on whom
they tPok it: even in the sixth year of dost thou trust, that thou rebellest
Hez-e-ki-ah, that is the ninth year of against me?
Ho-she-a king of Israël, Sa-ma-ri-a 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon
was taken. the staff of this bruised reed,even upon
II And the king of Assyria did car- Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will
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go Into his hand, and pierce It: se is
Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that
trust on him;
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust
in the LoRD.our God: is not that he,
whose lïigh places and whose altars
Hez-e-ki'-ah hath taken away, and
hath said tb Judah and Jérusalem, Ye
shall worship before this altar in Jéru
salem?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee* give Se-phar-va-im, He'-na, and I-vah?
pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, have they delivered Sà-ma-ri-a out of
and I will deliver thee two thousand
horses, if thou be able on thy part to
set riders upon them.
24 How then wilt thou tum away
the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy
trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsehien?
25 Am I how come up without the
LoiU) against this place to destroy it?
The Lord said to me. Go up against
this land, and destroy it.
26 Then said E-li'-a-kim the son of
Hil-ki'-2ih, and Sheb'-na, and Jo'-ah,
unto Rab^sha-keh, Speak, I pray thee,
to thy servants in the Syrian lahguage;
for we understànd it; and talk not with
us in the Jews* language in the ears of
the people that are on the wall.
27 But Rab^sha-keh said unto
them, Hath my master sent me to thy
master, and to thee, to speak these
woràs? hath he not sent me to the men
which sit on the wall, that they may
eat their own dung, and drink theîr
own piss with you?
28 Then Rab^sha-keh stood and
cried with a loud Voice in the Jews'
language, and spake, sayihg, Hear the
word of the great king, the king of As
syria:
29 Thussaiththe king,Letnot Hez-e-
ki-ah deceive you: for he shall not be
able to deliver you out of his hand:
30 Neither let Hèz-e-ki-ah make
you trust in the Lord, saying, The
Lord will surely deliver us, and this
city shall not be delivered into the
hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Hearken not to Hez-e-kr-âh: for
thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement with me by a présent,
and coine out to me, and then eat ye
every man of his own vine, and every
one ôf his fig tree, and drink yé every
one the waters of his cistem:
32 Until I come and take you awày
to à'iand like your own land, a lahd of the LoiOd, Be not afraid of the words
com and wine, a land of bread and
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vineyards, a land of oil olive and of
honey, that ye may live, ând not die:
and hearken not unto Hez-^e-ki-ah,
when he persuadeth you, saying, The
Lord will deliver usi
33 Hath any of the gods of the na
tions delivered at all his land out of the
hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Where are the gods of Ha-math,
and of Ar'-pad? where are the gods of
mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the gods
of thé countries, that have delivered
their country out of mine hand, that
the Lord should deliver Jérusalem out
of mine hand?
36 But the people held their peace,
and answered him not a wOrd: for the
king's commandment wasj saying, An-
swer him not.
37 Then came E-li-a-kim the son of
Hil-ki-ah, which was over the house-
hold, and Sheb-na the scribe, and Jo'-
ah the son of A'-saph the recorder, tô
Hez-e-ki-ah with their clothes rent,
ëuid told him the words of Rab^sha-
keh.
CHAPTER 19
AND it came to pass, when long
/\ Hez-e-ki'-ah heard it, that he rent
his clothes, and covered himself with
sackcloth, and went into the house of
the Lord;
2 And he sent E-li'-a-kim, which
was over the household, and Sheb-na
the scribe, and the eldèrs of the priests,
covered with sackcloth, to Isaieih the
prophet the sbn of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, Thus
saith Hez-e-ki'-ah, This day is a day pf
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphe-
ihy: for the chîldren are come to the
birth, and there is not strength to bring
forth.
4 It may be the Lord thy God will
hear all the words of Râb^sha-keh,
whom the king of Assyria his mîaster
hath sent to reproach the living God;
ând will reprove the words which the
Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore
lift up thy prayer for the remuant that
are left.
5 Sô the servants of king Hez-e-ki'-
ah came to Isâiah.
6 And Isaiah said Unto them, Thus
shall ye say to your master, Thus saith
which thou hast heard, with which the
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servants of the klng of Assyria have earth may know that thou art the
blasphemed me, Lord God, even thou only.
7 Behold, I wlll send a blast upon 20 Then Isaicih the son of Amoz
him, and he shall hear a rumour, and sent to Hez-e-ki'-ah, saying, Thus saith
shall return to his own land; and I will the Lord God of Israël, That which
cause him to fall by the sword in his thou hast prayed to me against Sen-
own land. nach'-er-ib king of Assyria I have
8 So Rab^sha-keh retumed, and heard.
found the king of Assyria warring 21 This is the word that the Lord
against Lib-nah: for he had heard that hath spoken concerning him; The vir-
he was departed from La-chish. gin the daughter of Zion hath de-
9 And when he heard say of Tir-ha ■ spised thee, and laughed thee to scom;
kah king of E-thi-o-pi-a, Behold, he is the daughter of Jérusalem hath shaken
come out to fight against thee: he sent her head at thee.
messengers again unto Hez-e-ki-ah, 22 Whom hast thou reproached and
saying, blasphemed? and against whom hast
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-e-ki- thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up
ah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy thine eyes on high? even against the
God in whom thou trustest deceive Holy One of Israël.
thee, saying, Jérusalem shall not be 23 By thy messengers thou hast re
delivered into the hand of the king of proached the Lord, and hast said,
Assyria. With the multitude of my chariots I
11 Behold, thou hast heard what am come up to the height of the moun-
the kings of Assyria have done to ail tains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will
lands, by destroying them utterly: and eut down the tall cedar trees thereof,
shalt thou be delivered? and the choice fir trees thereof: and I
12 Have the gods of the nations de will enter into the lodgings of his bor-
livered them which my fathers have ders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
destroyed; as Go-zan,and Ha-ran,and 24 I have digged and drunk strange
Re'-zeph, and the children of Eden waters, and with the sole of my feet
which were in The-la'-sar? have I dried up ail the rivers of be-
13 Where is the king of Ha-math, sieged places.
and the king of A^-pad, and the king 25 Hast thou not heard long ago
of the city of Se-phar-va-im, of He-na, how 1 have done it, and of ancient
and I-Vcih? times that I have formed it? now have
14 And Hez-e-ki-ah received the I brought it to pass, that thou should-
letter of the hand of the messengers, est be to lay waste fenced cities into
and read it: and Hez-e-ki'-ah went up ruinous heaps.
into the house of the Lord,and spread 26 Therefore their inhabitants were
it before the Lord. of small power, they were dismayed
15 And Hez-e-ki'-ah prayed before and confounded; they were as the
the Lord,and said, O Lord God of Is grass of the field, and as the green
raël, which dwellest hetween the cheru- herb, as the grass on the house tops,
bims, thou art the God, even thou and as com blasted before it be grown
alone, of ail the kingdoms of the.earth; up.
thou hast made heaven and earth. 27 But I know thy abode, and thy
16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and going out, and thy coming in, and thy
hear: open. Lord, thine eyes, and see: rage against me.
and hear the words of Sen-nach'-er-ib, 28 Because thy rage against me and
which hath sent him to reproach the thy tumult is come up into mine ears,
living God. therefore I will put my hook in thy
17 Of a truth. Lord, the kings of nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and i
Assyria have destroyed the nations will turn thee back by the way by
and their lands, which thou camest.
18 And have cast their gods into the 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee,
fire: for they were no gods, but the Ye shall eat this year such things as
work of men's hands, wood and stone: grow of themselves, and in the second
therefore they have destroyed them. year that which springeth of the same;
19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, and in the third year sow ye, and reap,
I beseech thee, save thou us out of his and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits
hand, that ail the kingdoms of the thereoL
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30 And the remnant that is escaped
of the house of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit
upward*
31 For out of Jérusalem shall go
forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of the
Lord of hasts shall do this,
32 Therefore thus saith the Lord
conceming the king of Assyria, He
shall not comç into this city, nor shoot
an arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a bank against it.
33 By the way that he came, by the
same shall he retum, and shall not
come into this city, saith the Lord.
34 For I will defend this city, to
save.it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
35 And it came to pass that night,
that the angel of the Lord went out,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians
an hundred fourscore and five thou-
sand: and when they arose early in the
moming, behold, they were ail dead
corpses.
36 So Sen-nach-er-ib king of As
syria departed, and went and re-
tumed, and dwelt at Nin-e-veh.
37 And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the house of Nis-roch
his god,that A-dram-me-lech and Sha-
re-zer his sons smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the land
of Ar-me-ni-a. And E-sar-had-don his
son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 20
IN those days was Hez-e-ki'-^ah sick
imto death. And the prophet Isaiah
the son of Amoz came to him, and said
unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set
thine house in order;for thou shalt die,
and not live.
2 Then he tumed his face to the
wall, and prayed unto the Lord, say-
ing,
3 I beseech thee,O Lord,remember
now how I have walked before thee in
truth cuid with a perfect heart, and
have done that which is good in thy
sight. And Hez-e-ki'-ah wept sore.
4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah
was gone out into the middle court,
that the word of the Lord came to
him, saying,
5 Tum again, and tell Hez-e-ki-ah
the captain of my people, Thus saith
the Lord, the God of David thy fa-
ther, I have heard thy prayer, I have
seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee;
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on the third day thou shalt go up unto
the house of the Lord. .
6 And I will add unto thy days fif-
teen years; and I will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria; and I will defend this city for
mine own sake, and for my servant
David's sake.
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of
ôgs. And they took and laid it on the
boil, and he recovered.
8 And Hez-e-ki'-ah said unto Isaiah,
What shall be the sign that the Lord
will heal me, and that I shall go up
into the house of the Lord the third
day?
9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt
thou have of the Lord,that the Lord
will do the thing that he hath spoken:
shall the shadow go forward ten de-
grees, or go back ten degrees?
10 And Hez-e-ki'-ah answered, It is
a light thing for the shadow to go down
ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow
retum backward ten degrees.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried un
to the Lord: and he brought the shad
ow ten degrees backward, by which it
had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 At that time Be-ro'-dach-bal'-a-
dan, the son of Bal'-a-dan, king of
Babylon,sent letters and a présent un
to Hez-e-ki'-ah: for he had heard that
Hez-e-ki'-ah had been sick.
13 And Hez-e-ki'-ah hearkened unto
thèm, and shewed them ail the house
of his precious things, the silver, and
the gold, and the spicés, and the pre
cious ointment, and ail the house of
his armour, and ail that was found in
his treasures: there was nothing in his
house, nor in ail his dominion, that
Hez-e-ki'-ah shewed them not.
14 Then came Isaiah the prophet
unto king Hez-e-ki'-ah, and said unto
him, What said these men? and from
whence came they unto thee? And
Hez-e-ki'-ah said, They are come from
a far coimtry, even from Babylon.
15 And he said, What have they
seen in thine house? And Hez-e-ki'-ah
answered, AU the things that are in
mine house have they seen: there is
nothing ainong my treasures that I
have not shewed them^
16 And Isaiah said unto Hez-e-ki-
ah, Hear the word of the Lord.
17 Behold, the days come, that ail
that is in thine house, and that which
thy fathers have laid up in store unto
this day,shall be carried into Babylon:
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nothing shall be left, sâith the Lord. which I gave their fathers; only if they
18 And of thy sons that shall issue will observe to do according to ail that
from thee, which thou shalt beget, I have commanded them, and accord
shall they take away; and they shall be ing to ail the law that my servant Mo-
eunuchs in the palace of the king of ses commanded them.
Babylon. 9 But they hearkened not: and Ma-
19 Then said Hez-e-ki'-ah unto Isa- nais-seh seduced them to do more evil
iah, Good is the word of the Lord than did the nations whom the Lord
which thou hast spoken. And he said, destroyed before the children of Israël.
Is a not good, if peace and truth be in 10 And the Lord spake by his ser
my days? vants the prophets, saying,
20 And the rest of the acts of Hez-e- 11 Because Ma-nas-seh king of Ju
ki-ah, and ail his tnight, and how he dah hath done these abominations,
made a pool, and a conduit, and and hath done wickedly above ail that
brought water into the city, are they the Amorites did, which were before
not written in the book of the chron- him, and hath made Judah also to sin
icles of the kings of Judah? with his idols:
21 And Hez-é-ki-ah slept with his 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord
fathers: and Ma-nas-seh his son God of Israël, Behold, I am bringing
reignèd in his stead. such evil upon Jérusalem and Judah,
that whosoever heareth of it, both his
CHAPTÉR 21 ears shall tingle.
13 And I will stretch over Jérusa
MA-NAS-SEH was twelve years lem the line of Sa-ma'-ri-a, and the
old when he began to reign, and plummet of the house of Ahab: and I
reigned fifty and fîve years in Jérusa will wipe Jérusalem as a man wipeth a
lem. And his mother's hame was Heph- dish, wiping it, and tuming it upside
zi-bah. down.
2 And he dîd that which was evil in 14 And I will forsake the remnant
the sight of the Lord, after the abomi of mine inheritance, and deliver them
nations of the heathen, whom the into the hand of their enemies; and
Lord cast out before the children of they shall become a prey and a spoil to
Israël. ail their enemies;
3 For he built up again the high 15 Because they have done that
places which Hez-e-ki-ah his father which was evil in my sight, and have
had destroyed; and he reared up altârs provoked me to anger, since the day
for Ba'-al, and made a grove, as did their fathers came forth out of Egypt,
Ahab king of Israël; and worshipped even unto this day.
ail the host of heaven, and served 16 Moreover Ma-nas-seh shed inno
them. cent blood very much,till he had filled
4 And he built altars in the house of Jérusalem from one end to another;
the Lord, of which the Lord said. In beside his sin wherewith he made Ju
Jérusalem will I put my name. dah to siUi in doing that which was evil
.5 And he built altars for ail the host in the sight of the Lord.
of heaven in the two courts of the 17 Now the rest of the acts of Ma-
house of the Lord. nas-seh, and ail that he did, and his
6 And he made his son pass through sin that he sinned, are they not written
the fire, and observèd times, and used in the book of the chronicles of the
enchantments, and dealt with familiar kings of Judah?
spirits and wizards; he wrought much 18 And Ma-nas'-seh slept with his
wickedness in the sight of the Lord,to fathers, and was buried in* the garden
provoke htm to anger. of his own house, in the gàrden of Uz-
7 And he set a graven image of the za: and Amon his son reigned in his
grove that he had made in the house, stead. '
of which the Lord said to David, and 19 Amon was twenty and two years
to Solomon his son. In this house, and old when he began to reign, and he
in Jérusalem, which I have chosen out reigned two years in Jérusalem. And
of ail tribes of Israël, will I put my his mother's name was Me-shul-le-
name for ever: meth, thèî daughter of Ha-ruz of Jof-
8 Neither will I make the feet of Is bah.
raël move any more out of the land 20 And he did that which was evil in
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the sîght of the Lord, as hls father
Ma-nas-seh did.
21 And he walked in ail the way
that hls father walked. in, and served
the idols that his father served, and
worshippèd them:
22 And he forsook the Lord God of
his fathers, and walked net in the way
of the Lord.
23 And the servants of Amon con-
spired against him, and slew the king
in his own house.
24 And the people of the land slew
ail them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land
made Jo-si'-ah his son king in his stead.
25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon
which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah?
26 And he was buried in his sepul-
chre in the garden of Uz'-za: and Jo-
si-£di his son reigned in his stead.
GHAPTER 22
JO-Sl-AH was eight years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned
thirty and one years in Jérusalem. And
his mother's name was Je-di-dah, the
daughter of Ad-ai-ah of Bos-cath.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, and walked in
ail the way of David his father, and
tumed not aside to the right hand or
to the left.
3 And it came to pass in the eight-
eenth year of king Jo-si-ah, that the
king sent Sha'-phan the son of Az-a-
li-ah, the son of Me-shul-lam, the son of Tik'-vah, the son of Hari-has,
scribe, to the house of the Lord, say- keeper of the wardrbbe; (now she
ing, dwelt in Jérusalem in the collège;) and
4 Go up to Hil-ki-ah the high priest, they communed with her.
that he may sum the silver which is
brought intô the house of the Lord,
which the keepers of the door have
gathered of the people:
5 And let them deliver it into the
hand of the doers of the work, that
have the oversight of the house of the
Lord: and let them ^ve it to the doers
of the work which is in the house of the
Lord, to repair the breaches of the
house,
6 Unto carpenters, and builders,
suad masons, and to buy timber and
hewn stone to repair the house.
7 Howbeit there was no reckoning
made with them of the money that
was delivered into their hand; because
they deait faithfully.
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8 And Hil-ki'ah the high priest said
unto Sha-phan the scribe, 1 have found
the book of the law in the house of the
Lord. And Hil-ki'^ah gave the book to
Sha-phan, and he read it.
9 And Sha-phan the scribe came to
the king, and brought the king word
again, and said, Thy servants have
gathered the money that was found in
the house, and have delivered it into
the hand of them that do the work,
that have the oversight of the house
of the Lord.
10 And Sha'-phan the scribe shewed
the king, saying, Hil-ki-ah the priest
hath delivered me a book. And Sha'-
phan read it before the king.
11 And it came to pass, when the
king had heard the words of the book
of the law, that he rent his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hil-
ki-ah the priest, and A-hi-kam the son
of Sha-phan, and Ach-bor the son of
Mi-cha-iah, and Sha-phan the scribe,
and A-sa-hi'-ah a servant of the king's,
saying,
13 Go ye, enquire of the Lord for
me, and for the people, and for ail Ju
dah, concerning the words of this book
that is found: for great is the wrath of
the Lord that is kindled against us,
because our fathers have not heark-
ened unto the words of this book,to do
according unto ail that which is writ
ten concerning us.
14 Sb Hil-ki-ah the priest; and A-hi-
kam,and Ach-bor, and Sha'-phan, and
A-sa-hi'-ah, went unto Hul'-dah the
prophetess, the wife of Shal'-lum the
15 And she said unto them, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israël, Téll the
man that sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants therebf, even ail
the words of the book which the king
of Judah hath read:
17 Because they have forsaken me,
and have bumed incense unto bther
gôds, that they might provoke me tb
anger with ail the wbrks of their
hands; theréfore my wrath shall bé
kindled against this place, and shall
not bë quënched.
18 But to the king of Judah which
sent you tb enquire of the Lord, thus
shall ye say to him, Thus saith the
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Lord God of Israël, As touching the Jérusalem, unto the brook Kidron,
words which thou hast heard; and bumed it at the brook Kidron,
19 Because thine heart was teader, and stamped it small to powder, and
and thou hast humbled thyself before cast the powder thereof upon the
the Lord, when thou heardest what I graves of the children of the people.
spake against this place, and against 7 And he brake down the houses of
the inhabltants thereof, that they the sodomites, that were by the house
should become a désolation and a of the Lord, where the women wove
curse, and hast rent thy clothes> and hangings for the grove.
wept before me; I also have heard 8 And he brought ail the priests out
thee, salth the Lord. of the cities of Judah, ànd defiled the
20 Behold therefore, I will gather high places where the priests had
thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt bumed incensev from Ge-ba to Be'-er-
be gathered into thy grave in peace; she-ba^ and brake down the high
and thine eyes shall not see ail the evil places of the gâtes that were in the en-
which I will bring upon this place. And tering in of the gâte of Joshua the gov-
they brought the king word again. emor of the city, which were on a
man's left hand at the gâte of the city.
CHAPTER 23 9 Nevertheless the priests of the
high places came not up to the altar
AND the king sent, and they gather- of the Lordin Jemsalem, but they did
ed unto him ail the elders of Ju- eat of the "unléavened bread among
dah and of Jérusalem. their brethren.
2 And the king went up into the 10 And he defiled To-pheth, which
house of the Lord, and ail the men of is in the valley of the children of Hin-
Judah and ail the inhabitants of Jéru nom, that no man might make his son
salem with him, and the priests, and or lus daughter to pass through the fire
the prophets, and ail the people, both to Mo'-lech.
small and great: and he read in their 11 And he took away the horses
ears ail the words of the book of the that the kings of Judah had given to
covenant which was found in the house the sun, at the entering in of the house
of the Lord. of the Lord, by the chamber of Na-
3 And the king stood by a pillar, than-me-lech the Chamberlain, which
and made a covenant before the Lord, was in the suburbs, and bumed the
to walk after the Lord, and to keep chariots of the sun with fire.
his commandments and his testimo- 12 And the altars that were on the
nies and his statutes with ail their top of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
heart and ail their soul, to perform the whjLch the kings of Judah had made,
words of this covenant that were writ- and the altars which Ma-iias'-seh had
ten in this book. And ail the people made in the two courts of the house of
stood to the covenant. the Lord, did the king beat down,and
4 And the king commanded Hil-ki'- brake them down from thence, and
ah the high priest, and the priests of cast the dust of them into the brook
the second order, and the keepers of Kidron.
the door,to bring forth out of the tem 13 And the high places that were be
ple of the Lord ail the vessols that fore Jemsalem, which were on the
were made for Ba-al, and for the right hand of the mount of cormptiôn,
grove, and for ail the host of heaven: which Solomon the king of Israël had
and he burned them without Jérusa builded for Ash-to-reth the abomina
lem in the fields of Kidron, and carried tion of the Zi-do'-ni-ans, and for Che'-
the ashes of them unto Beth-el. mosh the abomination of the Moabites,
5 And he put down the idolatrous and for Mil-com the abomination of
priests, whom the kings of Judah had the children of Ammon, did the king
ordained to bum incense in the high defile.
places in the cities of Judah,and in the 14 And he brake in pièces the im
places round about Jemsalem; them ages, and eut down the groves, and
also that bumed incense unto Ba'al, filled their places with the bones of
to the sun,and to the moon,and to the men.
planets, and to ail the host of heaven. 15 Moreover the altar that was at
6 And he brought out the grove Beth-el,and the high place which Jèr-o-
from the house of the Lord, without bo'-am the son of Ne-bat, who made
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Israël to sin, had made, both that altar
and the high place he brake down, and
bumed the high place, and stamped it
small to powder,and burned the grove.
16 And as , Jo-si-ah turned himself,
he spied the sepulchres that were there
in the mount, and sent, and took the
bones eut of the sepulchres, and
bumed them upon the altar, and pol-
luted it, according to the word of the
Lord which the man of God pro-
claimed, who proclaimed these words.
17 Then he said, What title is that
that I see? And the men of the city
told him, It is the sepulchre of the man
of God, which came from Judah, and
proclaimed these things that thou hast
done against the altar of Beth-el.
18 And he said, Let him alone; let
no man move his bones. So they let his
bones alone, with the bones of the pro-
phet that came out of Sa-ma-ri-a.
19 And ail the houses also of the
high places that were in the cities of
Sa-ma-ri-a, which the kings of Israël
had made to provoke the Lord to an-
ger, Jo-si-ah took away, and did to
them according to ail the acts that he
had done in Beth-el.
20 And he slew ail the priests of the
high places that were there upon the
altars, and bumed men's bones upon
them, and retumed to Jemsalem.
21 And the king commanded ail the
people, saying, Keep the passover unto
the Lord your God, as it is written in
the book of this covenant.
22 Surely there was not holden such
a passover from the days of the judges
that judged Israël, nor in ail the days
of the kings of Israël, nor of the kings
of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of
king Jo-si-ah, wherein this passover
was holden to the Lord in Jemsalem.
24 Morepver the workers with famil-
iar spirits, and the wizards, and the
images, and the idols, and ail the
abominations that were spied in the
land of Judah and in Jemsalem, did
Jo-si'-ah put away, that he might per-
form the words of the law which were
written in the book that HiHâ-ah the
priest found in the house of the Lord. exacted the silver and the gold of the
25 And like unto him was there no people of the land,of every one accord
king before him, that tumed to the ing to his taxation, to give it unto
Lord with ail his heart, and with ail
his soul,and with ail his might,accord
ing to ail the law of Moses; neither
after him arose there any like him.
26 Notwithstanding the Lord
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tumed not from the fierceness of his
great wrath, wherewith his anger was
kindled against Judah, because of ail
the provocations that Ma-nas'-seh had
provoked him withal.
27 And the Lord said, I will remove
Judah also out of my sight, as 1 have
removed Israël, and will cast ofî this
city Jemsalem which I have chosen,
and the house of which I said, My
name shall be there.
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jo-
si-ah; and ail that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
29 In his days Pharaoh-nechoh
king of Egypt went up against the king
of Assyria to the river Eu-phra-tes:
and king Jo-si-ah went against him;
and he slew him at Me-gid-do, when he
had seen him.
30 And his servants carried him in
a chariot dead from Me-gid-do, and
brought him to Jemsalem, and buried
him in his own sepulchre. And the peo
ple of the land took Je-ho'-a-haz the
son of Jo-si-ah, and anointed him,and
made him king in his father's stead.
31 Je-ho-a-haz was twenty and
three years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned three months in
Jemsalem. And his mother's n2ime
was Ha-mu-tal, the daughter of Jer-e-
mi-cih of Lib-nah.
32 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord, according to ail
that his fathers had done.
33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in
bands at Rib'-lah in the laiid of Ha-
math, that he might not reign in Jem
salem; and put the land to a tribute of
an hundred talents of silver, and a téil-
ent of gold.
34And Pharaoh-nechoh made E-li'-a-
kim the son of Jo-si-ah king in the
room of Jo-si-cih his father, and tumed
his n^e to Je-hoi-a-kim, and took Je-
ho-a-haz away; and he Ccime to Egypt,
and died there.
35 And Je-hoi-a-kim gave the silver
and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
the land to give the money according
to the commandment of Pharaoh: he
Pharaoh-nechoh.
36 Je-hoi-a-kim was twenty and
five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven years in Jemsa
lem. And his mother's name was
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bu'-dah, the daughter of Pe-da-iah of vants, and his princes, and his officers:
Ru-mali. and the king of Babylon took him in
37 And he did that which was evil in the eighth year of his reign.
the sight of the Lord^ according to ail 13 And he carried out thence ail the
that his fathers had done, treasures of the hbuse of the Lord,and
the treasures of the king's hbùse; and
ÇHAPTER 24 eut in pieces ail the vessels of gold
INofhisBabylon
days Neb-u-chad-nez-zar king
came up, and Je-hoi'-a-
which Solomon kihg of Israël had
made in the templé of the Lord,as the
kim became his servant three years: Lord had said.
then he tumed and rebelled against 14 And he carried àway ail Jérusa
him. lem, and ail the princes, and ail thé
2 And the Lord sent against him mighty riien of yalour, even ten thôu-
bands of the Ghal-dees, and bands of sand captives, and ail thé craftsmen
the Syrians, and bands of the Moab- and smiths: hone remained, save the
ites, and bands of the children of Am- poorest sort of the people of the land.
mon, and sent them against Judah to 15 And he carried away Je-hoi-a-
destroy it> according to the word of the chin to Babylon, and the king's moth
Lord, whieh he spake by his servants er, and the king*s wives, and his offi
the prophets. cers, and the mighty of the land,those
3 Surely at the commandment of carried'he into captivity from Jérusa
the Lord came this upon Judah, to re- lem to Babylon.
move them out of his sight, for the sins 16 And ail the men of might, even
of Ma-nas-seh, according to ail that he seven thousand, and craftsmen and
did; smiths a thousandj ail that were strong
4 And also for the innocent blood and apt for war^ even them the king of
that he shed: for he filled Jérusalem Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
with innocent blood; which the Lord 17 And the king of Babylon made
would not pardon. Mat-ta-ni'-ah his father's brother king
5 Now thè rest of the acts of Je- in his stead, and changed his name to
hoi'-a-kim, and ail that he did,are they Zed-e-ki-ah.
not written in the book of the chron- 18 Zed-e-ki'-ah lûas twenty and one
icles of the kings of Judah? years old when he began to reign, and
6 So Je-hoi-a-kim slept with his fa he reigned eleven years in Jérusalem.
thers: and Je-hoi-a-chin his son reigned And his mother's name was Ha-mu-
in his stead. taU the daughter of Jer-e-mi-ah of
7 And the- king of Egypt came not Lib'-nah.
again any^more out of his land: for the 19 And he did that which was evil in
kihg of Babylon had taken from thé the sight of the Lord, according to ail
river of Egypt unto the river Eu-phra'^ that Je-hdi'-a-kim had done.
tes ail that pertained to the king of 20 For through the anger of the
Egypt. Lord it came to pass in Jérusalem and
8 Je-hoi'-a-chin was eighteen years Judah, until he had cast them out
old when he began to reign, and he from his presence,that Zed-e-ki-ah re
reigned in Jérusalem three months. belled against the king of Babylon.
And his mother's neune was Ne-hush-
. CHAPTER 25
ta,the daughter of El-na-than of Jéru
salem. ^ND it came to pass in the ninth
9 And he did that which was evil in year of his reign, in the tenth
the sight of the Lord, according to ail month, in the tenth day of the month,
that his father had dbnei that Neb-u-chad-nez-zar king of Baby
10 At that time the servants of lon came, he, and ail his host, against
Néb-u-chad-nez-zar king of Babylon Jérusalem, and pitched against it; and
came up against Jérusalem, and the they built forts against it round about.
city was besieged. 2 And the city was bésiéged unto
11 And Neb-u-cdiad-nez'-zar king of the eleventh year of king Zed-e-ki'-ah.
Babylon came against the city, and his 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth
servants did besiege it. month the faminé prevailed in the
12 And Je-hoi-a-chin the king of city, and there was no breàd for the
Judah went out to the king of Baby people of the land.
lon, he^ and his mother, and his ser 4 And the city was broken up, and
 II KINGS 25
ail the men of war fled by night by the
way of the gâte between two walls,
whieh is by the king's garden:(now the
Chal'-dees were agalnst the city round
about:) and the king went the way to-
ward the plain.
5 And the army of the Chal'-dees
pursued after the king, and overtook
him in the plains of Jéricho; and ail his
army were scattered from him.
6 So they took the king, and
brought him up to the king of Babylon
to Rib'-lah; and they gave judgment
upon him.
7 And they slew the sons of Zed-e-
ki'-ah before his eyes, and put out the
eyes of Zed-e-ki'-ah, and bound him
with fetters of brass, and carried him
to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the
seventh day of the month, which is the
nineteenth year of king Neb-u-chad-
nez'-zar king of Babylon, came Neb'-u-
zar-a'-dan, captain of the guard, a
servant of the king of Babylon, unto
Jérusalem:
9 And he bumt the house of the
Lord,and the king's house, and ail the
houses of Jérusalem, and every great
man*s house burnt he with fire.
10 And ail the army of the Chal'-
dees, that were with the captain of the
guard, brake down the walls of Jéru
salem round about.
11 Now the rest of the people that
were left in the city, and the fugitives
that fell away to the king of Babylon,
with the remnant of the multitude, did
Neb'-u-zar-a'-dan the captain of the
guard carry away.
12 But the captain of the guard left
of the poor of the land to be yinedress-
ers and husbandmen.
13 And the pUlars of brass that
were in the house of the Lord, and the
bases, and the brasen sea that was in
the house of the Lord, did the Chsil'-
dees break in pièces, and carried the
brass of them to Babylon.
14 And the pots, and the shovels,
and the snuffers, and the spoonsi and
ail:the vessels osf brass wherewith they
ministered, took they away.
15 And the firepans, and the bowls,
and such things as were of gold,in gold,
and of silver, in silver, the captain of
the guard took away.
16 The two pillars, one sea, and the
bases which Solomon had made for the
house of the Lord; the brass of ail
these vessels was without weight.
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17 The height of the one pillar was
eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon
it was brass: and the height of the
chapiter three cubits; and the wreath-
en work, and pomegranates upon the
chapiter round about, ail of brass: and
like untô these had the second pillar
with wreathen work.
18 And the captain of the guard
took Ser-ai'-ah the chief priest, and
Zeph-a-ni'-ah the second priest, and
the three keepers of the door:
19 And out of the city he took an
officer that was set over the men of
war, and five men of them that were in
the king's présence, which were found
in the city, and the principal scribe of
the host, which mustered the people of
the land, and threescore men of the
people of the land that were found in
the city:
20 And Neb'-u-zar-a'-dan captain of
the guard took these, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to Rib'-
lah:
21 And the king of Babylon smote
them, and slew them at Rib'-lah in the
land of Ha'-math. So Judah was car
ried away out of their land.
22 And as for the people that re-
mained in the land of Judah, whom
Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar king of Babylon
had left, even over them he made
Ged-a-li'-ah the son of A-hi'-kam, the
son of Sha'-phan, ruler.
23 And when ail the captains of the
armies, they and their men,heard that
the king pf Babylon had made Ged-a-
li'-ah governor, there came to Ged-a-
li'-ah to Miz'-pah, even Ish'-ma-el the
son of Neth-a-ni'-ah, and Jo-lia'-rian
the son of Ca-re'-ah, and Ser-ai'-ah the
son of Tan-hu'-meth the Ne-toph'-a-
thite, and Ja-az-à-ni'-ah the son of a
Ma-ach'-a-thite, they and their men.
24 And Ged-a-li'-ah sware to them,
and to their men, and said unto them,
Fear not to be the servants pf the
Chal'-dees: dwell in the land, and serve
the king of Babylon; and it shall be
well with you.
25 But it came to pass in the sev
enth month, that Ish'-ma-el the son of
Neth-a-ni'-ah, the son of E-lish'-a-ma,
of the seed royal, came, and ten
men with him, and smote Ged-a-li'-ah,
that he died, and the Jews and the
Chal'-dees, that were with him at
Miz'-pah.
26 And ail the people, both. small
and great, and the captains of the ar-
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mies, arose, and came to Egypt: for
they were afraid of the Chai'-dees,
27 And it came to pass in the seven
and thirtieth year of the captivity of
Je-hoi-a-chin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month,on the seven and twen-
tieth day of the month, that E-vil-me-
ro'-dach king of Babylon in the year
that he began to reign did lift up the
head of Je-hoi'-a-chin king of Judah
ont of prison;
The First Book of the
Chronicles
CHAPTER I
4DAM,Sheth, E-nosh,
/\ 2 Ke-nan, Ma-ha-la-le-el, Je-
jTV red,
3 He-noch, Me-thu-se-lah, La-
mech,
4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Ja-
pheth. and She-leph, and Ha-zar-ma-veth,
5 The sons of Ja-pheth; Go-mer, and Je-ràh,
and Ma'-gog, and Mad-a-i, and Ja-van,
and Tu-bal, and Me'-shech, and Ti-ras.
6 And the sons of Go-mer; Ash-che-
naz, and Ri-phath, and To-gar'-mah.
7 And the sons of Ja-van; E-li-shah,
and Tar'-shish, Kit-tim, and Do-da-
nim.
8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Miz-
ra-im. Put, and Canaan.
9 And the sons of Cush; Se'-ba, and
HaV-i-lah,and Sab-ta, and Ra-a-mah,
and Sab-te-cha. And the sons of Ra-a-
mah; She'-ba, and De'-dan.
10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he be
gan to be mighty upon the earth.
11 And Miz'-ra-im begat Lu-dim^
and An-a-mim, and Le-ha-bim, and
Nàph-tu-him,
12 And Path-ru-sim, and Cas-lu-
him,(of whom came the Philistines,)
and Caph-tho-rim.
13 And Canaan begat Zi'-don his
firstborn, and Heth,
14 The Jeb-u-site also, and the Am-
orite, and the Gir'-ga-shite,
15 And the Hi-vite, and the Ark-
ite, and the Sin'-ite,
16 And the Ar^-vad-ite, and the
Zem-a-rite, and the Ha-math-ite.
17 The sons of Shem; E-lam, and
Asshur, and Ar-phax'-ad, and Lud and
A-ram,and Uz,and Hul, and Ge-ther,
and Me-shech.
28 And he spake kindly to him, and
set his throne above the throne of
the kings that were with hlm in Baby
lon;
29 And changed his prison gar-
ments: and he did eat bread continual-
ly before him ail the days of his life.
30 And his allowance was a con
tinuai allowance given him of the
king, a daily rate for every day, ail
the days of his life.
18 And Ar-phax'-ad begat She-lah,
and She-lah begat E-ber.
19 And unto E-ber were bom two
sons: the name of the one was Pe-leg;
because in his days the eartii was di-
vided: and his brother's name was Jok'-
tan.
20 And Jok'-tan begat Al-mo'-dad,
21 Ha-do-ram also, and U-zal, and
Dik'-lah,
22 And Ebal, and A-bim-a-el, and
She-ba,
23 And O-phir, and Hav'-i-lah, and
Jo-bab. Ail these were the sons of Jok-
tan.
24 Shem, Ar-phax'-ad, She-lah,
25 E-ber, Pe-leg, Re'-u,
26 Se-rug, Neihor, Te-rah,
27 Abram; the same is Abraham.
28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and
Ish-ma-el.
29 These are their générations: The
firstborn of Ish-ma-el, Ne-bai-oth;
then Ke-dar, and Ad-be-el, and Mib-
sam,
30 Mish-ma, and Du-m£ih, Mas-sa,
Ha-dad, and Te-ma,
31 Je-tur, Na-phish, and Ked'-e-
mah. These are the sons of Ish-ma-el.
32 Now the sons of Ke-tu-rah,
Abraham's concubine: she bare Zim'-
ran, and Jok'-shan, and Me-dan, and
Mid-i-an, and Ish-bak, and Shu-ah.
And the sons of Jok-shan; She-ba, and
De-dan.
33 And the sons of Mid-i-an; E-
phah, and E-pher, and He-noch, and
A-bi-da, and El-da-ah. AU these are
the sons of Ke-tu-rah.
34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The
sons of Isaac; Esau and Israël.
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35 The sons o£ Esau; El'-i-phaz, 53 Duke Ke'-naz, duke Te'-man,

Reu'-el, and Je-ush, and Ja-a-làm, and
Korah. 54 Duke Mag'-di-el, duke l'-ram.
36 The sons of El-i-phaz; Te-man, These are the dukes of Edpm.
and Omar, Ze'-phi, and Ga-tam, Ke-
naz, and Tim-na, and Am-a-lek.
37 The sons of Reu'-el; Nahath, Ze-
rah, Sham'-mah, and Miz'-zah.
38 And the sons of Se'-ir; Lo'-tan,
and Sho-bal,and Zib'-e-on, and A-nah,
and Di'-shon, and E'-zar, and Di'-shan.
39 And the sons of Lo'-tan; Ho'-ri,
and Ho'-mam: and Tim'-na was Lo-
tan's sister.
40 The sons of Sho'-bal; A'-li-an, and
Man'-a-hath, and Ebal, She'-phi, and
O'-nam. And the sons of Zib'-e-on;
A'-iah, and A'-nah.
41 The sons of A'-nah; DT-shon, And
the sons of Di'-shon; Amram,and Esh-
ban, and Ith'-ran, and Che'-ran.
42 The sons of E'-zer; Bil'-han, and
Zâ'-van, and Ja'-kan. The sons of Di-
shan; Uz, and A'-ran,
43 Now these are the kings that
reigned in the land of Edom before
any king reigned over the children
of Israël; Be'-la the son of Be'-or;
and the name of his city was Din'-ha-
bah,
44 And when Be'-la was dead, Jo-
bab the son of Ze'-rah pf Boz'-rah
reigned in his stead»
45 And when Jo'-bab was dead, Hu-
sham of the land of the Te'-man-ites
reigned in his stead.
46 And when Hu'-sham was dead,
Ha'-dad the son of Be'-dad, which
smote Mid'-i-an in the field of Moab,
reigned in his stead; and the name of
his city was A'-vith.
47 And when Ha'-dad was dead,
Sam'-lah of Mas-re'-kah reigned in his
stead.
48 And when Scim'-lah was dead,
Sha'-ul pf Re-ho'-both by the river
reigned in his stead.
49 And when Sha'-ul was dead, Ba-
al-ha'-nan the son pf Ach'-bor reigned and Ab'-i-gciil. And the sons of Zer-u-
in his stead.
50 And when Ba'-al-ha'-nan was hel, three.
dead, Ha'-dad reigned in his stead: and
the name of his city was Pa'-i; and his the father of Am-a'-sa was Je'-ther the
wife's name was Me-het'-a-bel, the
daughter of Ma'-tred, the daughter of
Mez'-a-hab.
51 Ha'-dad dîed also. And the dukes
of Edom were; duke Tim'-nah, duke
A-li'-ah, duke Je'-theth,
52 Duke A-hol-i^ba'-mah, duke E-
lah, duke Pi'-non,
duke Mib'-zar,
CHAPTER 2
THESE are the sons of Israël; Reu-
ben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Is-
sa-char, and Zeb'-u-lun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naph'-ta-li, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah;Er,and O'-nan,
and She'-lah: which three were born un-
to him of the daughter of Shu'-a the
Canaanitess. And Er, the firstbom of
Judeih, was evil in the sight of the
Lord; and he slew him.
4 And Ta'-mar his daughter in law
bare him Pha'-rez and Ze'-rah. AU the
sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Pha'-rez; Hez'-ron, and
Ha'-mul.
6 And the sons of Ze'-rah; Zimri,
and E'-than, and He'-man, and Cal'-col,
and Da'-ra: five of them in ail.
7 And the sons of Car'-mi; A'-char,
the troubler of Israël, who trans-
gressed in the thing accursed.
8 And the sons of E'-than; Az-a-ri-
ah.
9 The sons also of Hez'-ron, that
were bom unto him; Je-rah'-me-el, and
Ram, and Che-lu'-bai.
10 And Ram begat Am-min'-a-dab;
and Am-rmin'-a-dab begat Nah'-shon,
prince of the children of judeih;
11 And Nah'-shpn begat Sal'-ma,
and Sal'-ma begat Bo'-az,
12 And Bo'-az begat O'-bed, and
O'-bed begat Jesse,
13 And Jesse begat his firstborn
E-li'-ab, and A-bin'-a-dab the second,
and Shim'-ma the third,
14 Ne-than'-e-el the fourth, Rad-
da-i the fifth,
15 O'-zem the sixth, David the sev-
enth:
16 Whose sisters were Zer-u-i'-ah,
i'-ah; A-bish'-a-i, and Jo'-ab, and A'-sa-
17 And Ab'-i-gail baie Am-a'-sa: and
Ish'-me-el-ite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hez'-ron
begat children of A-zu'-bah his wife,
and of Je'-ri-oth: her sons are these;
Jesher, and Sho'-bab, mid Ardon.
19 And when A-zu'-bah was dead,
Caleb tpok unto him Eph'-rath, which
bare him Hur.
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20 And Hur begat U-ri, and U-ri
begat Be-zal-e-el.
21 And afterward Hez'-ron went in
te the daughter of Ma-chir the father
of Gilead, whom he married when he
was threescore years old; and she bare
him Se-gub.
22 And Se-gub begat Ja-ir, who had
three and twenty cities in the land of
Gilead.
23 And he took Ge-shur, and A-
ram, with the towns of Ja-ir, from
them, with Ke-nath, and the towns
thereof, even threescore cities. AU
these helonged to the sons of Ma-chir
the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hez'-ron was dead
in Ca-leb-eph'-ra-tah, then A-bi'-ah
Hez-ron's wife bare him Ashur the fa
ther of Te-ko-a.
25 And the sons of Je-rah'-me-el the
firstborn of Hez-ron were, Ram the
firstborn, and Bu-nah, and O-ren, and
O-zem, and A-hi-jah.
26 Je-rah-me-el had also another
wife, whose name was Af-a-rah; she
was the mother of O-nam.
27 And the sons of Ram the first
born of Je-rah-me-el were, Ma-az, and
Ja'-min, and E-ker.
28 And the sons of O'-nam were,
Sham-ma-i, and Ja-da. And the
sons of Sham-ma-i; Nadab, and Abi-
shur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abi-
shur was Ab-i-ha'-il, and she bare him
Ah-ban, and Mo'-lid.
30 Ana the sons of Nadab; Se-led, son of Hur, the firstbom of Eph'-ra-
and Ap'-pa-im; but Se-led died without tah; Sho'-bal the father of Kir'-jath-je-
children.
31 And the sons ot Ap-pa-im; I-shi.
And the sons of I-shi; She-shan. And
the children of She'-shan; Ah-lai.
32 And the sons of Ja-da the broth-
er of Sham'-ma-i; Je-ther, and Jona
than: and Je-ther died without chU-
dren.
33 And the sons of Jonathan; Pe-
leth, and Za'-za. These were the sons of
Je-rah'-me-el.
34 Now She'-shan had no sons, but
daughters. And She-shan had a ser
vant, an Egyptian, whose name was
Jar'-ha.
35 And She-shan gave his daughter
to Jar'-ha his servant to wife; and she
bare him Af-tai.
36 And At'-tai begat Nathan, and
Nathan begat Za'-bad,
37 And Za'-bad begat Eph'-lal, and
Eph'-lal begat O'-bed,
38 And O'-bed begat Jehu,and Jehu
begat Az-a-ri'-ah,
39 And Az-a-ri'-ah begat He'-lez,
and He'-lez begat E-le-a'-sah,
40 And E-le-a'-sah begat Si'-sam-a-i,
and Si'-sam-a-i begat Shal'-lum,
41 And Shal'-lum begat Jek-a-mi-
ah, and Jek-a-mi'-ah begat E-lish'-a-
ma.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the broth-
er of Je-r£ih'-me-el were, Me'-sha his
firstbom, which was the father of Ziph;
and the sons of Ma-re'-shah the father
of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah,
and Tap'-pu-ah,and Re'-kem,and She-
ma.
44 And She'-ma begat Raham, the
father of Jor'-ko-am: and Re'-kem be
gat Sham'-ma-i.
45 And the son of Sham'-ma-i was
Ma'-on: and Ma'-on was the father of
Beth-zur.
46 And E'-phah, Caleb's concubine,
bare Ha'-ran, and Mo'-za, and Ga'-zez:
and Ha'-ran begat Ga'-zez.
47 And the sons of Jah'-da-i; Re-
gem, and Jo'-thcim, and Ge'-sham, and
Pe'-let, and E'-phah, and Sha'-aph.
48 Ma'-a-chah, Caleb's concubine,
bare She'-ber, and Tir-ha'-nah.
49 She bare also Sha'-aph the father
of Mad-man'-nah, She'-va the father of
Mach-be'-nah, and the father of Gib-
e-a: and the daughter of Caleb was
Ach'-sa.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the
a-rim,
51 Sal'-ma the father of Beth-le-
hem, Ha'-reph the father of Beth-ga-
der.
52 And Sho'-bal the father of Kir'-
jath-je'-a-rim had sons; Har-o'-eh, and
half of the Ma-na'-heth-ites.
53 And the familles ot JCir'-jath-je'-
a-rim; the Ith'-rites, and the Pu'-hites,
and the Shu'-math-ites, ana the Mish'-
ra-ites; of them came the Za'-re-ath-
ites, and the Esh'-ta-ul-ites.
54 The sons of Sal'-ma; Beth-lehem,
and the Ne-toph'-a-thites, At'-a-roth,
the house of Jo'-ab, and half of the Ma-
na'-heth-ites, the Zo'-rites.
55 And the familles of the scribes
which dwelt at Ja'-bez; the Ti'-rath-
ites, the Shim'-e-ath-ites, and Su-
chath-ites. These are the Ken'-ites that
came of He'-math, the father of the
house of Re'-chab.
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Ber-e-chi-ah, and Has-a-di-ah, Ju-

CHAPTER 3 shab-he-sed, five.
NOW these were the sons of David, 21 And the sons of Han-a-ni-ah;
which were bom unto him in Pel-a-ti-ah, and Je-sai-ah: the sons of
Hebron; the firstbom Amnon, of A- Reph-ai-ah, the sons of Aman, the
hin-o-am the Je?'-re-el-i-tess; the sec sons of O-ba-di-ah, the sons of
ond Daniel, of Àb-i-gail the Carmel- Shech-a-ni-ah.
itess: 22 And the sons of Shechra-ni-ah;
2 The third, Ab-sa-lom the son of Shem-ai-ah: and the sons of Shem-ai-
Ma-a-chah the daughter of Tal-mai ah; Haf-tush, and Ig'-e-al, and Ba-ri-
king of Ge'-shur: the fourth, Ad-o-ni- ah, and Ne-a-ri-ah, and Sha-phat,
jah the son of Hag'-gith: six.
3 The fifth, Sheph-a-ti-ah of Ab-i- 23 And the sons of Ne-a-ri-ah; E-li-
tal: the sixth, Ith-re-am by Eg'-lah his o-e-na-i, and Hez-e-ki-ah, and Az-ri-
wife. kam, three.
4 These six were bom unto him in 24 And the sons of E-li-o-e-na-i
Hebron; and there he reigned seven were, Hod-ai-ah, and E-li-a-shib, and
years and six months: and in Jemsa- Pel-ai-ah, and Ak-kub, and Jo-ha'-
lem he reigned thirty and three years. nan, and Dal-ai-ah, and An-a-ni,
5 And these were bom unto him in seven.
Jemsalem; Shim-e-a, and Sho-bab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of CHAPTER 4
Bath-shu-a the daughter of Am-mi- The sons of Judah; Pha-rez, Hez-
el: ron, and Car'-mi, and Hur, and
6 Ib-har also, and E-lish-a-ma, and Sho-bal.
E-liph-e-let, 2 And Re-ai-ah the son of Sho-bal
7 And No-gah, and Ne-pheg, and begat Ja-hath; and Ja-hath begat A-
Ja-phi'-a, hu-ma-i, and La-had. These are the
8 And E-lish-a-ma, and E-li-a-da, familles of the Zo-rath-ites.
and E-liph-e-let, nine. 3 And these were of the father of
9 These were ail the sons of David, E-tam; Jez-re-el, and Ish-ma, and Id-
beside the sons of the concubines, and bash: and the name of their sister was
Ta-mar their sister. Hciz-el-el-po-ni:
10 And Solomon's son was Re-ho- 4 And Pe-nu-el the father of Ge-
bo-am, A-bi-a his son, A-sa his son, dor, and E-zer the father of Hu-shah.
Je-hosh-a-phat his son, These are the sons of Hur,the firstbom
11 Joram his son, A-ha-zi-ah his of Eph-ra-tah, the father of Beth-le-
son, Jo-ash his son, hem.
12 Am-a-zi'-ah his son, Az-a-ri-ah 5 And Ashur the father of Te-ko-a
his son, Jo-tham his son, had two wives, He-lah and Na'-a-rah.
13 Ahaz his son, Hez-e-ki-ah his 6 And Na-a-rah bare him A-hu-
son, Ma-nas'-seh his son, zam, and He-pher, and Te-me-ni, and
14 Amon his son, Jo-si-ah his son. Ha-a-hash-ta-ri. These were the sons
15 And the sons of Jo-si-ah were, of Na-a-rah.
the firstbom Jo-ha-nan, the second 7 And the sons of He'-lah were, Ze-
Je-hoi-a-kim, the third Zed-e-ki-ah, reth, and Je-zo'-ar, and Eth-nan.
the fourth Shal-lum. 8 And Coz bégat A-nub,and Zo-be-
16 And the sons of Je-hoi-a-kim: bah, and the familles of A-har'-hel the
Jec-o-nl'-ah his son, Zed-e-ki'^-ah his son of Ha-rum.
son. 9 And Ja'-bez was more honourâble
17 And the sons of Jec-o-ni-ah; As'- than his brethren: and his mother
sir, Sa-la-thi-el his son, called his name Ja-bez, saying, Be-
18 Mal-chi-ram also, and Pe-da-iah, cause 1 bare him ^th sorrow.
and She-na-zar, Jec-a-mi'-ah, Hosh-a- 10 And Ja-bez called on the Qod of
ma,and Ned-a-bi-ah. Israël, saying. Oh that thou wouldest
19 And the sons of Pe-da-iah were, bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast,
Ze-mb-ba-bel, and Shim'-e-i: and the and that thine hand might be with me,
sons of Ze-mb'-ba-bel; Me-shul-lam, and that thou wouldest keep me from
and Han-a-ni-ah, and Shel-o-mith evil, that it may not grieve me! And
their sister: God granted him that which he re-
20 And Ha-shu-bah,and O-hel,and quested.
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11 And Ghe-lub the brother of Shu- mu-el his son, Zac-chur his son, Shim-
ah begat Me-hir, which was the father e-i his son.
of Esh-ton. 27 And Shim-e-i.had sixteen sons
12 And Esh-ton begat Beth-ra-pha, and six daughters; but his brethren
and Pa-se-ah, and Te-hin-nah the fa had not many children, neither did ail
ther of Ir-na'-hash. These are the men their family multiply, like to the chil
of Re-chah. dren of Ju-dah.
13 And the sons of Ke-naz; Oth-ni- 28 And they dwelt at Be-er-she-ba,
el, and Ser-ai'-ah: and the sons of Oth- and Mol-a-dah, and Ha-zar-shu'-al,
ni-el; Ha-thath. 29 And at Bil-hah, and at E'-zem,
14 And Meo-no-thai begat Oph- and at To-lad,
rah: and Ser-ai-ah begat Jo-ab, the 30 And at Beth-u-el, and at Hor'-
father of the valley of Char'-a-shim; mah, and at Ziklag,
for they were craftsmen. 31 And at Beth-mar'-ca-both, and
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Ha'-zar-su'-sim, and at Beth-bir'-e-i,
Je-phun-neh; l'-ru, E-lah, and Na-am; and at Sha-a-ra-im. These were their
and the sons of E-lah, even Ke-naz. cities unto the reign of David.
16 And the sons of Je-har-el-eel; 32 And their villages were, E-tam,
Ziph, and Zi-phah, Tir'-i-a, and A-sar'- and A'-in, Rimmon, and To-chen, and
eel. A-shan, five cities:
17 And the sons of Ezra were, Je- 33 And ail their villages that were
ther, and Me-rçd, and E-pher, and Ja round about the same cities, unto Ba-
lon: and she bare Miriam, and Sham- al. These were their habitations, and
ma-i, ànd Ish-bah the father of Esh- their genealogy.
te-mo-a. 34 And Me-sho-bab, and Jam-lech,
18 And his wife Je-hu-di-jah bare and Jo-shah the son of Am-a-zi-ah,
Je-red the father of Ge-dor, and He- 35 And Jo-el, and Jehu the son of
ber the father of So-cho, and Je-ku- Jos-i-bi-ah, the son of Ser-ai-ah, the
thi-el the father of Za-no-ah. And son of A-si-el,
these are the sons of Bith-i-ah the 36 And E-li-o-e-na-i, and Ja-a-ko-
daughter of Pharaoh, which Me-red bah, and Jesh-o-hai-ah, and A-sai-ah,
took. and A-di-el, and Je-sim-i-el, and Be-
19 And the sons of his wife Ho-di-ah nai-ah,
the sister of Naham, the father of 37 And Zi-zâ the son of Shi-phi,the
Kei-lah the Gar'-mite, and Esh-te- son of Al-Ion, the son of Je-dai-ah,the
mo'-a the Ma-ach'-a-thite. son of Shim-ri, the son of Shem-ai-ah;
20 And the sons of Shi-mon were, 38 These mentioned by their names
Amnon, and Rin-ncih, Ben-ha'-nan, were princes in their families: and the
and Ti'-lon. And the sons of l'-shi were, house of their fathers increased great-
Zo-heth, and Ben-zo-heth. ly-
21 The sons of She-lah the son of 39 And they went to the entrance of
Judah were, Er the father of Le-cah, Ge-dor, even unto the east side of the
and La-a-dah the father of Ma-re- valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
shah, and the families of the house of 40 And they found fat pasture and
them that wrought fine linen, of the good, and the land u;as wide, and
house of Ash-be-a, quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham
22 And Jo-kim, and the men of had dwelt there of old.
Cho-ze'-ba, and Jo-ash, and Sa-raph, 41 And these written by name came
who had the dominion in Moab, and in the days of Hez-e-ki-ah king of Ju
Jash-u'-bi-le-hem. And these are an- dah, and smote their tents, and the
cient things. habitations that were found there, and
23 These were the potters, andthose destroyed them utterly unto this day,
that dweit among plants and hedges: and dwelt in their rooms: because
there they dwelt with the king for his there was pasture there for their docks.
work. 42 And some of them, even of the
24 The sons of Simeon were, Ne-mu- sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
el, and Ja'-min, Ja-rib, Ze-rah, ànd went to mount Se-ir, having for their
Sha'-ul: captains Pel-a-ti-ah, and Ne-a-ri-ah,
25 Shar-lmn his; son, Mib-sam his and Reph-ai-ah, and Uz-zi-el, the
son, Mish'-ma his son. sons of I-shi.
26 And the sons of Mish-ma; Ha- 43 And they smote the rest of the
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Am-a-lek-ltes that were escaped, and
dwelt there unto this day.
CHAPTER 5
NOW the sons of Reuben the first-
bom of Israël, (for he was the
firstbom; but, forasmuch as he deliled
his father's bed, his birthright was
given unto the sons of Joseph the son
of Israël: and the genealogy is not to
be reckoned after the birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his
brethren, and of him came the chief
ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the
firstbom of Israël were, Ha-noch, and
Pal'lu, Hez-ron, and Car'-mi.
4 The sons of Jo'-el; Shem-ai-ah his
son, Gog his son, Shim'-e-i his son,
5 Mi-cah his son, Re-ai'-a his son,
Ba-al his son,
6 Be-e-rah his son, whom Til-gath-
pil-ne-ser king of Assyria carried away
captive: he was prince of the Reuben-
ites.
7 And his brethren by their fami-
lies, when the genealogy of their gén
érations was reckoned, were the chief,
Je-i'-el, and Zech-a-ri'-ah,
8 And Be'-la the son of A-zaz, the
son of She-ma, the son of Jo'-el, who
dwelt in Ar-o-er, even unto Nebo and
Ba'-al-me'-on:
9 And eastward he inhabited unto
the entering in of the wildemess from
the river Eu-phra'-tes: because their
cattle were multiplied in the land of
GUead.
10 And in the days of Saul they
made war with the Hag'-ar-ites, who
fell by their hand: and they dwelt in
their tents throughout ail the east land
of Gilead.
XI And the children of Gad dwelt
over against them, in the land of Ba'-
shan unto Sal'-cah:
12 Jo'-el the chief, and Sha'-pham
the next, and Ja'-a-nai, and Sha'-phat
in Ba-shan.
13 And their brethren of the house
of their fathers were, Michael, and Me-
shul'-lam, and She'-ba, and Jo'-rai, and
Ja'-chan, and Zi'-a, and He'-ber, seven.
14 These are the children of Ab'-i-
ha-il the son of Hu'-ri, the son of Ja-
ro'-ah, the son of Gilead, the son of
Michâel, the son of Je-shish'-a-i, the
son of Jah'-do, the son of Buz;
15 A'-hi the son of Ab'-di-el, the son
of Gu'-ni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
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16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Ba-
shan, and in her towns, and in ail the
suburbs of Shar'-on, upon their bor-
ders.
17 AU these were reckoned by gene-
alo^es in the days of Jo-tham king of
Judah,and in the days of Jer-o-bo'-am
king of Israël.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the
Gad'-ites, and half the tribe of Ma-nas'-
seh, of valiant men, men able to bear
buckler and sword, and to shoot with
bow, and skilful in war, were four
and forty thousand seven hundred
and threescore, that. went out to the
war.
19 And they made war with the
Hag'-ar-ites, with Je'-tur, and Ne-
phish, and No'-dab.
20 And they were helped against
them, and the Hag'-ar-ites were de-
livered into their hand, and ail that
were with them: for they cried to God
in the battle, and he was intreated of
them; because they put their tmst in
him.
21 And they took away their cattle;
of their camels fifty thousand, and of
sheep two hundred and fifty thousand,
and of asses two thousand, and of men
an hundred thousand.
22 For there feU down many slain,
because the war was of <3od. And they
dwelt in their steads until the captiv-
ity.
23 And the children of the half
tribe of Ma-nas'-seh dwelt in the land:
they increased from Ba'-shan unto Ba'-
al-her'-mon and Se'-nir, and unto
mount Hermon.
24 And these were the heads of the
house of their fathers, even E'-pher,
and l'-shi, and E'-li-el, and Az'-ri-el,
and Jeremiah, and Hod-a-vi'-ah, and
Jah'-di-el, mighty men of valour, fa-
mous men, and heads of the house of
their fathers.
25 And they transgressed against
the God of their fathers, and went a
whoring after the gods of the people of
the land, whom God destroyed before
them.
26 And the God of Israël stirred up
the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and
the spirit of Til'-gath-pil-ne'-ser king of
Assyria, and he carried them away,
even the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Ma-nas'-seh, and
brought them unto Ha'-lah, and Ha'-
bor, and Ha'-ra, and: to the river Go'-
zan, unto this day.
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CHAPTER6
THE sons of Levi; Ger'-shon, Ko-
hath, and Me-ra-ri.
2 And the sons of Ko-hath; Amram,
Iz-hàr, and Hebron, and Uz-zi-eL
3 And the chlldren of Amram; Aa-
ron, and Moses, and Miriam, The sons
also of Aaron; Na-dab, and A-bi-hu,
E-le-a'-zar, and Ith-a-mar.
4 E-le-a-zar begat Phin-e-hàs,
Phin-e-has begat A-bish-u-a,
5 And A-bish'-u-a . begat Buk'-ki,
and Buk-ki begat Uz'-zi,
6 And Uz-zi begat Zer-a-hi-ah, and
Zer-a-hi-ah begat Me-rai'-oth,
7 Me-rai-oth begat Am-a-ri-ah, and house of the Lord, after that the ark
Am-a-ri'-ah begat A-hi-tub,
8 And A-hi-tub begat Za-dok, and
Za-dok begat A-him-a-az,
9 And A-him-a-az begat Az-a-ri'-ah, congrégation with singing, until Solo
and Az-a-ri'-ah begat Jo-ha'-nan,
10 And Jo-ha-nan begat Az-a-ri-ah, in Jérusalem: and tken they waited on
(he it is that executed the priest's of» their office according to their order.
fice in the temple that Solomon built
in Jérusalem:)
11 And Az-a-ri-ah begat Am-a-ri-
ah, and Am-a-ri-ah begat A-hi-tub,
12 And A-hi-tub begat Za-dok,and
Za'-dok begat Shal'-lum,
13 And Shal-lum begat Hil-ki-ah,
and Hil-ki-ah begat Az-a-ri'-ah,
14 And Az-a-ri-ah begat Ser-ai-ah,
and Ser-ai-cih begat Je-hoz-a-dak,
15 And Je-hoz-a-dak went into cap*
tivity, v/hen the Lord carried away.Ju-
dah and Jérusalem by the hand of
Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar.
16 The sons of Levi; Ger'-shom, Ko-
hath, and Me-ra-ri.
17 And these be the names of the
sons of Ger'-shom; Lib'-ni, and Shim-ei.
18 And the sons of Ko-hath were,
Amram, and Iz'-har, and Hebron, and
Uz'-zi-el.
19 The sons of Me-ra-ri; Mah'-li, and
Mu-shi. And these are the families
of the Levites according to their fa-
thers.
20 Of Ger'-shom; Lib'-ni his son, Ja-
hath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Jo'-ah his son, Id'-do his son, Ze-
rah his son, Je-at'-e-rai his son,
22 The sons of Ko'-hath; Am-min'-a-
dab his son, Kbrah his son, As'-sir his
son,
23 El-ka'-nah his son, and E-bi-a-
saph his son, and As'-sir his son,
24 Ta'-hath his son, U'-ri-el his
son, Uz-zi'-ah his son, and Sha'-ul his
son.
25 And the sons of El-ka'?nah; A-
mas'-ai, smd A-hi'-moth.
26 As for El-ka'-nah: the sons of El-
ka'-nah; Zo'-phai his son^ and Nahath
his son,
27 E-li'-ab his son, Jer-o'-ham his
sofi, El-ka'-nah his son.
28 And the sons of Samuel; the
firstborn Vash'-ni, and A-bi'-ah.
29 The sons of Me-ra'-ri; Mah'-li,
Lib'-ni his son, Shim'-e-i his son, Uz'-za
his son,
30 Shim'-era his son, Hag-gi'-ah his
son, A-sai'-ah his son.
31 And these are they whom David
set over the service of song in the
had rest,
32 And they rhinistered before the
dwelling place of the tabernacle of the
mon had built the house of the Lord
33 And these are they that waited
with their children. Of the sons of the
Ko'-hath-ites: He'-man a singer, the
son of Jo'-el, the son of She'-mu-el,
34 The son of El-ka'-nah, the son of
Jer-o'-ham, the son of E-li-el, the son
ofTo'-ah,
35 The son of Zuph, the son of El-
ka'-nah, the son of Ma'-hath^ the son of
A-mas'-ai,
36 The son of El-ka'-nah, the son of
Jo'-el, the son of Az-a-ri'-ah, the son of
Zeph-à-ni'-ah,
37 The son of Ta'-hath, the son ôf
As'-sir, the son of E-bi-a-saph* the son
of Korcth,
38 The son of Iz'-har, the son of
Ko'-hath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israël.
39 And his brother A'-sâph, who
stood on his right hand, even A'-saph
the son of Ber-a-chi'-ah» the son of
Shim'-e-a,
40 The son of Michaél, the son of
Ba'-a-se-iah, the son of Mal-chi'-ah,
41 The son of Eth'-ni, the son of Ze-
rah, the son of Ad-ai'-ah,
42 The son of E'-than, the son of
Zimmah, the son of Shim'-e-i,
43 The son of Ja'-hath, the son of
Ger'-shom, the son of Levi.>
44 And their brethren the sons of
Me-ra'-ri stood on the left hahd: E'-than
the son of Kish'-i, the son of Ab'-di, the
son of Mal'-luch,
45 The son of Hash-a-bi'-ah, the son
of Am-a-zi'-ah, the son of Hil-ki'-ah,
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46 The son of Amzi, the son of Ba-
nl, the son of Sha'mer,
47 The son of Mah'4i,the son of Mu-
shi,the son of Me-ra-ri,the son of Levi.
^ Their brethren also the Levites
were appointed unto ail manner of ser
vice of the tabernacle of the hbuse of
God.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered
upon the altar of the bumt offering,
and on the àltar of incense, and were
appointed for ail the work of the place
most holy, and to make an atonement
for Israël^ according to ail that Moses
the servant of God had commanded.
50 And these are the sons of Aaron;
E-le-a-zar his son, Phin-e-has his son,coasts out of the tribe of E-phra-im,
A-bish'-u-a his son,
51 Buk^'-ki his son, Uz'-zi his son, cities of refuge, She-chem in mount
Zer-a-hi-ah his son, E-phra-im with her suburbs; they gave
52 Me-rai-oth his son, Amra-ri-ah also Ge-zer with her suburbs,
his son, A-hi-tub his son,
53 Za'-dok his son, A-him-a-az his
son,
54 Now these are their dwelling
places throughout their castles in their
coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the
families of the Ko-hath-ites: for theirs
was the lot.
55 And they gave them Hebron in
the land of Judah, and the suburbs
thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the city, and the
villages thereof,they gave to Caleb the
son of Je-phun-neh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they
gave the cities of Judah, namely, He
bron, the city of refuge, and Lib-nah
with her suburbs, and Jaf-tir, and
Esh-te-mo'-a, with their suburbs,
58 And Hi-len with her : suburbs,
De-bir with her suburbs,
59 And A-shan with her suburbs,
and Beth-she-mesh with her suburbs;
60 And out of the tribe of Benja
min; Ge-ba With her suburbs, and Al'-?
e-meth with her suburbs, and An-a-
thoth with her suburbs, AU their cities
throughout their families were thirteen
cities,
61 And unto the sons of Ko-hath,
which were left of the family of that
tribe, were cities given out of the half
tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of
Ma-nas'-seh, by lot, ten cities,
62 And to the sons of Ger'-shom
throughout their famiUes out of the
tribe of. Is-sa-char, and out of the
tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naph-ta-U,and out of the tribe of Mâ-
nas-seh in Ba-shan, thirtèen cities.
401
63 Unto the sons of Me-ra-ri were
given by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben,and out of
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zeb-u-lun, twelve cities,
64 And the chUdren of Israël gave
to the Levites these cities with their
suburbs,
65 And they gave by lot out of the
tribe of the children of Judah, and out
of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
and out of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin,these cities,which are called
by their names,
66 And the residue of the families of
the sons of Ko-hath had cities of their
67 And they gave unto them,ofthe
68 And Jok-me-am with her sub
urbs, and Beth-ho'-ron with her sub
urbs,
69 And Aij-a-Ion with her suburbs,
and Gath-rim-mon with her suburbs:
70 And out of the half tribe of Ma-
nas-seh; Aner with her suburbs, and
Bil'-e-am with her suburbs, for the
family of the remuant of the sons of
Ko'-hath,
71 Unto the sons of Ger'-shom were
given out of the family of the half tribe
of Marnas-seh. Go-lan in Ba-shan with
her suburbs, and Ash-ta-roth with her
suburbs:
72 And out of the tribe of Is-sa-
char; Ke-desh with her suburbs,Dab-e-
rath with her suburbs,
73 And Ra-moth with her suburbs,
and A'-nem with her suburbs:
74 And out of the tribe of Asher;
Ma-shal with her suburbs, and Abdon
with her suburbs,
75 And Hu-kok with her suburbs,
and Re-hob with her suburbs:
76 And out of the tribe of Naph-ta-
li; Ke'-desh in Galilee with her suburbs,
and Ham-mon with her suburbs, and
Kir-jath-a-im with her suburbs,
77 Unto the rest of tlie children of
Me-ra-ri were given out of the tribe of
Zeb'-u-lun, Rinunon with her suburbs.
Ta-bor with her suburbs:
78 And on the other side Jordan by
Jéricho, on the east side of Jordan,
were givèn them out of the tribe of Reu^
ben, Be-zer in the wilderness with her
suburbs, and Jah-zah with her sub
urbs,
79 Ked'-e-moth also with her sub-
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urbs, and Meph-a-ath with her sub- sand and two hundred soldiers,fit to go
urbs: out for war and battle.
80 And eut of the tribe of Gad; Ra- 12 Shup'-pim also, and Hup'-pim,
moth in Gilead with her suburbs, and the chUdren of Ir, and Hu'-shim, the
Ma-ha-na-im with her suburbs, sons of A'-her.
SI And Hesh-bon with her suburbs, 13 The sons of Naph'-ta-li; Jah'-zi-
and Ja-zer with her suburbs. el, and Gu'-ni, and Je'-zer, and Shal-
lum, the sons of Bil'-hah.
CHAPTER 7 14 The sons of Ma-nas'-seh; Ash'-ri-
NOW the sons of Is'-sa-char were, el, whom she bare: (but his concubine
To-la, and Pu'-ah, Jash-ub, and the A'-ram-it-ess bare Ma'-chir the fa-
Shim-rom, four. ther of Gilead:
2 And the sons of To-la; Uz'-zi, and 15 And Ma'-chir took to wife the sis-
Reph-ai-ah, and Je-ri-el, and Jah- ter of Hup'-pim and Shup'-pim, whose
ma-i, and Jib'-Scun, and She-mu-el, sister's name was Ma'-a-chah;) and the
heads of their father's house, to wit, of name of the second was Ze-lo'-phe-had:
To-la: they were valiant men of might and Ze-lo'-phe-had had daughters.
in their générations; whose number 16 And Ma'-a-chah the wife of Ma'-
was in the days of David two £Uid chir bare a son,and she called his name
twenty thousand and six hundred. Pe'-resh; and the name of his brother
3 And the sons of Uz-zi; Iz-ra-hi- was She'-resh; and his sons were U'-lam
ah: and the sons of Iz-ra-hi-ah; Mi- and Ra'-kem.
chael, and O-ba-di-cih, and Jo-el, 17 And the sons of U'-lam; Be'-dan.
I-shi'-ah, five: ail of them chief men. These were the sons of GUead, the son
4 And with them, by their généra of Ma'-chir, the son of Ma-nas'-seh.
tions, after the house of their fathers, 18 And his sister Ham-mol'-e-keth
were bands of soldiers for war, six and bare l'-shod, and A-bi-e'-zer, and Ma-
thirty thousand men: for they had ha'-lah.
many wives and sons. 19 And the sons of She-mi'-dah
5 And their brethren among ail the were, A-hi'-an, and She'-chem,and Lik'-
familles of Is-sa-char were valiant men hi, and A-ni'-am.
of might,reckoned in ail by their géné 20 And the sons of E'-phra-im; Shu-
alogies fourscore and seven thousand. the'-lah, and Be'-red his son, and Ta-
6 The sons of Benjeunin; Be-la, and hath his son, and Ela'-dah his son, and
Be'-cher, and Je-di-a-el, three. Ta'-hath his son,
7 And the sons of Be-la; Ez'-bon, 21 And Za'-bad his son, and Shu-
and Uz-zi, Uz-zi-el, and Jer'-i-moth, the'-lah his son, and E'-zer, and E'-le-
and I-ri, five; heads of the house of ad, whom the men of Gath that were
their fathers, mighty men of valour; bom in that land slew, because they
and were reckoned by their genealo^es came down to take away their cattle.
twenty and two thousand and thirty 22 And E'-phra-im their father
and four. moumed many days, and his brethren
S And the sons of Be'-cher; Ze-mi- came to comfort him.
ra, and Jo'-ash, and E-li-e'-zer, and 23 And when he went in to his wife,
E-li-o-e'-na-i, and Omri, and Jer'-i- she conceived, and bare a son, and he
moth, and A-bi'-ah, and An'-a-thoth, called his name Be-ri'-ah, because it
and Al'-a-meth. AU these are the sons went evil with his house.
of Be'-cher. 24 (And his daughter was She'-rah,
9 And the number of them, after who built Beth-ho'-ron the nether,and
their genealogy by their générations, the upper, and Uz'-zen-she'-rah.)
heads of the house of their fathers, 25 And Re'-phah was his son, also
mighty men of valour, was twenty Re'-sheph, and Te'-lah his son, and Ta-
thousand and two hundred. han his son,
10 The sons also of Je-di'-a-el; Bil- 26 La'-a-dan his son, Am-mi'-hud
han: and the sons of Bil'-han; Je'-ush, his son, E'-lish-a'-ma his son,
and Benjamin, and E'-hud, and Che- 27 Non his son, Je-hosh'-u-ah his
na'-a-nah, and Ze'-than, and Thar'- son.
shish, and A'-hish-a'-har. 28 And their possessions and habi
11 AU these the sons of Je-di'-a-el, tations were, Beth-el and the towns
by the heads of their fathers, mighty thereof, and eastward Na'-a-ran, and
men of valour, were seventeen thou westward Ge'-zer, with the towns
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thereof; She-chem also and the towns
thereof, unto Ga-za and the towns
thereof:
29 And by the borders of the chil-
dren of Ma-nas'-seh, Beth-she-àn and
her towns, Ta-a-nach and her towns,
Me-gid-do and her towns, Dor and her
towns. In these dwelt the children of
Joseph the son of Israël.
30 The sons of Asher; Im-nah, and
Is-u^ah, and Ish-u-ai, and Be-ri-ah,
and Se'-rah their sister.
31 And the sons of Be-ri-ah; He-
ber, and Mal-chi-el, who is the father
of Bir-za-vith.
32 And He-ber begat Japh-let, and
Sho'-mer, and Ho-tham, and Shu-a
their sister.
33 And the sons of Japh-let; Pa-
sach, and Bimhal, and Ash'-vath.
These are the children of Japh-let.
34 And the sons of Sha-mer; A-hi,
and Roh'-gah, Je-hub'-bah, and A'-ram.
35 And the sons of his brother He-
lem; Zo-phah, and Im-na, and She'-
lesh, and A-mal.
36 The sons of Zo-phah; Su-ah, and
Hai'-ne-pher, and Shu-al, and Be'-ri,
and Im-rah,
37 Bè-zer, and Hod, and Sham-ma,
and Shil-shah, and Ith'-ran, and Be- and Jo-bab, the sons of El-pa-al;
e'-ra.
38 And the sons of Je-ther; Je- Zab-di,
phun'-neh, and Pis-pah, and A'-ra.
39 And the sons of Ul'-la; A'-rah, and E-li-el,
and Han-i-el, and Re-zi'-a.
40 AU these were the chUdren of and Shim-rath, the sons of Shim-hi;^
Asher, heads of their father's house,
choice and mighty men of valour, chief E-U-el,
of the princes. And the number
throughout the genealogy of them that Ha-nan,
were apt to the war and to battle was
twenty and six thousand men.
CHAPTER S
NOW Benjamin begat Be'-la his
firstbom, Ash-bel the second,
and A-har'-ah the third,
2 No'-hah the fourth, and Ra-pha
thefifth.
3 And the sons of Be-la were, Ad-
dar, and Ge-ra, and A-bi-hud,
4 And A-bish-u-a, and Na-a-man,
and A-ho-ah,
5 And Ge-ra, and She-phu-phan,
and Hu-ram.
6 And these are the sons of E-hud:
these are the heads of the fathers of
the inhabitants of Ge-ba, and they re-
moved them to Man-a-hath:
7 And Na-a-man, and A-hi'-ah, and
Ge-ra, he removed them, and begat
Uz-za, and A-hi-hud.
S And Sha-ha^ra'-im begat children
in the country of Moab, after he had
sent them away; Hu-shim and Ba-a-ra
were his wives.
9 And he begat of Ho'-desh his wife,
Jo-bab, and Zib'-i-a, and Me'-sha, and
Mal-cham,
10 And Je-uz, and Sha-chi-a, and
Mir'-ma. These were his sons, heads of
the fathers.
11 And of Hu-shim he begat Ab-i-
tub, and El-pa-al.
12 The sons of El-pa-al; E-ber, and
Mi-sham, and Sha-med, who buUt
O-no,and Lod, with the towns thereof:
13 Be-ri'-ah also, and She-ma, who
were heads of the fathers of the inhab
itants of Aij-a-lon, who drove away
the inhabitants of Gath:
14 And A-hi-o, Sha'-shak, and Jer-e-
moth,
15 And Zeb-a-di-ah, and A'-rad and
A-der,
16 And Michael, and Is-pah, and
Jo'-ha, the sons of Be-ri-ah;
17 And Zeb-a-di-ah, and Me-shul-
lam, and Hez-e-ki, and He-ber,
18 Ish-me-rai also, and Jez-li-ah,
19 And Jakim, and Zich-ri, and
20 And E-li-e-na-i, and ZU-thai,
21 And Ad-ai-ah, and Ber-ai'-ah,
22 And Ish-pan, and He-ber, and
23 And Abdon, and Zich-ri, and
24 And Han-a-ni-ah, and E-lam,
and An-to-thi-jah,
25 And Iph-e-dei-ah, and Pe-nu-el,
the sons of Sha-shak;
26 And Sham-she-rai, and She-ha-
ri-ahj and Ath-a-li-ah,
27 And Jar-e-si'-ah, and E-li'-ah,
and Zich-ri, the sons of Jer-o-ham.
28 These were heads of the fathers,
by their générations, chief men. These
dwelt in Jérusalem.
29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father
of Gibeon; whose wife's name was
Ma-a-chah:
30 And his firstbom son Abdon,and
Zur,and Kish, and Ba-al, and Nadab,
31 And Ge-dor, and A-hi'-o, and
Za^cher.
32 And Mik'-loth begat Shim-e-ah.
And these also dwelt with their breth-
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ren in Jérusalem, over against them. son of Sheph-a-thi-ah, the son of Re-
33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish u-el, the son of Ib-ni-jah;
begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, 9 And their brethren, according td
and Mal-chi-shu'-a, and A-bin-a-dab, their générations, nine hundred and
and Esh-ba'-al. fifty and six. AU these men were chief
34 And the son of Jonathan was of the fathers in the house of their fa-
Mer'-ib-ba-al; and Mer-ib-ba-al begat thers.
Mi-cah. 10 And of the priests; Je-da-iah,
35 And the sons of Mi-cah were, Pi- and Je-hoi'-a-rib, and Ja-chin,
thon, and Me-lech, and Ta-re-a, and 11 And Az-a-ri-ah the son of HU-ki-
Ahaz. ah, the son of Me-shul-lam, the son of
36 And Ahaz begat Je-ho-a-dah; Za-dok, the son of Me-rai-oth, the son
and Je^ho-a-dah begat Al'-e-meth, and of A-hi-tub, the ruler of the house of
Az-ma-veth, and Zimri; and Zimri be God;
gat Mo'-za, 12 And Ad-ai-£ih the son of Jer-o-
37 And Mo'-za begat Bin-e-a: Ra- ham, the son of Pash-ur, the son of
pha was his son, E-le-a-sah his son, Mal-chi-jah, and Ma-as-i-ai the son of
A'-zel his son: A'-di-el, the son of Jah-ze-rah, the son
38 And A-zel had six sons, whose of Me-shul-lam, the son of Me-shU-le-
names are these, Az-ri-kam, Boch'-e- mith, the son of Im-mer;
ru, and Ish'-ma-el, and She-a-ri-ah, 13 And their brethren, heads of the
and O-ba-di'-ah, and Ha-nan. Ali these house of their fathers, a thousand and
were the sons of A-zel. seven hundred and threescore; very
39 And the sons ofE-shek his broth- able men for the work of the service of
er were, U-lcim his firstborn, Je-hush the house of God.
the second, and EMiph-e-let the third. 14 And of the Levites; Shem-ai-ah
40 And the sons of U'-lam were the son of Has-shub, the son of Az-ri-
mighty men of valour, archers, and kam, the son of Hash-a-bi-ah, of the
had many sons,and sons* sons,an hun- sons of Me-ra-ri;
dred and fifty. AU these are of the sons 15 And Bak-bak'-kar, He'-resh, and
of Benjamin. Ga'-lal, and Mat-ta-ni'-ah the son of
Mi'-cah, the son of Zich-ri, the son of
CHAPTER 9 A'-saph;
SO ail Israël were reckoned by géné 16 And O-ba-di-ah the son of Shem-
alogies; and, behold, they were ai'-ah, the son of Ga-lal, the son of
written in the book of the kings of Is Jed-u-thun, and Ber-e-chi'-ah the son
raël and Judah, who were carried away of A-sa, the son of El-ka'-nah, that
to Babylon for their transgression. dwelt in the vUlages of the Ne-to-pha-
2 Now the first inhabitants that thites.
dwelt in their possessions in their cities 17 And the porters were, Shal-lum,
were, the Israélites, the priests. Lé and Ak-kub, and Tal'-mon, and A-hi-
vites, and the Neth-i-nims. man,and their brethren: Shal-lum was
3 And in Jérusalem dwelt of the the chief;
children of Judcih, and of the children 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's
of Benjcimin, and of the children of gâte eastward: they were porters in the
E'-phra-im, and Ma-nas'-seh; companies of the children of Levi.
4 U-tha-i the son of Am-mi-hud, 19 And Shal-lum the son of Ko'-re,
the son of Omri, the son of Im-ri, the the son of E-bi-a-saph,the son of Ko-
son of Ba'-ni, of the children of Pha- rah, and his brethren, of the house of
rez the son of Judah. his father, the Ko-ra-hites, were over
5 And of the Shi-lo-nites; A-sai-ah the work of the service, keepers of the
the firstborn, and his sons. gâtes of the tabernacle: and their fa
6 And of the sons of Ze-rah; Je-u'-el, thers, heing over the host of the Lord,
and their brethren, six hundred and were keepers of the entry.
ninety. 20 And Phin-e-has the son of E-le-
7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sal- a'-zar was the ruler over them in time
lu the son of Me-shul-lam, the son of past, and the Lord was with him.
Hod-a-vi'-ah, the son of Has-e-nu-ah, 21 And Zech-a-ri-ah the son of Me-
8 And Ib-nei'-ah the son of Jer-o'- shel-e-mi-ah was porter of the door of
ham, and E-lah the son of Uz-zi, the the tabernacle of the congrégation.
son of Mich-ri, and Me-shul-lam the 22 AU these which were chosen to be
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porters in the gâtes wcre two hundred
àiid twelve, These were reckoned by
their genealogy in their villages, whom
David and Samuel the seer did ordain
in their set office,
23 So they and their children hûd
the oversight of the gâtes of the house
of the Lord,namely, the house of the
tabernacle, by wards,
24 In four quarters were the por
ters, toward the east, west,north,and
south.
25 And:their brethren, which were in
their villages, were to come after seven
days from time to time wlth them.
26 For these Le-vites, the four chief
porters, were in their set office, and
were over the chambers and treasuries
of the house of God.
27 And they lodged round about
the house of God, because the charge
was upon them,and the opening there-
of every moming pertained to them.
28 And certain of them had the
charge of the ministering vessels, that
they should bring them in and out by
taie.
29 Same of them also were ap-
pointed to oversee the vessels, and ail
the instruments of the sanctuary, and from befpre the PhiUstines, and fell
the fine fiour, and the wine, and the
oil, and the frankincense, and the
spices.
30 And some of the sons of the
priests made the ointment of the
spices.
31 And Mat-ti-thi-ah,one of the Le-
vites, who wos the firstbom of Sh^-
lum the Ko-ra-hite, had the set office
over the things that were made in the
pans.
32 And other of their brethren, of
the sôns of the Ko-hath-ites, were over
the shewbread,to préparé ii every sab-
bath.
33 And these are the singers, chief
of the fathers of the Levites, who re-
maining in the chambers were free: for
they were employed in that work day
and night.
34 These chieffathers of the Levites
were chief throughout their généra
tions; these dwelt at Jérusalem.
35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father
of Gibeon, Jeh-iel, whose wife's name
wàs Ma-a-chah:
36 And his firstbom son Àbdon,
then Zur, and Kish, and Ba'-al, and
Ner,^d Nadab,
37 Ànd Ge'-dor, and A-hi-o^ and the slain, that they found Saul^d his
Zech-â-d^ah, and Mikfrioth. sons fallen in mount GU-bo-a.
14
405
38 And Mik'-loth begat Shim-e-am.
And they alsb dwelt with their breth
ren at Jérusalem, over agàinst their
brethren.
39 And Ner begat K^h; and Kish
begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,
and Mal-chi-shu-a, and A-bin-a-dab,
and £sh-^ba-al.
40 And the ison of Jonathan was
Mer'-ib-ba-al: and Mer'-ib-ba-al begat
Mi-cah.
41 And the sons of Mi-cah were. Pi-
thon, and Me-lech, and Tah-re-a, and
Aha^.
42 And Ahaz begat Ja-rah; and Ja-
rah begat AT-e-meth,and Az-ma-veth,
and Zimri; and Zimri begat Mo-za;
43 And Mo-za begat Bin'-e-a; and
Reph-ai-ah his son, £-le-a-sah his
çon, A-zel his son.
44 And Arzel had six sons, whose
names are these, Az^rf-kam, Boch-e-
ru, and Ish-ma-el, and Shera-rt-ah,
and O-ba-di-ah, and Ha-nan: these
were the sons of A'-zel.
CHAPTER 10
NOW the PhiUstines fought against
Israël; and the men of Israël fied
down slain in mount Gil-bo-a.
2 And the Philistines followed hard
after Saul, and after his sons; and the
PhiUstines slew Jonathan, and A'-bin-
a-dab, and Mal-chi-shu7a> the sons of
Saul.
3 And the battle went sore against
Saul, and^ the archers hit him, and he
was wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his annour-
bearerj JDraw thy sword, and thnist
me throngh tiierewith; lest these un-
cirçumcised cotise and abuse me. But
his , armourbearer wpuld not; for he
was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword,
and feU upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw
that Saul was dead, he feU likewise on
the sword, and died.
6 Sp Saul died, and his three sons,
and ail his house died together.
7 And when ail the men of Israël
that were in the valley saw that they
fied, and that Saul and his sons were
deadi then they forsook their cities,
and fied: and the PhÙistines came and
dwelt in. them.
8 And it came tO;pass on the mor-
row, when the PhiUstines came to strip
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9 And when they had stripped him, 8 And he built the city roimd about,
they took his head,.and his armour, even from Mil-lo round about: and Jo-
and sent into the land of the Philis- ab repaired the rest of the city.
tines round about, to carry tidings un- 9 So David waxed greater and
to their idols, and to the people. greater: for the Lord of hosts was with
10 And they put his armour in the him.
house of their gods, and fastened his .10 These also are the chief of the
head in the temple of Da-gôn. mighty men whom David had, who
11 And when ail Ja-besh-gil-e-ad strengthened themselves with him in
heard ail that the Philistines had done his kingdom, and with ail Israël, to
to Saul, make him king, according to the word
12 They arose» ail the valiant men, of the Lord concerning Israël.
and took away the body of Saul, and 11 And this is the number of the
the bodies of his sons, and brought mighty men whom David had; Ja-sho-
them to Ja-besh, and buried their be-am, an Hach-mo-nite, the Chief of
bones under the oak in Ja-besh, and the captains: he lifted up his spear
fasted seven days. against three hundred slain by him at
13 So Saul died for his transgression one time.
which he committed against the Lord, 12 And after him was E-le-a-zar the
even against the word of the Lord, son of Dodo, the A-ho-hite, who was
which he kept not, and also for asking one of the three mighties.
counsel of oné that had a familiar spirit, 13 He was with David at Pas-d<un-
to enquire of it; mim, and there the Philistines were
14 And enquired not of the Lord: gathered together to battle, where was
therefore he slew him, and tumed the a parcel of ground full of barley; and
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. the people fled from before the Philis
tines.
CHAPTER II 14 And they set themselves in the
THEN ail Israël gathered them- midst of ifiat parcel, and delivered it,
selves to David unto Hebron, say- and slew the Philistines; and the Lord
ing, Behold, we are thy bone and thy saved fhem by a great deliverance.
flesh. 15 Now three of the thirty captains
2 And moreover in time past, even went down to the rock to David, into
when Saul was king, thou wast he that the cave of Adulleim; and the host of
leddest out and broughtest in Israël: the Philistines enccimped in the valley
and the Lord thy God said unto thee, of Reph-a-im.
Thou shalt feed my people Israël, and 16 And David was then in the hold,
thou shalt be rûler over my people Is and the Philistines* garrison was then
raël. at Beth-lehem.
3 Therefore came ail the eldérs of 17 And David longed, and said. Oh
Israël to the kihg to Hebron; and Da that one would give me drink of the
vid made a covenant with them in He water of the well of Beth-lehem, that
bron before the Lord;and they anoint- is at the gâte!
ed David king over Israël, according 18 And the three brake through the
to the word of the Lord by Samuel. host of the Philistines, and drew water
4 And David and ail Israël went to out of the well of Beth-lehem, that
Jérusalem, which is Je-bus; where the was by the gâte, and took it, and
Jeb-u-sites were,the inhabitants of the brought it to David: but David would
land. not drink ofiU but poured it out to the
5 And the inhabitants of Je-bus Lord,
said to David, Thou shalt not come 19 And said, My God forbid it me,
hither. Nevertheless David took the that I shpuld do this thing: shall I
castle of Zion, which is the city of Da drink the blood of these men that have
vid. put their lives in jeopardy? for with
6 And David said, Whosoever smit- the jeopardy of their lives they brought
eth the Jeb-u-sites first shall be chief it. Therefore he would not drink it.
and captain. So Jo'-ab the son of Zer- These thiiigs did these three mighti-
ui'-ah went first lip, and was chief. est.
7 And David dwelt in the castle; 20 And A-bish-ai the brother of
therefore they called it the city of Da Jo-ab, he was chief of the three: for
vid. lifting up his spear against three hun-
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dred, he slew fhem, and had a name 40 I-ra the Ith-rite, Ga-reb the Ith-
among the three» rite,
21 Of the three, he was more hon- 41 U-ri'-ah the Hittite, Za'-bad the
ourable than the two; for he was their son of Ah-lai,
captain: howbeit he attained not to 42 Adi-na the son of Shi'-za the
the first three. Reubenite, a captain of the Reuben-
22 Be-nai-ah the son of Je-hoi-a-da, ites, and thirty ^ili him,
the son of a valiant man of Kab-ze-el» 43 Ha'-nan the son of Ma'a-chah,
who had done many acts; he slew two and Josh-a-phat the Mith-nite,
lionlike men of Moab: also he went 44 Uz-zi'-a the Ashte'-ra-thite, Sha'-
down and slew a Uon in a pit in a ma and Je-hi-el the sons of Ho-than
snowy day. the Ar-o'-er-ite,
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man 45 Je-di'-a-el the son of Shim-ri,and
of great stature, five cubits high; and Jo-ha his brother, the Ti-zite,
in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like 46 E'-U-el the Mah'-avite, and Jeri'-
a weaver's beam;and he went down to bai, and Josh-a-vi-ah, the sons of El-
him with a staff, and plucked the spear na-am, and Ith-mah the Moabite^
ont of the Egyptian's hand, and slew 47 E-li-el, and O-bed, and Ja'-si-el
him with his own spear. the Me-so-ba-ite.
24 These things did Be-nai-ah the
son of Je-hof-a-da, and had the name CHAPTER 12
among the three mighties. NOW these are they that came to
25 Behold, he was honourable David to Ziklag, while he yet
among the thirty, but attained not to kept himself close because of Saul the
the first three: and David set him over son of Kish: and they were among the
his guard. mighty men, helpers of the war.
26 Also the valiant men of the ar- 2 They were armed with bows, and
mies were, A-sa-hel the brother of Jo- could use both the right hand and
ab, El-ha-nan the son of Dodo of the left in hurling stones and shooting
Beth-lehem, arrows out of a bowj even of Saul's
27 Sham-moth the Ha-ro-rite, He- brethren of Benjamin.
lez the Pel-o-nite, 3 The chief was A-hi-e-zer, then Jo-
28 r-ra the son of Ik'-kesh the Te- ash, the sons of She-ma-ah the Gib'-ea-
ko'ite, A-bi-e-zer the An-toth-ite, thite; and Je-zi-el, and Pe-let, the sons
29 Sib-be-cai the Hu-shath-ite, of Az-ma-veth; and Bera-chah, and
r-lai the A-ho-hite, Jehu the An'-toth-ite,
30 Mah-ar-ai the Ne-toph-a-thite, 4 And Is-mai-ah the Gibeonite, a
He-led the son of Ba-à-hah the Ne- mighty màn among the thirty, and
toph'-a-thite, over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Ja-
31 Ith-ai the son of Ri-bai of Gib-ha-zi-el,and Jo-ha'-nan,and Jos-a-bad
the Gede-ra-thite,
e-ah, that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Be-nai-ah the Pira-thon- 5 E-lu-za-i, and Jer'-i-moth, and
ite, Be-a-li-ah, and Shem-a-ri-ah, and
32 Hu-rai of the brooks of Ga-ash, Sheph-a-ti-ah the Har'-u-phite,
A-bi-el the Ar'-bath-ite, 6 El-ka-nah, and Je-si-ah, and
33 Az-ma-veth the Bah-aru-mite, A-zar'-e-el, and Jo-e-zer, and Ja-sho-
El-iah-ba the Sha-al-bo-nite, be-am, the Kbr-hites,
34 The sons Of Ha-shem the Gi-zo- 7 And Jo-e-lah, and Zeb-a-di-ah,
nite, Jonathan the son of Sha-ge the the sons of Jer-o-ham of Ge-dor.
Ha-ra-rite, 8 And of the Gadites there sepa-
35 A-hi-am the son of Sa-car the rated themselves unto David into the
Ha'-ra-rite, Eli-phal the son of Ur, hold to the wildemess men of might,
36 He-pher the Me-che-ra-thite, and men of war fit for the battle, that
A-hi'-jah the Pel-o-nite, could handle shield and buckler, whose
37 Hez-ro the Carmélite, Na-a-rai faces were like thé faces of lions, and
the son of Ez-ba-i, were as swift as the roes upon the
38 Jo'-el the brother of Nathan, mountains; "
Mib-har the son of Hag'-ge-ri, 9 E-zer the first, O-ba-di-ah the
39 Ze-lek the Ammonite, Nah-ar-ai second, E-li-ab the third.
the Be-ro-thite, the armourbearer of 10 Mish^man-nah the fourth, Jere
Jo-ab the son of Zer-ui-ah, miah the fifth.
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11 Af-tai the sixth, El-iel the sev- shield and spear were six thousand and
enth, eight hundred, ready armed to the
12 Jo-ha-nan the eighth, El-za-bad war.
the ninth, 25 Of the children of Simeon,
13 Jeremlahtheteiith,Mach-ba-nai mighty men of valour for the war,
the eleventh. seven thousand and one himdred.
14 Tiiese were of the sons of Gad, 26 Of the children of Levi four
captains of the host: one of the least thousand and six hundred.
was over an hundred, and the greatest 27 And Je-hoi'-a-da was the leader
over a thousand, of the Aaronites, and with him were
15 These are they that went over three thousand and seven himdred;
Jordan in the first month, when it had 28 And Za'-dok, a young man
overflown ail his banks; and they put mighty of valour, and of his father's
to flight ail them of the valleys, both house twenty and two captains.
toward the east, and toward the west. 29 And of the children of Benjamin,
16 And there came of the children the kindred of Saul, three thousand:
of Benjamin and Judah to the hold im- for hitherto the greatest part of them
to David. had kept the ward of the house of SauL
17 And David went ont to meet 30 And of the children of E-phra-
them, and answered and said unto im twenty thousand and eight hun
them. If ye be come peaceably unto dred, mighty men of valour, famous
me to help me,mine heart shall be knit throughout the house of their fathers.
unto you: but if ye be come to betray 31 And of the half tribe of Mâ-nas-
me to mine enemies, seeing fhere is no seh eighteen thousand, which were ex-
wrong in mine hands, the God of our pressed by name, to come and make
fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. David king.
18 Then the spirit came upon 32 And ofthe children of Is'-sa-char,
A-mas-a-i, who was chief of the cap which were men that had understand-
tains, and he said, Thine are we, David, ing of the times, to know what Israël
and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: ought to do; the heads of them were
peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be two hundred; and ail their brethren
to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth were at their commandment.
thee. Then David received them and 33 Of Zeb-u-lun, such as went forth
made them captains of the band. to battle, expert in war, with ail in
19 And there fell some of Ma-nas'- struments of war, fifty thousand,
seh to David, when he came with the which could keep rank: they were not
Philistines against Saul to battle: but of double heart.
they helped them not: for the lords of 34 And of Naph'-ta-li a thousand
the Philistines upon advisement sent captains, and with them with shield
him away, saying, He will fall to his and spear thirty and seven thousand.
master Saul to the jeopardy of our 35 And of the Danites expert in
heads. war twenty and eight thousand and
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell six hundred.
to him of Ma-nas-seh, Ad-nàh, and 36 And of Asher,such as went forth
Joz'-a-bad, and Je-di-a-el, and Mi- to battle, expert in war, forty thou
chael, and Joz'-a-bad, and E-li'-hu, and sand.
Zil'-thai, captains of the thousands 37 And on the other side of Jordan,
that were of Ma-nas'-seh. of the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
21 And they helped David against and of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh,
the band of the rovers for they were ail with ail manner of instruments of war
mighty men of valour, and were cap for the battle, an hundred and twenty
tains in the host. thousand.
22 For at that time day by day there 38 AU these men of war, that could
came to David to help him, imtil it keep rank, came with a perfect heart
was a great host, like the host of God. to Hebron, to make David king over
23 And these are the numbers of the ail Israël and ail the rest also of Israël
bands that were ready armed to the were of one heart to make David king.
war, and came to David to Hebron,to 39 And there they were with David
tum the kingdom of Saul to him, ac- three days, eating and drinking: for
cording to the word of the Lord. their brethren had prepared for them.
24 The children of Judah that bare 40 Moreover they that were nigh
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them,even unto Is-sa-char and Zeb'-u- 13 So David brought not the ark
lun and Naph-ta-li, brought bread on home to himself to the city of David,
asses, and on camels, and on mules, but carried it aside into the house of
and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of
figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine,
and oil, and oxen, and sheep abun-
dantly: for there was joy in Israël.
CHAPTER 13
A ND David consulted with the cap-
tains of thousands and hundredis,
and with every leader.
2 And David said unto ail the con
grégation of Israël, If it seem good unto cedars, with masons and carpenters,to
you,and ihat it be of the Lord our God, build him an house.
let us send abroad unto our brethren
every where,that are left in ail the land
of Israël, and with them also to the
priests and Levites which are in their
cities and suburbs, that they may
gather themselves unto us:
3 And let us bring ageiin the ark of
our God to us: for we enquired not at
it in the days of Saul.
4 And ail the congrégation said that
they would do so: for the thing was
right in the eyes of ail the people,
5 So David gathered ail Israël to-
gether,from Shi-hor of Egypt even im-
to the entering of He-math, to bring
the ark of God from Kir'-jath-je-a-rim.
6 And David went up, and ail Is
raël, to Ba'-al-ah, thaiis, to Kir'-jath-
je-a-rim, which heUmged to Judcih, to
bring up thence the ark of God the
Lord,that dwelleth between the cheru-
bims, whose name is called on it.
7 And they carried the ark of God
in a new cart out of the house of A-bin-
a-dab: and Uz'-za and A-hi-o drave the
cart.
8 And David and ail Israël played
before God with ail their might, and
with singing, and with harps, and with
psalteries, and with timbrels, and with
cymbals, and with tnimpets.
9 And when they Ccune unto the
threshingfloor of Chi-don, Uz'-za put
forth his hand to hold the ark; for the
oxen stumbled.
10 And the anger of the Lord was
kindled against Uz'-za, and he smote
him, because he put his hand to the
ark: and there he died before God.
11 And David was displeased, be
cause the Lord had made a breach
upon Uz'-za: wherefore that place is
called Pe'-rez-uz'-za to this day.
12 And David was afraid of God
that day,saying, How shall I bring the
ark of God home to me?
14
409
O'-bed-e'-dom the Git'-tite.
14 And the ark of God remained
with the family of O'-bed-e'-dom in his
house three months. And the Lord
blessed the house of O'-bed-e'-dom,and
ail that he had.
CHAPTER 14
NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent mes-
sengers to David, and timber of
2 And David perceived that the
Lord had confirmed him king over Is
raël, for his kingdom was lifted up on
high, because of his people Israël.
3 And David took more wives at
Jérusalem: and David begat more sons
and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of his
children which he had in Jérusalem;
Sh£im-mu'-a, and Sho'-bab, Nathan,
and Solomon,
5 And Ib'-har, and El-i-shu'-a, and
El'-pa-let,
6 And No'-gah, and Ne'-pheg, and
Ja-phi'-a,
7 And El'-i-sha'-ma, and Be^eli'-ada,
and El'-i-pha'-let.
8 And when the Philistines heard
that David was anointed king over ail
Israël, ail the Philistines went up to
seek David. And David heard ofit, and
went out against them.
9 And the Philistines came and
spread themselves in the valley of
Reph'-a-im.
10 And David enquired of God,say
ing, Shall I go up against the Philis
tines? And wilt thou deliver them into
mine hand? And the Lord said unto
him. Go up;for I will deliver them into
thine hand.
11 So they came up to Ba'-al-per'-a-
zim; and David smote them there.
Then David said, God hath broken in
upon mine enemies by mine hand like
the breaking forth of waters: therefore
they called the name of that place Ba-
al-per'-a-zim.
12 And when they had left their
gods there, David gave a command-
ment, and they were bumed with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet again
spread themselves abroad in the val
ley.
14 Therefore David enquired again
of God;and God said unto him. Go not
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up after them; tum away from them,
and corne upon them over against the
mulber-n^ trees.
15 And it shall be, when thou shalt
hear a sound of going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go
out to battle: for God Is gone forth be-
fore thee to smite the host of the Phll-
istines.
16 David therefore did as God com-
manded him: and they smote the host
of the Philistines from Gibeon even to
Ga-zer,
17 And the famé of David went out
into ail lands; and the Lord brought
the fear of him upon ail nations.
CHAPTER 15
AND David made him houses in the
/V city of David, and prepared a
place for the ark of God, and pitched
for it a tent.
2 Then David said, None ought to
carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for them hath the Lord chosen to car
ry the ark of God,and to minister unto
him for ever.
3 And David gathered ail Israël to-
gether to Jérusalem, to bring up the
ark of the Lord unto his place, which
he had prepared for it.
4 And David assembled the chil-
dren of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 Of the sons of Ko'-hath; U-ri-el
the chief, and his brethren an himdred
and twenty:
6 Of the sons of Me-ra'ri; A-sai-ah
the chief, and his brethren two him
dred and twenty:
7 Of the sons of Ger'-shom; Jo-el the
chief, and his brethren an hundred and
thirty:
8 Of the sons of E-liz'-a-phan; Shem-
ai-ah the chief, and his brethren two
himdred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; El-iel the
chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10 Of the sons of Uz-zi-el; Am-
mina-dab the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Za-dok
and A'-bi-a-thar the priests, and for
the Levites, for U-ri-el, A-sai-ah, and
Jo'-el, Shem-ai-ah, and El-iel, and
Am-mina-dab,
12 And said unto them, Ye are the
chief of the fathers of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your
brethren, that ye may bring up the
ark of the Lord God of Israël unto the
place that 1 have prepared for it.
13 For because ye did it not at the
first, the Lord our God made a breach
upon us, for that we sought him not
after the due order.
14 So the priests and the Levites
sanctified themselves to bring up the
ark of the Lord God of Israël.
15 And the children of the Levites
bare the ark of God upon their shoul-
ders with the staves thereon, as Moses
commanded according to the word of
the Lord.
16 And David spake to the chief of
the Levites to appoint their brethren
to be the singers with instruments of
musick, psalteries and harps and cym-
bals, sounding, by lifting up the voice
with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed He'-
man the son of Jo-el; and of his breth
ren, A-saph the son of Ber-e-chi-ah;
and of the sons of Me-ra-ri their breth
ren, E-than the son of Ku-shai-ah;
18 And with them their brethren of
the second degrecj Zech-a-ri-ah, Ben,
and Jaaz-iel, and She-mira'-moth, and
Je-hi-el, and Un-ni, E-li-ab, and
Be-nai'-ah, and Ma'-a-sei-ah, and Mat-
ti-thi'-àh, and E-liph-e-leh, and Mik-
nei-ah, and O-bed-e'-dom, and Je-f-el,
the porters.
19 So the singers, He-man, A-saph,
and E-than, were appointed to sound
with cymbals of brass;
20 And Zech-a-ri-ah, and A-zi-el,
and She-mir-a'-moth,and Je-hi-el,and
Un-ni, and E-li-ab, and Ma-a-sei-ah,
and Be-nai-ah, With psalteries on Al'-a-
moth;
21 And Mat-ti-thi-ah, and E-liph'-e-
leh, and Mik-nei-ah, and O-bed-e-
dom, and Je-i-el, and Az-a-zi-ah, with
harps on the Shem'-i-nith to excel.
22 And Chen-a-ni-ah, chief of the
Levites, was for sohg: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
23 And Ber-e-chi-ah and El-ka-nah
were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Sheb-a-ni-ah, and Je-hosh-
a-phat, and Ne-than-e-el, and A-ma-
sai, and Zech-a-ri-ah, and Be-nai-ah,
and E-li-e-zer, the priests, did blow
with the trumpets before the ark of
God: and O'-bed-e'-dom and Je-hi-ah
were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Is
raël, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring up the ark of the cove-
hant of the Lord out of the house of
O-bed-e-dom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God
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helped the Levites that bare the ark of 11 Seek the Lord and his strength,
the covenant of the Lord, that they seek his face continually.
offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 12 Remember his marvellous works
27 And David was clothed with a that he hath done, his wonders, and
robe of fine linen, and ail the Levites the judgments of his mouth;
that bare the ark, and the singers, and 13 O ye seed of Israël his servant, ye
Chen-a-ni-ah the master of the song children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
with the singers: David also had upon 14 He is the Lord our God; his
him an ephod of linen. judgments are in ail the earth.
28 Thus ail Israël brought up the 15 Be ye mindful always of his cove
ark of the covenant of the Lord with nant;the Word which he commanded to
shouting, and with sound of the cor a thousand générations;
net,and with trumpets, and with cym- 16 Even of the covenant which he
bals, making a noise with psalteries made with Abraham, and of his oath
and harps. unto Isaac;
29 And it came to pass, as the ark 17 And hath confirmed the same to
of the covenant of the Lord came to Jacob for a law, and to Israël for an
the city of David, that Mi-chal the everlasting covenant,
daughter of Saul looking ont at a win- 18 Saylng, Unto thee will I give the
dow saw king David dancing and play- land of Canaan, the lot of your in-
ing: and she despised him in her heart. heritance;
19 When ye were but few, even a
CHAPTER 16 few, and strangers in it.
O they brought the ark of God, and 20 And when they went from nation
set it in the midst of the tent that to nation, and from one kingdom to
David had pitched for it: and they another people;
offered bumt sacrifices and peace of- 21 He suffered no man to do them
ferings before God. wong: yea, he reproved kings for their
2 And when David had made an sakes,
end of offering the bumt offerings and 22 Saylng, Touch not mine anoint-
the peace offerings, he blessed the peo- ed, and do my prophets no harm.
ple in the name of the Lord. 23 Sing unto the Lord, ail the
3 And he dealt to every one of Is earth; shew forth from day to day his
raël, both man and woman, to every salvation.
one a loaf of bread, and a good piece 24 Déclaré his glory among the hea-
of flesh, and a flagon of wine. then: his marvellous works among ail
4 And he appointed certain of the nations.
Levites to minister before the ark of 25 For great is the Lord,and great-
the Lord, and to record, and to thank ly to be praised: he also is to be feared
and praise the Lord God of Israël: above ail gods.
5 A-saph the chief, and next to him 26 For ail the gods of the people
Zech-a-ri-ah, Je-i-el, and She-mir-a- are idols: but the Lord made the heav-
moth, and Je-hi-el, and Mat-ti-thi-ah, ens.
and E-li'-ab, and Be-nai-ah, and 27 Glory and honour are in his
O-bed-e-dom: and Je-i-el with psal presence; strength and gladness are in
teries and with harps; but A-saph his place.
made a sound with cymbals; 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds
6 Be-nai-ah also and Ja-ha'-zi-el the of the people, give unto the Lord
priests with trumpets continually be glory and streng&i.
fore the ark of the covenant of God. 29 Give unto the Lord the glory
7 Then on that day David delivered due unto his name: bring an offering,
first this psalm to thank the Lord into and come before him: worship the
the hand of A-saph and his brethren. Lord in the beauty of holiness.
8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call 30 Fear before him, ail the earth:
upon his name; make known his deeds the world also shall be stable, that it
among the people. be not moved.
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms imto 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let
him,talk ye of ail his wondrous works. the earth rejoice: and let men say
10 Glory ye in his holy name:let the among the nations, The Lord reign-
heart of them rejoice that seek the eth.
Lord. 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness
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thereof: let the fields rejoice, and ail 3 And it came to pass the same
that is therein. night, that the word of God came to
33 Then shall the trees of the wood Nathan, saying,
sing out at the presence of the Lord, 4 Go and teU David my servant,
because he cometh to judge the earth, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not
34 O give thanks unto the Lord; build me an house to dwell in:
for he is good; for his mercy endureiii 5 For I have not dwelt in an house
for ever. since the day that I brought up Israël
35 And say ye, Save us, O God of unto this day; but have gone from tent
our salvation, and gather us together, to tent, and from one tabernacle to an-
and deliver us from the heathen, that other*
we may give thanks to thy holy name, 6 Wheresoever I have walked with
and glory in thy praise. ail Israël, spake I a word to any of the
36 Blessed he the Lord God of Is judges of Israël, whom I commanded
raël for ever and ever. And ail the peo- to feed my people, saying, Why have
ple said. Amen,and praised the Lord. ye not buût me an house of cedars?
37 So he left there before the ark of 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say
the covenant of the Lord A-saph and unto my servant David,Thus saith the
his brethren,to minister before the ark Lord of hosts, I took thee from the
Gontinually, as every day's work re- sheepcote, even from following the
quired: sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler
38 And O-bed-e-dom with their over my people Israël:
brethren,threescore and eight; O'-bed- 8 And I have been with thee whith-
e-dom also the son of Jed-u-thun and ersoever thou hast walked, and have
Ho-sah to he porters: eut off ail thine enemies from before
39 And Za-dok the priest, and his thee, and have made thee a name like
brethren the priests, before the taber the name of the great men that are in
nacle of the Lord in the high place the earth.
that was at Gibeon, 9 Also I will ordain a place for my
40 To offer burnt offerings unto the people Israël, and will plant them,and
Lord upon the altar of the bumt offer- they shall dwell in their place, and
ing continually moming and evening, shall be moved no more; neither shall
and to do according to ail that is writ- the children of wickedness waste them
ten in the law of the Lord, which he any more, as at the beginning,
commanded Israël; 10 And since the time that I com
41 And with them He-man and manded judges to he over my people
Jed-u-thun, and the rest that were Israël. Moreover I will subdue ail
chosen, who were expressed by name, thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee
to give thanks to the Lord, because that the Lord will build thee an
his mercy endureth for ever; house.
42 And with them He'-man and 11 And it shaU come to pass, when
Jed-u-thim with trumpets and cym- thy days be expired that thou must go
bals for those that should make a to he with thy fathers, that I will raise
Sound, and with musical instruments up thy seed after thee, which shcdl be
of God. And the sons of Jed-u-thim of thy sons; and I will establish his
were porters. kingdom.
43 And ail the people departed 12 He shall build me an house, and
every man to his house: and David re- I will stablish his throne for ever.
tumed to bless his house. 13 I will be his father, and he shall
be my son: and I will not take my
CHAPTER 17 mercy away from him,as I took it from
him that was before thee:
NOW it came to pass, as David sat 14 But I will settle him in mine
in his house, that David said to house and in my kingdom for even and
Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an his throne shall be established for ever-
house of cedars, but the ark of the more.
covenant of the Lord remaineih under 15 According to ail these words,and
curtains. according to ail this vision, so did Na
2 Then Nathan said imto David, than speak unto David.
Do ail that is in thine heart;for God is 16 And David ihe king came and
with thee. sat before the Lord, and said, Who
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am I, O Lord God, and what is mine abites became David's servants, and
house, that thou hast brought me brought gifts.
hitherto? 3 And David smote Had-ar-e-zer
17 And yet this was a small thing in king of Zobah unto Ha-math, as he
thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also went to stablish his dominion by the
spoken of thy servantes house for a river Euphrates.
great while to come,and hast regarded 4 And David took from him a thou-
me according to the estate of a man of sand chariots, and seven thousand
high degree, O Lord God. horsemen, and twenty thousand foot-
18 \^at can David speak more to men: David also houghed all the char
thee for the honour of thy servant? for iot horses, but reserved of them an
thou knowest thy servant. hundred chariots.
19 O Lord, for thy servantes sake, 5 And when the Syrians of Damas-
and according to thine own heart, hast cus came to help Had-ar-e-zer khig of
thou done all this greatness,in making Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two
known all these great things. and twenty thousand men.
20 O Lord, there is none like thee, 6 Then David put garrisons in
neither is there any God beside thee, Syria-damascus; and the Syrians be
according to all that we have heard came David's servants, and brought
with our ears. gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David
21 And what one nation in the whithersoever he went.
earth is like thy people Israël, whom 7 And David took the shields of
God went to redeem to be his own peo gold that were on the servants of Had-
ple, to make thee a name of greatness ar-e-zer, and brought them to Jérusa
and terribleness, by driving out na lem.
tions from before thy people, whom 8 Likewise from Tib^'-hath, and from
thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? Chim, cities of Had-ar-e-zer, brought
22 For thy people Israël didst thou David very much brass, wherewith
make thine own people for ever; and Solomon made the brasen sea, and the
thou. Lord, becamest their God. pillars, and the vessels of brass.
23 Therefore now. Lord, let the 9 Now when To-u king of Ha-math
thing that thou hast spoken concem- heard how David had smitten all the
ing thy servant and conceming his host of Had-ar-e-zer king of Zobah;
house be established for ever, and do 10 He sent Ha-do-ram his son to
as thou hast said. king David, to enquire of his welfare,
24 Let it even be established, that and to congratulate him, because he
thy name may be magnifîed for ever, had fought against Had-ar-e-zer, and
saying, The Lord of hosts is the God smitten him; (for Had-ar-e-zer had
of Israël, even a God to Israël: and let war with To-u;) and with him all man-
the house of David thy servant be es ner of vessels of gold and silver and
tablished before thee. brass.
25 For thou, O my God, hast told 11 Them also king David dedicated
thy servant that thou wilt build him unto the Lord, with the silver and the
an house: therefore thy servant hath gold that he brought from all these na
found in his heart to pray before thee. tions;from Edom,and from Moab,and
26 And now. Lord, thou art God, from the children of Ammon, and
and hast promised this goodness unto from the Philistines, and from Am-a-
thy servant: lek.
27 Now therefore let it please thee 12 Moreover A-bish-a-i the son of
to bless the house of thy servant, that Zer-ui-ah slew of the Edomites in the
it may be before thee for ever:for thou Valley of sait eighteen thousand.
blessest, O Lord,and it shall be blessed 13 And he put garrisons in Edom;
for ever. and all the Edomites became David's
servants. Thus the Lord preserved
CHAPTER 18 David whithersoever he went.
NOW after this it came to pass, 14 So David reigned over all Israël,
that David smote the Phllistines, and executed judgment and justice
and subdued them,and took Gath and among all his people.
her towns out of the hand of the Phil- 15 And Jo'-ab the son of Zer-ui-ah
istines. was over the host; and Je-hosh-a-phat
2 And he smote Moab; and the Mo- the son of A-hi-lud, recorder.
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16 And Za-dok the son of A-hi-tub, were come were by themselves in the
and A-blm-e-lech the son of A-bi-a- field.
thar, were the priests; and Shav'-sha 10 Now when Jo-ab saw that the
was scribe; battle was set against him before and
17 And Be-nai-ah the son of Je- behind, he chose out of ail the choice
hoi'-a-da was over the Cher'-e-thites of Israël, and put them in array against
and the Pel-e-thites; and the sons of the Syrians.
David were chief about the king. 11 And the rest of the people he de-
livered unto the hand of A-bish-a-i his
CHAPTER 19 brother, and they set themselves in ar
ray against the children of Ammon.
NOW it came to pass after this,that 12 And he said. If the Syrians be
Nahash the king of the children too strong for me,then thou shalt help
of Ammon died, and his son reigned in me: but if the children of Ammon be
his stead. too strong for thee, then I wUl help
2 And David said, I will shew kind- thee.
ness unto Ha-nun the son of Nahash, 13 Be of good courage, and let us
because his father shewed kindness to behave ourselves valiantly for our peo
me. And David sent messengers to ple, and for the cities of our God: and
comfort him conceming his father. So let the Lord do that which is good in
the servants of David came into the his sight.
land of the children of Ammon to Ha- 14 So Jo'-ab and the people that
nun, to comfort him. were with him drew nigh before the
3 But the princes of the children of Syrians unto the battle; and they fled
Ammon said to Ha-nun, Thinkest before him.
thou that David doth honour thy fa 15 And when the children of Am
ther, that he hath sent comforters un mon saw that the Syrians were fled,
to thee? are not his servants come unto they likewise fled before A-bish-a-i his
thee for to search, and to overthrow, brother, and entered into the city.
and to spy out the land? Then Jo-ab came to Jérusalem.
4 Wherefore Ha-nun took David's 16 And when the Syrians saw that
servants, and shaved them,and eut off they were put to the worse before Is
their garments in the midst hard by raël, they sent messengers, and drew
their buttocks, and sent them away. forth the Syrians that were beyond the
5 Then there went certain, and told river: and Sho-phach the captain of
David how the men were served. And the host of Had-ar-e-zer went before
he sent to meet them: for the men them.
were greatly ashamed. And the king 17 And it was told David; and he
said, Tarry at Jéricho until your gathered ail Israël, and passed over
beards be grown, and then retum. Jordan, and came upon them, and set
6 And when the children of Ammon the hattle in array against them. So
saw that they had made themselves when David had put the battle in ar
odious to David, Ha-nun and the chil ray against the Syrians, they fought
dren of Ammon sent a thousand tal with him.
ents of silver to hire them chariots and 18 But the Syrians fled before Is
horsemen out of Mes-o-po-ta-mi-a and raël; and David slew of the Syrians
out of Syr'-i-a-ma-a-chah, and out of seven thousand men which fought in
Zobah. chariots, and forty thousand footmen,
7 So they hired thirty and two thou and killed Sho-phach the captain of
sand chariots, and the king of Ma-a- the host.
chah and his people; who came and 19 And when the servants of Had-
pitched before Med'-e-ba. And the chil ar-e-zer saw that they were put to the
dren of Ammon gathered themselves worse before Israël, they made peace
together from their cities, and came to with David, and became his servants:
battle. neither would the Syrians help the
8 And when David heard of it, he children of Ammon any more.
sent Jo'-ab, and ail the host of the
CHAPTER 20
mighty men.
9 And the children of Ammon came AND it came to pass, that after the
out, and put the battle in array before jr\ year was expired,at the time that
the gâte of the city: and the kings that kings go out to battle, Jo-ab led forth
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the power of the army,and wasted the vailed against Jo^ab. Wherefore Jo-ab
country of the children of Ainmoii> and departed, and went throughout ail Is
came and besieged Rab-bah. But Da raël, and came to Jérusalem.
vid tarried at Jérusalem. And Jo-ab 5 And Jo-ab gave the sum of the
smote Rab-bah, and destroyed it. number of the people unto David. And
2 And David took the crown of allfhey of Israël were a thousand thou-
their king from off his head, and found sand and an hundred thousand n^en
it to weigh a talent of gold, and there that drew sword: and Judah was four
were preâous stones in it; and it was hundred threescore and ten thousand
set upon David's head: and he brought men that drew sword.
also exceeding much spoil out of the 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted
city. he not among them: for the king's
3 And he brought out the people word was abominable to Jo-àb.
that were in it, and eut them with saws, 7 And God was displeased with this
and with harrows of iron, and with thing; therefore he smote Israël.
axes. Even so dealt David with ail the 8 And David said unto God, I have
cities of the children of Ammon. And sinned greatly, because I have done
David and ail the people retumed to this thing: but now,I beseech thee, do
Jérusalem. away the iniquity of thy servant; for I
4 And it came to pass after this, have done very foolishly.
that there arose war at Ge-zer with the 9 And the Lord spake unto Gad,
Philistines; at which time Sib-be-chai David's seer^ saying,
the Hu-sha-thite slew Sip-pai, that 10 Go and teû David, saying, Thus
was of the children of the giant: and saith the Lord, I offer thee three
they were subdued. things: choose thee ône of them, that I
5 And there was war again with the may do if imto thee.
Philistines; and El^ha-nan the son of 11 So Gad came to David, and said
Ja-ir slew Lah-mi the brother of Go-li- unto him,Thus saith the Lord,Choose
ath the Gif-tite, whose spear staff was thee
like a weaver's beaih. 12 Either three years' famine; or
6 And yet again there was war at three months to be destroyed before
Gath, where was a man of great stat thy foes, while that the sword of thine
ure whose fingers and toes were four enemies overtaketh thee; or else three
and twenty, six on each hand, and six days the sword of the Lord, even the
on eaeh fooi and he also was the son of pestilence, in the land, and the angel
the giant. of the Lord destroying throughout ail
7 But when he defied Israël, Jona the coasts of Israël. Now therefore ad-
than theson ofShim-e-a David'sbroth- vise thyself what word I shall bring
er slew him. again to him that sent me.
8 These were bom unto the giant in 13 And David said unto Gad, I am
Gath; and they fell by the hand of Da in a great strait: let me fall now into
vid, and by the. hand of his servants. the hand of the Lord; for very great
are his mercies: but let me not fall into
CHAPTER 21 the hand of man.
14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon
ÀND Satan stood up against Israël, Israël: and there fell of Israël seventy
/v and provoked David to number thousand men.
Israël. 15 And God sent an angel unto Jéru
2 And David said to Jo'-ab and to salem to destroy it: and as he was de
the rulers of the people. Go, number stroying, the Lord beheld, and he re-
Israël from Be-er-^she-ba even to Dan; pented him of the evil,and said to the
and bring the number of them to me, angel that destroyed, It is enough,
that I may know if. stay now thine hand. And the angel of
3 And Jo-ab answered, The Lord the Lord stood by the threshingfloor
make his people an himdred times so of Or'-nan the Jeb-u-site.
many more as they be: but, my lord 16 And David lifted up his eyes,
the king, are they not ail my lord's and saw the angel of the Lord stand
servants? why then doth my lord re- between the earth and the heaven,
quire this thing? why will he be a cause having a drawn sword in his hand
of trespass to Israël? stretched out over Jérusalem. Then
4 Nevertheless the king's word pre- David and the elders of Israël, who
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were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon the threshingfloor of Or'-nan the Jeb-
their faces. u-site, then he sacrificed there.
17 And David said imto God, Is it 29 For the tabemacle of the Lord,
not I that commanded the people to be which Moses made in the wildemess,
numbered? even 1 it is that have and the altar of the bumt offering,
sinned and done evil indeed; but as for were at that season in the high place at
these sheep, what have they done? let Gibeon.
thine hand» I pray thee, O Lord my 30 But David could not go before
God, be on me, and on my father's it to enquire of God: for he was afraid
house; but not on thy people,that they because of the sword of the angel of
should be plagued. the Lord.
18 Then the angel of the Lord com
manded Gad to say to David,that Da CHAPTER 22
vid should go up, and set up an altar Then David said, This is the house
unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of of the Lord God, and this is the
Or-nan the Jeb-u-site. altar of the burnt offering for Israël.
19 And David went up at the say- 2 And David commanded to gather
ing of Gad,which he spake in the name together the strangers that were in the
of the Lord. land of Israël; and he set masons to
20 And Or'-nan tumed back, and hew wrought stones to build the house
saw the angel; and his four sons with of God.
him hid themselves. Now Or'-nan was 3 And David prepared iron in abum
threshing wheat. dance for the nails for the doors of the
21 And as David came to Or'-nan, gâtes, and for the joinings; and brass
Or'-nan looked and saw David, and in abundance without weight;
went out of the threshingfloor, and 4 Also cedar trees in abundance:for
bowed himself to David with his face the Zid-o'-ni-ans and they of Tyre
to the ground. brought much cedar wood to David.
22 Then David said to Or'-nan, 5 And David said, Solomon my son
Grant me the place of this threshing is young and tender, and the house
floor, that I may build an altar that is to be builded for the Lord must
therein unto the Lord: thou shalt be exceeding magniflcal, of famé and
grant it me for the full price: that of glory throughout ail countries: I
the plague maybe stayed from the will therefore now make préparation
people. for it. So David prepared abundantly
23 And Or'-nan said unto David, before his death.
Take it to thee, and let my lord the 6 Then he called for Solomon his
king do that which is good in his eyes: son,and charged him to build an house
lo, I give thee the oxen also for bumt for the Lord God of Israël.
ofîerings, and the threshing instru 7 And David said to Solomon, My
ments for wood, and the wheat for the son, as for me, it was in my mind to
meat offering; I give it ail. build an house unto the nëime of the
24 And king David said to Or'-nan, Lord my God:
Nay; but 1 will verily buy it for the 8 But the Word of the Lord came to
full price: for I will not take that which me, saying, Thou hast shed blood
is thine for the Lord, nor oflfer burnt abundantly, and hast made great
offerings without cost. wars: thou shalt not build an house un
25 So David gave to Or'-nan for the to my name, because thou hsist shed
place six hundred shekels of gold by much blood upon the earth in my
weight. sight.
26 And David built there an altar 9 Behold, a son shall be bom to
unto the Lord, and offered bumt of thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I
ferings and peace offerings, and called will give him rest from ail his enemies
upon the LoRDr and he answered him round about: for his name shall be
from heaven by tire upon the altar of Solomon, and I will give peace and
bumt offering. quietness unto Israël in his days.
27 And the Lord commanded the 10 He shall build an house for my
angel; and he put up his sword again name; and he shall be my son, and I
into the sheath thereof. will be his father; and I will establish
28 At that time when David saw the throne of his kingdom over Israël
that the Lord had answered him in for ever.
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11 Now, my son, the Lord be wlth
thee; and prosper thou, and build the
house of the Lord thy God,as he hath
said of thee»
12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom
and iinderstanding, and give thee
charge conceming Israël, that thou
mayest keep the law of the Lord thy
God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou
takest heed to fulfil the statutes and
judgments which the Lord charged ra-ri.
Moses with conceming Israël: be
strong,and of good courage;dread not, dan^ and Shim-e-i.
nor be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I was Je-hi-el, and Ze-tham, and Jo-el,
have prepared for the house of the three.
Lord an hundred thousand talents of
gold, and a thousand thousand talents and Ha-zi-el,and Ha-ran,three.Ihese
of silver; and of brass and iron without
weight; for it is in abimdance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and
thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover fhere are workmen
with thee in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and ail
manner of cunning men for every man-
ner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the
brass, and the iron,there is no number.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the
Lord be with thee.
17 David also commanded ail the
princes of Israël to help Solomon his
son, saying,
18 Is not the Lord your God with
you? and hath he not given you rest on
every side? for he hath given the in
habitants of the land into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the
Lord, and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your
soul to seek the Lord your God; arise
therefore, and build ye the sanctuàry
of the Lord God,to bring the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, and the holy
vessels of God, into the house that is
to be built to the name of the Lord.
CHAPTER 23
SO when David was old and full of
days, he made Solomon his son
king over Israël.
2 And he gathered together ail the
princes of Israël, with the priests and
the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered
from the âge of thirty years and up-
ward: and âieir number by their polis,
man by man, was thirty and eight
thousand.
417
4 Of which, twenty and four thou
sand were to set forward the work of
the house of the Lord; and six thou
sand were officers and judges:
5 Moreover four thousand were por-
ters; and four thousand praised the
Lord with the instruments which I
made, said David to praise therewUh.
6 And David divided them into
courses among the sons of Levi,
namely, Ger'-shon, Ko-hath, and Me-
7 Of the Ger'-shon-ites were, La-a-
8 The sons of La-a-dan; the chief
9 The sons of Shim-e-i; Shel-o-mith,
were the chief of the fathers of La-a-
dan.
10 And the sons of Shim'-e-i were,
Ja-hath, Zi-na, and Je-ush, and Be-
ri-ah. These four were the sons of
Shim-e-i.
11 And Ja-hath was the chief, and
Zi-zah the second: but Je-ush and Be-
ri-ah had not many sons; therefore
they were in one reckoning, according
to their father's house.
12 The sons of Ko-hath; Amram,
Iz'-har, Hebron, and Uz'-zi-el, four.
13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and
Moses: and Aaron was separated, that
he should sanctify the most holy
things, he and his sons for ever, to
bum incense before the Lord, to min-
ister unto him, and to bless in his
name for ever.
14 Now conceming Moses the man
of God, his sons were named of the
tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were, Ger'-
shom, and E-li-e-zer.
16 Of the sons of Ger'-shom, Sheb-
u-el was the chief.
17 And the sons of E-li-e-zer were,
Re-ha-bi-ah the chief. And E-li-e-zer
had none other sons; but the sons of
Re-ha-bi-ah were very many.
18 Of the sons of Iz-har; Shel-o-
mith the chief.
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Je-ri-ah
the first, Am-a-ri-ah the second, Ja-
ha-zi-el the third, and Jek-am'-eam
the fourth.
20 Of the sons of Uz'-zi-el; Mi-cah
the first, and Je-si-ah the second.
21 The sons ofMe-ra-ri;Mah-li,and
Mu-shi. The sons of Mah-li; E-le-a-zar,
and Kish.
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22 And E-le-a-zar died, and had no both Za-dok of the sons of E-le-a-zar,
sons» but daughters: and their breth- and A-him-e-lech of the sons of Ith'*a-
ren the sons o£ Kish took them» mar» according to their offices in their
23 The sons of Mu-shl; Mah-li» and service.
E-der, and Jer'-e-moth, three. 4 And there were more chief men
24 These were the sons of Levi after found of the sons of E-le-a-zar than of
the house of their fathers; even the the sons of Ith'a-mar; and thus were
chief of the fathers» as they were they divided. Among the sons of E-le-
counted by number of names by their a-zar there were sixteen chief men of
polis» that did the work for the service the house of their fathers» and eight
of the house of the Lord» from the âge among the sons of Ith'-a-mar according
of twenty years and upward. to the house of their fathers.
25 For David said» The Lord God 5 Thus were they divided by lot»
of Israël hath given rest unto his peo- one sort with another; for the gover-
ple» that they may dwell in Jérusalem nors of the sanctuary» and govemors
for ever: of the house of God» were of the Sons of
26 And also unto the Levites; they E-le-a-zar, and of the sons of Ith-a-
shall no more carry the tabernacle» nor mar.
any vessels of it for the service thereof, 6 And Shem-ai-ah the son of Ne-
27 For by the last words of David than-e-el the scribe» one of the Levites»
the Levites were numbered from twen wrote them before the king» and the
ty years old and above: princes» and Za-dok the priest» and
28 Because their office was to wait A-him-e-lech the son of Ab-i-a-thar»
on the sons of Aaron for the service of and before the chief of the fathers of
the house of the Lord» in the courts» the priests and Levites: one principal
and in the chambers» and in the puri- household being taken for E-le-a-zar,
fying of ail holy things» and the work and one taken for Ith'-a-mar.
of the service of the house of God; 7 Now the first lot came forth to
29 Bothfor the shewbread» and for Je-hoi-a-rib» the second to Je-da-iah»
the fine fiour for meat offering» and for 8 The thirdto Ha-rim» thefourthto
the unleavened cakes» and for ihat Se-o-rim» .
which is baked in the pan» and for that 9 The fifth to Mal-chi-jah» the sixth
which is fried» and for ail manner of to Mij'-a-min»
measure and size; 10 The seventh to Hak'-koz» the
30 And to stand every moming to eighth to A-bi-jah»
thank and praise the Lord» and like- 11 The ninth to Jesh-u-ah» the
wise at even; tenth to Shec-a-ni-ah» ■
31 And to offer ail bumt sacrifices 12 The eleventh to E-li-a-shib» the
unto the Lord in the sabbaths» in the twelfth to Ja-kim»
new moons» and on the set feasts» by 13 The thirteenth to Hup-pah» the
number» according to the order com- fourteenth to Je-sheb-e-ab»
manded imto them» continually before 14 The fifteenth to Bil-^afii» the six-
the Lord: teenth to Im-mer»
32 And that they should keep the 15 The seventeenth to He-zir» the
charge of the tabernacle of the congré eighteenth to Aph-ses»
gation» and the charge of the holy 16 The nineteenth to Peth-a-hi-ah»
place, and the charge of the sons of the twentieth to Je-hez'-e-kel»
Aaron their brethren» in the service of 17 The one and twentieth to Ja-
the house of the Lord; chin» the two and twentieth to Ga-
mul»
CHAPTER 24 18 The three and twentieth to Del-
ai-ah» the four and twentieth to Ma-
NOW fhese are the divisions of the a-zi-ah.
19 These were the orderings of them
sons of Aaron. The sôns of Aar
on; Nadab» and A-bi-hu» E-le-a-zar» in their service to come into the house
and Ith'a-mar. of the Lord» according to their man
2 But Nadab and A-bi-hu died be ner» imder Aaron their father» as the
fore their father» and had no children: Lord God of Israël had commanded
therefore E-le-a-zar and Ith'a-mar ex- him;
ecuted the priest's office. 20 And the rest of the sons of Levi
3 And David distributed them» were these: Of the sons of Amram;Shu-
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barel: of the sons of Shu-ba-el; Jeh-
dei-ah.
21 Conceming Re-ha-bi-ah; of the
sons of Re-ha-bi-ah, the first was Is-
shl-alu
22 Of the Iz'-har-ites; Shel-o-moth:
of the sons of Shel-o-moth; Ja-hath.
23 And the sons of Hebron; Je-ri'-ah
the first, Am-a-ri-ah the second, Ja-
ha-zi-el the third, Jek-a-me-am the
fourth.
24 Of the sons of Uz-zi-el; Mi-chah:
of the sons of Mi-chah; Sha'-mir.
25 The brother of Mi-chah was Is-
shi-ah: ofthe sons of Is-shi-ah; Zech-a-
ri-ah.
26 The sons of Me-ra-ri were Mah-
li and Mu-shi: the sons of Ja-a-zi-ah;
Be-no.
27 The sons of Me-ra-ri by Ja-a-zi-
ah; Be'no, and Sho-ham,and Zac-cur,
and Ib-ri.
28 Of Mah-Ii came £-le-a-zar, who
had no sons.
29 Conceming Kish:the son of Kish
was Je-rah-me-el.
30 The sons also of Mu-shi; Mah'-li,
and E-der, and Jer'-i-moth. These
were the sons of the Levites after the
house of their fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots over
against their brethren the sons of Aar-
on in the presence of David the king,
and Za-dok, and A-him'-e-lech, and
the chief of the fathers of the priests
and Levites, even the principal fathers
over against their younger brethren.
CHAPTER 25
MOREOVER David and the cap-
tains of the host separated to the
service of the sons of A-saph, and of
He'-man, and of Jed-u-thun, who
should prophesy with harps, with psal-
teries, and with cymbals: and the num-
ber of the workmen according to their
service was:
2 Of the sons of A-saph; Zac-cur,
and Joseph, and Neth-a-ni-ah, and
As-a-re-l2ih, the sons of A-saph under
the hands of A-saph, which prophesied
according to the order of the king.
3 Of Jed-u-thun: the sons of Jed-u-
thun; Ged-a-lirah, and Ze-ri, and Je-
sha-iah, Hash-a-bi-ah, and Mat-ti-thi-
ah,six, under the hands of their father
Jed-u-thun, who prophesied with a
harp, to give thanks and to praise the
Lord.
4 Of He-man: the sons of He-man;
Buk-ki-ah, Mat-ta-ni-ah, Uz-zi-el,
419
Sheb-u-el, and Jeri-i-moth, Han-a-ni-
ah, Ha-na-ni, E-li-a-thah, Gid-dal-ti,
and Ro-mam-ti-e-zer, Josh-bek-a-
shah, Mal'-lo-thi, Ho-tWr, and Ma-ha-
zi-oth:
5 AU these were the sons of He-man
the king's seer in the words of God,to
Uft up the hom. And God gave to He-
man fourteen sons and three daugh-
ters.
6 AU these were under the hands of
thêir faither for song in the house of the
Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and
harps, for the service of the house of
God, according to the king's order to
A-saph, Jed-u-thun, and He-man.
7 So the number of them, with their
brethren that were instmcted in the
songs of the Lord, even ail that were
cunning, was two hundred fourscore
and eight.
8 And they cast lots, ward against
ward,as well the small as the great,the
teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth for
A-saph to Joseph: the second to Ged-a-
li-ah, who with his brethren and sons
were twelve:
10 The third to Zac-cur, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
11 The fourth to Iz-ri, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
12 The fifth to Neth-a-ni-ah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
13 The sixth to Buk-ki-ah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, ii;ere twelve:
14 The seventh to Je-shar-e-lah, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
15 The eighth to Je-shai-ah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
16 The ninth to Mat-ta-ni-ah, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
17 The tenth to Shim-e-i, he, his
sons, and his brethren, ti/ere twelve:
18 The eleventh to A-zar-e-el, he,
his sons, and his brethren, «;ere twelve:
19 The twelfth to Hash-a-bi-ah, he,
his sons, and his brethren, u;ere twelve:
20 The thirteenth to Shu-ba-el, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
21 The fourteenth to Mat-ti-thi-ah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
22 The fifteenth.to Jer-e-moth, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
23 The sixteenth to Han-a-ni-ah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
24 The seventeenth to Josh-bek-a-
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shah, he, his sons, ahd his brethren, the sons and brethren of Ho-sah were
wcrc twelve: thirteen.
25 The eighteenth to Ha-na'nl, he, 12 Among these were the divisions
his sons,and his brethren,ti;ere twelve: of the porters, ei;en among the chief
26 The nineteenth to Mal-lo'thi, Hc, men, having wards one against an-
his sons, and his brethren;were twelye: other, to minister in the house of the
27 The twentieth to E-li-a-tiiah, he, Lord.
his sons, and his brethren^ twelve: 13 And they cast lots, as weU the
28 The one and twentieth to Ho- smaU as the great, according to the
thir, he, his sons, and his brethren, house of their fathers, for every gâte.
were twelve: 14 And the lot eastward fell to Shel-
29 The two and twentieth to Gid- e-mi-ah. Then for Zech-a-ri-àh his son,
dal-ti, he, his sons, and his brethren, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and
were twelve: his lot came out northward.
30 The three and twentieth to Ma- 15 To.O-bed-e'-dom southward;and
ha-zi-oth, he, his sons, and his breth to ids sons the house of A-sup-phn.
ren, were twelve: 16 To Shup'-pim and Ho>sah the lot
31 The four and twentieth to Ro- came forth westward, with the gâte
mam-ti-e-zer, he, his sons, and his Shal-le-cheth, by the causeway of the
brethren, were twelve. going up, ward against ward.
17 Eastward were six Levites,
CHAPTER 26 northward four a day, southward four
CONGERNING the divisions ofthe a day, and toward A-sup-pim two and
porters: Of the Kor'-hites was:Me- two.
shel-e-mi-ah the son of Ko-re, of the 18 At Par'-bar westward,four at the
sons of A-saph. causeway, and two at Par'-bar.
2 And the sons of Me^shel-e-mi-ah 19 These are the divisions of the
were, Zech-a-ri-ah the firstbom, Je^di- porters among the sons of Ko-re, and
a-el the second, Zeb^a-di-ah the third, among the sons of Me-ra-ri.
Jath-ni-el the fourth, 20 And of the Levites, A-hi-jah was
3 E'^lam the fifth, Je^ho-ha'-nan the over the treasures of the house ôf God,
sixth, E-li-o-e-na-i the seventh. and over the treasures of the dedicated
4 Moreover the sons'of O-bed-e- things.
dom were, Shem-ai'-ah 'the fifstbom^ 21 As conceming the sons of La'-a-
Je-hoz-a-bad the second, Jo'iah the dan; the sons of the (îer'-shon-ite La'-^
third, and Sa'-car the fourth, and Ne- a^iah, chief fathers, even of La-a-dan
than'^^-el the fifth, the Ger'-shôn-itej were Je-hi'-e-li.
5 Am'^mi-el the sixth,Is'sa-char the 22 The sons of Je-hi-e-U; Ze'-tham,
seventh, Pe-ul-thai the eighth:for God and Jo'-el his brothèr, which were over
blessed him. the treasures of the house of the Lord.
6 Also unto Shem-ai-ah his son 23 Of the Amramites, and the Iz'-
wére sons bom,that ruled throughout har-ites, the Hebronites, and the Uz'-
the house of their fathér: for they were zi-el-ites:
mighty men of valour. 24 And Sheb-u-el the son of Ger'-
7 The sons of Shem^^ai-ah; Oth-ni, shom, the son of Moses, was ruler of
and Re-pha-el and O-bed, El-za-bad, the treasures.
whose brethren were strong men, E-li- 25 And his brethren by E-li-e'-zer;
hu, and Sem-a-chi-ah. Re-ha-bi'-ah his son, and Je-sha'-iah
8 AU these of the sons of O-bed-e- his son,and Joram his son, and Zich-ri
dom: they and their sons and their his sonj and Shel-o-mith his son.
brethren, able men for strength for the 26 \^ch Shel-o-mith ahd his breth
service, were threescore and two of ren were over ail the treasures of the
O-bèd^'-dom. dedicated things, which David the
9 And Me-shel-e-mi-ah had sons king, and the chief fathers, the cap-
and brethren, strong men, eighteen. tains over thousands and hundreds,
10 Also Ho-sah,1 of the children of and the captains of the host, had dedi
Me-ra-ri, had sons; Sim'-ri the chief, cated.
(for though he was not the firstbom, 27 Dut:of the spoUs won in battles
yet his father inade him the chief;) did they dedicate to maintain the
11 Hil-ki-ah the second, Teb-a-li-ah house of the Lord.
the third, Zech-a-ri-sdi the fourth: aU 28 Ahd aU that Samuel the seer.
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àtid Saul the son of Kish, and Abiier the thirty: and in his course was Am-
the son of Ner, and Jo-ab the son of
Zer-ni-ah, hàd dédicated; and whoso^
ever had dedicated any thing, it wos im-
der the hand of Shel-o-mith,and of his
brethren,
29 Of the Iz'-har-ltes, Chen-a-ni-ah
and his sons were for the outward busi
ness over Israël,for offîcers and judges.
30 And of the Hebronites, Hash-a-
bi-ah and his brethren, men of valour,
a thousand and seven hundred, were
dfficers among them of Israël on this
side Jordan westward in ail the busi
ness of the Lord, and in the service of
the king,
31 Among the Hebronites was Je-ri-
jah tiie chief, even among the Hebron
ites, according to the générations of
his fathers. In the fortieth year of the
reign of David they were sought for,
and there were found among them
mighty men of valour at Ja-zer of Gil-
ead,
32 And his brethren, men of valour,
were two thousand and seven hundred
chief fathers, whom king David made
rulers over the Reubenites, the Gad-
ites, and the half tribe of Ma-nas'-seh,
for every matter pertaining to God, month was Ma-har-ai the Ne-to-pha-
and affairs of the king.
CHAPTER 27
NOW the children of Israël after
their number,to wit, the chief fa
thers ànd captains of thousands and
hundreds,and their officers that served
the kirig in any niatter of the courses,
which came in and went out month by
month throughout ail the months of
the year, of every course were twenty
and four thousand.
2 Over the hrst course for the first
month was Ja-sho-be-am the son of
Zab'-di-el; and in his course were twen
ty and four thousand.
3 Of the children of Pe'-rez was the
chief of ail the captains of the host for
the first month.
4 And over the course of the second
month was Do'-da-i an A-ho'-hite, and
of his course waS Mik'-loth also the
ruler: in his course likewise were twen
ty and four thousand.
5 The third captain of the host for
the third month was Bernai-ah the son
of Je-hoi-a-da, a chief priest: and in
bis course were twenty and four thou
sand.
6 This is that Be-hai-ah, who was
mighty among the thirty, and above
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miz'-a-bad his son.
7 The fourth captain for the fourth
month was A'-sa-hel the brother of Jo-
ab, and Zeb-a-di'-ah his son after him:
and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
8 The fifth captain for the fifth
month Avas Sham'-huth the Iz'-ra-hite:
and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
9 The sixth captain for the sixth
month was T-ra the son of Ikrkesh the
Te-ko-ite: and in his course were twen
ty and four thousand.
10 The seventh captain for the sev-
enth month was He-lez the Pel-o-nite,
of the children of E-phra-im: and in
his course were twenty and four thou
sand. ,
11 The eighth captain for the eighth
month was Sib-be-cai the Hu-sha-
thite, of the Zar'-hites: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand.
12 The ninth captain for the ninth
month was A-bi-e-zer the An-e-to-
thitê, of the Benjamites: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand.
13 The tenth captain for the tehth
thite, of the Zar'-hites: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand.
14 The eleventh captain for the
eleventh month was Be-nai-ah thé
Pirà-thon-ite, of thé children of E-
phra-im: and in his codrse were twen
ty ànd four thousand.
15 The twelfth captain for the
twelfth month was Her-da-i the Ne-
to-pha-thite, of Oth'-ni-el: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand.
16 Furthermore over the tribes of
Israël: the ruler of the Reubenites was
E-li-e-zer the son of Zich-ri: of the
Simeonites, She-phati-ah the son of
Ma-a-chah:
17 Of the Levites, Ha-shabi-ah the
son of Ke-mu'-el: of the Aaronites, Za-
dok:
18 Of Judah, E-li-hu, one of the
brethren of David: of Is-sa-char, Omri
the son of Michael:
19 Of Zeb-u-lun, Ish-ma-i-ah the
son of O-ba-di'-ah; of Nâph-ta-li, Jeri-
moth the son of Az^rl-el:
20 Of the children of E-phrâ-imi
Ho-she'-a the son of Az-a-zi-ah: of the
half tribe of Ma-nas'-seh, Jo-el the son
of Pe-da-iah:
21 Of the half tribe of Ma-nas-seh in
Gilead, Id-dô the son of Zech-a-ri'-ah:
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of Benjamin, Ja-a-si-el the son of Ab-
ner:
22 Of Dan, Az'-areel the son of
Jer-o-ham. These were the princes of stewards over ail the substance and
the tribes of Israël. possession of the king, and of his sons,
23 But David took not the number
of them from twenty years old and un-
der: because the Lord had said he
would increase Israël like to the stars
of the heavens.
24 Jo'-ab the son of Zer-ui-ah be-
gan to number, but he finished not, be
cause there fell wrath for it against
Israël; neither was the number put in
the account of the chronicles of king
David.
25 And over the king's treasures
was Az-ma'-veth the son of A'-di-el: and
over the storehouses in the fields, in
the cities, and in the villages, and in
the castles, m/os Je-hon-a-than the son
of Uz-zi-ah;
26 And over them that did the
work of the field for tillage of the
ground was Ez'-ri the son of Che-lub:
27 And over the vineyards was
Shim-e-i the Ra-ma-thite: over the in
crease of the vineyards for the wine
cellars was Zab-di the Shiph'-mite:
28 And over the olive trees and the
sycomore trees that were in the low
plains was Ba-al-ha-nan the Ge-de-
rite: and over the cellars of oil was Jo-
ash:
29 And over the herds that fed in
Shari-on was Shif-ra-i the Shari-on-ite:
and over the herds that were in the val-
leys was Sha-phat the son of Ad-la-i;
30 Over the camels also was G-bil
the Ish-ma-el-ite: and over the asses
was Jeh-de-iah the Me-ron'-o-thite;
31 And over the docks was Ja'-ziz
the Ha'-ger-ite. AU these were the rul-
ers of the substance which was king
David's.
32 Also Jonathan David's uncle
was a counseUor, a wise man, and a
scribe: and Je-hi-el the son of Hach-
mo-ni was with the king's sons:
33 And A-hith-o-phel was the king's
counsellor: and Hu-shai the Ar-chite
was the king's companion:
34 And after A-hith-o-phel was Je-
hoi-a-da the son of Be-nai-ah,and Ab-
i-a-thar: and the général of the king's
army was Jo-ab.
CHAPTER 28
A ND David assembled ail the princes
/\ of Israël, the princes of the tribes, the sanctuary: be strong, and do it
and the captains of the companies that
ministered to the king by course, and
the captains over the thousands, and
captains over the hundreds, and the
with the officers, and with the mighty
men,and with ail the vaUant men,un-
to Jérusalem.
2 Then David the king stood up
upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I
had in mine heart to buUd an house of
rest for the ark of the covenant of the
Lord,and for the footstool of our God,
and had made ready for the buUding:
3 But God said unto me,Thou shalt
not build an house for my name, be
cause thou hast been a man of war,and
hast shed blood.
4 Howbeit the Lord God of Israël
chose me before ail the house of my
father to be king oyer Israël for even
for he hath chosen Judah to be the rul-
er; and of the house of Judah, the
house of my father; and among the
sons of my father he liked me to make
me king over aU Israël:
5 And of ail my sons,(for the Lord
hath given me many sons,) he hath
chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the
throne of the kingdom of the Lord
over Israël.
6 And he said unto me, Solomon
thy son, he shall buUd my house and
my courts: for I have chosen him to be
my son, and I will be his father.
7 Moreover I will establish his king
dom for ever, if he be constant to do
my commandments and my judg-
ments, as at this day.
8 Now therefore in the sight of aU
Israël the congrégation of the Lord,
and in the audience of our God, keep
and seek for ail the commsuidments of
the Lord your God: that ye may pos-
sess this good land, and leave it for an
inheritance for your chUdren after you
for ever.
9 And thou, Solomon my son, know
thou the God of thy father, and serve
him with a perfect heart and with a
wiUing mind: for the Lord searcheth
ail hearts, and understandeth ail the
imaginations of the thoughts: if thou
seek him, he will be found of thee: but
if thou forsake him, he wUl cast thee
off for ever.
10 Take heed now; for the Lord
hath chosen thee to buUd an house for
11 Then David gave to Solomon his
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son the pattem of the porch, and of
the houses thereof, and of the treasur- thee for aU manner of workmanship
ies thereof, and of thé upper chambers every willing skilful màn,for any man-
thereof, and of the ihner parlours her of service: ialsp the princes and aU
thereof, and of the place of the mercy the people vuiU be whoUy at thy com-
seat,
12 And the pattem of ail that he
had by the spirit, of the courts of the
house of the Lord,and of ail the cham
bers round about, of the treasuries of
the house of God,and of the treasuries
of the dedicated things:
13 Also for the courses of the priests
and the Levites, and for ail the work
of the service of the house of the Lord,
and for ail the vessels of service in the
house of the Lord*
14 He gave of gold by weight for
things of gold,for ail instnunents of ail
manner of service; silver also for ail in
struments of silver by weight, for ail
instruments of every kind of service:
15 Even the wei^t for the candie- ours, and ail mànner of precious
sticks of gold, and for their lamps of
gold, by weight for every candlestick,
and for the lamps thereof: and for the
candlesticks of silver by weight, both
for the candlestick, and also for the
lamps thereof, according to the usé of
every candlestick*
16 And by weight he gave gold for
the tables of shewbread, for every
table; and likewise sHver for the tables
of silver:
17 Also pure gold for the deshhooks,
and the bowls, and the cups: and for
the golden basons he gave gold by
weight for every bâson; and likewise
silver by weight for every bason of
silver:
18 And for the altar of incense re-
fined gold by weight; and gold for the
pattem of Ôie chariot of the chem- day unto the Lord?
bims, that spread out their wings, and
covered the ark of the covenant of the
Lord*
19 AU this, said David, the Lord
made me understand in writing by his
hand upon me, even aU the works of
this pattem.
20 And David said to Solomon his
son, Be strong and of good courage,
and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed:
for the Lord God,even my God, will be
with thee; he wiU not fail thee, nor for-
sake thee, untU thou hast finished aU
the wotk fox the service of the house
of the Lord*
21 And, behold, the courses of the
priests and the Levites, even they shall
be wWi thee for aU the service of the
house of God: and fhere shall be with
mandment*
CHAPTER 29
FURTHERMORE David the king
said unto aU the congrégation, Sol
omon my son, whom alone God hath
chosen, is yet young and tender, and
the work is great: for the palace is not
for man, but for the Lord God.
2 Now I have prepared with aU my
might for the house of my God the
gold for things to be made bf gold, and
the silver for things of silver, and the
brass for things of brass, the iron for
things of iron, and wood for things of
wood; onyx stones, and stones to be
set, glistering stones, and of divers col-
stones, and marble stones in abun-
dance.
3 Moreover, because I have set my
affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good,6f gold
and silver, which I have given to the
house of my God, over and above aU
that I have prepared for the holy
house,
4 Even three thousand talents of
gold, of the gold of O-phir, and seven
thousand talents of rehned silver, to
overlay the waUs of the houses with-
al:
5 The gold for things of gold, and
the silver fot things of silver, aiid for
ail manner of work to be made by the
hands of artificers* And who then is
willing to consecrate his service this
6 Then the chief of the fathers and
princes of the tribes of Israël, and the
captains of thousands and of hiin-
dreds, with the mlers of the king's
work, offered wtilingly,
7 And gave for thé service of the
house of God of gold five thousand tal
ents and ten thousand drams, and of
silver ten thousand talents, and of
brass eighteen thousand talents, and
one hundred thousand talents of iron*
8 And they with whom precious
stones were foimd gave them to the
treasure of the house of the Lord, by
the hand of Je-hi-el the Ger'-shon-ite.
9 Then the people rejoiced,for that
they offered willingly, because with
perfect heart they offered wiUingly to
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the Lord: and David the king also re- 20 And David said to ail the con
joiced wlth great joy. grégation, Now bless the Lord your
10 Wherefore David blessed the God, Amd ail the congrégation blessed
Lord before ail the congrégation: and the Lord God of their fathers, and
David said, Blessed be thou. Lord God bowed down their heads, and wor-
of Israël our father, for ever and eyer. shipped the Lord, and the king,
11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices un
and the power, and the glory, and the to the Lord, and offered bumt ofifer-
victory, and the majesty: for ail that is ings unto the Lord, on the morrow
in the heaven and in the earth is thine; after that day, even a thousand bul-
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and locks, a thousand rams, and a thou
thou art exalted as head above ail. sand lambs, with their drink offerings,
12 Bpth riches and honour corne of and sacrifices in abundance for ail Is
thee, and thou reignest over ail; and in raël:
thine hand is power and might; and in 22 And did eat and drink before the
thine hand itisto make great, and to Lord on that day with great gladness,
g^ve strength unto ail. And they made Solomon the son of
13 Now therefore, our God, we David king the second time, and
thank thee, and praise thy glorious anointed him unto the Lord to be the
name* chief govemor,and Za-dok to be priest,
14 But who am I, and what is my 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne
people, that we should be able to offer of the Lord as king instead of David
so willingly after thls sort? for ail his father, and prospered; and ail Is
things corne of thee, and of thine own raël obeyed him,
have we given thee, 24 And ail the princes, and the
15 For we are strangers before thee, mighty men, and ail the sons likewise
and sojoumers, as ti;ere ail our fathers: of king David, submitted themselves
our days on the earth are as a shadow, unto Solomon the king,
and there is none abiding. 25 And the Lord magnified Solo
16 O Lord our God, ail this store mon exceedingly in the sight of ail Is
that we Imve prepared to build thee raël, and bestowed upon him such
an house for thine holy name œmeth royal majesty as had not been on any
of thine hand, and is ail thine own, king before him ïn Israël,
17 I know also, my God, that thou 26 Thus David the son of Jesse
triest the heart, and hast pleasure in reigned over ail Israël,
uprightness. As for me,in the upright- 27 And the time that he reigned
ness of mine heart I have willingly of- over Israël was forty years; seven
fered ail these things: and npw have I years reigned he in Hebron,and thirty
seen with joy thy people, which are and three years reigned he in Jérusa
présent here, to oifer willingly unto lem,
thee. 28 And he died in a good old âge,
18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, fuU of days, riches, and hpnoun and
and of Israël, our fathers, keep this for Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
ever in the imagination ofthe thoughts 29 Now the acts of David the king,
of the heart of thy people, and préparé first and last, behold, they are written
their heart unto thee: in the book of Samuel the seer, and in
19 And give unto Solomon my son the book of Nathan the prophet, and
a perfect heart, to keep thy command- in the book of Gad the seer,
ments, thy testimonies, and thy stat- 30 With ail his reign and his might,
utes, and to do ail these things, and to and the times that went over him,and
build the palace, for the which I have over Israël, and over ail the kingdoms
made provision. of the coimtries.
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self, that thou mayest judge my peo
CHAPTER I ple, over whom I have made thee Idng:
4 ND Solomon the son of David was 12 Wisdom and knowledge is grant-
/\ strengthened in his kingdom, ed unto thee; and I will give thee
XJl and the Lord his God w;as with riches, and wealth, and honour, such
him, and magnified him exceedingly. as none of the kings have had that
2 Then Solomon spake unto ail Is have been before thee, neither shall
raël, to the captains of thousands and there any after thee have the like.
of hundreds, and to the judges, and to 13 Then Solomon came from his
every govemor in ail Israël, the chief joumey to the high place that was at
of the fathers. Gibeon to Jérusalem, from before the
3 So Solomon, and ail the congréga tabernacle of the congrégation, and
tion with him, went to the high place reigned over Israël.
that was at Gibeon; for there was the 14 And Solomon gathered chariots
tabernacle of the congrégation of God, and horsemen: and he had a thousand
which Moses the servant of the Lord and four hundred chariots, and twelve
had made in the wildemess. thousand horsemen, which he placed
4 But the ark of God had David in the chariot cities, and with the king
brought up from Kir'-jath-je-a-rim to at Jérusalem.
the place which David had prepared for 15 And the king made silver and
it: for he. had pitched a tent for it at gold at Jérusalem as plenteous as
Jérusalem. stones, and cedar trees made he as the
5 Moreover the brasen altar, that sycomore trees that are in the vale for
Be-zal-e-el the son of U-ri, the son of abundance.
Hur, had made, he put before the tab 16 And Solomon had horses brought
ernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the
the congrégation sought unto it. king's merchants received the linen
6 And Solomon went up thither to yam at a price.
the brasen altar before the Lord, 17 And they fetched up, and
which was at the tabernacle of the con brought forth out of Egypt a chariot
grégation, and offered a thousand for six hundred shekels of silver, and an
burnt offerings upon it. horse for an hundred and fifty: and so
7 In that night did God appear unto brought they out horses for ail the
Solomon,and said imto him, Ask what kings of the Hittites, and for the kings
I shall give thee. of Syria, by their means.
8 And Solomon said unto God,
CHAPTER 2
Thou hast shewed great mercy unto
David my father^ and hast made me AND Solomon determined to build
to reign in his stead. J\ an house for the name of the.
9 Now, O Lord God, let thy prom Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
ise unto David my father be estab- 2 And Solomon told out threescore
lished: for thou hast made me king and ten thousand men to bear bur-
over a people like the dust of the earth dens, and fourscore thousand to hew
in multitude. in the mountain, and three thousand
10 Give me now wisdom and knowl- and six hundred to oversee them^
edge, that I may go out and corne in 3 And Solomon sent to Hu-ram the
before this people: for who can judge king of Tyre, saying. As thou didst
this thy people, that is so great? deal with David my father, and didst
11 And God said to Solomon, Be- send him cedars to build him an house
cause this was in thine heart, and thou to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
hast not asked riches, wealth, or hon- 4 Behold, I build an house to the
our, nor the life of thine enemies, nei- name of the Lord my God,to dedicate
ther yet hast asked long life; but hast it to him,and to burn before him sweet
asked wisdom and knowledge for thy- incense* and for the continuai shew-
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bread, and for the bumt offerîngs cunning men of my lord David thy
moming and evening,on the sabbaths, father.
and on the new moons, and on the 15 Now therefore the wheat, and
solemn feasts of the Lom otir God. the barley,the oil, and the wine, which
This is an ordinance for ever to Israël. my lord hatti spoken of, let tiim send
5 And the house which I build is unto his servants:
great: for great is our God above ail 16 And we yrlU eut wood out of
gods. Lebanon, as mùch as thou shalt need:
6 But who is able to build him an and we will bring it to thee in fiotes by
house, seeing the heaven and heaven seà to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it
of heavens cannot contain him? who up to Jérusalem.
am 1 then, that I shoùld build him an 17 And Solomôn numbered àll the
house, save only to bum sacrifice be- strangers that were in the land of Is
fore him? raël, after the numbering wherewith
7 Send me now therefore a man David his father had numbered them;
cunning to work in gold, and in silver> and they were found an hiindred and
£ind in brass, and in iron, and in pur- fifty thousand and three thousand and
pie, and crimson, and blue, and that six hundred.
can skill to grave with the cunning 18 And he set thréescore and ten
men that are with me in Judah and in thousand of them to be bearers of bur-
Jérusalem, whom David my father did dens, and fourscore thousand to be
provide. hewers iii the môuntaih, and three
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, thousand and six hundred ovérseers to
and algum trees^ out of Lebanon: for set the people a work.
I know that thy servants can skUl to
eut timbér in Lebanon; and, behold, CHAPTER 3
my servants shall be with thy servants, Then Solomon began to build the
9 Even to préparé me timber in house of the Lord at Jérusalem in
abundance: for the house which I am mount Mo-ri-ah, where the Lùrd ap-
about to build shall be wonderful great. peared unto David his father, in the
10 And, behold, I will give to thy place that David had prepared in the
servants, the hewers that eut timber, tlirêshihgfioor of Or'-nan the Jeb-u-
twenty thousand measures of beaten site.
wheat, and twenty thousand measures 2 And he begah to build in the sec
of barley, and twenty thousand battis ond day of the second month, in the
of wine, and twenty thousand battis of fourth year of his reign.
oit. 3 Now these are âie things wherein
11 Then Hu'-ram the king of Tyre Solomon was instructed for the build
answered in writing, wtiich he sent to ing of the house of God. The length by
Solomonj Because the Lord hath cubits after the first measuré was
loved tiis people, he tiath made thee threescore cubits, and the breadth
king over them. twenty cubits.
12 Hu-ram said moreover, Blessed 4 And the porch that wàs in the
be the Lord God of Israël, ttiat made front of fhé house, the length of it wàs
heaven and earth, who tiath given to according to the breadth of the house,
David the king a wise son^ endued twenty cubits, and the height was an
with prudence and understanding, hundred and twenty: and he overlaid
that might build an house for the it within with pure gold.
Lord, and an hoùse for hds kingdom. 5 And the greater house he cieled
13 And now I tiâve sent a cunning with fir tree, which he overlaid with
man, endued with understanding, of fine gold, and set thereon palm trees
Hu-ram my father's, and dtiains.
14 The son of a woman of the 6 And he gamished the house with
daughters of Dan, and tiis father was precious stones for beauty: and the
a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, gold was gold of Par-va-im.
and in silver, in brass,in iron,in stone, 7 He overlaid also the house, the
and in timber,in purple,in blue,and in beanis, the posts, and the walls there-
fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave of; and the doors thereof, with gold;
any manner of graving, and to find out and graved cherubims on the walls.
every device wtiich shall be put to him, 8 And he made the most holy house,
with thy cunning men, and with the the length whereof was according to
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the breadth of the honse» twenty cu- looking toward the west, and three
bits, and the breadth thereof twenty looking toward the south, and three
cubits: and he overlaid it with fine looking toward the east: and the sea
gold,amounting to six hundred talents. was set above upon them,and ail their
9 And the weight of the nails was hinder parts were inward.
fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid 5 And the thickness of it was an
the upper chambers with gold. handbreadth, and the brim of it like
10 And in the most holy house he the work of the brim of a cup, with
made two cherubims of image work, fiowers of lilies; and it received and
and overlaid them with gold. held three thousand baths.
11 And the wings of the cherubims 6 He made also ten lavers, and put
were twenty cubits long: one wing of five on the right hand, and five on the
the one cherub was five cubits, reaching left, to wash in them: such things as
to the wall of the house: and the other they offered for the bumt offering they
wing was likewise five cubits, reaching washed in them; but the sea was for
to the wing of the other cherub. the priests to wash in.
12 And one wing of the other cherub 7 And he made ten candlesticks of
was five cubits, reaching to the wall of gold according to their form, and set
the house: and the other wing was five them in the temple, five on the right
cubits also, joining to the wfîig of the hand, and five on the left.
other cherub. 8 He made also ten tables, and
13 The wings of these cherubims placed them in the temple, five on the
spread themselves forth twenty cubits: right side, and five on the left. And he
and they stood on their feet, and their made an hundred basons of gold.
faces were inward. 9 Furthermore he made the court of
14 And he made the vail of blue, the priests, and the great court, and
and purple, and crimson, and fine doors for the court, and overlaid the
linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. doors of them with brass.
15 Also he madè before the house 10 And he set the sea on the right
two pillars of thirty and five cubits side of the east end, over against the
high, and the chapiter that was on the south.
top of each of them was five cubits. 11 And Hu-ram made the pots, and
16 And he made chains, as in the the shovels, and the basons. And Hu-
oracle, and put them on the heàds of ram finished the work that he was to
the pillars; and made an hundred pome- make for king Solomon for the house
granates, and put them on the chains. of God;
17 And he reared up the pillars be 12 To wit, the two pillars, and the
fore the temple,one on the right hand, pommels, and the chapiters which were
and the other on the left; and called on the top of the two pillars, and the
the name of that on the right hand Ja- two wreaths to cover the two pom
chin, and the name of that on the left mels of the chapiters which were on the
Bo'-az. top of the pillars;
13 And four hundred pomegranates
CHAPTER 4 on the two wreaths; two rows of pome
MOREOVER he made an altâr of granates on each wreath, to cover the
brass, twenty cubits the length two pommels of the chapiters which
thereof,and twenty cubits the breadth were upon the pillars.
thereof, and ten cubits the height 14 He made also bases, and lavers
thereof. made he upon the bases;
2 Also he made a molten sea of ten 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under
cubits from brim to brim, round in it.
compass, and five cubits the height 16 The pots also, and the shovels,
thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did and the fieshhooks, and ail their in
compass it round about. struments, did Hu'-ram his father
3 And under it was the similitude of make to king Solomon for the house
oxen, which did compass it round of the Lord of bright brass.
about: ten in a cubit, compassing the 17 In the plain of Jordan did the
sea round about. Two rows of oxen king cast them,in the clay ground be-
were cast, when it was cast. tween Suc'-coth and Ze-re-da-thah.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three 18 Thus Solomon made ail these
looking toward the north, and three vessels in great âbundance: for the
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weight of the brass could not be found and the cherubims covered the ark and
out. the staves thereof above.
19 And Solomon made ail the ves- 9 And they drew out the staves of
sels that were fer the house of God,the the ark, that the ends of the staves
golden altar also,and the tables where- were seen from the ark before the
on the shewbread was set; oracle; but they were not seen with-
20 Moreover the candlesticks with out. And there it is unto this day.
their lamps, that they should bum 10 There was nothing in the ark
after the manner before the oracle, of save the two tables which Moses put
pure gold; therein at Ho-reb, when the Lord
21 And the flowers, and the lamps, made a covenant with the children of
and the tongs, made he of gold, and Israël, when they came out of Egypt.
that perfect gold; 11 And it came to pass, when the
22 And the snuffers, and the ba priests were come out of the holy place:
sons, and the spoons, and the censers, (for ail the priests that were présent
of pure gold: and the entry of the were sanctified, and did not then wait
house, the inner doors thereof for the by course:
most holy place, and the doors of the 12 Also the Levites which were the
house of the temple, were of gold. singers, ail of them of A'-saphj of He-
man, of Jed-u-thun, with their sons
CHAPTER 5 and their brethren, being arrayed in
white linen, having cymbals and psal-
THUS ail the work that Solomon teries and harps, stood at the east end
made for the house of the Lord of the altar,and with them an hundred
was finished: and Solomon brought in and twenty priests sounding with
ail the things that David his father trumpets:)
had dedicated; and the silver, and the 13 It came even to pass, as the
gold, and ail the instruments, put he trumpeters and singers were as one, to
among the treasures of the house of make one sound to be heard in praising
God. and thanking the Lord;and when they
2 Then Solomon assembled the el- lifted up their voice with the trumpets
ders of Israël, and ail the heads of the and cymbals and instruments of mu-
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the sick, and praised the Lord,saying. For
children of Israël, unto Jérusalem, to he is good; for his mercy endureth for
bring up the ark of the covenant of the ever: that then the house was hlled
Lord out of the city of David, which with a cloud, even the house of the
is Zion. Lord;
3 Wherefore ail the men of Israël 14 So that the priests could not
assembled themselves unto the king in stand to minister by reason of the
the feast which was in the seventh cloud: for the glory of the Lord had
month. filled the house of God.
4 And ail the elders of Israël came;
and the Levites took up the ark. CHAPTER 6
5 And they brought up the ark, and
the tabernacle of the congrégation, Then sald Solomon, The Lord
and ail the holy vessels that were in the hath said that he would dwell in
tabernacle, these did the priests and the thick darkness.
the Levites bring up. 2 But I have built an house of habi
6 Also king Solomon, and ail the tation for thee, and a place for thy
congrégation of Israël that were as dwelling for ever.
sembled unto him before the ark, sac- 3 And the king tumed his face, and
rificed sheep and oxen, which could blessed the whole congrégation of Is
not be told nor numbered for multi raël: and ail the congrégation of Israël
tude. stood.
7 And the priests brought in the ark 4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord
of the covenant of the Lord unto his God of Israël, who hath with his hands
place, to the oracle of the house, into fulfilled that which he spake with his
the most holy place, even under the mouth to my father David, saying,
wings of the cherubims: 5 Since the day that I brought forth
8 For the cherubims spread forth my people out of the land of Egypt I
their wings over the place of the ark. chose no city among ail the tribes of
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Israël to build an house in, that my my law, as thou hast walked before
name might be there; neither chose I me.
17 Now then, O Lord God of Is
any man to be a ruler over my people
Israël: raël, let thy word be verified, which
6 But I have chosen Jérusalem, thou hast spoken unto thy servant
that my name might be theire; and David.
have chosen David to be over my peo 18 But will God in very deed dwell
ple Israël. with men on the earth? behold, heaven
7 Now it was in the heart of David and the heaven of heavens cannot con-
my father to build an house for the tain thee; how much less this house
name of the Lord God of Israël. which I have built!
8 But the Lord said to David my 19 Have respect therefore to the
father, Forasmuch as it was in thine prayer of thy servant, and to his sup
heart to build an house for my name, plication, O Lord my God,to hearken
thou didst well in that it was in thine unto the cry and the prayer which thy
heart: servant prayeth before thee:
9 ^otwithstanding thou shalt not 20 That thine eyes may be open
build the house; but thy son which upon this house day and night, up
shall come forth out of thy loins, he on the place whereof thou hast said
shall build the house for my name. that thou wouldest put thy mme
10 The Lord therefore hath per- there; to hearken unto the prayer
formed his word that he hath spoken: which thy servant prayeth toward
for I am risen up in the room of David this place.
my father, and am set on the throne 21 Hearken therefore unto the sup
of Israël, as the Lord promised, and plications of thy servant, and of thy
have built the house for the name of people Israël, which they shall make
the Lord God of Israël. toward this place: hear thou from thy
11 And in it have I put the ark, dwelling place, even from heaven; and
wherein is the covenant of the Lord, when thou hearest, forgive.
that he made with the children of Is 22 If a man sin against his neigh-
raël. bour, and an oath be laid upon him to
12 And he stood before the altar of make him swear, and the oath come
the Lord in the presence of ail the con before thine altar in this house;
grégation of Israël, and spread forth 23 Then hear thou from heaven,
his hands: and do, and judge thy servants, by re-
13 For Solomon had made a brasen quiting the wicked, by recompensing
scafîold offive cubits long, and five cu- his way upon his own head; and by
bits broad, and three cubits high, and justifying the righteous, by giving him
had set it in the midst of the court: and according to his righteousness.
upon it he stood, and kneeled down 24 And if thy people Israël be put
upon his knees before ail the congréga to the worse before the enemy,because
tion of Israël, and spread forth his they have sinned against thee; and
hands toward heaven, shall retum and confess thy name,and
14 And said, O Lord God of Israël, pray and make supplication before
(here is no God like thee in the heaven, thee in this house;
nor in the earth; which keepest cove 25 Then hear Hiou from the heav
nant, and sheivest mercy imto thy ser ens, and forgive the sin of thy people
vants, that wadk before thee with ail Israël, and bring them again unto the
their hearts: land which thou gavest to them and to
15 Thou which hast kept with thy their fathers.
servant David my father that which 26 When the heaven is shut up,and
thou hast promised him; and spakest there is no rain, because they have
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it sinned against thee; yet if they pray
with thine hand, as it is this day. toward this place, and confess thy
16 Now therefore, O Lord God of name, and tum from their sin, when
Israël, keep with thy servant David thou dost afflict them;
my father that which thou hast prom 27 Then hear thou from heaven,
ised him, saying, There shall not fail and forgive the sin of thy servants,and
titiee a man in my sight to sit upon the of thy people Israël, when thou hast
throne of Israël; yet so that thy chil taught them the good way, wherein
dren take heed to their way to walk in they should walk; and send rain upon
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thy land, which thou hast given unto the land of their captivity, whither
thy people for an inheritance. they have carried them captives, and
28 If there be dearth in the land, if pray toward their land, which thou
there be pestilence,if there be blasting, gavest unto their fathers, and toward
or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if the city which thou hast chosen, and
their enemies besiege them in the cities toward the house which I have built
of their land; whatsoever sore or what- for thy name:
soever sickness there be: 39 Then hear thou from the heav
29 Then what prayer or what sup ens, even from thy dwelling place,
plication soever shall be made of any their prayer and their supplications,
man, or of ail thy people Israël, when and maintain their cause, and forgive
every one shall know his own sore and thy people which have sinned against
his own grief, and shall spread forth thee.
his hands in this house: 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech
30 Then hear thou from heaven thy thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine
dwelling place, and forgive, and render ears be attent unto the prayer thai is
unto every man according unto ail his made in this place.
ways, whose heart thou knowest;(for 41 Now therefore arise, O Lord
thou only knowest the hearts of the God, into thy resting place, thou, and
children of men:) the ark of thy streng^h: let thy priests,
31 That they may fear thee, to O Lord God, be clothed with salva-
walk in thy ways, so long as they live tion, and let thy saints rejoice in good-
in the land which thou gavest unto our ness.
fathers. 42 O Lord (5od, tum not away the
32 Moreover conceming the stran- face of thine anointed: remember the
ger, which is not of thy people Israël, mercies of David thy servant.
but is corne from a far country for thy
great name's sake, and thy mighty CHAPTER 7
hand, and thy stretched out arm; if NOW when Solomon had made an
they come and pray in this house; end of praying, the fire came
33 Then hear thou from the heav- down from heaven, and consumed the
ens, even from thy dwelling place, and bumt offering and the sacrifices; and
do according to ail that the stranger the glory of the Lord filled the house.
calleth to thee for; that ail people of 2 And the priests could not enter
the earth may know thy name, and into the house of the Lord, because
fear thee, as doth thy people Israël, and the glory of the Lord had filled the
may know that this house which I Lord's house.
have built is called by thy name. 3 And when ail the children of Is
34 If thy people go out to war raël saw how the fire came down, and
against their enemies by the way that the glory of the Lord upon the house,
thou shalt send them, and they pray they bowed themselves with their faces
unto thee toward this city which thou to the ground upon the pavement,and
hast chosen, and the house which I worshipped, and praised the Lord,
have built for thy name; saying. For he is good; for his mercy
35 Then hear thou from the heavens endureth for ever.
their prayer and their supplication, 4 Then the king and ail the people
and maintain their cause. oflfered sacrifices before the Lord.
36 If they sin against thee, (for 5 And king Solomon oifered a sac
there is no man which sinneth not,)and rifice of twenty and two thousand ox-
thou be angry with them, and deliver en, and an hundred and twenty thou
them over before their enemies, and sand sheep: so the king and ail the peo
they carry them away captives unto a ple dedicated the house of(k»d.
land far off or near; 6 And the priests waited on their
37 Yet if they bethink themselves offices: the Levites also with instm-
in the land whither they are carried ments of musick of the Lord, which
captive, and tum and pray unto thee David the king had made to praise the
in the land of their captivity, saying, Lord, because his mercy endureth for
We have sinned, we have done amiss, ever, when David praised by their
and have dealt wickedly; ministry; and the priests sounded
38 If they return to thee with ail trumpets before them, and ail Israël
their heart and with ail their soul in stood.
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7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the 19 But if ye tam away,and forsake

middle of the court that was before the my statutes and my cpmmandments,
house of the Lord:for there he offered which I have set before you, and shall
bumt offerings, and the fat of the go and serve other gods, and worship
peaçe offerings, because the brasen al- them;
tar which Solomon had made was not 20 Then will I pluck them up by the
able to receive the bumt offerings, and roots out of my land which I have
the meat offerings, and the fat. given them; and this house, which I
8 Also at the same time Solomon have sanctified for my name, will I
kept the feast seven days, and ail Is cast out of my sight, and will make it
raël with him, a very great congréga to be a proverb and a byword among
tion, from the entering in of Ha-math ail nations.
unto the river of Egypt. 21 And this house, which is high,
9 And in the eighth day they made shall be an astonishment to every one
a solemn assembly: for they kept the that passeth by it; so that he shall say,
dedication of the altar seven days, and Why hath the Lord done thus unto
the feast seven days. this land, and unto this house?
10 And on the three and twentieth 22 And it shall be answered, Be
day of the seventh month he sent the cause they forsook the Lord God of
people away into their tents, glad and their Ifathers, which brought them
merry in heart for the goodness that forth out of the land of Egypt, and
the Lord had shewed unto Dayid, and laid hold on other gods, and wor-
to Solomon, and to Israël his people. shipped them,and served them: there-
11 Thus Solomon finished the house fore hath he brought ail this evil upon
of the Lord, and the king's house: and them.
ail that< came into Solomon's heart to
make in the house of the Lord, and in CHAPTER 8
his own house, he prosperously ef- AND it came to pass at the end of
fected. ; ^ /\ twenty years, wherèin Solomon
12 And the Lord appeared to Solo had built the house pf the Lord, and
mon by night, and said imto him, I his own house,
have heard thy prayer, and have 2 That the cities which Hu-ram had
sen this place to myself for an house of restored to Solomon, Solomon built
sacrifice. them,and caused the children of Israël
13 If I shut up heaven that there be tp dwell there.
no rain, or if I command the locusts to 3 And Solomon went to Ha-math-
devour the land, or if I send pestilence zo-bah, and prevailed against it.
among my people; 4 And he built Tad-mor in the wh-
14 If my people, which are called by demess, and ail the store cities, which
my name, shall humble themselyes, he built in Ha-math.
and pray, and seek my face, and tum 5 Also he built Bteth-ho-ron thie up-
from their wicked ways; then will I per, and Beth-ho-ron the nether,
hear from heaven, and will forgive fenced cities, wiih walls, gâtes, and
their sin, and will heal their land. bars;
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, 6 And Ba-al-ath, and ail the store
and mine ears attent unto the prayer cities that Solomon had, and ail the
that is made in this place. chariot cities, and the cities 6f the
16 For now have I chosen and sanc- horsemen, and ail that Solomon de-
tified this house, that my name may sired to build in Jérusalem, and hi
be there for ever: and mine eyes and Lebanon, and throughout ail the land
mine heart shall be there perpetually. of his dominion.
17 And as for thee,if thou wilt walk 7 As for ail the people that were left
before me,as David thy father walked, of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
and do according to ail that .1 have the Per'-izrzites, and the Hi-vites, and
commanded thee, and shalt observe the Jeb'u-sites, which were not of Is
my statutes and my judgments;. raël,
18 ThenwilllstablishthethroneiOf 8 But of their children, who were
thy kingdom, according as I have left after thèm in the land, whom the
Govenanted with David,thy father, children of Israël consumed not, them
sayhig, There shall not fail.thee a man did Solomon make to pay tribute until
to be ruler in Israël. this day. .
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9 But of the chîldren of Israël did to prove Solomon with hard questions
Solomon make no servants for his at Jérusalem, with a very great Com
work; but they were men of war, and pany,and camels that bare spices, and
chief of his captains, and captains of gold in abundaiice, and precious
his chariots and horsemen. stones: and when she was come to Solo
10 And these were the chief of king mon, she communed with him of ail
Solomon's officers, even two hundred that was in her heart.
and fifty, that bare rule over the peo- 2 And Solomon told her ail her
ple. questions: and there was nothing hid
11 And Solomon brought up the from Solomon which he told hef not.
daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of 3 And when the queen of Sheba had
David unto the house that he had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the
built for her: for he said, My wife shall house that he had built,
not dwell in the house of David king of 4 And the meat of his table, and the
Israël, because the places are holy, sitting of his servants, and the attend-
whereunto the ark of the Lord hath ance of his ministers, and their ap-
come. parel; his cupbearers also, and their
12 Then Solomon offered bumt of- apparel; and his ascent by which he
ferings unto the Lord on the altar of went up into the house of the Lord;
the Lord, which he had built before there was no more spirit in her.
the porch, 5 And she said to the king, It was
13 Even after a certain rate every a true report which I heard in mine
day, offering accordihg to the com- own land of thine acts, and of thy wis
mandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, dom:
and on the new moons, and on the 6 Howbeit I believed not their
solemn feasts, three times in the year, words, until I came,and mine eyes had
even in the feast of unleavened bread, seen it: and, behold, the one half of the
and in the feast of weeks, and in the greatness of thy wisdom was not told
feast of tabernacles. me: for thou exceedest the famé that
14 And hé appointed, according to I heard.
the order of David his father, the 7 Happy are thy men, and happy
courses of the priests to their service, are these thy servants, which stand
and the Levites to their charges, to continually before thee, and hear thy
praise and minister before the priests, wisdom.
as the duty of every day required: the 8 Blessed be the Lord thy God,
porters also by their courses at every which delighted in thee to set thee on
gâte: for so had David the man of God his throne, to he king for the Lord thy
commanded. God: because thy God loved Israël, to
15 And they departed not from the establish them for ever, therefore
commandment of the king unto the made he thee king over them, to do
priests and Levites conceming any judgment and justice.
matter, or concerning the treasures. 9 And she gave the king an hundred
16 Now ail the work of Solomon and twenty talents of gold, and of
was prepared unto the day of the spices great abondance, and precious
foundation of the house of the Lord, stones: neither was there any such
and until it was hnished. So the house spice as the queen of Sheba gave king
of the Lord was perfected. Solomon.
17 Then went Solomon to E-zi-on- 10 And the servants also of Hu-
ge'ber, and to E-loth, at the sea side ram, and the servants of Solomon,
in the land of Edom. which brought gold from O-phir,
18 And Hu'-ram sent him by the brought algum trees and precious
hands of his servants ships, and ser stones.
vants that had knowledge of the sea; 11 And the king made of the algum
and they went with the servants of trees tenaces to the house of the Lord,
Solomon to O-phir, and took thence and to the king's palace,and harps and
four hundred and fifty talents of gold, psalteries for singers: and there were
and brought them to king Solomon. none such seen before in the land of
Judah.
CHAPTER 9 12 And king Solomon gave to the
AND when the queen of Sheba hèard queen of Sheba ail her desire, whatso-
of the famé of Solomon, she came ever she asked, beside that which she
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had brought imto the king. So she the Philistines, and to the border of
tumed» and went away to her own Egypt.
land, she and her servants. 27 And the king made silver in Jéru
13 Now the weight of gold that salem as stones, and cedar trees made
came to Solomon in one year was six he as the sycomore trees that are in the
hundred and three score and six tal low plains in abondance.
ents of gold; 28 And they brought unto Solomon
14 Beside that which chapmen and horses out of Egypt, and ont of ail
merchants brought. And ail the kings lands.
of Arabia and govemors of the coimtry 29 Now the rest of the acts of Solo
brought gold and silver to Solomon. mon, first and last, are they not writ-
15 And king Solomon made two ten in the book of Nathan the prophet,
hundred targets of beaten gold: six and in the prophecy of A-hi-jah the
hundred shekels of beaten gold.went to Shi-lo-nite, and in the visions of Id-do
one target. the seer against Jer-o-bo-am the son of
16 And three himdred shields made Ne-bat?
he of beaten gold: three hundred shek 30 And Solomon reigned in Jérusa
els of gold went to one shield. And the lem over ail Israël forty years.
king put them in the house of the for- 31 And Solomon slept with his fa-
est of Lebanon. thers, and he was buried in the city -of
17 Moreover the king made a great David his father: and Re-ho-bo-am
throne of ivory, and overlaid it with his son reigned in his stead.
pure gold.
18 And there were six steps to the CHAPTER 10
throne, with a footstool of gold, which AND Re-ho-bo-am went to She'^
were fastened to the throne, and stays jl\ chem: for to She-chem were ail
on each side of the sitting place, and Israël come to make him king.
two lions standing by the stays: 2 And it came to pass, when Jer-o-
19 And twelve lions stood there on bo-am the son of Ne-bat, who was in
the one side and on the other upon the Egypt, whither he had fled from the
six steps. There was not the like made presence of Solomon the king, heard it,
in any kingdom. that Jer-o-bo-am retumed out of
20 And ail the drinking vessels of Egypt.
king Solomon were of gold, and ail the 3 And they sent and called him. So
vessels of the house of the forest of Jer-o-bo-am and ail Israël came and
Lebanon were of pure gold: none were spake to Re-ho-bo-am, saying,
of silver; it was not any thing ac- 4 Thy father ipade our yoke griev-
counted of in the days of Solomon. ous: now therefore ease thou some-
21 For the king's ships went to Tar- what the grievous servitude of thy fa
shish with the servants of Hu'-ram: ther, and his heavy yoke that he put
every three years once came the ships upon us, and we will serve thee.
of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, 5 And he said imtp them, Come
ivory, and apes, and peacocks. again unto me after three days. And
22 And king Solomon passed ail the the people departed.
kings of the earth in riches and wis- 6 And king Re-ho-bo-am took
dom. counsel with the old men that had
23 And ah the kings of the earth stood before Solomon his father while
sought the presence of Solomon, to he yet lived,saying, What counsel give
hear his wisdom, that God had put in ye me to retum answer to this pepple?
his heart. 7 And they spake unto him,saying.
24 And they brought every man his If thou be kind to this people, and
présent, vessels of silver, and vessels of please them, and speak good worc^ to
gold, and raiment, hamess, and spices, them, they will be thy servants for
horses, and mules, a rate year by year. ever.
25 And Solomon had four thousand 8 But he forsook the counsel whicdi
stalls for horses and chariots, and the old men gave him, and took coun
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he sel with the young men that were
bestowed in the chariot cities, and brought up with him, that stood be
with the king at Jérusalem. fore him.
26 And he reigned over ail the kings 9 And he said unto them, What ad-
from the river even unto the land of vice give ye that we may retum an-
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swer to this people, which have spoken dred and fourscore thousand chosen
to me, saylng, Base somewhat the ment which were warriors, to fight
yoke that thy father did put upon us? against Israël, that he might bring the
10 And the young men that were kingdom again to Re-ho-bo-am.
brought up with him spake imto him, 2 But the Word of the Lord came to
sayhig, Thus shalt thou answer the She-ma-iah the man of God, saying,
peuple that spake unto thee, saying, 3 Speak unto Re-ho-bo'-am the son
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but of Solomon, king of Judah, and to ail
make thou it somewhat lighter for us; Israël in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
thus shalt thou say unto them, My 4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not
little /înger shall be thicker than my go up, nor fight against your brethren:
father's loins. retum every man to his house:for thds
11 For whereas my father put a thing is done of me. And they obeyed
heavy yoke upon you, I wlll put more the words of the Lord, and retumed
to your yoke: my father chastised you from going against Jer-o-bo'-am.
with whips, but I will chastise you \^th 5 And Re-ho-bo'-am dwelt in Jéru
scorpions. salem, and built cities for defence in
12 So Jer-o-bo-am and ail the peu Judah.
ple came to Re-ho-bo'-am on the third 6 He built even Beth-lehem, and
day, as the king bade, saying, Comé E'-tam, and Te-ko'-a,
again to me on the third day. 7 And Beth-zur, and Sho'-co, and
13 And the king answered them Adullam,
roughly; and king Re-ho-bo-am for- 8 And Gath, and Ma-re'-shah, and
sook the counsel of the old men, Ziph,
14 And answered them after the ad- 9 And Ad-o-ra'-im, and La'-chish,
vice of the yoimg men, saying, My fa and A-ze-kah,
ther made your yoke heavy, but I will 10 And Zo'-rah, and Aij'-a-lon, and
add thereto: my father chastised you Hebron, which are in Judah and in
with whips, but I will chastise you with Benjamin fenced cities.
scorpions. 11 And he fortified the strong holds,
15 So the king hearkened not unto and put captains in them, and store of
the people: for the cause was of God, victual, and of oil and wine.
that the Lord might perform his word, 12 And in every several city he put
which he spake by thé hand of A-W- shields and spears, and made them ex-
jah the Shi-lo-nite to Jer-o-bo'-am the ceeding strong, having Judah and
son of Ne-bat. Benjamin on his side.
16 And when ail Israël saw thàt the 13 And the priests and the Levites
king would not hearken unto them, that were in ail Israël resorted to him
the people answered the king, saying, out of ail their coasts.
What portion have we in David? and 14 For the Levites left their sub-
we have none inheritance in the son of urbs and their possession, and came to
Jesse: every man to your tents, O Is Judah and Jérusalem:for Jer-o-bo'-am
raël: and now, David, see to thine own and his sons had cast them off from
house. So ail Israël went to their tents. executing the priest's office unto the
17 But as for thé children of Israël Lord:
that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Re- 15 And he ordained him priests for
ho-bo-am réigned over thehi. the high places, and for the devils, and
18 Then king Re-ho-bo'-am sent for the calves which he had made.
Ha-do-iram tiiat was over the tribute; 16 And after them out of ail the
and the children of Israël stoned him tribes of Israël such as set their hearts
with stones, that he died. But king to seek the Lord God of Israël came to
Re-ho-bo-am made speed to get him Jérusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord
up to his chariot, to flee to Jérusalem. God of their fathers.
19 And Israël rebelled against the 17 So théy strengthened the king
house of David unto this day. dom of Judah,and made Re-ho-bo'-am
the son of Solomon strong,three years:
CHAPTER II for three years they walked in the way
of David and Solomon.
AND when Re-ho-bo'-am was come 18 And Re-ho-bo'-am took him Ma-
to Jérusalem, he gathered Of the ha-lath the daughter of Jer-i'-moth the
house of Judah and Benjamin an hun- son of David to wife, and Ab'-i-ha-il
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the daughter of E-li-ab the son of
Jesse;
19 Which bare him diildren; Je-
ush, and Shem-arri-ah, and Za-ham.
20 And after her he took Ma-a-chah
the daughter of Ab-sa-lom; which bare
him A-bi'-jah, and Af-tai, and Zi-za,
and She-lo-mith.
21 And Re-ho-bo'-am loved Ma'-a-
chah the daughter of Ab-sa-lom above
ail his wives and Jiis concubines:(for he
took eighteen wives, and threescore
concubines; and begat twenty and
eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
22 And Re-ho-bo-am made A-bi-
jah the son of Ma-a-chah the chief, to
he ruler among his brethren: for he
thought to make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dis-
persed of ail his children throughout
ail the countries of Judah and Benja
min, unto every fenced city: and he
gave them victual in abondance. And
he desired many wives.
CHAPTER 12
AND it came to pass, when Re-ho-
/V bo-am had established the king-
dom,and had strengthened himself, he
forsook the law of the Lord, and ail
Israël with him.
2 And it came to pass, that in the
fifth year of king Re-ho-bo-am Shi-
shak king of Egypt came up against
Jérusalem, becatise they had trans-
gressed against the Lord,
3 With twelve himdred chariots,
and threescore thousand horsemen:
and the people were without number
that came with him out of Egypt; the
Lu-bims, the Suk-ki-ims, and the
E-thi-o-pi-ans.
4 And he took the fenced cities
which pertained to Judah, and came to
Jérusalem.
5 Then came She-ma'-iah the pro-
phet to Re-ho-bo-am, and to the prin
ces of Judah, that were gathered to-
gether to Jérusalem because of Shi-
shak, and said unto them, Thus saith
the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and
therefore have I also left you in the
hand of Shi'-shak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israël
and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The Lord is righteous.
7 And when the Lord saw that they
humbled themselves, the word of the lem. His mother's name also was Mi-
Lord came to She-ma-iah, saying, cha-iah the daughter of U-ri-el of Gib-
They have humbled themselves; there e-ah. And there was war between A-bi-
fore I will not destroy them, but I will jah and Jer-o-bo-am.
435
grant them some deliverance; and my
wrath shâll not be poured out upon
Jérusalem by the hand of Shi-shak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his
servants; that they may khow my ser
vice, and the service bf the kingdoms
of the countries.
9 So Shi-shak king of Egypt came
up against Jérusalem, and took away
the treasures of the house of the Lord,
and the treasures ôf the king's house;
he took ail: he carried away also the
shields of gold which Solomon had
made.
10 Instead of which king Re-ho-bo-
am made shields of brass, and com-
mitted them to the hands of the chief
of the guard, that kept the entrance of
the king's house.
11 And when the king entered into
the house of the Lord,the guard came
and fetched them, and brought them
again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he hiunbled himself,
the wrath of the Lord tumed from
him,that he would not destroy him al-
together: and also in Judah thiiigs
went well.
13 So king Re-ho-bo-am strength
ened himself in Jérusalem, and
reigned: for Re-ho-bo'-âm was one and
foity years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in
Jérusalem, the city which the Lord
had chosen out of ail the tribes of
Israël, to put his name there. And his
mother's name was Na-a-mah an
Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he pre-
pared not his heart to seek the Lord.
15 Now the acts of Re-ho-bo-am,
first and last, are they not written in
the book of She-ma'-iah the prophet,
and of Id-do the seer conceming géné
alogies? And there were wars between
Re-ho-bo-am and Jer-o-bo'-am con-
tinually.
16 And Re-ho-bo-am slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the city of
David: and A-bi'-jah his son reigned in
his stead.
CHAPTER 13
NOW in the eighteenth year of king
Jer-o-bo'-am began A-bi-jah to
reign over Judah.
2 He reigned three years in Jérusa
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3 And A-bl-jah set the battle in ar- 13 But Jer^bo-am caused an am-
ray with an araiy of vaUant men of bushment to come about behind thenu
war, even four hundred thousand cho- so they were before Judah, and the
sen men: Jer-orbo-am also set the bat ambushmént wos behind them,
tle in array against him with eight 14 And when Judah looked back,
hundred thousand chosen men, being behold, the battle was befoîre and be
mighty men of valour. hind: and they cried unto the Lord,
4 And A-bi-jah stood up upon and the priests sounded with the
mount Ze-ma-ra-im, which is in mount truiùpets.
£-phra-im, and said, Hear me, thou 15 Then the men of Judah gave a
Jer-o-bo'-am, and ail Israël; shout: and as the men of Judah
5 Ought ye not to know that the shouted, it came to pass^ that God
Lord God of Israël gave the kingdom smote Jer-o-bo-am and ail Israël be
over Israël to David for ever, even to fore A-bi-jah and Judah.
him and to his sons by a covenant of 16 And the children of Israël fled
sait? before Judah: and God^delivered them
6 Yet Jerro^bo-am the son of Ne- into their hand.
bat, the servant of Solomon the son of 17 And A-bi-jah and his people slew
David, is risen up, and hath rebelled them with a great slaughter: so there
against his lord. fell down slain of Israël five hundred
7 And there are gathered unto him thousand chosen men.
vain men,the children of Be-li-al, and 18 Thus the children of Israël were
have strengthened themselves against brought under at that time, and the
Re-ho-bo-am the son of Solomon, children of Judah prevailed, because
when Re-ho-bo'-am was young and they relied upon the Lord God of their
tenderhearted, and could not with- fathers.
standthem. 19 And A-bi-jah pursued after Jer-
8 And now ye think to withstand o-bo-am, and took cities from him,
the kingdom of the Lord in the hand Beth-el with the towns thereof, and
of the sons of David; and ye he a great Je-sha-nah with the towns thereof,
multitude,and there are with you gold and E-phra-in with the towns thfereof.
en calves, whieh Jer-o-bo-am made '20 Neither did Jer-o-bo-am recover
you for gods. strength again in the dayS ôf A-bi-jalu
9 Have ye not east out the priests and the Lord struck him, and he died.
of the Lord,the sons of Aaron,and the 21 But A-bi'-jah waxed mighty, and
Levites, and have made you priests married fourteen wives," and begat
after the manner of the nations of twenty and two sons, and sixteen
other lands? so that whosoever cometh daughters.
to consecrate himself with a young 22 And the rest of the acts of A-bi-
bullock and seven rams, the same may jah, and his ways, and his sayings, are
be a priest of them that are no gods. written in the story of the prophet
10 But as for us, the Lord is our Id-do.
God, and we have not forsaken him;
and the priests, which minister unto CHAPTER 14
the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and SO A-bi-jah slept with his fathers,
the Levites watt upon their business: and they buried him in the city of
11 And they burn unto the Lord David: and Asa his son reigned in his
every morning and every evening stead. In his days the land was quiet
bumt sacrifices and sweet incense: the ten years.
shewbread also set they in order upon 2 And Asa did that which was good
the pure table; and the candlestick of and right in the eyes of the Lord his
gold with the lamps thereof, to bum God:
every eveiiing: for we keep the charge 3 For he took away the altars of the
of the Lord our God; but ye have for strange gods, and the high places, and
saken him. brake down the images, and eut down
12 And, behold, God himself ts with the groves:
us for our captain, and his priests with 4 And commanded Judah to seek
sounding trumpets to cry alarm the Lord God of their fathers, and to
against you. O children of Israël, fight do the law and the commandment.
ye not against the Lord God of your 5 Also he took away out of ail the
fathers; for ye shall not prosper. cities of Judah the high places and the
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images: and the kingdom was quiet be-
fore him.
6 And he built fenced cities in Ju-
dah: for the land had rest» and he had
no war in those years; because the
Lord had given him rest.
7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let
us build these cities, and make about
them walls, and towers, gâtes, and
bars, while the land is yet before us;
because we have sought the Lord our
God, we have sought him, and he hath
given us rest on every side. So they
built and prosperecL
8 And Asa had an army of men that
bare targets and spears, out of Judah
three hundred thousand; and out of
Benjamin, that bare shields and drew
bows,two hundred and fourscore thou
sand: ail these were mighty men of
valour.
9 And there came out against them
Ze-rah the E-thi^o-pi-an with an host
of a thousand thousand, and three
hundred chariots; and came unto Ma
re-shah.
10 Then Asa went out against him,
and they set the battle in array in the
Valley of Ze-pha-thah at Ma-re-shah.
11 And Asa cried unto the Lord his
God,and said, Lord, it is nothing with
thee to help, whether with many, or
with them that have no powen help
us, O Lord our God; for we rest îon
thee, and in thy name we go against
this multitude. O Lord, thou art our
God; let not man prevail against thee.
12 So the Lord smote the E-thi-o-
pi-ans before Asa, and before Judah; they saw that the Lord his God was
and the E-thi-o-pi-ans fled. with him.
13 And Asa and the people that
were with him pursued them unto Ge- gether at Jérusalem in the third
rar and the E-thi-o'-pi-ans were over- month, in the fifteenth year of the
thrown, that they could not recover reign of Asai
themselves; for they were destroyed
before the Lord, and before his host;
and they carried away very much
spoil.
14 And they smote ail the cities
round about Ge-rar; for the fear of the
Lord came upon them: and they
spoiled ail the cities; for there was ex-
ceeding muchispoil in them.
15 They smote also the teiits of
cattle, and carried away sheep and
camels in abondance, and retumed to
Jérusalem.
CHAPTER IS
AND the Spirit of God came upon
/\ Az-a-ri-ah the son of O-ded:
2 And he went out to meet Asa,and
said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and
ail Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is
with you, while ye be with,him; and
if ye seek him, he will be found of you;
but if ye forsake him, he will forsake
you.
3 Now for a long season Israël hath
been without the true God, and with-
out a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when they in their trouble
did tum unto the Lord God of Israël,
and sought him, he was found of them.
5 And in those times there was no
peace to him that went out, nor to him
that came in, but great vexations were
upon ail the inhabitants of the coun-
tries.
6 And nation was destroyed of na
tion, and city of city: for God did vex
them with ail adversity.
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not
your hands be weak: for your work
shall be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these words,
and the prophecy of O'-ded the pro-
phet, he took courage, and put away
the abominable idols out of ail the land
of Judah and Benjamin,and out of the
cities which he had taken from mount
E-phra-im, and renewed the altar of
the Lord,that was before the porch of
the Lord.
9 And he gathered ail Judah and
Benjamin, and the strangers with
them out of E-phra-hn and Ma-nas-
seh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to
him oiit of Israël in abundance, when
10 So they gathered themselves to-
11 And they offered unto the Lord
the same time, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen and
seven thousand sheep.
12 And they entered into a cove-
nant to seek the Lord God of their fa-
thers with ail their heart and with ail
their soul;
13 That whosoever would not seek
the Lord God of Israël should be put
to death, whether small or great,
whether man or woman. .
14 And they sware unto the Lord
with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets^ and with cornets.
15 And ail Judah rejoiced at the
oath: for they had swom with ail their
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heart,and sought him with their whole
desire; and he was found of them; and
the Lord gave them rest round about.
16 And also conceming Ma-a-chah
the mother of Asa the king, he re-
moved her from heing queen, because
she had made an idol in a grove: and
Asa eut down her idol, and stamped
it, and bumt it at the brook Kidron.
17 But the high places were not
taken away out of Israël: nevertheless
the heart of Asa was perfect ail his
days.
18 And he brought into the house
of God the things that his father had
dedicated, and that he himself had
dedicated, silver, and gold, and ves-
sels.
19 And there was no more war unto
the five and thirtieth year of the reign
of Asa.
CHAPTER 16
IN the six and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa Ba-a-sha king of Israël
came up against Judah, and built Ra-
mah, to the intent that he might let
none go out or come in to Asa king of
Judah.
2 Then Asa brought out silver and
gold out of the treasures of the house
of the Lord and of the king's house,
and sent to Ben-ha-dad king of Syria, him in the bed which was hlled with
that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3 There is a league between me and prepared by the apothecaries* art: and
thee, as there was between my father they made a very great buming for
and thy father: behold, I have sent him.
thee silver and gold; go, break thy
league with Ba-a-sha king of Israël,
that he may départ from me.
4 And Ben-ha-dad hearkened unto
king Asa, and sent the captains of his himself against Israël.
armies against the cities of Israël; and
they smote I-jon, and Dan,and A-bel- fenced cities of Judah, and set garri-
ma-im, and ail the store cities of
Naph'-ta-li.
5 And it came to pass, when Ba-a-
sha heard it, that he left otf building
of Ra-mah, and let his work cease.
6 Then Asa the king took ail Judah;
and they carried away the stones of
Ra-mah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Ba-a-sha was building; and
he built therewith Ge-ba and Mizpah.
7 And at that time Ha-na-ni the
seer came to Asa king of Judah, and
said unto him, Because thou hast re
lied on the king of Syria,and not relied
on the Lord thy God, therefore is the
host of the king of Syria escaped out
of thine hand.
8 Were not the E-thi-o-pi-ans and
the Lu-bims a huge host, with very
many chariots and horsemen? yet, be
cause thou didst rely on the Lord, he
delivered them into thine hand.
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to
and fro throughout the whole earth,to
shew himself strong in the behalf of
them whose heart is perfect toward
him. Herein thou hast done foolishly:
therefore from henceforth thou shalt
have wars.
10 Then Asa was wroth with the
seer, and put him in a prison house;
for he was in a rage with him because
of this thing, And Asa oppressed some
of the people the same time.
11 And, behold, the acts of Asa,
first and last, lo, they are written in
the book of the kings of Judah and Is
raël.
12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth
year of his reign was diseased in his
feet, until his disease was exceeding
great: yet in his disease he sought not
to the Lord, but to the physicians.
13 And Asa slept with his fathers,
and died in the one and fortieth year
of his reign.
14 And they buried him in his own
sepulchresj which he had made for
himself in the city of David, and laid
sweet odours and divers kinds of spices
CHAPTER 17
AND Je-hosh-a-phat his son reigned
in his stead, and strengthened
2 And he placed forces in ail the
sons in the land of Judah, and in the
cities of E-phra-im, which Asa his fa
ther had taken.
3 And the Lord was with Je-hosh-a-
phat, because he walked in the first
ways of his father David, and sought
not unto Ba-al-im;
4 But sought to the Lord God of
his father, and walked in his com-
mandments, and not after the doings
of Israël.
5 Therefore the Lord stablished the
kingdom in his hand; and ail Judah
brought to Je-hosh-a-phat présents;
and he had riches and honour in abon
dance.
6 And his heart was lifted up in the
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ways of the Lord: moreover he took score thousand ready prepared for the
away the high places and grevés eut of war.
Judah. 19 These waited on the king, beside
7 Also in the third year of his reign ihose whom the king put in the fenced
he sent to his princes, even to Ben- cities throughout ail Judah.
ha-il, and to O-ba-di-ah, and to Zech-
a-rT-ah, and to Ne-than'-e-el, and to CHAPTER 18
Mi-cha-iah, to teach in the cities of
Judah* NOW Je-hosh-a-phat had riches
8 And with them he sent Levites, and honour in abondance, and
even She-ma-iah, and Neth-a-ni-ah, joined affinity with Ahab.
and Zeb-a-di-ah, and A-sah-el, and 2 And after certain years he went
She-mi-ra-moth, and Je-hon'-a-than, down to Ahab to Sa-ma'-ri-a. And
and Ad-o-ni-jah, and To-bi-jah, and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in
Tob-ado-ni-jah, Levites; and with abondance, and for the people that he
them Eli'-shama and Je-ho-ram, had with him,and persuaded him to go
priests* up ivith him to Ra-moth-gil-e-ad.
9 And they taught in Judah, and 3 And Ahab king of Israël said unto
had the book of the law of the Lord Je-hosh-arphat king of Judah, Wilt
with them, and went about through- thou go with me to Rà'-moth-gil-e-ad?
out ail the cities of Judah, and taught And he answered him, I am as thou
the people. art, and my people as thy people; and
10 And the fear of the Lord fell we will be with thee in the war.
upon ail the kingdoms of the lands 4 And Je-hosh-a-phat said unto the
that were roimd about Judah, so that king of Israël, Enquire, I pray thee, at
they made no war against Je-hosh-a- the Word of the Lord to day.
phat. 5 Therefore the king of Israël ga-
11 Also some of the PhUistines thered together of prophets foin hun
brought Je-hosh-a-phat présents, and dred men, and said unto them, Shall
tribute silver; and the Arabians we go to Ra-moth-gil-e-ad to battle,
brought him flocks, seven thousand or shall I forbear? And they said. Go
and seven hundred rams, and seven up; for God will deliver it hito the
thousand and seven hundred he king's hand.
goats* 6 But Je-hosh-a-phat said, Is there
12 And Je-hosh'-a-phat waxed great not here a prophet of the Lord be-
exceedingly; and he built in Judah sides, that we might enquire of him?
castles, and cities of store. 7 And the king of Israël said unto
13 And he had much business in the Je-hosh-a-phat, There is yet one man,
cities of Judah: and the men of war, by whom we may enquire of the Lord:
mighty men of valour, were in Jérusa but I hate him;for he never prophesied
lem. good unto me, but always evil: the
14 And these are the numbers of same is Mi-ca-iah the son of Im'^la.
them according to the house of their And Je-hosh-a-phat said, Let not the
fathers: Of Judah, the captains of king say so.
thousands; Ad-nah the chief, and with 8 And the king of Israël called for
him mighty men of valour three hun one of his ofiicers, and said, Fetch
dred thousand. quickly Mi-ca-iah the son of Im'rla.
15 And next to him was Je-ho-ha- 9 And the king of Israël and Je-
nan the captain, and with him two hosh-a-phat king of Judah sat either
hundred and fourscore thousand. of them on his throne, clothed in their
16 And next him was Am-a-si-ah robes, and they sat in a void place at
the son of Zich-ri, who willingly of- the entering in of the gâte of Sa-ma-
fered himself unto the Lord; and with ri-a; and ail the prophets prophesied
him two hundred thousand mighty before them.
men of valeur. 10 And Zed-e-ki-ah the son of Che-
17 And of Benjamin; El-ia-da a na-a-nah had made him homs of iron,
mighty man of valour, and with him and said, Thus saith the Lord, With
armed men with bow and shiéld two these thou shalt push Syria until they
hundred thousand. be consumed.
18 And next him was Je-hoz'-a-bad, 11 And ail the prophets prophesied
and with him an hundred and four- so,saying. Go up to Ra-moth-^'-e-ad,
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and prosper; for the Lord shall deliver 24 And Mi-ca-iah said, Behold,
U into the hand of the king. thou shalt see on that day when thou
12 And the messenger that went to shalt go into an inner chamber to hide
caU Mi-ca-iah spake to him, saying, thyself.
Behold, the words of the prophets dé 25 Then the king of Israël said,
claré good to the king with one assent; Take ye Mi-ca-iah,and carry him back
let thy Word therefore, I pray thee, be to Amon the govemor of the city, and
like one of theirs, and speak thou to Jo-ash the king's son;
good. 26 And say, Thus saith the king.
13 And Mi-ca-iah said, As the Lord Put this fellow in the prison, and feed
liveth, even what my God saith, that him with bread of affliction and with
will I speak. water of affliction, until I retum in
14 And when he was corne to the peace.
king; the king said unto him, Mi-ca- 27 And Mi-ca-iah said. If thou cer-
iah, shall we go to Ra-moth-gil-e-ad taiiùy retum in peace, then hath not
to battle, or shall I forbear? And he the Lord spoken by me. And he said,
said. Go ye up, and prosper, and they Hearken, ail ye people.
shall be delivered into your hand. 28 So the king of Israël and Je-
15 And the king said to him, How hosh-a-phat the king of Judah went up
many times shall I adjure thee that to Ra-moth-gil-e-ad.
thou say nothing but the truth to me 29 And the king of Israël said unto
in the name of the Lord? Je-hosh-a-phat, I will disguise myself,
16 Then he said, I did see ail Israël and will go to the battle; but put thou
scattered upon the mountains, as on thy robes. So the king of Israël dis-
sheep that have no shepherd: and the guised himself; and they went to the
Lord said, These have no master; let battle.
them retum therefore every man to his 30 Now the king of Syria had com-
house in peace. manded the captains of the chariots
17 And the king of Israël said to Je- that were with him, saying, Fight ye
hosh'-a-phat, Did I not tell thee that not with small or great, save only with
he would not prophesy good unto me, the king of Israël.
but evil? 31 And it came to pass, when the
18 Again he said, Therefore hear captains of the chariots saw Je-hosh-a-
the Word of the Lord; I saw the Lord phat, that they said, It is the king of
sitting upon his throne, and ail the IsraeL Therefore they compassed
host of heaven standing on his right about him to fight: but Je-hosh-a-phat
hand and on his left. cried out, and the Lord helped him;
19 And the Lord said, Who shall and God moved them to départ from
entice Ahab king of Israël, that he him.
may go up and fall at Ra-moth-gil-e- 32 For it came to pass, that, when
ad? And one spake saying after this the captains of the chariots perceived
manner, and another saying after that that it was not the king of Israël, they
manner. tumed back again from pursuing him.
20 Then there came out a spirit, and 33 And a certain man drew a bow at
stood before the Lord,and said, I will a venture, and smote the Mng of Israël
entice him. And the Lord said unto between the joints of the hamess:
him^ Wherewith? therefore he said to his chariot man,
21 And he said, I will go out, and Tum thine hand, that thou mayest
be a lying spirit in the mouth of ail his carry me out of the host; for I am
prophets. And the LORD said, Thou wounded.
shalt entice him, and thou shalt also 34 And the battle increased that
prewEiil: go out, and do even so. day: howbeit the king of Israël stayed
22 Now therefore, behold,the Lord hirnself up in his chariot against the
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of Syrians until the even: and about the
these thy prophets,and the Lord hath time of the sun going down he died.
spoken evil against thee.
23 Then Zed-e-ki-ah the son of CHAPTER 19
Che-na-a-nah came near, and smote
Mi-ca-iah upon the cheek, and said, AND Je-hosh-a-phat the king of Ju-
Which way went the Spirit of the /\ dah retumed to his house in peace
Lord from me to spea|r unto thee? to Jérusalem.
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2 And Jehu the son of Ha-na-ni the beside the Anunonites, came against
seer went eut to meet him,and said to Je-hosh'-a-phat to battle.
king Je-hosh-a-phat, Shouldest thou 2 Then there came some that told
help the imgodly, and love them that Je-hosh-a-phatj saying, There cometh
hate the Lord? tiierefore is wrath upon a great multitude against thee from
thee from before the Lord. beyond the sea on this side Syria; and,
3 Nevertheless there are good behold, they he in Haz-a-zon-ta-mar,
things found in thee, in that thou hast which is En-ge-di.
taken àway the^oves ont of the land, 3 And Je-hosh-a-phat feared, and
and hast prepared thine heart to seek set himself to seek the Lord, and pro-
God. claimed a fast throughout ail Judah.
4 And Je-hosh-a-phat dwelt at Jé 4 And Judah gathered themselves
rusalem:and he wentout again through together,to ask help of the Lord:even
the people from Be'-er-she-ba to out of ail the cities of Judah they came
mount E-phra-im, and brought them to seek the Lord.
back imto the Lord God of their fa- 5 And Je-hosh'-a-phat stood in the
thers. congrégation of Judah and Jérusalem,
5 And he set judges in the land in the house of the Lord, before the
throughout ail thé fenced cities of Ju- new court,
dah, city by city, 6 And said, O Lord God of our fa-
6 And said to the judges, Take heed thers, art not thou God in heaven? and
what ye do: for ye judge not for man, nilest not thou over ail the kingdoms
but for the Lord, who is with you in of the heathen? and in thine hand is
the judgment. there not power and might,so that none
7 Wherefore now let the fear of the is able to withstand thee?
Lord be upon you; take heed and do 7 Art not thou our God, who didst
U: for there is no iniquity with the drive out the inhabitants of this land
Lord our God, nor respect of persons, before thy people Israël, and gavest it
nor taking of gifts. to the seed of Abraham thy friend for
8 Moreover in Jérusalem did Je- ever?
8 And they dwelt therein, and have
hosh'-a-phat set of the Levites, and of
built thee a sanctuary therein for thy
the priests, and of the chief of the fa-
name, saying,
thers of Israël, for the judgment of the
Lord, and for controversies, when 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as
they retumed to Jérusalem. the swordj judgment, or pestilence, or
9 And he charged them, saying, famine, we stand before this house,
Thus shall ye do in the fear of the and in thy presence,(for thy name is
Lord, faithfuUy, and with a perfect in this house,)and cry unto thee in our
heart. affliction, then thou wilt hear and
10 And what cause soever shall help.
come to you of your brethren that 10 And now, behold, the children of
dwell in their cities, between blood and Ammon and Moab and mount Se-ir,
blood, between law and command- whom thou wouldest not let Israël in-
ment,statutes and judgments, ye shall vade, when they came out of the land
even wam them that they trespass not of Egypt, but they tumed from them,
against the Lord, and sa wrath come and destroyed them not;
upon you, and upon your brethren: 11 Behold, I say, how they reward
this do, and ye shall not trespass. us, to come to cast us out of thy pos
11 And, behold, Am-a-ri-ah the session, which thou hast given us to
chief priest is over you in ail matters inherit.
bf the Lord; and Zeb-a-di'-ah the son 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge
of Ish-ma-el, the ruler of the house of them? for we have no might against
Judah, for ail the king's matters: also this great company that cometh
the Levites shaU be officers before you. against us; neither know we what to
Deal courageously, and the Lord shall do: but our eyes are upon thee.
be with the good. 13 And ail Judah stood before the
Lord, with their little ones, their
CHAPTER 20 wives, and their children.
IT came to pass after this also, that 14 Then upon Ja-ha'-zi-el the son of
the children of Moab, and the chil- Zech-a-ri-ah, the son of Be-na-iah, the
dren of Ammon, and with them ofher son of Je-r-el, the son of Mat-ta-ni-ah,
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a Levite of the sons of A-saph, came
the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of
the congrégation;
15 And he said, Hearken ye, ail Ju-
dah, and ye inhabitants of Jérusalem,
and thou king Je-hosh'-a-phat, Thus
saith the Lord imto you,Be not afraid
nor dismayed by reàson of this great
multitude; for the bàttle is not yours,
but God's.
16 To morrow go ye down against
them: behold, they come up by the
cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at
the end of the brook, before the wilder-
ness of Jer-u'-eL
17 Ye shall not need to hght in this
battle: set yôurselves,stand ye stUl, and
see the salvation of the Lord with you,
O Judah and Jérusalem: fear not, nor
be dismayed; to morrow go out against
them: for the Lord will he with you.
18 And Je-hosh-a-phat bowed his
head with his face to the ground: and
ail Judah and the inhabitantç of Jéru
salem fell before the Lord, worship-
ping the Lord.
19 And the Levites, of the children
ôf the Ko-hath-ites, and of the chil
dren of the Kor^'-hites, stood up to
praise the Lord God of Israël with a
loud voice on high.
20 And they rose early in the mom-
ing, and went forth into the wildemess
of Te-ko-a: ànd as they went forth,
Je-hosh'-a-phat stood and said, Hear
me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jérusalem; Believe in the Lord your
God,so shall ye be established; believe
his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21 And when he had consulted with
the people, he appointed singers unto
the Lord, and that should praise the
beauty of holiness, as they went out
before the army, and to say, Praise
the Lord; for his mercy endureth for
ever.
22 And when they began to sing God of âieir fathers.
and to praise, the Lord set ambush- 34 Now the rest of thé acts of Je-
ments against the children of Ammon, hosh-a-phat, first and last, behold,
Moab, and mount Se-ir, which were
come against Judah; and they were
smitten.
23 For the children of Ammon and
Moab stood up against the inhabitants
of mount Se-ir, utterly to slay and de-
stroy them: and when they had made
an end of the inhabitants of Se-ir,
every one helped tb destroy anpther.
24 And when Judah came toward
the watch tower in the wildemess,
they looked unto the multitude, and.
behold, they were dead bodies fallen to
the earth, and none escaped.
25 And when Je-hosh-a-phat and
his people came to take away the spoil
of them, they found among them in
abundance both riches with the dead
bodies, and precious jewels, which
they stripped oiF for themselves, more
than they could carry away: and they
were three days in gathering of the
spoil, it was so much.
26 And on the fourth day they as-
sembled themselves in the valley of
Be-ra-chah; for there they blessed the
Lord: therefore the name pf the same
place was caUed, The valley of Be-ra-
chah, unto this day.
27 Then they retumed, every man
of Judah and Jérusalem, and Je-hosh-
a-phat in the forefront of them, to go
again to Jemsalem with joy; for the
Lord had made them to rejoice over
their enemies.
28 And they came to Jérusalem
with psalteries and harps and trum-
pets unto the house of the Lord.
29 And the fear of God was on ail
the kingdoms of those countries, when
they had heard that the Lord fought
against the enemies of Israël.
30 So the realm of Je-hosh-a-phat
was quiet: for his God gave him rest
round about.
31 And Je-hosh'-a-phat reigned over
Judah: he was thirty and five years old
when he began to rdgn» and he reigned
twenty and five years in Jemsalem.
And his mother's name was A-zu'-bah
the daughter of Shil'-hi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa
his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight
of the Lord.
33 Howbeit the high places were
not taken away: for as yet the people
had not prepared their hearts imto the
they are written in the book of Jehu
the son of Ha-na'-ni, who is mentioned
in the book of the kings of IsraeL
35 And after this did Je-hosh-a-
phat king of Judah join himself with
A-ha-zi'-ah king of Israël, who did very
wickedly:
36 And he joined himself with him
to make ships to go to Tarshish: and
they made the ships in E'-zi-on-ge-ber.
37 Then E-li-e'-zer the son of Do-
da-vah of Ma-re'-shah prbphesied
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against Je-hosh-a-phat, saying, Be- 12 And there came a writing to him

cause thou hast joined thyself with from E-li-jah the prophet, saying,
A-ha-zi-ah, the Lord hath broken thy Thus saith the Lord God of David thy
Works. And the ships were broken, father, Because thou hast not walked
that they were not able to go to Tar- in the ways of Je-hosh-a-phat thy fa
shish. ther, nor in the ways of Asa king of
Judah,
CHAPTER 21 13 But hast walked in the way of
NOW Je-hosh'-a-phat slept wlth his the kings of Israël, and hast made Ju
fathers, and was buried with his dah and the inhabitants of Jérusalem
fathers in the city of David. And Je- to go a whoring,like to the whoredoms
ho-ram his son reigned in his stead. of the house of Ahab, and also hast
2 And he had brethren the sons of slain thy brethren of thy father's
Je-hosh-a-phat, Az-a-ri-ah, and Je-hi- house, which were better than thyself:
el, and Zech-a-ri-ah, and Az-a-ri-ah, 14 Behold, with a great plague will
and Michael, and Sheph-a-ti-ah: ail the Lord smite thy people, and thy
these were the sons of Je-hosh-a-phat children, and thy wives, and ail thy
king of Israël. goods:
3 And their fâther gave them great 15 And thou shaU have great sick-
gifts of silver, and of gold, and of pre- ness by disease ofthy bowels,until thy
cious things, with fenced cities in Ju- bowels fall out by reason of the sick-
dah: but the kingdom gave he to Je- ness day by day.
ho-ram; because he was the firstbom. 16 Moreover the Lord stirred up
4 Now when Je-ho-ram was risen against Je-ho-ram the spirit of the
up to the kingdom of his father, he Philistines, and of the Arabians, that
strengthened himself, and slew ail his were near the E-thi-o-pi-ans:
brethren with the sword, and divers 17 And they came up into Judah,
also of the princes of Israël. and brake into it, and carried away ail
5 Je-ho-ram was thirty and two the substance that was found in the
years old whén he began to reign, and king's house, and his sons also, and his
he reigned eight years in Jérusalem. wives; so that there was never a son
6 And he walked in the way of the left him, save Je-ho'-a-haz, the young-
kings of Israël, like as did the house of est of his sons.
Ahab:for he had the daughter of Ahab 18 And after ail this the Lord smote
to wife: and he wrought that which was him in his bowels with an incurable
evil in the eyes of the Lord. disease.
7 Howbeit the Lord would not de- 19 And it came to pass, that in
stroy the house of David, because of process of time, after the end of two
the covenant that he had made with years, his bowels fell out by reason of
David, and as he promised to give a his sickness: so he died of sore diseases.
Ught to him and to his sons for ever. And his people made no buming for
8 In his days the Edomites revolted him, like the buming of his fathers.
from under the dominion of Judah, 20 Thirty and two years old was he
and made themselves a king. when he began to reign,and he reigned
9 Then Je-ho-ram went forth with in Jérusalem eight years,and departed
his princes, and ail his chariots with without being desired. Howbeit they
him: and he rose up by night, and buried him in the city of David, but
smote the Edomites which compassed not in the sepulchres of the kings.
him in, and the captains of the chari
ots. CHAPTER 22
10 So the Edomites revolted from
under the hand of Judah unto this AND the inhabitants of Jérusalem
^y. The same time also did Lib'nah /v made A-ha-zi-ah his youngest son
revolt from under his hand; because he king in his stead: for the band of men
had forsaken the Lord God of his fa that came with the Arabians to the
thers. camp had slain ail the eldest. So A-ha-
11 Moreover he made high places in zi-ah the son of Je-ho-ram king of Ju
the mountains of Judah, and caused dah reigned.
the inhabitants of Jérusalem to com 2 Forty and two years old was A-ha-
mit fornication, and compelled Judah zi-ah when he began to reign, and
thereto. he reigned one year in Jérusalem. His
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moiher's name also was Ath-a-li-ah

the daughter of Omri. CHAPTER 23
3 He also walked in the ways of the AND in the seventh year Je-hoi-a-da
house of Ahab: for his mother was his Jt\ strengthened himself, and took
counsellor to do wickedly. the captains of hundreds, Az-a-ri-ah
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight the son of Jer-o-ham, and Ish-ma-el
of the Lord like the house of Ahab: the son of Je-ho-ha'-nan, and Az-a-ri-
for they were his counsellors after the ah the son of O-bed, and Ma-a-se-iah
death of his father to his destruction. the son of Ad-a-i-ah,and £-lish-a-phat
5 He walked also after their coun- the son of Zich-ri, into covenant with
sel, and went with Je-ho-ram the son him.
of Ahab king of Israël to war against 2 And they went about in Judah,
Haz-a-el king of Syria at Ra'moth- and gathered the Levites out of ail the
gil-e-ad: and the Syrians smote Joram. cities of Judah,and the chief of the fa-
6 And he retumed to be healed in thers of Israël, and they came to Jéru
Jez'-re-el because of the wounds which salem.
were given him at Ra-mah, when he 3 And ail the congrégation made a
fought with Haz-a-^1 king of Syria. covenant with the king in the house of
And Az-a-ri-ah the son of Je-ho-ram God. And he said unto them, Behold,
king of Judah went down to see Je-ho- the king's son shall reign, as the Lord
ram the son of Ahab at Jez-re-el, be hath said of the sons of David.
cause he was sick. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do;
7 And the destruction of A-ha-zi-ah A third part of you entering on the
was of God by comlng to Joram: for sabbath, of the priests and of the Le
when he was corne, he went out with vites, shall he porters of the doors;
Je-ho-ram against Jehu the son of 5 And a third part shaU he at the
Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed king's house; and a third part at the
to eut off the house of Ahab. gâte of the foundation:and ail the peo-
8 And it came to pass, that, when ple shaU he in the courts of the house
Jehu was executing judgment upon of the Lord.
the house of Ahab,and found the prin 6 But let none come into the house
ces of Judah, and the sons of the of the Lord,save the priests, and they
brethren ofA-ha-zi-ah,that ministered that minister of the Levites; they shall
to A-ha-zi-ah, he slew them. go in,for they are holy: but ail the peu
9 And he sought A-ha-zi-ah: and ple shall keep the watch of the Lord.
they caught him,(for he was hid in Sa- 7 And the Levites shall compass the
ma-ri-a,) and brought him to Jehu: king round about, every man with his
and when they had slain him, they weapons in his hand; and whosoever
buried him: Because, said they, he is eise cometh into the house, he shall be
the son of Je-hosh-a-phat, who sought put to deattu but be ye with the king
the Lord with ail his heart. So the when he cometh in,and when he goeth
house of A-ha-zi-ah had no power to out.
keep still the kingdom. 8 So the Levites and ail Judah did
10 But when Ath-a-li-ah the mother according to ail things that Je-hoi-a-
of A-ha-zi-ah saw that her son was da the priest had commanded, and
dead, she arose and destroyed ail the took every man his men that were to
seed royal of the house of Judah. come in on the sabbath, with them
11 But Je-ho-shab-e-ath, the that were to go out on the sabbath: for
daughter of the king, took Jo-ash the Je-hoi-a-da the priest dismissed not
son of A-ha-zi-ah, and stole him from the courses.
among the king's sons that were slain, 9 Moreover Je-hoi-a-da the priest
and put him and his nurse in a bed- delivered to the captains of hundreds
chamber. So Je-ho-shab'-e-ath, the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that
daughter of king Je-ho-ram, the wife had heen king David's, which were in
of Je-hoi-a-da the priest,(for she was the house of God.
the sister of A-ha-zi'-ah,) hid him 10 And he set an the peuple, every
from Ath-a-li'-ah, so that she slew him man having his weapon in his hand,
not. from the right side of the temple to the
12 And he was with them hid in the left side of the temple, along by the
house of(yod six years: and Ath-a-li-ah altar and the temple, by ue king
reigned over the land. round about.
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11 Then they brought out the king's
son, and put upon him the crown, and
gave him the testimony, and made him
king. And Je-hoi-a-da and his sons
anointed him, and said, God save the
king.
12 Now when Ath-a-li-ah heard the
noise of the people ninning and prais-
ing the king, she came to the people
into the house of the Lord:
13 And she looked, and, behold, the
king stood at his pillar at the entering
in, and the princes and the trumpets
by the king: and ail the people of the
land rejoiced, and soimded with
trumpets, also the singers with instru
ments of musick,and such as taught to
sing praise. Then Ath-a-li-ah rent her
clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
14 Then Je-hoi-a-da the priest
brought out the captains of hundreds
that were set over the host, and said
unto them, Have her forth of the
ranges: and whoso followeth her, let
him be slain with the sword. For the
priest said, Slay her not in the house
of the Lord.
15 So they laid hands on her; and
when she was corne to the entering of
the horse gâte by the king's house,
they slew her there.
16 And Je-hoi-a-da made a cove-
nant between him,and bétween ail the
people, and between the king, that
they should be the Lord's people.
17 Then ail the people went to the
house of Ba-al, and brake it down,and
brake his altars and his images in
pièces, and slew Maf-tan the priest of did they bestow upon Ba-al-im.
Ba-al before the altars.
18 Also Je-hoi-a-da appointed the
offices of the house of the Lord by the
hand of the priests the Levites, whom
David had distributed in the house of
the Lord, to offer the bumt offerings
of the Lord, as it is written in the law
of Moses, with rejoicing and with sing-
ing, as it was ordained by David.
19 And he set the porters at the
gâtes of the house of the Lord, that
none which was unclean in any thing
should enter in.
20 And hetook the captains of hun
dreds, and the nobles, and the gover-
nors of the people, and ail the people
ofthe land,and brought down the king
from the house of the Lord: and they
came through the high gâte into the
king's house,and set the king upon the
throne of the kingdom.
21 And ail the people of the land
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rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after
that they had slain Ath-a-li-ah with
the sword.
CHAPTER 24
JO-ASH was seven years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned forty
years in Jérusalem. His mother's name
also was Zib'-i-ah of Be-er-she-ba.
2 And Jo-ash did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord ail the
days of Je-hoi-a-da the priest.
3 And Je-hoi'-a-da took for him two
wives; and he begat sons and daugh-
ters.
4 And it came to pass after this,
that Jo-ash was minded to repair the
house of the Lord.
5 And he gathered together the
priests and the Levites, and said to
them, Go out unto the cities of Judah,
and gather of ail Israël money to re
pair the house of your God from year
to year, and see that ye hasten the
matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened
it not.
6 And the king called for Je-hoi-a-
da the chief, and said unto him, Why
hast thou not required of the Levites
to bring in out of Judah and out of
Jérusalem the collection, according to
the commandment of Moses the servant
of the Lord, and of the congrégation
of Israël,for the tabernacle of witness?
7 For the sons of Ath-a-li-ah, that
wicked woman, had broken up the
house of God; and also ail the dc^-
cated things of the house of the Lord
8 And at the king's commandment
they made a chest, and set it without
at the gâte of the house of the Lord.
9 And they made a proclamation
through Judah and Jérusalem, to
bring in to the Lord the collection that
Moses the servant of God laid upon Is
raël in the wildemess.
10 And ail the princes and ail the
people rejoiced, and brought in, and
cast into the chest, until they had
made an end.
11 Now it came to pass, that at
what time the chest was brought unto
the king's office by the hand of the Le
vites, and when they saw that there
was much money,the king's scribe and
the high priest's officer came and emp-
tied the chest, and tôok it, and carried
it to his place again,Thus they did day
by day, and gathered money in abun-
dance.
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12 And the king and Je-hoi-a-da up against him: and they came to Ju
gave it to such as did the work of the dah and Jérusalem, and destroyed ail
service of the house of the Lord, and the princes of the people from among
hired masons and carpenters to repair the people, and sent ail the spoil of
the house of the Lord, and also such them unto the king of Damascus.
as wrought iron and brass to mend the 24 For the army of the Syrians
house of the Lord. came with a small company of men,
13 So the workmen wrought, and and the Lord delivered a very great
the work was perfected by them, and host into their hand, because they had
they set the house of God in his state, forsaken the Lord God of their fa
and strengthened it. thers. So they executed judgment
14 And when they had finished it, against Jo-ash.
they brought the rest of the money be- 25 And when they were departed
fore the king and Je-hof-a-da, whereof from him, (for they left him in great
were made vessels for the house of the diseases,) his own servants conspired
Lord, even vessels to minister, and to against him for the blood of the sons
offer withoZ, and spoons, and vessels of of Je-hoi-a-da the priest, and slew him
gold and silver. And they oifered on his bed, and he died: and they bur
bumt offerings in the house of the ied him in the city of David, but they
Lord continually ail the days of Je- buried him not in the sepulchres of the
hoi-a-da. kings.
15 But Je-hoi-a-da waxed old, and 26 And these are they that con
was full of days when he died; an hun- spired against him; Za-bad the son of
dred and thirty years old was he when Shim'-e-ath an Ammonitess, and Je-
he died. hoz-a-bad the son of Shim-rith a Mo-
16 And they buried him in the city abitess.
of David among the kings, because he 27 Now conceming his sons, and the
had done good in Israël, both toward greatness of the burdens laid upon
God, and toward his house. him, and the repairing of the house of
17 Now after the death of Je-hoi-a- God, behold, they are written in the
da came the princes of Judah, and story of the book of the kings. And
made obeisance to the king. Then the Am-a-zf-ah his son reigned in his
king hearkened unto them. stead.
18 And they left the house of the
Lord God of their fathers, and served CHAPTER 25
groves and idols: and wrath came upon AM-A-ZI-AH was twenty and five
Judah and Jérusalem for this their l\ years old when he began to reign,
trespass. and he reigned twenty and nine years
19 Yet he sent prophets to them,to in Jérusalem. And his mother's name
bring them again unto the Lord; and was Je-ho-ad-dan of Jérusalem.
they testified against them: but they 2 And he did that which was right in
wo^d not give ear. the sight of the Lord, but not with a
20 And the Spirit of God came upon perfect heart.
Zech-a-ri-ah the son of Je-hoi-a-da the 3 Now it came to pass, when the
priest, which stood above the people, kingdom was established to him, that
and said unto them, Thus saith God, he slew his servants that had killed the
Why transgress ye the commandments king his father.
of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? 4 But he slew not their children, but
because ye have forsaken the Lord,he did as it is written in the law in the
hath also forsaken you. book of Moses, where the Lord com-
21 And they conspired against him, manded, saying, The fathers shall not
and stoned him with stones at the die for the children, neither shall the
commanchnent of the king in the court children die for the fathers, but every
of the house of the Lord. man shall die for his own sin.
22 Thus Jo-ash the king remember- 5 Moreover Am-a-zi-ah gathered
ed not the kindness which Je-hoi-a-da Judah together, and made them cap-
his father had done to him, but slew tains over thousands, and captains
his son. And when he died, he said, over hundreds,according to the houses
The Lord look upon it, and require it of their fathers, throughout ail Judah
23 And it came to pass at the end and Benjamin: and he numbered them
of the year,that the host of Syria came from twenty years old and above, and
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found them three hundred thousand forbear; why shouldest thou be smit-
choice mm, ahle to go forth to war, ten? Then the prophet fprbare, and
that could handlé spear and shield. said, I know that.Gk>d hath determined
6 He hired also an huiidred thou to destirpy thee, because thou hast
sand mighty men of valour ont of Is done this, and hast not hearkenrà unto
raël for an hundred talents uf silver. my counsel.
7 But there came a man of God to 17 Then Am-arzi-ah king of Judah
Wm,saying, O king, let not the army took advice, and sent to Jo-ash, the
of Israël go with thee; for the Lord is son of Je-ho-a-haz, the son of Jehu,
not with Israël, to wit, wUh ail the chil- king of Israël, saying, Come,let us see
dren of E-phra-im.
8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be one another in the face.
18 Ànd Jo-ash king of Israël sent to
strong for the battle: God shall make
Am-a-zi-ah king of Judah,saying, The
thee fall before the enemy: for God thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the
hath powèr tp help, and to cast down. cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
9 And Am-à-zi-ah said to the man Give thy daughter to my son to wife:
of God, But what shall we do for thè and there passed by a wild beast that
himdred talents which I have given to was in Lebanon, and trode down the
the army of Israël? And thé inan of thistle.
God answeréd, The Lord is able to 19 Thou sayest, Lo,thou liast smit-
give thee much more than this. ten the Edomites; and thine heart lift-
10 '^en Am-a-zi-ah separated eth thee up to boàst: abide now at
them, ta wit, the army that was come home; why shouldest thou meddle to
to lUm put pf E-phra-im, tp go home «line hurt, that thou shouldest fall,
agaiii: wherefore âieir anger was gréat- evm thou,^ and Judah with thee?
ly kindled against Judah,and they re- 20 But Am-a-zi-ah would not hear;
tumed home in great angen for it came pf God, that he might de
11 And Ain-a-zi-ah strengthened liver them into the hand of their ene-
himself, and led forth his peoplé, and mies, because they sought after the
went to the Valley of sait, and smpte gods of Edom.
of the children of Se-ir ten thousand* 21 So Jo-ash the king of Israël went
12 And othcr ten thousand Ic/I aliye up; and they saw one another in the
did ^e children pf Judah carry away face, both he and Am-a-zi^ah king of
captive, and brpught them untp the Judah, at Beth-she-mesh, which be-
tpp pf the rpck, and cast them dpwn longeiH to Judah.
frpm the top of the rock, that they ail 22 And Judah was put to the worse
were brpken in pièces. before Israël, and they fled every man
13 Biut the sôldieiçs of the army to Ws tent.
which Am-à-zi-ah sent bâck,that they ^3 And Jo-ash the kiç^ of Israël;
should not go with him to battle, fell took Am-à-zi-ah king of Judah, the
upon the cities of Judah,from Sa-ma'- son of Jo-ash, the son pf Je-ho-aThaz,
ri-a even unto Beth-rho-ron,and smote at Beth-she-mesh,and brought him to
three thousand of th^, àhd took Jérusalem, and brake down the wall of
muçh spoil* Jérusalem from the gâte of ig-phra-im
14. Now it came to pass, after that to the çPmer gate^ four hundred cu-
Am-à-zi-ah was corne from thé slaugh- bits.
ter of the Edomites, that he brought 24 And M took ail the gold and the
the gods of the childi;en df Se^ir, and silver, and ail the vessels that were
set them up^io be his gpdis, and bowed fpund in the hpuse pf Gpd vdtii O-bed-
down himself béfore theiii, 2uid bumç^ e-dpip, and thé treasures pf the king's
incense unto them. hpuse, the hpstages also, ahd returned
Ï5 Wherefore tiie anger of tibe Lord to Sa-ma-ri-a.
was kindled àgàinst Am-a-zi-ah, and 25 And Am-a-zi-ah the son of Jo-
he sent unto him a prophet, which said ash king of Judah lived after the death
imto him, Why hast thou sought after of Jb-ash son pf Je-hp-a-haz king of
the gods of the people, which could npt Israël fifteen y^rs.
deliver their own peuplé oiit of thine 26 Npw thé rest pf the acts of
hand? Am-a-zi-ah, first and last, behold, are
16 And it çamé to pass, as hé talked they not written in the book of thé
with him, that the king said unto him. kings of Judàh and Israël?
Art thou made of the king's couhsel? 27 Now after the time that Am-a-
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zi'-ah did tum away from foUowing the 12 The whole number of the chief of
Lord they made a conspiracy against the fathers of the mighty men of va-
him in Jérusalem; and he fled to La- lour were two thousanct and six hun-
chish: but they sent to La-chish after dred.
him, and slew him there. 13 And under their hand was an
28 And they brought him uppn army, three hundred thousand and
herses, and buried him with his fathers seven thousand and hve hundred,that
in the city of Judah. made war with mighty power, to help
the king against the enemy.
CHAPTER 26 14 And Uz-zi-ah prepared for them
THEN ail the people of Judah took throughout ail the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and habergeons,
Uz-zi-ah, who was sixteen years
old, and made him king^in the room of and bows, and slings to cast stones.
his father Am-a-zi-ah. 15 And he made in Jérusalem en
2 He built E-loth, and restored it to glues, invented by cunning men,to be
Judah, after that the king slept with on the towers and upon the bulwarks,
his fathers. to shoot arrows and great stones with-
3 Sixteen years old was Uz-zi'ah al. And his name spread far abroad;for
when he began to reign, and he reigned he was marvellously helped,till he was
fifty and two years in Jérusalem. His strong.
mother's name also was Jec-o-li-ah of 16 But when he was strong, his
Jérusalem. heart was lifted up to his destruction:
4 And he did that which was right in for he transgressed against the Lord
the sight of the Lord, according to ail his God, and went into the temple of
that his father Am-a-zi-ah did. the Lord to bum incense upoh the al-
5 And he sought God in the days of tar of incense.
Zech-a-ri-ah, who had understanding 17 And Az-a-ri-ah the priest went
in the visions of God: and as long as he in after him, and with him fourscore
sought the Lord, God made him to priests of the Lord, that were valiant
prosper. men:
6 And he went forth and warred 18 And they withstood Uz-zi-ah the
against the Philistines, and brake king, and said unto him, It appertain-
down the wall of Gath, and the wall of eth not unto thee, Uz-zi-ah,to bum in
Jab-neh, and the wall of Ash-dod,.and cense unto the Lord,but to the priests
built cities about Ash'-dod, and among the sons of Aaron, that are conse-
the Philistines. crated to bum incense: go out of the
7 And God helped him against the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed;
Philistines, and against the Arabians neither shall it be for thine honour from
that dwelt in Gur-ba'-al, and the Me- the Lord God.
hu'-nims. 19 Then Uz-zi-ah was wroth, and
S And the Ammonites gave gifts to had a censer in his hand to bum in
Uz-zi'-ah: and his namé spread abroad cense: and while he was wroth with the
even to the entering in of Egypt;for he priests, the leprosy even rose up in his
strengthened himself exceedingly. forehead before the priests in the house
9 Moreover Uz-zi-ah built towers in of the Lord, from beside the incense
Jérusalem at the corner gâte, and at altar.
the valley gâte, and at the tuming of 20 And Az-a-ri-ah the chief priest,
the wall, and fortihed them. and ail the priests, looked upon him,
10 Also he built towers in the de- and, behold, he was leprous in his fore
sert,and digged many wells:for he had head, and they thmst hini out from
much cattle, both in the low country, thence; yea, himself hasted also to go
and in the plains: husbandmen also, out, because the Lord had smitten
and vine dressers in the mountains, him.
and in Carmel:for he loved husbrmdry. 21 And Uz-zi-ah the king was a
11 Moreover Uz-zi'-ah had an host leper unto the day of his death, and
of hghting men, that went out to war dwelt in a sevèral house, being à leper;
by bands, according to thé number of for he was eut offfrom the house of the
their account by the hand of Je-i-el Lord: and Jo-tham his son was over
the scribe and Ma-a-se-iah the ruler, the king's house,judging the people of
under the hand of Han-a-ni-ah, âne of the land.
the king's captains. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uz-
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zi-ah» first and last, did Isaiah the pro Valley of the son of Hin-nom, and
phète the son of Amoz» write. bumt his children in the fire, after the
23 So Uz-zi'-ah slept with his fa- abominations of the heathen whom the
thcrse and they buried him with his Lord had cast out before the children
fathers in the field of the burial which of Israël.
béUmged to the kings;for they said, He 4 He sacrificed also and bumt in
cense in the high places, and on the
is a leper: and Jo-tham his son reigned
in his stead. hills, and under every green tree.
5 Wherefore the Lord his God de-
CHAPTER 27 livered him into the hand of the king
JO-THAM was twenty and five years of Syria; and they smote him,and car-
old when he began to reign, and he ried away a great multitude of them
reigned sixteen years in Jérusalem. captives^ and brought them to Damas-
His mother's name also was Je-ru- cus. And he was also delivered into the
shah, the daughter of Zà-dok. hand of the king of Israël, who smote
2 And he did fhat which was right in him with a great slaughter.
the sight of the Lord, according to ail 6 For Pe-kah the son of Rem-a-li-
that his father Uz-zi-ah did: howbeit ah slew in Judah an hundred and
he entered not into the temple of the twenty thousand in one day, which
Lord. And the people did yet cor- were ail valiant men; because they had
ruptly. forsaken the Lord God of their fa
3 He built the high gâte of the thers.
house of the Lord, and on the wall of 7 And Zich-ri, a mighty man of
O-phel he built much. E-phra-im,slew Ma-a-se-iah the king's
4 Moreover he built cities in the son,and Az-ri-kam the govemor of the
mountains of Judah,and in the forests house, and El-ka-nah that was next to
he built castles and towers. the king.
5 He fought also with the king of 8 And the children of Israël carried
the Ammonites, and prevailed against away captive of their brethren two
them. And the dhildren of Ammon hundred thousand, womeh, sons, and
gave him the same year an hundred daughters, and took also away much
talents of silver> and ten thousand spoil from them,and brought the spoil
measures of wheat, and ten thousand to Sa-ma-ri-a.
of barley. So much did the children of 9 But a prophet of the Lord was
Ammon pay unto him,both the second there, whose n^e was Ô'-ded: and he
year, and the third. went out before the host that came to
6 So Jo-tham became mighty, be- Sa-ma'^ri-a, aiid said unto them, Be-
cause he preparedhis ways before the hold, because the Lord God of your
Lord his God. fathers was wroth with Judah,he hath
7 Now the rest of the acts of Jo- delivered them into your hand, and ye
tham, and ail his wars, and his ways, have slain them in a rage that reacheth
lo, they are written in the book of the up imto heaven.
kings of Israël and Judah. 10 And now ye purpose to keep un
. S He was five and twenty years old der the children of judah and Jérusa
when he began to reign, and reigned lem for bondmen and bondwomen un
sixteen years in Jérusalem. to you: but are there not with you,even
9 And Jo-tham slept with his fa with you, sins against the Lord your
thers, and they buried him in the city God?
of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in 11 Now hear me therefore, and de-
his stead. liver the captives again, which ye have
taken captive of your brethren:for the
CHAPTER 28 fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.
A HAZ was twenty years old when he 12 Then certain of the heads of the
began to reign, and he reigned children of E-phra-im, Az-a-ri-ah the
^xteen years in Jérusalem: but he did son of Jo-ha-nan,Ber-e-chi-^ the son
not ihat which was right in the sight of of Me-shil-le-moth, and Je-hiz-ki-ah
the Lord,like David his fathen the son of Shal-lum, and Am-a-sa the
2 For he walked in the ways of the son of Had-la-i, stood up against.them
kings of Israël^ and made also molten that came from the war,
images for Ba-al-im. 13 And said imto them,Ye shall not
3 Moreover he bumt incense in the bring in the captives hithen for where-
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as we hâve offeiided against the Lord dah he made high places to bum in-
alfeady, ye intend tô iadd more to our cense imto other gods, and provokèd
sins and tô our trespass: for our tres- to anger the Lord God of his fathers.
pass is greàt, and there is fierce wrath 26 New the rest of his acts and of
against Israël. aU his wa:ysjfirst and last, behold,they
14 So the armed men left the cap are ^tten in the book of the kings of
tives and the spoil before the princes Judah and Israël.
and ail the congrégation. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers,
15 And the men wbich were ex- and they buried him in the city, even
pressed by name rose up, and took the in Jérusalem: but they brought him
captives, and with the spoil clothed àll not into the sepulchres of the kings of
that were naked among them, and ar- Israël: and Hez-e-ki-ah his son reigned
rayed them, and shod them, and gave in his stead.
them to eat and to drink,and ànointed
them, and cafried ail the feeble of CHAPTER 29
them upon asses, ând brought them to HEZ-E-KI-AH began to reign when
Jéricho,the city of pàlm trees, to their he was five and twenty years ôld,
brethren: then they retumed to Sa- and he reigned nine and twenty yeiars
ma-ri-a. in Jenisalem. And his mother's name
16 At that time did king Ahaz send was A-bi-jah, the daughter of Zech-a-
unto the kings of Assyria to help him. ri-ah.
17 For again the Edomites had 2 And he did that which was right in
come and smitten Judah, and carried the sight of the Lord, according to ail
away captives. that David his father had done.
18 The Philistines also had ihvaded 3 He in the first year of his reign,in
the cities of the low côuntry, and of the first month, opened the doors of
the south of Judah, and had takeh the house of the Lord, and repaired
Beth-she-mesh, and Aj-a-lon, and Ge- them.
de-roth, and Sho'-cho with the villages 4 And he brought in the priests and
thereof, and Tim-nah with the villages the Levites, and gathered them to
thereof, Gim-zo also and the villages gether into the east street,
thereof: and they dwelt there. 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye
19 For the Lord brought Judah low Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and
becatise of Ahaz king of Israël; for he sanctify the house of the Lord God of
madë Judah naked> and tràhsgressed your fathers, and cany forth the filthi-
sore against the Lord. ness out of the holy place.
20 And TU-gath-pU-ne-ser king of 6 For our fathers have trespassed,
Assyria came unto hiin, and distressed and done that which was evil in the eyes
him, but strengthenéd him not. of the Lord our God, and have for-
21 For Ahaz took away a portion saken him, and have tumed away
oui of the hoùse of the Lord, and oui their facès from the habitation of the
of the house of the king, and of the Lord, and turned their backs.
princes, and gave it imto the kihg of 7 Also they have shut up the doors
Assyria: but he hèlped him not. of the porch, and put out the lamps,
22 And in the time of his distress and have not bumed incense nor of-
did he trespass yet more against the fered bumt offerings in the holy place
Lord: this is that king Ahaz. unto the God of Israël.
23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of S Wherefore the wrath of the Lord
Damascus, wliich smote him: and he was upon Judah and Jérusalem, and
said, Because the gods ôf the kings of he hath delivered them to trouble, tô
Syria help them, therefore will I sacri astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see
fice to them, that they may help me. with your eyes.
But they were the ruin of him, and of 9 For,lo, our fathers have fallen by
ail Israël. the sword, and our sons and our
24 And Ahaz gàthered together the daughters and our wives are in capti-
vessels ôf the house of God, and eut in vity for this.
pièces the vessels of tlie house of God, 10 Nôw it is in mine heart to make
and shut up the doors of the house of a covenant with the Lord God of Is
the Lord, and he madé him altairs in raël, that his fierce wrath may tum
every corner of Jerusalem. away from us.
25 And in every several city of Ju 11 My sons, be not now négligent:
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for the Lord hath chosen you to stand Aaron to ofïer them on the altar of the
before him, to serve him, and that ye Lord.
should minister unto him, and bum 22 So they killed the bullocks, and
incense. the priests received the blood, and
12 Then the Levites arose, Ma-hath sprinkled it on the altar: likewise,
the son of A-mas-a-i, and Jo-el the son when they had killed the rams, they
of Az-a-ri-ah, of the sons of the Ko- sprinkled the blood upon the altar:
hath-ites: and of the sons of Me-ra-ri, they killed also the lambs, and they
Kish the son of Ab-di, and Az-a-ri-ah sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
the son of Je-hal-e-lel: and of the Ger'- 23 And they brought forth the he
shon-ites; Jo-ah the son of Zimmah, goats for the sin offering before the
and Eden the son of Jo-ah: king and the congrégation; and they
13 And of the sons of E-liz'-a-phan; laid their hands upon them:
Shim-ri, and Je-i'-el: and of the sons of 24 And the priests killed them, and
A'-saph; Zech-a-ri-ah, and Mat-ta-ni- they made reconciliation with their
ah: blood upon the altar, to make an
14 And of the sons of He-man; Je- atonement for all Israël: for the king
hi-el, and Shim'-e-i: and of the sons of commanded that the burnt offering
Jed-u-thun; She-ma-iah, and Uz-zi- and the sin offering should he made for
el. all Israël.
15 And they gathered their breth- 25 And he set the Levites in the
ren, and sanctihed themselves, and house of the Lord with cymbals, with
came, according to the commandment psalteries, and with harps, according
of the king, by the words of the Lord, to the commandment of David,and of
to cleanse the house of the Lord. Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the
16 And the priests went into the in- prophet: for so was the commandment
ner part of the house of the Lord, to of the Lord by his prophets.
cleanse it, and brought ont all the un- 26 And the Levites stood with the
cleanness that they found in the tem instruments of David, and the priests
ple of the Lord into the court of the with the trumpets.
house of the Lord. And the Levites 27 And Hez-e-ki-ah commanded to
took it, to carry it out abroad into the offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
brook Kidron. And when the burnt offering began,
17 Now they began on the first day the song of the Lord began also with
of the first month to sanctify, and on the trumpets, and with the instru
the eighth day of the month came they ments ordained by David king of Is
to the porch of the Lord: so they sanc- raël.
tified the house of the Lord in eight 28 And all the congrégation wor-
days; and in the sixteenth day of the shipped, and the singers sang, and the
first month they made an end. trumpeters sounded: and all this con^
18 Then they went in to Hez-e-ki-ah tinued until the burnt offering was
the king, and said, We have cleansed finished.
all the house of the Lord, and the 29 And when they had made an end
altar of burnt offering, with all the of offering, the king and all that were
vessels thereof, and the shewbread présent with him bowed themselves,
table, with all the vessels thereof. and worshipped.
19 Moreover all the vessels, which 30 Moreover Hez^e-ki-ah the king
king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in and the princes commanded the Le
his transgression, have we prepared vites to sing praise unto the Lord with
and sanctified, and, behold, they are the words of David, and of A-saph the
before the altar of the Lord. seer. And they sang praises with glad-
20 Then Hez-e-ki-ah the king rose ness, and they bowed their heads and
early, and gathered the rulers of the worshipped.
city, and went up to the house of the 31 Then Hez-e-ki'-ah answered and
Lord. said, Now ye have consecrated your-
21 And they brought seven bul- selyesunto the Lord, come near and
locks, and seven rams, and seven bring sacrifices ând thank offerings in
lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin to the house of the Lord. And the con
offering for the kingdom, and for the grégation brought in sacrifices and
sanctuary, and for Judah. And he thank offerings; and as many as were
commanded the priests the sons of of a free heart burnt offerings.
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32 And the number of the bumt the remnant of you, that are escàped
offerings» which the congregatioii out of the hand of the kings of Assyrîa.
brought, was threescoré and teh bul- 7 And be not ye like your fathers,
locks, ian hundred rams^ and two hun- and like your brethren, which tres-
dred lambs: ail these were for a bumt passed agsiinst the Lord God of their
offéring to the Lobld. fathers, who therefore gave them up to
33 And the consecrated things were désolation^ as ye see.
six hùndred oxeh and three thousand 8 Now be ye nôt stiffnecked, as
sheep. your fathers «i;ere, but yleld yourselves
34 But the piiests were too few, so unto the Lord,and enter into his sanc-
that they icould not flay ail the bumt tuary^ which he hath sanctified for
offerings: wherefore their brethren the ever: and serve the Lord your God,
Levites did help them, tUl the work that the fierceness of liis wrath may
was ended, and until tibe other priests tum away from you.
had sanctihed diemselves: for the Le 9 For if ye tum again imto the
vites were more upright in heart to Lord, your brethren and your children
sanctify themselves than idie priests. shall find compassion before them that
35. And also the bumt offerings lead them captive, so that they shall
were in abundance, with the fat of the come again into this land:for the Lord
peace ofïerings, and the drink oiferings your God is gracious and merciful, and
for evcry bumt offering; So the service will not tum away his face frorh you,
of the house of the Lord was set in if ye retum unto him.
order. 10 So the posts passed from city to
36 And Hez-e-*ki-ah rejoiced, and city through the country of E-phra-im
ail the people, that God had prepared and Ma-nas'-^seh even unto Zeb'-u-lun:
the people:for the thing was done sud- but they laughed them to scom, and
denly. mocked them.
11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and
CHAPTER 30 Ma-nas'fseh and of Zeb-u-lun humbled
AND Hez-e-ki'-ah sent to ail Israël themselvesj and'came to Jemsalem.
/V and Judah, and wrote letters also 12 Also in Judah thé hand of God
to E-phra-im and Ma-nas-seh, that was to give them one heart to do the
they should come to the house of the commandment of the king ànd of the
Lord at Jemsalem, to keep the pass-^ princes, by the word of the Lord.
over unto the Lord God of Israël. 13 And there assembled at Jemsa
2 For the king had taken counsel, lem mucti people to keep the feast of
and his princes, and ail the congréga unleavened bread in the second moiith,
tion in Jemsalem,to keep the passover a vêry great congregationé
in the second month. 14 And they arose and took away
3 For they could not keep it at that the altars that were in Jemsalem, and
time, because the priests had not sanc- ail the altars for incense took they
Ûfied themselves sufficiently, neither away, and cast them into the brook
had the people gathered themselves to- Kidron.
gether to Jemsalem. 15 Then they killed the passover on
4 And the thing pleased the king the fourteenth day of the second
and ail the congrégation. month: and the priests and the Levites
5 So they established a decree to were ashamed, and sanctified them
make proclamation throughout ail Is selves, and brought in the bumt offer-
raël, from Be'-er-she-ba even to Dan, ings into the house of the Lord.
that they should come'to keep the 16 And they stood in their place
passover unto the Lord God of Israël after their manner, according to the
at Jemsalem: for they had not done it law of Moses the man of God: the
of a long time in such sort as it was priests sprinkled the blood, which they
written. received of the hand of the Levites.
6 So the posts went with the letters 17 For there were many in the con
from the king and his princes through grégation that were not sanctified:
out ail Israël and Judah, and accord- therefore the Levites had the charge
ing to the commandment of the king, of the killing of the passovers for every
sayingr Ye children of Israël, tum one that was not clean, to sanctify
ag^dn unto the Lord God of Abraham, them unto the Lord.
Isaac, and Israël, and he will retum to 18 For a multitude of the people.
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even many of E'phra-lm, and Ma-nas'^ and Benjamin, in E-phra-im also and
seh, Is-sa-char, and Zeb'u-iun, had Ma-nas-seh, until they had utterly de-
not cleansed themselves, yet did they stroyed them ail. Then ail the children
eat the passover otherwise than it was of Israël retumed, every man to his
written. But Hez-e-ki-ah prayed for possession, into their own cities.
them, saying, The good Lord pardon 2 And Hez-e-ki-ah apiK>inted the
every one courses of the priests and the Levites
19 That prepareth his heart to seek after their courses, every man accord
God, the Lord God of his fathers» ing to his service, the priests and Le
though he be not cleansed according to vites for bumt offerings and for peace
the purification of the sanctuary. offerings, to minister, and to give
20 And the Lord hearkened to Hez- thanks, and to praise in the gâtes of
e-ki-ah, and healed the people, the tents of the Lord.
21 And the c^ildren of Israël that 3 He appointed also the king's por
were présent at' Jérusalem, kept the tion of his substance for the bumt of
feast of unleayened bread seven days ferings, fo wit, for the moming and
with great gladness: and the: Levites evening bumt offerings, and the bumt
and the priests praised the Lord day offerings for the sabbaths, and for the
by day, singing with loud instruments new moons, and for the set feasts, as U
unto the Lord. is written in the law of the Lord;
22 And Hez-e-ki-ah spake comfort- 4 Moreover he commanded the peo
ably unto ail the Levites that taught ple that dwelt in Jemsalem to give the
the good knowledge of the Lord: and portion of the priests and the Levites,
they did eat throughout the feast sev that they might be encouraged in the
en days, offering peace offerings, and law of the Lord.
making confession to the Lord God of 5 And as soon as the conunandment
their fathers. came abroad, the children of Israël
23 And the whole assembly took brought in abondance the firstfruits of
counsel to keep other seven days: and com, wine, and oil. and honey, and of
they kept other seven days with glad ail the increase of the field; and the
ness. tithe of ail things brought they in
24 For Hez-e-ki-ah king of Judah abundantly.
did give to the congrégation a thou- 6 And conceming the children of Is
sand bullocks and seven thousand raël and Judah,that dwelt in the cities
sheep; and the princes gave to the con of Judah, they also brought in the
grégation a thousand bullocks and ten tithe of oxen and sheep; and the tithe
thousand sheep: and a great number of holy things which were consecrated
of priests sanctified themselves. unto the Lord their God, and laid
25 And ail the congrégation of Ju them by heaps.
dah, with the priests and the Levites, 7 In the third month they began to
and ail the congrégation that came out lay the foundation of the heaps, and
of Israël, and the strangers that came finished them in the seventh month.
out of the land of Israël, and that 8 And when Hez-e-ki-ah and the
dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. princes came and saw the heaps, they
26 So there was great joy in Jéru blessed the Lord,and his people IsraeL
salem: for since the time of Solomon 9 Then Hez-e-ki-ah questioned with
the son of David king of Israël there the priests and the Levites conceming
was not the like in Jérusalem. the heaps.
27 Then the priests the Levites 10 And Az-a-ri-ah the chief priest
arose and blessed the people: and their of the house of Za-dok answered him,
voice was heard,and Ûieir prayer came and said, Since the people began to
up to his holy dwelling place,even unto bring the offerings into the house of
heaven» the Lord, we have had enough to eat,
and have left plenty: for the Lord,
CHAPTER 31 hath blessed his people; and that
NOW when ail this was finished, which is left is this great store.
ail Israël thnt were présent went 11 Then Hez-e-ki-ah commanded to
eut to the cities of Judah, and brake préparé chambers in the house of the
thé images in pièces, and eut dpwn the Lord; and they prepared them,
groves, and threw down ihe high 12 And brought in the offerings and
places and the altars out of ail Judah the tithes and the dedicated things
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faithfuUy: over which Con-o-ni-ah the king of Assyria camé,and entered into
Levite was ruler, and Shim-e-i his Judah, and encamped against the
brother was the next. fenced cities, and thought to win them
13 And Je-hi-el, and Az-a-zi-ah, for himself.
and Na-hath, and A-sa-hel, and Jer-i- 2 And when Hez-e-ki-ah saw that
moth, and Joz-a-bad, and E-li-el, and Sen-nach'-e-rib was corne, and that he
Is-ma-chi-ah, and Ma-nath, and Be- was purposed to fight against Jérusa
na'-iah» were overseers under the hand lem,
of Con-o-ni-2ih and Shim'-e-i his broth 3 He took counsel with his princes
er, at the commandment of Hez-e- and his mighty men to stop the waters
ki'-ah the king, and Az-a-ri-ah the of the fountains which were without
ruler of the house of God. the city: and they did help him.
14 And Ko-re the son of Im'-nah the 4 So there was gathered much peo-
Levite, the porter toward the east, ple together, who stopped ail the foun
was over the freewill ofïerings of God, tains, and the brook that ran through
to distribute the oblations of the Lord, the midst of the land, saying, Why
and the most holy things. should the kings of Assyria come, and
15 And next him were Eden, and find much water?
Min-i-a-min, and Jesh'-u-a, and She- 5 Also he strengthened himself, and
ma-iah, Am-a-ri'-ah,and Shec-a-ni-ah, built up ail the wall that was broken,
in the cities of the priests, in their set and raised it up to the towers, and an-
office, to give to their brethren by other wall without,and repaired Mil'-lo
courses, as well to the great as to the in the city of David, and made darts
small: and shields in abondance.
16 Beside their genealogy of maies, 6 And he set captains of war over
from three years old and upward, even the people, and gathered them to
unto every one that entereth into the gether to him in the street of the gâte
house of the Lord, his daily portion of the city, and spake comfortably to
for their service in their charges ac- them, saying,
cording to their courses; 7 Be strong and courageous, be not
17 Both to the genealogy of the afraid nor dismayed for the king of
priests by the house of their fathers, Assyria, nor for ail the multitude that
and the Levites from twenty years old is with him: for there be more with us
and upward, in their charges by their than with him:
courses; 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but
18 And to the genealogy of ail their with us is the Lord our God to help us,
little ones, their wives, and their sons, and to fight our battles. And the peu
and their daughters, through ail the ple rested themselves upon the words
congrégation: for in their set office of Hez-e-ki-ah king of Judah.
they sanctified themselves in holiness: 9 After this did Sen-nach'-e-rib king
19 Also of the sons of Aaron the of Assyria send his servants to Jérusa
priests, which Were in the fields of the lem,(but he himself laid siege against
suburbs of their cities, in every several La'-chish, and ail his power with him,)
city, the men that were expressed by unto Hez-e-ki'-ah king of Judah, and
name,to give portions to ail the maies unto ail Judah that were at Jérusalem,
among the priests, and to ail that were saying,
reckoned by genealogies zunong the 10 Thus saith Sen-nach'-e-rib king
Levites. of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that
20 And thus did Hez-e-ki-ah ye abide in the siege in Jérusalem?
throughout ail Judah, and wrought 11 Doth not Hez-e-ki'-ah persuade
that which was good and right and you to give over yolirselves to die by
truth before the Lord his God. famine and by thirst; saying, The
21 And in every work that he began Lord our God shall deliver us out of
in the service of the house of God, and the hand of the king of Assyria?
in the law, and in the commandments, 12 Hath not the same Hez-e-ki'-ah
to seek his God, he did it with ail his taken away his high places and his al-
heart, and prospered. tars, and commanded Judah and Jéru
salem, saying, Ye shall worship before
CHAPTER 32 one altar, and bum incense upon it?
A FTER these things, and the estab- 13 Know ye not what I and my fa
J\ lishment thereof, Sen-nach'-e-rib thers have done unto ail the people of
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oiher lands? were the gods of the na- sick to the death, and prayed unto the
tions of those lands any ways able to Lord: and he spake unto him, and he
deliver their lands eut df mine hand? gave him a sign.
14 Who was there among ail the 25 But Hez-e-ki'-ah rendered not
gods of those nations that my fathers agahi according to the benefit done un
utterly destroyed, that could deliver to him; for his heart was lifted up:
his people ont of mine hahd,that your therefore there was wrath upon him,
God should be able to deliver you ont and upon Judah and Jérusalem.
of mine hand? 26 Notwithstanding Hez-e-ki'-ah
15 Now therefore let not Hez-e-ki- hiimbled himself for the pride of his
ah deceive you, nor persuade you on heart, both he and the inhabitants of
this manner, neither yet believe him: Jérusalem, so that the wrath of the
for no god of any nation or kingdom Lord came not upon them in the days
was able to deliver his people out of of Hez-e-ki-ah.
mine hand, and out of the hand of my 27 And Hez-e-ki-ah had exceeding
fathers: how much less shall your God much riches and honour: and he made
deliver you out of mine hand? himself treasuries for silver, and for
16 And his servants spake yet more gold, and for precious stbnes, and for
against the Lord God,ahd against his spices,and for shields, and for all man-
servant Hez-e-ki-ah. ner of pleasant jewels;
17 He wrote also letters to rail on 28 Storehouses also for the increase
the Lord God of Israël, and to speak of com, and wine, and oU; and stalls
against him,sayiiig. As the gods of the for ail manner of beasts, and cotes for
nations of other lands have not deliv- flocks.
ered their people out of mine hand, so 29 Moreover he provided him cities,
shall not the God of Hez-e-ki-ah de and possessions of docks and hérds in
liver his people out of mine hand. abondance: for God had given him
18 Then they cried with a loud substance very much.
voice in the Jews- speech unto the peo 30 This same Hez-e-ki-ah. also
ple of Jérusalem that were on the wall, stopped the upper watercourse of Gi-
to affright them,and to trouble them; hon, and brought it straight down to
that they might take the city. the west side of the city of David. And
19 And they spake against the God Hez-e-ki-ah prospered in ail his works.
of Jérusalem, as against the gods of 31 Howbeit in the business of the
the people of the earth, which were the ambassadors ofthe princes of Babylon,
work of the hands of man. who sent ùnto him to enquire of the
20 And for this catcse Hez-e-ki'-ah wonder that was done in the land, God
the king, and the prophet Isaiah the left him, to try him, that he might
son of Amoz,prayed and cried to heav- know ail that was in his heart.
en. 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hez-e-
21 And the Lord sent an angel, ki-ah, and his goodness, behold, they
which eut off ail the mighty men of are written in the vision of Isaiah the
valeur, and the leaders and captains prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the
in the camp of the king of Assyria. So book of the kings of Judah and Is
he retumed with shame of face to his raël.
own land. And when hé was come into 33 And Hez-e-ki-ah slept with his
the house of his god, they that came fathers, and they buried him in the
forth of his own bowels slew him there chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of
With the sword. David: and ail Judah)^d the inhabit
22 Thus the Lord,saved Hez-e-ki- ants of Jérusalem did him honour at
ah and the inhabitants of Jérusalem his death. And Ma-nas'-séh his son
from the hand of Sén-nach-e-rib the reigned in his stead.
kkig of Assyria, and from the hand of
ail other, and guided them on every CHAPTER 33
side.
23 And many brought gifts unto the MA-NAS'-SEH was twelve years
Lord to Jérusalem, and présents to old when he began to reign, and
Hez-e-ki-ah king of Judah: so that he he reigned fifty and five years in Jéru
was magnified in the sight of àll na salem:
tions from thenceforth. 2 But.did that which was evil in the
24 In thoise days Hez-e-ki-ah was sight ofHie Lord,like unto the abomi-
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nations of the heathen» whom the nas-seh knew that the Lord he was
Lord had cast eut before the children God.
of Israël. 14 Now after this he built a wall
3 For he buUt again the high places without the city of David, on the west
which Hez-e-ki-ah his father had bro- side of Gi-hon, in the valley, even to
ken down, and he reared up altars for the entering in at the fish gâte, and
Ba-al-im, and made groves, and wor- compassed about O-phel^ and raised it
shipped ail the host of heaven, and up a very great height, and put cap
served them. tains of war in ail the fenced dties of
4 Also he built altars in the house of Judah.
the Lord, whereof the Lord had said. 15 And he took away the strange
In Jérusalem shall my name be for gods, and the idol out of the house of
ever. the Lord, and ail the altars that he
5 And he buUt altars for ail the host had built in the mount of the house of
of heaven in the two courts of the the Lord, and in Jérusalem, and cast
house of the Lord. them out of the city.
6 And he caused his children to pass16 And he repaired the altar of the
through the fire in the vaUey of the son
Lord, and sacrfflced thereon peace of-
of Hin-nom: also he observed times, ferings and thank offerings and com
and used enchantments, and used manded Judah to serve the Lord God
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar of Israël.
spirit, and with wizards: he wrought 17 Nevertheless the people did sac
much evil in the sight of the Lord, to rifice still in the high places, yet unto
provoke him to anger. the Lord their God only.
7 And he set a carved image, the 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ma-
idol which he had made, in the house nas-seh, and his prayer unto his God,
of God, of which God had said to Da and the words of the seers that spake
vid and to Solomon his son. In this to him in the name of the Lord God of
house, and in Jérusalem, which I have Israël, behold, they are written in the
chosen before ail the tribes of Israël, book of the kings of Israël.
will I put my name for ever: 19 His prayer also, and how God
8 Neither wiU I any more remove was intreated of him, and ail his
the foot of Israël from out of the land sins, and his trespass, and the places
which I have appointed for your fa- wherein he built high places, and
thers; so that théy will take heed tç do set up groves and graven images,
ail that I have commanded them, ac- before he was humbled: behold, they
cording to the whole law and the stat- are written among the sayings of the
utes and the ordinances by the hand of seers.
Moses. 20 So Ma-nas-seh slept with his
9 So Ma-nas-seh made Judah and fathers, and they buried him in his
the inhabitants of Jérusalem to err, own house: and Amon his son reigned
and to do worse than the heathen, in his stead.
whom the Lord had destroyed before 21 Amon was two and twenty years
the children of Israël. old when he began to reign, and
10 And the Lord spake to Ma-nas- reigned two years in Jérusalem.
seh, and to his people: but they would 22 But he did that which was evil in
not hearken. the sight of the Lord, as did Ma-nas-
11 Wherefore the Lord brought up- seh his father: for Amon sacrificed un
on them the captains of the host of the to ail the carved images which Ma-
king of Assyria, which took Ma-nas- nas-seh his father had made, and
seh among the thoms^ and boimd him served them;
with fetters, and carried him to Baby- 23 And humbled not himself before
lon. the Lord,as Ma-nas-seh his father had
12 And when he was in affliction, he humbled himself; but Amon trespassed
besought the Lord his God, and hum- more and more.
bled himself greatly before the God of 24 And his servants conspired
his fathers, against him, and slew him in his own
13 And prayéd unto him: and he house.
was intreated of him, and heard his 25 But the people of the land slew
supplication,and brought him again to ail them that had conspired against
Jérusalem into his kingdom. Then Ma- king Amon;and the people of the land
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made Jo-si-ah his son king in his house of the Lord, to repair and
stead. amend the house:
11 Even to the artificers and build-
CHAPTER 34 ers gave they it, to buy hewn stone,
TO-SI-AH was eight years old when and timber for couplings, and to floor
J he began to reign,and he reigned in the houses which tiie kings of Judah
Jérusalem one and thirty years. had destroyed.
2 And he did that which was right in 12 And the men did the work faith-
the sight of the Lord, and walked in fully: and the overseers of them were
the ways of David his father, and de- Ja-hath and O-ba-di-ah, the Levites,
clined neither to the right hand, nor to of the sons of Me-ra'-ri; and Zech-a-ri-
the left. ah and Me-shul-lam, of the sons of the
3 For in the eighth year of his Ko'-hath-ites, to set it forward; and
reign, while he was yet young, he be oiher of the Levites, ail that could skill
gan to seek after the God of David his of instnunents of musick.
father: and in the twelfth year he be 13 Also they were over the bearers of
gan to purge Judah and Jérusalem burdens, and were overseers of ail that
from the high places, and the groves, wrought the work in any manner of
and the carved images,and the molten service: and of the Levites there were
images. scribes, and officers, and porters.
4 And they brake down the altars of 14 And when they brought out the
Ba-al-im in his presence; and the im money that was brought into the
ages,that were on high above them,he house ofthe Lord, Hil-ki-ah the priest
eut down; and the groves^ and the found a book of the law of the Lord
carved images, and the molten images, given by Moses.
he brake in pièces, and made dust of 15 And HU-ki-ah answered and said
ihem, and strowed it upon the graves to Sha'^phan the scribe, I have found
of them that had sacrificed imto them. the book of the law in the house of the
5 And he bumt the bones of the Lord. And Hil-ki'-ah delivered the
priests upon their altars, and cleansed book to Sha'-phan.
Judah and Jérusalem. 16 And Sha-phan carried the book
6 And sa did he in the cities of Ma- to the king, and brought the king
nas-seh, and E'-phra-im, and Simeon, Word back again, saying. Ail that was
even unto Naph-ta-li, with their mat- committed to thy servants, they do it
tocks round about. 17 And they have gathered together
7 And when he had broken down the money that was found in the house
the altars and the groves,. and had of the Lord,and have delivered it into
beaten the graven images into powder, the hand of the overseers, and to the
and eut down ail the idols throughout hand of the workmen.
ail the land of Israël, he retumed to 18 Then Sha-phan the scribe told
Jérusalem. the king, saying, Hil-ki'-ah the priest
8 Now in the eighteenth year of his hath given me a book. And Sha-phan
reign, when he had purged the land, read it before the king.
and the house, he sent Sha'phan the 19 And it came to pass, when the
son of Az-a-li-ah, and Ma-a-se-iah the king had heard the words of the law,
govemor of the city, and Jo-ah the son that he rent his clothes.
of Jo-a-haz the recorder, to repair the 20 And the king commanded Hil-
house of the Lord his God. ki-ah, and A-hi-kam the son of Sha-
9 And when they came to Hil-ki-ah phan, and Abdon the son of Mi-cah,
the high priest, they delivered the and Sha-phan the scribe, and A-sa-i'-
money that was brought into the house ah a servant of the king's, saying,
of God, which the Levites that kept 21 Go, enquire of the Lord for me,
the doors had gathered of the hand of and for them that are leftin Israël and
Ma-nas-seh and E'-phra-im, and of ail in Judah, conceming the words of the
the remnant of Israël, and of ail Judah book that is foimd: for great is the
and Benjamin; and they retumed to wrath of the Lord that is poured out
Jérusalem. upon us, because our fathers have not
10 And they put it in the hand of kept the word of the Lord,to do after
the workmen that had the oversight of aU that is written in this book.
the house of the Lord, and they gave 22 And Hil-ki-ah, and they that the
it to the workmen that wrought in the king had appointed, went to Hul-dah
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the prophetess, the wlfe of Shal-lum
the son of Tik'-vath, the son of Has-
rah, keeper of the wardrobe;(now she
dwelt in Jérusalem in the collège:) and
they spake to her to that effecL
23 And she answered them, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israël, Tell ye
the man that sent you to me,
24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even ail
the curses that are written in the book
which they have read before the king
of Judah:
25 Because they have forsaken me,
and have bumed incense imto other
gods, that they might provoke me to
anger with ail the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be poured
out upon this place, and shall not be
quenched.
26 And as for the king of Judah,
who sent you to enquire of the Lord,
50 shall ye say unto him, Thus saith
the Lord God of Israël conceming the
words which thou hast heard;
27 Because thine heart was ténder,
and thou didst humble thyself before
God, when thou heardest his words
against this place, and against the in
habitants thereof, and humbledst thy
self before me, and didst rend thy
clothes, and weep before me; I have
even heard fhee also, saith the Lord.
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy
fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to
thy grave in peace^ neither shall thine
eyes see ail the evil that I will bring
upon this place,and upon the inhabit
ants of the same. So they brought the
king Word again.
29 Then the king sent and gathered
together ail the elders of Judah and
Jérusalem.
30 And the king went up into the
house of the Lord, and ail the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jérusa
lem, and the priests, and thé Levites, présent, to the number of thirty thou-
and ail the people, great and small: sand, and three thousand bullocks:
and he read in their ears ail the words these were of the king's substance.
of the book of the covenant that was
found in the house of the Lord. to the people,to the priests, and to the
31 And the king stood in his place, Levites: Hil-ki^-ah and Zech-a-ri-ah
and made a covenant before the Lord,
to walk after the Lord, and to keep
his commandments, and his testimo-
nies, and his statutes, with ail his
heart, and with ail his soul, to perform
the words of the covenant which are
written in this book.
32 And hé caused ail that were prés
ent in Jerusalqtn and Benjamin to
stand to it And the inhabitants of
Jérusalem did according to the cove
nant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And Jo-si'-ah took away ail the
abominations out of ail the countries
that pertained to tiie children of Israël,
and made ail that were présent in Is
raël to serve, even to serve the Lord
their God. And ail his days they de-
parted not from fbllowing the Lord,
the God of their fathers.
CHAPTER 35
MOREOVER Jo-si-ah kept a pass-
over unto the Lord in Jérusa
lem: and they killed the passover on
the fourteenth day of the hrst month.
2 And he set the priests in their
charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the Lord,
3 And said unto the Levites that
taught ail Israël, which were holy imto
the Lord, Put the holy ark in the
house which Solomon.the son of David
king of Israël did build; it shàU not be a
burden upon your shoulders:serve now
the Lord your God, and his people
Israël,
4 And préparé yourselves by the
houses of your fathers, after your
courses, according to the writing of
David king of Israël, and accordi^ to
the writing of Solomon his son.
5 And stand in the holy place ac
cording to the divisions of the families
of the fathers of your brethren the peo
ple, and after the division of the fami
lies of the Levites.
6 So kill the passover, and sanctify
yourselves, and préparé your brethren,
that they may do according to the
Word of the Lord by the hand of Mo-
sesi
7 And Jo-si-ah gave to the people,
of the dock,lambs and kids, ail for the
passover offerings, for ail that were
S And his princes gave willingly un
and Je-hi'-el, rulers of the house of
God,gave unto the priests for the pass
over oiferings two thousand and six
hundred smaU caiUe, and three hun-
dred oxen.
9 Con-a-ni-ah also, and She-ma-
iah and Ne-than'^-e-el,his brethren,and
Hash-a-bi-ah and Je-i'-el and Joz'-a-
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bad,chief ofthe Levltes, gave imto the
Levites for passover offerings five
thousand smaU cattte, and five hundred
oxen.
10 So the service was prepared, and
the priests stood in their place, and the
Levites in their courses, according to
the king's commandment.
11 And they killed the passover,
and the priests sprinkled the blood from
their hands, and the Levites fiayed
them,
12 And they removed the bumt of
ferings, that they might give accord tum his face from him, but disguised
ing to the divisions of the families of himself, that he might fight with him,
the people, to offer unto the Lord, as and hearkened not unto the words of
U is written in the book of Moses. And
so did they with the oxen.
13 And they roasted the passover
with fire according to the ordinance:
but the other holy offerings sod they in
pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and
divided them speedily among ail the
people.
14 And afterward they made ready
for themselves, and for the priests: be-
cause the priests the sons of Aaron
were busied in offering of bumt offer
ings and the fat until night; therefore
the Levites prepared for themselves,
and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
15 And the singers the sons of
A'saph were in their place, according
to the commandment of David, and
A-saph, and He-man, and Jed-u-thun
the king's seer; and the porters waited
at every gâte; they might not départ
from their service; for their brethren
the Levites prepared for them.
16 So ail the service of the Lord
was prepared the same day, to keep
the passover, and to offer bumt offer
ings upon the altar of the Lord, ac
cording to the commandment of king
Jo-si-ah.
17 And the children of Israël that
were présent kept the passover at that
time, and the feast of unleavened
bread seven days.
18 And there was no passover like
to that kept in Israël from the days of
Samuel the prophet; neither did ail the
kings of Israël keep such a passover as
Jo-si-ah kept, and the priests, and the
Levites, and ail Judah and Israël that
were présent, and the inhabitants of
Jérusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the
reign of Jo-si-ah was this passover
kept.
20 After ail this, when Jo-si-ah had
459
prepared the temple, Ne-cho king of
Egypt came up to fight against Char'-
che-mish by Eu-phra-tes; and Jo-si-ah
went out against him.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him,
saying, What have I to do with thee,
thou king of Judah? I corne not against
thee this day, but against the house
wherewith I have war: for God com-
manded me to make haste: forbear
thee from meddling mth God, who is
with me, that he destroy thee not.
22 Nevertheless Jo-si-ah would not
Ne'-cho from the mouth of God, and
came to fight in the valley of Me-gid-
do.
23 And the archers shot at king Jo-
si-ah; and the king said to his servants,
Have me away;for I am sore wounded.
24 His servants therefore took him
out of that chariot, and put him in the
second chariot that he had; and they
brought him to Jemsalem, and he
died, and was buried in one of the sep-
ulchres of his fathers. And ail Judah
and Jérusalem moumed for Jo-si-ah.
25 And Jeremiah lamented for Jo-
si-ah: and ail the singing men and the
singing women spake of Jo-si-ah in
their lamentations to this day, and
made them an ordinance in Israël: and,
behold, they are written in the lamen
tations.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Jo-
si-ah, and his goodhess, according to
that which was written in the law of the
Lord,
27 And his deeds, first and last, be
hold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israël and Judah.
CHAPTER 36
THEN the people of the land took
Jerho-a-haz the son of Jo-si'-ah,
and made him king in his father's
stead in Jérusalem.
2 Je-ho-a-haz was twenty and three
years old when he began to reign, and
he reîgned three months in Jérusalem.
3 And the king of Egypt put him
down at Jérusalem, and condemned
the land in an hundred talents of silver
and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made
E-li'-a-kim his brother king over Judah
and Jérusalem, and tumed his name
to Je-hoi-a-kim. And Ne-cho took
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Je-ho-a-haz his brother, and carried thers sent to them by his messengers,
him to Egypt. rising up betimes, and sending; be-
5 Je-hoi-a-kim was twenty and five cause he had compassion on his people,
years old when he began to reign, and and on his dwelling place:
he reigned eleven years in Jérusalem: 16 But they mocked the messengers
and he did that which was evil in the of God, and despiised his words, and
sight of the Lord his God. misused his prophets, until the wrath
6 Against him came up Neb-u-chad- of the Lord arose against his people,
nez'-zar king of Babylon, and bound till there was no remedy.
him in fetters, to carxy him to Baby 17 Therefore he brought upon them
lon. the king of the Chal-dees, who slew
7 Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar also carried their young men with the sword in the
of the vessels of the house of the Lord house of their sanctuary, and had no
to Babylon, and put them in his tem compassion upon young man or maid-
ple at Babylon. en, old man, or him that stooped for
8 Now the rest of the acts of Je- âge: he gave them ail into his hand.
hoi-a-kim,and his abominations which 18 And ail the vessels of the house
he did, and that which was found in of God, great and small, and the trea-
him, behold, they are written in thé sures of the house of tlie Lord, and
book of the kings of Israël and Judah: the treasures of the king, and of his
and Je-hoi-a-cMn his son reigned in princes; ail these he brought to Baby
his stead. lon.
9 Je-hoi-a-chin was eight years old 19 And they bumt the house of
when he began to reign,and he reigned God,and brake down the wall of Jéru
three months and ten days in Jérusa salem, and bumt ail the palaces there-
lem: and he did that which was evil in of with fire, and destroyed ail the good
the sight of the Lord. ly vessels thereof.
10 And when the year was expired, 20 And them that had escaped from
king Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar sent, and the sword carried he away to Babylon;
brought him to Babylon, with the where they were servants to him and
goodly vessels of the house of the his sons until the reign of the kingdom
Lord,and made Zed-e-ki-ah his broth of Persia:
er king over Judah and Jérusalem. 21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by
11 Zed-e-ki-ah was one and twenty the mouth of Jeremiah, untU the land
years old when he began to reign, and had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long
reigned eleven years in Jérusalem. as she lay desolate she kept sabbath,
12 And he did that which was evil in to fulfil threescore and ten years.
the sight of the Lord his God, and 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus
humbled not himself before Jeremiah king of Persia, that the word of the
the prophet speaking from the mouth Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremi
of the Lord. ah might be accomplished, the Lord
13 And he also rebelled against king stirred up the spirit of Cynis king of
Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar, who had made Persia, that he made a proclamation
him swear by God: but he stiffened his throughout ail his kingdom, and put U
neck, and hardened his heart from also in writing, saying,
tuming unto the Lord God of Israël. 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
14 Moreover ail the chief of the AU the kingdoms of the earth hath the
priests, and the people, transgressed Lord God of heaven given me; and he
very much after ail the abominations hath charged me to buUd him an house
of the heathen; and polluted the house in Jemsalem, which is in Judah. Who
of the Lord which he had hallowed in is there among you of aU his people?
Jérusalem. The Lord his God be with him,and let
15 And the Lord God of their fa- him go up.
 Ezra
CHAPTER I
NOW in the first year of Cyrus
king of Persia, that the word
of the Lord by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be fulfiUed, the Lord
stirred up the splrit of Cyrus king of
Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout ail his kingdom, and put it
also in writing, saying,
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
The Lord God of heaven hath given
me ail the kingdoms of the earth; and
he hath charged me to build him an
house at Jérusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is there among you of ail his
people? his God be witti him, and let
him go up to Jérusalem, which is in
Judah, and build the house of the
Lord God of Israël, (he is the God,) Israël:
which is in Jérusalem. 3 The children of Pa-rosh, two
4 And whosoever remaineth in any thousand an hundred seventy and
place where he sojoumeth,let the men
of his place help him with silver, and
with gold, and with goods, and with
beasts, beside the freewill offering for
the house of God that is in Jérusalem.
5 Then rose up the chief of the fa-
thers of Judah and Benjamin, and the
priests, and the Levites, with ail them
whose spirit God had raised, to go up
to build the house of the Lord which
is in Jérusalem.
6 And aU they that were about them
strengthened their hands with vessels
of silver, with gold, with goods, and
with beasts, and with precious things,
beside ail that was willingly ofîered.
7 Also Cyrus the king brought
forth the vessels of the house of the
Lord, which Neb-u-chad-nez-zar had
brought forth out of Jérusalem, and
had put them in the house of his gods;
8 Even those did Cyrus king of Per
sia bring forth by the hand of Mith-re-
dath the treasurer, and numbered
them unto Shesh-ba^-zar,the prince of
Judah.
9 And this is the number of them:
thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty
knives,
10 Thirty basons of gold, silver ba
sons of a second sort four hundred and
ten, and other vessels a thousand.
11 AU the vessels of gold and of sil
ver were five thousand and four hun
461
dred. AU these did Shesh-baz'-zar bring
up with them ofthe^aptivity that were
brought up from Babylon unto Jéru
salem.
CHAPTER 2
NOW these are the chUdren of the
province that went up out of the
captivity, of those which had been car-
ried away, whom Neb-u-chad-nez-zar
the king of Babylon had carried away
unto Babylon, and came again unto
Jérusalem and Judah, every one unto
his city;
2 Which came with Ze-rub-ba-bel:
Jesh'-u-a, Ne-he-mi-ah, Ser-a-i-ah, Re-
el-a-iah, Mor'-de-cai, Bilshan, Miz-par,
Big'-va-i, Re'-hum, Ba'-a-nah. The
number of the men of the people of
two.
4 The children of Sheph-a-ti'-ah,
three hundred seventy and two.
5 The ChUdren of A-rah,seven hun
dred seventy and five.
6 The ChUdren of Pa'-hath-mo-ab,
of the children of Jesh-u-a and Jo-ab,
two thousand eight hundred and
twelve.
7 The children of E-lam,a thousand
two hundred fifty and four.
8 The children of Zaf-tu, nine hun
dred forty and five.
9 The children of Zac'-ca-i, seven
hundred and threescore.
10 The ChUdren of Ba-ni, six him-
dred forty and two.
11 The chUdren of Beb-a-i, six hun
dred twenty and three.
12 The children of Az-gad, a thou
sand two hundred twenty and two.
13 The ChUdren of A-don-i-kam,six
hundred sixty and six.
14 The ChUdren of Big'-va-i, two
thousand fifty and six.
15 The ChUdren of A-din,four hun
dred fifty and four.
16 The ChUdren of A-ter of Hêz-e-
ki-ah, ninety and eight. .
17 The ChUdren of Be-zai, three
hundred twenty and three.
18 The ChUdren of Jo-rah, an hun
dred and twelve.
19 The ChUdren of Ha-shum, two
hundred twenty and three.
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20 The children of Gib-bar, ninety 46 The children of Ha-gab,the chil

and five. dren of Shal'-ma-i, the children of Ha-
21 The children of Beth-lehem, an nan,
himdred twenty and three. 47 The children of Gid'kiel, the chil
22 The men of Ne-to-phah, fifty dren of Ga'-har, the children of Re-a-
and six. i'-ah,
23 The men of An'-a-thoth, an hun- 48 The children of Re'-zin, the chil
dred twenty and eight. dren of Ne-ko'-da, the children of
24 The children of Az-ma-veth, Gaz'-zam,
forty and two. 49 The children of Uz'-za, the chil
25 The children of Kir'-jath-a-rim, dren of Pa-se'-ah, the children of Be-
Che-phi-rah, and Be-e'-roth, seven sai,
hundred and forty and three. 50 The children of As'-nah, the chil
26 The children of Ra-mah and dren of Me-hu'-nim, the children of
Ga-ba, six hundred twenty and one. Ne-phù'-sim,
27 The men of Mich-mas, an hun 51 The children of Balf-buk, the
dred twenty and two. children of Ha-ku'-pha,the children of
28 The men of Beth-el and A-i,two Har'-hur,
himdred twenty and three. 52 The children of Baz'-luth, the
29 The children of Nebo, fifty and children of Me-hi'-da, the children of
two. Har'-sha,
30 The children of Mag'-bish, an 53 The dtiildren of Bar'-kos, the
hundred fifty and six. children of Sis'-e-ra, the children of
31 The children of the other E'-lam, Tha'-mah,
a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 54 The children of Ne-zi'-ah, the
32 The children of Ha'-rim, three children of Haf-i-pha.
hundred and twenty. 55 The children of Solomon's ser
33 The children of Lod,Ha'-did,and vants: the children of So'-ta-i, the chil
O'no, seven hundred twenty and five. dren of Soph'-e-reth, the children of
34 The children of Jéricho, three Pe-ru'-da,
hundred forty and five. 56 The children of Jà-a'-lah, the
35 The children of Se-na'-ah, three children of Dar'-kon, the children of
thousand and six hundred and thirty. Gid'-del,
36 The priests: the children of Je- 57 The children of Sheph-a-ti'-ah,
da'-iah, of the house of Jesh'-u-a, nine the children of Haf-til, the children of
hundred sevehty and three. Poch'-e-reth of Ze-ba'-im, the children
37 The children of Im'-mer, a thou of A'-mi.
sand fifty and two. 58 AU the Neth'-i-nims, and the
38 The children of Pash'-ur, a thou chUdren of Solomon's servants, were
sand two hundred forty and seven. three hundred ninety and two.
39 The children of Ha'-rim, a thou 59 And these were they which went
sand and seventeen. up from Tel-me'-lah, Tel-har'-sa, Cher-
40 The Levites: the children of ub, Ad'-dan, and Im'-mer: but they
Jesh'-u-a and Kad'-mi-el, of the chil could not shew their father's house,
dren of Hod-a-vi'-ah,seventy and four. and their seed, whether they were of
41 The singers: the children of Israël.
A'-saph, an hundred twenty and eight. 60 The chUdren of Del-a-i'-ah, the
42 The children of the porters: the ChUdren of To-bi'-ah, the chUdren of
children of Shal'-lum, the children of Ne-ko'-da, six hundred fifty and two.
A'-ter, the children of Tal'-mon, the 61 And of the chUdren of the
children of Ak'-kub, the children of priests: the chUdren of Ha-ba'-iah, the
Haf-i-ta, the children of Sho'-ba-i, in children of Koz, the chUdren of Bar-
ail an hundred thirty and nine. zil'-la-i; which took a wife of the daugh-
43 The Neth'-i-nims: the children of ters of Bar-zil'-la-i the GU'-e-ad-ite,and
Zi'-ha, the children of Ha-su'-pha, the was called after their name:
children of Tab'-ba-oth, 62 These sought their: register
44 The children of Ke'-ros, the chil among those that were reckoned by
dren of Si'-a-ha,the children of Pa'-don. genealogy, but they were not found:
45 The children of Leb'-a-nah, the therefore were they, as poUuted, put
children of Hag'-a-bah, the children of from the priesthood.
Ak'-kub, 63 And the Tir'-sha-tha said unto
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them, that they should not eat of the moons, and of ail the set feasts of the
most holy things, till there stood up a Lord that were consecrated, and of
priest wlth U-rim and with Thum- every one that willingly offered a free-
mim. will offering unto the Lord.
64 The i^diole congrégation together 6 From the first day of the seventh
was forty ahd two thousand three hun- month began they to offer bumt offer
dred and thxeescore, ings unto the Lord. But the founda-
65 Béside their servants and their tion of the temple of the Lord was not
maids, of whom there were seven thou- yet laid*
séind three hundred thirty and seven: 7 They gave money also unto the
and there were among them two hun masons, and to the carpenters; and
dred singing men and singing women. meat, and drink« and oil, unto them of
66 Their horses were seven hundred Zi-don, and to them of Tyre, to bring
thirty and six; their mules, two him- cedar trees from Lebanon tp the sea of
dred forty and five; Jop-pa, according tô the grant that
67 Their camels, four hundred thir they had of Cyms king of Persia.
ty and five; their asses, six thousand 8 Now in the second year of their
seven hundred and twenty. coming unto the house of God at Jem-
68 And some of the chief of the fa- salem,in the second month, began Ze-
thers, when they came to the house of mb-ba-bel the son of She-al-ti-el, and
the Lord which is at Jérusalem, of- Jesh-u-a the son of Joz-a-dak,and the
fered freely for the house of God to set remnant of their brethren the priests
it up in his place: and the Levites, and ail they that were
69 They gave after their ability un- come ont of the captivity unto Jemsa-
to tiie treasure of the work threescore lem; and appointed the Levites, from
and one thousand drams of gold, and twenty years old and upward, to set
five thousand poimd of silver, and one forward the work of the house of the
hundred priests* garments. Lord*
70 So the priests> and the Levites, 9 Then stood Jesh'-u-a with his sons
and some of the people, and the sing- and his brethren, Kad^mirel and his
ers, and the porters, and the Neth-i- sons, the sons of judah, together, to
nims, dwelt in their cities, and ail Is set forward the wprkmen in the house
raël in their cities. of God: the sons of ; Hen-a-dadj mth
their sons and their brethrèn the Le
CHAPTER 3 vites*
AND when the seventh month was 10 And when the builders laid the
/\ corne, and the children of Israël fpimdation of the temple of the Lord,
were in the cities, the people gathered they set the priests in their appârel
themselves together as-one man to with trumpets, and the Levites the
Jérusalem* sons of A-saphvidth cymbals,to praise
2 Then stood up Jesh'-u-a the son of the Lord,after the ordinance of David
Joz'-a'^ak, and his brethren the king of Israël*
priests, and Ze-rub'-ba-bel the son of 11 And they sang together by
She-al-ti-el, and his brethren, and cpurse in praising and giying thanks
builded the altar of the God of Israël, unto the Lord; because he is gpod, for
to offer bumt offerings thereom as it is his mercy endureth for ever toward Is
wrltten in the law of Moses the man of raël. And ail the people shouted with
God* a great shout, when they praised the
3 And they set the altar upon his Lord, because the foimidation pf the
bases;for fear was upon them because house of the Lord \yas laid*
of the ^ople of those countries: and 12 But many pf the priests and Le
they ofifèred bumt offerings thereon vites and chief of the fathers, who were
unto the Lord, et;en bumt offerings ancient men, that had seen the first
moming and evening* house, when the foimdation of this
4 They kept also the feast of taber house was laid beforè their eyes, wept
nacles, as it is written, and offered the with a Ipud voice; and many shouted
daily bumt offerings by pumber, ac- aloud for joy:
cording to the custom, as the duty of 13 So rfmt the people çbiild not dis-
every day required; çem the noise of^e shout of Joy from
5 And afterward o^éred the continu the noise of the weeping of the people:
ai bumt offering, both of the new for the people shouted with a loud
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shout, and the noise was heard afar they sent unto him, even unto Ar-ta-
off. xer'-xes the king; Thy servants the
men on this side the river, and at such
CHAPTER 4 a time.
NOW when the adversaries of Ju- 12 Be it known unto the king, that
dah ahd Benjamin heard that the Jews which came up from thee to
the children of the captivity builded us are come unto Jérusalem, building
the temple unto the Lord God of Is the rebellions and the bad city, and
raël; have set up the walls thereof, and
2 Then they came to Ze-rub-ba-bel, joined the foundations.
and to the chief of the fathers, and said 13 Be it known now unto the king,
unto them, Let us build with you: for that, if this city bé builded, ahd^the
we seek your God, as ye do; and we do walls set up again, then will they not
sacrifice unto him since the days of pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so
E-sar-had-don king of Assur, which thou shalt endamage the revenue of
brought us up hither. the kings.
3 But Ze-rub-ba-bel, and Jesh-u-a, 14 Now because we have mainte
and the rest of the chief of the fathers nance from the king's palace, and it
of Israël, said unto them, Ye have was not meet for us to see the king's
nothing to do with us to build an house dishonour, therefore have we sent and
unto our God; but wê ourselves to- certified the king;
gether will build unto the Lord God of 15 That search may be made in the
Israël, as king Cyrus the king of Persia book of the records of thy fathers: so
hath commanded us. shalt thou find in the book of the rec
4 Then the people of the land weak- ords, and know that this city is a re
ened the hands of the people of Judah, bellions city, and hurtful unto kings
and troubled them in building, and provinces, and that they have
5 And hired counsellors against moved sédition within the seune of old
them, to frustrate their purpose, ail time: for which cause was this city de-
the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even stroyed.
imtil the reign of Darius king of Persia. 16 We certify the king that, if this
6 And in the reign of A-has-u-e'-rus, city be builded again, and the walls
in the beginning of his reign, wrote thereof set up, by this means thou
they unto him an accusation against shalt have no portion on this side the
the inhabitants of Judah and Jérusa river.
lem. 17 Then sent the king an answer
7 And in the days of Ar-ta-xer'-xes unto Re-hum the chancellor, and to
wrote Bish-lam, Mith'-re-dath, Ta-be- Shim'-shai the scribe, and to the rest of
el, and the rest of their companions, their companions that dwell in Sa-ma-
unto Ar-ta-xer'-xes kihg of Persia; and ri-a, and unto the rest beyond the
the writing pf thé letter was written in river, Peace, and at such a time.
the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in 18 The letter which ye sent unto us
the Syrian tongue. hath been plainly read before me.
8 Re-hum the chancellor and Shim- 19 And I commanded, and search
shai the scribe wrote a letter against hath been made, and it is found that
Jérusalem to Ar-ta-xer'-xes the king in this city of old time hath made insur
this sort: rection against kings, and that rébel
9 Then wrote Re'-hum the chancel lion and sédition have been made
lor, and Shim'-shai the scribe, and the therein.
rest of their companions; the Di'-na- 20 There have been mighty kings
ites, the A-phar'-sath-chites, the Tar'- also over Jérusalem, which haye ruled
pel-ites, the A-phar'-sites, the Ar'-che- over ail countries beyond the river; and
vites, the Babylonians, the Su'-san- toll, tribute, and custom, was paid un
chites, the De-ha'-vites, and the to them.
E'-lam-ites, 21 Give ye now commandment to
10 And the rest of the nations cause these men to cease, and that this
whom the great and noble As-nap'-per city be not builded, until anofher com
brought over, and set in the cities of mandment shall be given from me.
Sa-ma'-ri-a, ahd the rest that are on this 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to
side the river, and at such a time. do this: why should damage grow to
11 This is the copy of the letter that the hurt of the kings?
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23 Now when the copy of king Ar- names of the men that were the chief
ta-xer'-xes' letter was read before Re- of them.
hum, and Shim-shai the scribe, and 11 And thus they retumed us an
their companions, they went up in swer, saying, We are the servants of
haste to Jérusalem imto the Jews, and the God of heaven and earth, and
made them to cease by force and build the house that was builded these
power. many years ago, which a great king of
24 Then ceased the work of the Israël builded and set up.
house of God which is at Jérusalem. So 12 But after that our fathers had
it ceased unto the second year of the provoked the God of heaven unto
reign of Darius king of Persia. wrath, he gave them into the hand of
Neb-u-chad-nez-zar the king of Baby-
CHAPTER 5 lon, the Chal-de-an, who destroyed
Then the prophets, Hag'-ga-i the this house, and carried the people
prophet, and Zech-a-ri-ah the son away into Babylon.
of Id-do, prophesied unto the Jews 13 But in the first year of Cyms the
that were in Judah and Jérusalem in king of Babylon the same king Cyrus
the name of the God of Israël, even made a decree to build this house of
unto them. God.
2 Then rose up Ze-rub-ba-bel the 14 And the vessels also of gold and
son of She-al-ti-el, and Jesh-u-a the silver of the house of God, which
son of Joz'-a-dak, and began to build Neb-u-chad-nez-zar took out of the
the house of God which is at Jérusa temple that was in Jérusalem, and
lem: and with thein were the prophets brought them into the temple of Baby
of God helping them. lon, those did Cyrus the king take out
3 At the same time came to them of the temple of Babylon, and they
Taf-na-i, govemor on this side the were delivered imto one, whose name
river,and She-thar-boz'-na-i,and their was Shesh-baz'-zar, whom he had made
companions, and said thus unto them, govemor;
Who hath commanded you to build 15 And said unto him, Take these
this house, and to make up this wall? vessels, go, carry them into the temple
4 Then said we unto them after this that is in Jemsalem, and let the house
manner, What are the names of the of God be builded in his place.
men that make this building? 16 Then came the same Shesh-baz'-
5 But the eye of their God was upon zar, and laid the foundation of the
the elders of the Jews, that they could house of God which is in Jemsalem:
not cause them to cease, till the matter and since that time even until now
came to Darius: and then they re- hath it been in building, and yet it is
tumed answer by letter conceming not hnished.
this matter. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to
6 The copy of the letter that Taf- the king, let there be search made in
na-i, govemor on this side the river, the king's treasure house, which is
and She-thar-bof-na-i, and his com there at Babylon, whether it be so,
panions the A-phaf-sach-ites, which that a decree was made of Cyms the
were on this side the river, sent imto king to build this house of God at Jem
Darius the king: salem, and let the king send his pleas-
7 They sent a letter unto him, ure to us conceming this matter.
wherein was written thus; Unto Da
rius the king, ail peace. CHAPTER 6
8 Be it known unto the king, that
we went into the province of Judea,to Then Darius the king made a de
the house of the great God, which is cree, and search was made in the
builded with great stones, and timber house of the rolls, where the treasures
is laid in the walls,and this work goeth were laid up in Babylon.
fast on, and prospereth in their hands. 2 And there was found at Ach-me-
9 Then asked we those elders, and tha, in the palace that is in the prov
said imto them thus, Who commanded ince of the Medes, a roU, and therein
you to build this house, and to make was a record thus written:
up these walls? 3 In the first year of Cyms the king
10 We asked their names also, to the same Cyms the king made a decree
certify thee, that we might write the conceming the house of God at Jemsa-
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lem, Let the house be biiilded, the side the river, She-thar-bof-na-i, and
place where they offered sacrifices, andtheir companions, according to that
let the foundations thereof be strongly which Darius the king had sent, so
laid; the height thereof threescore cu- they did speedily.
bits, and the breadth thereof three 14 And the elders of the Jews build-
score cubits; ed, and they prospered through the
4 With three rows of great stones, prophesying of Hag'-ga-i the prophet
and a row of new timber: and let the and Zech-a-ri-ah the son of Id-do. And
expences be given ont of the king's they builded,and finished it, according
house: to the commandment of the God of Is
5 And also let the golden and silver raël, and according to the command
vessels of the house of God, which ment of Cyms, and Darius, and Ar-
Neb-u-chad-nez-zar took forth out of ta-xef-xes king of Persia.
the temple which is at Jérusalem, and 15 And this house was finished on
brought unto Babylon, be restored, the third day of the month A'-dar,
and brought again imto the temple which was in the sixth year of the
which is at Jérusalem, every one to his reign of Darius the king.
place, and place them in the house of 16 And the children of Israël, the
God. priests, and the Levites, and the rest
6 Now thereforé Taf-na-i, govemor of the children of the captivity, kept
beyond the river, She'-thar-boz-na-i, the dedication of this house of God
and your companions the A-phar'-sach- with joy,
ites, which are beyond the river, be ye 17 And offered at the dedication of
far from thence: this house of God an hundred bullocks,
7 Let the work of this house of God two hundred rams, four himdred
alone;let the govemor ofthe Jews and lambs; and for a sin offering for ail Is
the elders of the Jews build this house raël, twelve he goats, according to the
of God in his place. number of the tribes of Israël.
8 Moreover I make a decree what ye 18 And they set the priests in their
shall do to the elders of these Jews for divisions, and the Levites in their
the building of this house of God: that courses, for the service of God, which
of the king's goods, even of the tribute is at Jemsalem; as it is written in the
beyond the river, forthwith expences book of Moses.
be given unto these men,that they be 19 And the children of the captivity
not hindered. kept the passover upon the fourteenth
9 And that which they have need day of the first month.
of, both yoimg bullocks,and rams,and 20 For the priests and the Levites
lambs, for the bumt offerings of the were purified together, ail of them
God of heaven, wheat, sait, wine, and were pure, and killed the passover for
oil, according to the appointment of ail the children of the captivity, and
the priests which are at Jérusalem, let for their brethren the priests, and for
it be given them day by day without themselves.
fail: 21. And the children of Israël, whicdi
10 That they may offer sacrifices of were come again out of captivity, and
sweet savours unto the God of heaven, ail such as had separated themselves
and pray for the life of the king, and unto them from the filthiness of the
of his sons. heathen of the land, to seek the Lord
11 Also I have made a decree, that God of Israël, did eat,
whosoever shaU alter this word, let 22 And kept the feast of unleavened
timber be pulled down from his house, bread seven days with joy: for the
and being set up, let him be hanged Lord had made them joyful, and
thereon; and let his house be made a tumed the heart of the king of Assyria
dunghill for this. unto them, to strengtitien their hands
12 And the God that hath caused in the work of the house of God, the
his name to dweU there destroy ail God of Israël.
kings and people, that shall put to
their hand to alter and to destroy this CHAPTER 7
house of God which is at Jérusalem. NOW after these things, in the
I Darius have made a decree; let it be reign of Ar-ta-xer'-xes king of
done with speed. Persia, Ezra the son of Ser-a-i-ah, the
13 Then Taf-na-i, govemor on this son of Az-a-ri-ah, the son of Hil-kirah,
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2 The son of Shal-lum, the son of the people, and of the priests, offering
Za-dok» the son of A-hi'-tub, willingly for the house of their God
3 The son of Am-a-ri-ah, the son of which is in Jérusalem:
Az-a-ri-ah, the son of Me-ra'-ioth, 17 That thou mayest buy speedily
4 The son of Zer-a-hi'-ah, the son of with this money bullocks,rams,lambs,
Uz'-zi, the son of Buk'-ki, with their meat offerings and their
5 The son of A-bish-u-a, the son of drink ofîerings, and offer them upon
Phin-e-has, the son of E-le-a-zar, the the altar of the house of your God
son of Aaron the chief priest: which is in Jérusalem.
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; 18 And whatsoever shall seem good
and he was a ready scribe in the law of to thee, and to thy brethren, to do
Moses, which the Lord God of Israël with the rest of the silver and the gold,
had pven: and the king granted him that do after the will of your G6d.
ail his request, according to the hand 19 The vessels also that are given
of the Lord his God upon him. thee for the service of the house of thy
7 And there went up some of the God, those deliver thou befoire the God
children of Israël, and of the priests, of Jérusalem.
and the Levites, and the singers, and 20 And whatsoever more shall be
the porters, and the Neth-i-nims, unto needful for the house of thy God,
Jérusalem, in the seventh year of Ar- which thou shalt have occasion to be-
ta-xeri-xes the king. stow, bestow it out of the king's trea-
8 And he came to Jérusalem in the sure house.
fifth month, which was in the seventh 21 And I, even I Ar-ta-xeri-xes the
year of the king. king, do make a decree to ail the trea-
9 For upon the first day of the first surers which are beyond the river,that
month began he to go up from Ba whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe
bylon, and on the first day of the fifth of the law of the God of heaven, shall
month came he to Jérusalem, accord xequire of you, it be done speedily,
ing to the good hand of his God upon 22 Unto an hundred talents of sil
him. ver, and to an hundred measures of
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart wheat, and to an hundred baths of
to seek the law of the Lord, and to do wine, and to an hundred baths of oil,
if, and to teach in Israël statutes and and sait without prescribing how much,
judgments. 23 Whatsoever is commanded by
11 Now this is the copy of the letter the God of heaven, let it be diligently
that the king Ar-ta-xeri-xes gave unto done for the house of the God of heav
Ezra the priest, the scribe,even a scribe en: for why should there be wrath
of the words of the commandments of against the realm of the king and his
the Lord, and of his statutes to Israël. sons?
12 Ar-ta-xeri-xes, king of kings,im- 24 Also we certify you, that touch-
to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law ing any of the priests and Levites,
of the God of heaven, perfect peace, singers, porters, Neth-i-nims, or min-
and at such a time. isters of this house of God, it shall not
13 I make a decree, that ail they of be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or
the people of Israël, and of his priests custom, upon them.
and Levites, in my realm, which are 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wi
minded of their own freewill to go up dom of thy God, that is in thine hand,
to Jérusalem, go with thee. set magistrates and judges, which may
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of judge ail the people that are beyond
the king, and of his seven counsellors, the river, ail siich as know the laws of
to enquire conceming Judah éuid Jéru thy God;and teach ye them that know
salem, according to the law of thy God them not.
which is.in thine hand; 26 And whosoever will not do the
15 And to carry the silver and gold, law of thy God, and the law of the
which the king and his counsellors king, let judgment be executed speed
have freely offered unto the God of Is ily upon him, whether itbe unto death,
raël, whose habitation is in Jérusa or to banishment, or to confiscation of
lem, goods, or to imprisonment.
16 And ail the silver and gold that 27 Blessed be the Lord God of our
thou canst find in ail the province of fathers, which hath put such a thing as
Babylon, with the freewill ofîering of this in the king's heart, to beautify the
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house of the LotiD whlch is In Jérusa there abode we in tents three days:and
lem: I viewed the people, and the priests,
28 And hath extended mercy unto and found there none of the sons of
me before the king, and his counsel- Levi.
lors, and before ail the king's mlghty 16 Then sent I for E-li-^e-zer, for
princes. And I was strengthened as the A-ri-el, for Shem-ai-ah, and for El-
hand of the Lord my God was upon na-than, and for Ja-rib, and for El-na-
me, and 1 gathered together out of Is than, and for Nathan, and for Zech-a-
raël chief men to go up with me. ri'-ah, and for Me-shul'4am, chief men;
also for Joi-a-rib, and for El-na-than,
CHAPTER8 men ôf understanding.
17 And I sent them with command-
THESE are now the chief of their
fathers^ djxd this is the genealogy
ment unto Id'-do the chief at the place
Ca-siph-i-a,and I told them what they
of them that went up with me from should say unto Id^'-do^ and to his
Babylon,in the reign of Ar-ta-xer'-xes brethren the Neth-i-nims^ at the place
the king. Ca-siph-i-a, that they should bring un
2 Of the sons of Phin-e-has; Ger'- to us ministers for the house of our
shom: of the sons of Ith-a-mar; Dan God.
iel: of the sons of David; Haf-tush. 18 And by the good hand of our
3 Of the sons of Shech-a-ni'-ah, of God upon us they brought us a man of
the sons of Pha-rosh; Zech-a-ri-ah: understanding, of the sons of Mah'-li,
and with him were reckoned by gene the son of Levi, the son of Israël; and
alogy of the maies an hundred and Sher-e-bi-ah, with his sons and his
fifty. brethren, eighteen;
4 Of the sons of Pa-hath-rmo'Tab; 19 And Hash^a-bf-ah, and with him
E-Ii-ho-e-nari the son of Zer-a-hi-ah, Je-sha'dah of the sons of Me-ra-ri, his
and with him two himdred maies. . brethren and their sons, twenty;
5 Of the sons of Shech-a-ni'-ah; the 20 Also of the Neth^-nims, whom
son of Ja-ha-zi-el, and with him three David and the princes had appointed
hundred maies. for the service of the Levites, two hun
6 Of the sons also of A-dln; E-bed dred and twenty Neth-i-nims: ail of
the son of Jonathan, and with him them were expressed by name.
fifty maies. < 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there,
7 And of the sons of E'-lam; Je-sha- at the river of ATha'-vâ, that we might
iah the son of Ath-a-lirah, and with afilict ourselves before our God,to seek
him seventy maies. of him a right way for us, and for our
8 And of the sons of Sheph-a-ti-ah; little ones, and for ail our substance.
Zeb-a-di-ah the son of Michael, and 22 For I was ashamed to require of
with him fourscore maies. the king a band of soldiers and horse-
9 Of the sons of Jo-ab; O-bardi-ah men to help us against the enemy in
the son of Je-hi-el, and with him two the way: because we had spoken unto
hundred and eighteen maies. the king, saying, The hand of our God
10 And of the sons of Shel'Vo-mith; is.upon ail them .for good that seek
the son of Jos-i-phi'-ah, and with him him; but his power and his wrath is
an hundred and threescore maies. against ail them that forsake him.
11 And of the sons of Beb-a-i; Zech- 23 So we fasted and besought our
a-ri-ah the son of Beb-a-i, and with God for this: and he was intreated of
him twenty and eight maies. us. .
12 And of the sons of Az'-gad; Jo- 24 Then I separated twelve of the
ha-nan the son of Hak-ka-tan, and chief of the priests, Sher-e-bi-ah,
with him an hundred and ten maies. Hash-a-bi'-ah, and ten of their breth
13 And of the last sons of A-don-i- ren with them,
kam, whose names are these, E-liph-e- 25 And weighed unto them the sil-
let, Je-i-el, and Shem-ai-ah, and with ver, and the gold, and the vessels, even
them threescore maies. the offering of the house of our God,
14 Of the sons also of Big'-va-i; which the king, and his counsellors,
U-tha-i, and Zab-bud, and with them and his lords, and ail Israël there prés
seventy maies. ent, had offered:
15 And I gathered them together to 26 I even weighed unto their hand
the river that runneth to A-ha-va; and six himdred and fifty talents of Silver,
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and silver vessels an himdred talents, lands, doing according to their abomi
and of gold an hundred talents; nations, even of the Canaanites, the
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a Hittites, the Peri-iz-zites, the Jeb-u-
thousand drams; and two vessels of sites, the Ammonites, the Moabites,
fine copper, precious as gold. the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
28 And 1 said unto them, Ye are 2 For they have taken of their
holy unto the Lord; the vessels are daughters for themselves, and for their
holy also; and the silver and the gold sons: so that the holy seed have min-
are a freewill offering unto the Lord gled themselves with the people of
God of your fathers. those lands: yéa, the hand of the prin
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ces and rulers toth been chief in this
ye weigh them before the chief of the trespass.
priests and the Levites, and chief of 3 And when I heard this thing, I
the fathers of Israël, at Jérusalem, in rent my garment and my mantle, and
the chambers of the house of the Lord» plucked off the hair of my head and of
30 So took the priests and the Le my beard, and sat down astonied.
vites the weight of the silver, and the 4 Then were assembled imto me
gold, and the vessels, to bring them to every one that trembled at the words
Jérusalem unto the house of our God. of the God of Israël, because of the
31 Then we departed from the river transgression of those that had been
of A-ha-va on the twelfth day of the carried away; and I sat astonied until
first month,to go unto Jérusalem; and the evening sacrifice.
the hand of our God was upon us, and 5 And at the evening sacrifice I
he delivered us from the hand of the arose up from my heaviness; and hav-
enemy, and of such as lay in wait by ing rent my garment and my mantle,I
the way. fell upon my knees, and spread out my
32 And we came to Jérusalem, and hands unto the Lord my God,
abode there three days. 6 And said, O my God,I am asham-
33 Now on the fourth day was the ed and blush to lift up my face to thee,
silver and the gold and the vessels my God: for our iniquities are in-
weighed in the house of our God by the creased over our head, and our tres
hand of Mer'-e-moth the son of U-ri-ah pass is grown up unto the heavens.
the priest; and with him was E-le-a-zar 7 Since the days of our fathers have
the son of Phin-e-has; and with them we been in a great trespass unto this
was Joz-a-bad the son of Jesh-u-a,and day; and for our iniquities have we,
No-a-di-ah the son of Bin-nu-i, Le our kings, and our priests, been deliv
vites; ered into the hand of the kings of the
34 By number and by weight of lands, to the sword, to captivity, and
every one: and ail the weight was writ- to a spoU, and to confusion of face, as
ten at that time. it is this day.
35 Also the children of those that 8 And now for a little space grâce
had been carried away, which were hath been shewed from the Lord our
come out of the captivity, offered God, to leave us a remuant to escape,
bumt offerings unto the God of Israël, and to give us a nail in his holy place,
twelve bullocks for ail Israël, ninety that our God may lighten our eyes,
and six rams, seventy and seven and give us a little reviving in our
lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offer bondage.
ing: ail this was a burnt offering unto 9 For we were bondmen; yet our
the Lord. God hath not forsaken us in our bond
36 And they delivered the king's age, but hath extended mercy unto us
commissions unto the king's lieute in the sight of the kings of Persia, to
nants,and to the govemors on tlUs side give us a reviving, to set up the house
the river: and they furthered the peo- of our God, and to repair the désola
ple, and the house of God^ tions thereof, and to give us a wall in
Judah and in Jérusalem.
CHAPTER 9 10 And now, O our God, what shall
NOW when these things were done, we say after this? for we have forsaken
the princes came to me, saying, thy commandments,
The pepple of Israël, and the priests, 11 Which thou hast commanded by
and the Levites, have not separated thy servants the prophets, saying, The
themselves from the people of the land, unto which ye go to possess it, is
le
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an unclean land with the filthiness of house of God,and went into the diam-
the people of the lands, with their ber of Jo-ha-nan the son of E-li'a-shib:
abominations, which have fîlled it and when he came thither, he did eat
from one end to another with their un- no bread, nor drink water: for he
cleanness. moumed because of the transgression
12 Now therefore giye not your of them that had been carried away.
daughters unto their sons, neither take 7 And they made proclamation
their daughters unto your sons, nor throughout Judah and Jérusalem untô
seek their peace or their wealth for ail the children of the captivity, that
ever: that ye may be strong, and eat they should gather themselves togeth-
the good of the land, and leave U for er unto Jérusalem;
an inheritance to your children for 8 And that whosoever would not
ever. come within three days, according to
13 And after ail that is come upon the counsel of the princes and the eld-
us for our evil deeds, and for our great ers, ail his substance should be for-
trespass, seeing that thou our God hast feited, and himself separated from tiie
punished us less than our iniquities de- con^egation of those that had been
serve, and hast given us such deliver- carried away.
ance as this; 9 Then ail the men of Judah and
14 Should we again break thy com- Benjamin gathered themselves to-
mandments, and join in affinity with gether unto Jérusalem within three
the people of these abominations? days. It was the ninth month, on the
wouldest not thou be angry with us till twentieth day of the month; and ail
thou hadst consumed us, so that fhere the people sat in the street of the house
should be no remnant nor escaping? of God, trembling because of this mat
15 O Lord God of Israël, thou art ter, and for the great rain.
righteous: for we remain yet escaped, 10 And Ezra the priest stood up,
as it is this day: behold, we are before and said unto them, Ye have^ trans-
thee in our trespasses: for we cannot gressed, and have taken strange wives,
stand before thee because of this. to increase the trespass of Israël.
11 Now therefore make confession
CHAPTER 10 unto the Lord God of your fathers,
NOW when Ezra had prayed, and and do his pleasure: and separate your-
when he had confessed, weeping selves from the people of the land, and
and casting himself down before the from the strange wives.
house of God, there assembled unto 12 Then ail the congrégation an-
him out of Israël a very great con^e- swered and said with a loud voice. As
gation of men and women and chil thou hast said, so must we do.
dren: for the people wept very sore. 13 But the people are many, and it
2 And Shech-a-ni'-ah the son of Je- is a time of much rain, and we are not
hi'-el, one of the sons of E-lam, an- able to steuid without, neither is this a
swered and said unto Ezra, We have work of one day or two: for we are
trespassed against our God, and have many that have transgressed in this
taken strange wives of the people of thing.
the land: yet now there is hope in Is 14 Let now our rulers of ail the con
raël conceming this thing. grégation stand,and let ail them which
3 Now therefore let us make a cove- have taken strange wives in our cities
nant with our God to put away ail the come at appointed times, and with
wives, and such as are bom of them, them the elders of every city, and the
according to the counsel of my lord, judges thereof, until the tierce wrath
and of those that tremble at the com- of our God for this matter be tumed
mandment of our God; and let it be from us.
done according to the law. 15 Only Jonathan the son of A'-sa-
4 Arise;for this matter bélongeth un hel and Ja-ha-zi'-ah the son of Tik'-vah
to thee: we also will be with thee: be of were employed about this matter: and
good courage, and do it. Me-shul'-lam and Shab-be-thai the Le-
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the vite helped them.
chief priests, the Levites, and ail Is 16 And the children of the captivity
raël, to swear thât they should do ac did so. And Ezra the priest, îvith cer
cording to this Word. And they sware. tain chief of the fathers, after the
6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of their fathers, and ail of them
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by their names, were separated» and 28 Of the sons also of Beb-a-i; Je-
sat down in the first day of the tenth ho-ha-nan, Han-a-ni-ah, Zab-bai, and
month to examine the matter. Ath'-lai.
17 And they made an end with ail 29 And of the sons of Ba-ni; Me-
the men that had taken strange wives shul-lam, Mal-luch, and Ad-a-i-ah,.
by the first day of the first month. Jash'-ub, and She-al, and Ra-moth.
18 And among the sons of the 30 And of the sons of Pa-hath-mo-
priests there were found that had ab; Ad-na, and Che-lal, Be-na-iah,
taken strange wives: namély, of the Ma-a-se'-iah, Mat-ta-ni'-ah, Be^zal-e-el,
sons of Jesh-u-à the son of Joz'-a-dak, and Bin'-nu-i, and Ma-nas'-seh.
and his brethren; Ma-a-se-iah, and 31 And 0/ the sons of Ha-rim; E-li-
E-li-e-zer,and Ja-rib, and Ged-a-li'-ah. e'-zer, I-shi-jah, Mel-chi-ah, She-ma-
19 And they gave their hands that iah, Shim'-e-on,
they would put away their wives; and 32 Benjamin, Mal-luch, and Shem-
being guilty, they offered a ram of the a-ri-ah.
fiock for their trespass. 33 Of the sons of Ha-shum; Mât-te-
20 And of the sons of Im-mer; Ha- na-i, Mat-ta-thah, Za-bad, E-liph-e-
na-ni, and Zeb-a-di-ah. let, Jer'-e-mai, Ma-nas-seh, and Shim-
21 And of the sons of Ha-rim; Ma- e-i.
arse-iah, and E-li-jah, and She-ma- 34 Of the sons of Ba-ni; Ma-ad-ai,
iah, and Je-hi'-el, and Uz-zi-ah. Amram,and U-el,
22 And of the sons of Pash-ur; E-li- 35 Be-na-iah, Be-de-iah, Chel-luh,
o-e-na-i, Ma-a-se-iah, Ish'-ma-el, Ne- 36 Va-ni-ah, Mer'-e-moth, E-li'-a-
than^e-el, Joz'-a-bad, and El'-a-sah. shib,
23 Also of the Levites; Joz'-a-bad, 37 Mat-ta-ni-ah, Mat-te-na-i, and
and Shim-e-i,and Ke-la'-iah,(the same Ja'-a-sau,
is Ker-i-taO Peth-a-hi-ah, Judah, and 38 And Ba-ni, and Bin-nu-i, Shim-
E-li-e-zer. e-i,
24 Of the singers also; E-li-a-shib: 39 And Shel-e-mi-ah, and Nathan,
and of the porters; Shal-lum^and Te- and Ad-a-i-ah,
lem, and U-ri. 40 Mach-na-de'i-bai,Shash-a-i,Shar'-
25 Moreover of Israël: of the sons of a-i,
Pa-rosh; Ra-mi-ah, and Je-zi-ah, and 41 A-zar'-e-el, and Shel-e-mi-ah,
Mal-c±i-ah, and Mi-a-min, and E-le-a- Shem-a-ri-ah,
zar, and Mal-chi'-jah, and Be-na-iah. 42 Shal-lum, Am-a-ri-ah, and Jo
26 And of the sons of E'-lam; Mat- seph.
ta-ni-ah, Zech-a-ri'^ah, and Je-hi'^^l, 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Je-i-el,
and Ab-di, and Jer'-e-moth, and E-li- Mat-ti-thi'-ah, Za'-bad, Ze-bi-na, Ja-
ah, da'-u, and Jo-el, Be-na-iahi
27 And of the sons of Zaf-tu; E-li-o- 44 AU these had taken strange
e-na-i, E-li-a-shib, Mat-ta-ni-ah, and wives: and some of them had wives by
Jer-e-moth, and Za-bad, and A-zi-za. whom they had children.

The Book of

Nekemiah
CHAPTER I
The words of Ne-he-mi-ah the
son of Hach-a-li-ah. And it came
to pass in the month Chis'-leu,in
the twentiéth year, as I was in Shu-
shan the palace,
2 That Ha-na-ni, one of my breth
ren, came, he and certain men of Ju
dah; and 1 asked them conceming the
Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and conceming
Jérusalem.
3 And they said unto me, The rem-
nant that are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great afiUc-
tion and reproach: the wall of Jem-
salem also is broken down, and the
gâtes thereof are bumed with fire. .
4 And it came to pass, when I heard
these words,that I sat down and wept,
and moumed certain days, and fasted.
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and prayed before the God of heaven»
5 And said, 1 beseech thee, O Lord
God of heaven, the great and terrible
God,that keepeth covenant and mercy
.for them that love him and observe his
commandments:
6 Let thine ear now be attentive,
and thine eyes open, that thou mayest
hear the prayer of thy servant, which
I prây before thee now,day and night,
for the children of Israël thy servants,
and confess the sins of the children of
Israël, which we have sinned against
thee: both 1 and my father's house
have sinned.
7 We have dealt very corruptly
against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes, nor
the judgments, which thou command- me to the govemors beyond the river,
edst thy servant Moses. that they may convey me over tUl I
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the
Word that thou commandedst thy ser
vant Moses, saying. If ye transgress, I
will scatter you abroad among the na
tions:
9 But if ye tum unto me, and keep
my commandments, and do them;
tiiough there were of you cast out imto
the uttermost part of the heaven, yet
will I gather them from thence, and
will bring them unto the place that I
have chosen to set my name there.
10 Now these are thy servants and
thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
by thy great power, and by thy strong
hand.
11 O Lord, 1 beseech thee, let now
thine ear be attentive to the prayer of
thy servant, and to the prayer of thy
servants, who desire to fear thy name: man to seek the welfare of the children
and prosper, 1 pray thee, thy servant of Israël.
this day, and grant him mercy in the
sight of this man. For I was the king's there three days.
cupbearer.
CHAPTER 2
AND it came to pass in the month
/\ Ni-san, in the twentieth year of there any beast with me,save the beast
Ar-ta-xer'-xes the king, fhat wine was
before him: and I took up the wine,
and gave it unto the king. Now I had
not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2 Wherefore the king said unto me,
Why is thy countenance sad, seeing
thou art not sick? this is nothing else
but sorrow of heart. Then I was very
sore afraid,
.3 And said unto the king, Let the
king live for ever: why should not my
countenance be sad, when the city, the
place of my fathers* sepulchres, lieth
waste, and the gâtes thereof are con-
sumed with fire?
4 Then the king said unto me. For
what dost thou make request? So I
prayed to the God of heaven.
5 And I said unto the king. If it
please the king, and if thy servant
have found.favour in thy sight, that
thou wouldest send me unto Judah,
unto the city of my fathers'sepulchres,
that I may build it.
6 And the king said unto me,(the
queen also sitting by him,) For how
long shall thy joumey be? and when
wilt thou retum? So it pleased the king
to send me; and I set him a time.
7 Moreover I said unto the king. If
it please the king, let letters be given
come into Judah;
8 And a letter imto A-saph the
keeper of the king's forest, that he
may give me timber to make beams
for the gâtes of the palace which ap-
pertained to the house^ and for the wall
of the city, and for the house that I
shall enter into. And the king granted
me, according to the good hand of my
God upon me.
9 Then I came to the govemors be
yond the river, and gave them the
king's letters. Now the king had sent
captains of the army and horsemen
with me.
10 When San-bal-lat the Hor'-o-
nite, and To-birah the servant, the
Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them
exceedingly that there was come a
11 So I came to Jemsalem,and was
12 And I arose in the night, I and
some few men with me; neither told 1
any man what my God had put in my
heart to do at Jemsalem: neither was
that I rode upon.
13 And I went out by night by the
gâte of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dimg port, and
viewed the walls of Jemsalem^ which
were broken down, and the gâtes
thereof were consumed with fire.
14 Then I went on to the gâte of the
fountain, and to the king's pool: but
fhere was no place for the beast that
was under me to pass.
15 Then went I up in the night by
the brook, and viewed the wall, and
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tumed back, and entered by the gâte
of the valley, and so retumed,
16 And the rulers knew not whither
I went, or what I did; neither had I as
yet told it to the Jews, nor to the
priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the
rulers, nor to the rest that did the
work.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see
the distress that we are in, how Jéru
salem lieth waste, and the gâtes thereof
are bumed with fire: come, and let us
build up the wall of Jérusalem, that
we be no more a reproach.
18 Then I told them of the hand of
my God which was good upon me;as
also the king's words that he had spo-
ken unto me. And they said, Let us
rise up and build. So they strengthened
their hands for this good work»
19 But when San-bal-lat the Hor'-o-
nite, and To-bi'ah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Ge'-shem the Arabian,
heard it, they laughed us to scom, and
despised us, and said, What is this
thing that ye do? will ye rebel against
the king?
20 Then answered I them, and said
unto them, the God of heaven, he will
prosper us; therefore we his servants
will arise and build: but ye have no
portion, nor right, nor mémorial, in
Jérusalem.
CHAPTER 3
Then E-ll-a-shlb the high priest
rose up with his brethren the
priests, and they builded the sheep
gâte; they sanctified it, and set up the
doors of it; even unto the tower of
Me-ah they sanctified it, unto the
tower of Ha-nan-e-el.
2 And next unto him builded the
men of Jéricho. And next to them
builded Zac'-cur the son of Imri.
3 But the fish gâte did the sons of
Has-se-na-ah build, who also laid the
beams thereof, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
4 And next unto them repaired
Mer'-e-moth the son of U-ri-jah, the
son of Koz. And next unto them re
paired Me-shul-lam the son of Ber-e-
chi-ah, the son of Me-shez'-a-beel. And
next unto them repaired Za'dok the
son of Ba-a-na.
5 And next unto them the Te-ko-
ites repaired; but their nobles put not
their necks to the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover the old gâte repaired
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473
Je-hoi-a-da the son of Pa-se'-ah, and
Me-shul-lam the son of Bes-o-de-iah;
they laid the beams thereof, and set
up the doors thereof, and the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof.
7 And next unto them repaired
Mel-a-ti-ah the Gibeonite, and Ja-don
the Me-ron-o-thite, the men of Gibeon,
and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the
govemor on this side the river.
8 Next unto him repaired Uz-zi-el
the son of Har-ha-i-ah, of the gold-
smiths. Next unto him also repaired
Han-a-ni-ah the son of one of the
apothecaries, and they fortified Jéru
salem unto the broad wall.
9 And next unto them repaired
Reph-a-i-ah the son of Hur, the ruler
of the half part of Jérusalem.
10 And next unto them repaired Je-
da-iah the son of Ha-ru'-maph, even
over against his house. And next unto
him repaired Haf-tush the son of
Hash-ab-ni-ah.
11 Mal-chi-jah the son of Ha-rlm,
and Ha'-shub the son of Pa-hath-mo-
ab, repaired the other piece, and the
tower of the fumaces.
12 And next unto him repaired
Shal-lum the son of Ha-lo-hesh, the
ruler of the half part of Jérusalem, he
and his daughters.
13 The valley gâte repaired Ha-
nun, and the inhabitants of Za-no-ah;
they built it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof, and a thousand cubits on the
wall unto the dung gâte.
14 But the dung gâte repaired Mal-
chi-ah the son of Re-chab, the ruler of
part of Beth-hac-ce-rem; he built it,
and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof.
15 But the gâte of the fountain re
paired Shal-lun the son of Col-ho-zeh,
the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it,
and covered it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof, and the wall of the pool of Si-
lo-ah by the king's garden, and unto
the stairs that go down from the city
of David.
16 After him repaired Ne-he-mi-ah
the son of Az-buk,the ruler of the half
part of Beth-zur, unto the place over
against the sepulchres of David, and
to the pool that was made, and imto
the house of the mighty.
17 After him repaired the Levites,
Re-hum the son of Ba-ni. Next unto
him repaired Hash-a-^bi-ah, the ruler
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of the half part of KeiMah, in his the goldsmith's son imto the place of
part, the Neth-i-nims,and ofthe méritants,
18 After him repaired their breth- over against the gâte Miph-kad,and to
ren, Bav'-a-i the son of Hen-a-dad,the the going up of the comer.
ruler of the half part of Kei-lah. 32 And between the going up of the
19 And next to him repaired E-zer comer unto the sheep gâte repaired
the son of Jesh-u-a, the ruler of Miz- the goldsmiths and the merchants.
pah, another piece over against the
going up to the armoury at the tuming CHAPTER 4
of the waU.
20 After him Ba-ruch the son of
Butit came to pass,that when San-
balMat heard that we builded the
Zab-bai eamestly repaired the other wall, he was wroth, and took great in
piece,from the tuming ofihe wall unto dignation, and mocked the Jews.
the door of the house of E-li-a-shib the 2 And he spake before his brethren
high priest. and the army of Sa-ma-ri-a, and said,
21 After him repaired Mer'-e-moth What do these feeble Jews? will they
the son of U-ri-jah the son of Koz an fortify themselves? will they sacrifice?
other piece,from the door of the house will they make an end in a day? will
of E-fl'-a-shib even to the end of the they revive the stones out of the heaps
house of E-li'-a-shib. of the mbbish which are bumed?
22 And after him repaired the 3 Now To-bi-ah the Ammonite was
priests, the men of the plain. by him, and he said, Even that which
23 After him repaired Benjamin they build,if a fox go up,he shall even
and Ha-shub over against their house. break down their stone wall.
After him repaired Az-a-ri-ah the son 4 Hear, O our God; for we are de-
of Ma-a-se-iah the son of An-a-ni-ah spised: and tum their reproach upon
by his house. their own head, and give them for a
24 After him repaired Bin-nu-i the prey in the land of captivity:
son of Hen-a-dad another piece, from 5 And cover not their iniquity, and
the house of Az-a-ri-ah unto the let not their sin be blotted out from be
tuming of the wall, even imto the fore thee: for they have provoked thee
comer. to anger before the builders.
25 Pa-lal the son of U-za-i, over 6 So built we the wall; and ail the
against the tuming 0/the wall, and the wall was joined together unto the half
tower which lieth out from the king's thereof: for the people had a mind to
high house, that was by the court of work.
the prison. After him Pe-da-iah the 7 But it came to pass, that when
son of Pa-rosh. San-bal'-lat, and To-bi-ah, and the
26 Moreover the Neth-i-nims dwelt Arabians, and the Ammonites,and the
in O-phel, unto the place over against Ash-dod-ites, heard that the walls of
the water gâte toward the east, and Jérusalem were made up,and that the
the tower that lieth out. breaches began to be stopped, then
27 After them the Te-ko-ites re they were very wroth,
paired another piece, over against the 8 And conspired ail of them to
great tower that lieth out, even unto gether to come and to fight against
the wall of O-phel. Jérusalem, and to hinder it.
28 From above the horse gâte re 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer
paired the priests, every one over unto our God, and set a watch against
against the house. them day and night, because of
29 After them repaired Za'-dok the them.
son of Im'-mer over against his house. 10 And Judah said, The strength of
After him repaired also She-ma-iah the bearers of burdens is decayed, and
the son of Shech-a-ni-ah,the keeper of there is much mbbish; so that we are
the east gâte. not able to build the wall.
30 After him repaired Han-a-ni-ah 11 And our adversaries said, They
the son of Shel-e-mi-ah, and Ha-nun shall not know, neither see, till we
the sixth son of Za-laph, another come in the midst among them, and
piece. After him repaired Me-shul-lam slay them, and cause the work to
the son of Ber-e-chi-ah over against cease.
his chamber. 12 And it came to pass, that when
31 After him repaired Mal-chi-ah the Jews which dwelt by them came.
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they said unto us ten times, From ail CHAPTER 5

places whence ye shall retum imto us
they will be upon you. AND there was a great cry of the
13 Therefore set I in the lower J\ people and of their wives against
places behind the wall, and on the their brethren the Jews.
higher places, I even set the people 2 For there were that said, We,our
after their familles with their swords, sons, and our daughters, are many:
their spears, and their bows. therefore we take up corn for them,
14 And I looked, and rose up, and that we may eat, and live.
said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, 3 Some also there were that said,
and to the rest of the people, Be not We have mortgaged our lands, vine-
ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, yards, and houses, that we might buy
which is great and terrible, and fight com, because of the dearth.
for your brethren, your sons, and your 4 There were also that said, We
daughters, your wives, and your have borrowed money for the king's
houses. tribute, and that upon our lands and
15 And it came to pass, when our vineyards.
enemies heard that it was known unto 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of
us, and God had brought their counsel our brethren, our children as their chil-
to nought, that we returned ail of dren: and, lo, we bring into bondage
us to the wall, every one unto his our sons and our daughters to be ser
work. vants, and some of our daughters are
16 And it came to pass from that brought unto bondage already: neither
time forth, that the half of my servants is it in our power to redeem them; for
wrought in the work, and the other other men have our lands and vine
half of them held both the spears, the yards.
shields, and the bows, and the haber- 6 And I was very angry when I
geons; and the rulers were behind ail heard their cry and these words.
the house of Judah. 7 Then I consulted with myself,and
17 They which builded on the wall, I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers,
and they that bare burdens, with those and said unto them, Ye exact usury,
that laded, every one with one of his every one of his brother. And I set a
hands wrought in the work, and with great assembly against them.
the other hand held a weapon. 8 And I said unto them, We after
18 For the builders, every one had our ability have redeemed our breth
his sword girded by his side, and sa ren the Jews, which were sold unto the
builded. And he that sounded the heathen; and will ye even sell your
trumpet was by me. brethren? or shall they be sold unto
19 And I said unto the nobles, and us? Then held they their peace, and
to the rulers, and to the rest of the peo found nothing to answer.
ple, The work is great and large, and 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye
we are separated upon the wall, one do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of
far from another. our God because of the reproach of the
20 In what place therefore ye hear heathen our enemies?
the Sound of the trumpet, resort ye 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and
thither unto us: our God shall fight my servants, might exact of them
for us. money and corn: I pray you, let us
21 So we laboured in the work: and leave off this usury.
half of them held the spears from the 11 Restore, I pray you, to them,
rising of the morning till the stars ap- even this day, their lands, their vine
peared. yards, their oliveyards, and their
22 Likewise at the same time said I houses, also the hundredth part of the
unto the people, Let every one with money, and of the corn, the wine, and
his servant lodge within Jérusalem, the oil, that ye exact of them.
that in the night they may be a guard 12 Then said they, We will restore
to us, and labour on the day. them,and will require nothing of them;
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, so will we do as thou sayest. Then I
nor my servants, nor the men of the called the priests, and took an oath of
guard which followed me, none of us them, that they should do according
put off our clothes, saving that every to this promise.
one put them oif for washing. 13 Also I shook my lap, and said.
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So God shake out every man from his after this sort; and I answered them
house, and from his labour, that per- after the same manner.
formeth not this promise, even thus be 5 Then sent San-bal-lat his servant
he shaken out, and emptied. And ail unto me in like manner the fifth time
the congrégation said. Amen, and with an open letter in his hand;
praised the Lord. And the people did 6 Wherein was written, It is re-
according to this promise. ported among the heathen, and Gash-
14 Moreover from the time that I mu saith it, that thou and the Jews
was appointed to be their govemor in think to rebel: for which cause thou
the land of Judah,from the twentieth buildest the wall, that thou mayest be
year even imto the two and thirtieth their king, according to these words.
year of Ar-ta-xer'-xes the king, that is, 7 And thou hast also appointed
twelve years, I and my brethren have prophets to preach of thee at Jemsa-
not eaten the bread of the govemor. lem, saying, There is a king in Judah:
15 But the former govemors that and now shall it be reported to the
had been before me wefe chargeable un- king according to these words. Come
to the people, and had taken of them now therefore, and let us take coimsel
bread and wine, besidé forty shekels of together.
silver; yea, even their servants bare 8 Then I sent imto him, saying,
mie over the people: but so did not I, There are no such things done as thou
because pf the fear of God. sayest, but thou feignest them out of
16 Yea, also I continued in the thine own heart.
work of this wall, neither bought we 9 For they ail made us afraid, say
any land: and ail my servants were ing, Their hands shall be weakened
gathered thither unto the work. from the work, that it be not done.
17 Moreover there were at my table Now therefore, O God, strengthen my
an hundred and fifty of the Jews and hands.
mlers, beside those that came unto us 10 Afterward I came imto the house
from among the heathen that are of She-ma-iah the son of Del-a-i-ah
about us. the son of Me-hef-a-beel, who was shut
18 Now that which was prepared for up; and he said, Let us meet together
me daily was one ox and six choice in the house of God,within the temple,
sheep; also fowls were prepared for me and let us shut the doors of the tem
and once in ten days store of ail sorts ple: for they will come to slay thee;
of wine: yet for ail this required not I yea,in the night wiQ they come to slay
the bread of the govemor, because thee.'
the bondage was heavy upon this 11 And I said, Should such a man
people. as I flee? and who is there, that, being
19 Think upon me, my God, for as I am, would go into the temple to
good, according to ail that I have done save his life? I will not go in.
for this people. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God
had not sent him; but that he pro-
CHAPTER 6 nounced this prophecy against me:for
NOW it came to pass, when San-
bal-lat, and To-bi-ah, and Ge-
To-bi-ah and San-bal-lat had hired
him.
shem the Arabian, and the rest of our 13 Therefore was he hired, that I
enemies, heard that 1 had builded the should be afraid, and do so, and sin,
wall, and that there was no breach left and that they might have matter for an
therein;(though at that time I had not evil report, that they might reproach
set up the doors upon the gâtes;) me.
2 That San-bal-lat and Ge-shem 14 My God,think thou upon To-bi-
sent unto me, saying, Come, let us ah and San-bal-lat according to these
meet together in some one of the vil their works, and on the prophetess
lages in the plain of O-no. But they No-a-di-ah, and the rest of the pro
thought to do me mfechief. phets, that would have put me in fear.
3 And I sent messengers unto them, 15 So the wall was finished in the
saying, I am doing a great work, so twenty and fifth day of fhe month
that 1 cannot come down: why should E-lui, in fifty and two days.
the work cease, whilst I leave it, and 16 And it came to pass, that when
come down to you? ail our enemies heard thereof, and ail
4 Yet they sent unto me four times the heathen that were about us saw
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ihese îhings, they were much cast down say, of the men of the people of Israël
in their own eyes: for they perceived was this;
that this work was wrought of our 8 The children of Pa-rosh, two
God, thousand an hundred seventy and
17 Moreover in those days the two.
nobles of Judah sent many letters un- 9 The children of Sheph-a-ti-ah,
to To-bi-ah, and the letters of To-bi-ah three hundred seventy and tWo.
came unto them. 10 The children of A-rah, six hun
18 For tkere were many in Judah dred fifty and two.
swom imto him, because he was the 11 The children of Pa-hath-mo-ab,
son in law of Shech-a-ni'-ah the son of of the children of Jesh-u-a and Jo'-ab,
A'-rah; and his son Jo-ha-nan had two thousand and eight hundred and
taken the daughter of Me-shul-lam the eighteen.
son of Ber-e-chi-ah. 12 The children of E'-lam, a thou
19 Also they reported his good sand two hundred fifty and four.
déeds before me, and uttered my 13 The children of Zaf-tu, eight
words to him. And To-bi-ah sent let hundred forty and five.
ters to put me in fear. 14 The children of Zac'-ca-i, seven
hundred and threescore.
CHAPTER 7 15 The children of Bin-nu-i, six
hundred forty and eight.
NOW it came to pass, when the 16 The children of Beb-a-i, six hun
wall was built, and 1 had set up dred twenty and eight.
the doors, and the porters and the 17 The children of Az'-gad, two
singers and the Levites were appoint- thousand three hundred twenty and
ed, two.
2 That I gave my brother Ha-na'-ni, 18 The children of A-don-i-kam,six
and Han-a-ni-ah the ruler of the pa hundred threescore and seven.
lace,charge over Jérusalem:for he was 19 The children of Big'-va-i, two
a faithful man, and feared God above thousand threescore and seven.
many. 20 The children of A'-din, six hun
3 And I said unto them,Let not the dred fifty and five.
gâtes of Jérusalem be opened imtil the 21 The children of A-ter of Hez-e-
Sun be hot; and while they stand by, ki-ah, ninety and eight.
let them shut the doors, and bar them: 22 The children of Ha-shum, three
and appoint watches of the inhabit hundred twenty and eight.
ants of Jérusalem, every one in his 23 The children of Be-zai, three
watch,and every one to be over against hundred twenty and four.
his house. 24 The children of Ha-riph,an hun
4 Now the city was large and great: dred and -twelve.
but the people were few therein, and 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety
the houses were not builded. and five.
5 And my God put into mine heart 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Ne-
to gather together the nobles, and the to'-phah, an hundred fourscore and
rulers, and the people, that they might eight.
be reckoned by genealogy. And I 27 The men of An-a-thoth, an hun
found a register of the genealogy of dred twenty and eight.
them which came up at the first and 28 The men of Beth-az'-ma-veth,
found written therein, forty and two.
6 These are the children of the pro 29 The men of Kir'-jath-je-a-rim,
vince,that went up out of the captiv- Che-phi'-rah, and Be-e-roth, seven
ity, of those that had been carried hundred forty and three.
away, whom Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar the 30 The men of Ra'-mah and Ga-ba,
king of Babylon had carried away,and six himdred twenty and one.
came again to Jérusalem and to Ju 31 The men of Mich-mas, an hun
dah, every one unto his city; dred and twenty and two.
7 Who came with Ze-rub-ba-bel, 32 The men of Beth-el and A-i, an
Jesh-u-a, Ne-he-nii-ah, Az-a-ri'-ah, hundred twenty and three.
Ra-a-mi'-ah, Na-ham-a-ni, Mor'-de- 33 The men of the other Nebo,fifty
cai, Bilshan, Mis'-pe-reth, Big'-va-i, and two.
Ne-hum, Ba-a-nah. The number, I 34 The children of the other E-lam.
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a thousand two hundred fifty and 57 The children of Solomon's ser

four. vants: the children of So-ta-i, the chil
35 The children of Ha-rim, three dren of Soph-e-reth, the children of
hundred and twenty. Pe-ri-da,
36 The children of Jéricho, three 58 The children of Ja-a-la, the chil
hundred forty and five. dren of Dar'-kon, the children of Gid-
37 The children of Lod, Ha-did,and del,
O'-no, seven hundred twenty and one. 59 The children of Sheph-a-ti-ah,
38 The children of Se-na-ah, three the children of Haf-til, the children of
thousand nine hundred and thirty. Poch'-e-reth of Ze-ba-im, the children
39 The priests: the children of Je- of Amon.
da-iah, of the house of Jesh-u-a, nine 60 AU the Neth-i-nims, and the
hundred seventy and three. children of Solomon's servants, were
40 The children of Im-mer, a thou three hundred ninety and two.
sand fifty and two. 61 And these were they which went
41 The children of Pash'-ur, a thou up also from Tel-me-lah, Tel-ha-re-
sand two hundred forty and seven. sha, Cherub, Ad'-don,and Im'-mer: but
42 The children of Ha-rim, a thou they could not shew their father's
sand and seventeen. house, nor their seed, whether they
43 The Levites: the children of were of Israël.
Jesh-u-a, of Kad-mi-el, and of the 62 The children of Del-a-i-ah, the
children of Ho-de-vah, seventy and children of To-bi-ah, the children of
four. Ne-ko-da, six hundred forty and
44 The singers: the children of two.
A-saph, an hundred forty and eight. 63 And of the priests: the chUdren
45 The porters: the children of Shal- of Ha-ba-iah, the children of Koz, the
lum,the children of A-ter,the children children of Bar-zU-la-i, which took one
of Talmon,the children of Ak'-kub,the of the daughters of Bar-zil-la-i the
children of Haf-i-ta, the children of Gileadite to wife, and was caUed after
Sho-ba-i, an hundred thirty and eight. their name.
46 The Neth-i-nims: the children of 64 These sought their register
Zi-ha, the children of Ha-shu-pha, the among those that were reckoned by
children of Tab-ba-oth, genealogy, but it was not found: there-
47 The children of Ke'-ros, the chil fore were they, as polluted, put from
dren of Si'-a, the children of Pa-don, the priesthood.
48 The children of Leb-a-na, the 65 And the Tir'-sha-tha said unto
children of Hag'-a-ba, the children of them, that they should not eat of the
Shal-ma-i, most holy things, till there stood up a
49 The children of Ha'-nan,the chil priest with U-rim and Thiun-mim.
dren of Gid-del, the children of Ga- 66 The whole congrégation together
har, was forty and two thousand three hun
50 The children of Re-a-i-ah, the dred and threescore,
children of Re-zin, the children of Ne- 67 Beside their manservants and
ko'-da, their maidservants, of whom there
51 The children of Gaz-zam, the were seven thousand three hundred
children of Uz'-za, the children of Pha- thirty and seven: and they had two
se-ah, hundred forty and five singing men
52 The children of Be'-sai, the chil and singing women.
dren of Me-u-nim, the children of Ne- 68 Their horses, seven hundred
phish'-e-sim, thirty and six: their mules, two hun
53 The children of Bak-buk, the dred forty and five:
children of Ha-ku-pha, the children of 69 Their camels,four hundred thir
Har'-hur, ty and five: six thousand seven hun
54 The children of Baz'-lith, the dred and twenty asses.
children of Me-hi-da, the children of 70 And some of the chief of the fa-
Har'-sha, thers gave unto the work. The Tir'-sha-
55 The children of Bar'-kos, the tha gave to the treasure a thousand
children of Sis-e-ra, the children of drams of gold, fifty basons, five hun
Ta-mah, dred and thirty priests* garments.
56 The children of Ne-zi-ah, the 71 And some of the chief of the fa-
children of Haf-i-pha. thers gave to the treasure of the work
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twenty thoiisand drams of gold, and people to understand the law: and the
two thousand and two hundred poiind people stood in their place.
of silver. 8 So they read in the book in the
72 And that which the rest of the law of God distinctly, and gave the
people gave was twenty thousand sense, and caused ihem to understand
drams of gold, and two thousand the reading.
poimd of silver, and threescore and 9 And Ne-he-mi-ah, which is the
seven priests* garments. TiP-sha-tha, and Ezra the priest the
73 So the priests, and the Levites, scribe, and the Levites that Êiught the
and the porters, and the slngers, and people, said unto ail the people, This
some of the people, and the Neth-i- day is holy unto the Lord your (5od;
nims, and ail Israël, dwelt in their moum not, nor weep. For ail the peo
cities; and when the seventh month ple wept, when they heard the words
came, the children of Israël were in of the law.
their cities. 10 Then he said imto them. Go your
way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet,
CHAPTER S and send portions unto them for whom
AND ail the people gathered them- nothing is prepared:for this day is holy
/\ selves together as one man into unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry;for
the street that was before the water the joy of the Lord is your strength.
gâte; and they spake unto Ezra the 11 So the Levites stilled ail the peo
scribe to bring the book of the law of ple, saying, Hold your peace, for the
Moses, which the Lord had com- day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
manded to Israël. 12 And ail the people went their
2 And Ezra the priest brought the way to eat, and to drink, and to send
law before the congrégation both of portions, and to make great mirth, be-
men and women, and ail that could cause they had understood the words
hear with understanding, upon the that were declared unto them.
first day of the seventh month. 13 And on the second day were
3 And he read therein before the gathered together the chief of the fa-
street that was before the water gâte thers of ail the people, the priests, and
from the moming until midday, before the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even
the men and the women, and those to understand the words of the law.
that could understand; and the ears of 14 And they found written in the
ail the people were attentive unto the law which the Lord had commanded
book of the law. by Moses, that the children of Israël
4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a should dwell in booths in the feast of
pulpit of wood, which they had made the seventh month:
for the purpose; and beside him stood 15 And that they should publish
Mat-ti-thi-ah, and She-ma, and An-a- and proclaim in ail their cities, and in
i-ah, and U-ri-jah, amd Hil-ki'-ah, and Jérusalem, saying. Go forth unto the
Ma-a-se-iah, on his right hand; and on mount, and fetch olive branches, and
his left hand,Pe-da-iah,and Mish'-a-el, pine branches, and myrtle branches,
and Mal-chi-ah, and Ha-shum, and and palm branches, and branches of
Hash-bad-a-na, Zech-a-ri-ah, and Me- thick trees, to make booths, as it is
shur-lam. written.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the 16 So the people went forth, and
sight of ail the people; (for he was brought them, and made themselves
above ail the people;) and when he booths, every one upon the roof of his
opened it, ail the people stood up: house, and in their courts, and in the
6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the courts of the house of C^d, and in the
great God. And ail the people answer- street of the water gâte, and in the
ed. Amen, Amen, with lifting up their street of the gâte of E-phra-im.
hands: and they bowed their heads, 17 And ail the congrégation ofthem
and worshipped the Lord with their that were come again out of the cap-
faces to the ground. tivity made booths, and sat under the
7 Also Jesh-u-a, and Ba-ni, and booths: for since the days of Jesh-u-a
Sher-e-bi-ah, Ja-min, Ak'-kub, Shab- the son of Nun unto that day had not
be-thai, Ho-di-jah, Ma-a-se'-iah, Kel-i- the children of Israël done so. And
ta, Az-a-ri-ah, Joz'-a-bad, Ha-nan, there was very great gladness.
Pel-a-i-ah, and the Levites, caused the 18 Also day by day, from the first
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day unto the last day, he read in the thou knewest that they dealt proudly
book of the law of God. And they kept against them. So didst thou get thee a
the feast seven days; and on the eighth name, as it is this day.
day «;as a solemn assembly, according 11 And thou didst divide the sea
unto the manner. before them, so that they went
through the midst of the sea on the
CHAPTER 9 dry land; and their persecutors thou
NOW in the twenty and fourth day threwest into the deeps, as a stone into
of this month the children of Is the mighty waters;
raël were assembled with fasting, and 12 Moreover thou leddest them in
with sackclothes, and earth upon the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the
them, night by a pillar of fire, to give them
2 And the seed of Israël separated light in the way wherein they should
themselves from ail strangers, and go.
stood and confessed their sins, and the 13 Thou camest down also upon
iniquities of their fathers. mount Si-nai, and spakest with them
3 And they stood up in their place, from heaven, and gavest them right
and read in the book of the law of the judgments, and true laws, good stat-
Lord their God one fourth part of the utes and conunandments:
day; and another fourth part they con 14 And madest known unto them
fessed, and worshipped the Lord their thy holy sabbath, and commandedst
God. them precepts, statutes, and laws, by
4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the hand of Moses thy servant:
the Levites, Jesh-u-a, and Ba-ni, Kad- 15 And gavest them bread from
mi-el, Sheb-a-ni-ah, Bun-ni, Sher-e-bi- heaven for their hunger, and brought
ah, Ba-ni, and Chen-a-ni, and cried est forth water for them out of the
with a loud voice unto the Lord their rock for their thirst, and promisedst
God. them that they should go in to possess
5 Then the Levites, Jesh-u-a, and the land which thou hadst swom to
Kad'-mi-el, Ba-ni, Hash-ab-ni-ah, give them.
Sher-e-bi-ah, Ho-di-jah, Sheb-a-ni'-ah, 16 But they and our fathers dealt
and Peth-a-hi'-ah, said. Stand up and proudly, and hardened their necks,
bless the Lord your God for ever and and hearkened not to thy conunand
ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, ments,
which is exalted above ail blessing and 17 And refused to obey, neither
praise. were mindful of thy wonders that thou
6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; didst among them; but hardened their
thou hast made heaven, the heaven of necks, and in their rébellion appointed
heavens, with ail their host, the earth, a captain to return to their bondage:
and ail things that are therein,the seas, but thou art a God ready to pardon,
and ail that is therein, and thou pre- gracions and merciful, slow to anger,
servest them ail; and the host of heav and of great kindness, and forsookest
en worshippeth thee. them not.
7 Thou art the Lord the God, who 18 Yea, when they had made them
didst choose Abram, and broughtest a molten calf, and said, This is thy god
him forth out of Ur of the Chal-dees, that brought thee up out of Egypt,
and gavest him the name of Abraham; and had wrought great provocations;
8 And foundest his heart faithful 19 Yetthouin thy manifoldmercies
before thee, and madest a covenant forsookest them not in the wildemess:
with him to give the land of the Ca- the pillar of the cloud departed not
naanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, from them by day, to lead them in the
and the Per'-iz-zites, and the Jeb-u- way; neither the pillar of fire by night,
sites, and the Gir'-ga-shites, to ^ve it, to shew them light, and the way
I say, to his seed, and hast performed wherein they should go.
thy words; for thou art righteous: 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit
9 And didst see the affliction of our to instruct them, and withheldest not
fathers in Egypt, and heardest their thy manna from their mouth,and gav
cry by the Red sea; est them water for their thirst.
10 And shewedst signs and wonders 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sus-
upon Pharaoh, and on ail his servants, tain them in the wildemess, so that
and on ail the people of his land; for they lacked nothing; their clothes
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waxed not old» and their feet swelledbear them» and testifiedst against
not. them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet
22 Moreover thou gavest them king- would they not give ear: therefore gav
doms and nations» and didst divide est thou them into the hand ofthe peo
them into corners: so they possessed ple of the lands.
the land of Sihon» and the land of the 31 Nevertheless for thy great mer
king of Hesh-bon» and the land of Og des' sake thou didst not utterly con
king of Ba-shan. sume them» nor forsake them;for thou
23 Their children also multipliedst art a gradous and merdful Gk>d.
thou as the stars of heaven» and 32 Now therefore» our God» the
broughtest them into the land» con- great» the mighty» and the terrible
ceming which thou hadst promised to God, who keepest covenant and mer-
their fathers» that they should go in to cy» let not ail the trouble seem little
possess iU before thee» that hath come upon us»
24 So the children went in and pos on our kings» on our princes» and on
sessed the land» and thou subduedst our priests» and on our prophets» and
before them the inhabitants of the on our fathers» and on ail thy people»
land» the Canaanites» and gavest them since the time of the kings of Assyria
into their hands» with their kings» and imto this day.
the people of the land» that they might 33 Howbeit thou art just in ail that
do with them as they would. is brought upon us; for thou hast done
25 And they took strong cities» and right» but we have done wickedly:
a fat land» and possessed houses full of 34 Neither have our kings» our
ail goods, wells digged» vineyards» and princes» our priests» nor our fathers»
oliveyards» and fruit troes in abim- kept thy law» nor hearkened unto thy
dance: so tiiey did eât> and were filled» commandments and thy testimonies»
and became fat» and delighted them- wherewith thou didst testify against
selves in thy great goodness, them.
26 Nevertheless tiiey were disobedi- 35 For they have not served thee in
ent,and rebelled against thee» and cast their kingdom» and in thy great good
thy law behind their backs» and slew ness that thou gavest them» and in the
thy prophets which testified against large and fat land which thou gavest
them to tum them to thee» and they before them» neither tumed they from
wrought great provocations. their wicked works.
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them 36 Behold» we are servants this day»
into the hand of their enemies, who and for the land that thou gavest unto
vexed them: and in the time of their our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and
trouble» when they cried unto thee» the good thereof» behold» we are ser
thou heardest them from heaven; and vants in it:
according to thy manifold mercies 37 And it yieldeth much increase
thou gavest them saviours» who saved imto the kin^ whom thou hast set
them out of the hand of their enemies. over us because of our sins: also they
28 But after they had rest, they did have dominion over our bodies» and
evil again before thee: therefore leftest over our cattle» at their pleasure» and
thou them in the hand of their ene we are in great distress.
mies» so that they had the dominion 38 And because of ail this we make
over them: yet when they retumed» a sure covenant, and write it; and our
and cried unto thee» thou heardest princes» Levites» and priests» seal unto
them from heaven; and many times it.
didst thou deliver them according to
CHAPTER 10
thy mercies;
29 And testifiedst against them, NOW those that sealed were, Ne-he-
that thou mightest bring them again mi-ah, the Tir'-sha-tha» the son
unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly» of Hach-a-U^ah» and Zld-ki'-jah»
and hearkened not unto thy command- 2 Ser-a-i-ah» Az-a-ri-ah, Jeremiah»
ments» but sinned against thy judg- 3 Pash-ur, Am-a-ri-ah, Mal-dhi-jah»
ments»(which if a man do» he shall live 4 Haf-tush» Sheb-a-ni-ah» Mal-luch»
in them;) and withdrew the shoulder» 5 Ha-rim, Mer'-e-moth» O-ba-di-ah»
and hardened their neck» and would 6 Daniel» Gin-ne-thon» Ba-ruch»
nothear. 7 Me-shul'-lam» A-bi'-jah» Mij-a-
30 Yet many years didst thou for- min»
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8 Ma-a-zi-ah» Bil-ga-i» She-ma-iah: 33 For the shewbread, and for the

these were the priests. continuai meat offering, and Tor the
9 And the Levltes: both Jesh-u-a continuai bumt offering, of the sab-
the son of Az-a-ni-ah, Bin-iïu-i of the baths, of the new moons, for the set
sons of Hen-a-dad, Kad-mi-el; feasts, ànd for the holy things, and for
10 And their brethren, Sheb-a-nl- the sin offerings to make an atonement
ah, Ho-di'yah, Kel'-i-ta, Pel-a-f-ah, for Israël, and /or ail the work of the
Ha-nan, house of our God.
11 Ml-cha, Re'-hob, Hash-a-bi-ah, 34 And we cast the lots among the
12 Zac'-cur, Sher-e-bi'-ah, Sheb-a- priests, thé Levites, and the people,
ni'-ah, for the wood offering, to bring it into
13 Ho-di-jah, Ba-ni, Ben-l-nu. the house of our God, after thé houses
14 The chief of the people; Pa-rosh, of our fathers, at times appointed year
Pa-hath-mo-ab, £'-lam» Zaf-thu, Ba- by year, to burn upon the altar of the
ni, Lord our God, as it is written in the
15 Biin-nl, Az'-gad» Beb-a-i, law:
16 Ad-o-ni'jah, Blg'-va-i, A'-din, 35 And to bring the firstfruits of our
17 A'-ter, Hiz-ki'jah, Az'-zur, ground, and the firstfruits of ail fruit
18 Ho-di-jah, Ha-shum, Be-zai, of ail trees, year by year, unto tiie
19 Ha-riph, An-a-thoth, Neb-a-i, house of the Lord:
20 Mag'-pi-ash, Me-shul-lam, He- 36 Also the firstbom of our sons,
zir, and of our cattle, as it is written in the
21 Me^shez'-a-beel, Za-dok, Jad- law, and the firstlings of our herds and
du'-a, of our fiocks, to bring to the house of
22 Pel-a-ti-ah, Ha-nan, An-a-i-ah, our God,untô the priests that minister
23 Ho-she-a, Han-a-ni-ah, Ha'- in the house of oùr God:
shub, 37 And thdf wé should bring the
24 Hal-lo-hesh, Pil-e-ha, Sho-bek, firstfruits of our dough, and our offer-
25 Re-hum, Ha-shab-nah, Mâ-a-se- ings, and the fruit of ail manner of
iah, trees, of wine and of oil, unto the
26 And A-hi-jah, Ha'-nan, A-nan, priests, to the chambers of the house
27 Mal'luch, Ha-rim, Ba-a-nah. of our God; and the tithes of our
28 And the rest of the people, the ground unto the Levites, that the
priests, the Levltes, the porters, the same Levites inight have the tithes in
singers, the Neth-i-nims, and ail they ail the cities of our tillage.
that had separated themselves from 38 And the priest the son of Aaron
the people of the lands unto the law of shall be with the Levites, when the Le
God, their wives, their sons, and theit vites take tithes: and the Lévites shall
daughters, every one having knowl- bring up the tithé of the tithes unto
edge, and having linderstanding; the house of our God,to thé chambers,
29 They clave to their brethren, unto the treasure house.
their nobles, and entered into a curse, 39 For the children of Israël and the
and into an oath,to walk in God's law, children of Levi shall briiig the offering
which was given by Moses the servant of the corii, of the new wine, and the
of God, and to observe and do ail the oil, imto the chambers, where are the
commandments of the Lord our Lord, vessels of the sanctuary, and the
and his judgments and his statutes; priests that minister, and the porters,
30 And that we would not give onr and the singers: and we will not for-
daughters unto the people of the land, sake the house of our God.
nor take their daughters for our sons:
31 And if thé people of the land CHAPTER II
brfiig waré or any victuals on the sab-
bath day to seU,thàt vfe would not buy A ND the rulers of the people dwelt at
it of them on the sâbbath, or on the /\ Jérusalem: the rest of the people
holy day: and that we would leave the also cast lots, to bring one of ten to
seventh year, and the exaction of dwell in Jérusalem the holy city, and
every debt. nine parts to dwell in other cities.
32 Also we made ordinances for ùs, 2 And the people blessed ail the
to charge ourselves yearly with the mén,that willingly offered themselves
third part of a shekel for the service of to dwell at Jerusalenu
the house of our God; 3 Now these are me chief of the
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province that dwelt in Jérusalem: but bad» of the chief of the Levites» had the
in the citles of Judah dwelt every one oversight of the outward business of
in bis possession in their cities» to wit, the house of God*
Israël» the priests» and the Levites» and 17 And Mat-ta-ni-ah the son of Mi-
the Neth-i-nims, and the children of cha» the son of Zab-di» the son of
Solomon's servants* A-saph was the principal to begin the
4 And at Jérusalem dwelt certain of thanksgiving in prayer: and Bak-buk-
the children of Judah» and of the chil i-ah the second among his brethren»
dren of Benjamin* Of the children of and Abda the son of Sham-mu-a» the
Judah;Ath-a-f-ah the son of Uz-zi-ah, son of Ga-lal» the son of Jed-u'-thun*
the son of Zech-a-ri-ah» the son of Am- 18 AU the Levites in the holy city
a-ri'-ah» the son of Sheph-a-ti-ah» the were two hundred fourscore and four*
son of Ma-ha-la-le-el» of the children 19 Moreover the porters» Ak-kub»
of Pe-rez; Tal-mon» and their brethren that kept
5 And Ma-a-se-iah the son of Ba- the gâtes» were an hundred seventy
ruch» the son of Gol-ho-zeh» the son of and two*
Ha-za-iah» the son of Ad-a-i-ah».the 20 And the residue of Israël» of the
son of Joi-a-rib» the son of Zech-a-ri- priests» and the Levites» were in aU the
ah» the son of Shi-lo-ni* cities of Judah» every one in his in-
6 Ail the sons of Pe-rez that dwelt heritance*
at Jérusalem were four hundred three- 21 But the Neth'-i-nims dwelt in
score and eight valiant men* O-phel: and Zi-ha and Gis-pa were
7 And these are the sons of Benja over the Neth-i-nims*
min; Sal-lu the son of Me-shul-lam» the 22 The overseer also of the Levites
son of Jo-ed» the son of Pe-da'-iah» the at Jérusalem was Uz-zi the son of Ba-
son of Kol-a-i-ah» the son of Ma-a-se- ni» the son of Hash-a-bi-ah» the son of
iah» the son of Ith-i-el» the son of Je- Mat-ta-ni-ah» the son of Mi-cha* Ofthe
sa-iah* sons of A-saph» the singers ii;ere over
8 And after him Gab-ba-i» Sal-la-i» the business of the house of God*
nine hundred twenty:and eight* 23 For it was the king's command-
9 And Jo-el the son of Zich-ri was ment conceming them» that a certain
their overseer: and Judah the son of portion should be for the singers» due
Se-nu-ah was second over the city* for every day*
10 Of the priests: Je-da-iah the son 24 And Peth-a-hi-ah the son of Me-
of Joi-a-rib» Ja-chin* shez'-a-beel» of the chUdren of Ze-rah
11 Ser-a-i-ah the son of Hil-ki-ah, the son of Judah» ii;as at the king's
the son of Me-shul-lam» the son of Za- hand in aU matters conceming the
dok» the son of Me-ra-ioth» the son of people*
A-hi-tub» was the ruler of the house of 25 And for the vUlages» with their
God* fields» some of the chUdren of Judah
12 And their brethren that did the dwelt at Kir'-jath-ar'-ba» and in the
work of the house were eight hundred viUages thereof» and at Di-bon» and in
twenty and two:and Ad-a-i-ah the son the villages thereof» and at Je-kab-ze-
of Jer-o'-ham» the son of Pel-a-li-ah» el» and in the viUages thereof»
the son of Amzi» the son of Zech-a-ri- 26 And at Jesh-u-a» and at Mol-a-
ah» the son of Pash'-ur, the son of Mal- dah» and at Beth-phe-let»
chi-ah» 27 And at Ha-zar-shu-al» and at
13 And his brethren» chief of the fa- Be-er-she-ba» and in the viUages
thers» two hundred forty and two: and thereof»
A-mash'-a-i the son of A-zar'-e-el» the 28 And at Ziklag» and at Mek'-o-
son of A-has-a-i» the son of Me-shil-le- nah» and in the viUages thereof»
moth» the son of Im-mer» 29 And at En-rim-mon» and at Za-
14 And their brethren» mighty men re-ah» and at Jar'-muth»
of valour» an hundred twenty and 30 Za-no'-ah» AduUam» and in their
eight: and their overseer was Zab'-di- vUlages» at La'-chish» and the fields
el» the son of one of the great men* thereof» at A-ze-kah» and in the vU
15 Also of the Levites: She-ma-iah lages thereof* And they dwelt from
the son of Ha-shub» the son of Az-ri- Be-er-she-ba imto the vaUey of Hin-
kam» the son of Hash-a-bi-ah» the son nom.
of Bun-ni; 31 The ChUdren also of Benjamin
16 And Shab-be-thai and Joz'-a- from Ge-ba dwelt at Mich-mash» and
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A-i-ja, and Betht-el, and in their vil- 22 The Levites in the days of E-U-
a-shib, Joi-a-da, and Jo-ha'-nan, and
32 And at An-a-thoth, Nob, An-a- Jad-du-a, were recorded chief of the
ni'-ah, fathers: also the priests, to the reign
33 Ha-zor, Ra-mah, Gif-ta-im, of Darius the Persian.
34 Ha-did» Ze-bo-im, Ne-bal-lat, 23 The sons of Levi the chief of the
35 Lod, and O-no, the vallêy of fathers, were written in the book of
craftsmen. the chronicles, even until the days of
36 And of the Levites wcrc divisions Jo-ha-nan the son of E-U'-a-shib.
in Judah, and in Benjamin. 24 And the chief of the Levites:
Hash-a-bi-ah, Sher-e-bi-ah, and Jesh-
CHARTE R 12 u-a the son of Kad-mi-el, with their
NOW these arc the priests and the
Leyites that went up with Ze-
brethren over against them, to praise
and to give thanks, according to the
rub-ba-bel the son of She-al-ti-el, and commandment of David the man of
Jesh-u-a: Ser-a-i-ah, Jeremiah, Ezra, God, ward over against ward.
2 Am-a-ri-ah, Mal-luch, Haf-tush, 25 Mat--ta-ni'-ah, and Bak-buk-f-ah,
3 Shech-a-ni-ah, Re-hnm, Mer'-e- O-ba-di-ah, Me-shur-lam, Tal-mon,
moth, Ak'-kub, were porters keeping the ward
4 Id'do, Gin-ne-tho, A-bi-jah, at the thresholds of the gâtes.
5 Mi-a-min, Ma-a-di'-ahj Bil-g^, 26 These were in the days of Joi-a-
6 She-ma-iah, and Joi-a-rib, Je- kim the son of Jesh-u-a, the son of
da'iah» Joz-a-dak, and in the days of Ne-he-
7 Sar-lu, A-mok, Hil-ki'ah, Je-da- mi-ah the govemor, and of Ezra the
iah. These were the chief of the priests priest, the scribe.
and of their brethren in the days of 27 And at the dedication of the waU
Jesh-u-a. of Jérusalem they sought the Levites
8 Moreover the Levites: Jesh-u-a, out of aU their places, to bring them to
Bin-nu-i, Kad-mi-el, Sher-e-bi-ah, Ju- Jérusalem,to keep the dedication with
dah, and Mat-ta-ni-ah, which was pver gladness, both with thanksgivings,and
the thanksgiying, he and his brethren. with singihg, with cymbals, psalteries,
9 Also Bak-buk-i'-îah and Un'-'ni, and with harps.
their brethren, were over against them 28 And the sons of the singers gath-
in the watches. ered themselves together, bôth out of
10 And Jesh'-u-a begat Joi-a-kim, the plain country round about Jéru
Joi-a-kim also begat E-li-a-shibj and salem, and from the viUages of Ne-
E-U-a-shib begat Joi'-a-da, toph'-a-thi;
11 And Joi'-a-da begat Jonathan, 29 Also from the house of Gilgal,
and Jonathan begat Jad-du-a. and out of the fields of Ge-ba and Az'-
12 And in the days of Joi-a-kim ma-veth: for the singers had builded
were priests,the chief of the fathers: of them villages round about Jérusa
Ser-a-i-ah, Mer-a-i'-ah; of Jeremiah, lem.
Han-a-ni'-ah; 30 And the priests and the Levites
13 Of Ezra, Me-shul-lam; of Am-a- purified themselves, ànd purified the
ri-ah, Je-ho-ha'-nan; people, and the gâtes, and the wall,
14 Of Mel-i-cu, Jonathan; of Sheb- 31 Then I brought up the princes of
a-ni'-ah, Joseph; Judah upon the wall, and appointed
15 Of Ha'-rim,Ad-na;of Me-ra-ioth, two great companies of them that gave
Hel-ka-i; thanks, whereof one went on the right
16 Of Id-do, Zech-a-ri'-ah; of Gin- hand upOn the wall toward the dung
ne-thon, Me-shul-lam; gâte:
17 Of A-bi-jah, Zich-ri; of Min-i-a- 32 And after them went Hosh-a-i-
min, of Mo-a-di-ah, Pil-tai; ah, and half of the princes of Judah,
18 Of BU'-gah, Sham-mu-a; of 33 And Az-a-ri-ah, Ezra, and Me-
She-ma'-iah, Je-hon-a-than; shul-lam,
19 And of Joi-a-rib, Mat-te-na-i; of 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and
Je-da-iah, Uz'-zi; She-ma-iah, and Jeremiah,
20 Of Sal-la-i, Kal-la-i; of A-mok, 35 And certain of the priests' sons
E'-ber; with trumpets; nameîy, Zech-a-ri'-ah
21 Of Hil-ki-ah, Hash-a-bi-ah; of the son of Jonathan, the son of She-
Je-da-iah, Ne-than-e-eL ma-iah,the son of Mat-ta-ni-ah,the son
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of Mi-cha-iah» the son of Zac-cur, the singers, and songs of praise and
son of A-saph: thanksgiving unto God.
36 And his brethren, She-ma-iah, 47 And ail Israël in the days of Ze-
and A-zar'-a-el, Mil'-a-la-i, Gil-a-lai, rub'-ba-bel, and in the days of Ne-he-
Ma-a-i, Ne-than-e-el, and Judah, Ha- mi-ah, gave the portions Pf the singers
na-ni, with the musical instruments of and the porters, every day his portion:
David the man of God, and Ezra the and they sanctified holy things imto the
scribe before them.. Levites; and the Levites sanctified
37 And at the fountain gâte, which them unto the children of Aaron.
was over against them, they went up
by the stairs of the city of David, at CHAPTER 13
the going up of the wall, above the ON that day they read in the book
house of David, even unto the water of Moses in the audience of the
gâte eastward. people; and therein was found written,
38 And the other company of them that the Ammonite and the Moabite
ihat gave thanks went over against should not come into the congrégation
them, and 1 after them, and the half of God for ever;
of the people upon the wall, from be- 2 Because they met not the children
yond the tower of the fumaces even of Israël with bread and with water,
unto the broad wall; but hired Balaam against them, that
39 And from above the gâte of he should curse them:howbeit our God
E-phra-im, and above the old gâte, tumed the curse into a blessing.
and above the fish gâte, and the tower 3 Now it came to pass, when they
of Ha-nan'-e-el, and the tower of Me- had heard the law,that they separated
ah,even unto the sheep gâte: and they from Israël ail the mixed multitude.
stood still in the prison gâte. 4 And before this, E-li-a-shib the
40 So stood the two campantes of priest, having the oversight of the
them that gave thanks in the house of chamber of the house of our God, was
God, and 1, and the half of the rulers allied unto To-bi'-ah:
with me: 5 And he had prepared for him a
41 And the priests; E-li-a-kim, Ma- great chamber, where aforetime they
a-se-iah, Min'-i-a-min, Mi-cha'-iah, laid the meat offerings, the frankin-
Erli-o-e-na-i, Zech-a-ri-ah, and Han-a- cense, and the vessels, and the tithes
ni-ah, with trumpets; of the com,the new wine, and the oil,
42 And Ma-a-se-iah, and She-ma- which was commanded to he given to
iah, and E-le-a-zar,and Uz-zi,and Je- the Levites, and the singers, and the
ho-ha-nan, and Mal-chi'-jah, and porters; and the offerings of the
E-lam,and E'-zer. And the singers sang priests.
loud, with Jez-ra-hi-ah their overseer. 6. But in ail this time was not I at
43 Also that day they offered great Jérusalem: for in the two and thirtieth
sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had year of Ar-ta-xer'-xes king of Babylon
made them rejoice with great joy: the came I unto the king, arid after certain
wives also and the children rejoiced: days obtained I leave of the king:
so that the joy of Jérusalem was heard 7 And I Ccime to Jérusalem, and un-
even afar off. derstood of the evil that E-li-a-shib
44 And at that time were some ap- did for To-bi'-ah, in preparing him a
pointed over the chambers for the chamber in the courts of the house of
treasures, for the oiferings, for the God.
firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore
into them out pf the fields of the çities I çast forth all the household stuff of
the portions of the law for the priests To-bi'-ah out of the chamber.
and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for 9 Then I commanded, and they
the priests and for the Levites that cleansed the chambers: and thither
waited. brought I again the vessels of the
45 And both the singers and the house of God, with the meat offering
porters kept the ward of their God, and the frankincense.
and the ward of the purification, ac- 10 And 1 perceived that the por
cording to the commandment of Da tions of the Levites had not been given
vid, and of Solomon his son. them: for the Levites and the singers,
46 For in the days of David and that did the work, were fled every one
A-saph of old there were chief of the to his field.
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11 Then contended I with the nil- and said imto them, Why lodge ye
ers, and said, Why is the house of God about the wall? if ye do so agaîn, I will
forsaken? And I gathered them to- lay hands on you. From that time
gether, and set them in their place. forth came they no more on the sab
12 Then brought ail Judah the tithe bath.
of the com and the new wine and the 22 And I commanded the Levites
cil unto the treasuries. that they should cleanse thémselves,
13 And I made treasurers over the and that they should come and keep
treasuries, Shel-e-mi-ah the priest, and the gâtes, to sanctify the sabbath day.
Za'dok the scribe, and of the Levites, Remember me, O my God, conceming
Pe-da-iah: and next to thém was Ha- this also, and spare me according to
nan the son of Zac'-cur, the son of Mat- the greatness of thy mercy.
ta-ni'-ah: for they were counted faith- 23 In those days also saw I Jews
ful, and their office was to distribute that had married wives of Ash-dod, of
unto their brethren. Anunon, and of Moab:
14 Remember me, O my God, con- 24 And their childrien spake half in
ceming this, and wipe not out my good the speech of Ash'-dod, and could not
deeds that I have done for the house speak in the Jews* language, but ac
of my God, and for the offices thereof. cording tô the language of each peo-
15 In those days saw I in Judah ple.
some treadihg wine presses on the sab- 25 And I contended with them,and
bath,and bringing in shéaves, and lad- cursed them, and smote certain of
ing assesr as also wine, grapes, and them, and plucked off their hair, and
figSj and ail manner of burdens, which made them swear by God, saying, Ye
they brought into Jérusalem on the shall not give your daughters unto
sabbath day: and I testified against their sons, nor take their daughters
them in the day wherein they sold unto your sons, or for yourselves.
victuals. 26 Did not Solomon king of Israël
16 There dwelt men of Tyré also sin by these things? yet among many
therein, which brought fish, and ail nations was there no king like him,
manner of ware, and sold on the sab who was beloved of his God, and God
bath unto the children of Judah, and made him king over ail Israël: liever-
in Jérusalem. theless even him did outlandish women
17 Then I contended with the cause to sin.
nobles of Judah, and said unto them, 27 Shall we then hearken unto you
What evil thing is this that ye do, and to do ail this great evil, to transgress
profane the sabbath day? against our Grod in marrying strange
18 Did not your fathers thus, and wives?
did not our God bring ail this evil upon 28 And one of the sons of Joi'-a-da,
us, and upon this city? yet ye bring the son of E-li'-a-shib the high priest,
more wrath upon Israël by profaning was son in law to San-bal-lat the Hor*-
the sabbath. o-nite; therefore I chased him from
19 And it came to pass, that when me.
the gâtes of Jérusalem began to be 29 Remember them, O my God, be-
dark before the sabbath,I commanded cause they have defiled the priest^
that the gâtes should be shut, and hood, and the covenant of the priest-
charged that they should not be hood, and of the Levites.
opened till after the sabbath: and 30 Thus cleansed I them from ail
some of my servants set I at the gâtes, strangers, and appointed the wards of
that there should no burden be brought the priests and the Levites, every one
in on the sabbath day. in his business;
20 So the merchants and sellers of 31 And for the wood offering, at
ail kind of ware lodged without Jérutimes appointed, and for the first-
salem once or twice. fruits. Remember me, O my God, for
21 Then I testified against them, good.
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Esther
11 To bring Vash-ti the queen be
CHAPTER I fore the king with the crown royal, to
"OW It came to pass In the shew the people and the princes her
days of A-has-u-e'-rus,(this is beauty: for she was fair to look on.
A-has-u-e'-rus which reigned, 12 But the queen Vash'-ti refused to
from India even unto E-thi-o'-pi-a, come at the king's cqmmandment by
over an hundred and seven and twenty his chamberlains: thèrefore was the
provinces:) king very wroth, and his anger bumed
2 That in those days, when the king in him.
A-has-u-e-rus sat on the throne of his 13 Then the king said to the wise
kingdom, which was in Shu'-shan the men, which knew the times, (for sp
palace, was the king's tnanner toward ail that
3 In the third year of his reign, he knew law and judgment:
made a feast unto ail his princes and 14 And the next unto him was Car-
his servants; the power of Persia and she'-na, She'-thar, Ad'-ma-tha, Tar-
Me-di-a, the nobles and princes of the shish, Me'-res, Mar'-se-na, and Me-mu-
provinces, heing before hlm: can, the seven princes of Persia and
4 When he shewed the riches of his Me'-di-a, which saw the king's face,
glorious kingdom and the honour of and which sat the first in the kihg^
his excellent majesty many days, even dom;)
an hundred and fourscore days. 15 What shall we do imto the queen
5 And when these days were ex- Vàsh'-ti according to law because she
pired, the king made a feast imto ail hath not performed the command-
the people that were présent in Shu- ment of the king A-has-u-e'-rus by the
shan the palace, both unto great and chamberlains?
small, seven days, in the court of the 16 And Me-mu'-can answered before
garden of the king's palace; the king and the princes, Vash'-ti the
6 Where were white, green,and blue, queen hath not done wrong to thé king
hangings, fastened with cords of fine only, but also to ail the princes, and to
linen and purple to silver rings and ail the people that are in ail the pro
pillars of marble: the beds were of gold vinces of the king A-has-u-e'-rus.
and silver, upon a pavement of red, 17 For this deed pf the queen shall
and blue, and white, and black, mar come abroad unto ail women, so that
ble. they shall despisé their husbands in
7 And they gave them drink in ves- their eyes, when it shall be reported,
sels of gold,(the vessels being diverse The king A-has-u-e'-rus commanded
one from another,) and royal wine in Vash'-ti the queen to be brought in be
abimdance, according to the state of fore him, but she came not.
the king. 18 Likeiwse shall the ladies of Persia
8 And the drinking was according and Me'-di-a say this day unto ail the
to the law; none did compel;for so the king's princes, which have heard of the
king had appointed to ail the officers deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise
of his house, that they should do ac too much contempt and wrath.
cording to every man's pleasure. 19 If it please the king,let there go
9 Also Vash-ti the queen made a a royal commandment from him, and
feast for the women in the royal house let it be written among the laws of the
which belonged to king A-has-u-e'-rus. Persiahs and the Medes, that it be not
10 On the seventh day, when the altered, That Vash'-ti come no more
heart of tiie Idng was merry with wine, before king A-has-u-e'-rus; and let the
he commanded Me-hu'-man, Biz'-tha, king give her royal estate unto another
Har-bo'-na, Big'-tha, and A^bag'-tha, that is better than she.
Zè'-thar, and Car'-cas, the seven cham- 20 And when the king's decree
berlains that served in the presence of which he shall make shall be published
A-has-u-e'-rus the king. throughout ail his empire, (for it is
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great,) ail the wives shall give to their that Esther was brought also unto the
husbands honour, both to great and king's house,to the custody of Heg'-a-i,
small. keeper of the women.
21 And the saylng pleased the king 9 And the maiden pleased him, and
and the princes; and the king did she obtained kindness of him; and he
according to the word of Me-mu- speedily gave her her things for puri
can: fication, with such things as belonged
22 For he sent letters into ail the to her, and seven maidens, which were
king's provinces, into every province meet to be given her, out of the king's
according to the writing thereof, and house: and he preferred her and her
to every people after their lahguage, maids unto the best place of the house
that every man should bear rule in his of the women.
own house, and that it should be pub- 10 Esther had not shewed her peo
lished according to the language of ple nor her kindred:for Mof-de-cai had
every people. charged her that she should not shew
it.
CHAPTER 2
11 And Mor'-de-cai walked every
A FTER these things, when tiie wrath day before the court of the women's
of king A-has-u-^-rus was ap- house, to know how Esther did, and
peased, he remembered Vash-ti, and what should become of her.
what she had done, and what was de- 12 Now when every maid's tum
creed against her. was come to go in to king A-has-u-e-
2 Then said the king's servants that rus, after that she had been twelve
ministered unto him, Let there be fair months, according to the manner of
young virgins sought for the king: the women, (for so were the days of
3 And let the king appoint ofiicers their purifications accomplished, to
in ail the provinces of his kingdom, wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and
that they may gather together ail the six months with sweet odours, and
fair young virgfiis unto Shu-shan the with other things for the purifyhig of
palace, to the house of the women,un the women;)
to the custody of He-ge the king's 13 Then thus came every maiden
Chamberlain, keeper of the women; unto the king; whatsoever she desired
and let their things for purification be was given her to go with her out of the
given them: house of the women unto the king's
4 And let the maiden which pleas- house.
eth the king be queen instead of Vash- 14 In the evening she went, and on
ti. And the thing pleased the king;and the morrow she retumed into the sec
he did so. ond house of the women, to the cus
5 Now in Shu-shan the palace there tody of Sha-ash-gaz, the king's Cham
was a certain Jew, whose name was berlain, which kept the concubines:
Mor'-de-cai, the son of Ja-ir, the son of she came in unto the king no more,ex-
Shim-e-i, the son of Kish, a Benja- cept the king delighted in her, and
mite; that she were called by name.
6 Who had been carried away from 15 Now when the tum of Esther,
Jérusalem with the captivity which the daughter of Ab-i-ha-il the uncle of
had been carried away with Jec-o-ni- Mor'-de-cai, who had taken her for his
ah king of Judah, whom Neb-u-chad- daughter, was come to go in unto the
nez'-zar the king of Babylon had car king, she required nothing but what
ried away. He^-a-i the king's Chamberlain, the
7 And hê brought up Ha-das'-sah, keeper of the women, appointed. And
that is, Esther, his imâe's daughter: Esther obtained favour in the sight of
for she had neither father nor mother, ail them that looked upon her.
and the maid was fair and beautiful; 16 So Esther was taken unto king
whom Mor'-de-cai, when her father and A-has-u-e'-rus into his house royal in
mother were dead, took for his own the tenth month, which is the month
daughter. Te-beth, in the seventh year of his
8 So it came to pass, when the reign.
king's commandment and his decree 17 And the king loved Esther above
was heard, and when many maidens ail the women, and shé obtained grâce
were gathered together unto Shu-shan and favour in his sight more than ail
the palace, to the custody of Heg'-a-i, the virgins; so that he set the royal
 ESTHER 3 489

crown upon her head, and made her out the whole kingdom of A-has-u-
queen instead of Vash-ti. e-rus, even the people of Mori-de-cai.
18 Then the king made a great feast 7 In the first month, that is, the
unto ail his princes and his servants, month Ni'-san, in the twelfth year of
even Esther's feast; and he made a re- king A-has-u-e'-rus,they cast Pur,that
lease to the provinces, and gave gifts, is, the lot, before Ha'-man from day to
according to the state of the king. day, and from month to month, to the
19 And when the virgins were ga- twelfth month, that is, the month
thered together the second time, then A'-dar.
Mori-de-cai sat in the king's gâte. 8 And Ha-man said unto king
20 Esther had not yet shewed her A-has-u-e-rus, There is a certciin people
kindred nor her people; as Mori-de-cai scattered abroad and dispersed among
had charged her: for Esther did the the people in ail the provinces of thy
commandment of Mori-de-cai, like as kingdom; and their laws are diverse
when she was brought up with him. from ail people; neither keep they the
21 In those days, while Mori-de-cai king's laws: therefore it is not for the
sat in the king's gâte,two of the king's king's profit to suffer them.
chamberlains, Big'-than and Te-resh, 9 If it please the king,let it be writ
of those which kept the door, were ten that they may be destroyed: and I
wroth, and sought to lay hand on the will pay ten thousand talents of silver
king A-has-u-e-rus. to the hands of those that have the
22 And the thing was known to charge of the business, to bring it into
Mori-de-cai, who told it unto Esther the king's treasuries.
the queen; and Esther certified the 10 And the king took his ring from
king thereof in Mori-de-cai's nsune. his hand,and gave it unto Ha-man the
23 And when inquisition was made son of Ham-med-a-tha the A-gag-ite,
of the matter, it was found out; there- the Jews' enemy.
fore they were both hanged on a tree: 11 And the king said unto Ha-man,
and it was written in the book of the The silver is given to thee, the people
chronicles before the king. also, to do with them as it seemerii
good to thee.
CHAPTER 3 12 Then were the king's scribes
AFTER these things did king A-has- called on the thirteenth day of the first
J\ u-e-rus promote Ha'-man the son month, and there was written accord
of Ham-med-a-tha the A-gag^ite, and ing to ail that Ha-man had com
advanced him, and set his seat above manded unto the king's lieutenants,
aU the princes that were with him. and to the govemors that were over
2 And ail the king's servants, that every province, and to the rulers of
were in the king's gâte, bowed, and every people of every province accord
reverenced Ha-man: for the king had ing to the writing thereof, and to every
so commanded conceming him. But people after their language; in the
Mori-de-cai bowed not, nor did him name of king A-has-u-e'-rus was it
reverence. written, and sealed with the king's
3 Then the king's servants, which ring.
were in the king's gâte, said unto Mori- 13 And the letters were sent by
de-cai, Why transgressest thou the posts into ail the king's provinces, to
king's commandment? destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish,
4 Now it came to pass, when they ail Jews, both young and old, little
spake daily unto him, and he heark- children and women, in one day, even
ened not unto them, that they told upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth
Ha-man, to see whether Mori-de-cai's month, which is the month A'-dar, and
matters would stand: for he had told to take the spoil of them for a prey.
them that he was a Jew. 14 The copy of the writing for a
5 And when Ha-man saw that Mori- commandment to be given in every
de-cai bowed not, nor did him rever province was published unto ail peo
ence, then was Ha-man full of wrath. ple, that they should be ready against
6 And he thought scom to lay that day.
hands on Mori-de-cai alone; for they 15 The posts went out, being has-
had shewed him the people of Mori-de- tened by the king's commandment,
cai: wherefore Ha-man sought to de- and the decree was given in Shu'-shan
stroy aU the Jews that were through- the palace. And the king and Ha'-man
490 ESTHER 4, 5
sat down to drink; but the city Shu- to come in unto the king these thirty
shan was perplexed* days.
12 And they told to Mor'-de-cai Es
CHAPTER 4 ther's words.
WHEN Mor'-de-cal perceived aU 13 Then Mor'-de-cai commanded to
that was doue, Mor'-de-cai rent answer Esther, Think not with thyself
his clothes, and put on sackcloth with that thou shalt escape in the king's
ashes, and went eut into the midst of house, more than aU the Jews.
the city, and cried with a loud and a 14 For if thou altogether holdest
bitter cry; thy peace at this time,then shaU there
2 And came even before the king's enlargement and deUverance arise to
gâte: for none might enter into the the Jews from another place; but thou
king's gâte clothed with sackcloth* and thy father's house shaU be de-
3 And in every province, whitherso- stroyed: and who knoweth whether
ever the king's commandment and his thou art come to the kingdom for stich
decree came,fhere was great mouming a time as this?
among the Jews, and fasting, and 15 Then Esther bade them retum
weeping, and wailing; and many lay in Moî'-de-cai this answer,
sackcloth and ashes. 16 Go, gather together aU the Jews
4 So Esther's maids and her cham- that are présent in Shu'-shan, and fast
berlains came and told it her. Then ye for me, and neither eat nor drink
was the queen exceedingly grieved; three days, night or day:I also and my
and she sent raiment to clothe Mor'-de- maidens wUl fast Ukewise; and so wiU
cai, and to take away his sackcloth I go in unto the king, which is not ac-
from him: but he received it not. cording to the law: and if I perish, I
5 Then called Esther for Ha-tach, perish.
one of the king's chamberlains, whom 17 So Mor'-de-cai went his way, and
he had appointéd to attend upon her, did according to aU that Esther had
and gave him a commandment to commanded him.
Mor'-de-cai, to know what it was, and
why it was. CHAPTER 5
6 So Ha-tach went forth to Mor'-de- NOW it came to pass on the third
cai unto the street of the city, which day,that Esther put on her royal
was before the king's gâte. apparel, and stood in the inner court
7 And Mor'-de-cai told him of ail of the king's house, over against the
that had happened unto him, and of king's house: and the king sat upon his
the sum of the money that Ha'-man royal throne in the royal house, over
had promised to pay to the king's trea- against the gâte of the house.
suries for the Jews, to destroy them. 2 And it was so, when the king saw
8 Also he ^ve him the copy of the Esther the queen standing in the
writing of the décree that was given at court, that she obtained favour in his
Shu'-shan to destroy them, to shew it sight: and the king held out to Esther
unto Esther,and to déclaré it unto her, the golden sceptre that was in his
and to charge her that she should go hand. So Esther drew near, and
in unto the king, to make supplication touched the top of the sceptre.
imto him, and to make request before 3 Then said the king unto her,
him for her people. What wUt thou, queen Esther? and
9 And Ha'-tach came and told Es what is thy request? it shaU be even
ther the words of Mor'-de-cai. given thee to the half of the kingdom.
10 Again Esther spake unto Ha'- 4 And Esther answered. If it seem
tach,and gave tiim commandment un good unto the king, let the king and
to Mor'-de-cai; Ha'-man come this day unto the ban
11 AU the king's servants, and the quet that I have prepared for him.
people of the king's provinces, do 5 Then the king said. Cause Ha'-
know, that whosoever, whether man man to make haste, that he may do as
or woman, shaU come unto the king Esther hath said. So the king and Ha-
into tiie inner court, who is not caUed, man came to the banquet that Esther
thcre is one law of his to put him to had prepared.
death, except such to whom the king 6 And the king said unto Esther at
shall hold out the golden sceptre, that thé banquet of wine, What is thy péti
he may Uve:but 1 have not been caUed tion? and it shall be granted thee: and
 ESTHER 6 491

what is thy request? even to the half vants that ministered unto him,There
of the kingdom it shall be performed. is nothing done for him.
7 Then answered Esther, and said, 4 And the king said, Who is in the
My pétition and my request is; court? Now Ha'-man was come into the
8 If I have found faveur in the outward court of the king's house, to
sight of the king, and if it please the speak unto the king to hang Mor^de-
king to grant my pétition, and to per- cai on the gallows that he had pre
form my request, let the king and Ha- pared for him.
man come to the banquet that I shall 5 And the king's servants said unto
préparé for them,and I will do to mor- him, Behold, Ha'-man standeth in the
row as the king hath said, court. And the king said, Let him
9 Then went Ha-man forth that come in.
day joyful and with a glad heart: but 6 So Ha'-man came in. And the king
when Ha-man saw Mor'-de-eai in the said unto him, What shall be done
king's gâte, that he stood not up, nor unto the man whom the king delight-
moved for him, he was fuU of indigna eth to honour? Now Ha'-man thought
tion against Mor'-de-eai. in his heart, To whom would the king
10 Nevertheless Ha'-man refrained delight to do honour more than to my
himself; and when he came home, he seif?
sent and called for his friends, and Ze- 7 And Ha'-man answered the king.
resh his wife. For the man whom the king delighteth
11 And Ha'-man told them of the to honour,
glory of his riches, and the multitude 8 Let the royal apparel be brought
of his children, and ail the things where- which the king useth to wear, and the
in the king had promoted him, and horse that the king rideth upon, and
how he had advanced him above the the crown royal which is set upon his
princes and servants of the king. head:
12 Ha'-man said moreover, Yea, 9 And let this apparel and horse be
Esther the queen did let no man come delivered to the hand of one of the
in with the king unto the banquet that king's most noble princes, that they
she had prepared but myseif; and to may array the man withal whom the
niorrow am I invited unto her also king delighteth to honour, and bring
with the king. him on horseback through the street
13 Yet ail this availeth me nothing, of the city, and proclaim before him,
so long as I see Mor'-de-eai the Jew Thus shall it be done to the man whom
sitting at the king's gâte. the king delighteth to honour.
14 Then said Ze'-resh his wife and 10 Then the king said to Ha'-man,
ail his friends unto him, Let a gallows Make haste, and take the apparel and
be made of fifty cubits high, and to the horse, as thou hast said, and do
morrow speak thou unto the king that even so to Mor'-de-eai the Jew, that
Mor'-de-eai may be hanged thereon; sitteth at the king's gâte: let nothing
then go thou in merrily with.the king fail of ail that thou hast spoken.
unto the banquet. And the thing 11 Then took Ha'-man the apparel
pleased Ha'-man; and he caused the and the horse, and arrayed Mor'-de-
gallows to be made. eai, and brought him on horseback
through the street of the city, and pro-
CHAPTER 6 claimed before him, Thus shall it be
ON that night could not the king done unto the man whom the king de
lighteth to honour.
sleep, and he commanded to
bring the book of records of the chroni- 12 And Mor'-de-eai came again to
cles; and they were read before the the king's gâte. But Ha'-man hasted to
king. his house mouming, and having his
2 And it was found written, that head covered.
Mor'-de-eai had told of Big'-tha-na and 13 And Ha'-man told Ze'-resh his
Te'-resh, two of the king's chamber- wife and ail his friends every thing that
lains, the keepers of the door, who had befallen him. Then said his wise
sought to lay hand on the king A-has- men and Ze'-resh his wife unto him. If
u-e'-rus. Mor'-de-eai be of the seed of the Jews,
3 And the king ssdd, What honour before whom thou hast begun to fcill,
and dignity hath been done to Mor'-de- thou shalt not prevail against him,but
eai for this? Then said the king*s ser shalt surely fall before him.
492 ESTHER 7, 8
14 And while they were yet talking de-cai. Then was the king's wrath
with him, came the king's chamber- pacified.
lains» and hasted to bring Ha-man un-
to the banquet that Esther had pre- CHAPTER S
pared* ON that day did the king A-has-u-
e-rus give the house of Ha-man
CHAPTER 7 the Jews' enemy unto Esthéîr the
SO the king and Ha-man came to queen. And Mor'-dé-cai came before
the king; for Esther had told what he
banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And the king said again unto Es was unto her.
ther on the second day at the banquet 2 And the king took off his ring,
of wine, What is thy pétition, queen which he had taken from Ha-man,and
Esther? and it shall be granted thee: gave it unto Mor'-de-cai. And Esther
and what is thy request? aiid it shall be set Mor'-de-cai over the house of Ha-
performed,even to the half of the king- màn.
dom* 3 And Esther spake yet again be
3 Then Esther the queen answered fore the king, and fell down at his feet,
and said. If I have foimd favour in thy and besought him with tears to put
sight, O king, and if it please the king, away the mischief of Ha-man the
let my life be givén me at my pétition, A'-gag-ite, and his device that he had
and my people at my request: devised against the Jews.
4 For we are sold, I and my people, 4 Then the king held out the golden
to be destroyed, to be slain, and to sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
perish. But if we had been sold for arose, and stood before the king,
bondmen and bondwomen, I had held 5 And said. Ifit please the king,and
my tongue, although the énemy could if I have found favour in his sight, and
not countervail the king's damage. the thing seem right before the king,
5 Then the king A-has-u-e-rus an and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be
swered and said uhto Esther the written to reverse the letters devised
queen, Who is he, and where is he, by Ha'-man the son of Ham-med'-a-tha
âiat durst présumé in his heart to do the A-gag-itéi which he wrote to de-
so? stroy the Jews which are in ail the
6 And Esther said. Thé adversary king's provinces:
and enemy is this wicked Ha-man. 6 For how can I endure to see the
Then Ha-man was afraid before the evil that shall come unto my people?
king and the queen. or how can I endure to see the destruc
7 And the king arising from the tion of my kindred?
banquet of wine in his wrath went into 7 Then the king A-has-u-e-rus said
the palace garden: and Ha-man stood imto Esther thé qiieen and to Mor'-de-
up to make request for his life to Es cai the Jew, Béhold, I have given Es
ther the queen; for he saw that there ther the house of Ha-man, and him
was evil determined against him by they have hanged upon the gàUows,
the king. because he laid his hand upon the
8 Then the king retumed out of the Jews.
palace garden into the place of the S Write ye also for the Jews, as it
banquet of wine; and Ha'-man was liketh you, in the king's name, and
faUen upon the bed whereon Esther seal it with the king's ring: for the
was. Then said the king, Will he force writing which is writtén in the king's
tiie queen also before me in the house? name, and sealed with the king's ring,
As the word went out of the king*s may no man reverse.
mouth, they covered Ha-man's face. 9 Theri were the king's scribes called
9 And Har-bo-nah, one of the at that time in the third month, that
chamberlains, said before the king, is, the month Si-van, on the three and
Behold also, the gaùows fifty cubits twentieth day thereof; and it was writ
high, which Ha'-man had made for ten according to ail that Mor'-de-cai
idor'-de-cai, who had spoken good for commanded unto the Jews, and to the
the king, standeth in the house of Ha- lieutenants, and the deputies and nil-
man. Then the king said, Rang him ers of the provinces which are from
thereon, India unto E-thi-o-pi-a, an hundred
10 So they hanged Ha-man on the twenty arid seven provinces, unto
gallows that he had prépared for Mor'- every province according to the writ-
 ESTHER 9 493

ing thereof, and unto every people the provinces of the king A-has-u-e-
after their language» and to the Jews rus, to lay hand on such as sought
according to their writing, and accord- their hurt: and no man could with-
ing to their language. stand them; for the fear of them fell
10 And he wrote in the king A-has- upon ail people.
u-e'-rus' name, and sealed it "^th the 3 And ail the rulers of the prov
king's ring, and sent letters by posts inces, and the lieutenants, and the
on horseback, and riders on mules, deputies, and officers of the king,
camels, and young dromedaries: helped the Jews; because the fear of
11 >^erein the king granted the Mor'-de-cal fell upon them.
Jews which werein every city to gather 4 For Mor'-de-cai was great in the
themselves together, and to stand for king's house, and his famé went out
their life, to destroy, to slay, and to throughout ail the provinces: for this
cause to perish, ail the power of the man Mor'-de-cai waxed greâter and
people and province that would as- greater.
sault them,hoth little ones and women, 5 Thus the Jews smote ail their ene
and to take the spoil of them for a prey, mies with the stroke of the sword, and
12 Upon one day in ail the prov slaughter, and destruction, and did
inces of king A-has-u-e'-rus, namely, what they would imto those that hated
upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth them.
month, which is the month A-dar. 6 And in Shu-shan the palace the
13 The copy of the writing for a Jews slew and destroyed five hundred
commandment to be given in every men.
province was published unto ail peo 7 And Par-shan-da-tha, and Dal-
ple, and that the Jews should be ready phon, and As-pa-tha,
against that day to avenge themselves 8 And Por'-a-tha,and Ad-a-li-a,and
on their enemies. A-rid-a-tha,
14 So the posts that rode upon 9 And Par-mash-ta, and A-ris'-a-i,
mules and camels went out, being has- and A-rid'-a-i, and Va-jez'-a-tha,
tened and pressed on by the king's 10 The ten sons of Ha-man the son
commandment. And the decree was of Ham-med'-a-tha, the enemy of the
given at Shu'-shan the palace. Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid
15 And Mor'-de-cai went out from they not their hand.
the presence of the king in royal ap- 11 On that day the number of those
parel of blue and white, and with a that were slain in Shu'-shan the palace
great crown of gold, and with a gar- was brought before the king.
ment of fine linen and purple: and the 12 And the king said unto Esther
city of Shu'-shan rejoiced and was glad. the queen, The Jews have slain and
16 The Jews had light, and glad- destroyed five hundred men in Shu-
ness, and joy, and honour. shan the palace, and the ten sons of
17 And in every province, and in Ha-man; what have they done in the
every city, whithersoever the king's rest of the king's provinces? now what
commandment and his decree came, is thy pétition? and it shall be granted
the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast thee: or what is thy request further?
and a good day. And many pf the peo and it shaU be done.
ple of the land became Jews; for the 13 Then said Esther, If it please the
fear of the Jews fell upon them. king, let it be granted to the Jews
which are in Shu-shan to do to morrow
CHAPTER 9 also according imto this day's decree,
NOW in the twelfth month,that is, and let Ha-man's ten sons be hanged
the month A'dar, on the thir upon the gallows.
teenth day of the same, when the 14 And the king commanded it so
king's commandment and his decree to be done: and the decree was given at
drew near to be put in exécution, in Shu'-shan; and they h^ged Ha-man's
the day that the enemies of the Jews ten sons.
hoped to have power over them, 15 For the Jews that were in Shu'-
(though it was tumed to the contrary, shan gathered themselves together on
that the Jews had rule over them that the fourteenth day also of the month
hated them;) A'-dar, and slew three hundred men at
2 The Jews gathered themselves to Shu'-shan; but on the prey they laid
gether in their cities throughout ail not their hand.
494 ESTHER 10

16 But the other Jews that were in Pu'-rim after the name of Pur. There
the king's provinces gathered them- fore for ail the words of this letter, and
selves together, and stood for their of that which they had seen conceming
lives, and had rest from their enemies, this matter, and which had come unto
and slew of their foes seventy and five them,
thousand, but they laid not their 27 The Jews ordained, and took
hands on the prey, upon them, and upon their seed, and
17 On the thirteenth day of the upon ail such as joined themselves un
month A-dar; and on the fourteenth to them, so as it should not fail, that
day of the same rested they, and made they would keep these two days ac-
it a day of feasting and gladness. cording to their writing, and accord-
18 But the Jews that were at Shu- ing to their appointed time every
shan assembled together on the thir year;
teenth day thereof, and on the four 28 And that these days should be re-
teenth thereof; and on the fifteenth membered and kept throughout every
day of the Scime they rested, and made génération, every family, every prov
it a day of feasting and gladness. ince, and every city; and that these
19 Therefore the Jews of the vil days of Pu'-rim should not fail from
lages that dwelt in the unwalled towns, among the Jews, nor the mémorial of
made the fourteenth day of the month them perish from their seed.
A-dar a day of gladness and feasting, 29 Then Esther the queen, the
and a good day, and of sending por daughter of Ab-i-ha'-il, and Mor'-de-cai
tions one to another. the Jew, wrote with ail authority, to
20 And Mor'-de-cai wrote these confirm this second letter of Pu'-rim.
things, and sent letters unto ail the 30 And he sent the letters unto ail
Jews that were in ail the provinces of the Jews, to the hundred twenty and
the king A-has-u-e-rus, both nigh and seven provinces of the kingdom of
far, À-has-u-e'-rus, îvith words of peace and
21 To stablish this among them, truth,
that they should keep the fourteenth 31 To confirm these days of Pu'-rim
day of the month A'-dar, and the fif in their times appointed, according as
teenth day of the same, yearly, Mor'-de-cai the Jew and Esther the
22 As the days wherein the Jews queen had enjoined them, and as they
rested from their enemies, and the had decreed for themselves and for
month which was turned unto them their seed, the matters of the fastings
from sorrow to joy, and from moum- and their cry.
ing into a good day: that they should 32 And the decree of Esther con-
make them days of feasting and joy, firmed these matters of Pu'-rim; and it
and of sending portions one to another, was written in the book.
and gifts to the poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to do as CHAPTER 10
they had begun,and as Mor'-de-cai had AND the king A-has-u-e'-rus laid a
written unto them; tribute upon the land, and upon
24 Because Ha'-man the son of the isles of the sea.
Ham-med-a-tha, the A'-gag-ite, the 2 And ail the acts of his power and
enemy of ail the Jews, had devised of his might,and the déclaration of the
against the Jews to destroy them, and greatness of Mor'-de-cai, whereunto
had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to con the king advanced him, are they not
sume them, and to destroy them; written in the book of the chronicles
25 But when Esther came before the of the kings of Me'-di-a and Persia?
king, he commanded by letters that 3 For Mor'-de-cai the Jew was next
his wicked device, which he devised unto king A-has-u-e'-rus, and great
against the Jews, should retum upon among the Jews, and accepted of the
his own head, and that he and his sons multitude of his brethren, seeking the
should be hanged on the gallows. wealth of his people, and speaking
26 Wherefore they called these days peace to ail his seed.
 The Book of

Job
Behold, ail that he hath is in thy pow-
CHAPTER I
THERE was a man in the land of
Uz, whose name was Job; and
er; only upon himself put not forth
thine hand. So Satan went forth from
the presence of the Lord.
that man was perfect and up- 13 And there was a day when his
right, and one that feared God, and sons and his daughters were eating and
eschewed evil. drinking wine in their eldest brother's
2 And there were bom unto him house:
seven sons and three daughters. 14 And there came a messenger im-
3 His substance also was seven to Job, and said, The oxen were plow-
thousand sheep, and three thousand ing, and the asses feeding beside them:
camels,and five hundred yoke of oxen, 15 And the Sa-be-ans fell upon
and five himdred she asses, and a very them, and took them away; yea, they
great household; so that this man was have slain the servants with the edge
the greatest of ail the men of the east. of the sword; and I only am escaped
4 And his sons went and feasted in alone to tell thee.
their houses» every one his day; and 16 While he îi;as yet speaking,there
sent and called for their three sisters to came also another, and said, The fire
eat and to drink with them* of God is fallen from heaven, and hath
5 And it was so, when the days of bumed up the sheep, and the servants,
their feasting were gone about, that and consumed them;and I only am es
Job sent and sanctified them,and rosecaped alone to tell thee.
up early in the moming, and offered 17 While he was yet speaking,there
bumt offerings according to the num- came also another,and said, The Chal-
ber of them ail: for Job said, It mayde-ans made ont three bands, and fell
be that my sons have sinned, and upon the camels, and have carried
cursed God in their hearts. Thus did them away,yea,and slain the servants
Job continually. with the edge of the sword; and 1 only
6 Now there was a day when the am escaped alone to tell thee.
sons of God came to présent them- 18 While he was yet speaking,there
selves before the Lord, and Satan came also another, and said, Thy sons
came also among them. and thy daughters were eating and
7 And the Lord said unto Satan, drinking wine in their eldest brother's
Whence comest thou? Then Satan an- house:
swered the Lord,and said, From going 19 And, behold, there came a great
to and fro in the earth, and from walk- wind from the wildemess, amd smote
ing up and down in it. the four corners of the house, and it
8 And the Lord S£dd unto Satan, fell upon the young men,and they are
Hast thou considered my servant Job, dead; and I only am escaped alone to
that there is none like him in the earth, tell thee.
a perfect and an upright man,one that 20 Then Job arose,and rent his man-
feareth God, and escheweth evil? tle, and shaved his head, and fell down
9 Then Satan answered the Lord, upon the ground, and worshipped,
and said, Doth Job fear God for 21 And said, Naked came I out of
nought? my mother's womb, and naked shall I
10 Hast not thou made an hedge retum thither: the Lord gave, and the
about him, and about his house, and Lord hath taken away; blessed be the
about ail that he hath on every side? name of the Lord.
thou hast blessed the work of his 22 In ail this Job sinned not, nor
hands, and his substance is increased charged God foolishly.
in the land.
CHAPTER 2
11 But put forth thine hand now,
and touch ail that he hath, and he will AGAIN there was a day when the
curse thee to thy face. J\ sons of God came to présent
12 And the Lord said unto Satan, themselves before the Lord,and Satan
495
496 JOB 3
came also among them to présent hîm-
self before the Lord.
CHAPTER 3
2 And the Lord said unto Satan, AFTER this opened Job his mouth,
From whence comest thou? And Satan /\ and cursed his day.
answered the Lord, and said, From 2 And Job spake, and said,
going to and fro in the earth, and from 3 Let the day perish wherein I was
walking up and down in it. born, and the night in which it was
3 And the Lord said unto Satan, said, There is a man child conceived.
Hast thou considered my servant Job, 4 Let that day be darkness; let not
that there is none like him in the earth, God regard it from above, neither let
a perfect and an upright man, one the lîght shine upon it.
that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 5 Let darkness and the shadow of
and still he holdeth fast his integ- death stain it; let a cloud dwèll upon
rity, although thou movedst me it; let the blackness of the day terrify
against him, to destroy him without it.
cause. 6 As for that night, let darkness
4 And Satan answerecL the Lord, seize upon it; let it not be joined unto
and said, Skin for skin, yea, ail that a the days of the year, let it not come
man hath will he give for his life. into the number of the months.
5 But put forth thine hand now, 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let
and touch his bone and lus flesh, and no joyful voice come therein.
he will curse thee to thy face. 8 Let them curse it that curse the
6 And the Lord said unto Satan, day, who are ready to raise up their
Behold, he is in thine hand; but save mourning.
his life. 9 Let the stars of the twilight there-
7 So went Satan forth from the of be dark; let it look for light, but
presence of the Lord, and smote Job have none; neither let it see the dawn-
with sore boils from the sole of his foot ing of the day:
unto his crown. 10 Because it shut not up the doors
8 And he took him a potsherd to of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow
scrape himself withal; and he sat down from mine eyes.
among the ashes. 11 Why died I not from the womb?
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost why did I not give up the ghost when I
thou still retain thine integrity? curse came out of the belly?
God, and die. 12 Why did the knees prevent me?
10 But he said unto her, Thou or why the breasts that I should suck?
speakest as one of the foolish women 13 For now should I have lain still
speaketh. What? shall we receive good and been quiet, I should have slept:
at the hand of God, and shall we not then had I been at rest,
receive evil? In ail this did not Job sin 14 With kings and counsellors of
with his lips. the earth, which built desolate places
11 Now when Job's three friends for themselves;
heard of ail this evil that was come up- 15 Or with princes that had gold,
on him, they came every one from his who filled their houses with silver:
own place; El-i-phaz the Te-man-ite, 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth
and Bildad the Shu-hite, and Zp'-phar I had not been; as infants which never
the Na-a-math-ite; for they had made saw light.
an appointment together to come 17 There the wicked cease from
to mourn with him and to comfort troubling; and there the weary be at
him. rest.
12 And when they lifted up their 18 There the prisoners rest togeth
eyes afar off, and knew hiin not, they er; they hear not the voice of the op
lifted up their voice, and wept; and presser.
they rent every one his mantle, and 19 The small and great are there;
sprinkled dust upon their heads to- and the servant is free from his master.
ward heaven. 20 Wherefore is light given to him
13 So they sat dowffi with him upon that is in misery, and life unto the bit-
the ground seven days and seven ter in soul;
nights, and none spake a word unto 21 Which long for death, but it
him: for they saw that his grief was cometh not; and dig for it more than
very great. for hid treasures;
 JOB 4, 5
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and
are glad» when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose
way is hid, and whom God hath
hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I
eat, and my roarings are poured ont
like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly
feared is come upon me, and that
which I was afraid of is come unto
me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had
I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble
came.
CHAPTER 4
THEN El-i-phaz the Te-man-ite an-
swer^ and said,
2 If we assay to commime with
thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who
can withhold himsclf from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed
many,and thou hast strengthened the
weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him
that was falling, and thou hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee,and
thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and
thou art troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confi
dence, thy hope, and the uprightness
of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever
perished, being innocent? or where
were the righteous eut off?
8 Even as I have seen, they that
plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish,
and by the breath of his nostrils are
they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the
voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
of the yoimg lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of
prey, and the stout lion's whelps are
scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was secretly
brought to me, and mine ear received
a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the crafty, so that their hands cannot
the night, when deep sleep falleth on perform their enterprise.
men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trem- craftiness: and the counsel of the fro-
bling, which made ail my bones to ward is carried headlong.
shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my daytime, and grope in the noonday as
face; the hair of my fiesh stood up:
16 It stood still, but I could not dis-
497
cem the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes,there was silence, and
I heard a voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just
than God? shall a man be more pure
than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his
servants; and his angels he charged
with folly:
19 How much less in them that
dwell in houses of clay, whose founda-
tion is in the dust, which are crushed
before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from mom-
ing to evening: they perish for ever
without any regarding iU
21 Doth not their excellency which
is in them go away? they die, even
without wisdom.
CHAPTER 5
CALL now,if there be any that will
answer thee; and to which of the
saints wilt thou tum?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man,
and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking
root: but suddenly I cursed his habita
tion.
4 His children are far from safety,
and they are crushed in the gâte, nei
ther is fhere any to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth
up, and taketh it even out of the
thoms, and the robber swalloweth up
their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not
forth of the dust, neither doth trouble
spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is bom unto trouble, as
the sparks fiy upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto
God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and im-
searchable; marvellous things without
number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth,
and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be
low; that those which moum may be
exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of
13 He taketh the wise in their own
14 They meet with darkness in the
in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the
498 JOB 6
sword,from their mouth,and from the S Oh that I might have my request;
hand of the mighty. and that God would grant me the
16 So the poor hath hope, and in- thing that I long for!
iquity stoppeth her mouth. 9 Even that it would please God to
17 Behold, happy is the man whom destroy me;that he would let loose his
God correcteth: therefore despise not hand, and eut me off!
thou the chastening of the Ahnighty: 10 Then should I yet have comfort;
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth yea, I would harden myself in sorrow:
up: he woundeth» and his hands make let him not spare; for I have not con-
whole. cealed the words of the Holy One.
19 He shall deliver thee in six 11 What is my strength, that I
troubles: yea, in seven there shall no should hope? and what is mine end,
evil touch thee. that I should prolong my life?
20 In famine he shall redeem thee 12 Is my strength the strength of
from death: and in war from the power stones? or is my fiesh of brass?
of the sword. 13 Is not my help in me? and is wis-
21 Thou shalt be hid from the dom driven quite from me?
scourge of the tongue: neither shalt 14 To him that is afflicted pity
thou be afraid of destruction when it should he shewed from his friend; but he
cometh. forsaketh the fear of the Ahnighty.
22 At destruction and famine thou 15 My brethren have dealt deceit-
shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be fully as a brook, and as the stream of
afraid of the beasts of the earth. brooks they pass away;
23 For thou shalt be in league with 16 Which are blackish by reason of
the stones of the field: and the beasts the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
of the field shall be at peace with thee. 17 What time they wax warm,they
24 And thou shalt know that thy vanish: when it is hot, they are con-
tabernacle shall he in peace; and thou sumed out of their place.
shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt 18 The paths of their way are
not sin. tumed âside; they go to nothing, and
25 Thou shalt know also that thy perish.
seed shall he great, and thine offspring 19 The troops of Te-ma looked, the
as the grass of the earth. companies of She-ba waited for them.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in 20 They were confounded because
a full âge,like as a shock of com com they had hoped; they came thither,
eth in in his season. and were ashamed.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see
it is; hear it, and know thou U for thy my casting down, and are afraid.
good. 22 Did 1 say, Bring unto me? or,
Give a reward for me of your sub
CHAPTER 6 stance?
But Job answered and said, 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's
2 Oh that my grief were hand? or, Redeem me from the hand
throughly weighed, and my calamity of the mighty?
laid in the balances togetherl 24 Teach me, and I will hold my
3 For now it would be heavier than tongue: and cause me to understand
the sand of the sea: therefore my words wherein I have erred.
are swallowed up. 25 How forcible are right words!
4 For the arrows of the Ahnighty but what doth your arguing reprove?
are within me, the poison whereof 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words,
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of and the speeches of one that is desper-
God do set themselves in array against ate, which are as wind?
me. 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the father-
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he less, and ye dig a ptt for your friend.
hath grass? or loweth the ox over his 28 Now therefore be content, look
fodder? upon me; for it is évident unto you if
6 Can that which is unsavoury be I lie.
eaten without sait? or is there any 29 Retum,I pray you,let it not be
taste in the white of an egg? iniquity; yea, retum again, my right-
7 The things thât my soul refiised to eousness is in it.
touch are as my sorrowful meat. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue?
 JOB 7,8 499

cannot my taste discem perverse unto thee, O thou préserver of men?

things? why hast thou set me as a mark
again^ thee, so that 1 am a burden to
CHAPTER 7 myself?
/S fhere not an appointée! time to 21 And why dost thou not pardon
man upon earth? are not his days my transgression, and take away mine
also like the days of an hireling? iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the
2 As a servant eamestly desireth dust; and thou shalt seek me in the
the shadow, and as an hireling looketh moming, but I shall not be.
for the reward of his work:
3 So am I made to possess months CHAPTER 8
of vanity, and wearisome nights are Then answered Bildad the Shu-
appointed to me. hite, and said,
4 When I lie down, I say, When 2 How long wilt thou speak these
shall I arise, and the night be gone? things? and how long shall the words of
and 1 am fuU of tossings to and fro thy mouth be lïke a strong wind?
xmto the dawning of the day. 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or
5 My flesh is clothed with worms doth the Almighty pervert justice?
and clods of dust; my skin is broken, 4 If thy children have sinned
and become loathsome. against him, and he have cast them
6 My days are swifter than a weav- away for their transgression;
er's shuttle, and are spent without 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God
hope. betimes, and make thy supplication to
7 O remember that my life is wind: the Almighty;
mine eye shall no more see good. 6 If thou wert pure and upright;
8 The eye of him that hath seen me surely now he would awake for thee,
shall see me no more: thine eyes are and make the habitation of thy right-
upon me» and 1 am not. eousness prospérons.
9 As the cloud is consumed and 7 Though thy beginning was small,
vanisheth away:so he that goeth down yet thy latter end should greatly in-
to the grave shall come up no more. crease.
10 He shall retum no more to his 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the
house» neither shaU his place know former âge, and préparé thyself to the
him any more. search of their fathers:
11 Therefore I will not refrain my 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and
mouth; 1 will speak in the anguish of know nothing, because our days upon
my spirit; I will complain in the bitter- earth are a shadow:)
ness of my soul. 10 Shall not they teach thee, and
12 Am I a sea» or a whale» that thou tell thee, and utter words out of their
settest a watch over me? heart?
13 When I say, My bed shall com- 11 Can the msh grow up without
fort me, my couch shall ease my com- mire? can the flag grow without water?
plaint; 12 Wilst it is yet in his greenness,
14 Then thou scarest me with and not eut down, it withereth before
dreams, and terrifiest me through any other herb.
visions; 13 So are the paths of ail that forget
15 So that my soul chooseth strang- God; and the hypocrite's hope shall
ling, and death rather than my life. perish:
16 I loathe it; I would not live al- 14 Whose hope shall be eut off, and
way: let me alone; for my days are whose tmst shall be a spider's web.
vanity. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but
17 What is man, that thou should- it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast,
est magnify him? and that thou but it shall not endure.
shouldest set thine heart upon him? 16 He is green before the sun, and
18 And that thou shouldest visit his branch shooteth forth in his gar-
him every moming,and try him every den.
moment? 17 His roots are wrapped about the
19 How long wilt thou not départ heap, and seeth the place of stones.
from me, nor let me alone till 1 swal- 18 If he destroy him from his place,
low down my spittle? then it shall deny him, saying, I have
20 I have sinned; what shall I do not seen thee.
500 JOB 9, 10
19 BehoId,thisisthe joy ofhis way, 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is
and out of the earth shall others grow, strong: and if of judgment, who shall
20 Behold, God will net cas^away set me a time to plead?
a perfect man, neither will he help the 20 If I justify myself, mine own
evil doers: mouth shall condemn me: if 1 say, I
21 Tillhefillthy mouth withlaugh- am perfect, it shall also prove me per
ing, and thy lips with rejoicing. verse.
22 They that hate thee shall be 21 Though l were perfect, yet would
clothed with shame; and the dwelling I not know my soul: I would despise
place of the wicked shall corne to my life.
nought. 22 This is one thtng, therefore I said
it, He destroyeth the perfect and the
CHAPTER 9 wicked.
THEN Job answered and said, 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he
2 I know it is so of a truth: but will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
how should man be just with God? 24 The earth is given into the hand
3 If he will contend with him, he of the wicked: he covereth the faces of
cannot answer him one of a thousand. the judges thereof; if not, where, and
4 He is vfise in heart, and mighty in who is he?
strength: who hath hardened himself 25 Now my days are swifter than a
against him, and hath prospered? post: tiiey flee away,they see no good.
5 Which removeth the mountains, 26 They are passed away as the
and they know not: which overtumeth swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to
them in his anger. the prey.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of 27 If I say, I will forget my com-
her place, and the pillars thereof trem plaint, I will leave off my heaviness,
ble. and comfort myself:
7 Which commandeth the sun, and 28 I am afraid of ail my sorrows, I
it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. know that thou wilt not hold me inno
8 Which alone spreadeth out the cent.
heavens, and treadeth upon the waves 29 If I be wicked, why then labour
of the sea. I in vain?
9 Which maketh Arc-tu-rus, O-ri- 30 If I wash myself with snow wa-
on, and Ple'-ia-des, and the chambers ter, and make my hands never so
of the south. clean;
10 Which doeth great things past 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the
finding out; yea, and wonders without ditch, and mine owh clothes shall ab-
number. hor me.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see 32 For he is not a man,as I am,that
him not: he passeth on also, but I per I should answer him, and we should
çoive him noti come together in judgment.
12 Behold,he taketh away,who can 33 Neither is there any daysman
hinder him? who wiU say unto him, betwixt us,that might lay his hand up
What doest thou? on us both,
13 If God will not withdraw his an- 34 Let him take his rod away from
ger, the proud helpers do stoop under me, and let not his fear terrify me:
him. 35 Then would I speak, and not
14 How much less shall I answer fear him; but it is not so with me.
him, and choose out my words to rea-
CHAPTER 10
son with him?
15 Whom,though I were righteous, MY soul is weary of my life; I will
yet would I not answer, but I would leave my complaint upon my
make supplication to my judge. self; I will speak in the bitterness of
16 If I had called, and he had an my soul.
swered me; yet would I not believe that 2 I will say unto God, Do not con
he had hearkened unto my voice. demn me; shew me wherefore thou
17 For he breaketh me with a tem- contendest with me.
pest,and multiplieth my wounds with*- 3 Is it good unto thee that thou
out cause. shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest
18 He will not suffer me to take my despise the work of thine hands, and
breath, but filleth me with bitterness. shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
 JOB 11, 12 501

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest 2 Should not the multitude of words
thou as man seeth? be answered? and should a man full of
5 Are thy days as the days of man? talk be justified?
are tiiy years as man's days, 3 Should thy lies make men hold
6 That thou enquirest aiter mine their peace? and when thou mockest,
iniquity, and searchest after my sin? shall no man make thee ashamed?
7 Thou knowest that I am not 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine
wicked; and there is none that can de- is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
liver out of thine hand. 5 But oh that God would speak,and
8 Thine hands have made me and open his lips against thee;
fashioned me together round about; 6 And that he would shew thee the
yet thou dost destroy me. secrets of wisdom,that they are double
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that to that which is! Know therefore that
thou hast made me as the clay; and God exacteth of thee less than thine
wilt thou bring me into dust again? iniquity deserveth.
10 Hast thou not poured me out as 7 Canst thou by searching find out
milk, and curdled me like cheese? God? canst thou find out the Almighty
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin unto perfection?
and flesh, and hast fenced me with 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst
bones and slnews. thou do? deeper than hell; what canst
12 Thou hast granted me life and thou know?
favour, and thy Visitation hath pre- 9 The measure thereof is longer than
served my spirit. the earth, and broader than the sea.
13 And these things hast thou hid in 10 If he eut off, and shut up, or
thine heart: I know that this is with gather together, then who can hinder
thee. him?
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, 11 For he knoweth vain men: he
and thou wilt not acquit me from mine seeth wickedness also; will he not then
iniquity. consider it?
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and 12 For vain man would be wise,
if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up though man be bom like a wild ass's
my head. I am full of confusion; there- colt.
fore see thou mine affliction; 13 If thou préparé thine heart, and
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest stretch out thine hands toward him;
me as a fierce lion: and again thou 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put
shewest thyself marvellous upon me. it far away, and let not wickedness
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses dwell ih thy tabernacles.
against me,and increasest thine indig 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy
nation upon me; changes and war are face without spot; yeà, thou shalt be
against me. stedfast, and shalt not fear:
18 Wherefore then hast thou 16 Because thou shalt forget thy
brought me forth out of the womb? Oh misery, and remember if as waters that
that I had given up the ghbst, and no pass away:
eye had seen me! 17 And fhine âge shall be cleater
19 I should have been as though I than the noonday; thou shalt shine
had not been; I should have been car- forth, thou shalt be as the moming.
ried from the womb to the grave. 18 And thou shalt be secure, be
20 Are not my days few? cease then, cause there is hope; yea,thou shalt dig
and let me alone,that I may také com- about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest
fort a Uttle, in safety.
21 Before I go whence I shall not re- 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and
tum,even to the land of darkness and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many
the shadow of death; shall make suit unto thee.
22 A land of darkness, as darkness 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall
itself; and of the shadow of death, fail, and they shall not escape, and
without any order, and where the light their hope shall he as the giving up of
is as darkness. the ghost.
CHAPTER II CHAPTER 12
Then answered Zo-phar the Na-a- AND Job answered and said,
math-ite, and said. Jl\ 2 No doubt but ye are the peo-
502 JOB 13
pie, and wisdûm shall die with you. nations, and straiteneth them again»
3 But 1 have understanding as well 24 He taketh away the heart of the
as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, chief of the people of the earth, and
who knoweth not such things as these? causeth them to wander in a wilder-
4 1 am as one mocked of his neigh- ness where there is no way.
bour, who calleth upon God, and he 25 They grope in the dark without
answereth him: the just upright man light, and he maketh them to stagger
is laughed to scom. like a drunken man.
5 He that is ready to slip with his
feet is as 2i lamp despised in the CHAPTER 13
thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers pros- 10,mine eye hath seen ail this, mine
per, and they that provoke God are ^ ear hath heard and understood it.
secure; into whose hand God bringeth 2 What ye know, the same do I
àbundantly. know also: I am not inferior unto you.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they 3 Surely I would speak to the Al-
shall teach thee; and the fowls of the mighty, and I desire to reason with
air, and they shall tell thee: (jod.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are ail
teach thee: and the fishes of the sea physicians of no value.
shall déclaré unto thee. 5 O that ye would altogether hold
9 Who knoweth not in ail these that your peacel and it should be your wis
the hand of the Lord hath wrought dom.
this? 6 Hear now my reasoning, and
10 In whose hand is the soul of hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
every living thing, and the breath of 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God?
ail mankind. and talk deceitfully for him?
11 Doth not the ear try words? and 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye
the mouth taste his meat? contend for God?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and 9 Is it good that he should search
in length of days understanding. you out? or as one man mocketh an-
13 With him is wisdom and other, do ye so mock him?
stren^, he hath counsel and under 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye
standing. do secretly accept persons.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and 11 Shall not his excellency make
it cannot be built again: he shutteth you afraid? and his dread fall upon
up a man, and there can be no open- you?
ing. 12 Your remembrances are like imto
15 Behold, he withholdeth the wa- ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
ters, and they dry up: also he sendeth 13 Hold your peace, let me alone,
them out,and they overtum the earth. that I may speak, and let come on me
16 Wtth him is strength and wis what wilU
dom: the deceived and the deceiver 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in
are his. my teeth, and put my life in mine
17 He leadeth counsellors away hand?
spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 15 Though he slay me, yet will I
18 He looseth the bond of kings, trust in him: but I will maintain mine
and girdeth their loins with a girdle. own ways before him.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, 16 He also shall he my salvation: for
and overthroweth the mighty. an hypocrite shall not come before
20 He removeth away the speech of him.
the trusty,and taketh away the under 17 Hear diligently my speech, and
standing of the aged. my déclaration with your ears.
21 He poureth contempt upon prin 18 Behold now, I have ordered my
ces, and weakeneth the strength of the cause; I know that I shall be justihed.
mighty. 19 Who is he that will plead with
22 He discovereth deep things out me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I
of darkness, and bringeth out to light shall give up the ghost.
the shadow of death. 20 Only do not two things imto me:
23 He increaseth the nations, and then will I not hide myself from thee.
destroyeth them: he enlargeth the 21 Withdraw thine hand far from
 JOB 14,15 503

me: and let not thy dread make me 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in
afraid. the grave, that thou wouldest keep me
22 Then call thou, and I will an- secret, until thy wrath be past, that
swer: or let me speak,and answer thou thou wouldest appoint me a set time,
me. and remember mel
23 How many are mine iniquities 14 If a man die, shall he live again?
and sins? make me to know my trans ail the days of my appointed thne will
gression and my sin. I wait, till my change corne.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, 15 Thou shalt call, and I will an
and holdest me for thine enemy? swer thee: thou wilt have a desire to
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to the work of thihé hands.
and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry 16 For now thou numberest my
stubble? steps: dost thou not watch. over my
26 For thou writest bitter things sin?
against me, and makest me to possess 17 My transgression is sealed up in
the iniquities of my youth. a bag, and thou sewest up mine in-
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the iquity.
stocks, and lookest narrowly unto ail 18 And surely the mountain falling
my paths; thou settest a print upon cometh to nought, and the rock is re-
the heels of my feet. moved out of his place.
28 And he, as a rotten thing, con- 19 The waters wear the stones: thou
sumeth, as a garment that is moth washest away the things which grow
eaten. out of the dust of the earth; and thou
destroyest the hope of man.
CHAPTER 14 20 Thou prevailest for ever against
MAN that is bom of a woman is of him,and he passeth: thou changest his
few days, and full of trouble. countenance, and sendest him away.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and 21 His sons corne to honour, and he
is eut down:he heeth also as a shadow, knoweth it not; and they are brought
and continueth not. low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes 22 But his fleshiipon him shall have
upon such an one,and bringest me into pain, and his soul within him shall
judgment with thee? moum.
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of
an unclean? not one. CHAPTER 15
5 Seeing his days are determined, Then answered El-i-phaz the Te-
the number of his months are with man-ite, and said,
thee, thoii hast appointed his bounds 2 Should a wise man utter vain
that he cannot pass; knowledge, and till his belly with the
6 Tum from him, that he may rest, east wind?
till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, 3 Should he reason with improfit
his day. able talk? or with speeches wherewith
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be he can do no good?
eut down,that it will sprout again,and 4 Yea, thou castest otf fear, and re-
that the tender branch thereof will not strainest prayer before God.
cease. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine in-
8 Though the root thereof wax old iquity, and thou choosest the tongue
in the earth, and the stock thereof die of the crafty.
in the ground; 6 Thine own mouth condemneth
9 Yet through the scent of water it thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips
will bud, and brlng forth boughs like testify against thee.
a plant. 7 Art thou the first man that was
10 But man dieth, and wasteth bom? or wast thou made before the
away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, hills?
and where is he? 8 Hast thou heard the secret of
11 As the waters fail from the sea, God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to
and the hood decayeth and drieth up: thyself?
12 So man lieth down, and riseth 9 What knowest thou, that we
not: till the heavens he no more, they know not? what understandest thou,
shall not awake, nor be raised out of which is not in us?
their sleep. 10 With us are both the gray headed
504 JOB 16
and very s^ed men, much elder than es, and by the breath of his mouth
thy father. shall he go away.
11 Are the consolations of God 31 Let not him that is deceived
small with thee? is there any secret trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his
thing with thee? recompence.
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee 32 It shall be accomplished before
away? and what do thy eyes wink at, his time, and his branch shall not be
13 That thou tumest thy spirit green.
against God,and lettest such words go 33 He shall shake off his unripe
ont of thy mouth? grape as the vine, and shall cast off his
14 What is man, that he should be flower as the olive.
clean? and he which is bom of a woman, 34 For the congrégation of hypo
that he should be righteous? crites shall be desolate, and fire shall
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in consume the tabernacles of bribery.
his saints; yea, the heavens are not 35 They conceive mischief, and
clean in his sight. bring forth vanity, and their belly pre-
16 How much more abominable and pareth deceit.
filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity
like water? CHAPTER 16
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and THEN Job answered and said,
that which I have seen I will déclaré; 2 I have heard many such
18 Which wise men have told from things: misérable comforters are ye
their fathers, and have not hid it: ail.
19 Unto whom alone the earth was 3 Shall vain words have an end? or
given, and no stranger passed among what emboldeneth thee that thou an-
them. swerest?
20 The wicked man travaileth with 4 1 also couldspeak as ye do;if your
pain ail his days, and the number of soul were in my soul's stead, I could
years is hidden to the oppresser. heap up words against you, and shake
21 A dreadful Sound is in his ears: mine head at you.
in prosperity the destroyer shall come 5 But 1 would strengthen you with
upon bim. my mouth, and the moving of my lips
22 He believeth not that he shall re- should asswage your grief*
tum out of darkness, and he is waited 6 Though I speak, my grief is not
for of the sword. asswaged: and though I forbear, what
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, am I eased?
saying, Where is it? he knoweth that 7 But now he hath made me weary:
the day of darkness is ready at his thou hast made desolate ail my Com
hand. pany.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make 8 And thou hast fiUed me with
him afraid; they shall prevail against wrinkles, whkh is a witness against me:
him, as a king ready to the battle. and my leanness rising up in me bear-
25 For he stretcheth out his hand eth witness to my face.
against God, and strengtheneth him- 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who
self against the Almighty. hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with
26 He runneth upon him, even on his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his
his neck, upon the thick bosses of his eyes upon me.
bucklers: 10 They have gaped upon me with
27 Because he covereth his face their mouth:they have smitten me up
with his fatness, and maketh coUops of on the cheek reproachfully; they have
fat on his hanks. gathered themselves together against
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cit- me.
ies, and in houses which no man in- 11 God hath delivered me to the un-
habiteth, which are ready to become godly, and tumed me over into the
heaps. hands of the wicked.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shaU 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken
his substance continue, neither shall he me asunder: he hath also taken me by
prolong the perfection thereof upon my neck,and shaken me to pièces, and
the earth. set me up for his mark.
30 He shall not départ out of dark 13 His archers compass me round
ness;the dame shall dry up his branch about, he cleaveth my reins asunder.
 JOB 17, 18
and doth not spare; he poureth out my
gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach up
on breach, he nmneth upon me like a
giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my;
skin, and defiled my hom in the dust.
16 My face is foui with weeping,and
on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine
hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 G earth, cover not thou my
blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is
in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine
eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 G that one might plead for a
man with God, as a man pleadeth for
his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come,then
I shall go the way whence 1 shall not
return.
CHAPTER 17
MY breath is corrupt, my days are
extinct, the graves are ready for
me.
2 Are there not mockers with me?
and doth not mine eye continue in
their provocation?
3 Lay down now,put me in a surety
with thee; who is he that will strike
hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from
understanding: therefore shalt thou
not exalt them.
5 He that speaketh flattery to his
friends, even the eyes of his chUdren
shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a byword
of the people; and aforetime I was as
a tabret.
7 Mine eye also is dîm by reason of
sorrow, and ail my members are as a
shadow.
8 Upright men shall be astonied at
this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on
his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you ail, do ye retum,
and come now: for I cannot find one
wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes neath, and above shall his branch be
are broken off, even the thoughts of eut off.
my heart.
12 They change the night into day: from the earth, and he shall have no
the light is short because of darkness. name in the street.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine
505
house: I have made my bed in the
darkness.
14 I have said to corruption, Thou
art my father: to the worm, Thou. art
my mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? as
for my hope, who shall see it?
16 They shall go down to the bars
of the pit, when our rest together is in
the dust.
CHAPTER 18
Then answered Bildad the Shu-
hite, and said,
2 How long will it he ere ye make an
end of words? mark, and afterwards
we will speak.
3 Wherefore are we counted as
beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger:
shall the earth be forsaken for thee?
and shall the rock be removed out of
his place?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall
be put out, and the spark of his fire
shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tab
ernacle, and his candie shall be put out
with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be
straitened, and his own counsel shall
cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his
own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel,
and the robber shall prevail against
him.
10 The snare is laid for him in the
ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on
every side, and shall drive him to his
feet.
12 His strength shall be hungerbit-
ten, and destruction shaU be ready at
his side.
13 It shall devour the strength of
his skin: even the firstborn of death
shall devour his strength.
14 His confidence shalTbe rooted
out of his tabernacle, and it shaU bring
him to the king of terrors.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle,
because it is none of his: brimstone
shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 His roots shall be dried up be-
17 His remembrance shall perish
18 He shall be driven from light
506 JOB 19, 20
into darkness, and chased out of the 19 AU my inward friends abhorred
world. me: and they whom I loved are tumed
19 He shall neither have son nor against me.
nephew among his people, nor any re- 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and
maining in his dwellings. to my flesh, and I am escaped with the
20 They that corne after him shall skin of my teeth.
be astonied at his day, as they that 21 Have pity upon me, have pity
went before were affrighted. upon me,O ye my friends;for the hand
21 Surely such are the dwellings of of God hath touçhed me.
the wicked, and this is the place ofhim 22 Why do ye persécute me as God,
fhat knoweth not God. and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now
CHAPTER 19 written! oh that they were printed in
THEN Job answered and said, a book!
2 How long will ye vex my sonl, 24 That they were graven with an
and break me in pièces with words? iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
3 These ten times have ye re- 25 For I know fhat my redeemer
proached me: ye are not ashamed fhat Uveth, and that he shaU stand at the
ye make yonrselves strange to me» latter day upon the earth:
4 And be it indeed fhat I have erred, 26 And though after my skin worms
mine error remaineth with myself» destroy this body, yet in my flesh shaU
5 If indeed ye will magnify your- I see God:
sélves against me, and plead agcdnst 27 Whom I shall see for myself,and
me my reproach: mine eyes shaU behold, and not an-
6 Know now that God hath over- other; though my reins be consumed
thrown me, and hath compassed me within me.
with his net. 28 But ye should say, Why persé
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I cute we him, seeing the root of the
am not heard: I cry aloud, but fhere is matter is found in me?
no judgment. 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for
8 He hath fenced up my way that wrath bringefh the punishments of the
I cannot pass, and he hath set dark sword, that ye may know fhere is a
ness in my paths. judgment.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory,
CHAPTER 20
and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every THEN answered Zo-phar the Na'-a-
side, and I am gone: and mine hope math-ite, and said,
hath he removed like a tree. 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause
11 He hath also kindled his wrath me to answer, and for this I make
against me,and he coimteth me unto haste.
bbn as one of his enemies. 3 I have heard the check of my re
12 His troops come together, and proach, and the spirit of my under-
raise up their way against me, and en- standing causeth me to answer.
camp round about my tabernacle. 4 Knowest thou not this of old,
13 He hath put my brethren far since man was placed upon earth,
from me, and mine acquaintance are 5 That the triumphing of the
verily estranged from me. wicked is short, and the joy of the
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my hypocrite but for a moment?
familiar friends have forgotten me. 6 Though his exceUency mount up
15 They that dwell in mine house, to the heavens, and his head reach un
and my maids, coimt me for a stran- to the clouds;
gen I am an alien in their sight. 7 Yet he shaU perish for ever like his
16 I called my servant, and he gave own dung: they which have seen him
me no answer; I intreated him with my shall say, Where is he?
mouth. 8 He shall fly away as a dream,and
17 My breath is strange to my wife, shall not be foimd: yea, he shall be
though I intreated for the children's chased away as a vision of the night.
sake of mine own body. 9 The eye £ilso which saw him shaU
18 Yea, young chUdren despised see him no more; neither shall his place
me; I arose, and they spake against any more behold him.
me. 10 His children shaU seek to please
 JOB 21 507

the poor, and his hands shall restore man from God, and the héritage ap-
their goods. pointed imto him by God.
11 His bones are full ofthe sin of his
youth, which shall lie down with him CHAPTER 21
in the dust.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in But Job answered and said,
his mouth, though he hide it imder his 2 Hear diligently my speech,
tongue; and let this be your consolations.
13 Though he spare it, and forsake 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and
it net; but keep it still within his after that I have spoken, mock on.
mouth: 4 As for me, is my complaint to
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is man? and if it were so, why should not
turned, it is the gall of asps within my spirit be troubled?
him. 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and
15 He hath swallowed down riches, lay your hand upon your mouth.
and he shall vomit them up again: God 6 Even when I remember I am
shall cast them out of his belly. afraid, and trembling taketh hold on
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: my flesh.
the viper's tongue shall slay him. 7 Wherefore do the wicked Uve, be-
17 He shall not see the rivers, the come old, yea, are mightjr in power?
floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 8 Their seed is established in their
18 That which he laboured for shall sight with them, and their offspring
he restore, and shall not swallow it before their eyes.
down: according to his substance shall 9 Their houses are safe from fear,
the restitution be, and he shall not re- neither is the rod of God upon them.
joice therein, 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth
19 Because he hath oppressed and not; their cow calveth, and casteth not
hath forsaken the poor; because he her calf.
hath violently taken away an house 11 They send forth their Uttle ones
which he builded not; like a flock, and their children dance.
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness 12 They take the timbrel and harp,
in his belly, he shall not save of that and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
which he desired. 13 They spend their days in wealth,
21 There shall none of his meat be and in a moment go down to the grave.
left; therefore shall no man look for his 14 Therefore they say unto God,
goods. Départ from us; for we desire not the
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency knowledge of thy ways.
he shall be in straits: every hand of the 15 What is the Almighty, that we
wicked shall come upon him. should serve him? and what profit
23 When he is about to fill his belly, should we have, if we pray unto him?
God shall cast the fury of his wrath 16 Lo, their good is not in their
upon him, and shall rain it upon him hand: the counsel of the wicked is far
while he is eating. from me.
24 He shall flee from the iron wea- 17 How oft is the candie of the
pon, and the bow of steel shall strike wicked put out! and how oft Qpmeth
him through. their destruction upon them! God dis-
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of tributeth sorrows in his anger.
the body; yea, the glittering sword 18 They are as stubble before the
cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon wind, and as chaff that the storm car-
him. rieth away.
26 AU darkness shall be hid in his 19 God layeth up his iniquity for
secret places: a fire not blown shaU his children: he rewardeth him,and he
consume him; it shall go ill with him shall know it.
that is left in his tabernacle. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction,
27 The heayen shall reveal his in- and he shall drink of the wrath of the
iquity; and the earth shaU rise up Almighty.
against him. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his
28 The increase of his house shall house after him, when the number of
départ, and his goods shall flow away his months is eut off in the midst?
in the day of his wrath. 22 Shall any teach God knowledge?
29 This is the portion of a wicked seeing he judgeth those that are high.
508 JOB 22
23 One dieth in his full strength» 10 Therefore snares are roimd about
being wholly at ease and quiet. thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
24 His breasts are full of milk» and 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not
bis bones are moistened with marrow. see; and abondance of waters cover
25 And another dieth in the bitter- thee.
ness of his seul, and never eateth with 12 Is not God in the height of heav-
pleasure. en? and behold the height of the
26 They shall lie down alike in the stars, how high they are!
dust, and the worms shall cover them. 13 And thou sayest, How doth God
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, know? can he judge through the dark
and the devices which ye wrongfully cloud?
imagine against me. 14 Thick clouds are a covering to
28 For ye say, Where is the house of him,that he seeth not; and he walketh
the prince? and where are the dwelling in the circuit of heaven.
places of the wlcked? 15 Hast thou marked the old way
29 Have ye not asked them that go which wicked men have trodden?
by the way? and do ye not know their 16 Which were eut down out of
tokens, time, whose foundation was overfiown
30 That the wicked is reserved to with a fiood:
the day of destruction? they shall be 17 Which said unto God, Départ
broug^t forth to the day of wrath. from us; and what can the Almi^ty
31 Who shall déclaré his way to his do for them?
face? and who shall repay him what he 18 Yet he fiUed their houses with
hath done? good things: but the counsel of the
32 Yet shall he be brought to the wicked is far from me.
grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 19 The righteous see it, and are
33 The clods of the valley shall be glad: and the innocent lau^ them to
sweet unto him, and every man shall scom.
draw after him, as there are innumer- 20 Whereas our substance is not eut
able before him. down,but the remuant ofthem the fire
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, consiuneth.
seeing in your answers there remaineth 21 Acquaint now thyself with him,
falsehood? and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee.
CHAPTER 22 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law
Then El-i-phaz the Te-man-ite an- from his mouth, and lay up his words
swered and said, in thine heart.
2 Can a man be profitable unto 23 If thou retum to the Almighty,
God, as he that is wise may be profit thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put
able unto himself? away iniquity far from thy taber
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, nacles.
that thou art righteous? or is it gain io 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as
him, that thou makest thy ways per- dust, and the gold of O-phir as the
fect? stones of the brooks.
4 Vill he reprove thee for fear of 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy
thee? will he enter with thee into judg- defence, and thou shalt have plenty of
ment? silver.
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and 26 For then shalt thou have thy de-
thine iniquities infinité? light in the Almighty,and shalt lift up
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy face imto God.
thy brother for nought, and stripped 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer un
the naked of their clothing. to him, and he shall hear thee, and
7 Thou hast not given water to the thou shalt pay thy vows.
weary to drink, and thou hast with- 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing,
holden bread from the himgry. and it shall be established unto thee:
S But os for the mighty man,he had and the light shall shine upon thy
the earth; and the honoiurable man ways.
dwelt in it. 29 When men are cast down, then
9 Thou hast sent widows away thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and
empty, and the arms of the fatherless he shall save the humble person.
have been broken. 30 He shall deliver the island of the
 JOB 23, 24 509

innoœnt: and it is delivered by the
pureness of thine hands.
CHAPTER 23
THEN Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is tay complaint
bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning»
3 Ohthatlknewwherelmightfind
him!that 1 might corne even to bis seatl
4 I would order my cause before
him, and fiU my mouth with argu
ments.
5 1 would know the words which he
would answer me, and imderstand
what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his
great power? No; but he would put
strength in me.
7 There the rightèous might dis
pute with him;so should I be delivered
for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is
not there; and backward, but I cannot
perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth
work, but I cannot behold him:he hid-
eth himself on the right hand, that 1
cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I
take: when he hath tried me, 1 shall
corne forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his
way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from
the commandment of his lips; I have
esteemed the words of his mouth more
than my necessary food.
13 But he is in one nUnd, and who
can tum him? and what his soul desir-
eth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that
is appointed for me: and many such
things are with him.
15 Therefore am.I troubled at his
presence: when I coiosider, I am afraid
of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, as tîie shadow of death: if one know
and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not eut off before shadow of death.
the darkness, neither hath he cover^
the darkness from my face.
CHAPTER 24
WHY,seeing times are not hidden
from the Almighty,do they that
know him not see his days?
2 Some remove the landmarks;they
violently take away flocks, and feed
thereof.
3 They drive away the ass of the
fatherless, they take the widow's ox
for a pledge.
4 They tum the needy out of the
way: the poor of the earth hide them-
selves together.
5 Behold,as wild asses in the désert,
go they forth to their work; rising be-
times for a prey: the wildemess yieZd-
eth food for them and for their children.
6 They reap every one his com in the
field: and they gather the vintage of
the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge
without clothing, that they have no
covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of
the mountains, and embrace the rock
for want of a shélter.
9 They pluck the fatherless from
the breast, and take a pledge of the
poor.
10 They cause him to go naked
without clothing, and they take away
the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their
walls, and tread their winepresses, and
suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city,
and the soul of the wounded crieth
out: yet God layeth not folly to them»
13 They are of those that rebel
against the light; they know not the
ways thereof, nor abide in the paths
thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the
light killeth the poor and needy, and
in the night is 2^ a thief.
15 The eye also of the adultérer
waiteth for the twilight, saying. No
eye shall see me: and disgidsetibi his
face.
16 In the dark they dig through
houses, which they had marked for
themselves ih the daytime: they know
not the light.
17 For the moming is to them even
them, they are in the terrors of the
18 He is swift as the waters; their
portion is cursed in the earth: he be-
holdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume the
snow waters: so doth the grave those
which have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him; thé
wonh shall feed sweetly on him; he
shall be no more remembered; and
wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 He evil entreateth the barren
510 JOB 25-27
fhat beareth not: and doeth not good with bounds, until the day and night
to the widow, come to an end.
22 He draweth also the mighty 11 The pillars of heaven tremble
with his power: he riseth up, and no and are astonished at his reproof.
man is sure of life. 12 He divideth the sea with his
23 Tkough it be given him to he in power, and by his understanding he
safety, whereon he resteth; yet his smiteth through the proud.
eyes are upon their ways. 13 By his spirit he hath garnished
24 They are exalted for a little the heavens; his hand hath formed the
while, but are gone and brought low; crooked serpent.
they are taken out of the way as ail 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways:
oiher, and eut off as the tops of the but how little a portion is heard of
ears of com. him? but the thunder of his power who
25 And if it be not so now, who will can understand?
make me a liar, and make my speech
nothing worth? CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 25
THEN answered Bildad the Shu-
hite, and said,
2 Dominion and fear are with him, who hath vexed my soul;
he maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number of his armies? and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
and upon whom doth not his light
arise?
4 How then can man be justihed
with God? or how can he be clean that you: till I die I wiU not remove mine
is born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it
shineth not; yea,the stars are not pure
in his sight.
6 How much less man, that is a
worm? and the son of man, which is a
worm?
CHAPTER 26
But Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him
that is without power? how savest thou
the arm that hath no strength?
3 How hast thou counselled him
fhat hath no wisdom? and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered
words? and whose spirit came from
thee?
5 Dead things are formed from un-
der the waters, and the inhabitants
thereof.
6 Hell is naked before him, and de
struction hath no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north over
the empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his
thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent
under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his
throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon
it.
10 He hath compassed the waters
MOREOVER Job continued his
parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken
away my judgment;and the Almighty,
3 AU the while my breath is in me,
4 My lips shall not speak wicked-
ness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify
integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and
will not \et it go: my heart shaU not re-
proach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked,
and he that riseth up against me as the
unrighteous.
S For what is the hope of the hypo
crite, though he hath gcdned, when
God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when
trouble cometh upon him?
10 WUl he delight himself in the
Almighty? wUl he always call upon
God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of
God: that which is with the Almighty
will I not conceal.
12 Behold, ail ye yourselves have
seen it; why then are ye thus alto-
gether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked
man with God,and the héritage of op-
pressors, which they shaU receive of the
Almighty.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is
for the sword: and his ofîspring shall
not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those that remain of him shaU
be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the
dust, and préparé raiment as the clay;
17 He may préparé it, but the just
 JOB 28, 29 511

Shall put ît on, and the innocent shall 15 It cannot be gotten for gold,
divide the silver. neither shall silver be weighed for the
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, price thereof.
and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 16 It cannot be valued with the
19 The tich man shall lie down, but gold of O-phir, with the precious onyx,
he shall not be gathered: he openeth or the sapphire.
his eyes, and he is not. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot
20 Terrors take hold on him as wa- equal it: and the exchange of it shall
ters, a tempest stealeth him away in not he for jewels of fine gold.
the night. 18 No mention shall be made of
21 The east wind carrieth him coral, or of pearls: for the price of wis
away, and he departeth: and as a dom is above rubies.
storm hurleth him out of his place. 19 The topaz of E-thi-o-pi-a shall
22 For God shall cast upon him,and not equal it, neither shall it be valued
not spare: he would fain flee out of his with pure gold.
hand. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom?
23 Men shall clap their hands at and where is the place of understand-
him, and shall hiss him out of his ing?
place* 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of
ail living, and kept close from the
CHAPTER 28 fowls of the air.
SURELY there is a vein for the sil 22 Destruction and death say, We
ver,and a place for gold where they have heard the famé thereof with our
fine it. ears.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and 23 God understandeth the way
brass is molten out of the stone. thereof, and he knoweth the place
3 He setteth an end to darkness, thereof.
and searcheth out ail perfection: the 24 For he looketh to the ends ofthe
stones of darkness, and the shadow of earth,and seeth imder the whole heav-
death. en;
4 The fiood breaketh out from the 25 To make the weight for the
inhabitant: even the waters forgotten of winds; and he weigheth the waters by
the foot: they are dried up, they are measure.
gone away from men. 26 When he made a decree for the
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh rain, and a way for the lightning ofthe
bread: and under it is tumed up as it thunder:
were fire. 27 Then did he see it, and déclaré
6 The stones of it are the place of it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it
sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. out.
7 There is a path which no fowl 28 And unto man he said, Behold,
knoweth, and which the vulture's eye the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
hath not seen: and to départ from evil is imderstand-
8 The lion's whelps have not trod- ing.
den it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon CHAPTER 29
the rock; he overtumeth the moun- MOREOVER Job continued his
tains by the roots. parable, and said,
10 He cutteth out rivers among the 2 Oh that I were as in months past,
rocks; and his eye seeth every precious as in the days when God preserved me;
thing. 3 When his candie shined upon my
11 He bindeth the fioods from over- head, and when by his light I walked
fiowing; and the thing that is hid bring- through darkness;
eth he forth to light. 4 As I was in the days of my youth,
12 But where shall wisdom be when the secret of God was upon my
foimd? and where is the place of under- tabernacle;
standing? 5 When the Almighty was yet with
13 Man knoweth not the price me, when my children were about me;
thereof; neither is it foimd in the land 6 When I washed my steps with
of the living. butter, and tihie rock poured me out
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: rivers of oil;
and the sea saith, It is not with me. 7 When I went out to the gâte
512 JOB 30
through the dty, when 1 prepared my of their hands profit me, in whom old
seat in the streetl âge was perished?
8 The young men saw me, and hid 3 For want and famine they were
themselves: and the aged arose, and solitary; fleeing into the wildemess in
stood up. former time desolate and waste.
9 The princes refrained talking, and 4 Who eut up mallows by the bush-
laid their hand on their mouth. es, and juniper roots for their meat.
10 The nobles held their.peace, and 5 They were driven forth from
their tongue cleaved to the roof of among men,(they cried after them as
their mouth. after a thief;)
11 When the ear heard me, then it 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the val-
blessed me; and when the eye saw me, leys, in caves of the earth, and in the
it gave witness to me: • rocks.
12 Because I delivered the poor 7 Among the bushes they brayed;
that cried, and the fatherless, and him under the nettles they were gathered
that Ifiad none to help him. together.
13 The blessing of him that was 8 They were children of fools, yea,
ready to perish came upon me: and I children of base men: they were >dler
caused the widow's heart to sing for than the earth.
joy. 9 And now am I their song, yea, I
14 I put on righteousness, and it am their byword.
clothed me: my judgment was as a 10 They abhor me, they flee far
robe and a diadem. from me, and spare not to spit in my
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet face.
was I to the lame. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord,
16 1 was a father to the poor: and and afïlicted me, they have also let
the cause which 1 knew not 1 searched loose the bridle before me.
eut. 12 Upon my right hand rise the
17 And I brake the jaws of the youth; they push away my feet, and
wicked, and plucked the spoil out of they raise up against me the ways of
his teeth. their destruction.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my 13 They mar my path, they set for-
nest, and I shall multiply my days as ward my calamity, they have no
the sand. helper.
19 My root was spread out by the 14 They came upon me as a wide
waters, and the dew lay ail night upon breaking in of waters: in the désolation
my branch. they rolled themselves upon me,
20 My glory was fresh in me, and 15 Terrors are turned upon me:they
my bow was renewed in my hand. pursue my soul as the wind: and my
21 Unto me men gave ear, and welfare passeth away as a cloud.
waited, and kept silence at my coim- 16 And now my soul is poured out
sel. upon me; the days of affliction have
22 After my words they spake not taken hold upon me.
again; and my speech dropped upon 17 My bones are pierced in me in
them. the night season: and my sinews take
23 And they waited for me as for no rest.
the rain; and they opened their mouth 18 By the great force of my disease
wide as for the latter rain. is my garment changed: it bindeth me
24 If I laughed on them, they be- about as the collar of my coat.
lieved it not; and the light of my 19 He hath cast me into the mire,
countenance they cast not down. and 1 am become like dust and ashes.
25 I chose out their way, and sat 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost
chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, not hear me: I stand up, and thou re-
as one that comforteth the mourners, gardest me not,
21 Thou art become cruel to me:
CHAPTER 30 with thy strong hand thou opposest
But now they that are younger than thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind;
1 have me in dérision, whose fa-
thers I would have disdained to have thou causest me to ride upon it, and
set with the dogs of my flock. dissolvest my substance.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength 23 For I know that thou wilt bring
 JOB 31
me to death» and to the house ap-
pointed for ail living»
24 Howbelt he wUl net stretch eut
His hand to the grave, though they cry
in his destruction.
25 Did not I weep for him that was
in trouble? was not my soul grieved for
the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then
evil came unto me: and when I waited
for light, there came darkness. their desire, or have caused the eyes of
27 My bowels boiled, and rested . the widow to fail;
not: the days of affliction prevented
me.
28 1 went mouming without the
sun: I stood up,and I cried in the con
grégation.
29 1 am a brother to dragons, and a
companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and
my bones are bumed with heat.
31 My harp also is tumed to moum
ing, and my organ into the voice of
them that weep.
CHAPTER 31
IMADE a covenant with mine eyes:
why then should I think upon a
maid?
2 For what portion of God is there
from aboyé? and what inheritance of
the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destmction to the wicked?
and a strange punishment to the work-
ers of iniquity?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and
coimt ail my steps?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or
if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even ba
lance that Gpd may know mine integ-
rity.
7 If my step hath tumed out of the
way, and mine heart walked after
mine eyes, and if any blot hath
cleaved to mine hands;
8 Then let me sow, and let another
eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted
out.
9 If mine heart have been deceived
by a woman, or if I have laid wait at
my neighbour's door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto an
other, and let others bow down upon
her.
XI For this is an heinous crime; yea,
it is an iniquity to be punished hy the
judges.
12 For it is a tire that consumeth to
destruction, and would root dut ail
mine increase.
513
13 If I did despise the cause of my
manservant or of my maidservant,
when they contended with me;
14 What then shall I do when God
riseth up? and when he visiteth, what
shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the
womb make him? and did not one fash-
ion us in the womb?
16 if I have withheld the poor from
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself
alone, and the fatherless hath not eat
en thereof;
18 (For from my youth he was
brought up with me, as with a father,
and I have guided her from my
mother's womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for
want of clothing, or any poor without
covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me,
and if he were not warmed with the
fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand
against thé fatherless, when I saw my
help in the gâte:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my
shoulder blade, and mine arm be bro-
ken from the bone.
23 For destruction from God was a
terror to me,and by reason of his high-
ness I could not endure.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or
have said to the fine gold, Thou art my
confidence;
25 If i rejoiced because my wealth
was great, and because mine hand had
gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it
shined, or the moon walking in brj^t-
27 And my heart hath been secretly
enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my
hand:
28 This also were an iniquity to be
punished hy the judge: for. I should
have denied the God that is above.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of
him that hated me,or lifted up myself
when evil found him:
30 Neither have I suffered my
mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his
soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said.
not. Oh that we had of his fiesh! we
cannot be satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the
street: but I ox>ened my doors to the
traveller.
514 JOB 32, 33
33 If I coveredmy transgressions as 11 Behold,I waited for your words;
Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye
bosom: searched out what to say.
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and,
did the contempt of families terrify behold,there was none of you that con-
me, that I kept silence, and went not vinced Job, or that answered his
out of the door? words:
35 Oh that one would hear mel be- 13 Lest ye should say, We have
hold, my desire is, that the Almighty found out wisdom: God thrusteth him
would answer me,and that mine adver- down, not man.
sary had written a book. 14 Now he hath not directed his
36 Surely I would take it upon my words against me: neither will I an
shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. swer him with your speeches.
37 I would déclaré imto him the 15 They were amazed, they an
number of my steps; as a prince would swered no more: they left off speak-
I go near unto him. ing.
38 If my land cry against me, or 16 When I had waited, (for they
that the furrows likewise thereof com- spake not, but stood still, and answer
plain; ed no more;)
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof 17 I said,I will answer also my part,
without money, or have caused the I also will shew mine opinion.
owners thereof to lose their life: 18 For I am full of matter,the spirit
40 Let thistles grow instead of within me constraineth me.
wheàt, and cockle instead of barley. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine
The words of Job are ended. which hath no vent;it is ready to burst
like new bottles.
GHAPTER 32 20 I wUl speak, that I may be re-
SG these three men ceased to answer freshed: I will open my lips and an
Job, because he was righteous in swer.
his own eyes. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept
2 Then was kindled the wrath of any man's person, neither let me give
E-li-hu the son of Bar'-a-chel the Bu- dattering titles unto man.
zite, of the kindred of Ram: against 22 For I know not to give flattering
Job was his wrath kindled, because he titles; in so doing my maker would soon
justiiîed himself rather than God. take me away.
3 Also against his three friends was
his wrath kindled, because they had CHAPTER 33
found no answer, and yet had con- WHEREFORE,Job,I pray thee,
demned Job. hear my speeches, and hearken
4 Now E-li'-hu had waited till Job to ail my words.
had spoken, because they were elder 2 Behold, now I have opened my
thanhe. mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my
5 When E-li-hu saw that there was mouth.
no answer in the mouth of these three 3 My words shall be of the uprlght-
men, then his wrath was kindled. ness of my heart: and my lips shall
6 And E-li-hu the son of Bar'-a-chel utter knowledge clearly.
the Bu^'-zite answered and said, I am 4 The spirit of God hath made me,
?oung, and ye are very old; wherefore and the breath of the Almighty hath
was afraid, and durst not shew you given me life.
mine opinion. 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy
7 I said, Days should speak, and words in order before me, stand up.
multitude of years shoùld teach wis- 6 Behold, I am according to thy
dom. wish in God's stead: I also am formed
S But there is a spirit in man: and out of the clay.
the inspiration of the Almighty giveth 7 Behold, my terror shall not make
them understanding. thee afraid, neither shall my hand be
9 Great men are not always wise: heavy upon thee.
neither do the aged imderstand judg- 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine
ment. hearing, and I have heard the voice of
10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; thy words, saying,
I also will shew mine opinion. 9 I am clean without transgression.
 JOB 34 515

I am innocent; neither is there iniqulty 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto

in me* me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
10 Behold» he findeth occasions 32 If thou hast anything to say,an
agfainst me,he coimteth me for his ene- swer me: speak, for I desire to justify
my, thee.
11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold
he marketh ail my paths. thy peace, and I shall teiaCch thee wis-
12 Behold,in this thou art not just: dom.
I will answer thee, that God is greater
than man, CHAPTER 34
13 Why dost thou strive against FURTHERMORE E-U'-hu answer-
him? for he giveth not account of any ed and said,
of his matters. 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men;
14 For God speaketh once, yea and give ear unto me, ye that have
twice, yet man perceiveth it not. knowledge.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the 3 For the ear trieth words, as the
night, when deep sleep falleth upon mouth tasteth meat.
men, in slumberings upon the bed; 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, us know among ourselves what is good.
and sealeth their instruction, 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous:
17 That he may withdraw man/rom and God hath taken away my judg
his purpose, and hide pride from man. ment.
18 He keepeth back his soul from 6 Should I lie against my right? my
the pit, and his life from perishing by wound is incurable without transgres
the sword. sion.
19 He is chastened also with pain 7 What man is like Job, who ddnk-
upon his bed, and the multitude of his eth up scoming like water?
bones with strong pain: 8 Which goeth in Company with the
20 So that his life abhorreth bread, workers of iniquity, and walketh with
and his soul dainty meat. wicked men.
21 His flesh is consumed away,that 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a
it cannot be seen; and his bones that man nothing that he should delight
were not seen stick out. himself with God.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto 10 Therefore hearken unto me ye
the grave, and his life to the destroy men of understanding: far be it from
ers. God,that he should do wickedness; and
23 If there be a messenger with him, from the Almighty,that he should com
an interpréter, one among a thousand, mit iniquity.
to shew unto man his uprightness: 11 For the work of a man shall he
24 Then he is gracions unto him, render unto him,and cause every man
and saith, Deliver him from going to find according to his ways.
down to the pit: 1 have found a ran- 12 Yea,surely God wUl not do wick-
som. edly, neither will the Almighty pervert
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a judgment.
child's: he shall retum to the days of 13 Who hath given him a charge
his youth: over the earth? or who hath disposed
26 He shall pray unto God, and he the whole world?
will be favoùrable unto him: and he 14 If he set his heart upon man if he
shall see his face with joy: for he will gather imto himself his spirit and his
render unto man his righteousness. breath;
27 He looketh upon men,and if any 15 AU flesh shall perish together,
say, I have sinned, and perverted that and man shall tum again unto dust.
which was right, and it profited me not; 16 If now thou hast understanding,
28 He will deliver his soul from hear this: hearken to the voice of my
going into the pit, and his life shall see words.
thelight. 17 ShaU even he thàt hateth right
29 Lo, ail these things worketh God govem? and wUt thou condemn him
oftentimes with man, that is most just?
30 To bring back his soul from the 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art
pit, to be enlightened with the light of wicked? and to princes, Ye are un-
the living. godly?
516 JOB 35, 36
19 How much less io him that ac-
cepteth not the persons of princes, nor
regardeih the lich more than the
poor? for they ail are the work of his
hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and
the people shall be troubled at mid-
night, and pass away; and the mighty
shall be taken away without hand,
21 For his eyes are upon the ways
of man, and he seeth ail his goings.
22 There is no darkness,nor shadow
of death, where the workers ofiniquity
may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man
more ihan right; that he should enter
into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pièces mighty
men without number, and set others
in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their
Works, and he overtumeth them in the
n^t,so that they are destroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men
in the open sight of others;
27 Because they tumed back from
him,and would not consider any of his
ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the
poor to come unto him,and he heareth
the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness, who
then can make trouble? and when he
hideth his face, who then can béhold
him? whether it he done against a na
tion, or against a man only:
30 That the hypocrite reign not, answer, because of the pride ôf evil
lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto
God, 1 have borne chastisement, I will
not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach thou
me: if 1 have done iniquity, 1 will do
no more.
33 Should it he according to thy
mind? he wUl recompense it, whether
thou refuse, or whether thou choose;
and not I: therefore speak what thou
knowest.
34 Let men of understanding tell
me, and let a wise man hearken unto
me.
35 Job hath spoken without knowl-
edge, and his words were without wis-
dom.
36 My desire is that Job may be
tried unto the end because of his an- afar, and will ascribe righteousness to
swers for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rébellion unto his
sin, he clappeth his hands zmong us, false: he that is perfect in knowledge is
and multiplieth his words against God. with thee.
CHAPTER 35
E-LI-HU spake moreover,and said,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right,
that thou saidst, My righteousness is
more than God's?
3 For thou saidst, What advantage
will it be unto thee? and, What profit
shall I have, if 1 he cleansed from my
sin?
4 I will answer thee, and thy com-
panions with thee.
5 Look imto the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds which are hi^er
than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou
against him? or ifthy transgressions be
multiplied, what doest thou unto
him?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest
thou him? or what receiveth he of
thine hand?
S Thy wlckedness may hurt a man
as thou art; and thy righteousness may
profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of op
pressions they make the oppressed to
cry: they cry out by reason of the arm
of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where is God
my maker, who giveth songs in the
night;
11 Who teacheth us more than the
beasts of the earth, and maketh us
wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none ^veth
men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity,
neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt
not see him, yet judgment is before
him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now, because it is not so, he
hath visited in his anger; yet he know
eth it not in great extremity:
16 Therefore doth Job open his
mouth in vain; he multiiplieth words
without knowledge.
CHAPTER 36
E-LT-HU also proceeded, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will
shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God's behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from
my Maker.
4 For truly my words shall not he
 JOB 37 517

5 Behold, God is mighty, and de- know him not» neither can the number
splseth not any: he is mighty in of his years be searched out.
strength and wisdom. 27 For he maketh small the drops
6 He preserveth not the life of the of water: they pour down rain accord-
wicked: but giveth right to the poor. ing to the vapour thereof:
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from 28 Which the clouds do drop and
the righteous: but with kings are they distil upon man abundantly.
on the throne; yea, he doth estab- 29 Also can any imderstand the
lish them for ever, and they are ex- spreadings of the clouds» or the noise
alted. of his tabernacle?
8 And if they be bound in fetters, 30 Behold» he spreadeth his light
and be holden in cords of affliction; upon it» and covereth the bottom of
9 Then he sheweth them their work, the sea.
and their transgressions that they 31 For by them judgeth he the peo-
have exceeded. ple; he ^veth meat in abondance.
10 He openeth also their ear to dis 32 With clouds he covereth the
cipline» and commandeth that they re- light; and commandeth it not ta shine
tum from iniquity. by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
11 If they obey and serve him,they 33 The noise thereof sheweth con-
shall spend their days in prosperity, ceming it» the cattle also conceming
and their years in pleasures. the vapour.
12 But if they obey not, they shall
perish by the sword, and they shall die CHAPTÇR 37
without knowledge. AT this also my heart trembleth» and
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap l\ is moved out of his place.
up wrath: they cry not when he bind- 2 Hear attentively the noise of his
etii them. voice» and the sound that goeth out of
14 They die in youth, and their life his mouth.
is among the unclean. 3 He directeth it under the whole
15 He dehvereth the poor in his heaven» and his lightning imto the
affliction» and openeth their ears in op ends of the earth.
pression. 4 After it a voice roareth: he thim-
16 Even so would he have removed dereth with the voice of his excellency;
thee out of the strait into a broad and he will not stay theiii when his
place» where there is no straitness: and voice is heard^
that which should be set on thy table 5 God thundereth marvéllously
should be full of fatness. with his voice; great things doeth he»
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judg- which we cannot comprehend.
ment of the wicked:judgment and jus 6 For he saith to the snow» Be thou
tice take hold on thee. on the earth;likewise to the small rain,
18 Because there is wrath» beware and to the great rain of his strength.
lest he take thee away with his stroke: 7 He sealeth up the hand of every
then a great ransom cannot deliver man;that ail men may know his work,
thee. 8 Then the beasts go into dens» and
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no» remain in their places.
not gold» nor ail the forces of strength. 9 Out of the south cometh the
20 Desire not the night» when peo- whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
ple are eut off in their place. 10 By the breath of God frost îs
21 Take heed» regard not iniquity: given: and the breadth of the waters is
for this hast thou chosen rather than straitened.
affliction. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the
22 Behold» God exalteth by= his thick cloud: he scattereth his bright
power: who teacheth like him? cloud:
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? 12 And it is tumed round about by
or who can say» Thou hast wrought in his counsels: that they may do what-
iquity? soever he commandeth them upon the
24 Remember that thou magnify face of the world in the earth.
his work» which men behold. 13 He causeth it to come» whether
25 Every man may see it; man may for correction» or for his land» or for
behold it afar off. mercy.
26 Behold» God is great» and we 14 Hearken unto this» G Job: stand
518 JOB 38
still, and consider the wondrous works come, but no further: and here shall
of God. thy proud waves be stayed?
15 Dost thou know when God dis- 12 Hast thou commanded the
posed them,and caused the light of his moming since thy days; and caused
cloud to shine? the dayspring to know his place;
16 Dost thou know the balancings 13 That it might take hold of the
of the clouds, the wondrous works of ends of the earth, that the wicked
him which is perfect in knowledge? might be shaken out of it?
17 How thy garments are warm, 14 It is turned as clay to the seal;
when he quieteth the earth by the and they stand as a garment.
south wind? 15 And from the wicked their light
18 Hast thou with him spread out is withholden, and the high arm shall
the sky, which is strong, and as a mol- be broken.
ten looking glass? 16 Hast thou entered into the
19 Teach us what we shall say unto springs of the sea? or hast thou walked
him;for we cannot order our speech by in the search of the depth?
reason of darkness. 17 Have the gâtes of death been
20 Shall it be told him that I speak? opened unto thee? or hast thou seen
if a man speak,surely he shall be swal- the doors of the shadow of death?
lowed up. 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth
21 And now men see not the bright of the earth? déclaré if thou knowest
light which is in the clouds: but the itall.
wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 19 Where is the way where light
22 Fair weàther cometh out of the dwelleth? and as for darkness, where
north: with God is terrible majesty. is the place thereof,
23 Touching the Almighty, we can 20 That thou shouldest take it to
not hnd him out: he is excellent in the bound thereof, and that thou
power, and in judgment, and in plenty shouldest know the paths to the house
of justice: he will not afîlict. thereof?
24 Men do therefore fear him: he re- 21 Knowest thou it, becausé thou
specteth not any that are wise of heart. wast then bom? or because the number
of thy days is great?
CHAPTER 38 22 Hast thou entered into the trea-
THEN the Lord answered Job out sures of the snow? or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail,
of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth coun- 23 Which I have reserved against
sel by words without knowledge? the time of trouble, against the day of
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man: battle and war?
for I will demand of thee, and answer 24 By what way is the light parted,
thou me. which scattereth the east wind upon
4 Where wast thou when I laid the the earth?
foundations of the earth? déclaré, if 25 Who hath divided a watercourse
thou hast imderstanding. for the overflowing of waters, or a way
5 Who hath laid the measures for the lightning of thunder;
thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath 26 To cause it to rain on the earth,
stretched the line upon it? where no man is; on the wildemess,
6 Whereupon are the foundations wherein there is no man;
thereof fastened? or who laid the cor 27 To satisfy the desolate and
ner stone thereof; waste ground; and to cause the bud of
7 When the moming stars sang to- the tender herb to spring forth?
gether, and ail the sons of God shouted 28 Hath the rain a father? or who
for joy? hath begotten the drops of dew?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, 29 Out of whose womb came the
when it brake forth, as if it had issued ice? and the hoary frost of heaven,
out of the womb? who hath gendered it?
9 When I made the cloud the gar- 30 The waters are hid as with a
ment thereof, and thick darkness a stone, and the face of the deep is
swaddlingband for it, frozen.
10 And brake up for it my decreed 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influ
place, and set bars and doors, ences of Ple'-ia-des, or loose the bands
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou of O-ri-on?
 JOB 39, 40
32 Canst thou brlng forth Maz-za-
roth in his season? or canst thoù guide
Arc-tu'-rus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of
heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to
the clouds, that abundance of waters
may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that
they may go, and say unto theej Here
we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the in-
ward parts? or who hath given under-
standing to the heart?
37 ^^o cah number the clouds in
wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of
heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into
hardness, and the clods cleave fast to-
gether?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the
lion? or fill the appetite of the young
lions, 19 Hast thou given the horse
40 When they couch in their dens, strength? hast thou clothed his neck
and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his
food? when his young ones cry unto
God, they wander for lack of meat.
CHAPTER 39
Knowest thou the time when the
wild goats of the rock bring
forth? or canst thou mark when the
hinds do calve?
2 Canst thou number the months
that they fulfil? or knowest thou the
time When they bring forth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring
forth their young ones, they cast out
their sorrows.
4 Their young ones are in good lik-
ing, they grow up with com; they go
forth, and retum not unto them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass
free? or who hath loosed the bands of
the wild ass?
6 Whose house 1 have made the
wildemess, and the barren land his
dwellings.
7 He scometh the multitude of thé
city, neither regardeth he the crying
of the driver.
S The range of the mountains is his
pasture, and he searcheth after every
green thing.
9 Will the unicom be willing to
serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicom
with his band in thefurrow? or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
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11 Wilt thou tmst him, because his
strehgth is grekt? or wilt thou leave
thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he
will bring home thy seed, and gather
i< into thy bam?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings un
to the peacocks? or wings and feathers
Unto the ostrich?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the
earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot
may crush them, or that the wild
beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her
young ones, as though they were not
hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 Because God hath deprived her
of wisdom, neither hath he imparted
to her understanding.
18 What time she llfteth up herself
on high, she scometh the horse and
his rider.
with thunder?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a
grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils
is terrible.
21- He paweth in the valley, ând re-
joiceth in his strength: he goeth on to
mêet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not
affrighted; neither tumeth he back
from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him,
the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He swalloweth the ground with
fierceness and rage: neither believeth
he that it is the soUnd of the trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets.
Ha,ha; and he smelleth the battle afar
off, the thunder of the captains, cmd
the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wis
dom,and stretch her wings toward the
south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy
command,and make her nest on liigh?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the
rock, upon the crag of the rock, and
the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the
prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30 Her young ones also suck up
blood: and where the slain are, there
is she.
CHAPTER 40
OREOVER the Lord answered
M Job, and said.
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2 Shall he that contendeth with the
Almighty instruct him? he that re-
proveth God,let him answer iU
3 Then Job answered the Lord,and
said,
4 Behold,I am vile; what shall 1 an
swer thee? I will lay mine hand upon
mymouth.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will net
answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed
no further.
6 Then answered the Lord imto
Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man:
I will demand of thee,and dedare thou
imto me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judg-
ment? wilt thou condemn me, that
thou mayest be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or
canst thou thimder with a voice like
him?
10 Deck thyself now îvith majesty
and excellency; and array thyself with
glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy spears?
wrath: and behold every one that is
proud, and abase him.
12 Look on every one that is proud,
and bring him low; and tread down the vain: shall not one be cast down even
wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together;
and bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess imto thee fore me?
that thine own right hand can save
thee.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I the whole heaven is mine. ^
made with thee; he eateth grass as an
ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his
loins, and his force is in the navel of garment? or who can come to him with
his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar:
the sinews of his stones are wrapped
together.
18 His bones are as strong pièces of together as with a close seal.
brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of
God: he that made him can make his
sword to approach unto him.
20 Surely the moimtains bring him
forth food, where ail the beasts of the
field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees,
in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him luith
their shadow; the willows of the brook
compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river,
and hasteth not: he trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
JOB 41
24 He taketh it with his eyes: his
nose pierceth through snares.
CHAPTER 41
CANST thou draw out leviathan
with an hook? or his tongue with
a cord ivhich thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his
nose? or bore his jaw through with a
thom?
3 Will he make many supplications
unto thee? will he speak soft words un
to thée?
4 Will he make a covenant with
thee? wilt thou take him for a servant
for ever?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with
a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy
maidens?
6 Shall the companions make a ban
quet of him? shall they part him
among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with
barbed irons? or his head with fish
8 Lay thine hand upon him,remem-
ber the battle, do no niore.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in
at the sight of him?
10 None is sa fierce that dare stir
him up: who then is able to stand be-
11 Who hath prevented me, that I
should repay him? whatsoever is imder
12 I will not conceal his parts^ nor
his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discover the face of his
his double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his
face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up
16 One is so near to another,that no
air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another,
they stick together, that they cannot
be sundered.
18 By his neesings a light doth
shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids
of the moming.
19 Out of his mouth go buming
lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,
as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a
dame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck remaineth strength.
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and sorrôw is tumed Into joy before
him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined
together: they are firm in themselves;
they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone;
yea, as hard as a piece of the nether
millstone.
25 When he raiseth up himself, the
mighty are afraid: by reason of break-
ings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him that layeth at
him cannot hold: the spear, the dart,
nor the habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and
brass as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee:
slingstones are tumed with him into
stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he
laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sharp stones are under him: he
spreadeth sharp pointed things upon
the mire.
31 He maketh the deep to boil like
a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of
ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after
him; one would think the deep to he
hoary.
33 Upon earth there is not his like,
who is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth ail high things: he
is a king over ail the children of pride.
CHAPTER 42
THEN Job answered the Lord,and
said,
2 1 know that thou canst do every
thing, and that no thought can be with-
holden from thee.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel
without knowledge? therefore have 1
uttered that 1 understood not; things
too wonderful for me, which I knew
not.
4 Hear, 1 beseech thee, and I will
speak: I will demand of thee, and dé
claré thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hear-
ing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth
thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and re-
pent in dust and ashes.
7 And it was sa,that after the Lord
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had spoken these words unto Job, the
Lord said to El-i-phaz the Te-man-
ite, My wrath is kindled against thee,
and against thy two friends: for ye
have not spoken of me the thing that is
right, as my servant Job hath.
8 Therefore take unto you now sev-
en bullocks and seven rams, and go to
my servant Job,and ofîer up for your-
selves a bumt ofïering; and my servant
Job shall pray for you: for him will I
accept: lest I deal with you after your
folly,in that ye have not spoken of me
the thing which is right,like my servant
Job.
9 So El-i-phaz the Te'-man-ite and
Bildad the Shu'-hite and Zo-phar the
Na-a-math-ite went, and did accord-
ing as the Lord conunanded them:the
Lord also accepted Job.
10 And the Lord tumed the cap-
tivity of Job, when he prayed for his
friends: also the Lord gave Job twice
as much as he had before.
11 Then came there unto him ail his
brethren, and ail his sisters, and ail
they that had been of his acquaintance
before, and did eat bread with him in
his house: and they bemoaned him,
and comforted him over ail the evil
that the Lord had brought upon him:
every man also gave him a piece of
money, and every one an earring of
gold.
12 So the Lord blessed the latter
end of Job more than his beginning:
for he had fourteen thousand sheep,
and six thousand camels, and a thou
sand yoke of oxen,and a thousand she
asses.
13 He had also seven sons and three
daughters.
14 And he called the name of
the first, Je-mi-ma; and the name
of the second, Ke-zi'-a; and the
name of the third, Ker'-en-hap-puch.
15 And in ail the land were no wom-
en found so fair as the daughters of
Job: and their father gave them in-
heritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred
and forty years, and saw his sons, and
his sons* sons, even four générations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of
days.
 The Book of

Psalms
kings: be instructed, ye judges of the
PSALM I
BLESSED is the man that walketh earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and
not in the coimsel of the ungodly, rejoice with trembling.
nor standeth in the way ofsinners» 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scomful. and ye perish from the way, when his
2 But his delight is in the law of the wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed
Lord; and in his law doth he meditate are ail they that put their trust in him.
day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted PSALM 3
by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom
his son
aiso shall not wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prospen Lord,how are they increased that
4 The ungodly are not so: but are ^ trouble me! many are they that
like the chaff which the wind driveth rise up against me.
away. 2 Many there be which say of my
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not soul, There is no help for him in God.
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in Se'-lah.
the congrégation of the righteous. 3 But thou, G Lord,art a shield for
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine
the righteous: but the way of the un head.
godly shall perish. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my
voice, and he heard me out of his holy
PSALM 2
hill. Se-lah.
WHY do the heathen rage, and 5 I laid me down and slept; I
the people imagine a vain thing? awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
2 Thè kings of the earth set them- 6 I will not be afraid of ten thou-
selves, and the rulers take counsel to- sands of people, that have set themr
gether, against the Lord, and against selves against me round about.
his anointed, saying, 7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my
3 Let us break their bands asunder, God: for thou hast smitten ail mine
and cast away their cords from us. enemies upon the cheek bone; thou
4 He that sitteth in the heavens hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
shall laugh: the Lord shall have them 8 Salvation belongeth unto the
in dérision. Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people.
5 Then shall he spêak unto them in Se'-lah.
his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure.
6 Yét have I set my king upon my PSALM 4
holy hill of Zion.
7 I will déclaré the decree; the Lord To the chief Musidan on Neginoth, A Psalm
of David
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
this day have I begotten thee. HEAR me when I call, O God of
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee my righteousness: thou hast en-
the heathen for thine inheritance, and larged me when I was in distress; have
the uttermost parts ofthe earth for thy mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
possession. 2 O ye sons of men,how long will ye
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod tum my glory into shame? how long
of iron; thou shalt dash them in pièces will ye love vanity, and seek after
like a potter's vessel. leasing? Se-lah.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye 3 But know that the Lord hath set
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apart hîm that is godly for himself: the righteous; with favour wilt thou com-
Lord will hear when I call unto him» pass him as with a shield.
4 Stand in awe, and sin net: com
mune with your own heart upon your PSALM 6
bed, and be still. Se-lah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteous- To the chief Musician on Neginoth ùpon
ness, and put your trust in the Lord. Sheminith, A Psalm of David
6 There be many that say, Who will OLORD,rebuke me not in thine
shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up anger, neither chasten me in thy
the light of thy countenance upon us. hot displeasure.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord;
heart, more than in the time that their for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for
com and their wine increased. my bones are vexed.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but
and sleep:for thou. Lord,only makest thou, O Lord, how long?
me dwell in safety. 4 Retum, O Lord, deliver my soul:
oh save me for thy mercies* sake.
PSALM 5 5 For in death there is no remem-
brance of thee: in the grave who shall
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A
give thee thanks?
Psalm of David
6 I am weary with my groaning; ail
GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, the night make I my bed to swim; 1
consider my méditation. water my couch with my tears.*
2 Hearken unto the voice of my 7 Mine eye is consumed because of
cry, my King, and my God: for unto grief; it waxeth old because of ail mine
thee will 1 pray. enemies.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the 8 Départ from me,ail ye workers of
moming, O Lord; in the morning will iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the
1 direct my prayer unto thee, and will voice of my weeping.
look up. 9 The Lord hath heard my suppli
4 For thou art not a God that hath cation; the Lord will receive my
pleasure in wickedness: neither shall prayer.
evil dwell with thee. 10 Let ail mine enemies be ashamed
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy and sore vexed: let them retum and be
sight: thou hatest ail workers of in- ashamed suddenly.
iquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that PSALM 7
speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the
bloody and deceitful man. Shiggaion of David, whirii he sang unto the
7 But as for me,I will come into thy Lord, conceming the words of Cush the
house in the multitude of thy mercy: Benjamite
and in thy fear will 1 worship toward OLORD my God,in thee do I put
thy holy temple. my tmst: save me from ail them
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy right- that persécute me, and deliver me:
eousness because of mine enemies; 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
make thy way straight before my face. rending it in pièces, while there is none
9 For there is no faithfulness in their to deliver.
mouth; their inward part is very wick 3 O Lord my God, if I have done
edness; their throat is an open sepul- this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
chre; they flatter with their tongue. 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let that was at peace with me;(yea,1 have
them fall by their own counsels; cast delivered him that without cause is
them out in the multitude of their mine enemy:)
transgressions; for they have rebelled 5 Let the enemy persécute my soul,
against thee. and take it; yea, let him tread down
11 But let ail those that put their my life upon the earth, and lay mine
trust in thee rejoice: let them ever honour in the dust. Se-lah,
shout for joy, because thou defendest 6 Arisç, O Lord,in thine anger,lift
them:let them also that love thy name up thyself because of the rage of mine
be joyful in thee. enemies: and awake for me to the judg-
12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the ment that thou hast commanded.
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7 So shall the congrégation of the 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish
people compass thee about: for their of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
sakes therefore retum thou on high. through the paths of the seas.
8 The Lord shall jùdge the people: 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent
judge me, O Lord, according to my is thy name in ail the earth!
rightebusness, and according to mine
integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness ofthe wick- PSALM 9
ed come to an end; but establish the
just: for the righteous God trieth the To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben,
hearts and reins. A Psalm of David
10 My defence is of God,which sav- IWILL praise fhcc,O Lord,with my
eth the upright in heart. whole heart; I will shew forth ail
11 God judgeth the righteous, and thy marvellous works.
God is angry unth the wicked every day. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
12 If he tum not, he will whet his I will sing praise to thy name, O thou
sword;he hath bent his bow,and made most High.
it ready. 3 When mine enemies are tumed
13 He hath also prepared for him back, they shall fall and perish at thy
the instruments of death; he ordaiheth presence.
his arrows against the persecûtors. 4 For thou hast maintained my
14 Behold, he travaileth with in- right and my cause; thou satest in the
iquity, and hath conceived mischief, throne judging right.
and brought forth falsehood. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen,
15 He made a pit, and digged it, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou
and is fallen into the ditch which he hast put out their name for ever and
made. ever.
16 His mischief shall retum upon 6 O thou enemy, destructions are
his own head, and his violent dealing come to a perpétuai end:and thou hast
shall come down upon his own pate. destroyed cities; their mémorial is per-
17 I will praise the Lord according ished with them.
to his righteousness: and will sing 7 But the Lord shall endure for
pràise to the name of the Lord most ever: he hath prepared his throne for
high. judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in
PSALM S righteousness, he shall minister judg
ment to the people in uprightness.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for
of David the oppressed, a refuge in times of
OLORD our Lord, how excellent trouble.
10 And they that know thy name
is thy name in ail the earth! who
hast set thy glory above the heavens. will put their trust in thee: for thou.
2 Dut of the mouth of babes and Lord, hast not forsaken them that
sucklings hast thoù ordained strength seek thee.
because of thine enemies, that thou 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which
mightest still the enemy and the aven- dwelleth in Zion: déclaré among the
ger. people his doings.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the 12 When he maketh inquisition for
work of thy fingers, the moon and the blood, he remembereth them: he for-
stars, which thou hast ordained; getteth not the cry of the humble.
4 What is man,that thou art mind- 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord;
ful of him? and the son of man, that consider my trouble which 1 suffer of
thou visitest him? them that hate me, thou that liftest
5 For thou hast made him a little me up from the gâtes of death:
lower than the angels, and hast crown- 14 That I may shew forth ail thy
ed him with glory and honour. praise in the gâtes of the daughter of
6 Thou madest him to have domin- Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
ion over the works of thy hands: thou 15 The heathen are sunk down in
hast put ail things under his feet: the pit that they made: in the net
7 Ail sheep and oxen, yea, and the which they hid is toeir own foot tâken.
beasts of the field; 16 The Lord is known by the judg-
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ment which he executeth: the wicked
is snared in the work of his own hands.
Hig-ga'ion. Se-lah.
17 The wicked shall be tumed into
hell» and ail the nations that forget
God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be
forgottem the expectation of the poor
shall not perish for ever.
19 Alise, O Lord; let not man pre-
vail: let the heathen be judged in thy
sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that
the nations may know themselves ta be
but men. Se-lah.
himself unto thee; thou art the helper
of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wick
ed and the evil man: seek put his
wickedness tiU thou ûnd none.
16 The Lord is King for ever and
ever: the heathen are perished out of
his land.
17 Lord,thou hast heard the desire
of the hiunble: thou wilt préparé their
heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to
hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the
oppressed, that the man of the earth
may no more oppress.

PSALM 10 PSALM II
WHY standest thou afar off, O To the chief Musidan, A Psàbn of David
Lord? why hidest thou(hyselfin
times of trouble? IN the Lord put I my trust: how say
2 The wicked in his pride doth per ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your
sécute the poon let them be taken in mountain?
the devices that they have imagined. 2 For,lo,the wicked bend iheir bow,
3 For the wicked boasteth of his they make ready their arrow upon the
heart's desire, and blesseth the covet- string, that they may privily shoot at
ous, whom the Lord abhorreth. the upright in heart.
4 The wicked, through the pride of 3 If the foundations be destroyed,
his countenance, will not seek afler what can the righteous do?
God: God is not in ail his thoughts. 4 The Lord is in Ms holy temple,
5 His ways are always grievous; thy the Lord's throne is in heaven: his
judgments are far above ont of his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the chil-
sight: os for ail his enemies, he puffeth dren of men.
at them. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous:
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall but the wicked and him that loveth
not be moved: for I shall never be in violence his soul hateth.
adversity. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain
7 His mouth is full of cursing and snares, hre and brimstone, and an hor
deceit and fraud: imder his tongue is rible tempest: this shall be the portion
mischief and vanity. of their cup.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of 7 For the righteous Lord loveth
the villages: in the secret places doth righteousness; Ûs countenance doth
he murder the innocent: his eyes are behold ilie upright.
privily set against the poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion PSALM 12
in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the
poon he doth catch the poor, when he To the chief Musidan upon Sheminith, A
draweth him into his net. Psalm of David
10 He croucheth, and humbleth
himself, that the poor may fall by his
HELP, Lord; for the godly man
ceaseth; for the faithful fail from
strong ones. among the children of men.
11 He hath said in his heart, God 2 They speak vanity every one with
hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he his neighboun with flattering lips and
will never see it. with a double heart do they speak.
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up 3 The Lord shall eut off ail flatter
thine hand: forget not the humble. ing lips, and the tongue that speaketh
13 Wherefore doth the wicked con- proud things:
temn God? he hath said in his heart, 4 Who have said, With our tongue
Thou wilt not require it. will we prevail; our lips are our owm
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou be- who is lord over us?
holdest mischief and spite, to requite 5 For the oppression of the poor,
it with thy hand: the poor committeth for the sighing of the needy, now will
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I arise, saith the Lord; I wlll set him

in safety from him that puffeth at him. PSALM 15
6 The words of the Lord are pure
A Psalm of David
words: as silver tried in a fumace of
earth, purified seven tlmes. 10RD,who shall abide in thy taber-
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, j nacle? who shall dwell in thy holy
thou shalt preserve them from this hill?
génération for ever. 2 He that walketh uprightly, and
8 The wicked walk on every side, worketh righteousness, and speaketh
when the vilest men are exalted. the truth in his heart.
3 He that backbiteth not with his
PSALM 13 tongue, nor doeth evil to his neigh-
bour, nor taketh up a reproach against
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David his neighbour.
HOW long wilt thou forget me, O 4 In whose eyes a vile person is con-
Lord? for ever? how long wilt temned; but he honoureth them that
thou hide thy face from me? fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his
2 How long shall I take counsel in oiun hurt, and changeth not.
my soul, having sorrow in my heart 5 He that putteth not out his money
daily? how long shall mine enemy be to usury, nor taketh reward against
exalted over me? the innocent. He that doeth these
3 Consider and hear me,O Lord my things shall never be moved.
God:lighten mine eyes,lest I sleep the
sleep of death; PSALM 16
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre-
Michtam of David
vailed against him; and those that
trouble me rejoice when I am moved. PRESERVE me, O God:for in thee
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; do I put my trust.
my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto
6 I will sing unto the Lord, because the Lord,Thou art my Lord: my good-
he hath dealt bountifully with me. ness extendeth not to thee;
3 But to the saints that are in the
PSALM 14 earth, and to the excellent, in whom is
ail my delight.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied
The fool hath said in his heart, that hasten after another god: their
There is no God. They are corrupt, drink offerings of blood will I not offer,
they have done abominable works, nor take up their names into my
there is none that doeth good. lips.
2 The Lord looked down from heav- 5 The Lord is the portion of mine
en upon the children of men, to see inheritance and of my cup: thou main-
if there were any that did understand, tainest my lot.
and seek God. 6 The Unes are fallen unto me in
3 They are ail gone aside, they are pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly
ail together become filthy; there is none héritage.
that doeth good, no, not one. 7 I wiU bless the Lord, who hath
4 Have ail the workers of iniquity given me counsel: my reins also in-
no knowledge? who eat up my people struct me in the night seasons.
as they eat bread, and call not upon 8 I have set the Lord always before
the Lord. me: because he is at my right hand, I
5 There were they in great fear: for shall not be moved.
God is in the génération of the right- 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and
eous. my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall
6 Ye have shamed the counsel of rest in hope.
the poor, because the Lord is his ref 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul
uge. in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine
7 Oh that the salvation of Israël Holy One to see corruption.
were came out of Zion! when the Lord 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of
bringeth back the captivity of his peo life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;
ple, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israël shall at thy right hand there are pleasures
be glad. for evermore.
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PSALM 17 Lord the words of this song in the day that
the Lord delivered him from the hand of ail
A Frayer of David his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And
HEAR the right, O Lord, attend he said,
imto my cry, give ear imto my
prayer, fhat goeth not out of feigned IWILL love thee, O Lord, mv
lips. strength.
2 Let my sentence come forth from 2 The Lord is my rock, and my
thy presençe; let thine eyes behold the fortress, and my deliverér; my Grod,
things that are equal. my strength, in whom I wiU trust; my
3 Thou hastproved mine heart;thou buckler, and the hom of my salvation
hast visited me in the night; thou hast and my high tower, '
tried me,and shalt find nothing; I am 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is
purposed that my mouth shall not worthy to be praised: so shall I be
transgress. saved from mine enemies,
4 Conceming the works of men, by 4 The sorrows of death compassed
the Word of thy lips I have kept me me, and the floods of imgodlv men
from the paths of iîie destroyer. made me afraid.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me
that my footsteps slip not. about: the snares of death prevented
6 I have called upon thee, for thou me.

wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear 6 In my distress I caUed upon the
unto me, and hear my speech. Lord, and cried unto my God: he
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkind- heard my voice out of his temple, and
ness, O thou that savest by thy right my cry came before him, even into his
hand them which put their trust in ears.
thee from those that rise up against 7 Then the earth shook and trem-
them. bled; the foundations also of the hills
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, moved and were shaken, because he
hide me imder the shadow of thy was wroth.
wings, 8 There went up a smoke out of his
9 From the wicked that oppress me, nostrils, and fire out of his mouth de-
from my deadly enemies, who compass voured: çoals were kindled by it.
me about. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and
10 They are inclosed in their own came down: and darkness wos under
fat: with their mouth they speak his feet.
proudly. ^ a cherub, and
11 They have now compassed us in dld fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings
our steps: they have set their eyes of the wind. ^
bowing down to the earth; He made darkness his secret
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of place; his pavilion round about him
his prey, and as it were a young lion were dark waters and thick clouds of
lurking in secret places. the skies.
13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, At the brightness that was before
cast him down: deliver my soul from him his thick clouds passed, hail stones
the wicked, which is thy sword: and coals of fire.
14 From men Which are thy hand, 13 The Lord also thundered in the
O Lord,from men of the world, which heavens, and the Highest gave his
have their portion in this life, and voiçe; hail stones and coals of fire.
whose belly thou fillest with thy hid 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and
treasure: they are fîill of children, and scattered them; and he shot out light-
leave the rest of their substance to nings, and discomfited them.
their babes. 15 Then the channels of waters were
15 As for me,I will behold thy face seen, and the foundations of the world
in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, were discovered at thy rebuke, O
when I àwake, with thy likeness. Lord, at the blast of the breath of thv
nostrils. '
PSALM 18 16 He sent from above,he took me,
he drew me out of many waters.
To the chief Musidan, A Psahn of David,the 17 He delivered me from my strong
servant of the Lord, who spake unto the enemy, and from them which hated
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were not able to rise: they are fallen

me: for they were too strong for under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with
18 They prevented me In the day of strength unto the battle: thou hast
my calamity: but the Lord was my subdued under me those that rose up
stav*
19 He brought me forth also into a against me.
large place; he dellvered me, because 40 Thou hast also given me the
necks of mine enemies; that I might
he delighted in me, destroy them that hate me.
20 The Lord rewarded me accord- 41 They cried, but there was none to
ing to my righteousness; according to
the cleanness of my hands hath he re- save them: even unto the Lord, but he
answered them not.
compensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the 42 Then did I beat them small as
Lord,and have not wickedly departed the dust before the wind: I did cast
from my God. them out as the dirt in the streets.
22 For ail hls judgments were before 43 Thou hast delivered me from the
me, and I did not put away his stat- strivings of the people; and thou hast
made me the head of the heathen: a
utes from me. ..x ^ 1.1
23 I was also upnght before him, peopleme. whom I have not known shall
and I kept myself from mine iniquity. serve
44 As soon as they hear of me,they
24 Therefore hath the Lord recom- shall obey me: the strangers shall sub-
pensed me according to my righteous
ness, according to the cleanness of my mit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away,
hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be
shew thyself merciful; with an upright my rock; and let the God of my salva
man thou wilt shew thyself upright; tion be exalted.
26 With the pure thou wilt shew
thyself pure; and with the froward 47 It is God that avengeth me, and
thou wilt shew thyself froward. subdueth the people under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine ene
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted mies:
people; but wilt bring down high looks. those yea, thou liftest me up above
28 For thou wilt light my candie: that rise up against me: thou
the Lord my God will enlighten my hast delivered me from the violent
darkness. . man.
29 For by thee I have run through 49 Therefore will Igivethanksimto
a troop; and by my God have I leaped thee, O Lord,among the heathen,and
over a wall. , ^ . sing praises unto thy name.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: his50king;
Great deliverance giveth he to
and sheweth mercy to his
the word of the Lord is tried: he is a anointed,to David,and to his seed for
buckler to ail those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the Lord? evermore.

or who is a rock save our God? PSALM 19

32 It is God that girdeth me with
strength, and maketh my way perfect. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David
33 He maketh my feet like hinds The heavens déclaré the glory of
feet, and setteth me upon my high God; and the firmament sheweth
places. ^ ^ ^
34 He teacheth my hands to war,so his2handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech,
that a bow of steel is broken by mine and night imto night sheweth knowl-
SLimis* ,-
35 Thou hast also given me the edge.
3 There is no speech nor language,
shield of thy salvation: and thy right where
hand hath holden me up, and thy gen- tiieir voice is not heard.
tleness hath made me great. 4 Their line is gone out through ail
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps im- the earth, and their words to the end
of the world. In them hath he set a
der me,that my feet did not slip. tabernacle for the sun,
37 1 have pursued mine eneinies,5 Which is as a bridegroom coming
and overtaken them: neither did 1
tum again till they were consumed. out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a
38 I have wounded them that they strong man to run a race.
 PSALMS 20-22 529
6 His going forth is from the end of
the heaven» and his circuit unto the PSALM 21
ends of it: and there is nothing hid To the chief Musidan,A Psalm of David
from the heat thereof«
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
The king shall joy in thy strength,
O Lord; and in thy salvation how
converting the soul: the testimbny of greatly shall he rejoice!
the Lord is sure» making wise the 2 Thou hast given him his heart's
simple. desire, and hast not withholden the re-
8 The statutes of the Lord are quest of his lips. Se-lah.
right» rejoicing the heart: the com- 3 For thou preventest him with the
mandment of the Lord is pure» en- blessings of goodness: thou settest a
lightening the eyes. crown of pure gold on his head.
9 The fear of the Lord is dean» en- 4 He asked life of thee, and thou
during for even the judgments of the gavest it him» even length of days for
Lord are true and righteous alto- ever and ever.
gether. 5 His gloryis great in thy salvation:
10 More to be desired are they than honour and majesty hast thou laid
gold» yea» than much fine gold:sweeter upon him.
also than honey and the honeycomb. 6 For thou hast made him most
11 Moreover by them is thy servant blessed for even thou hast made him
wamed: and in keeping of them there exceeding glad with thy countenance.
is great reward. 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord»
12 Who can understand his errors? and through the mercy of the most
deanse thou me from secret faults* High he shall not be moved.
13 Keep back thy servant also from 8 Thine hand shall find out ail fhim*
presumptuous sins; let them not have enemies: thy right hand shall find out
dominion over me: then shall I be up- those that hate thee.
right» and I shall be innocent from the 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery
great transgression. oven in the time of thine anger: the
14 Let the words of my mouth» and Lord shall swallow them up in his
the méditation of my heart/ be ac wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
ceptable in thy sight» O Lord, my 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy
strength» and my redeemer. from the earth, and their seed from
PSALM 20 among the children of men.
To the chief Musidan, A Psalm of Dsvid 11 For they intended evil against
The Lord hear thee in the day of thee: they imagined a mischievous de-
vice, which they are not able to per-
trouble;the name of the God of Ja
form.
cob defend thee; 12 Therefore shalt thou make them
2 Send thee help from the sanctu- tum their back» when thou shalt make
ary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3 Remember ail thy offerings» and ready thine arrows upon tiiy strings
against the face of them.
accept thy bumt sacrifice; Se-lah.
4 Grant thee according to thine 13 Be thou exalted» Lord, in thine
own heart» and fulfil ail thy counseL
own strength: sa will we sing and
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation» praise thy power.
and in the name of our God we will set PSALM 22
up our banners: the Lord fulfil ail thy
pétitions. To the chief Musidan upon Aijeleth Shahar»
6 Now know I that the Lord saveth A Psahn of David
his anointed; he will hear him from his
holy heaven with the saving strength
MY God, my God» why hast thou
forsaken me? why art thou so far
of his right hand. from helping me» and from the words
7 Some trust in chariots» and some of my roaring?
in horses: but we will remember the 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime,
name of the Lord our God. but thou hearest not; and in the night
8 They are brought down and fall- season, and am not ^ent.
en: but we are risen» and stand up- 3 But thou art holy, O thou that in-
right. habitest the praises of Israël.
9 Save, Lord: let the king hear us 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they
when we call. trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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5 They cried unto thee, and were 25 My praise shall be of thee in the
delivered: they trusted in thee, and great congrégation: I wiU pay my
were not confounded. vows before them that fear him.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a 26 The meek shall eat and be satis-
reproaçh of tnen, and despised of the fied: they shaU praise the Lord that
people. seek him: your heart shaU Uve for ever.
7 AU they that see me laugh me to 27 AU the ends of the world shaU
scom: they shoot ont the lip, they remember and tum unto the Lord:
shake the head, saying, and aU the kindreds of the nations
8 He trusted oh the Lord that he shall worship before thee.
would deUyer him:let him deUver him, 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's:
seeing he delighted in him. and he is the govemor among the na
9 But thou art he that took me out tions.
ofthe womb:thou didst make me hope 29 AU they that be fat upon earth
when I îuas upon my mother's breasts. shall eat and worship: aU they that go
10 I was cast upon thee from the down to the dust shsdl bow before him:
womb: thou art my God from my and none can keep aUve his own soul.
mother's beUy. 30 A seed shaU serve him;it shaU be
11 Be not far from me; for trouble accounted to the Lord for a généra
is near; for ihere is none to help. tion.
12 Many buUs have compassed me: 31 They shaU come, and shaU dé
strong bîiZZs of Ba-shan have beset me claré his righteousness unto a people
round. that shaU be bom, that he hath done
13 They gaped upon me îuiih their ihis.
mouths, as a ravening and a roàring
Uon. PSALM 23
14 1 am poured out Uke water, and À Psalm of David
aU my bones are out of joint: my heart The Lord is my shepherd; I shaU
is Uke wax;it is melted in the midst of not want.
my bowels. 2 He maketh me to lie down in
15 My strength is dried up Uke a green pastures: he leadeth me beside
potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to the still waters.
my jaws; and thou hast brought me 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth
into the di^t of death. me in the paths of righteousness for
16 For dogs have compassed me: his name's sake.
thé assembly of the wiçked have in- 4 Yea, though I walk through the
closed me:they pierced my hands and Valley of the shadow of death, I wiU
my feet. fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy
17 I may teU aU my bones: they rod and thy staff they comfort me.
look and stare upon me. 5 Thou prepîurest a table before me
18 They part my garments among in the presence of mine enemies: thou
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. anointest my head with oU; my cup
19 But be not thôu far from me, O runneth over.
Lord: O my strength, haste thee to 6 Surely goodness and mercy shaU
help me. follow me ail the days of my life: and
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; I wUl dweU ih the house of the Lord
my darling from the power of the dog. for ever.
21 Save me from the Uon's mouth:
for thou hast hèàrd me from the homs PSALM 24
of the unicoms.
A Psalm of David
22 I wiU déclaré thy name unto my
brethren:in the midst of the congréga The earth is the Lord's, and the
tion wUl I praise thee. fulness thereof; the world, and
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise they that dwell therein.
him; ail ye the seed of Jacob, glorify 2 For he hath founded it upon the
him; and fear him, aU ye the seed of seas, and established it upon the
Israël. floods.
24 For he hath not despised nor ab- 3 Who ShaU ascend into the hiU of
horred the affliction of the afflicted; the Lord? or who shaU stand in his
neither hath he hid his face from him; holy place?
but when he cried imto him, he heard. 4 He that hath clean hands, and a
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pure heart; who hath not lifted up his 14 The secret of the Lord is with
soul unto vanity, nor swom deceit- them that fear him; and he will shew
fully, them his covenant.
5 He shall receive the blessing from 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the
the Lord, and righteousness from the Lord;for he shall pluck my feet out of
God of his salvation. the net.
6 This is the génération of them 16 Tum thee unto me, and have
that seek him, that seek thy face, O mercy upon me;for 1 am desolate and
Jacob. Se'-lEih. aâlicted.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gâtes; 17 The troubles of my heart are en-
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; larged: O bring thou me out of my dis
and the King of glory shall corne in. tresses.
8 Who is this King of glory? The 18 Look upon mine aihiction and
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord my pain; and forgive ail my sins.
mighty in battle. 19 Consider mine enemies; for they
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gâtes; are many;and they hate me with cruel
even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; hatred.
and the King of glory shall corne in. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:
10 Who is this King of glory? The let me not be ashamed; for I put my
Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. trust in thee.
Se-lah. 21 Let integrity and uprightness
preserve me; for 1 wait on thee.
PSALM 25 22 Redeem Israël, O God, out of ail
his troubles.
A Psaîm of David
UNTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up PSALM 26
my soul.
2 O my God, 1 trust in thee: let me A Psalm of David
not be ashamed,let not mine enemies
triumph over me.
JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have
walked in mine integrity: 1 have
3 Yea,let none that wait on thee be trusted also in the Lord; therefore I
ashsimed: let them be ashamed which shall not slide.
transgress without cause. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove
4 Shew me thy ways,O Lord;teach me; try my reins and my heart.
me thy paths. 3 For thy lovingkindness is before
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach mine eyes: and I have walked in thy
me: for thou art the God of my salva truth.
tion; on thee do I wait ail the day. 4 1 have not sat with vain persons,
6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender neither will I go in with dissemblers.
mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for 5 I have hated the congrégation of
they have been ever of old. evil doers; and will not sit with the
7 Remember not the sins of my wicked.
youth, nor my transgressions: accord- 6 I will wash mine hands in inno-
ing to thy mercy remember thou me cency: so will I compass thine altar,
for thy goodness* sake, O Lord. O Lord:
8 Good and upright is the Lord: 7 That I may publish with the voice
therefore will he teach sinners in the of thanksgiving, and tell of ail thy
way. wondrous works.
9 The meek will he guide in judg- 8 Lord,I have loved the habitation
ment: and the meek will he teach his of thy house,and the place where thine
way. honour dwelleth.
10 Ail the paths of the Lord are 9 Gather not my soul with sinners,
mercy and truth unto such as keep his nor my life with bloody men:
covenant and his testimonies. 10 In whose hands is mischief, and
11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, their right hand is full of bribes.
pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 11 But as for me, I will walk in
12 What man is he that feareth the mine integrity: redeem me, and be
Lord? him shall he teach in the way merciful unto me.
that he shall choose. 12 My foot standeth in an even
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and place: in the congrégations wiU I bless
his seed shall inherit the earth. the Lord.
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PSALM 27 thou be silent to me, 1 become like

them that go down into the pit.
A Psalm of David
2 Hear the voice of my supplica
THE Lord is my light and my sal- tions, when I cry unto thee, when I
vation; whom shall I fear? the lift up my hands toward thy holy
Lord is the strength of my life; of oracle.
whom shall I be afraid? 3 Draw me not away with the wick
2 When the wicked, even mine ene- ed, and with the workers of iniquity,
mies and my foes, came upon me to eat which speak peace to their neighbours,
up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. but mischief is in their hearts.
3 Though an host should encamp 4 Give them according to their
against me» my heart shall not fear: deeds, and according to the wicked-
though war should rise against me, in ness of their endeavours: give them
this will I be confident. after the work of their hands; render
4 One thing have I desired of the to them their desert.
Lord,that will I seek after;that I may 5 Because they regard not the
dwell in the house of the Lord ail the Works of the Lord, nor the opération
days of my life, to behold the beauty of of his hands, he shall destroy them,
the Lord,and to enquire in his temple. and not build them up.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall 6 Blessed be the Lord, because he
hide me in his pavilion: in the secret hath heard the voice of my supplica
of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he tions.
shall set me up upon a rock. 7 The Lord is my strength and my
6 And now shall mine head be lifted shield; my heart trusted in him, and I
up above mine enemies round about am helped: therefore my heart greatly
me: therefore will I offer in his taber rejoiceth; and with my song will I
nacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, praise him.
I will sing praises unto the Lord. 8 The Lord is their strength, and he
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with is the saving strength of his anointed.
my voice: have mercy also upon me, 9 Save thy people, and bless thine
and answer me. inheritance: feed them also, and lift
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; them up for ever.
my heart said unto thee, Thy face,
Lord, will I seek. PSALM 29
9 Hide not thy face far from me;
A Psalm of David
put not thy servant away in ariger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty,
neither forsake me, O God of my sal- give unto the Lord glory and
vation. stren^h.
10 When my father and my mother 2 Give unto the Lord the glory due
forsake me, then the Lord will take unto his name; worship the Lord in
me up. the beauty of holiness.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the
lead me in à plain path, because of waters: the God of glory thundereth:
mine enemies. the Lord is upon many waters.
12 Deliver me not over unto the 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
will of mine enemies: for false wit- the voice of the Lord is fuU of maj-
nesses are risen up against me, and esty.
such as breathe out cruelty. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh
13 I had fainted, unless I had be- the cedars; yea,the Lord breaketh the
lieved to see the goodness of the Lord cedars of Lebanon.
in the land of the living. 6 He maketh them also to skip like
14 Wait on the Lord: be of good a calf; Lebanon and Sir'-i-on like a
courage, and he shall strengthen thine young unicom.
heart: Wait, I say, on the Lord. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth
the fiâmes of fire.
PSALM 28 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the
wildemess; the Lord shaketh the wil-
Psa/m of David
derness of Ka-desh.
UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my 9 The voice of the Lord maketh the
rock; be not silent to me: lest, if hinds to calve, and discovereth the
 PSALMS 30, 31 533

forests: and in his temple doth every 3 For thou art my rock and my
one speak of his glory. fortress; therefore for thy name's sake
10 The Lord sitteth upon the dood; lead me, and guide me.
yea, the Lord sitteth King for even 4 Pull me out of the net that they
11 The Lord will give strength unr have laid privily for me: for thou art
to his people; the Lord will bless bis my strength.
people with peace. 5 Into thine hand I commit my
spirit: thou hast redeemed me,O Lord
PSALM 30 God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard ly-
A Psalm ofid Song at the dedicatiion of ike ihg vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
house of David
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy
IWILL extol thee, O Lord;for thon mercy: for thou hast considered my
hast lifted me up, emd hast not trouble; thou hast known my soul in
made my foes to rejoice over me. adversities;
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto 8 And hast not shut me up into the
thee, and thou hast healed me. hand of the enemy: thou hast set my
3 O Lord,thou hast brought up my feet in a large room.
soul from the grave: thou hast kept 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord,
me alive, that I should not go down to for I am in trouble: mine eye is con-
the pit. sumed with grief, yea my soul and my
4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints belly.,
of his, and g^ve thanks at the remem- 10 For my life is spent with grief,
brance of his holiness. and my years with sighing: my
5 For his anger endureth but a mo strength faileth because of mine in-
ment; in his favour is life: weeping iquity, and my bones are consumed.
may endure for a night, but joy com- 11 I was a reproach among ail mine
eth in the morning. enemies, but especially among my
6 And in my prosperity I said, I neighbours, and a fear to mine ac-
shall never be moved. quaintance: they that did see me with-
7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast out fied from me.
made my mountain to stand strong: 12 I am forgotten as a dead man
thou didst hide thy face, and I was out of mind: 1 am like a broken vessel.
troubled. 13 For I have heard the slander of
8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto many: fear was on every side: while
the Lord I made supplication* they took counsel together against me,
9 What profit is there in my blood, they devised to take away my life.
when I go down to the pit? Shall the 14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: 1
dust praise thee? shall it déclaré thy sedd, Thou art my God.
truth? 15 My times are in thy hand: de
10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy liver me from the hand of mine ene
upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. mies, and from them that persécute
11 Thou hast turned for me my me.
mourning into dancing: thou hast put 16 Makè thy face to shine upon
off my sackcloth, and girded me with thy servant: save me for thy merdes*
gladness; sake.
12 To the end that my glory may 17 Let me not be ashamed,O Lord;
sing praise to thee, suid not be silent. for I have called upon thee: let the
O Lord my God, I will give thanks wicked be ashamed, and let them be
unto thee for ever. silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to si
PSALM 3;I lence; which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously against
To the chief Musician, A Psalm ofDavid
the righteous.
IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; 19 Oh how great is thy goodness,
let me never be ashamed: deliver which thou hast laid up for them that
me in thy righteousness. feai thee; which thou hast wrought for
2 Bow down thine ear to me; de them that trust in thee before the sons
liver me speedily: be thou my strong of men!
rock, for an house of defence to save 20 Thou shalt hide them in the se
me. cret of thy presence from the pride of
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man; thou shalt keep them secretly in
a pavillon from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath
shewed me his marvellous kindness in
a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste» I am eut
oïf from before thine eyes: neverthe-
less thou heardest the voice of my sui>-
plications when 1 cried unto thee.
23 O love the Lord,ail ye his saints:
for the Lord preserveth the faithful,
and plentifully rewardeth the proud and ail his works are done in truth.
doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall ment: the earth is full of the goodness
strengthen your heart, ail ye that hope of the Lord.
in the Lord.
PSALM 32
A PsaJm of David, Maschil
Blessed is he whase transgression
is forgiven, whase sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the
Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones
waxed old through my roaring ail the
day long,
4 For day and night thy hand was
heavy upon me: my moisture is tumed
into the drought of summer. Se-lah.
5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee,
and mine iniquity have I not hid. 1
said, I will confess my transgressions
unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the
iniquity of my sin. Se-lah.
6 For this shall every one that is
godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mâyest be found: surely in the
floods of great waters they shall not
come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding place; thou
shalt preserve me from trouble; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of
deliverance. Se-lah.
8 1 will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt go: I will
guide thee with mine èye.
9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the
mule, which havé no understanding:
whose mouth must be held in with bit
and bridle, lest they come near unto
thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked: but he thàt trusteth in the
Lord, mercy shall compass him
about.
11 Be glad in the Lord,and rejoice,
ye righteous: and shout for joy, ail ye
that are upright in heart.
PSALM 33
Rejoice in the Lord, o ye right
eous: for praise is comely for the
upright.
2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing
unto him with the psaltery and an in
strument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play
skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the Lord is right;
5 He loveth righteousness and judg-
6 By the word of the Lord were the
heavens made;and ail the host of them
by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea
together as an heap: he layeth up the
depth in storehouses.
8 Let ail the earth fear the Lord:
let ail the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done; he
commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The Lord bringeth the counsel
of the heathen to nought: he maketh
the devices of the people of none ef-
fect.
11 The counsel of the Lord stand-
eth for ever, the thoughts of his heart
to ail générations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord: and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The Lord looketh from heaven;
he beholdeth ail the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation
he looketh upon ail the inhabitants of
the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike;
he considereth ail their works.
16 There is no king saved by the
multitude of an host: a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safe-
ty: neither shall he deliver àny by his
great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is
upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death,
and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord:
he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in
him, because we have trusted in his
holy namé.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon
us, according as we hope in thee.
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they that hate the righteous shall be

PSALM 34 desolate.
A PsaJm of Davidj when he changed his be- 22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of
havîour before Abimelech; who drove him his servants: and none of them that
away,and he departed trust in him shall be desolate.
IWILL bless the Lord at ail times:
his praise shall continually be in my PSALM 35
mouth.
A Psalm of David .
2 My soul shall make her boast in
the Lord: the humble shall hear therc- PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with
of, and be glad. them that strive with me: fight
3 O magnify the Lord with me,and against them that fight against me.
let us exalt his name together. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler,
4 I sought the Lord, and he heard and stand up for mine help.
me, and delivered me from ail my 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop
fears. the way against them that persécute
5 They looked unto him, and were me: say unto my soul, I am thy sal-
lightened: and their faces were not vation.
ashamed. 4 Let them be confounded and put
6 This poor man cried, and the to shame that seek after my soul: let
Lord heard him,and saved him eut of them be turned back and brought to
ail his troubles. confusion that devise my hurt.
7 The angel of the Lord encampeth 5 Let them be as chaff before the
round about them that fear him, and wind: and let the angel of the Lord
delivereth them. chase them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is 6 Let their way be dark and slip-
good: blessed is the man that trusteth pery: and let the angel of the Lord
in him. persécuté them.
9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for 7 For without cause have they hid
there is no want to them that fear him. for me their net in a pit, which without
10 The young lions do lack, and suf- cause they have digged for my soul.
fer hunger: but they that seek the 8 Let destruction come upon him at
Lord shall not want any good thing, unawares; and let his net that he hath
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto hid catch himself: into that very de
me: I will teach you the fear of the struction let him fall.
Lord. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the
12 What man is he that desireth life, Lord: it shall rejoiçe in his salvation,
and loveth many days, that he may 10 AU my bones shaU say, Lord^^
see good? who is like unto thee, which deUverest
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and the poor from him that is too strong
thy lips from speaking guile. for him, yea, the poor and the needy
14 Départ from evil, and do good; from him that spoileth him?
seek peace, and pursue it. 11 False witnessses did rise up;they
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon laid to my charge things that 1 kneW
the righteous, and his ears are open not.
unto their cry. 12 They rewarded me evil for good
16 The face of the Lord is against to the spoiling of my soul.
them that do evil, to eut ofî the re- 13 But as for me, when they wer0
membrance of them from the earth. sick, my clothing was sackcloth: 1
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord humbled my soul with fasting; and my
heareth, and delivereth them out of prayer returned into mine own bosom^
ail their troubles. 14 I behaved myself as though hé
18 The Lord is nigh unto them that. had been my friend or brother: I bowed
are of a broken heart; and saveth such down heavUy^ as one that moumeth
as be of a contrite spirit. for his mother.
19 Many are the afflictions of the 15 But in mine adversity they re-
righteous: but the Lord delivereth joiced, and gathered them^elves to*
him out of them ail. gether: yea,the abjects gathered them^
20 He keepeth ail his bones: not one selves together against me,and I knew
of them is broken, it not; they did tear me, suid ceased
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and not:
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16 With hypocritîcal mockers in 5 Thy mercy,0 Lord,isin the heav-
feasts, they gnashed upon me with ens; and thy faithfulness reacheth un
their teeth, to the clouds.
17 Lord, how long wilt thon look 6 Thy righteousness is like the
on? rescue my soul from their destruc great moimtains; thy judgments are a
tions, my darling from the lions. great deep: O Lord, thou preservest
18 I will give thee thanks in the man and beast.
great congrégation: I will praise thee 7 How excellent is thy lovingkind-
among much people. ness, O Godl therefore thé diildren of
19 Let not them that are mine erie- men put their trust imder the shadow
mies wrongfully rejoice over me: nei- of thy wings.
ther let them wink with the eye that 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied
hate me without a cause. with the fatness ofthy house;and thou
20 For they speak not peace: but shalt make them drink of the river of
they devise deceitful matters against thy pleasures.
them that are quiet in the land. 9 For with thee is the fountaih bf
21 Yéa, they opened their mouth life: in thy light shall we sée light.
wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, 10 O continue thy lovingkindness
our eye hath seen it* unto them that know thee; ând thy
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: righteousness to the uprig^t in heart.
keep not silence: O Lord, be not far 11 Let not the foot of pride comé
from me. against me,and let not the hand ofthe
23 Stir up thyself, and aip^e to my wicked remove me.
judgment, even unto my cause, my 12 There are the workers ofiniquity
God and my Lord. fallen: they are cast down, and shall
24 Judge me, O Lord my God, ac- not be able to rise.
cording to thy righteousness; and let
them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts. PSALM 37
Ah, so would we have it: let them not A Psalm of David
say, Wé have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and Fret not thyself because of evil-
brought to confusion together that re doers, neither be thou ehvious
joice at mine hurt:let them be clothed against the Workers of iniqui^.
with shame and dishonour that mag- 2 For they shall soon be ciït down
nify themselves against me. like the grass, and wither as the gréen
27 Let them shout for joy, and be herb.
glad, that favour my righteous cause: 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
yea, let them say continually, Let the so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
Lord be magnitied, which hath pleas- verily thou shalt be fed.
ure in the prosperity of his servant. 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord;
28 And my tongue shall speak of and he shall give thee the desires of
thy righteousness and ôf thy praise ail thine heart.
the day long. 5 Commit thy way imto thé Lord;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it
PSALM 36 to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy right
To the chief Musidan, A Psaîm of,David the eousness as the light, and thy judg
servant of die Lord
ment as the nooiidayi
The transgression of the wicked 7 Rest in thé Lord, and wait pa-
tiently for him: fret not thyself be
sâith within my heart, that there is
no fear of God before his eyes. cause of him who prospereth in his
2 For he flattereth hiraself in his way, because of the man who bringeth
own eyes, until his iniquity be found wicked deviceS to pass.
to be hateful. 8 Cease from anger, smd forsake
3 The words of his mouth are in wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to
iquity aïiû deceit: he hath left dtf to do evil.
be wise, and to do good. 9 For evildoers shall be eut off: but
4 He deviseth mischîef upon his those that wait Upon the Lord, they
bed; he sètteth himself in a way that is shall inherit the earth.
not good; he abhorreth not evil. 10 For yet a llttie while, and the
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wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt speaketh wisdom,and his tongue talk-
tliligently consider Ws, place, and eth of judgmént.
shall noibe. 31 The law of his God is in his
11 But the meek shall inherit the heart; none of his steps shall slide.
earth; and shall delight themselves in 32 The wicked watcheth the right
the abundance of peace. eous, and seeketh to slay him.
12 The wicked plotteth ag^st the 33 The Lord will not leave him in
just, and gnasheth upori him with his his hand, nor condenm him when he is
teeth. judged.
Ï3 The Lord shall laugh at him: for 34 Wait on the Lord,and keep his
he seeth that his day is coming. way, and he shaU exalt thee to inherit
14 The wicked have drawn.out the the land: when the wicked are eut oâf,
sword, and have bent their bow, to thou shall see it.
cast down the poor and needy, and to 35 I have seen the wicked in great
slay such as be of upright conversa power, and spreading himself like a
tion. green bay tree.
15 Their sword shall enter into thçîr 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he
own heart, and their bows shall be was not: yea, I sought him, but he
broken. could not be found.
16 A Uttle that a righteous man 37 Mark the perfect man, and be-
hath is better than the riches ôf mahy hold thé upright: for the end pf that
wicked. man is peace.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall 38 But the transgressors shall be de-
be broken: but the Lord upholdeth stroyed together: the end ofihe wicked
the righteous. shall be eut off.
18 The Lord knoweth thé days of 39 But the sàlvation of the right
the upright: and their inheritance shall eous is of the Lord: he is their strength
be for ever. in the time of trouble.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the 40 And the Lord shàll help them,
evil time: and in the days of famine suid deliver them: he shall deliver
tiiey shall be satisfied. them from the wicked,and save them»
20 But the wicked shall perish, and because they trust in him.
the enemies of the Lord shall be as the
fat of lambs: they shall consume; into PSALM 38 _
smoke shall they consume away.
21 The wicked borroweth, and pay- A Psalm of David, to bring to remembianœ
eth not again: but the righteous shew- LORD, rebuke mê not in thy
eth mercy, and givéth. wrath: neither chasten me in thy
22 For such as he blessed of him hot displeasure.
shall inherit the earth; and they that be 2 For thine arrows stick fast in mp,
cursed of him shall be eut off. and thy hand presseth me sore.
23 The steps of a good man are or-» 3 There is no soundness in my hesh
dered by the Lord: and he delighteth because of thine anger; neither is there
in his way. any test in my bones because of my
24 Though he fall, he shall not bé sin.
utterly cast down: for the Lord up 4 For mine ihiquîtles are gone.over
holdeth him with his hand. mine héad: as ap heàvy burden they
25 I have been young, and now am are too heavy for me.
pld; yet have I nqt seen the righteoi^s 5 My wpunds stink àrid are corrupt
forsaken, nor his seed beggihg bréad. because 6f iny foolishness.
26 He is ever merciful, and lehdeth; 6 I am troubled; I am bôw^ down
and his seed is blessed. greatly; I go moUming ail the day
27 Départ from evil, and do gopd; long.
and dwell for evermore. 7 For my loîns are fiUed with a
28 For thé Lord loveth judgmént, loathsome disease: and there is no
and forsaketh.not his saints; they are soundness in my flesh.
preserved for ever: but the sèeà of the 8 I ani féeble, and sore broken: I
wicked shall be eut off. have roared by ireason of the disqtiiet-
29 The righteous shall inherit the nesspf my heart.
land, and dwell therein for ever. 9 Lord, ail my désire is before thee;
30 The mouth of the righteous and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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10 My heart panteth, my strength vain shew: surely they are disquieted
faileth me: as for the light of mine in vain: he heapeth up riches, and
eyes» it also is gone from me. knoweth not who shall gather them.
11 My levers and my friends staiid 7 And now. Lord, what wait I for?
aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen iny hojpe is in thee.
stand afar off. 8 Deliver me from ail my transgres
12 They also that seék after my life sions: make me not the reproach of the
lay snares for me: and they that seek foolish.
my hurt speak mischievous things,and 9 I was dumb, I opened not my
imagine deceits ail the day long. mouth; because thou didst it.
13 But I, as a deaf Ynan, heard not; 10 Remove thy stroke away from
and I was as a dumb man that openeth me: I am consumed by the blow of
not his mouth. thine hand.
14 Thus I was ais a man that hear- 11 When thou with rebukes dost
eth not,and in whose mouth are no re- correct man for iniquity, thou makest
proofs. his beauty to consume away like a
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: moth: surely every man is vanity.
thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. Se-lah.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest other- 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and
wise they should rejoice over me: when give ear unto my cry; hold not thy
my foot slippeth, they magnify them- peace at my tears: for I am a stranger
sélves against me. with thee, and a sojoumer, as ail my
17 For I am ready to hait, and my fathers were.
sorrow is continually before me. 13 O spare me, that I may recover
18 For I will déclaré mine iniquity; strength, before I go hence, and be no
1 will be sorry for my sln. more.
19 But mine enemies are lively,and PSALM 40
they are strong: and they that hate me
wrongfully are multiplied. To the chief Musidan,A Psalm of David
20 They also that render evil for IWAITED patiently for the Lord;
good are mine adversaries; because I and he inclined unto me,and heard
follow the thing that good is. my cry.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my 2 He brought me up also out of an
God, be not far from me. horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord set my féet upon a rock, and estab-
my salvation. lished iny goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my
PSALM 39 mouth, even praise unto our God:
many shall see it, and fear, and shall
To the chief Musidan, even to Jeduthun, trust in the Lord.
A Psalm of David
4 Blessed is that man that maketh
ISAID,I will take heed to my ways, the Lord his trust, and respecteth not
the proud, nor such as tum aside to
that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle, lies.
while the wicked is before me. 5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy
2 I was dumb with silence, I held wonderful works which thou hast done,
my peace,even from good;and my sor and thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
row was stirred. they cannot be reckoned up in order
3 My heart was hot within me, unto thee: if I would déclaré and speak
while I was musing the fire bumed: of them, they are more than can be
then spake I with my tongue, numbered.
4 Lord, make me to know mine 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst
end, and the measure of my days, not desire; mine ears hast thou opened:
what it is: that I may know how frail bumt offering and sin offering hast
I am, thou not required.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the
as an handbreadth; and mine âge is as volume of the book it is written of me,
nothing before thee: verily every man 8 I delight to do thy will, O my
at his best state is altogether vanity. God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Se'-lah. 9 I have preached righteousness in
6 Surely every man walketh in a the great congrégation: lo, I have not
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refrained my lips, O Lord,thou know- 8 An evil diseâse, say they, cleaveth

est. fast unto him: and now that he lieth he
10 I have not hid thy righteousness shall rise up no more.
within my heart; I have declared thy 9 Yea, mine own familiar fripnd, in
faithfulness and thy salvation: I have whom I trusted, which did eat of my
not concealed thy lovingkindness and bread, hath lifted up his heel against
thy truth from the great congrégation, me.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender 10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful
mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lov unto me, and raise me up, that I may
ingkindness and thy truth contihually requite them.
preserve mè. 11 By this I know that thou favour-
12 For innumerable evils have com- est me, because mine enemy doth not
passed me about: mine iniquities have triumph over me.
taken hold upon me, so that I am not 12 And as for me, thou upholdest
able to look up;they are more than the mè in miné integrity, and settest me
hairs pf mine head: therefore my heart before thy fàcè for ever.
faileth me, 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Is
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver raël from everlasting, and to éverlast-
me: O Lord, make haste to help me. ing. Amen, and Amen.
14 Let them be ashamed and con-
founded together that seek after my PSALM 42
soul to destroy it; let them be driven
To the chief Musidan, Maschil, for the sons
backward and put to shame that wish of Korah
me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a re- AS the hart panteth after the water
ward of their shame that say unto me, /\ brooks, so panteth my soul after
Aha, aha. thee, O God.
16 Let ail thpse that seek thee re- 2 My soul thirsteth for God,fpr the
joice and be glad in thee: let such as living God: when shall I come and ap-
love thy salvation say continually, pear before God?
The Lord be magnified. 3 My tears have been my meat day
_ 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the and night, while thèy continually say
Lord thinketh uppn me: thou art my unto me, Where is thy God?
help and my deliverer; make no tarry- 4 When I remember these things, I
ing, O my God, pour out my soul in me:for I had gone
with the multitude, I werit with them
PSALM 41 to the hoïise of God, with the Voice of
joy and pràise, with a multitude that
To the chief Musidan, A Psalm of David kept holyday.
BLÊSSED is he that considereth the
poor: the Lord will deliver him in
5 Why art thou cast dpwn, O my
soul? and why art thou disquieted in
time of trouble. me? hope thou in Gpd: for 1 shall yet
2 The Lord will preserve him, and praise him for the help of his coun-
keep him alive; and he shall be blessed tenance.
upon the earth: and thou wilt not de 6 O my God, ihy soul is cast down
liver him unto the will of his enemies. within mé: therefore will I reinember
3 The Lord will strengthen him up thee from the land of Jordan, and of
on the bed of languishing: thou wilt the Her-mon-ites,from the hîU Mi-zar.
make ail his bed in his sickness. 7 Deep calleth Unto deep àt the
4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: noise of thy watêrspouts: ail thy wayes
heal my soul;for I have sinnëd against and thy billows are gprie ovèr me.
thee. S Yet the Lord will command his
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, lovingkindness in thé daytime, and in
When shall he die,and his name perish? the night his song shall he with me,and
6 And if he come to see me, he my prayer unto the God of my life.
speakéth vanity: his héart gathereth 9 I whl sày ùnto God my rock, Why
iniquity to itself; when he goeth hast thou forgottéh me? why go I
âbroàd, he telleth it. mourning becausè of thé oppression of
7 Ail that hate me whisper together the ehemy?
against me: against me do they devise 10 As with a sword in my bonés,
my hurt. mine enemies reproach me; while they
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say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 9 But thou hast cast olf, and put us
II Why art thou cast down, O my to shame; and goest not forth with our
soul? and why art thou disquieted armies.
within me? hope thou in God: for 1 10 Thou makest us to tum back
shall yet praise him, who is the health from the enemy: and they which hate
of my coimtenance, and my God» us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast g^ven us likesheepap-
PSALM 43 pointed for meat; and hast scattered us
TGDGE me, O God, and plead my among the heathen»
J cause against an ungodly nation: O 12 Thou sellest thy people for
deliver me from the deceitful and un- nought, and dost not increase thy
just man» wealth by their price.
2 For thou art the God of my 13 Thou makest us a reproach to
strength: why dost thou cast me ofî? our neighbours, a scom and a dérision
why go 1 mouming because of the op to them that are round about us.
pression of the enemy? 14 Thou makest us a byword among
3 O send out thy light and thy the heathen, a shaking of the head
truth: let them lead me;let them bring among the people.
me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tab 15 My confusion is continually be-
ernacles» fore me, and the shame of my face
4 Then will I go unto the altar of hath covered me,
God,unto God my exceeding joy: yea, 16 For the voice of him that re-
upon the harp will I praise thee,O God proacheth and blasphemeth; by reason
my God» of the enemy and avenger.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my 17 AU this is come upon us; yet
soul? and why art thou disquieted have we not forgotten thee, neither
within me? hope in God:for I shall yet have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
praise him, who is the health of my 18 Our heart is not turhed back,
coimtenance, and my God» neither have our steps declined from
thy way;
PSALM 44 19 Though thou hast sore broken us
in the place of dragons,and covered us
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, with the shadow of death.
Maschil
20 If we have forgotten the name of
WEGod,
haveourheard with our ears, O
fathers have told us,
our God, or stretched out our hands to
a strange god;
whai work thou didst in their days, in 21 Shall not Gk)d search this out?
thé times of old. for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
2 How thou didst drive out the 22 Yea,for thy sake are we kiUed aU
heathen with thy hand, and plantedst the day long; we are counted as sheep
them;how thou didst atïlict the people, for the slaughter.
and cast them out. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O
3 For they got not the land in pos Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
session by their own sword, neither did 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
their own arm save them: but thy and forgettest our affliction and our
right hand, and thine arm, and the oppression?
light of thy coimtenance, because thou 25 For our soul is bowed down to
hadst a favour unto them» the dust: our beUy cleaveth unto the
4 Thou art my King, O God: com- earth.
mand deliverances for Jacob. 26 Arise for our help,and redeem us
5 Through thee will we push down for thy mercies' sake»
our enemies: through thy name will
we tread them uhder that rise up PSALM 45
against us.
6 For I will not trust in iny bow, To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim,for
the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves
neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our MY heart is inditing a good matter:
enemies, and hast put them to shame I speak of the things which I
that hated us. have made touching the king: my
8 In God we boast ail the day long, tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
and praise thy name for ever. Se-lah. 2 Thou art fairer than the chUdren
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of men: grâce is poured into thy lips: 2 Therefore wUl not we fear, though
therefore God hath blessed thee for the earth be removed, and though the
ever. mountains be carried into the midst of
3 Gird thy sword uponihy thigh, O the sea;
most mighty, with thy glory and thy 3 Though the waters thereof roar
majesty. and be troubled, though the mountains
4 And in thy majesty ride prosper- shake with the swelling thereof. Se"-
ously because of truth and meekness lah.
and righteousness; and thy right hand 4 There is a river, the streams
shall teach thee terrible things. whereof shaU make glad the city of
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the God, the holy place of the tabernacles
heart of the king's enemies; wheréby of the most High.
the people fall under thee, 5 God is in the midst of her; she
6 Thy throne,O God,is for ever and shall not be moved: God shall help her,
ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a and that right early.
right sceptre. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and were moved: he uttered his voice, the
hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy earth melted.
God,hath anointed thee with the oil of 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the
gladness above thy fellows. God of Jacob is our refuge. Se-lah.
8 AU thy garments smell of myrrh, 8 Come, behold the works of the
and aloes, and cassia, ont of the ivory Lord, what désolations he hath made
palaces, whereby they have made thee in the earth.
glad. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the
9 Kings* daughters were among thy end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,
honourable women: upon thy right and cutteth the spear in sunder; he
hand did stand the queen in gold of bumeth the chariot in the fire.
O-phir. 10 Be stiU, and know that I am
10 Hearken, O daughter, and con- God: I wUl be exalted among the hea
sider, and incUne thine ear; forget also then, I will be exalted in the earth.
thine own people, and thy father's 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the
house; God of Jacob is our refuge. Se-lah.
11 So shall the king greatly desire
thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and PSALM 47
worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shaU Tb the diîef Musicîan, A Psalm for the sons
of Korah
he there with a gift; even the rich among
the people shall intreat thy favour. OCLAP your hands, ail ye people;
13 The king's daughter is ail glori- shout unto God with the voice of
ous within; her clothing is of wrought triumph.
gold. 2 For the» Lord most high is ter
14 She shaU be brought imto the rible; he is a great King over ail the
king in raiment of needlework: the vir- earth.
gins her companions that foUow her 3 He shall subdue the people under
shaU be brought unto thee. us, and the nations under our feet.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shaU 4 He shall choose our inheritance
they be brought: they shall enter into for us, the excellency of Jacob whom
the king's palace. he loved. Se-lah.
16 Instead of thy fathers shaU be 5 Grod is gone up with a shout, the
thy dtuldren, whom thou mayest make Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
princes in ail the earth. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises:
17 I will make thy name to be re- sing praises unto our King, sing
membered in ail générations: therefore praises.
shall the people praise thee for ever 7 For Grod is the King of ail the
and ever. earth: sing ye praises with understand-
ing.
PSALM 46
8 God reigneth over the heathen:
To the chief Musicîan for the sons of Korah, Grod sitteth upon the throne of his holi-
A Song upon Alamoth ness.
God is our refuge and strength, a 9 The princes of the people are
very présent help in trouble. gathered together, even the people of
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the God of Abraham; for the shields of days of evil, when the iniquity of my
the earthhélong unto God: he is greatly heels shall compass me about?
exalted, 6 They that trust in their wealth,
and bbast themselves in the multitude
PSALM 48 of their riches;
A Song àhd Psalm for the sons of Koràh 7 None of them can by any means
GREÀT is the Lord,and greatly to
be pralsed in the city of our God,
redeem his brother, nor ^ve to God a
ransom for him:
8 (For the rédemption of their soul
in the mountain of his holiness.
is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
2 BeautifuI for situation, the joy of
9 That he should still live for ever,
the whole earth, is mouht Zion, on the
and not see corruption.
sides of the north, the city of the great
King.
10 For he seeth that wise men die,
3 God is known in her palaces for a likewise the fool and the brutish per-
refuge. son perish, and leave their wealth to
4 For, l'o, the kings were assembled, others.
they passed by together.
11 Their inward thought is, that
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; their houses shall continue for ever,and
they were troubied, and hasted away. their dwelling places to ail générations;
they call their lands after their own
6 Fear took hold upon them there,
names.
and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tar- 12 Nevertheless man heing in hon-
our abideth not: he is like the beasts
shish with an east wind.
that perish.
8 As we have heard,so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,in the
13 This their way is their folly: yet
city of our God: God will establish it
their posterity approve their sayings.
Se-lah.
for ever. Se-lah.
9 We have thought of thy loving- 14 Like sheep they are laid in the
grave; death shall feed on them; and
kindness, O God, in the midst of thy
the upright shall have dominion over
temple.
10 According to thy name, O God,
them iruthe morning; and their beauty
so is thy praise unto the ends of the shall consume in the grave from their
dwelling.
earth: thy right hand is full of right-
eousness.
15 But God will redeem my soul
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the
from the power of the grave: for he
shall receive me. Se-lah.
daughters of Judah be glad, because of
16 Be not thou afraid when one is
tiiy judgments.
made rich, when the glory of his house
12 Walk about Zion, and go round is increased;
about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, con-
Tj For when he dieth he shall carry
nothing away: his glory shall not de
sider her palaces; that ye may tell it to
scend after him.
the génération following.
18 Though while he lived he blessed
14 For this God is our God for ever
his soul: and men will praise thee,
and ever: he will be our guide even unto
when thou doest well to thyself.
death.
19 He shall go to the génération of
PSALM 49 his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour,and under-
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons standeth not, is like the beasts that
ofKorah
perish.
HEAR this, ail ye people; give ear, PSALM 50
all yc inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, A Psalm of Asaph
together. The mighty God, even the Lord,
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; hath spoken, and called the earth
and the méditation of my heart shall from the rising of the sun unto the
te of understanding. going down thereof.
4 I will incline mine ear to a par- 2 Ont of Zion, the perfection of
able: I will open my dark saying upon beauty, God hath shined.
the harp. 3 Our God shall come,and shall not
5 Wherefope should I fear in the keep silence: a fire shall devour before
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him, and it shall be very tempestuous

round about him. PSALM 51
4 He shall call to the heavens from To the chief Musidan, A Psalm of David»
above, and to the earth, that he may when Nathan the prophet came unto himj
judge his people. after he had gone in to Bath-sheba
5 Gather my saints together unto HAVE mercy upon me» O God, ac-
me; those that have made a covenant cording to thy lovingkindness:
with me by sacrifice. according unto the multitude of thy
6 And the heavens shall dedare his tender mercies blot out my transgres
righteousness: for God is judge him- sions.
self. Se-lah. 2 W^h me throughly from mine in-
7 Hear, O my people, and I will iquity» and deanse me from my sin.
speak; O Israël» and I will testify 3 For I acknpwledge my transgres
against thee: I am God» even thy God. sions: and my sin is ever before me.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sac 4 Against thee» thee only» have I
rifices or thy bumt offerings» to have sinned» and done fiiis evil in thy sig^t:
bcen continually before me. that thou mightest be Justified when
9 1 will take no buUock ont of thy thou speakest» and be dear when thou
house» nor he goats out of thy folds. judgest.
10 For every beast of the forest is 5 Behold» 1 was shapen in iniquity;
mine» and the cattle upon a thousand and in sin did my mother concelve me.
hills. 6 Behold» thou desirest truth in the
11 I know ail the fowls of the moun- inwjard parts: and in the hidden part
tains: and the wild beasts of the field thou shalt make me to^ know wisdom.
are mine. 7 Purge me with hyssop» and I shaU
12 If I were hungry» I would not tell be dean: wash me» and I shall be whit-
thee:for the world is mine» and the ful- er than snow.
ness thereof. 8 Makeme tohearjoy wdgladness;
13 Will I eat the fiesh of bulls» or that the bones which thou hast broken
drink the blood of goats? may rejoice.
14 Olfer imto God thanksgiving; 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and
and pay thy vows unto the most High: blot out ail mine iniquities.
15 And call upon me in the day of 10 Create in me a dean heart» O
trouble: I will deliver thee» and thou God; and renew a right spirit within
shalt glorify me. me.
16 But unto the wicked God saiih» 11 Cast me not away from thy prés
What hast thou to do to déclaré my ence;and take not thy holy spirit from
statutes» or that thou shouldest take me.
my covenant in thy mouth? 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction» salvation; and uphold me with thy free
and casteth my words behind thee^ spirit.
18 When thou sawest a thief» then 13 Then will I teach transgressors
thou consentedst with him» and hast thy ways; and sinners shall be con-
been partaker with adulterers. verted unto thee.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil» 14 Deliver me from bloodguilti-
and thy tongue frameth deceit. ness, O God, thou God of my salva
20 Thou sittest and speakest against tion: and my tongue shall sing aloud
thy brother; thou slanderest thine own of thy righteousness.
mother's son. 15 O Lord» open thou my lips; and
21 These fhings hast thou done» and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice;
was altogether such an one as thyself: else would I give it: thou delightest not
but l will reprove thee» and set them in in bumt offering.
order before thine eyes. 17 The sacrifices of God are a bro
22 Now consider this» ye that forget ken spirit: a broken and a contrite
God» lest I tear you in pieCes» and heart» O God» thou wilt not despise.
ihere be none to deliver. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure un
23 Whoso oifereth praise glorifieth to Zion: build thou the walls of Jem-
me: and to him that ordereth his con salem.
versation aright will I shew the salva- 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with
tlon of God. the sacrifices of righteousness, with
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tmmt offering and whole bumt offer- tered the bonés of hini that encampeth
ing:then shall they offer biiUocks upon against thee: thou hast put them to
fhinealtar. shame, because God hath despised
thèm.
PSALM 52 6 Oh that the salvation bf Israël
were corne out of Zion! When God
To the chief Musician» Maschil, A Psalm of
bringeth back the captivity of his peo
David, whçn Dpeg the Edomite came and ple, Jacob shall rejoice,and Israël shall
told Saii],and said pnto him, David is come to be^lad,
the house of Ahimeiech
WHY boastest thou thyself in
miscfaief, O mighty man? thé
PSALM 54
goôdhess bf God endureth continually, To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil,
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. and said to Saul, Doth not David hide him
3 Thoù lovest evil mote than good; self with us?
and lying rather than to speak right- SAVE me,O God, by thy name,and
eousness. SeMah. judge me by thy strength.
4 Thou lovest ail devouclng words, 2 Hear my prayér, O God; give ear
O fhou deceitful tongue, to the words of my mouth.
5 Gbd shaU likewise destroy theè 3 For strangers are risen up against
for eveir, he shall take thee away, and me,and oppressors seek after my soul:
pluck thee ont bf thy dwelling place, they have not set God before them,
and root thee out bf the land of the Se'-lah.
living, Se-lah. 4 Behold, God is mine helper: the
6 The righteous alsb shall see, and Lord is with them that uphold my
fear, and shall laugh at him: sbul.
7 Lo, this is the man tKiflf made liot 5 He shall reward evil unto mine
God his strength; but trusted in the ehemies: eut them off in thy truth.
abundance of his riches, and strength- 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I
ened himself in Ms wickedness. will pKiise thy name, G Lorô; for it is
8 But I am like a green blivé tree in good. ■
the house of God: I trust in the mercy 7 For he'hath delivered me out of
of God for ever and ever. àû trouble: and mine eye hath seen his
9 I will praise thee for ever, because desire upon mine enemies.
thou hast doile it: and I will Wciit on
thy name; for U is good before thy PSALM 55
saints,
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil,
PSALM 53 A Psalm of David

To the diief Musician upon Mahalath,

Give ear to my prayér,O God;and
hide nbt thyself from my suppli
Maschil, A Psalm of David cation.
The fool hath said in his heart, 2 Attend imto me, and hear me: X
There is no God. Corrupt are they, moum in my complaint, and make a
and have done abominable iniquity: noise;
fhere is none that doeth good. 3• Because of the voice ofthe enemy,
2 God looked down froiii heaven up because of thé oppression of the wick-
on the diildren of men, to see if there ed:for they cast iniquity upon me,and
were any that did understand,that did in wrath thèy hate me.
seek God. 4 My heart is sore pained within
3 Evéry one of them is gone back: me: and the terrors of death are fallen
they are altogether become filthy; upon me.
fhere is none that doeth good, no, not 5 Fearfulness and tremblîng are
one, corne upon me, and horror hath over-
4 Have the workers of iniquity no iyhelmed me.
knowledge? who eat up my people as 6 And I said. Oh that I had wings
they eat bread: they have not called like a dove! for then woiild I fiy away,
upon God. and be at rest.
5 There were they in great fear, 7 Lo,' then would I wander far off,
<where no fear was: for God hath scat- and remain in the wildemess. Se-lah.
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8 I woiild hasten my escape from 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow

the windy storm and témpest. me up: for they be many that fight
9 Destroy, O Lord,and dîvîde their against me, Ô thou most High.
tong^es: for I have seen violeiice and 3 Whattime 1 amafrald,1 willtrust
strife in the city* in thee.
10 Day and night they gd about it 4 In Gtod 1 will praise his word, in
upon the walls thereof: inischief also God 1 have put my trust; I will not
and sorrow are in the midst of it. fear what ilesh can do unto me.
11 Wickednessis in the midst there 5'Every day they wrest my words:
of: deceit and guile départ not from ail their thoughts are against me for
her streets. evil.
12 For U was not an enemy that re- 6 They gather themselves together,
proadied me;then I could have home they hide themselves, they niark my
U: neither was U he that hatedme fhat steps, when they wait for my soul.
did magnify himsélf against me; then 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in
X would have hid myself from him: thine anger cast down the people, O
13 But U was thou, a man mine God.
equal, my guide, and mine acquaint^ 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put
ance. thou my tears into thy bottle: are they
14 We took sweet counsel together^ not in thy book?
and walked imto the house of God in 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall
Company. mine enemies tum back: this I know;
15 Let death seize upon them, and for God is for me.
let them go down quick into hell: for 10 In God will I praise his word: in
wickedness is in their dwellings, and the Lord will 1 praise his word.
among them. 11 In God have I put my trust: I
16 As for me, 1 will call upon God; will not be afraid what man can do
and the Lord shall save me. unto me.
17 Evening, and moming, and at 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God:
noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and 1 will render praises imto thee.
he shall hear my voice. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul
18 He hath delivered my soul in from death: ii;i2t not ihou deliver my
peace from the battle that was against feet from falling, that I may walk be-
me:for there were many with me. fore God in the light of the living?
19 God shall hear, and afflict them,
even he that abideth of old. Se-lah. PSALM 57
Because they have no changes, there-
fore they fear not God. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam
of David, whén he fled from Saul in the cave
2Q He hath put forth his hands
against such as be at peace with him: Be merciful unto me, O God, be
he hath broken his covenant. merdful unto me: for my soul
21 The words of his mouth were trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of
smoother than butter, but war was in thy wings wiU I make my refuge, until
his heart: his words were softer than these calamities be overpast.
oil, yet were they drawn swords. 2 I will cry imto God most high; un
22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, to God that performeth ail things for
and he shall sustain thee: he shall me.
never suffer the righteous to be moved. 3 He shall send from heaven, and
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring save me from the réproach of him that
them down into the pit of destruction: would swallow me up. Se'-^lah. God
bloody.and deceitful men shall not live shall send forth his mercy and his
out half their days; but 1 will trust in truth.
thee. 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie
even among them that are set on fire,
PSALM 56 even the sons of men, whose teeth are
To the diief Musician upon Jonath-elemr-ie- spears and arrows, and their tongue a
chokim, J^chtam of David, when the Phîl- Sharp sword.
Istmes took him in Gath 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above
Be merdful unto me, Q God: for the heavens; let thy glory he above ail
man would swallow me up; he the earth.
iighting daily oppresseth me. 6 They have prepared a net for my
546 PSALMS 58, 59
çteps; my soul is bowed downt they
have digged a pit before me, into the
midst whereof they are fallen ihem^
selves» Se-lah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my
heart is fixed: 1 will sing and give
jpraise.
S Awake up, my glory; awake, psal-
tery and harp: I mysélf will awake
carly»
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among
the people: 1 will sing unto thee among
the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the
beavens, and thy truth imto the
ciouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens:Ici thy glory bc above ail
theearth.
PSALM 58
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam
of David
DOOyecongrégation?
indeed speakdofighteousness»
ye judge up-
rightly, O ye sons of men? mouth: swords arc in their lips: for
2 Yea,in heart ye work wickedness; who, say they, doth hear?
ye weigh the violence of your hands in 8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at
the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from
the womb: they go astray as soon as
they be bom, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of
a serpent: they are like the deaf adder
ihat stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the
Voice of charmers, charming never so
Wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God,in their
mouth: break ont the great teeth of
ifche young lions, O Lord.
7 Let them melt away as waters
which run continually: when he bend-
éth his bow to shoot his arrows,let them
be as eut in pièces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every
one ofthem pass away: like the untime-
iy birth of a woman,that they may not and let them make a noise like a dog,
isee the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the
thorns, he shall take them away as
with a whirlwind, both living, and in
fiis wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejbice when
he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash
his feet in the blôod of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily
there is ar>reward fot the righteous; veri
ly he is a God that judgeth in the
earth.
PSALM 59
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam
of David;: when Saul sent, and they watched
the house to kill him
DELIVER me from mine enemies,
O my God: defend me from them
that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of
iniquity, and save me from bloody
men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my
soul: the mighty are gathered against
me; not for my transgression, nor far
my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and préparé themselves
without my fault: awake to hèlp me,
and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of
hosts, the God of Israël, awake to visit
ail the heathen: be not merd^l to any
wicked transgressors. Se-lah.
6 They retum at evening: they
make a noise like a dog; and go round
about the city.
7 Behold, they belch ont with their
them; thou shalt have ail the heathen
in dérision.
9 Because o/his strength will I wait
upon thee: for God is my defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall pre-
vent me: God shall let me see my desire
upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people
forget: scatter them by thy power;and
bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and
the words of their lips let them even be
taken in their pride: and for cursing
and lying which they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath, con
sume thèm, that they may not be: and
let them know that God ruleth in Ja
cob unto the ends of the earth. Se-lah.
14 And at evening let them retum;
and go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down
for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea,
I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the
morning: for thou hast been my de
fence and refuge in the day of my
trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will
I sing: for God is my defence, and the
God of my mercy.
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6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life:

PSALM 60 and his years as many générations.
To the chief Musicîan upon Shushan-eduth, 7 He shall abide before God for
Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove ever: O préparé mercy and truth,
with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, which may preserve him.
when Joab retumed, and smote of Edom in 8 So will I sing praise unto thy
the Valley of sait twelve thousand name for ever, that I may daily per-
OGOD,thou hast cast us off, thou form my vows.
hast scattered us, thou hast been
PSALM 62
displeased; O tum thyself to us again,
2 Thou hast made the earth to To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm
tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the of David
breaches thereof; for it shaketh. TRULY my soul waiteth upon God:
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard from him cometh my salvation.
things: thou hast made us to drink the 2 He only is my rock and my salva
wine of astonishment. tion; he is my defence; I shall not be
4 Thou hast given a banner to them greatly moved.
that fear thee, that it may be dis- 3 How long will ye imagine mis-
played because of the truth. Se-lah. chief against a man? ye shaU be slain
5 That thy beloved may be deliv- ail of you: as a bowing wall shàU ye be,
ered; save mth thy right hand, and and as a tottering fence.
hear me. 4 They only consult to cast him
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; down from his excellency: they delight
I will rejoice, I will divide She'-chem, in lies: they bless with their mouth,
and mete out the valley of Suc'-coth. but they curse inwardly. Se-lah.
7 Gilead is mine, and Ma-nas-seh is 5 My soul, wait thou only upon
mine;E-phra-im also is the strength of God; for my expectation is from him.
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 6 He only is my rock and my salva
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom tion: he is my defence; I shall not be
will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, tri- moved.
umph thou because of me. 7 In God is my salvation and my
9 Who will bring me into the strong glory: the rock of my strength,and my
dty? who will lead me into Edom? refuge, is in God.
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which 8 Trust in him at ail times; ye peo
hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, ple, pour out your heart before him:
which didst not go out with our armies? God is a refuge for us. Se'lah.
11 Give us help from trouble; for 9 Surely men of low degree are van-
vain is the help of man. ity, and men of high degree are a lie:
12 Through God we shall do val- to be laid in the balance, they are alto-
îantly: for he it is that shall tread down gether lighter than vanity.
our enemies. 10 Trust not in oppression, and be-
come not vain in robbery: if riches in-
PSALM 61 crease, set not your heart upon them.
To the chief Musician upon Neginah,A Psahn 11 God hath spoken once; twice
of David have I heard this; that power belongeth
Hear my cry, O God;attend unto unto God.
12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belong
my prayer.
eth mercy: for thou renderest to every
2 From the end of the earth wUl I
man according to his work.
cry unto thee, when my heart is over-
whelmed: lead me to the rock that is
PSALM 63
higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for A Psalm of David, when he was tn the wil-
me, and a strong tower from the demess of Judah
enemy. OGOD, thou art my God; early
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth
ever: I will trust in the covert of thy for thee, my fiesh longeth for thee in a
wings. Se'-lah. dry and thirsty land, where no water
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my is;
vows: thou hast given me the héritage 2 To see thy power and thy glory,
of those that fear thy name. so as I have seen thee iii the sanctuary.
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3 Because thy lovingldndness i$

better than life, my lips shall praise PSALM 65
thee, To the chief Musician, A Psahn and Song of
4 Thus will 1 bless thee while 1 live: David
ï will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with
PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God,in
Sion: and unto thee shall the vow
marrow and fatness; and my mouth be performed.
shall praise thee with joyful lips: 2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto
6 When I remember thee upon my thee shall ail desh come.
bed, and meditate on thée in the nighi 3 Iniquities prevail against me: as
watches. for our transgressions,thou shalt purge
7 Because thou hast been my help, them away.
therefore in the shadow of thy wings 4 Blessed is the man whom thou
will 1 rejoice. choosest,and causest to approach unto
8 My seul foUoweth hard after thee: thee, that he may dwell in thy courts:
thy right hand upholdeth me. we shall be satisded with the goodness
9 But those ihat seek my soul, to of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
destroy it, shall go into the lower parts 5 By terrible things in righteousness
of the earth, wilt thou answer us,O God of our sal-
10 They shall fall by the sword: vation; who art the confidence of ail the
they shall be a portion for foxes. ends of the earth, and of them that are
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; afar off upon the sea:
every one that swèareth by him shall 6 Which by his strength setteth
glory: but the mouth of them that fast the moimtains; being girded with
speak lies shall be stopped» power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the
PSALM 64 seas, the noise of their waves, and the
To the chief Musidan, À Psahn of Bavid tumult pf the people.
HEAR my voice, O God, in my
prayer: preserve my life JTrom
8 They also that dwell in the utter-
most parts are afraid at thy tokens:
thou makest the outgoings of the
fear of the enemy. morning and evening to rejoice.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel
9 Thou visitest the earth, and wa-
of the wicked;from the insurrection of terest it: thou greatly enrichest it with
the workers of iniquity: the river of God, which is full of water:
3 Who whet their tongue like a thou preparest them com, when thou
sword, and bend their bows to shoot hast so provided for it.
their arrows, even bitter words:
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof
4 That they may shoot ih secret at abundantly: thou settlest the furrows
the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at thereof: thou makest it soft with
him, and fear not.
showers: thou blessest the springing
5 They encourage themselves în an thereof.
evil matter: they commune of laying 11 Thou crownest the year vidth thy
snares privily; they say, Who shall see goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
them?
12 They drop upon the pastures o£
6 They search but iniquities; they the wildemess: and the little hills re
accomplish a diligent search: both the
inward thought of every pne of themj joice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with
and the heart, is deep. flocks; the valleys also are covered
7 But God shall shoot at them tvith
over with com; they shput for joy,
an arrow; suddenly shall they be they also sing.
wounded.
8 So thêy shall make their Pwn PSALM 66
tongue to fall upon themselves: ail
that see them shall flee away. Td the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm
9 And ail men shall fear, and shall MAKE a joyful noise imto God,ail
déclaré the work of God;for they shall ye lands:
wisely consider of his doing. 2 Sing forth the honour of his name:
10 The righteous shall be glad in the tnake his praise glorious.
Lord, and shall trust in him; and ail 3 Say imto God, How terrible art
the upright in heart shall glory. thou in thy works! through the great-
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ness of thy power shall thine enemies 3 Let the people praise thee, O God;
submit themselves unto thee. let ail the people praise thee.
4 AU the earth shall worship thee, 4 O let the nations be glad and sing
and shaU sing unto thee; they shaU for joy:for thou shalt judge the people
sihg to thy name. Se'-lah. righteously, and govem the nations
5 Come and see the works of God: upon earth. Se-lah.
he is terrible in his doing toward the 5 Let the people praise thee,O God;
chUdren of men. let ail the people praise thee.
6 He tumed the sea into dry land: 6 Then shall the earth yield her in^
they went through the flood on foot: crease; and God, even our own God,
there did we rejoice in him. shall bless us.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; 7 God shkll bless us;and ail the ends
his eyes behold the nations: let not the of the earth shall fear him.
rebellions exalt themselves. Se-lah.
PSALM 68
S O bless our God, ye people, and
make the voicê of his praise to be To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of
heard: David
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, 1ET God arise, let his enemies be
and suifereth not our feet to be moved. ^ scattered: let them also that hate
: 10 For thou,O God,hast proved us: him fleé-before him.
thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 2 As smoke is driven away,so drive
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; them away: as wax melteth before the
thou laidst affliction upon our loins. fire, so let the wicked perish at the
12 Thou hast caused men to ride presence of God.
over our heads; we went through fire 3 But let the righteous be glad; let
and through water: but thou brought them rejoice before God: yea,let them
est us ont into a wealthy place, exceedingly rejoice.
13 I will go into thy house with 4 Sing unto God. sing f-o iiic
bumt offerings: I will pay thee my ppon thB.
le: extol fflnTthat nde^jmi
vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered,and
iavens by his hëune JAH,and rejoice
befori
X
my mouth hath spoken, when I was in ^5 ^ father of the fatherless. and a \ ,
trouble. ludge of thé Mdows.is Goa m his holv Ur
'
15 I will offer unto thee bumt sac habitation.-
rifices of fatlings, with the incense of o uocTsetteth the solitary in fam-
rams; I wiU offer buUocks with goats. ilies: he bringeth out those which are
Se-lah. bound with chains: but the rebellious
16 Come and hear, aU ye that fear dwell in a dry land.
God, and I wiU déclaré what he hath 7 O Grod, when thou wentest forth
done for my soul. before thy people, when thou didst
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, march through the wildemess; Se-lah:
and he was extolled with my tongue. 8 The earth shook, the heavens also
18 If I regard iniqùity in my heart, dropped at the presence of God: even
the Lord will not hear me: Si-nai itself was moved at the presence
19 But vefily God hath heard me; of God, the God of Israël.
he hath attended to the voice of my 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plenti-
prayer. ful rain, whereby thou didst confirm
20 Blessed be God, which hath not thine inheritance, when it was weary.
tumed away my prayer, nor his mercy 10 Thy congrégation hath dwelt
from me. therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodness for the poor. l
PSALM 67 11 The thft wnrd; \
was tlie7^nifîpany--srthose fbat pnh-
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm
or Song '^2 Kings of armies did flee apace:
God be merciful unto us, and bless and she that tarried at home divided
us; and cause his face to shine the spoil.
upon us; Se-lah. 13 Though ye have lien among the
2 That thy way may be known up pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a
on earth, thy saving health among ail dove covered with silver, and her
nations. feathers with yellow gold.
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, 14 When the Almighty scattered E-thi-o-pi-a shall soon stretch out her
kings in it, it was white as snow in Sal- hands unto God.
mon. 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of
15 The hill of God isas the hill of the earth; O sing praises unto the
Ba-shan; an high hill as the hill of Ba- Lord; Se-lah: !
shan. 33^^o him thatrideth upon the heav-
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this isens of heavens, which were of old; lo»
the hill which God desireth to dwell in;he doth send out his voice, and that a
yea, the Lord will dwell in U for ever. mighty voice.^»
17 The chariots of God are twenty 34 Ascribe yp strength unto God:
thousand, even thousands of angels: his excellency is over Israël, and his
the Lord is among them,ip in Si-nai» strength is in the douds.
in the holy place. ' ' 35 O God, thou art terrible out of
18 Thou hast ascended on high» ly holy places: the^God of Israël is he
thou hast led captivity captive: thou it giveth streiî^ ana ^CKïf^er unto
hast received gifts for men; yea,for the^ >pie. juesseg be iiodr;^ —
rebellions also» that the Lord Gk>d
^ght dwell among them. TsaLM 69^^
[ T9 frf the,Lord, wlw ds^v^ To the chief Musician upon Shoshanninï,
A Psalm of Dayid ? A,
Q God;for the waters are ]i
V 20Tîe'thtifls our God is the God of .^omejn imtcrTyïSr^difl.
salvation; and unto God the Lord be- i^^sfiïTînlteepmire, where there is
long the issues from death. no standing: I am come into deep wa
21 But God shall wound the head of ters, where the floods overflow me.
his enemies,and the hairy scalp ofsuch 3 I am weary of my crying: my
an one as goeth on stUl in his tres- throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I
passes. wait for my God. ^
i 22 The Lord ssdd, 1 will bring again 4 They that hate me ^thout a
* frpm Ba-stem, ï will bring my peopïè cause are more than the l^irs of mine
again from the depths of the sea; head: they that would destroy me,
23 That thy foot may be dip|^d th being mine enemies wrongfully, are
the blood of thine enemies, and the mighty: then I restored that which I
tongue of thy dogs ih the same. took not away.
24 They have seen thy goings, O 5 Q^GoçL-thpu knowest my foolish^
God; even the goings of my God, my ness; and myatti5''1Dnr^ot nidfîo]
King,in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O
players on instruments foUowed after; Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my
among them were the damsels playing sake: let not those that seek thee be
with timbrels. confounded for my sake,0 God of Is
26 Bless ye God in the congréga raël.
tions,even the Lord,from the foimtain 7 Becausé for thy sake I have borne
of Israël. reproach;shame hath coyered my face.
27 There is little Benjamin with 8 I am become a stranger unto my
their ruler, the princes of Judah and brethren, and an alien unto my moth-
their council,the princes of Zeb-u-lun, er's children.
and the princes of Naph-ta-li. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath
28 Thy God hath commanded thy eaten me up; and the reproaches of
strength: strengthen, O God, that them that reproached thee are fallen
which thou hast wrought for us. upon me.
29 Because of thy temple at Jeru- 10 When I weptj and chastened my
^ salem shall kings bring présents imto soul with fasting, that was to my re
thee. proach.
30 Rebuke the company of spe^- 11 I made sackcloth also my gar-
men, the multitude of the bulls, with ment;and I became a proverb to them.
the calves of the people, tiU every one 12 They that sit in the gâte speak
submit himself with pièces of silver: against me;and I was the song of the
scatter thou the people that delight in drunkards.
war. 13 But as for me, my prayer is imto
31 Princes shall corne out of Egypt; thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time:
 PSALMS 70, 71 551
O God,in the multitude of thy mercy 32 The humble sheOl seefhis. and he
hear me,in the truth of thy salvation. glad;^tndkyouirh^rr^all 13ve tnàt
r 14 peliverme eut of the mire, ayd
Ijet m&TDRylnShk: let me be deliverèd Fob the Lord heareth the poor,;
n TJtenrT;fiag hat<^ me, and ouFdf and aespisetn hôt his pnsoiiers. ^
tie deep watefST —34 LeL the neaven ana earm praise
15 Let npt the waterflood overflow him,; the seas, îind every thing that
me, n^]^âJlfi£jB5e deeo swailov^^me moveth therein.
liprSndliëtnot Ihe s]^t her nîbcrdi 35 For God will save Zion, and will
build the cities of Judah: that they
16 Hear me,O Lord;for thy loving» may dwell there, and have it in pos
fldndngSg gAftd: iiimuï>tQ ffîQ aççgrdr session.
[mg toTgie multitude of thy tender 36 The seed also of his servants
shall inherit it: and they that love his
And_hide notjthv fare from thv name shall dwell therein.
ServafitTfor^ am in trnnhlp; h^r me
PSALM 70
, aw nigh imto my soiri. and To i^e chief Musician, Psàlm of David, to
tedeem it; aeuver me because of nifi^ bring to remembrwce
19 Thoù hast known.my reprojach, >|yf4KE haste, O God, to deliver
ànd my shcime, and my dishonour: zKi me; iuake liasLê^to neip me. O
mine adversaries are ail before thee. L'ord. — —'
20 Reoroach hrnl«*n mv heart: 2 Let"them be ashamed and con-
nH I triU nf h^avinfRg; foimded that seek after my soul: let
looked for some tp take but t them be tumed backward, and put to
wos iiuiiei ana tor eomfo confusion, that desire my hurt.
none 3 Let them be tumed back for a re-
21 They gave me also gall for my ward of their shame that say, Aha,
meat; and in my thirst they gave me aha.
vinegar to drink* _all those that seek rff
.22 Let their table become a snare be loiccf and be gTad in theeLi^nri let surli
forethem:and that which should have heen as lovtrihy smvation say continuallv
for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let God bé magnifiear
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that 5 JPut i am poor andmeedvL
they see not; and make their loins con- haSte unto me. o cioa: mouort mv-\
tinually to shake» lielp aridmy deliverer; O LoRD,jiiaik^
24 Pour out thine indignation upon 'no tàrrvingr""
them, and let thy wrathful anger take
hold of them. PSALM 71
25 Let their habitation be desolate; IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust:
arid let none dwell in their tents. let me never be put to confusion.
26 For they persécute htm whom 2 Deliyer me in thy righteousness,
thou hast smitten;and they talk to the and cause me to escape: incline thine
grief of those whom thou hast ear unto me, and save me.
wounded. 3 Be thou my strong habitation,
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: whereunto I may continually resort:
and let them not come into thy right- thou hast given commandment to save
eousness. me;for thou art my rock and my fort-
28 Let them be blotted out of the ress.
ijook of the living, and not be written 4 Deliver me,O my God,out of the
with the righteous. hand of the wicked,out of the hand of
29 But X am poor and sorrowful: let the unrighteous and cmel man.
fedvatibnr^ Godi-cet-me up oh 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord
God:thou art my tmst from my youth.
the name of God 6 By thee have I been holden up
th a song. itr^dlt joïagnify him with from the womb: thou art he that took
me out of my mother's bowels: my
shall please the Lord praise shall be continually of thee.
:than an ox'or bullock that hath . 7 I am as a wonder imto mahy; but
homs and hoofs. thou art my strong refuge.
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:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy 2 He shall judge thy people with
praise and mth thy honour att tMe day» righteousness,and thy poor with judg?-
9 Cast me not off in the time of old ment, ^ _ _ ;i: l
âge;forsake me not when my strengtlî 3 The mountaihs shalI l^idSg peace
failethi, . to thé peopîé, ahdifhè Ûttlé. hiUs, by;
10 For mine enemîes speak against righteousness. *
me;and they that lay wait for my soul 4 He shall judge the poor ofJ^e peo^
take coimsel together, pie, he shall save the children of the ,
11 Sayingr God hath forsaken him: needy, and shall break in pièces thé
persécute and take him; foi there is oppresser. . ^
none to deUver him. 5 They shaU feaç thee as long as thé
12 O God,be not far from me:O my sun and mobït endture, âitoùghout aU
Godj make haste for my help. générations. i
13 Let them be confoimded and 6 He shall come down like ralh^upon
consumed that are adversaries to my the mown grass: as showers ÎHaLwater
soul;let them be covered with reproach the earth. -- „
and dishonour that seek my hurt. 7 In his days shall the righteous'
14 But I wiil hope continually, and flourish; and abundahce pf peacè so
will yet praise thee more and more. long as the mooh ehdûreth. •
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy 8 He shah have dominion also from 4
righteousness and thy salvatiou ail the sea to sea, and from the river unto the
day;for I know not the numbers there- ends of the earth. '
of. 9 They thàt dwell in the wildemes^
16 I will go in the strength of the shall bow before him; and his ehemies
Lord God: I will make mention of thy shall lick the dUst.' »
righteousness, even of thiné only. - 10 The kings of Tîurshish and of the.
17 O God, thoù hast tau^t me isles shall bring présents: thé kings; of
from my yôuth: and hitherto have I She-ba and Se-ba shall offer^ts. . ^
declared thy wondrous works. 11 Yea, ail kings shall fall down be
18 Now also when I am old and fore him: ail nations shall serve him.
greyheaded, O God, forsake me,not; 12 For he shall deUver tiie needy
until I have shewed thy strength uiito when he crieth; the poor also, and him
this génération,and thy power to every that hath no helper.
one that is to come. 13 He shall spare the poor and
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, needy, and shall save the soûls of the
is very high, who hast done great needy.
thihgs: O God, who is like unto thee!, 14 He shall redeem their soul from
20 Thou, which hast shewed me deceit and violence: and predous shall
great and sore troubles, shalt quicken their blood be in his sight.
me again, and shalt bring me up again 15 And he shall live, and to him
from the depths of the earth. shall be given of the gold of She-ba:
21 Thou shalt increase my great- prayer also shâll be made for him
ness, and comfort ine on every side. continually; and daily shall he be
22 I will also praise thee with the praised.
psaltery, even thy truth, O my Gôd: 16 There shall be an handful of com
imto thee will I sing with the harp, O in the earth upon the top of the moun-
thou Holy One of Israël. tains; the fruit therebf shall shake like
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice Lebanon: and they of the city shall
when I sing unto theé; and my soul, flourish like grass of the earth.
which thou hast redeemed. 17 His nahié shall endure for even
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy his name shah be coniinued as long as
righteousness ail the dày long:for they the sun: and men shall be blessed in
are confoimded, for they are brought him: ail nations shall call him blessed,\
unto shame, that seek my huit. 18 Blessed be the Lord . God, the
God of Israël, who only doeth v/or^ ,
rPSALM 72 drous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name ^ ^
A Psaim for Solomon for ever: and let the wholè earth he
GIVE the king thy judgments, G filled with his glory; Amen,and Àméh, ^
God, and thy righteousness unto 20 The prayers of David the son of
the king's son. Jesse are ended.
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PSALM 73 22 So foolish mis I, and ignorant: I

was as a bèast before thee.
A Psalm of Asaph 23 Neveitheless I am continually
TRUtrY, God is good to Israël, even
to such as are of a clean heart.
.with thee: thou hast holden me by my
righthand.
2 But as for me, my feet were al- 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy
most gone; my steps had well nig^ counsel> and afterward receive me to
slipped. glory.
3 Por I was envious at the foolish, 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee?
when I saw the prosperity of the and there is none upon earth that 1 de-
wicked* sire beside thee.
4 For therè are no bands in their 26 My flesh and my heart faileth:
death: but their strength is firm» but God is the strength of my heart,
5 Ihey arc not in trouble as other and my portion for ever.
men; neither are they plagued like 27 For, lo, they that are far from
other men. thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed
6 Therefore pride çompasseth them ail them that go a whoring from thee.
about as a chain; violence covereth 28 But it is good for me to draw
them as a garment. near to God:I have put my trustin the
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: hoTd God, that I may dedare ail thy
they have more than heart could Works.
wish.
8 They are çorrupt,and speakwick- PSALM 74
edly conceming oppression: they speak
Aiaschil of Asaph
loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the OGOD,why hast thou cast tes off
heavens, and their tongue walketh for eyer? why doth thine anger
through the earth. smoke against the sheep of thy pas-
10 Therefore his people retum hith- ture?
er: and waters of a full cup are wrung 2 Remember thy congrégation,
out to them. which thou hast purchased of old; the
11 And they say, How doth God rod of thine inheritance, which thou
know? and is there knowledge in the hast redeemed; this mount Zion,
most High? wherein thou hast dwelt.
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpétu
whp prosper in the wprld; they in- ai désolations; even ail that the enemy
çrease in riches. hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart 4 Thine enendes roar in the midst
in vain, and washed my hands in in- of thy congrégations; they set up their
nocency. ensigns for signs.
14 For ail the day long have I been 5 Aman Vfas famous accprding as
plagued, and chastened every mom- he had lifted up axes upon the thick
ing. trees.
15 If I say, I wiU speak thus; be 6 But now they break down the
hold, I should offend against the génér carved work thereof at once with axes
ation of thy children. and hammers.
16 When I thought to know this, it 7 They have cast fire into thy sanc
was too painful for me; tuary, they have defiled by casUng
17 Until I went into the sanctuary down the dwelling place ofthy name tp
of God; then understood I their end. the ground.
18 Surely thou didst set them in 8 They said in their hearts, Let us
slippery places: thou castedst them destroy them togethen they have
down into destruction. bumed up ail the synagogues of God
19 How are they brought into déso intheland.
lation, as in a moment! they are ut- 9 We see not our signs: there is no
terly consumed with terrors. more any prophet: neither is there
20 As a dream' when one awaketh; among us any that knoweth how long.
so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou 10 O God,how long shall the adver-
shalt despise their image. sary reproach? shall the enemy blas
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and phémé thy name for éver?
I was pricked in my reins. 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand.
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even thy right hand? pluck U out of from the east, nor from the west, nor
thy bosom. from the south.
12 For God is my King of old, 7 But God is the judge: he putteth
working salvation in the midst of the down one, and setteth up another.
earth, S For in the hand of the Lord fhere
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full
strength:thou brakest the heads of the of mixture; and he poureth out of the
dragons in the waters. same: but the dregs thereof, ail the
14 Thou brakest the heads of levia- wicked of the earth shall wring ihem
than in pièces, and gavest him to be out, and drink Hiem.
meat to the people inhabiting the wil- 9 But I will déclaré for ever; I will
demèss. sing praises to the God of Jacob.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain 10 AU the homs of the wicked also
and the flood: thou driedst up mighty wiU I eut off; but the homs of the
rivers. righteous shall be exalted.
16 The day is thine, the night also
is thine: thou hast prepared the light PSALM 76
and the sun.
17 Thou hast set ail the borders of To the chief Musidan on Neginoth, A Psalm
the earth: thou hast made summer and
or Song of Asaph
winter. IN Judah is God known: his name is
18 Remember this, ihat the enemy great in Israël.
hath reproached, O Lord,and that the 2 In Sa-lem also is his tabernacle,
foolish people have blasphemed thy and his dwelling place in Zion.
name. 3 There brake he the arrows of the
19 O deliver not the soul of thy bow, thé shield, and the sword, and
turtledove imto thé multitude of the the battle. Se'-lah.
wicked: forget not the congrégation of 4 Thou art more glorious and ex-
thy poor for ever. ceUent than the mountains of prey.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: 5 The stouthearted are spoUed,they
for the dark places of the earth are full have slept their sleep: and nohe of the
Of the habitations of cnielty. men of might have found their hands.
21 O let not the oppressed retum 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
ashamed:let the poor and neédy praise both the chariot and horse are cast
thy name. into a dead sleep.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared:
cause: remember how the foolish man and who may stand in thy sight when
reproacheth thèe daily. once thOu art angry?
23 Forget not the voice of thine ene- 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be
mies: the tumult of those that rise up heard from heaven; the earth feared,
against thee increaseth continually. and was stUl,
9 When God arose to judgment, to
PSALM 75 save ail the meek of the earth. Se-lah.
10 Surely the wrath of man shall
To the chief Musidan, Al-taschith, A Psalm praise thee: the remainder of wrath
or Song of Asaph shalt thou restrain.
UNTO thee, G God, do we give 11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord
thanks, unto thee do we give your God: let aU that be round about
thanks: for fhat thy name is near thy him bring présents unto him that
wondrous works déclaré. ought to be feared.
2 When I shall receive the congré 12 He shaU eut off the spirit of
gation I will judge uprightly. princes: he is terrible to the kings of
3 The earth and ail the inhabitants the earth.
thereof are dissolved: I bear up the
pillais of it. Se-lah. PSALM 77
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not
To the chief Musidan,to Jeduthun, A Psalm
foolishly: and to the wicked. Lift not
of Asaph
up the hom:
5 Lift nôt up your hom on high: ICRIED unto God with my voice,
speak not wtth a stiff neck. even unto God with my voice; and
6 For promotion cometfo neither he gave ear unto me.
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2 In the day of my trouble I sought 2 I will open my mouth in a para-

the Lord; my sore ran in the night,and ble: I will utter dark sayings ôf old:
ceased not: my soul refused to be com- 3 Which we have heard and khown,
forted. nnd our feithers have told us.
3 I remembered God> and was trou- 4 We will not hide them from their
bled: I complained> and my spirit was childrèn,^ewing to the génération to
overwhelmed. Se-lah» come the praises of the Lord, and his
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: strength,and his wonderful works thât
1 am so troubled that I cannot speak, he hath done.
5 I havê considered the days of old, 5 For he established a testimony in
the years of ancient times. Jacob, and appointed a law in Israël,
6 I call to remembrance my song in which he commanded our fathers,that
the night: 1 commune with mine own they should make them known to
heart: and my spirit made diligent their children:
search» ■ 6 That the génération to come
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? might know them, even the children
and will he be favourable no more? «(/hich should bé bom; who should arise
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? and déclaré them to their children:
doth his promise fail for evermore? 7 That they might set their hope in
9 Hath God forgotten to be gra- God,and not forget the Works of God,
cious? hath he in ànger shut up his but kéep his commandments:
tender mercies? Se-lah. 8 And might not be as their fathers,
10 And I said, This is my infirmity: a stubborh and rebellions génération;
but I will remember the years of the a génération that set not their heart
right hand of the most High. aright, and whose spirit was not sted-
11 I will r«nember the Works of the fast with God.
Lord:surely I will remember thy won- 9 The children of E'-phra-im, being
ders of old. armed,and carrying bows,tumed bàck
12 I will meditate alsb of ail thy in the day of battle.
work, and talk of thy doings. 10 They kept not the covenant of
13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanc- God, and refused to walk in his law;
tuary: who is so great a God as our 11 And forgat his works, and his
God? Wonders that he had shewed them.
14 Thou art the God that doest 12 Marvellous things did he in the
wonders: thou hast declared thy sight of their fathers, in the land of
strength among thé people, Egypt, in the field of Zo-an.
15 Thou hast with thine arm re- 13 He divided the sea, and caiised
deemed thy people, the sons of Jacob them to pass through;and he made the
and Joseph. Se-lah. waters to stand as ah heap.
16 The waters saw thee, O God,the 14 In the daytime also he led them
waters saw thee; they were afraid: the with a clôud, and ail the night with a
depths also were troubled. lightoffirë;
17 The clouds poured out watér: the 15 He clave the rocks in the wilder-
skies sent out a sound: thine arrows ness, and gave them drihk as oui of the
also went abroad. great depths.
18 The voice of thy thundér was in 16 He brought stteams also out of
the heaven: the lightnings lighténed the rock, and caused waters to run
the world: the earth trembled and dowh like tivers.
shook. 17 And they sinned yet more
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy àgainst him by provoking the most
path in the great waters,and thy foot- High in the wilderness.
steps are not known. 18 And they tempted God in théir
20 Thou leddest thy people like a heart by asking meat for their lust.
flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 19 Yea, they spake against God;
they said, Can God fumish a table in
PSALM 78 the wildeméss?
20 Behold, he smote the tock, that
Maschil of Asaph the waters gushed out,and the streams
GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: overflowed; can he give bread also? can
incliné your ears to the words of he provide flesh for his people?
my mouth. 21 Thérefore the Lord heard this,
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and was wroth; so a tire was kindled tempted God, and limited the Holy
against Jacob, and anger also came up One of Israël.
against Israël; 42 They remembered not his hand,
22 Because they believed net in fior the day when he delivered them
God, and trusted net in his salvation: from the enemy.
23 TÎiough be had commanded the 43 How he had wrought his signs in
douds from above, and opened the Bgypt, and his wonders in the field of
doors of heaven, Zo-an:
24 And had rained down manna 44 And had tumed their rivers into
upon them to eat, and had given them blood; and their floods that they could
of the com of heaven. not drink.
25 Man did eat angels'food: he sent 45 He sent divers sorts of flies
them meat to the full. among them, which devoured them;
26 He caused an east wind to blow and frogs, which destroyed them.
in the heaven: and by his power he 46 He gave also their increase imto
brought in the south wind. the caterpiller, and their labour imto
27 He rained flesh also upon them the locust.
as dust, and feathered fowls like as the 47 He destroyed their vines with
sand of the sea: hail, and their sycomore trees with
28 And he let it fall in the midst of frost.
their camp, round about their habita 48 He gave up their cattle also to
tions. the hail, and their flocks to hot thun-
29 So they did eat^ and were well derbolts.
filled: for he gave them their own de- 49 He cast upon them the fierceness
sire; of his anger; wrath, and indignation,
30 They were not estranged from and trouble, by sending evil angels
their lust. But while their meat was among them.
yet in their mouths, 50 He made a way to his anger; he
31 The wrath of God came upon spared not their soul from death, but
them, and siew the fattest of them, gave their life over to the pestilence;
and smote down the chosen men of 51 And smote ail the flrstbom in
Israël. Egypt;the chief of their strength in the
32 For ail this they sinned still, and tabernacles of Hani:
believed not for his wondrous works. 52 But made his own people to go
33 Therefore their days did he con forth like sheep, and guided them in
sume in vanity, and their years in the wildemess like a flock.
trouble. 53 And he led them on safely, so
34 When he slew them, then they that they feared not: but the sea over-
sought him: and they retumed and en- whelmed their enemies.
quired early after God, 54 And he brought them to the bor
35 And they remembered that God der of his sanctuary,even to this moun-
was their rock, and the high God their tain, which his right hand had pur-
redeemer. chased.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter 55 He cast out the heathen also be-
him with their mouth, and they lied fore them, and divided them an in-
imto him with their tongues. heritance by line, and made the tribes
37 For their heart was not right of Israël to dwell in their tents.
with him, neither were they stedfast 56 Yet they tempted and provoked
in his covenant. the most high God, and kept not his
38 But he, being full of compassion, testimonies:
forgave their iniquity, and destroyed 57 But tumed back, and dealt un-
them not: yea, many a time tumed he faithfuUy like their fathers: they were
his anger away,and did not stir up ail tumed aside like a deceitful bow.
his wrath. 58 For they provoked him to anger
39 For he remembered that they with their high places, and moved him
were but flesh; a wind that passeth to jealousy with their graven images.
away, and cometh not again. 59 When God heard this, he was
40 How oft did they provoke him wroth, and greatly abhorred Israël:
in the wildemess,and grieve him in the 60 So that he forsook the tabemacle
desert! of Shi-loh, the tent which he placed
41 Yea, they tumed back and among men;
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61 And delivered his strength into 8 G remember not against us former

captivity, and his glory into the ene- iniquities: let thy tender mercies
tny's hand. speedily prevent us:for we are brought
62 He gave his people over also un- very low.
to the sword; and was wroth with his 9 Help us, G God of our salvation,
inheritance. for the glory of thy name: and deliver
63 The fire consumed their young us, and purge away our sins, for thy
men;and their maidens were net given name's sake.
tp marriage. 10 Wherefore should the heathen
64 Their priests fell by the sword; say, Where is their God? let him be
and their widows made no lamenta known among the heathen in our sight
tion. by the revenging of the blood of thy
65 Then the Lord awaked as one servants which is shed.
ont of sleep, and like a mighty man 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner
that shouteih by reason of wine. come before thee; according to the
66 And he smote his enemies in the greatness of thy power preserve thou
hinder parts: he put them to a per those that are appointed to die;
pétuai reproach. 12 And render unto our neighbours
67 Moreover he refused the taber sevenfold into their bosom their re
nacle of Joseph, and chose not the proach, wherewith they have re-
tribe of E-phra-im: proached thee, G Lord.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,the 13 So we thy people and sheep of
mount Zion which he loved. thy pasture will give thee thanks for
69 And he built his seinctuary like ever: we will shew forth thy praise to
high palaces, like the earth which he ail générations.
hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant, PSALM 80
and took him from the sheepfolds:
To the chief Musician upon Shosharmîm-
71 From following the ewes great
Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph
with young he brought him to feed Ja
cob his people, and Israël his inherit- Give ear, G Shepherd of Israël,
ance. thou that leadest Joseph like a
72 So he fed them according to the flock; thou that dwellest hetween the
integrity of his heart; and guided them cherubims, shine forth.
by &e skilfulness of his hands. 2 Before E'-phra-im and Benjamin
and Ma-nas-seh stir up thy strength,
PSALM 79 and come and save us.
A Psalm of Asaph 3 Tum us again, G God, and cause
O GOD,the heathen are come into thy face to shine; and we shall be
thine inheritance; thy holy tem saved.
ple have they dehled; they have laid 4 G Lord God of hosts, how long
Jérusalem on heaps. wilt thou be angry against the prayer
2 The dead bodies of thy servants of thy people?
have they given to he meat unto the 5 Thou feedest them with the bread
fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy of tears; and givest them tears to drink
saints unto the beasts of the earth. in great measure.
3 Their blood have they shed like 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our
water round about Jérusalem; and neighbours: and our enemies laugh
ihere was none to bury them. among themselves.
4 We are become a reproach to our 7 Tum us again, G God of hosts,
neighbours, a scom and dérision to and cause thy face to shine; and we
them that are round about us. shall be saved.
5 How long. Lord? wilt thou be ah- 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of
gry for ever? shall thy jealousy bum Egypt:thou hast cast out the heathen,
Ukefire? and planted it.
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the hea-- 9 Thou preparedst room before it,
then that have not known thee, and and didst cause it to take deep root,
ùpon the kingdoms that haye not and it âlled the land.
called upon thy name. 10 The hills were covered with the
7 For they haye devoured Jacob, shadow of it, and the boughs thereof
and laid waste his dwelling place. mere like the goodHy cedars.
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11 She sent out her boughs unto the
sea, and her branches unto the river»
12 Why hast thou then broken down
her hedges, so that ail they which pass
by the way do pluck her?
13 The boar out of the wood doth
waste it, and the wild beast of the field
doth devour it.
14 Retum, we beseech thee, O God
of hosts; look dowh frbm heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the virteyard whîch thy
right hand hath planted, and the
branch that thou madest strong for
thyself.
16 It is bumed with fire, it is eut
down:they perish at the rebuke of thy
countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the fnan
of thy right hand,upon the son of man
whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee:
quicken us, and we will call upon thy
name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God of
hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
PSALM SX
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm
ofAsaph
SING aloud unto God our strength:
make a joyful noise tinto the God
of Jacob;
2 Take a psalm, and bring hithér
the timbrel,the pleasaiit harp witli the
psaltery;
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new
moon, in toe time appointed, on our
solemn féast day. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and ail
4 For this was a statute for Israël, of you are clUldren of the most High.
and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained iri Joseph for a
testimony, when he went out through
the land of Egypt: where I heard a lan-
guage that I understood ilot.
6 I removed his shoulder from the
burden: his hands were delivered from
the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I de
livered thee; I answered thee in the
secret place of thunder: I proved thee
at the waters of Mér'-i-bah. Se'-lah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will tes-
tify unto thee: O Israël, if thou wilt
hearken unto me;
9 There shall no strahge god be in
thee; nelther shalt thou worship any
strange god.
10 I am the Lord thy God, which
broiight thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and î will fill it.
11 But my people would not heark
en to my voice; and Israël would none
ofme.
12 So I gave them up unto their
own heàrts' lust: and they walked in
their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearken-
ed Unto ihe, and Israël had walked in
my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their
enemies, and tumed my hand against
their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should
have submitted themselves unto him:
but their time should have endured for
ever.
16 He should have fed them also
with the hnest of the wheat: and with
honey out of the rock should I have
satisôed thee.
PSALM 82
A Psalm of Asaph
God standeth in the congrégation
of the mighty; he judgèth among
the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly,
and accept the persons of the Wicked?
Se-lah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy^
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid
them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They kndw not, neither will they
understand; they walk on in darkness:
ail the foundatiohs of the earth are out
of coursé.
7 But ye shall die like men,and fall
Uke one of the princes.
8 Afise, O God,judge the earth: for
thou shalt inherit ail nations.
PSALM 83
A Song or Psalm of Asaph
KEEP not thou silence, O God:hold
not thy peace, and be not still, O
God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tu-
mult: and they that hate thee have
Ufted up thé head.
3 Tlîéy have taken crafty counsél
against thy people, and consulted
against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said. Corne, and let us
eut them off from being a nation; that
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the name of Israël may be no more in is in thee; in whose heart are the ways
remembrance. of them*
5 For they bave consulted together 6 Who passing through the Valley of
withone consent: they are confederate Ba-ca make it a well; the rain also fiU-
against thee: eth the pools.
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the 7 They go from strength to
Ish-ma-el-ites; of Moab, and the Ha- strength, every one of them in Zion ap-
gar-enes; peareth before God.
7 Ge-bal, and Ammon, and Am-a- 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my
lek; the Philistines with the inhabit prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Se'-
ants ofXyre; lah.
8 Assur also is joined with thenu 9 Behold, O God our shield, and
they have holpen the children of Lot. look upon the face of thine anointed.
Se'-lah. 10 For a day in thy courts is better
9 Do unto them as unto the Mid-i- than a thousand. 1 had rather be a
an-ites; as la Sis'-e-ra, as to Ja-bin, at doorkeeper in the house of my God,
the brook of Ki-son: than to dwell in the tents of wicked-
10 Which perished at En-don they ness.
became as dimg for the earttu 11 For the Lord God is a sun and
11 Make their nobles like O-reb, ^eld: the Lord will give gracê and
and like Ze'^-eb: yea, ail their princes glory: no good thing will he withhold
as Ze-bah, and as Zal-mun-na: from them that walk uprightly.
12 Who said, Let us take to our- 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the
selves the houses of God in possession. man that trusteth in thee.
13 O my God, make them like a
wheel; as the stubble befôre the wind. PSALM 85
14 As the lire bumeth a wood, and
To the chief Musidan, A Psalm for the sons
as the flame setteth the moimtains on
of Korah
lire;
15 So persécute them with thy tem- 10RD, thou hast been favourable
pest, and make them afraid with thy j unto thy land: thou hast brought
storm. back the captivity of Jacob.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of
they may seek thy name, O Lord. thy people, thou hast covered ail their
17 Let them be confounded and sin. Se-lah.
troubled for ever; yea,let them be put 3 Thou hast taken away ail thy
to shame, and perish: wrath: thou hast tumed thyself from
18 That men may know that thou, the fierceness of thine anger.
whose name alone is JE-HO-VAH,art 4 Tum us, O God of our salvation,
the most high over ail the earth. and cause thine anger toward us to
cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for
PSALM 84 ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger
to ail générations?
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm 6 Wilt thou not revive us again:
for the sons of Korah that thy people may rejoice in thee?
HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and
O Lord of hostsl giant us thy salvation.
2 My soul longeth, yea, even faint- 8 1 will hear what God the Lord
eth for the courts of the Lord: my will speak:for he will speak peace unto
heart and my flesh crieth out for the his people, and to his saints: but let
living God. them not tum again to folly.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them
house, and the swallow a nest for her- that fear him; that glory may dwell in
self, wh^e she may lay her young, our land.
even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my 10 Mercy and tmth are met togeth
King, and my God. er;righteousness and peace have kissed
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy each other.
house: they will be still praising thee. 11 Tmth shall spring out of the
Se'-lah. earth; and righteousness shall look
5 Blessed is the man whose strength down from heaven.
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12 Yea, the Lord shall give that

PSALM 87
which is good; and our land shall yield
her increase. A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah
13 Righteousness shall go before HISfoundation is in the holy moun-
him; and shall set us in the way of his tains.
steps. 2 The Lord loveth the gâtes of Zion
more than ail the dweUings of Jacob.
PSALM 86
3 Glorious things are spoken of
A Frayer of David thee, O city of God. Se'-lah.
BOW down thine ear» O Lord, hear 4 I wiU make mention of Rahab and
me: for I am poor and needy. Babylon to them that know me: be-
2 Preserve my .soul; for I ûni holy: hold PhiUstia, and Tyre, with E-thi-o-
0thou my God,^ave thy servant that pi-a; this mdn was bom there.
tnisteth in thee. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This
3 Be merdful unto me, O Lord: for and that man was bom in her: and the
1 cry unto thee daily. highest himself shaU establish her.
4 Rejôice the soul of thy servant: 6 The Lord shall count, when he
for imto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my writeth up the people, ihat this man
soul. was born there. Se-lah.
5 For thou. Lord, art good, and 7 As well the singers as the jilayers
ready to forgive;and plenteous in mer- on instruments shall be there: ail my
cy unto àll them that call upon thee. springs are in thee.
6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my
PSALM 88
prayer; and attend to the voice of my
supplications. A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah,to the
7 In the day of my trouble I will chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth,
caU upon thee: for thou wilt answer Maschîl of Henum the Ezrahite
me. LORD God of my salvation, I
8 Among the gods there is none like have cried day and night before
unto thee,O Lord; neither iare there any thee:
Works like imto thy woirks. 2 Let my prayer come before thee:
9 AU nations whom thou hast made incline thine ear unto my cry;
shaU come and worship before thee, O 3 For my soul is fuU of troubles: and
Lord; and shaU glorify thy name. my Ufe draweth nigh unto the grave.
10 For thou art great, and doest 4 I am counted with them that go
wondrous things: thou art God alone. down into the pit: I am as a man that
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I hath no strength:
wiU walk in thy ttuth: unité my heart 5 Free among the dead, like the
to fear thy namei slain that Ue in the grave, whom thou
12 I wUl praise thee, O Lord my rememberest no more: and they are
God, with aU my heart: and I wiU glo eut ofF from thy hand.
rify thy name for evermore. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest
13 For great is thy mercy toward pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
me: and thou hast deUvered my soul 7 Thy wrath Ueth hard upon me,
from the lowest heU. and thou hast afiUcted me with aU thy
14 0 God, the protid are risen waves. Se-lah.
against me, and the assembUes of vio 8 Thou hast put away mine ac-
lent men have sought after my soul; quaintance far from me; thou hast
and have not set thee before them. made me an abomination unto them:
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God fuU I am shut up,and I cannot come forth.
of compassion, and gracions, longsuf- 9 Mine eye mouméth by reason of
fering, and plenteouS in mercy and affliction: Lord, I have called daily
truth. upon thee, I have stretched out my
16 O tum untb me,and have mercy hands unto thee.
•upon me; give thy strength unto thy 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the
servant, and save the son of thine dead? shall the dead arise and praise
handmaid. thee? Se-lah.
17 Shew me a token for good; that XI Shall thy lovingkindness be de-
they which hate me may see it, and be clared in the grave? or thy fàithfulness
ashamed: because thou. Lord, hast in destruction?
holpen me, and comforted me. 12 Shall thy wonders be known in
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the dark? and thy righteousness in the hast created themf Ta-bor and Her'-
land of forgetfulness? mon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 But unto thee have I cried» O 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong
Lord; and in the moming shall my is thy hand,and high is thy right hand*
prayer prevent thee. 14 Justice and judgment are the
14 Lord, why castest thou off my habitation of thy throne: mercy and
seul? hidest thou thy face from truth shall go before thy face.
me? 15 Blessed is the people that know
15 1 am afflicted and ready to die the joyful sound: they shall walk, O
from my youth up: while I suffer thy Lord,in the light of thy coimtenance.
terrors I am distracted. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice ail
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; the day: and in thy righteousness shall
thy terrors have eut me off. they be exalted.
17 They came roimd about me daily 17 For thou art the glory of their
like water; they compassed me about strength: and in thy favour ôiu: hom
together. shall be exalted.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put 18 For the Lord is our defence; and
far from me, and mine acquaintance the Holy One of Israël is our king.
into darkness. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to
thy hply one, and saidst, I have laid
PSALM 89
help upon one that is mighty; I have
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite exalted one chosen out of the people.
IWILL sing of the mercies of the 20 I have found David my servant;
Lord for ever: with my mouth will with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I make known thy faithfulness td ail 21 With whom my hand shall: be
générations. estabhshed: mine arm also shall
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be strengthen him.
built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt 22 The enemy shall not exact upon
thou establish in the very heavens. him; nor the son of wickedness aÉlct
3 I have made a covenant with my him.
chosen, I have swom unto David my 23 And I will beat down his foes be
servant, fore his face, and plague them that
4 Thy seed willT establish for ever, hate him.
and build up thy throne to ail généra 24 But my faithfulness and my
tions. Se-lah. mercy shall be with him: and in my
5 And the heavens shall praise thy name shall his hom be exalted.
wonders, O Lord:thy faithfulness also 25 I will set his hand also in the
in the congrégation of the saints. sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
6 For who in the heaven can be 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art
compared unto the Lord? wko among my father, my God, and the rock of
the sons of the mighty can be likened my salvation.
unto the Lord? 27 Also I will make him my first-
7 God is greatly to be feared in the bom, higher than the kings of the
assembly of the saints, and to be had earth.
in reverence of ail them that are about 28 My mercy will I keep for him for
him. evermore, and my covenant shaU
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a stand fast with him.
strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy 29 His seed also will I make to en"
faithfulness roimd about thee? dure for ever, and his throne as the
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: days of heaven.
when the waves thereof anse, thou 30 If his children forsake my law,
stillest them. and walk not in my judgments;
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in -31 If they break my statutes, and
pièces, as one that is slain; thou hast keep not my commandments; .
scattered thine enemies with thy 32 Then will I visit their transgres
strong arm, ; sion with the Tod, and their iniquity
11 The heavens are thine, the esdth with stripes.
also is thine: as for the world and the 33 Nevertheless my Ipvingkindness
fuiness thereof; thou hast founded will I not utterly take from him, nor
them. suffer my faithfulness to.fail.
12 The north and the south thou 34 My covenant will 1 not break.
562 PSÂLMS 90, 91
nor alter the thing that is gone out of 2 Before the mountains were
mylips. brought forth, or ever thou hadst
35 Once have I swom by my holi- formed the earth and the world, even
ness that I will not lie unto David. from everlasting to everlasting, thou
36 His seed shall endure for ever, art God.
and his throne as the sun before me. 3 Thou tumest man to destruction!
37 It shall be established for ever as and sayest, Retum, ye children 01
the moon, and as a faithful witness in men.
heaven. Se-lah. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight
38 But thou hast cast off and ab- are but as yesterday when it is psist^
horred, thou hast been wroth with and as a watch in the night.
thine anointed. 5 Thou carriest them away as with
39 Thou hast made void the cove- a flood; they are as a sleep: in the
nant of thy servant: thou hast pro- morning they are Uke grass which
faned his crown by easting it to the groweth up.
ground. 6 In the moming it flourisheth, and
40 Thou hast broken down ail his groweth up; in the evening it is eut
hedges; thou hast brought his strong down, and withereth.
holds to ruin. 7 For we are consumed by thine an-
41 AU that pass by the way spoil ger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
him:he is a reproach to his neighbours. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities beforé
42 Thou hast set up the right hand thee, our secret sins in the light of thy
df his adversaries; thou hast made ail countenance.
his enemies to rejoice. 9 For ail our days are passed away
43 Thou hast also tumed the edge in thy wrath: we spend our years as a
of his sWord,and hast hot made him to taie that is told*
stand in the battle. 10 The days of our years are three«^
44 Thou hast made his glory to score years and ten;and if by reason ot
cease, and cast his throne down to the stren^h they be fourscore years, yet is
ground. their strength labour and sorrow; fof
45 The days of his youth hast thou it is soon eut otf, and we fly away.
shortened: thou hast covered him with 11 Who knoweth the power of thinç
shame. Se'-lah. anger? even according to thy fear, so i$
46 How long. Lord? wUt thou hide thy wrath.
thyself for ever? shaU thy wrath bum 12 So teach us to number our days^
like fire? thàt we may apply our hearts unto
47 Remember how short my time wisdom.
is: wherefore hast thou made aU men 13 Return, O Lord, how long? an4
in vain? let it repent thee concerning thy ser
48 What man is he that liveth, and vants.
shall not see death? shaU he deUver 14 O satisfy us early with thy mer*
his soul from the hand of the grave? cy; that we may rejoice and be glad aU
Sé-lah. our days.
49 Lord, where are thy former lov- 15 Make us glad according to tho
ingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto days wherein thou hast afflicted us,and
David in thy truth? the years wherein we Jiave seen evil.
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach 16 Let thy work appear unto thy
of thy servants; how I do bezu: in my servants, and thy glory unto their chil
bosom the reproach of aU the mighty dren.
people; 17 And let the beauty of the Lord
51 Wherewith thine enemies have our God be upon us: and establish thod
reproached, O Lord; wherewith they the work of our hands upon us; yea^
have reproached the footsteps of thine the work of our hands establish thou it»
anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever- PSALM 91
môre. Amen,and Amen. He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the most High shall abidenn-
PSALM 90 der the shadow of the Almighty»
À Frayer of Moses die man of God 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my
10RD,thou hast been Our dwelUng refuge and my fortress: my God; m
jplace in aU générations. him will I trust.
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3 Surely he shall deliver thee from
the snare of the fowler» and from the
noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his
feathers, and imder his wings shalt
thou trust; his truth shall he fhy shield
and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night; nor for the arrow ihai
flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence ihat walketh
in darkness; nor for the destruction
ihat wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side,
and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not corne nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou
behold and see the reward of the wick-
ed.
9 Because thou hast made the
Lord» wHich is my refuge» even the
most High» thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee»
neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels
charge over thee» to keep thee in ail
thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their
hands» lest thou dash thy foot against
a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion
and adder; the yoimg lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample imder
feet.
14 Because he hath set his love up
on me» therefore will I deliver him: 1
will set him on high» because he hath
known my name.
15 He shall call upon me» and I will
answer him: 1 mil be with him in trou
ble; I will deliver him, and honour
him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him»
and shew him my salvation.
PSALM 92
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day
TT is a good thing to give thanks un-
1 to the Lord» and to sing praises
unto thy name» O most High:
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness
in the moming» and thy faithfulness
every night»
3 Upon an instrument of ten
strings» and upon the psaltery; upon
the harp with a solemn sound.
4 For thou» Lord» hast made me
glad through thy work: I will triumph
hi the Works of thy hands.
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5 O Lord» how great are thy works!
and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; nei
ther doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the
grass» and when ail the workers of in-
iquity do flourish; it is that they shall
be destroyed for ever:
S But thou» Lord» art most high for
evermore.
9 For» lo» thine enemies» O Lord,
for» lo» thine enemies shall perish; ail
the workers of iniquity shall be scat-
tered.
10 But my hom shalt thou exalt
like the hom of an unicom: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire
on mine enemies» and mine ears shall
hear my desire of the wicked that rise
up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like
the palm tree: he shall grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit
in old âge; they shall be fat and flour-
ishing;
15 To shew that the Lord is up-
right: he is my rock» and there is no un-
righteousness in him.
PSALM 93
The Lord reignèth» he is clothed
with majesty; the Lord is clothed
with strength» wheremth he hath gird-
ed himself: the world also is stablished»
that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old:
thou ari from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up,O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their waves.
4 The Lord on high is mightier than
the noise of many waters» yea,than the
nughty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure:
holiness becometh thine house» O
Lord,for ever.
PSALM 94
OLORD God» to whom vengeance
belongeth; O God» to whom ven
geance belongeth» shew thyself.
2 Lift up thyself» thou judge of the
earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Lord» how long shall the wicked»
how long shall the wicked triumph?
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4 How long shaU they utter and 2 Let us corne before his presence
speak hard things? and ail the workers with thanksgiving, and make a joyful
of iniquity boast themselves? noise unto him with psalms.
5 They break in pièces thy people, 3 For the Lord is a great God, and
O Lord, and afïlict thine héritage. a great King above ail gods.
6 They slay the widow and the 4 In his hand are the deep places of
stranger, and murder the fatherless. the earth: the strength of the hills is
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall net his also.
see, neither shall the God of Jacob re 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and
gard it his hands formed the dry land.
8 Understand, ye brutish among 6 O come, let us worship and bow
the people: and ye fools,.when will ye down:let us kneel before the Lord our
be wise? maker.
9 He that planted the ear, shall he 7 For he is our God; and we are the
not hear? he that fonned the eye, shall people of his pasture, àhd the sheep of
he not see? his hand. To day if ye will hear his
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, voice,
shall not he correct? he that teacheth 8 Harden not your heart, as in the
man knowledge, shall not he knowî provocation,and as in the day of temp-
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts tation in the wilderhéss:
of man, that they are vanity. 9 When your fathers tempted me,
12 Blessed is the man whom thou proved me, and saw my work.
chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him 10 Forty years long was I grieved
ont of thy law; with this génération, and said, It is a
13 That thou mayest give him rest people that do err in their heart, and
from the days of adversity, until the they have not known my ways:
pit be digged for the wicked. 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath
14 For the Lord will not cast off that they should not enter into my
his people, neither will he forsake his rest.
inheritance.
15 But judgment shall retum unto PSALM 96
righteousness: and ail the upright in OSING unto the Lord a new song:
heart shall follow it. sing unto the Lord, ail the earth.
16 Who will rise up for me against 2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his
the evildoers? or who will stand up for name; shew forth his salvation from
me against the workers of iniquity? day to day.
17 Unless the Lord had been my 3 Déclaré his glory among the hea
help, my soul had almost dwelt in si then, his wonders among ail people.
lence. 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly
18 When I said, My foot slippetli; to be praised: he is to be feared above
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. ail gods.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts 5 For ail the gods of the nations are
within me thy comforts delight my idols: but the Lord made the heav-
soul. ens.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have 6 Honour and majesty are before
fellowship with thee, which frameth him: strength and beauty are in his
mischief by a law? sanctuary.
21 They gather themselves together 7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kin-
against the soul of the righteous, and dreds of the people,give unto the Lord
condemn the innocent blood. glory and strength.
22 But the Lord is my defence; and 8 Give unto the Lord the glory due
my God is the rock of my refuge. unto his name: bring an offering, and
23 And he shall bring upon them come into his courts.
their own iniquity, and shall eut them 9 O worship thé Lord in the beauty
off in their own wickedness; yea, the of holiness: fear before him, ail the
Lord our God shall eut them off. earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the
PSALM 95 Lord reigneth: the world also shall be
OCOME,let us sing unto the Lord: established that it shall not be moved:
let us make a jo^Ul noise to the he shall jiidge the péoplè righteously.
rock of our salvation. 11 Let the heavehs rejoice, and let
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the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and
the fiilness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful» and all
that is therein: then shail ail the trees
of the wood rejoice
13 Before the Lord: for he cometh»
for he cometh to judge the earth: he
shall judge the world with righteous-
ness» and the people with his truth.
PSALM 97
The Lord reigneth; let the earth
rejoice; let the multitude of isles be
glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round
about him: righteousness and judg-
ment are the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him,and bum-
eth up his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the
world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the
présence of the Lord, at the presence
of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens déclaré his righteous
ness, and all the people see his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that serve
graven Images, that boast themselves
of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the
daughters of Judadi rejoiced because of
thy judgments, O Lord.
9 For thou. Lord,art high above all
the earth: thou art exalted far above
all gods.
10 Ye that love the Lord,hate evil:
he preserveth the soûls of his saints; he
delivereth them out of the hand of the
wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in héart.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye right
eous; and give thanks at the remem-
brance of his holiness.
PSALM 98
A Psalm
OSING unto the Lord a new song;
for he hath done marvellous
things: his right hand, and his holy
arm, hath gbtten him the victory.
2 The Lord hath made known his
salvation: his righteousness hath he
openly shewed in the sight of the hea-
then.
3 He hath remembered his mercy
and his truth toward the house of Is
raël: all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the
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Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise,
and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp;
with the harp, and the voice of a
psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of cor
nets make a joyful noise before the
Lord, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness
thereof; the world, eind they that dwell
therein.
8 Let the doods clap their hands:let
the hills be joyful together
9 Before the Lord; for he cometh
to judge the earth: with righteousness
shall he judge the world, and the peo
ple with equity.
PSALM 99
The Lord reigneth; let the people
tremble: he sitteth between Ôie
cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he
is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and
terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king's strength also loveth
judgment; thou dost establish equity,
thou executest judgment and right
eousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and
worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his
priests, and Samuel among them that
call upon his name; they called upon
the Lord, sind he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy
pillar: they kept his testimonies, and
the ordinance Ôiat he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord
our God: thou wast a God that forgav-
est them, though thou tookest ven
geance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the Lord our God, and
worship at his holy hill; for the Lord
our God is holy.
PSALM 100
A Psalm of praise
Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serye the Lord with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.
3 Knôw ye that the Lord he is God:
it is he thàt hath made us, and not we
ourselves; we are his people, and the
sheep of his pàsture.
4 Enter into his gâtes with thanks-
giving, and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his
haine.
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5 For the Lord is good; his mercy and mingled my drink with weeping,
is everlasting;and his truth endureih to 10 Because of thine indignation and
ail générations. thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up,
and cast me down.
PSALM lOI 11 My days are like a shadow that
A Psalm of David dedineth; and 1 am withered like
IWILL sing of mercy and judgment: grass.
12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure
unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
for ever; and thy remembrance unto
2 I will behave myself wisely in a sdl générations.
perfect way. O when wilt thou come 13 Thou shalt arise,and have mercy
unto me? I will walk within my house upon Zion: for the time to favour her,
with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in
mine eyes: I hate the work of them her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
that tum aside; it shall not cleave to 15 So the heathen shall fear the
me.
name of the Lord, and ail the kings of
4 A froward heart shall départ from the earth thy glory.
me: I will not know a wicked persan. 16 When the Lord shall build up
5 Whoso privily slandereth his Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
neighbour, him will 1 eut off: him that 17 He will regard the prayer of the
hath an high look and a proud heart destitute,and not despise their prayer.
will not I suffer. 18 This shall be written for the gén
6 Mine eyes shall he upon the faith- ération to come: and the people which
ful of the land, that they may dwell shall be created shall praise the Lord.
with me: he that walketh in a perfect 19 For he hath looked down from
way, he shall serve me. the height of his sanctuary;from heav-
7 He that worketh deceit shall not en did the Lord béhold the earth;
dwell within iny house: he that telleth20 To hear the groaning of the pris-
lies shall not tarry in my sight. oner; to loose those that are appointed
8 1 will early destroy ail the wicked to death;
of the land; that I may eut off ail 21 To déclaré the name of the Lord
wicked doers from the city of the in Zion, and his praise in Jérusalem;
Lord.
22 When the people are gathered
PSALM 102 together, and the kingdoms, to serve
the Lord.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is over- 23 He weakened my strength in the
whelmed, and poureth eut his complaint be way; he shortened my days.
fore the Lord 24 I said, O my God, take me not
HEAR my prayer, O Lord,and let
my cry come unto thee.
away in the midst of my days: thy
years are throughout ail générations.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the 25 Of old hast thou laid the founda-
day when I am in trouble;incline thine tion of the earth: and the heavens are
ear unto me:in the day ii;hen I call an- the work of thy hands.
swer me speedily. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt
3 For my days are consumed like endure: yea, ail of them shall wax old
smoke,and my bones are bumed as an like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou
hearth. change them, and they shall be
4 My heart is smitten,and withered changed:
like grass; so that 1 forget to eat my 27 But thou art the same, and thy
bread. years shall haVe no end.
5 By reason of the voice of my 28 The children of thy servants
groaning my bones cleave to my skin. shall continue, and their seed shall be
6 I am like a pélican of the wilder- established before thee.
ness: 1 am like an owl of the désert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow PSALM 103
alone upon the house top. A Psalm of David
8 Mine enemies reproach me ail the
day;and they that are mad against me BLESS the Lord, O my souh and
are swom against me. ail that is within me,hless his holy
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread. name.
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2 Bless the Lord» O my seul» and
forget net ail his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth ail thine iniquitles;
Who healeth ail thy xliseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from de
struction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with
good things; so that thy youth is re-
newed like the eagle's»
6 The Lord executeth righteous-
ness and judgment for ail that are op-
pressed.
7 He made known his ways unto
Moses, his acts unto the children of Is
raël.
8 The Lord is merciful and gra
cions, slow to anger, and plenteous in
mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither
will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after
our sins; nor rewarded us according to
our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above
the earth, so great is his mercy toward
them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the
west,50 far hath he removed our trans
gressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his chil
dren, so the Lord pitieth them that
fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame;he re-
membereth that we are dust.
15 As for meui, his days are as
grass; as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and
it is gone; and the place thereof shall
know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting to everlasting upon
them that fear him, and his righteous-
ness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant,
and to those that remember his com-
mandments to do them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his
throne in the heavens; and his king-
dom ruleth over ail.
20 Bless the Lord, ye. his angels, sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he
that excel in strength, that do his hath planted;
commandments, hearkening unto the
voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the Lord, ail ye his her house.
hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his .18 The high hills are a refuge for the
pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, ail his works in
ail places of his dominion: bless the sons: thé sxm knoweth his going down.
Lord, O my soul.
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PSALM 104
Bless the Lord, o my souL O
Lord my God, thou art very
great; thou art clothed with honour
andmajesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as
with a garment: who stretchest ont the
heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his
chambers in the waters: who maketh
the clouds his chariot: who walketh
upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his
ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the
earth, that it should not be removed
for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep
as with a, garment: the waters stood
above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the
voice of thy thimder they hasted
away.
8 They go up by the mountains;
they go down by the valleys unto the
place which thou hast founded for
them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they
may not pass over; that they tum not
again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the
valleys, which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast
of the field: the wild asses quench their
thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the
heaven have their habitation, which
sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his
chambers: the earth is satisfied with
the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for
the cattle, and herb for the service of
man: that he may bring forth food out
of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the
heart of man, and oil to make his face
to shine, and bread fi;hich strengthen-
eth man's heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of
17 Where the birds make their
nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are
wild goats;and the rocks for the conies»
19 He appointed the moon for sea-
20 Thou makest darkness and it is
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night: wherein ail the beasts of the 6 Oyeseedof Abraham his servaht,
forest do creep forth. ye children of Jacob his chosen.
21 The young lions roar after their 7 He is the Lord our God: his judg
prey, and seek their meat from God. ments are in ail the earth.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather 8 He hath remembered his cove-
themselves together, and lay them nant for ever, the word 4i;hich he com-
down in their dens. manded to a thousand générations.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work 9 Which covenant he made with
and to his labour until the evening. Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
24 O Lord, how manifold are thy 10 And confirmed the same unto
Works! in wisdom hast thou made Jacob for a law, and to Israël for an
them ail: the earth is full of thy riches. everlasting covenant:
25 So is this great and wide sea, 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the
wherein are things creeping innumer- land of Canaan, the lot of your in-
able, both small and great beasts. heritance:
26 There go the ships: there is that 12 When they werelmiafewmenin
leviathan, whom thou hast made to number; yea, very few, and strangers
play therein. in it.
27 These wait ail upon thee; that 13 When they wentfrom one nation
thou mayest give thern their meat in to another, from one kingdom to an-
due season. other people;
28 That thou givest them they 14 He suffered no man to do them
gather: thou openest thine hand, they wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
are iîlled with good. sakes;
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are 15 Saying, Touch not mine anoint-
troubled: thou takest away their ed, and do my prophets no harm.
breath, they die, and retum to their 16 Moreover he called for a famine
dust. upon the land: he brake the whole staff
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, of bread.
they are created: and thou renewest 17 He sent a man before them,even
the face of the earth. Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
31 The glory of the Lord shall en 18 \^ose feet they hurt with fet-
dure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in ters: he was laid in iron:
his Works. 19 Until the time that his word
32 He looketh on the earth, and it came: the word of the Lord tried
trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and him.
they smoke. 20 The king sent and loosed him;
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long even the ruler of the people, and let
as I live: I will sing praise to my God him go free.
while I have my being. 21 He made him lord of his house,
34 My méditation of him shall be and ruler of ail his substance:
sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. 22 To bind his princes at his pleas-
35 Let the sinners be consumed out ure; and teach his senators wisdom.
of the earth, and let the wicked be no 23 Israël also came into Egypt; and
more. Bless thou the Lord,O my soul. Jacob sojoumed in the land of Ham.
Praise ye the Lord. 24 And he increased his people
greatly; and made them stronger than
PSALM 105 their enemies.
OGIVE thanks unto the Lord;call 25 He tumed their heart to hate his
upon his name: make known his people, to deal subtilly with his ser
deeds among the people. vants.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto 26 He sent Moses his servant; and
him: talk ye of ail his wondrous works; Aaron whom he had chôsèn.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the 27 They shewed his signs among
heart of them rejoice that seek the them,and wonders in the land of Ham.
Lord. 28 He sent darkness, and made it
4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: dark; and they rebelled not against his
seek his face evermore. word.
5 Remember his marvellous works 29 He tumed their waters into
that he hath done; his wonders, and blood, and slew their fish.
the judgments of his mouth; 30 Their land brought forth frogs in
 PSALMS 106
abimdance» in the chambers of their
kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers
sorts of Aies, and lice in ail their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and
flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and
their fig trees; and brake the trees of
their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came»
and caterpillers» and that without
number»
35 And did eat up ail the herbs in
their land, and devoured the fruit of
their ground.
36 He smote also ail the firstbom in
their land, the chief of ail their
strength.
37 He brought them forth also with
silver and gold: and there wos hot one
feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they de-
parted: for the fear of them fell upon
them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering;
and fire to give light in the night.
40 Tke people asked,and hè brought
quaUs, and satished them with the
bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the wa-
ters gushed out; they ran in the dry
places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy
promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people
with joy,and his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the
heathen: and they inherited the labour
of the people;
45 That they might observe his
statutes, and keep his laws. Fraise ye
the Lord.
PSALM 106
IRAISE ye the Lord.O give thanks
unto the Lord; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of
the Lord? who can shew forth £dl his
praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judg-
mént, and he that doeth righteousness
at ail times.
4 Remember me, O Lord, with the
favour that thou bearest unto thy peo
ple: O visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy
chosen, that I may rejoice in the glad
ness of thy nation, that I may glory
with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned \\dth our fathers.
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we have committed iniquity, we have
done wickedly.
7 Our fathers. understood not thy
wonders in Egypt; they remembered
not the multitude of thy mercies; but
provoked him at the sea, even at the
Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for
his name's sake, that he might make
his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and
it was dried up:so he led them through
the depths, as through the wilderness»
10 And he saved them from the
hand of him that hated them, and re-
deemed them from the hand of the en-
emy.
11 And the waters covered their en-
emies: there was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words;
they sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works; they
waited not for his counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the
wildemess, and tempted God in the
désert.
15 And he gave them their request;
but sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the
camp, and Aaron the saint of the
Lord.
17 The earth opfâtied and swallowed
up Da'than,and covered the company
of A-bi-ram.
18 Aiid a fire was kindled in their
Company; tiie fiame bumed up the
wicked.
19 They made a calf in Ho-reb,and
worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
into the similitude of an ox that eateth
grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour,
which had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of
Ham, and terrible things by the Red
sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would
destroy them, had not Moses his cho
sen stood before him in the breach, to
tum away his wrath,lest he should de
stroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant
land, they believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their. tents,
and hearkened not unto the voice of
the Lord.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand
against them, to overthrow them in
the wilderness:
27 To overthrow their seed also
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among the nations» and to scatter give thanks unto thy holy name, and
them in the lands. to triumph in thy praise.
28 They joined themselves also un- 48 Blessed be the Lord God of Is
to Ba-al-pe'-or, and ate the sacrifices raël from everlasting to everlasting:
of the dead* and let ail the people say. Amen.
29 Thus they provoked him to an- Praise ye the Lord.
ger with their inventions: and the
plague brake in upon them. PSALM 107
30 Then stoôd up Phin'-e-has, and OGIVE thanks imto the Lord,for
executed judgment: and so the plague he is good:for his mercy endureth
was stayed. for ever.
31 And that was counted unto him 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say
for righteousness unto ail générations so, whom he hath redeemed from the
for evermore, hand of the enemy;
32 They angered him also at the 3 And gathered them out of the
waters of strife» so that it went ill with lands, from the east, and from the
Moses for their sakes: west, from the north, and from the
33 Because they provoked his spir- south.
It, so that he spake unadvisedly with 4 They wandered in the wildemess
his lips. in a solitary way;they found no city to
34 They did not destroy the na dwellin.
tions,conceming whom the Lord com- 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul
manded them: fainted in them.
35 But were mingled among the 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in
heathen, and leamed their works. their trouble, and he delivered them
36 And they served their idols: out of their distresses.
which were a snare unto them, 7 And he led them forth by the
37 Yea, they sacriôced their sons ri^t way,that they might go to a city
and their dau^ters unto devils, of habitation.
38 And shed innocent blood, even 8 Oh that men would praise the
the blood of their sons and of their Lord for his goodness,and for his won-
daughters, whom they sacrificed imto derful Works to the children of men!
the idols of Canaan: and the land was 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul,
polluted with blood. and filleth the hungry soul with good
39 Thus were they defiled with their ness.
own Works, and went a whoring with 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the
their own inventions. shadow of death, being bound in afflic
40 Therefore was the wrath of the tion and iron;
Lord kindled against his people, inso- 11 Because they rebelled against
much that he abhorred his own in- the words of God, and contemn^ the
heritance. counsel of the most High:
41 And he gave them into the hand 12 Therefore he brou^t down their
of the heathen; and they that hated heart with labour; they fell down and
them ruled over them. there was none to help.
42 Their enemies also oppressed 13 Then they cried unto the Lord
them,and they were brought into sub- in their trouble,and he saved them out
jection under their hand. of their distresses.
43 Many times did he deliver them; 14 He brought them out of dark
but they provoked him with their ness and the shadow of death, and
counsel, and were brought low for brake their bands in sunder.
their iniquity. 15 Oh that men would praise the
44 Nevertheless he regarded their Lord for his goodness, and for Ifis
affliction, when he heard their cry: wonderful worfe to the children of
45 And he remembered for them his men!
covenant, and repented according to 16 For he hath broken the gâtes of
the multitude of his mercies. brass, and eut the bars of iron in sun
46 He made them also to be pitied der.
of ail those that carried them cap 17 Fools because of their transgres
tives. sion, and because of their iniquities,
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and are afilicted.
gather us from among the heathen, to 18 Their soul abhorreth ail manner
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of méat; and they draw near unto the broughtlow through oppression,afflic
gâtes of deatlK tion, and sorrow.
19 Then they cry unto the Lord in 40 He poureth contempt upon prin
thelF trouble, and he saveth them out ces,and causeth them to wanderin the
of their distresses. wildemess, where there is no way.
20 He sent his word, and healed 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high
them, and delivered them from their from afiliction, and maketh him fam
destructions. illes like a fiock.
21 Oh that mm wpuld praise the 42 The righteous shall see and re-
Lord for his goodness, and for his joice: and ail iniquity shall stop her
.wonderful works to the chiidren of mouth.
men! 43 Whoso îs wise, and will observe
22 And let them sacrifice the sacri these ihings, even they shall under-
fices of thanksgiving, and déclaré his stand the lovingkihdness of the Lord.
Works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the sea in PSALM 108
ships,that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the Lord, A Song or Psalm of David
and his wonders in the deep. OGOD,my heart is fixed: I wili
25 For he commandeth,and raiseth sing and give praise, even with
the stormy wind, which lifteth up the my glory.
waves thereof. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I my-
26 They mount up to the heaven, self will awake early.
they go down again to the depths: 3 I will praise thee, O Lord,among
their soul is melted because of trouble. the people: and 1 will sing praises unto
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger thee among the nations.
like a drunken man, and are at their 4 For thy mercy is great above the
wit's end. heavens: and thy tmth reacheOt unto
28 Then they cry unto the LoRD'in thé clouds.
their trouble, and he bringeth them 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above
out of their distresses. the heavens: and thy glory above ail
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so the earth;
that the waves thereof are still. 6 That thy beloved may be deliv
30 Then are they glad because they ered: save with thy right hand, and
be quiet; so he bringeth them unto answerme.
their desirèd haven. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness;
31 Oh that mèn would praise the I will rejoice, I will divide Shé'-chem,
Lord for his goodness, and for his won and mete out the valley of Suc'-cotiti.
derful works to the chiidren of men! 8 Gilead is mine; Ma-^^'seh is
32 Let them exalt him also in the mine; E'^phra-im also is tiie strengtli
congrégation ôf the people, and praise of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
him in the assembly of the elders. 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom
33 He tumeth rivers into a wilder- will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia
ness, and the watersprings into dry will I triumph.
ground; 10 Who will bring me into the
34 A fruitful laiid into barrenness, strong city? who will lead me into
for the wickedness of them that dwell Edom?
therein. 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast
35 He tumeth the wildemess into a cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God,
standing water, and dry ground into go forth with dur hosts?
watersprings. 12 Give us help from trouble: for
36 And there he maketh the hungry vain is the help of man.
to dwell, thât Hiey may prepàre a city 13 Through God we shall do val-
fbr habitation; iantly: for he it is that shall tiead down
37 And sow the fields, and plant our enemies.
vineyards, which may yield fruits of
increase. ESALM 109
38 He blesseth them also, so that
they are multiplied greatly; and suf- To the chief Musician, A Pssdin of il5avid
fereth not their cattle to decrease. OLD not thy peace, O God of my
39 Again, they are minished and H praise:
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2 For the mouth of the wicked and
the mouth of the deceitful are opened
against me: they have spoken against
me with a lying tongue,
3 They compassed me about also
with words of hatred; and fought
against me without a cause. ing; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
4 For my love they are my adver-
saries: but 1 give myself unto prayer. them: when they looked upon me they
5 And they have rewarded me evll
for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him:
and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him
be condemned: and let his prayer be-
come sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let an-
other take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and
his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually
vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
iheir bread also ont of their desolate
places.
11 Let the extortioner catch ail that
he hath; and let the strangers spoil his
labour.
12 Let there be none to extend
mercy unto him: neither let there be
any to favour his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be eut off; and
in the génération foUowing let their
name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be
remembered with the Lord; and let
not the sin of his mother be blotted
out.
15 Let them be before the Lord
continually, that he may eut off the
memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not
to ^ew mercy, but persecuted the
X>oor and needy man, that he might
even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it
come unto him: as he deli^ted not in
blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with curs
ing like as with his garment, so let it
come into his bowels like water, and
like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as thè gar
ment which covereth him, and for a
girdle wherewith he is girded continu
ally.
20 Let this he the reward of mine
adversaries from the Lord, and of
them that ^eak evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O God the
Lord,for thy name's sake: because thy
mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and
my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when
it declineth: I am tossed up and down
as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fast-
25 I became also a reproach unto
shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O Lord my God: O
save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this is
thy hand; that thou. Lord, hast done
it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
when they arise, let them be ashamed;
but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed
with shame, and let them cover them-
selves with their own confusion, as
with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the Lord
with my mouth; yea, I will praise him
among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right
hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his souL
PSALM IIO
A Psalm of David
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit
thou at my right hand, until I
make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord shall send the rod of
thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in
the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people shaU he wiûing in the
day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the mom-
ing: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The Lord hath swom, and will
not repent, Thou ari a priest for ever
after the order of Mel-chiz-e-dek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall
strike through kings in the day of his
wrath.
6 He shall judge among the hea-
then, he shall ffil the places with the
dead bodies; he shall woimd the heads
over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the
way:therefore shall he lift up the head.
PSALM III
PRAISE ye the Lord. I wiU praise
the Lord with my whole heart, in
the assembly of the upright,and in the
congrégation.
2 The Works of the Lord are great.
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sought out of ail them that have pleas- PSALM 113

ure therein.
3 His work is honourable and glori-
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye
servants of the Lord, praise the
ous: and his righteousness endureth for name of the Lord.
ever. 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord
4 He hath made his wonderful from this time forth and for evermore.
Works to be remembered: the Lord is 3 From the rising of the sun unto
gracions and full of compassion. the going down of the same the Lord's
5 He hath given meat unto them name is to be praised.
that fear him: he will ever be mindfui 4 The Lord is high above ail na
of his covenant. tions, and his glory above the heavens.
6 He hath shewed his people the 5 Who is like unto the Lord oiir
power of his works» that he may give God, who dwelleth on high,
them the héritage of the heathen. 6 Who humbleth himself to behold
7 The Works of his hands are verity the things that are in heaven,and in the
and judgment; ail his commandments earth!
are sure. 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the
8 They stand fast for ever and ever, dust, and lifteth the needy out of the
and are done in truth and uprightness. dunghill;
9 He sent rédemption unto his peo 8 That he may set htm with princes,
ple: he hath commanded his covenant even with the princes of his people.
for ever: holy and reverend is his 9 He maketh the barren woman to
name. keep house, and to be a joyful mo.ther
10 The fear of the Lord is the be- of children. Praise ye the Lord.
ginning of wisdom: a good understand-
hig have ail they that do his command PSALM 114
ments: his praise endureth for ever. WHEN Israël went out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a peo
PSALM 112 ple of strange language;
PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the
man that feareth the Lord, that de-
2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Is
raël his dominion.
lighteth greatly in his commandments. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan
2 His seed shall be mighty upon was driven back.
earth: the génération of the upright 4 The mountains skipped like rams,
shall be blessed. and the little hills like lambs.
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that
house: and his righteousness endureth thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou
for ever. wast driven back?
4 Unto the upright there ariseth 6 Ye mountains,that ye skipped like
light in the darkness: he is gracions, rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
and full of compassion, and righteous. 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the prés
5 A good man sheweth favour, and ence of the Lord,at the presence of the
lendeth: he will guide his affairs with God of Jacob;
discrétion. 8 Whiçh tumed the rock into a
6 Surely he shall not be moved for standing water, the ilint into a foun-
ever: the righteous shall be in everlast- tain of waters.
Ing remembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of evil ti- PSALM 115
dings:his heart is fixed,trusting in the Not unto us,o Lord, not unto us,
Lord. but unto thy name give glory,
8 His heart is established, he shall for thy mercy, and for thy truth's
not be afraid, until he see his desire sake.
upon his enemies. 2 Wherefore should the heathen
9 He hath dispersed, he hath given say, Where is now their Grod?
to the poor; his righteousness endureth 3 But our God is in the heavens: he
for ever; his hom shall be exalted with hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
honour. 4 Their idols are silver and gold,the
10 The wicked shall see it, and be work of men*s hands.
grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, 5 They have mouths, but they
and melt away: the desire of the wick speak not: eyes have they, but they
ed shall perish. see not:
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6 They have ears, but they hear 10 I believéd, therefore have I spo-
not: noses have they, but they smell ken: I was greatly afflicted:
not: 11 1 said in my haste, AU men are
7 They have hands,but they handie liars.
not:feet have they, but they walk not: 12 What shall I render unto the
neither speak they through their Lord for ail his beneUts toward me?
thToat« 13 I will take the cup of salvation,
8 They that make them are like un- and call upon the name of the Lord.
to them; so is evéry one that tnisteth 14 I will pay my vows unto the
in them. Lord now in the presence of aU his
9 O Israël, trust thou in the Lord: people.
he is their help and their shield. 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the is the death of his saints.
Lord: he is their help and their shield. 16 O Lord,trùly I am thy servant;
11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in I am thy servant, and the son of thine
the Lord: he is their help and their handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
shield. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice
12 The Lord hath been mindful of of thanksgiving, and wiU caU upon the
us; he will bless tes; he will blfôs the name of the Lord.
house of Israël; he will bless the house18 I will pay my vows unto the
of Aarpn. Lord now in the presence of ail his
13 He will bless them that fear the people,
Lord, boih small and great. 19 In the courts of the Lord's
14 The Lord shall increase you house, in the midst of thee, O Jérusa
more and more, you and your children. lem. Praise ye the Lord.
15 Ye arc.blessed of the Lord which
made heaven and earth. PSALM 117
16 The heaven, even the heavens,
are the Lord's: but the earth hath he
O PRAISE the Lord, ail ye na
tions: praise him, ail ye people.
given to the children of men. 2 For his merciful Idndness is great
17 The dead praise not the Lord, toward us:^d the truth of the Lord
neither any that go down into silence. éridureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
18 But we will bless the Lord from
this time forth and for evermore.
PSALM IIS
Praise the Lord.

PSALM 116
OGIVE thanks unto the Lord;for
he is good: because his mercy en-
ILOVE the Lord, because he hath dureth for ever.
2 Letlsraelhowsay,that his mercy
heard my voice and my supplica
tions. endureth for ever.
2 Because he hath indined his ear 3 Let the house of Aaron now say,
unto me,therefore will 1 call upon him that his mercy endureth for ever.
as long as I live. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord
3 The sorrows of death compassed say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
me,and the pains of hell gat hold upon 5 I called upon the Lord in dis-
me: 1 found trouble and sorrow. tress: the Lord answered me, and set
4 Then called I upon the name of me in a large place.
the Lord; O Lord, 1 beseech thee, de- 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not
liver my soul. fear: what can man do unto me?
5 Gradous is the Lord, and right- 7 The Lord taketh my part with
eous; yea, our God is merciful. them that help me: therefore shall I
6 The Lord preserveth the simple: see my desire upon them that hate me.
I was brought low, and he helped me. 8 It is better to trust in the Lord
7 Retum imto thy rest, O my soul; than to put confidence in man.
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully 9 It is better to trust in the Lord
with thee. than to put confidence in princes.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul 10 AU nations compassed me about:
from death, mine eyes from tears, and but in the name of the Lord will I de-
my feet from falling. stroy them.
9 I will walk before the Lord in the 11 They compassed me about; yea,
land of the living. they compassed me about: but in
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the name of the Lord 1 will destroy testimonies,and that seek him with the
them. whole heart.
12 They compassed me about like 3 They also do no iniquity: they
bees; they are quenched as the fire of walk in his wàys.
thoms: for in the name of the Lord 1 4 Thou hast conunanded us to keep
will destroy them. thy precepts diligently.
13 Thou hast thnist sore at me that 5 O that my ways were directed to
I might fall: but the Lord helped me. keep thy statutes!
14 The Lord is my strength and 6 Then shall I not be ashamed,
song, and is become my salvation. when I have respect unto ail thy com-
15 The voice of rejoicing and salva mandments.
tion is in the tabernacles of the right- 7 I will praise thee with uprightness
eous: the right hand of the Lord doeth of heart, when 1 shall have leamed thy
vaiiantly. righteous judgments.
16 The right hand of the Lord is 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake
exalted: the right hand of the Lord me not utterly.
doeth vaiiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live, and dé n BETH
claré the Works of the Lord. 9 Wherewithal shall a yoimg man
18 The Lord hath chastened me cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto
sore: but he hath not given me over according to thy word.
unto death. 10 With my whole heart have -I
19 Open to me the gâtes of right- sought thee: O let me not wander from
eousness: I will go into them, and I thy commandments.
will praise the Lord: 11 Thy word have I hid in mine
20 This gâte ofthe Lord,into which heart, that I might not sin against
the righteous shall enter. thee.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach
heard me, and art become my salva me thy statutes.
tion. 13 With my lips have I dedared ail
22 The stone which the builders re- the judgments of thy mouth.
fused is become the head stone of the 14 I haye rejoiced in the way of thy
corner. testimonies, as much as in ail riches.
23 This is the Lord's doing; it is 15 I will meditate in thy precepts,
marvellous in our eyes. and have respect unto thy ways.
24 This is the day which the Lord 16 1 will delight myself in thy stat
hath made; we will rejoice and be glad utes: I will not forget thy word.
in it.
a GIMEL
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O
Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send 17 Deal bountifuUy with thy ser
now prosperity. vant, that I may live, and keep thy
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the word.
name of the Lord:we have blessed you 18 Open thou mine eyes,that I may
out of the house of the Lord. behold wondrous things out of thy
27 God is the Lord, which hath law.
shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with 19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide
cords, even unto the homs of the altar. not thy commandments from me.
28 Thou art my God, and I will 20 My soul breaketh for the longing
praise thee: thou art my God,I will ex- that it hath unto thy judgments at ail
alt thee. times.
29 O give thanks unto the Lord; 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud
for he is good: for his mercy endureth that are cursed, which do err from thy
for ever. commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and
PSALM 119 contempt; for I have kept thy testi
monies.
K ALEPH 23 Princes also did sit and speak
Blessed are the undefiled in the against me: but thy servant did medi
way, who walk in the law of the tate in thy statutes.
Lord. 24 Thy testimonies also are my de
2 Blessed are they that keep his light and my counsellors.
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also before kings, and will not be

TDALÈTH ashamed.
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: 47 And I will delight myself in thy
quicken thou me according to thy commandments, whiçh I have loved.
Word. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto
26 I have declared my ways, and thy commandments, which I have
thou heardest me: teach me thy stat- loved; and I will meditate in thy stat
ùtes. utes.
27 Make me to understand the way
of thy preœpts; so shall 1 talk of thy ÎZAIN
wondrous works. 49 Remember the word unto thy
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: servant, upon which thou hast caused
strengthen thou me according unto me to hope.
thyword. 50 This is my comfort in my afflic
29 Remove from me tjie way of ly- tion: for thy word hath quickened me.
îng: and grant me thy law gradously. 51 The proud have had me greatly
30 I have chosen the way of truth: in dérision: yet have I not declined
thy judgments have I laid hefore me. from thy law^
31 I have stuck unto thy testimo- 52 I remembered thy judgments of
nies: O Lord, put me not to shame. old, O Lord; and have comforted my
32 1 will run the way of thy com- self.
mandments, when thou shalt enlarge 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me
myheart. because of the wicked that forsake thy
rîHE law.
54 Thy statutes have been my sqngs
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of
thy statutes; and I shall keep it unio in 55
the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered thy name,O
the end.
Lord,in the night, and have kept thy
34 Give me understanding, îuid I law.
shall keep thy law; yea, 1 shall observe 56 This I had, because I kept thy
it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy precepts.
commandments; for therein do I de- nCHETH
Ught.
57 Thou art my portion, O Lord: I
36 Incline my heart unto thy tésti- have said that I would keep thy words.
monies, and not to covetousness. 58 1 intreated thy favour ^th my
37 Tum away mine eyes from be- whole heart; be merciful unto me ac
holding vanity; and quicken thou me cording to thy word.
in thy way. 59 I thought on my ways, and
38 Stablish thy word unto thy ser tumed my feet.unto thy testimonies.
vant, whô is devoted to thy fear. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to
39 Tum away my reproach which keep thy commandments.
I fear: for thy judgments are good. 61 The bands of the wicked have
40 Behold, I have longed after thy robbed me: but I have not forgotten
ptecepts: quicken me in thy righteous- thy law.
ness.
62 At midnight I will rise to give
1VAU thanks unto thee because of thy right-
41 Let thy mercies come also imto eous judgments.
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, ac 63 I am a companion of ail them
cording to thy word. that fear thee, and of them that keep
. 42 So shall I have wherewith to an- thy precepts.
swer him that reprôacheth me: for I 64 The earth, O Lord,is fuU of thy
trust in thy word. mercy: teach me thy statutes.-
43. And take not the word of tmth
» TETH
utterly out of my mouth; for I have
hoped in thy judgments. 65 Thou hast dealt well with thy
^44 So shall I keep thy law continu- servant, O Lord, according unto thy
aûy for ever and ever. word.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I 66 Teach me good judgment and
seek thy precepts. knowledge: for I have believed thy
46 I will speak of thy testimonies commandments.
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67 Before I was aâlicted I went kindness; so shall I keep the testimony

astray: but now have I kept thy word* ofthymouth.
68 Thou art good, and doest good;
teach me thy statutes» Vlamed
69 The proud have forged a lie 89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is
ags^st me: but I will keep thy pre- settled in heavem
cepts with my whole heart. 90 Thy faithfulness is unto aU géné
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; rations: thou hast .established the
but I delight in thy law» earth, and it abideth..
71 It is good for me that I have been 91 They continue this day accord
afflicted; that I might leam thy stat- ing to thine ordinances: for ail are thy
utes. servants.
72 Thelaw ofthymouthis betterun- 92 Unless thy law had been my de-
to me thân thousands ofgold and silver. lig^ts, 1 should then have perished in
mine affliction.
•* JOD 93 1 will never forget thy precepts:
73 Thy hands have made me and for with them tiiou hast quickened me.
fashioned me: give me understanding, . 94 I am thine, savé me; for I have
that 1 may leam thy commandments. sought thy precepts.
74 They that fear thee will be glad 95 The wicked have waited for me
when they see me; bécause I have to: destroy me: but I wiU consider thy
hoped in thy word» testimonies.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy judg- 96 I have seen an end of aU perfec
ments are right, and that thou in faith- tion: but thy commandment is éxceed-
fulness hast aâlicted me. ing broad;
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful
kindness be for my comfort, according ûmem'
to thy Word unto thy servant. 97 O how love I thy law! it is my
77 Let thy tender mercies comê un méditation ail the day.
to me, that I may live: for thy law is 98 Thou through thy cornmand-
my delight. ments hast made me wiser than mine
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for enemies: for they are ever with me.
they dealt perversely with me without 99 I have more understanding than
a cause: but I will meditate in thy pre- aU my teachers:for thy testimonies are
cepts. my méditation.
79 Let those that fear thee tum 100 I understand more than the an-
unto me, and those that have known cients, because I keep thy precepts.
tiiy testimonies. lôl I have refrained my feèt from
80 Let my heart be sound in thy every evU way,that I might keep thy
statutes; that 1 be not ashamed. word. .
102 I have not departed from thy
D CAPH judgments: for thou hast taught me.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salva- 103 How sweet are thy words unto
tion: but I hope in thy word. my taste! yea, sweèter than honey to
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, say- my mouth!
ing, When wilt thou comfort me? 104 Through thy precepts I get un
83 For I am become like a bottle in derstanding: therefore I hate every
the smoke; yet do I not forget thy false way.
statutes.
. INUN .
'84 How many are the days of thy
servant? when wilt thou execute judg- 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my
ment on them that persécute me? feet, and a Ught unto my path.
85 The proud have digged pits for 106 I have swom, and I wiU per-
me, which are not after thy law. form it, that I wiU keep tiiy righteous
86 AU thy commandments are faith- judgments.
ful:they persécute me wrongfuUy;help 107 I am afflicted very much:
thou me. quicken me; O Lûrd, according unto
87 They had almost cohsumed me thy word.
upon earth; but I forsook not thy pre- 108 Accept,I beseech thee,the free-
cepts. wiU offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
88 Quicken me after thy loving- and teach me thy judgments.
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109 My soul is continually in my 130 The entrance of thy words giv-

hand: yet do I net forget thy law* eth light; it giveth imderstanding unto
110 The wicked have laid a snare the simple.
for me: yet I erred not from thy pre- 131 I opened my mouth, and pant-
cepts, ed: for L longed for thy command-
111 Thy testimonies have I taken mentsi
as an héritage for ever:for they are the 132 Look thou upon me, and be
rejoicing of my heart. merciful unto me, as thou usest to do
112 I have inclined mine heart to unto those that love thy name.
perform thy statutes alway» even unto 133 Order my steps in thy word:
the end* and let not any iniquity have domin-
ion over me.
DSAMECH 134 Deliver me from the oppression
113 1 hate vain thoughts: but thy of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
law do I love. 135 Make thy face to shine upon
114 Thou art my hiding place and thy servant; and teach me thy stat
my shidd: I hope in thy word. utes.
115 Départ firom me, ye evildoers: 136 Rivers of waters run down mine
for 1 will keep the commandments of eyes, because they keep not thy law*
my God.
S^TZADDI
116 Uphold me àccording unto thy
word, that I may live: and let me not 137 Righteous art thou, O LoRiy,
be ashamed of my hope. and upright are thy judgments.
117 Hold thou me up,and I shall bé 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast
safe: and I will have respect unto thy commanded are righteous and very
statutes continually. faithful.
lis Thou hast trodden down ail 139 My zeal hath consumed me, be
them that err from thy statutes: for cause mine enemies have forgotten thy
their deceit is falsehood. words.
119 Thou puttest away ail the wick 140 Thy word is very pure: there
fore thy servant loveth it. '
ed of the earth like dross: therefore I
love thy testimonies. 141 I am small and despised: yet do
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of not I forget thy precepts.
thee; and 1 am afraid of thy judg- 142 Thy righteousness is an ever-
ments. lasting righteousness, and thy law is
the truth.
j;ain 143 Trouble and anguish have tak
121 I have done judgment and jus en hold on me: yet thy commandments
tice: leave me not to mine oppressors. are my delights.
122 Be surety for thy servant for 144 The righteousness of thy testi
good: let not the proud oppress me. monies is everlasting: give me under-
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, standing, and I shall live.
and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant àccord p KOPH
ing unto thy mercy, and teach me thy 145 I cried with my whole heart;
statutes. hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy stat-^
125 I am thy servant; give me un- utes.
derstanding, that I may know thy 146 I cried unto thee; save me,and
testimonies. I shall keep thy testimonies.
126 It is time for thee. Lord, to 147 I prevented the dawning of the
work: for they have made void thy moming, and cried: I hoped in thy
law. word.
127 Therefore I love thy command 148 Mine eyes prevent the night
ments above gold; yea,above fine gold. watches, that I might meditate in thy
128 Therefore I esteem ail thy pre- word.
cepts conceming ail things ta be right; 149 Hear my voice àccording imto
and I hate every false way. thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken
me àccording to thy judgment.
Û PB 150 They draw nigh that follow
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: after mischief: they are far from thy
therefore doth my soul keep them* law*
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151 Thou art near, O Lord; and ail word: for ail thy commandments are
thy commandments are tnith. righteousness.
152 Conceming thy testimonies, I 173 Let thine hand help me; for I
have known of old that thou hast have chosen thy precepts.
founded them for ever. 174 I have longed for thy salvation»
O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
nRESH 175 Let my soul live» and it shall
153 Consider mine afiliction, and praise thee; and let thy judgments
deliver me:for I do not forget thy law. help me.
154 Plead my cause» and deliver 176 1 have gone astray like a lost
me:quicken me according to thy word. sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not
155 Salvation is far from the wick- forget thy commandments.
ed: for they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O PSALM 120
Lord: quicken me according to thy
judgments. A Song of degrees
157 Many are my persecutors and IN my distress I cried imto the Lord»
mine enemies; yet do 1 not décliné and he heard me.
from thy testimonies. 2 Deliver my soul» O Lord» from
158 I beheld the transgressors, and lying lips» and from a deceitful tongue.
was grieved; because they kept not thy 3 What shall be given unto thee? or
word. what shall be done unto thee» thou
159 Consider how I love thy pre- false tongue?
cepts: quicken me» O Lord» according 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty» with
to thy lovingkindness. coals of juniper.
160 Thy word is true from the be- 5 Woe is me» that I sojoum in Me-
ginning: and every one of thy right- sech» that I dwell in the tents of Ke-
eous judgments endureth for ever. dar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him
WSCHIN that hateth peace.
161 Princes have persecuted me 7 1 am for peace: but when I speak»
without a cause: but my heart stand- they are for war.
eth in awe of thy word.
162 I rejoice at thy word» as one PSALM 121
that findeth great spoil.
A Song of degrees
163 1 hate and abhor lying: but thy
law do I love. IWILL lift up mine eyes unto the
164 Seven times a day do I praise hills» from whence cometh my help.
thee because of thy righteous judg 2 My help cometh from the Lord»
ments. which made heaven and earth.
165 Great peace have they which 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be
love thy law: and nothing shall oifend moved: he that keepeth thee will not
them. slumber.
166 Lord» I have hoped for thy sal 4 Behold» he that keepeth Israël
vation» and done thy commandments. shall neither slumber nor sleep.
167 My soul hath kept thy testi 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord
monies; and I love them exceedingly. is thy shade upon thy right hand.
168 I have kept thy precepts and 6 The sun shall not smite thee by
thy testimonies: for ail my ways are day» nor the moon by night.
before thee. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee
from ail evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
n TAU 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going
169 Let my cry come near before out and thy coming in from this time
thee, O Lord: g^ve me understanding forth» and even for evermore.
according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come be PSALM 122
fore thee: deliver me according to thy
word.
A Song of degrees of David
171 My lips shall utter praise» when IWAS glad when they said unto me,
thou hast taught me thy statutes. Let us go into the house of the
172 My tongue shall speak of thy Lord.
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2 Our feet shall stand within thy PSALM 125

gâtes, O Jérusalem.
3 Jérusalem is buUded as a city that
is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the
tribes of the Lord,unto the testimony
of Israél,to give thanks unto the name
of the Lord.
5 For there are set thrones of judg-
ment, the thrones of the house of Da
vid.
6 Pray for the peace of Jérusalem: not rest upon the lot of the righteous;
they shall prosper that love thee. lest the righteous put forth their hands
7 Peace be within thy walls, and
prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and compan-
ions' sakes, 1 will now say, Peace be
within thee.
9 Because of the house of the Lord
our God I will seek thy good.
PSALM 123
A Song of degrees
A Song of degrees
They that trust in the Lord shatt
be as mount Zion tuhich cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about
Jérusalem,so the Lord is round about
his people from henceforth even for
ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall
unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that
be good,and to them that are upright in
their hearts.
5 As for such as tum aside unto
their crooked ways, the Lord shall
lead them forth with the workers of in
iquity: but peace shall be upon Israël.
PSALM 126

NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O A Song of degrees

u thou that dwellest in the heav- WHEN
ens.
the Lord tumed again the
captivity of Zion, we were like
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants them that dream.
look unto the hand of their masters, 2 Then was our mouth filled with
and as the eyes of a maiden unto the laughter, and our tongue with singing:
hand of her mistress; so our eyes tuait then said they among the heathen,
upon the Lord our God, until that he The Lord hath done great things for
have mercy upon us. them.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, 3 The Lord hath done great things
have mercy upon us:for we are exceed- for us; tuhereof we are glad.
ingly filled with contempt. 4 Tum again our captivity,O Lord,
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with as the streams in the south.
the scoming of those that are at ease, 5 They that sow in tears shall reap
and with the contempt of the proud. in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth,
PSALM 124 bearing precious seed, shall doubtless
A Song of degrees of David come again with rejoicing, bringing
ÏFonit our
had side,
not heen the Lord who was
now may Israël say;
his sheaves with him.

PSALM 127
2 If it had not been the Lord who
was on our side, when men rose up A Song of degrees for Solomon
against us: EXCEPT the Lord build the house,
3 Then they had swallowed us up they labour in vain that build it:
quick, when their wrath was kindled except the Lord keep the city, the
against us: watchman waketh but in vain.
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed 2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
us, the stream had gone over our soul: to sit up late, to eat the bread of sor-
5 Then the proud waters had gone rows:for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
over our soul. 3 Lo, children are an héritage of the
6 Blessed be the Lord,who hath not Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his
given us os a prey to their teeth. reward.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out 4 As arrows are in the hand of a
of the snare of the fowlers: the snare mighty man; so are children of the
is broken, and we are escaped. youth.
8 Our help is in the name of the 5 Happy is the man that hath his
Lord, who made heaven and earth. quiver full of them: they shall not be
 PSALMS 128-132 581

s^shamed/ but they shall speak mdth
the enemies in the gâte.
PSALM 128
A Song of degrees
BLESSED is every one that feareth
the Lord; that walketh in his
ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of
thine hands: happy shalt thou ]be, and
U shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vinc
by the sides of thine house: thy chil-
dren like olive plants round about thy
table.
4 Behold» that thus shall the man
be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of
Zion: and thou shalt see the good of
Jérusalem ail the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's
children, and peace upon Israël.
PSALM 129
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth
wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiieth for the Lord more
than they that watch for the moming:
1 say, more than they that watch for
the moming.
7 Let Israël hope in the Lord: for
with the Lord there is mercy,and with
him is plenteous rédemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israël from
ail his iniquities.
PSALM 131
A Song of degrees of David
10RD,my heart is not haughty, nor
j mine eyes lofty: neither do I exer
cise myself in great matters, or in
things too high for me.
2 Surely I have behaved and quiet-
ed myself, as a child that is weaned of
his mother: my soul is even as a
weaned child.
3 Let Israël hope in the Lord from
henceforth and for ever.

A Song of degrees PSALM 132

MANY a time have they afflicted
me from my youth, may Israël
ûow say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted
me from my youth: yet they have not
prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my
back: they made long their furrows.
4 The Lord is righteous: he hath
eut asunder the cords of the wicked*
5 Let them ail be confounded and
tumed back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the
housetops, which withereth afore it
groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower fflleth not
his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves
his bosom.
S Neither do they which go by say,
The blessing of the Lord be upon you; and the ark of thy strength.
We bless you in the name of the Lord.
PSALM 130
A Song of degrees
OUT ofthe depths have I cried unto
thee, O Lord.
2 Lord,hear my voice:let thine ears
be attentive to the voice of my suppli
cations.
'3 If thou. Lord,shouldest mark in-
iquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But ihere is forgiveness with thee,
that thou mayest be feared.
A Song of degrees
10RD,remember David, and ail his
j afflictions:
2 How he sware unto the Lord,and
vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
3 Surely I will not come into the
tabernacle of my house, nor go up into
my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes,
or slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the
Lord, an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Eph-ra-tah:
we found it in the lields of the wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles:
we will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise, O Lord,into thy rest; thou,
9 Let thy priests be clothed with
righteousness; and let thy saints shout
for joy.
10 For thy servant David's sake
tum not away the face of thine anoint-
ed.
11 The Lord hath swom in tmth
unto David; he will not tum from it;
Of the fmit of thy body will I set upon
thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my
covenant and my testimony that I
shall teach them, their children shall
also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
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13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; that did he in heaven, and in earth,in
he hath desired it for hls habitation. the seas, and ail deep places.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend
I dwell; for I have desired it. from the ends of the esiirth; he maketh
15 I will abundantly hless her pro lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the
vision: I will satisfy her poor with wind out of his treasuries.
bread. S Who smote the firstbom of
Egypt, both of man and beast.
16 I will also clothe her priests with
salyation: and her saints shall shout 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into
aloud for joy. the midst ofthee,O Egypt,upon Phar-
17 There will I make the hom of aoh, and upon ail his servants.
David to bud: I have ordained a lamp 10 Who smote great nations, and
for mine anointed. slew mighty kings;
18 His enemies will I clothe with 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and
shame: but upon himself shall his Og king of Ba-shan, and ail the king-
crown flourish. doms of Canaan:
12 And gave thelr land for an hérit
PSALM 133 age,an héritage unto Israël his people.
13 Thy name, O Lord, endureth for
A Song of degrees of David ever; and thy mémorial, O Lord,
BEHOLD,how good and how pleas- throughout ail générations.
ant it is for brethren to dwell to- 14 For the Lord will judge his peo
gether in unity! ple, and he will repent himself con-
2 It is like the precious ointment ceming his servants.
upon the head» that ran down upon 15 The idols of the heathen are sil-
tiie beard, even Aaron's beard: that ver and gold, the work of men's hands.
went down to the skirts of his gar- 16 They have mouths, but they
ments; speak not; eyes have they, but they
3 As the dew of Her'-mon, and as see not;
the dew that descended upon the moun- 17 They have ears, but they hear
tains of Zion: for there the Lord com- not; neither is there any breath in their
manded the blessing, even life for ever- mouths.
more. 18 They that make them are like
unto them: so is every one that trust-
PSALM 134 eth in them.
A Song of degrees 19 Bless the Lord, O house of Is
raël: bless the Lord,O house of Aarom
EHOLD, bless ye the Lord, ail ye 20 Bless the Lord,O house of Levi:
B servants of the Lord, which by
night stand in the house of the Lord.
ye that fear the Lord, bless the
Lord.
2 Lift up your hands in the sanc- 21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion,
tuary, and bless the Lord. which dwelleth at Jérusalem. Praise ye
3 The Lord that made heaven and the Lord.
earth bless thee out of Zion.
PSALM 136
PSALM 135 OGIVE thanks imto the Lord;for
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the he is good: for his mercy endureth
name of the Lord; praise him, O ye for ever.
servants of the Lord. 2 O give thanks unto the God of
2 Ye that stand in the house of the gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Lord,in the courts of the house of our 3 Ogive thanks to the Lord oflords:
God, for his mercy endureth for ever.
3 Praise the Lord; for the Lord is 4 To him who alone doeth great
good: sing praises unto his name; for wonders: for his mercy endureth for
U is pleasant. ever.
4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob 5 To him that by wisdom made the
unto himself, and Israël for his pecul- heavens: for his mercy endureth for
iar treasure. ever.
5 For I know that the Lord is great, 6 To him that stretched out the
and that our Lord is above ail gods. earth above the waters: for his mercy
6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased. endureth for ever.
 PSALMS 137-139 583
7 To him that made great lights: for 4 How shall we sing the Lord's
his mercy endMreth for ever: /song in a strange land?
8 The sun to rule by day: for hls 5 If I forget thee, O Jérusalem, let
mercy endureth for ever: :my right hand forget her cunning,
9 The moon and stars to rule by 6 If I do not remember thee,let my
night: for his mercy endureth for ever, tongùe cleave to the roof of my moûth;
10 To him that smote Egypt in if I prefer not Jérusalem above my
their firstbom: for his mercy endureth chief joy.
for ever: 7 Remember, O Lord,the children
11 And brought ont Israël from of Edom in the day of Jérusalem; who
aïnong them: for his mercy endureth said. Rase it, rase U, even to the foun-
for ever: dation thereof.
12 With a strong hand, and with a 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art
stretched out arm: for his mercy en to be destroyed; happy shaU he be, that
dureth for ever. ;rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
13 To him which divided the Red 9 Happy shulZ he be,that taketh and
sea into parts: for his mercy endureth dasheth thy little ones against thé
for ever: stones.
14 And made Israël tp pass through
the midst of it: for his mercy endureth PSALM 138
for ever:
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his A Psaîm of David
host in the Red sea: for his mercy en IWILL praise thee with my whole
dureth for ever. heart: before the gods will I sing
16 To hhn which led his people praise unto thee.
through the wildemess: for his mercy 2 I will worship toward thy holy
endureth for ever. temple, and praise thy name for thy
17 To him which smote great kings: lovingkindness and for thy truth: for
for his mercy endureth for ever: thou hast magnified thy word aboyé
18 And slew famous kings: for his ail thy name.
mercy endureth for ever: 3 In the day when I cried thou an?
19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for sweredst. me, and strengthenedst mé
his mercy endureth for ever: with strength in my soul.
20 And Og the king of Ba-shan: for 4 AU the kings of the earth shaU
his mercy endureth for ever: praise thee, O Lord, when they hear
21 And gave their land for an hérit the words of thy mouth.
age: for his mercy endureth for ever: 5 Yea,they shall sing in the ways of
22 Even an héritage linto Israël his the Lord: for great is the glory of thé
servant: for his mercy endureth for Lord.
ever. 6 Though the Lord be high, yet
23 Who remembered us in our low hath he respect unto the lowly: but the
estate: for his mercy endureth for even proud he knoweth afar off.
24 And hath redeemed us from our 7 Though I walk in the midst of
enemies: for his mercy endureth for trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
ever. shalt stretch forth thine hand against
25 Who giveth food to ail desh: for the wrath of mine enemies, and thy
his mercy endureth.for ever. right hand shall save me.
26 O give thanks unto the God of 8 Thé Lord wUl perfect that which
heaven:for his mercy endureth for ever. concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord,
endureth for ever: forsake not the
PSALM 137 Works of thine own hands.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we
sat down, yea, we wept, when we PSALM 139
remembered Zion.
2 We hahged our harps upon the To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David
willows in the midst thereof. OLORD,thou hast searched me^
3 For there they that carried us arid known me.
away captive required of us a song; 2 Thou knowest my downsitting
and they that wasted us required of us and mine uprising,thou imderstandest
jnirth, saying, Sing us pnc of the songs my thought afar off.
of Zion. 3 Thou compassestmy path and my
584 PSALMS 140, 141
lying down, and art acquainted <wUh 23 Searchme,O God,andknow my
ail my ways. heart: try me,and know my thoughts:
4 For there is not a word in my 24 And see if there be any wicked
tongue, but,lo, O LoRDj thou knowest way in me, and lead me in the way
it altogether. everlasting.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me. PSALM 140
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful
To the chief Musidan, A Psalm of David
for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto
it. DELIVER me, O Lord, from the
7 Wliither shall I go from thy spirit? evil man: préserve me from the
or whither shall ï flee from thy prés violent man;
ence? 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou heart; continually are they gathered
art there; if I make my bed in hell, be-together for war.
hold, thou art there. 3 They have sharpened their
9 Ifitakethewingsofthemoming, tongues like a serpent; adders' poison
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the is imder their lips. Se-lah.
sea; 4 Keep me,O Lord,from the hands
10 Even there shall thy hcind lead of the wicked; preserve me from the
me, and thy right hand shall hold me. violent man; who have purposed to
11 If I Say, Surely the darkness overthrow my goings.
shall cover me;even the night shall be 5 The proud have hid a snare for
light about me. me, and cords; they have spread a net
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not by the wayside; they have set gins for
from thee; but the night shineth as the me. Se-lah.
day: the darkness and the light are 6 I said unto the Lord,Thou art my
both alike io thee. God: hear the voice of my supplica
13 For thou hast possessed my tions, O Lord.
reins: thou hast covered me in my 7 O God the Lord, the strength of
mother's womb. my salvation, thou hast coverâ my
14 I will praise thee; for I am fear- head in the day of battle.
fully and wonderfuUy made: marvel- 8 Grant not, O Lord,the desires of
lous arc thy works; and that my soul the wicked: further not his wicked de-
knoweth right well. vice;lest they exalt themselves. Se-lah.
15 My substance was not hid from 9 As for the head of those that com-
thee, when 1 was made in secret, and pass me about,let the mischief of their
curiously wrought in the lowest parts own lips cover them.
of the earth. 10 Let buming coals fall upon
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, them: let them be cast into the fire;
yet being imperfect; and in thy book into deep pits, that they rise not up
ail my menibers were written, which in again.
continuance were fashioned, when as 11 Let not an evil speaker be estab-
yet there was none of them. lished in the earth: evil shall hunt the
17 How precious also are thy violent man to overthrow him.
thoughts xmto me, O God! how great 12 I know that the Lord wiU main-
is the sum of them! tain the cause of the afflicted, and the
18 If I should count them, they are right of the poor.
more in number than the sand: when 13 Surely the righteous shall give
I awake, I am still with thee. thanks imto thy name: the upright
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, shall dwell ih thy presence.
0 God: départ from me therefore, ye
bloody men. PSALM 141
20 For they speak against thee
A Psalm of David
wickédly, and thihe enemles take thy
name in vain. Lord,I cry unto thee: make haste
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, j unto me; give ear unto my voice,
that hate thee? and am not I grieved when I cry unto thee.
with those that lise up against thee? 2 Let my prayer be set forth before
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: thee as incense; and the lifting up of
1 count them mine enemies. my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my 2 And enter not into judgment with
mouth; keep the door of my lips» thy servant: for in thy si^t shall no
4 Incline not my heart to any evil man living be justided.
thing, to practise wicked works with 3 For the enemy hath persecuted
men that work iniquity: and let me not my soul; he hath smitten my life down
eat of their dainties. to the ground; he hath made me tô
5 Let the righteous smite me;it shàll dwell in darkness, as those that have
he a kindness: and let him reprove me; been long dead.
it shaïl he aii excellent oil, which shall 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelm
not break my head: for yet my prayer ed within me; my heart within me is
also shall he in théir^ calaitnities. desolate.
6 Wheh théir judges are overthrown 5 I remember the days of old; I
in stony places, they shall hear my meditate on ail thy works; I muse on
wofds; for they are sweet. the work of thy hands.
7 Our bones are scattered at the 6 I stretch forth my hands xmto
grave's moiith, as when one cutteth thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a
and cleaveth wood upon the earth^ thirsty land. Se-lah.
8 But miné eyes are unto thee, O 7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my
Gob the Lord: in thee is my trust; spirit faileth: hide not thy face from
leave not my soul destitute. me, lest I be like unto them that go
9 Keep me from the snares which down into the pit.
they have laid for me, and the gins of 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkind-
the wôrkers bf iniquity^ ness in the moming; for in thee do I
10 Let the wicked fall into their trust: cause me to know the way
own nets, whilst that I withal escape. wherein I should walk;for I lift up my
soul imto thee.
PSALM 142 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
the cave 10 Teach me to do thy will;for thou
ICRIED unto the Lord with my art my God:thy spirit is gopd;lead me
into the land of uprightness.
voice; with my yoice unto the Lord
11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy
did I make my supplication. name's sake: for thy righteousness'
2 I poured out my complâint before sake bring my soul out of trouble.
him; I shewed before him my trouble.
12 And of. thy mercy eut off mine
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed enemies, and destroy ail them that
within me, then thou knewest my
path. In the way wherein I walked aiflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
have they privily laid a snare for me. PSALM 144
4 I looked on my right hand, and
beheld, but Ihcre was no man thàt A Psalm of David
would know me: refuge failed me; no
man cared for my soul.
BLESSED he the Lord my strength,
which téacheth my hands to war,
5 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, and my Angers to fight:
Thou art my refuge and my portion in 2 My goodness,and my fortress; my
the land of the living. hîgh tower, and my deliverer; my
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am shield, and he in whom I trust; who
brought very low: deliver me from my subdueth my people under me.
persecutors; for they are stronger 3 Lord, wliat is man, that thou
than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that takest knowledge of him! or the son of
man, that thou makest account of
I may praise thy name: the righ^ous him!
shall compass me about;for thou shalt 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are
deal bountifully with me.
as a shadow that passeth away.
PSALM 143 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and
come down: touch the mountains, and
A Psalm of David they shall smoke. •
my prayer, O Lord, give 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter
ear to àiy supplications: in thy them: shoot out thine arrows, and de
faithfiilness answer me, and in thy stroy them.
righteousness. 7 Send thine hand from above; rid
 586 PSALMS 145, 146
me,and dellver me out of gieat waters, 10 AU thy Works shaU praise thee,
from the hand of strange children; O Lord; and thy saints shaU bless
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, thee.
and their right hand is a right hand of 11 They shaU speak of the glory of
falsehood. thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
9 I wUl sing a new song unto thee, 12 To make known to the sons of
O God: upon a psaltery and an instru men his mighty acts, and the glorious
ment of ten strings will I sing praises majesty of his kingdom.
unto thee. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kingdom, and thy dominion endureth
kings: who delivereth David his ser throughout aU générations.
vant from the hurtful sword. 14 The Lord upholdethaU that faU,
11 Rid me,and deliver me from the and raiseth up aU those that be bowed
hand of strange children, whose mouth down.
speaketh vanity, and their right hand 15 The eyes of aU wait upon thee;
is a right hand of falsehood: and thou givest them their meatin due
12 That our sons may be as plants season.
grown up in their youth; that oui 16 Thou openest thine hand, and
daughters may be as corner stones, satisfiest the desire of every living
polished after the similitude of a pal thing.
ace: 17 The Lord is righteous in aU his
13 That OUI gamers may be full, af- ways, and holy in ail his works.
fording ail manner of store: that our 18 The Lord is nigh unto aU them
sheep may bring forth thousands and that caU upon him, to aU that caU
ten thousands in our streets: upon him in truth.
14 That our oxen may be strong to 19 He wiU fulfil the desire of them
labour; that there be no breaking in, nor that fear him: he also will hear their
going out; that there be no complaining cry, and wiU save them.
in our streets. 20 The Lord preserveth ail them
15 Happy is that people, that is in that love him: but ail the wicked wiU
such a case: yea, happy is that people, he destroy.
whose God is the Lôrd. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise
of the Lord: and let aU flesh bless his
PSALM 145 holy name for ever and ever.
David*s Psaîm of Fraise PSALM 146
IWILL extol thee, my God, O king; PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise the
and I will bless thy name for ever Lord, O Iny soul.
and ever. 2 While 1 Uve wiU I praise the
2 Every day will I bless thee; and I Lord: I wiU sing praises unto my God
will praise thy name for ever and ever. while I have any being.
3 Great is the Lord,and greatly to 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor
be praised; and his greatness is un- in the son of man,in whom there is no
searchable. help.
4 One génération shall praise thy 4 His breath goeth forth, he retum-
Works to another,and shall déclaré thy eth to his earth; in that very day his
mighty acts. thoughts perish.
5 1 wiU speak of the glorious honour 5 Happy is he that hath the God of
of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the
Works. Lord his God:
6 And men shall speak of the might 6 Which made heaven, and earth,
of thy terrible acts: and I will déclaré the sea, and ail that therein is: whicdi
thy greatness. keepeth truth for ever:
7 They shall abundantly utter the 7 Which executeth judgment for
memory of thy great goodness, and the oppressed: which giveth food to
shall sing of thy righteousness. the hungry. The Lord looseth the pris-
8 The Lord is gracions, and full of oners:
compassion; slow to anger, and of 8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the
great mercy. blind: the Lord raiseth them that are
9 The Lord is good to ail: and his bowed down: the Lord loveth the
tender mercies are over ail his works. righteous:
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9 The Lord presferveth the stran- nation: and as for his judgments, they
gers; he relieveth the fatherless and have not known them. Praise ye the
widow; but the way of the wicked he Lord.
tumeth upside down,
10 The Lord shall reign for ever, PSALM 148
even thy God, O Zion, unto ail généra PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the
tions. Praise ye the Lord. Lord from the heavens: praise him
in the heights.
PSALM 147 2 Praise ye him, ail his angels:
PRAISE ye the Lord: for it is good praise ye him, ail his hosts.
tô sing pralses unto oui God; for it 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon:
is pleasant; and praise is comely. praise him, ail ye stars of light.
/ 2 The Lord doth build up Jérusa 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heav
lem: he gathereth together the out- ens, and ye waters that be above the
casts of Israël. heavens.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, 5 Let them praise the name of the
and bindeth up their wounds. Lord: for he commanded, and they
4 He telleth the number of the were created.
stars; he calleth them ail by their 6 He hath also stablished them for
names. ever and ever: he hath made a decree
5 Great is our Lord, and of ^eat which shall not pass.
power: his understanding is infinité. 7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he ye dragons, and ail deeps:
casteth the wicked down to the ground. 8 Pire, and hail; snow, and vappûrs;
7 Sing unto the Lord with thanks- stormy wind fulfilling his word:
giving; sing praise upon the harp unto 9 Mountains, and ail hills; fruitful
our God: trees, and ail cedars:
8 Who covereth the heaven with 10 Beasts, and ail cattle; creeping
clouds, who prepareth rain for the things, and fiying fowl:
earth, who maketh grass to grow upon 11 Kings of the earth, and ail peo-
the mountains. , ple; princes, and ail judges of the
9 He giveth to the beast his food, earth:
and to the young ravens which cry. 12 Both young men, and maidens;
10 He delighteth not in the strength old men, and children:
of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in 13 Let them praise the naine of the
the légs of a man. Lord: for his name alone is excellent;
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in his glory is above the earth and
them that fear him,in those that hope heaven.
in his mercy. 14 He also exalteth the horn of his
12 Praise the Lord, O Jérusalem; people, the praise of ail his saints; even
praise thy God, O Zion. of the children of Israël, a people near
13 For he hath strengthened the unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
bars of thy gâtes; he hath blessed thy
children within thee.
PSALM 149
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, PRAISE ye the Lord. Smg imto the
and fiUeth thee with the finest of the Lord a new song, and nis praise in
wheat. the congrégation of saints.
15 He sendeth forth his command- 2 Let Israël rejoice in him that
ment upon earth: his word runneth made him: let the children of Zion be
very swiftly. joyful in their King.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he 3 Let them praise his name in the
scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. dance: let them sing praises unto him
17 He casteth forth his ice like mor- with the timbrel and harp.
sels: who can stand before his cold? 4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in
18 He sendeth out his word, and his people: he will beautify the meek
melteth them: he causeth his wind to with salvation.
blow, and the waters flow. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory:
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, let them sing aloud upon their beds.
his statutes and his judgments unto 6 Let the high praises of God be in
Israël. their mouth,and a two-edged sword in
20 He hath not dealt so with any their hand;
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7 To execute vengeance upon the 2 Praise him for his mighty acts:
heathen, and punishments upon the praise him according to his excellent
people; greatness.
S To bind their kings with chains, 3 Praise him with the sound of the
and their nobles with fetters of trumpet: praise him with the psaltery
iron; and harp.
9 To execute upon them the judg- 4 Praise him with the timbrel and
ment written: this honour have sdl hîs dance: praise him with stringed instru
saints. Praise ye the Lord. ments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cym-
PSALM 150 bals: praise him upon the high sound-
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in ing çymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath
his sanctuary: praise him in the
finnament of his power. praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord;

The Proverbs
15 My son, walk not thou in the
CHAPTER I
The proverbs of Solomon the son
of David, king of Israël;
way with them; refrain ihy foot from
their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and
2 To know wisdom and in make haste to shed blood.
struction; to perceive the words of un- 17 Surely in vain the net 4s spread
derstanding; in the sight of any bird.
3 To receive the instruction of wis 18 And they lay wait for their own
dom, justice, and judgment, and blood; they lurk privily for their own
equity; lives.
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to 19 So are the ways of every one that
the young man knowledge and discré is greedy of gain; which taketh away
tion. the life of the owners thereof.
5 A wise man will hear, and will in- 20 Wisdom crieth without; she ut-
crease leaming; and a man of under- tereth her voice in the streets:
standing shall attain unto wise coun- 21 She crieth in the chief place of
sels: concourse,in the openings of the gâtes:
6 To understand a proverb, and the in the city she uttereth her words,say-
interprétation; the words of the wise, ing,
and their dark sayings. 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye
7 The fear of the Lord is the begin- love simplicity? and the scomers de-
ning of knowledge: but fools despise light in their scoming, and fools hate
wisdom and instruction. knowledge?
8 My son, hear the instruction of 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold,
thy father, and forsake not the law of I will pour out my spirit unto you, 1
thy mother: will make known my words unto you,
9 For they shall be an omament of 24 Because I have called, and ye re^
grâce unto thy head, and chains about fused; I have stretched out my hand,
thy neck. and no man regarded;
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, 25 But ye have set at nought ail my
consent thou not. counsel, and would none of my re
11 If they say, Come with us, let us proof:
lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily 26 I also will laugh at your calami-
for the innocent without cause: ty; I will mock when your fear com-
12 Let us swallow them up alive as eth;
the grave; and whole, as those that go 27 When your fear cometh as déso
down into the pit: lation, and your destruction cometh as
13 We shall find ail precious sub a whirlwind; when distress and an^
stance, we shall fill our houses with guish cometh upon you.
spoil: 28 Then shall they call upon me,
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us but I will not answer; they shall seek
ail have one purse: me early, but they shall not find me:
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29 For that they hated knowledge, youth, and forgetteth the covenant of
^d did net choose the fear of the her God.
Lord: 18 For her house inclineth unto
30 They would none of my counsel: death, and her paths unto the dead.
they despised ail my reproof. 19 None that go unto her retum
31 Therefore shall they eat of the again, neither take they hold of the
fruit of their own way, and be filled paths of life.
With their own devices. 20 That thou mayest walk in the
32 For the turning away of the sim way of good men, and keep the paths
ple shall slay them,and the prosperity of the righteous.
of fools shall destroy them. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me land,and the perfect shall remain in it.
Shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet 22 But the wicked shall be eut off
from fear of evil. from the earth, and the transgressors
shall be rooted out of it.
CHAPTER 2
MYwords,
son, ifandthou wilt receive my CHAPTER 3
hide my command- MY son,forget not my law; but let
tnents with thee; thine heart keep my command-
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto ments:
Wisdom, and apply thine heart to un- 2 For length of days, and long life,
derstanding; and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowl- 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake
edge, and liftest up thy voice for un- thee: bind them about thy neck; write
derstanding; them upon the table of thine heart:
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and 4 So shalt thou hnd favour and
searchest for her as for hid treasures; good understanding in the sight of God
5 Then shalt thou understand the and man.
fear of the Lord, and find the knowl- 5 Trust in the Lord with ail thine
edge of God. heart; and lean not unto thine own un
6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out derstanding.
of his mouth comàh knowledge and 6 In ail thy ways acknowledge him,
tinderstanding. and he shall direct thy paths.
7 He layetti up sound wisdom for 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:
the righteous: he is a buckler to them fear the Lord, and départ from evil.
that walk uprightly. 8 It shall be health to thy navd,
8 He keepeth the paths of judg- and marrow to thy bones.
tnent, and preserveth the way of his 9 Honour the Lord with thy sub
saints. stance, and with the firstfruits of ail
9 Then shalt thou understand right- thine increase:
eousness, and judgment, and equity; 10 So shall thy bams be filled with
yea, every good path. plenty, and thy presses shall burst out
10 When wisdom entereth into with new wine.
thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant 11 My son, despise not the chasten-
unto thy soul; ing of the Lord; neither be weary of
11 Discrétion shall preserve thee, his correction:
understanding shall keep thee: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he
12 To deliver thee from the way of correcteth; even as a father the son in
the evil man,from the man that speak- ii;hom he delighteth.
eth froward things; 13 Happy is the man that findeth
13 Who leave the paths of upright- wisdom, and the man that getteth im-
ness, to walk in the ways of dark- derstanding.
ness; 14 For the merchandise of it is bet-
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and de- ter than the merchandise of silver, and
Ught in the frowardness of the wicked; the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 Whose ways are crooked, and 15 She is more predous than rubies:
Piey froward in their paths: and ail the things thou canst desire are
16 To deliver thee from the strange not to be comparéd unto her.
woman, even from the stranger which 16 Length of days is in her right
flattereth with her words; hand; and in her left hand riches and
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her honour.
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17 Her ways are ways of pleasant- me, Let thine heart retain my words:
oess, and ail her paths are peace. keep my commandments, and live.
18 She is a tree of life to them that 5 Cet wisdom, get understanding:
lay hold upon her: and happy is every forget it not; neither décliné from the
one that retaineth her. words of my mouth.
19 The Lord by wisdom hath 6 Forsake her not, and she shall
foimded the earth; by understanding preserve thee: love her,-and she shadl
hath he established the heavens. keep thee.
20 By his Knowledge the depths are 7 Wisdom is the, principal thing;
broken up, and the clouds drop down therefore get wisdom: and with ail thy
the dew» getting get understanding.
21 My son,let not them départfrom 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote
thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and thee: she shall bring thee to honour,
discrétion: when thou dost embrace her.
22 So shall they be life unto thy 9 She shall give to thine head an or-
soul, and grâce tp thy neck. nament of grâce: a crown of glory shall
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way she deliver to thee.
safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my
24 When thou liest down, thou sayings; and the years of thy life shaU
shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie be many.
down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 11 I have taught thee in the way of
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nei- wisdom; I have led thee in right paths,
ther of the désolation of the wicked, 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall
when it cometh. not be straitened; and when thou run-
26 For the Lord shall be thy con nest, thou shalt not stumble.
fidence, and shall keep thy foot from 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let
being taken. her not go: keep her;for she is thy life,
27 Withhold not good from them to 14 Enter not into the path of the
whom it is due, when it is in the power wicked, and go not in the way of evil
of thine hand to do it men.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour. Go, 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, tum
and come again, and to morrow I will from it, and pass away.
give; when thou hast it by thee. 16 For they sleep not, except they
29 Devise not evil against thy have done mischief; and their sleep is
neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely taken away, unless they cause some to
bythee. fall.
30 Strive not with a man without 17 For they eat the bread of wick-
cause, if he have done thee no harm, edness, and drink the wine of violence,
31 Ehvy thou not the oppresser, 18 But the path of the just is as the
and choose none of his ways. shinihg light, that shineth more and
32 For the froward is abomination more unto the perfect day.
to the Lord: but his secret is with the 19 The way of the wicked is as
righteous. dârkness: they know not at what they
33 The curse of the Lord is in the stumble.
house of the wicked: but he blesseth 20 My son, attend to my words; in
the habitation of the just. cline thine ear unto my sayings.
34 Surely he scometh the scomers: 21 Let them not départ from thine
but he giveth grâce unto the lowly. eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but heart.
shame sli^ be the promotion of fools. 22 For they are life unto those that
find them,and health to ail their flesh.
CHAPTER 4 23 Keep thy heart with ail dili
HEAR,ye children, the instruction gence;for out of it are the issues of life,
of a father, and attend to know 24 Put away from thee a froward
understanding. mouth, and perverse lips put far from
2 For 1 give;you good doctrine, for- thee.
sake ye not my law.' 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and
3 For I was my father's son, tender let thine eyelids look straight before
and only beloved in the sight of my thee.
mother. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and
4 He taught me also, and said unto let ail thy ways be established.
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27 Tum not to the right hand nor 21 For the ways of man àre before
to the left: remove thy foot from evU. the eyes ofthe Lord,and he pondereth
ail his goings.
CHAPTER 5 22 His own iniquities shall take the
wicked himself, and he shall be holden
MY son, attend unto my wisdom, with the cords of his sins.
and bow thine ear to my under- 23 He shall die without instruction;
standing: and in the greatness of his folly he shall
2 That thon mayest regard discré go astray.
tion,and fhat thy lips may keep knowl-
edge. CHAPTER 6
3 For the lips of a strange woman MY son, if thou be surety for thy
drop as an honeycomb,and her mouth friend, if thou hast stricken thy
is smoother than oil: hand with a stranger,
4 But her end is bitter as worm- 2 Thou art snared with the words of
wood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. thy mouth, thou art taken with the
5 Her feet go down to death; her words of thy mouth.
steps take hold on hell. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the thyself, when thou art come into the
path of life, her ways are moveable, hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself,
(hat thou canst not know them. and make sure thy friend.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye chil- 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor
dren,and départ not from the words of slumber to thine eyelids.
my mouth. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the
8 Remove thy way far from her, hand of the hunier, and as a bird from
and come not nigh the door of her the hand of the fowler.
house: 6 Go to the ant,thou sluggard; con-
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto sider her ways, and be wise:
others, and thy years unto the cruel: 7 Which having no guide, overseer,
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy or ruler,
wealth; and thy labours be in the house 8 Provideth her meat in the sum-
of a stranger; mer, and gathereth her food in the
11 And thou moum at the last, harvest.
when thy flesh and thy body are con- 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O slug
sumed, gard? when wilt thou arise out of thy
12 And say, How have I hated in sleep?
struction, and my heart despised re- 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
proof; a little folding of the hands to sleep:
13 And have not obeyed the voice 11 So shall thy poverty come as one
of my teachers, nor indined mine ear that travelleth, and thy want as an
to them that instructed mel armed man.
14 I was almost in ail evil in the 12 A naughty person, a wicked
midst of\he congrégation and assem- man, walketh with a froward mouth.
bly. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he
15 Drink waters out of thine own speaketh with his feet, he teacheth
dstem, and running waters out of with his fingers;
thine own well. 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed deviseth mischief continually; he sow-
abroad, and rivers of waters in the eth discord.
stxeets. 15 Therefore shall his calamity
17 Let them be only thine ovm,and come suddenly; suddenly shall he be
not strangers' with thee. broken without remedy.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and 16 These six things doth the Lord
rejoice with the wife of thy youth. hate: yea, seven are an abomination
19 Let her be as the loving hind and imto him:
pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy 17 A proud look, a lying tbngue,
thee at ail times; and be thou ravished and hands that shed innocent blood,
always with her love. 18 An heart that deviseth wicked
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be imaginations,feet that be swift in nm-
ravished with a strange woman, and ning to mischief,
embrace the bosom of a stranger? 19 A false witness that speaketh
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ties,and he that soweth discord among sisterr and call understanding thy kins-
brethren. woman:
20 My son, keep thy father's com- 5 That theymay keep thee from the
mandment,and forsakcinot the law of strange woman^ from the stranger
thy mother: which flattereth with her words.
21 Bind them continually upon 6 For at the window of my house I
thine heart, and tie them about thy looked through my casement,
neck. 7 And beheld among the simple
22 When thou goest, it shall lead ones, 1 discemed among the youths, a
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep young man void of understanding,
thee; and when thou awakest, it shall 8 Passing through the street near
taUc with thee. her corner; and he went the way to her
23 For the commandinentisalamp; house^
and the law is light; and reproofs ofin 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in
struction are the way of life: the black and dark night:
24 To keep thee from the evil wom- 10 And, behold, there met him a
an,from the flattery of the tongue of woman with the attire ofan harlot,and
a strange woman. subtil of heart.
25 Lust not after her beauty in 11 (She is loud and stubbom; her
thine•heart; neither let her take thee feet abide not in her house:
with her eyelids. 12 Now is she without, now in the
26 For by means of a whorish wom streets, and lieth ih wait at every cor
an a man is brought . to a piece of ner.)
bread: and the adulteress will hunt for 13 So she caught him, and kissed
the precious life. him, and with an impudent face said
27 Canamantakefireinhisbosom, unto him,
and his clothes not be bumed? 14 I have peace offerings with me;
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and this day have I payed my vows.
his feet not be bumed? 15 Therefore came I forth to meet
29 Se he that goeth in to his neigh- thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I
bour's wife; whosoever toucheth her have found thee.
shall not be innocent. 16 I have decked my bed with cov-
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he erings ôf tapestry, with carved u/orks,
steal to satisfy his soul when he is with fine linen of Egypt.
himgry; 17 I have perfumed my bed with
31 But if he be foimd, he shall re myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
store sevecrfold; he shall give ail the 18 Come,let us take our fill of love
substance of his house. until the morning: let us solace our-
32 But whoso committeth adultery selves with loves.
with a woman lacketh understanding: 19 For the goodman is not at home,
he that doeth it destroyeth his own he is gone a long journey:
soul. 20 He hath taken a bag of money
33 A wound and dishonour shall he with him, and will come home at the
get; and his reproach shall not be day appointed.
wiped away. 21 With her much fair speech she
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: caused him to yield, with the fiattering
therefore he will not spare in the day of her lips she forced him.
of vengeance. 22 He goeth after her straightway,
35 He will not regard any ransom; as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as
neither will he rest content, though a fool to the correction of the stocks;
thou givest many gifts. 23 Till a dart strike through his
liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare,
CHAPTER 7 and knoweth not that it is for his life.
rY son,keep my words,and lay up 24 Hearken unto me how therefore,
.,-L my commandments with thee. O ye children, and attend to the words
2 Keep my commandments, and of my mouth.
live; and my law as the apple of thine 25 Let not thine heart décliné to her
eye. ways, go not astray in her paths.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write 26 For she hath cast down many
them upon the table of thine heart. wounded: yea, many strong men have
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my been slain by her.
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27 Her house is the way to hell, me to inhetit substance; and 1 will fill
going down to the chambers of death, their treasures.
22 Ihe Lord possessed me in ihe
CHAPTER 8 beginning of his way, before his works
of old.
DOTH net wisdom cry? and under-
standlng put iforth her voice?
23 I was set up from everlasflng,
from the beginning, or ever the earth
2 She standeth in the top of high was.
places, by the way in the places of the 24 When there were no depths,I was
paths. broughtforth; when there were no fouri-
3 She crieth at the gâtes, at the en- tains aboundhig with water.
try of the dty, at the coming in at the 25 Before the mountains were set-
doors. tled, before the hills was I brought
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my forth:
voice is to the sons of man. 26 While as yet he had not made
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: the earth, nor the fields, nor the high-
and, ye fools, be ye of an understand- est part of the dust ofthe world.
ing heart. 27 When he prepared the heavens,
6 Hear;for I will speak of excellent I was there: when he set a compass
things; and the opening of my lips upon the face of the depth:
shûil be right things. 28 When he established the clouds
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; above: when he strengthened the foun-
and wickedness is an abomination to tains of the deep:
my lips. 29 When he gave to the sea his de
8 AU the words of my mouth are in cree, that the waters should not pass
righteousness; ihere is nothing froward his commandment: when he appointed
or perverse in them. the foiïndations of the earth:
9 They are ail pîain to him that un- 30 Then I was by him, as one
derstandeth, and right to them that brought up ivith him: and 1 was daily
find knowledge. his delight, rejoicing always before
10 Receive my instruction, and not him;
silver; and knowledge rather than 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part
dioice gold. of his earth; and my delights werè with
II For wisdom is better than rubies; the sons of men.
and ail the things that may be desired 32 Now therefore hearken unto me,
are not to be compared to it. O ye children: for blessed are ihëy that
12 I wisdom dwell wlth prudence, keep my ways. r .
and find out knowledge of witty inven 33 Hear instruction, and be wise,
tions. and refuse it not.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate 34 Blessed is the man that heareth
evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the me, watching daily at my gâtes, wait-
evil way, and the froward mouth, do ing at the posts of my doors.
I hate. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wis life, and shall obtain faveur of the
dom: 1 am understanding; 1 have Lord.
strength. 36 But he that sinneth against me
15 By me kings reign, and princes wrongeth his oym soûl: ail they that
decree justice. hate me love death.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles,
even ail the judges of the earth. CHAPTER 9
17 1 love them that love me; and
those that seekme early shall find me. WISDOM hath,builded her house,
18 ]RLiches and honour are with me: she hath hewn out her seven pil
yea, durable fiches and ri^teousness. lais:
19 My fruit is bëttef than gold, yea, 2 She hath killed her b,easts; she,
than fine gold; and my revenue than hath mingled her wine; she hafii àlso
choice siiver. fumished her table.
20 I lead in tb© way of righteous- 3 She hath sent forth her maidéns:
nc^,in the midst bit the paths of jiidg- she crieth.upon the highest places of
ment: the city,
21 That I may cause those that love 4 Whoso is simple, let him tum in
594 PROVERBS 10

hithen as for hîm that wanteCh under* 7 The memoryofthè Just is blessed;
standing, she saith to him, but the namé of the wicked shall rot.
5 Corne, eat of my bread, and drink 8 The wise in heart will receive
of the wine which I havé mingled» commandments: but a prating fool
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and shall fall.
go in the way of understcinding. 9 He that walketh uprightly walk-
7 He that reproveth a scomer get- eth surely: but he that perverteth his
teth to himself shame: and he that re- ways shall be known.
buketh a wicked man getteth himself a 10 He that winketh with the eye
blot. causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall
8 Reprove not a scomer, lest he fall.
hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he II The moiith of a righteous man is
will love thee. a well of life: but viôlence covereth the
9 Give instruction to a wise man, mouth of the wicked.
and he will be yet wiser: teach a just 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but
man, and he will increase in leaming. love covereth ail sins.
10 The fear df the Lord is the be- 13 In the lips of him that hath un
ginning of wisdom: and the knowledge derstanding wisdom is found: but a
of the holy is understanding. rod is for the back of him that is void
11 For by methy days shall be mul- of understanding.
tiplied, and the years of thy life shall 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but
be increased. the mouth of the foolish is near de-
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be stmction.
wise for thyself: but if thou scomest, 15 The rich man's wealth is his
thou alone shalt bear it. strong city: the destmction of the poor
13 A foolish woman is damorous: is theif poverty.
she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 16 The labour of the righteous tend"
14 For she sitteth at the door of her eth to life: the fmit ofthe wicked to sin.
house, on a seat in the high places of 17 He is in the way of life that
the city, keepeth instmction: but he that refus-
15 To call passengers who go right eth reproof erreth.
on their ways: 18 He that hideth hatred with lying
16 Whoso is simple, let him tum in lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is
hither: and as for him; that wanteth a fool.
imderstanding, she saith to him, 19 In the multitude of words there
l7'/Stolen waters are sweet, and wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth
bread eaten in secret is pleasant. his lips is wise.
I8 But he knoweth not that the 20 The tongue of the just is as
dead are there; and that her guests are choice silver: the heart of the wicked
in the depths of hell. is little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed
CHAPTER 10
many: but fools die for want of wis
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise
son maketh a glad father: but a
dom.
22 The blessing of the Lord,it mak
foolish son is the heaviness of his eth rich, and he addeth no sorrow
mother. with it.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit 23 li is as sport to a fool to do mis-
nothing: but righteousness delivereth chief:but a man of understanding hath
from death. wisdom.
3 The Lord will not suffer the soul 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall
of the righteous to famish: but he cast- come upon him: but the desire of the
eth away the substance of the wiçkèd. righteous shall be granted.
4 He becometh poôr that dealeth 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is
with a slack hand: but the hand of the the wicked no more: but the righteous
diligent màketh rich. is ah everlasting foundation.
5 He that gathereth in summer is à 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as
wise son: but he that sleepeth in har- smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard
vest is a son that causèth shame. to theiti that send him.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the; 27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth
just: but violence covereth the mouth days: but the years of the wicked shàll
of the wicked. be shortehed.
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28 The hope of the righteous shall 16 A gracions woman retaineth

he gladness: but the expectation of the honour: and strong men retain riches.
wlcked shall perish, 17 The merdful man doeth good to
29 The way of the Lord is strength his own soul: but he that is cruel trou-
to the upright: but destruction shall be bleth his own fiesh.
to the workers of iniquity. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful
30 The righteous shall never be re- work: but to him that soweth right
moved: but the wicked shall not in eousness shall he a sure reward.
habit the earth. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life:
31 The mouth of the just bringeth so he that pursueth evil pursiceth it to
forth wisdom: but the froward tongue his own death.
shall be eut oui. 20 They that are of a froward heart
32 The lips of the righteous know are abomination to the Lord: butsttcH
what is acceptable: but the mouth of as are upright in fheir way are his de-
the wicked speaketh frowardness. Ught.
21 Though hand join in hand, the
CHAPTER II wicked shall not be impunished: but
A FALSE balance is abomination the seed of the righteous shall be de
to the Lord: but a just weight is livered.
his delight. 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's
2 When pride cometh, then cometh snout,sois a.fair woman whichis with-
shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. out discrétion.
3 The integrity of the upright shall 23 The desire of the righteous is
guide them: but the perverseness of only good: but the expectation of the
transgressors shall destroy them. wicked is wrath.
4 Riches profit not in the day of 24 There is that scattereth, and yet
wrath: but righteousness delivereth increaseth; and there is that withhold-
from death. eth more tiian is meet, but it tendeth to
5 The righteousness of the perfect poverty.
^all direct his way: but the wicked 25 The libéral soul shall be made
shall fall by his own wickedness. fat: and he that watereth shall be wa-
6 The righteousness of the upright tered also himself.
shall deliver them: but transgressors 26 He that withholdeth com, the
shall be taken in their own naughtiness. people shàll curse him: but blessing
7 When a wicked man dieth, His ex shall be upon the head of him that sell-
pectation shall perish: and the hope of eth it.
unjust men perisheth. 27 He that diligently seeketh good
8 The righteous is delivered out of procureth favour: but he that seeketh
trouble, and the wicked cometh in his mischief, it shall come unto him.
stead. 28 He that trusteth in his riches
9 An hypocrite with his mouth de- shall fall; but the righteous shall flour-
stroyeth his neighbour: but through ish as a branch.
knowledge shall the just be delivered. 29 He that troubleth his own house
10 When it goeth well with the shall inherit the wind: and the fool
righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when shall be servant to the wise of heart.
the wicked perish, there is shouting. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a
11 By the blessing of the upright tree of life; and he that winneth soûls
the city is exalted: but it is overthrown is wise.
by the mouth of thé wicked. 31 Behold, the righteous shaU be
12 He that is void of wisdom dé- recompensed in the earth: much more
spiseth his neighbour: but a man of un- the wicked and the sinner.
derstanding holdeth his peace.
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: CHAPTER 12
but he that is of a faithful spirit con-
cealeth the matter. WHOSO loveth instruction loveth
14 Where no cormsel is, the people knowledge: but he that hateth
fall: but in the multitude of counsel- reproof is brutish.
loTS there is safety. 2 A good man obtaineth favour of
15 He that is surety for a stranger the Lord: but a man of"iVicked devices
shall Smart for it: and he that hateth will he condemn.
suretiship is sure^ 3 A man shall not be established by
596 PROVERBS 13

wickedness: but the root of the right- 23 A prudent man concealeth

eous shall not be moved*
4 A virtuous woman is a crowu to
her husband: but she that maketb
ashamed is as rottenness in bis bones*
5 The thoughts of the righteous are
right: but the counsels of the wicked
are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie
in wait for blood: but the mouth of the
upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and
are not; but the house of the righteous
shall stand» that which he took in himting: but
8 A man shall be conunended ac- the substance of a diligent man is pre-
cording to his wisdom: but he that is
of a perverse heart shall be despised»
9 He that is despised» and hath a
servant, is better than he that honour-
eth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the
life of his beast: but the tender mercies
of the wicked are cruel»
11 He that tilleth his land shall be
satisfied with bread: but he that fol-
loweth vadn persans is void of under-
standing.
12 The wicked desireth the net of
evil men; but the root of the righteous eth his life: but he that openeth wi&
yieldeth fruit, his lips shall have destruction.
13 The wicked is snared by the
transgression of his lips: but the just and hath nothing: but the soul of the
shall corne out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with
good by the fruit of his mouth:and the
recompence of a man's hands shall be
rendered unto him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his upright in the way: but iVlckedness
own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto
counsel is wise.
16 A fool's wrath is presently
known: but a prudent man covereth
shame»
17 He that speaketh truth.sheweth
forth righteousness: but a false witness
deceit.
18 There is that speaketh like the
piercings of a sword: but the tongue of
the wise is health.
19 The lip of truth shall be estab-
lished for ever: but a lying tongue is
but for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them
that imagine evil: but to the counsel-
lors of peace is joy.
21 There shall no evil happen to the
just: but the wicked shall be filled with
mischief.
22 Lying lips are abomination to
the Lord: but they that deal truly arc
hisdeUght.
knowledge: but the heart of fools prd-
claimeth foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall
bear rule: but the slothful shall be un-
der tribute.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man
maketh it stoop: but a good word mak-
eth it glad.
26 The righteous is more excellent
than his neighbour: but the way of the
wicked seduceth them.
27 The slothful man roasteth not
cious.
28 In the way of righteousness is
life: and in the pathway ihereof there is
no death.
CHAPTER 13
A WISE son hearéth his father's in
struction: but a scomer heareth
not rebuke.
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit
of his mouth: but the soul of the trans-
gressors shall eat violence.
3 He that keepeth his mouth keep-
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth,
diligent shall be made fat.
5 A righteous man hateth lying: but
a wicked man is loathsome, and com-
eth to shame.
6 Righteousness keepeth him that is
overthroweth the sinner.
7 There is that maketh himself rich,
yet hath nothing: there is that maketh
himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The ransom of a man's life are his
riches: but the poor heareth not rè^
buke.
9 The light of the righteous rejoic-
eth: but the lamp of the wicked shall
be put out.
10 Only by pride cometh conten
tion: but with the well advised is wis
dom.
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished: but he that gathereth by
labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick: but u;hen the desire cometh, it is
a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word sjaaH
be destroyed: but he that feareth the
commandment shall be rewarded.
14 The law of the wise is a fountain
 PROVERBS 14
of life; to départ from the snares of
death.
15 Good understanding giveth fa- 10 The heart knoweth his own bit-
voun but the way ôf transgressors is temess; and a stranger doth not inter-
hard.
16 Every prudent man dealeth with
knowledge: but a fool layéth open his
folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth into
mischief: but a faithfiil ambas^dor is
health.
18 Poverty and shame shaU be to
him that refuseth instruction: but he
that regardeth reproof shall be hon-
oured.
19 .The desire accomplished is sweet
to the soul: but it is abomination to
fools to départ from evil.
20 He that walketh with wise men
shall be wise: but a companion of fools
shall be destroyed.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the
righteous good shall be repayed.
22 A good man leaveth an inherit-
ance to ms childrén's childreri: and the
wealth of the sinner is laid up for the
just.
23 Mudti food is in the tillage of the
poor: but there is that is destrbyed for
want of judgment.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth
his son: but he that loveth him chas-
teneth him betimes.
25 The righteous eateth to the satis-
fying ôf his soul: but the belly of the
wicked shall want.
CHAPTER 14
Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the fooUsh plucketh it
down with her hands.
2 He that walkèth in his upright-
ness feareth the Lord: but he that is
perverse in his wàys despiseth him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a
rod of pride: but the lips of the wise
shall préservé them.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is
clean: but much increase is by the
strength of the ox.
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but
a false witnéss will utter lies. ^ 27 The fear of the Lord is a foun-
6 A scomer seekèth wisdom, and
finddh it tiôt: bût knowledge is easy
untôhim;ihàt ûndërstandeth.
7 Go from the presence of a foolish
man, when thou perceivest not in him
the lips of knowledgé.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to
imderstand his way: but the folly of
fools is deceit.
20
597
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but
among the righteous there is favour.
meddle with his joy.
11 The house of the wicked shall be
overthrown: but the tabernacle of the
upright shall flourish.
12 There is a way which seemeth
right unto a man, but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
13 Even in laughter the heart is sor-
rowful; and tihe end of that mirth is
heaviness.
14 The backslider in heart shall be
filled with his own ways: amd a good
man shall be saUsfied from himself.
15 The simple believeth every word:
but the prudent man looketh well to
his going.
16 A wise man feareth, and depart-
eth from evil: but the fool rageth, and
is confident.
17 He that is soon angry dealeth
foolishly: and a man of wicked devices
is hated.
18 The simple inherit folly: but the
prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 The evil bow before the good;
and the wicked at the gâtes of the
righteous.
20 The poor is hated even of his
own neighboun but the rich hafh many
friehds.
21 He that despiseth his neighbour
sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
poor, happy is he.
22 Do they not err that devise evil?
but mercy and truth shdU be to them
that devise good.
23 In ail labour there is profit: but
the talk of the lips tendeth only to
pehury.
24 The crown of the wise is their
riches: but the foolishness of fools is
folly.
25 A true witness delivereth soûls:
but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
26 In the fear of the Lord is strong
confidence: and his children shall have
a place of refuge.
tain of life, to départ from the snares
of death.
28 In the multitude of people is the
kihg's honôur: but in the want of peo
ple is the destruction of the prince.
29 He that is slow to wrath is of
great understanding: but he that is
hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30 A Sound heart is the life of the
598 PROVERBS 15, 16
flesh: but envy the rottenness of the 15 AU the days of the afïlicted are
bones. evil: but he that is of a merry heart
31 He that oppresseth the pôor re- hath a continuai feast.
proacheth his Maker: but he that hon- 16 Better is little with the fear of
oureth him hath mercy on the poôr» the Lord than great treasure and
32 The wicked is driven away in his trouble therewith.
wickedness: but the righteous hath 17 Better is a dinher of herbs where
hope in his death. love is, than a staùed ox and hatred
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of therewith.
him that hath understanding: but that 18 A wrathful man stirreth up
which is in the midst of fools is made strife: but he that is slow to anger ap-
known. peaseth strife^
34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: 19 The way of the slôthful man is
but sin is a reproach to any people. as an hedge of,thoms: but the way of
35 The king's favour is toward a the righteous is made plain.
wise servant: but his wrath is against 20 A wise son maketh a glad father:
him that causeth shame. but a foolish man despiseth his
mother.
CHAPTER 15 . 21 Folly is joy to him that is desti-
A SOFT answer tumeth away tute of wisdom: but a man of under
standing walketh uprightly.
wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger. 22 Without counsel purposes are
2 The tongue of the wise useth disapppint^: but in the multitude of
knowledge aright: but the mouth of counseUors they are established.
fools poureth out foolishness. 23 A man hath joy by.the answer
3 The eyes of the Lord are in every of his mouth:.and a vfoià spoken in due
place, beholding the evil and the good. season, how good is it!
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of 24 The way of life is above to the
life: but perverseness therein is a wise, that he may départ from heU be-
breach in the spirit^ neath.
5 A fool despiseth his father's in 25 The Lord wUÎ destroy the house
struction: but he that regardeth re- of the proud: but he MU establish the
proof is prudent. border of the widow.
6 In the house of the righteous is 26 The thoughts of the wicked are
much treasure: but in the revenues of an abomination to the LoRp: but the
the wicked is trouble. words of the pure are pleasant words.
7 The lips of the wise disperse 27 He that is greedy of gain trou-
knowledge: but the heart of the foolish bleth his own house; but he that hat
doeth not so. eth gifts shall live.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an 28 The heart of the righteous stud-
abomination to the Lord: but the ieth to answer: but the mouth of the
prayer of the upright is his delight, wicked poureth out evU things.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomi 29 The Lord is far from the wicked:
nation unto the Lord: but he loveth but he heareth the prayer of the right
him that foUoweth after righteousness. eous.
10 Correction is grievous unto him .30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth
that forsaketh the way: and he that the heart: and a good report maketh
hateth reproof shall die. the bones fat.
11 Hell and destruction are before 31 The ear that heareth the reproof
the Lord: how much more then the of life abideth among the wise.
hearts of the children of men? 32 He that refuseth instruction de
12 A scomer loveth not one that re- spiseth his own soul: but he that hear
proveth him: neither will he go unto eth reproof getteth understanding.
the wise. 33 The fear of the Lord is the in
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful struction of wisdom; and before hon-
countenance: but by sorrow of the our is humility.
heart the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath un CHAPTÈR T6
derstanding seeketh knowledge: but The préparations of the heart in
tiie mouth of fools feedeth on foolish- man,and the answer of the tongue,
is from the Lord.
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2 Ail the ways of a man are clean in
his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth
the spirits.
3 Commit thy Works unto the Lord,
and thy thoughts shall be established.
4 The Lord hath made aUthings for
himself: yea, even the wicked for the
day of evil.
5 Every one that îs proud in heart is
an abomination to the Lord: though
hand join in hand, he shall not be im-
punished.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is
purged: and by the fear of the Lord
men départ from evil.
7 When a man's ways please the
Lord, he maketh even his enemies to
be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little with righteous-
ness than great revenues without
right.
9 A man's heart deviseth his way:
but the Lord directeth his steps.
10 A divine sentence is in the lips
of the king: his mouth transgresseth
not in judgment.
11 A just weight and balance are
the Lord's: ail the weights of the bag
are his work.
12 Itis an abomination to kings to
commit wickedness: for the throne is
established by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of
kings; and they love him that speaketh
right.
14 The wrath of a king is as mes-
sengers of death: but a wise man will
pacify it.
15 In the light of the king's coun-
tenance is life; and his favour is as a
cloud of the latter rain.
16 How much better is it to get wis-
dom than gold! and to get understand-
ing rather to be chosen thcm silver!
17 The highway of the upright is to
départ from evil: he that keepeth his
way preserveth his soul.
18 Pride goeth before destruction,
and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to he of an humble
spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud.
20 He that handleth a matter wise-
ly shall find good: and whoso trusteth
in the Lord, happy is he.
21 The wise in heart shall be called
prudent: and the sweetness of the lips
increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring of
life unto him that hath it: but the in- eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever
stnicti(Mi of fools is foUy.
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23 The heart of the wise teacheth
his mouth, and addeth learning to his
lips.
24 Pleasant words are as an honey-
comb, sweet to the soul, and health to
the bones.
25 There is a way that seemeth
right imto a man, but the end thereof
are the ways of death.
26 He that laboureth laboureth for
himself; for his mouth craveth it of
him.
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil:
and in his lips there is as a burning
fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife:
and a whisperer separateth chief
friends.
29 A violent man enticeth his neigh-
bour, and leadeth him into the way
that is not good.
30 He shutteth his eyes to devise
froward things: moving his lips he
bringeth evil to pass.
31 The hoary head is a crown of
glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness.
32 He that is slow to anger is bet
ter than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a
city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap; but
the whole disposing thereof is of the
Lord.
CHAPTER 17
Better is a dry morsel,and quiet-
ness therewith, than an house full
of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule
over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance
among the brethren.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the
furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth
the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false
lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty
tongue.
5 Whoso mocketh the poor re-
proacheth his Maker: and he thatis
glad at calamities shall not be unpun-
ished.
6 Children's children are the crown
of old men; and the glory of children
are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a
fooh mudh less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as Si predous stone in the
it turneth, it prospereth.
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9 He that covêreth a transgression

seeketh love; but he that repeateth a
matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof enterêth more into a
wiseman fiian an hundred stripes into
a fool.
11 An evil mon seeketh only rébel
lion: therefore a cruel messenger shall cover itself.
be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps cometh also contempt, and with igno-
meet a man, rather than a fool in his miny reproach.
folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, as deep waters, and the wellspring of
evil shall not départ from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as
when one letteth out water: therefore of the wicked, to overthrow the right-
leave off contention, before it be med- eous in judgment.
dled with.
15 He that justifieth the wicked,
and he that condemneth the just, even
they both are abomination to the
Lord.
16 Wherefore is there a price in the
hand of a fool to get wisdom,seeing he
hath no heart toit?
17 A friend loveth at ail times, and
a brother is bom for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding
striketh hands, and becometh surety
in the presence of his friend.
19 He loveth transgression that
loveth strife: and he that exalteth his
gâte seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a froward heart
findeth no good: and he that hath a
perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth U
to his sorrow: and the father of a fool
hath no joy.
22 A merry heart doeth good like a
medicine: but a broken spirit drieth
the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out
of the bosom to pervert the ways of
judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath
imderstanding; but the eyes of a fool
are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his fa
ther, and bittemess to her that bare
him.
26 Also to punish the just is not
good, nor to strike princes for equi-
ty.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth
his words: and a man of understanding
is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his
peace, is counted wise: and he that
shutteth his lips is e^eemed a man of
understanding.
CHAPTER 18
THROUGH desire a man, having
separated himself, seeketh and in-
termeddleth with ail wisdom.
2 A fool hath no delight in under
standing, but that his heart may dis-
3 When the wicked cometh, then
4 The words of a man's mouth are
wisdom as a flowing brook.
5 Itis not good to accept the person
6 A fooPs lips enter into contention,
and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool's mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a talebearer are as
wounds, and they go down into the in-
nermost parts of the belly.
9 He also that is slothful in his
work is brother to him that is a great
waster.
. 10 The name of the Lord is a strong
tower: the righteous runneth into it,
and is safe.
11 The rich man's wealth is his
strong city, and as an high wall in his
own conceit.
12 Before destruction the heart of
man is haughty, and before honour is
humility.
13 He that answereth a matter be
fore he heareth it, it is folly and shame
unto him.
14 The spirit of a man will sustain
his infirmity; but a wounded spirit
who can bear?
15 The heart of the prudent getteth
knowledge; and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.
16 A man's gtft maketh room for
him, and bringeth him before great
men.
17 He that is first in his own cause
seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh
and searcheth him.
18 The lot causeth contentions to
cease, and parteth between the
mighty.
19 A brother offended is harder to
he won than a strong city: and their
contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied
with the fruit of his mouth; and with
the increase of his lips shaUJie befilled.
21 Death and life are in the power
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of the tongue: and they that love it ment keepeth his own soul; but he that
shall eat the fruit thereof. despiseth his ways shall die.
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a 17 He that hath pity upon the poor
goodfhing, and obtaineth faveur of the lendeth unto the Lord;and that which
Lord. he hath given will he pay him again.
23 The poor useth intreaties; but 18 Chasten thy son while there is
the rich answereth roughly. hope, and let not thy soul spare for his
24 A man ihat hath friends must crying.
shew himself friendly: and there is a 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer
friand that sticketh doser than a punishment: for if thou deliver him,
brother. yet thou must do it again..
20 Hear counsel, and receive in
CHAPTER 19 struction, that thou mayest be wise in
BETTER is the poor that walketh in thy latter end.
his integrity, than he that is per 21 There are many devices in a
verse in his lips, and is a fool. man*s heart; nevertheless the counsel
2 Also, that the soul hé without of the Lord, that shall stand.
knowledge, it is not good; and he that 22 The desire of a man is his kind-
hasteth with his feet sinneth. ness; and a poor man is better than a
3 The foolishness of man perverteth liar.
his way: and his heart fretteth against 23 The fear of the Lord tendeih to
the Lord. life: and he that hath it shall abide sat-
4 Wealth maketh many friends; but isfied; he shall not be visited with
the poor is separated from his neigh- evil.
bour. 24 A slothful man hideth his hand
5 A false witness shall not be un- in his bosom, and will not so much as
punished, and he that speaketh lies bring it to his mouth again.
shall not escape. 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple
6 Many will intreat the faveur of will beware; and reprove one that hath
the prince; and evéry man is a friend imderstanding, and he will understand
to him that giveth gifts. knowledge.
7 Ail the brethren of the poor do 26 He that wasteth his father, and
hate him: how much more do his chaseth away his mother, is a son that
friends go far from him? he pursueth causeth shame,and bringeth reproach#
them with words^ yet they are wanting 27 Cease, my son, to hear the in
to him» struction that causeth to err from the
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth words of knowledge,
his own seul: he that keepeth under- 28 An ungodly witness scometh
standing shall find good. judgment: and the mouth of the wick-
9 A false witness shall not be un- ed devoureth iniquity.
punlshed, and he that speaketh Kes 29 Judgments are prepared for
shall perish. scorners, and stripes for the back of
10 Delight îs not seemly for a fool; fools.
much less for a servant to have rule
CHAPTER 20
over princes.
11 The discrétion of a man defer- ''ÎNE is a mocker, strong drink
reth his anger; and it is his glory to is raging: and whosoever is de-
pass over a transgression. ceived thereby is not wise.
12 The king's wrath is as the roar- . 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring
ing of a lion; but his favour is as dew of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger
upon the grass. sinneth against his own soul.
r 13 Avfoolish son is the calamity of 3 Itis an;honour for a man to cease
his father; and the contentions of a from strife: but every fool will be med-
wife are a continuai dropping. dling.
14 House and riches are,the inherit- 4 The sluggard will not plow by rea-
ance of fathers: and a prudent wife is son of the cold; therefore shall he beg
from the Lord. in harvest, and have nothing.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep 5. Counsel in the heart of man is like
sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer deep water; but a inan of understand-
hunger. ing will draw it out.
16 He that keepeth the command- 6 Most men will proclaim every one
20
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hds own goodness: but a faithful man
who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his in-
tegrity; his children are blessed after
him.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne
of judgment scattereth away ail evil
with his eyes.
9 Who cân say, I hâve made my
heart clean» 1 am pure from my sin?
10 Divers weights, and divers mea-
sures, both of them are alike abomina
tion to the Lord.
11 Even a child is known by his
doings» whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing
eye, the Lord hath made even both of
them.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to
poverty; open thihe eyes^ and thou
shalt be satished with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith rifice.
the buyer: but when he is gone his
way, then he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of
rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a only to plenteousness; but of every one
precious jewel.
16 Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger: and take a pledge of tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of
him for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a
man; but afterwards his mouth shall destroy them; because they refuse to
be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established by
counsel: and with good advice make strange: but as for the pure, his work
war.
19 He that goeth about as a tale-
bearer revealeth secrets; therefore the housetop, than with a brawling
meddle not with him that flattereth
with his lips.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his
mother, his lamp shall be put out in
obscure darkness.
21 An inheritance may he gotten
hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense
evil; but wait on the Lord,and he shall
save thee.
23 Divers weights are an abomina
tion unto the Lord;and a false balance
is not good.
24 Man's goings are of the Lord;
how can a man then understand his
own way?
25 It is a snare to the man who de-
voureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make enquiry.
26 A wise king scattereth the wick-
ed, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is the candie
of the Lord, searching ail the inward
parts of the belly.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the
king: and his throne is upholden by
mercy.
29 The glory of young men is their
strength: and the beauty of old men is
the grey head.
30 The blueness of a wound cleans-
eth away evil: so do stripes the inward
parts of the belly.
CHAPTER 21
The king's heart is in the hand of
the Lord,as the rivers of water: he
turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 Every way of a man is right in his
own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the
hearts.
3 To do justice and judgment is
more acceptable to the Lord than sac
4 An high look, and a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend
that is hasty only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying
them that seek death.
7 The robbéry of the wicked shall
do judgment.
8 The way of man is froward and
is right.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of
woman in a wide house.
10 The soul of the wicked desireth
evil: his neighbour findeth no favour
in his eyes.
11 When the scomer is punished,
the simple is made wise: and when the
wise is instructed, he receiveth knowl
edge.
12 The righteous man wisely con-
sidereth the house of the wicked: but
God overthroweth the wicked for their
wickedness.
13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the
cry of the poor, he also shall cry him-
self, but shall not be heard.
14 A gift in secret pacifîeth anger;
and a reward in the bosom strong
wrath.
15 It is joy to the just to do judg
ment: but destruction shall be to the
workers of iniquity.
16 The man tiiat wandereth out of
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the way of understanding shall remain should go: and when he is old, he will
in the congrégation of the dead. not départ from it.
17 He that loveth pleasure shaU be 7 The rich ruleth over the poor,and
a poor man: he that loveth wine and the borrower is servant to the lender.
oil shall not be rich. 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for vanity: and the rod of his anger shall
the righteous, and the transgressor for fail.
the uprlght. 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shaU
19 It is better to dwell in the wilder- be blessed; for he giveth of his bread
ness, than with a contentions and an to the poor.
angry woman. 10 Cast out the scorner, and con
20 There is treasure to be desired tention shall go out; yea, strife and re-
and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but proach shall cease.
a foolish man spendeth it up. 11 He that loveth purenessofheart,
21 He that followeth after right- for the grâce of his lips the king shall be
eousness and mercy findeth life, right- his friend.
eousness» and honour. 12 The eyes of the Lord preserve
22 A wise man scaleth the city of knowledge, and he overthroweth the
the mighty, and casteth down the words of the transgressor.
strength of the confidence thereof. 13 The slothful man saith, There is
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and a lion without, 1 shall be slain in the
his tongue keepeth his soul from trou streets.
bles. 14 The mouth of strange women is
24 Proud and haughty scomer is his a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the
name» who dealeth in proud wrath. Lord shall fall therein.
25 The desire of the slothful killeth 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart
him; for his hands refuse to labour. of a child; but the rod of correction
26 He coveteth greedily ail the day shall drive it far from him.
long: but the righteous giveth and 16 He that oppresseth the poor to
spareth not. increase his riches, and he that giveth
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is to the rich, shall surely corne to want.
abomination: how much more,ii^hen he 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear
bringeth it with a wicked mind? the words of the wise, and apply thine
28 A false witness shall perish: but heart unto my knowledge.
the man that heareth speaketh con- 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou
stantly. keep them within thee; they shaU
29 A wicked man hardeneth his withal be fitted in thy lips.
face: but as for the upright, he direct- 19 That thy trust may be in the
eth his way. Lord, I have made known to thee this
30 There is no wisdom nor under day, even to thee.
standing nor counsel against the Lord. 20 Have not I written to thee ex
31 The horse is prepared against the cellent things in counsels and knowl
day of battle: but safety is of the edge,
Lord. 21 That I might make thee know
the certainty of the words of truth;
CHAPTER 22 that thou mightest answer the words
AGOOD name is rather to be chosen of truth to them that send unto thee?
than great riches, and loving fa 22 Rob not the poor,-because he is
veur rather than silver and gold. poor: neither oppress the affiicted in
2 The rich and poor meet together: the gâte:
the Lord is the maker of them ail. 23 For the Lord will plead their
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, cause, and spoil the soul of those that
and hideth himself: but the simple spoiled them.
pass on, and are punished. 24 Make no friendship with an an
4 By humility and the fear of the gry man; and with a furious man thou
Lord are riches, and honour, and shalt not go:
Ufe. 25 Lest thou leam his ways,and get
5 Thoms and snares are in the way a snare to thy soul.
of the froward: he that doth keep his 26 Be not thou one of them that
soul shall be far from them. strike hands, or of them that are sure-
6 Train up a child in the way he ties for debts.
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27 If thou hast nothing to pay,why 20 Be not among winebibbers;
should he take away thy bed from un- among riotous eaters of flesh:
der thee? 21 For the drunkard and the glut-
28 Remove not the ancient land- ton shall come to poverty: and drowsi-
mark, which thy fathers have set. ness shall clothe a man with rags.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his 22 Hearken unto thy father that
business? he shall stand before kings; begatthee,and despise not thy mother
he shall not stand before mean men. when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not;
CHAPTER 23 also wisdom, and instruction, and im-
derstanding.
WHEN thou sittest to eat with a 24 The father of the righteous shall
ruler, consider diligently what is greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth
before thee: a wise child shall have joy of him.
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if 25 Thy father and thy mother shall
thou he a man given to appetite. be glad, and she that bare thee shall
3 Be not desirous of his dainties:for rejoice.
they are deceitful meat. 26 My son, give me thine heart,and
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from let thine eyes observe my ways.
thine own wisdom. 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that a strange woman is a narrow pit.
which is not? for riches certainly make 28 She also lieth in wait as for a
themselves wings; they fly away as an prey, and increaseth the transgressors
eagle toward heaven. among men.
6 Eat thou not the bread of htm 29 Who hath woe? who hath sor-
that hath an evil eye, neither desire row? who hath contentions? who hath
thou his dainty méats: babbling? who hath.woimds without
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so cause? who hath redness of eyes?
is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; 30 They that tarry long at the wine;
but his heart is not with thee. they that go to seek mixed wine.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten 31 Look not thou upon the wine
shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy when it is red, when it giveth his colour
sweet words. in the cup, when it moveth itself arighL
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for 32 At the last it biteth like a ser
he will despise the wisdom of thy pent, and stingeth like an adder.
words. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange
10 Remove not the old landmark; women, and thine heart shall utter
and enter not into the fields of the fa- perverse things.
therless: 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he lieth down in the midst of the sea, or
shall plead their cause with thee. as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruc 35 They have stricken me, shalt
tion, and thine ears to the words of thou say, and 1 was not sick; they have
knowledge. beaten me,and I felt it not: when shall
13 Withhold not correction from I awake? I will seek it yet again.
the child: for if thou beatest him with
the rod, he shall not die. CHAPTER 24
14 Thou shalt beat him with the Be not thou envious against evil
rod, and shalt deliver his soul from men, neither desire to be with
hell. them.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, 2 For their heart studieth destruc
my heart shall rejoice, even mine. tion, and their lips talk of mischief.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when 3 Through wisdom is an house
thy lips speak right things. builded; and by imderstanding it is es-
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: tablished:
but be thou in the fear of the Lord ail 4 And by knowledge shall the cham-
the day long. bers be hlled with ail precious and
18 For surely there is an end; and pleasant riches.
thine expectation shall not be eut off. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, of knowledge increaseth strength.
and guide thine heart in the way. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt
 PROVERBS 25 605

make thy wan and in multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he
openeth nôt his mouth in the gâte.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall
be called a mischievous person.
9 Tlie thought of foolishness is sin:
and the scomer is an abomination to
men.
10 If thou faint in the day of ad-
versity, thy strength is smalL
11 If thou forbear to deliver them
ihat are drawn unto death, and ihose
that are ready to be slain;
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew
it not; doth not he that pondereth the
heart consider it? and he that keepeth
thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall
not he render to every man according
to his Works?
13 My son, eat thou honey, because
it is good; and the honeycomb, which is
sweet to thy taste:
14 So shall the knowledge of wis
dom be unto thy soul: when thou hast
found it, then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be eut
off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man,
against the dwelling of the righteous;
spoil not his resting place: king of Judah copied out.
16 For a just man falleth seven -
times, and riseth up again: but the thing: but the honour of kings is to
wicked shall fall into mischief.
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy
falleth, and let not thine heart be glad
when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the Lord see it, and it dis-
please him, and he tum away his
wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil
men, neither be thou envious at the
wicked;
20 For there shall be no reward to
the evil man; the candie of the wicked
shall be put out.
21 My son, fear thou the Lord and
the king: and meddle not with them
that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise sud-
denly; and who knoweth the ruin of
them both?
23 These things also belong to the thou know not what to do in the end
wise. It is not good to have respect of thereof, when thy neighbour hath put
persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked,
Thou art righteous; him shall the peu
ple curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him
shaU be delight, and a good blessing
shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips that
giveth a right answer.
27 Prépara thy work without, and
make it fit for thyself in the field; and
afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy
neighbour without cause; and deceive
not with thy lips.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as
he hath done to me: I will render to
the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the sloth-
ful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was ail grown over
with thoms, and nettles had covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall
thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it
well: I looked upon it, and received in
struction.
33 Yei a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one
that travelleth; and thy want as an
armed man.
CHAPTER 25
THESE are also proverbs of Solo-
mon,which the men of Hez-e-ki-ah
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a
search out a matter.
3 The heaven for height, and the
earth for depth, and the heart of kings
is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the sil-
ver, and there shall come forth a vessel
for the finer.
5 Take away the wicked from be-
fore the king, and his throne shall be
established in righteousness.
6 Put not forth thyself in the prés
ence of the king, and stand not in the
place of great men;
7 For better it is that it be said unto
thee, Come up hither; than that thou
shouldest be put lower in the presence
of the prince whom thine eyes have
seen.
8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest
thee to shame.
9 Debate thy cause with thy neigh
bour himself; and discover not a secret
to another:
10 Lest he that heareth it put thee
to shame, and thine infamy turn not
away.
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11 A Word fitly spoken is Uke apples
of gold in pictures of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an or-
nament of fine gold, so is a wise re-
prover upon an obedient ear,
13 As the cold of snow in the time
of harvest, so is a faithful messenger
to them that send him: for he refresh-
eth the soul of his masters.
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a
false gift is Uke clouds and wind with-
out rain.
15 By long forbearing is a prince
persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh
the bone.
16 Hast thou found honey? eat so
much as is sufhcient for thee, lest thou
be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy
neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness
against his neighbour is a maul, and a
sword, and a sharp arrow.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man
in time of trouble is Uke a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20 As he that taketh away a gar-
ment in cold weather, and as vinegar
upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs
to an heavy heart.
21 If thine enemy be hungry, give
him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty,
give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire
upon his head, and the Lord shall re-
ward thee.
23 The north wind driveth away
rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner
of the housetop, than with a brawling
woman and in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul,
so is good news from a far country.
26 A righteous man falling down be-
fore the wicked is as a troubled foun-
tain, and a corrupt spring.
27 It is not good to eat much honey:
so for men to search their own glory is
not glory.
28 He that hath no rule over his
own spirit is Uke a city that is broken
down, and without walls.
CHAPTER 26
AS snow in summer, and as rain in
/\ harvest, so honour is not seemly
for a fool.
2 As the bird by wandering, as the
swallow by flylng, so the curse cause-
less shall not come.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for
the ass, and a rod for the fooFs back.
4 Ahswer not a fool according to
his folly, lest thou also be like unto
him.
5 Answer a fool according to his
folly,lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the
hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and
drinketh damage.
7 The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools^
8 As he that bindeth a stone in a
sling, so is he that giveth honour to a
fool.
9 As the thom goeth up into the
hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in
the mouth of fools.
10 The grêat God that formed ail
things both rewardeth the fool, and re-
wardeth transgressors.
11 As a dog retumeth to his vomit,
so a fool retumeth to his folly.
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own
conceit? there is more hope of a fool
than of him.
13 The slothful man saith, There is
a lion in the way; a lion is in the
streets.
14 As the door tumeth upon his
hinges, so doth the slothful upon his
bed.
15 The slothful hideth his hand in
his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it
again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own
conceit than seven men that can ren-
der a reason.
17 He that passeth by, and med-
dleth with strife helonging not to him,
is Uke one that taketh a dog by the
ears.
18 As a mad man who casteth fire-
brands, arrows, and death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth his
neighbour, and saith, Am not X in
sport?
20 Where no wood is, there the fire
goeth out: so where there is no tale-
bearer, the strife ceaseth.
21 As coals are to buming coals, and
wood to fire; so is a contentious man to
kindle strife.
22 Thé words of a talebearer are as
woimds, and they go down into the
innermost parts of the belly.
23 Buming lips and a wicked heart
are Uke a potsherd covered with silver
dross.
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24 He that hateth dissembleth with
his lips, and layeth up deceit within
him;
25 Wtien he speaketh fair, believe
him not; for there are seven abomina
tions in his heart.
26 Whose hatred is covered by de
ceit, his wickedness shall be shewed
before the whole congrégation.
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall
therein: and he that roUeth a stone, it
will retum upon him.
28 A lying tongue hateth those fhat
are afflicted by it; and a flattering
mouth worketh ruin.
CHÀPTER 27
BOÀST not thyself of to morrow;for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee, and
not thine own mouth; a stranger, and
not thine own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand
weighty; but a fooPs wrath is heavier
than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is out
rageons; but who is able to stand be
fore envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret
love.
6 Faithful - are the wounds of a
friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitM.
7 The full soul loatheth an honey-
comb; but to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
S As a bird that wandereth from her
nest, so is a méui that wandereth from
his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the
heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's
friend by hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy fa-
ther's friend, forsake not; neither go
into thy brother's house in the day of
thy calamity: for better is a neighbour
that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my
heart glad, that I may answer him
that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the
evil, and hideth himself; but the simple the wicked: but such as keep the law
pass on, and are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger, and take a pledge of ment: but they that seek the Lord un
him for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with
a loud voice^ rising early in the mom- his uprightness,than he that is perverse
ing, it shall be counted a curse to him. in his ways, though he be rich.
15 A continuai dropping in a very
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rainy day and a contentions woman
are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the
wind, and the ointment of his right
hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall
eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth
on his master shall be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to
face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Hell and destruction are never
full; so the eyes of man are never satis-
fied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and
the fumace for gold; so is a man to bis
praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a
fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestlOj yet will not his foolishness de-
part from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the
state of thy docks, and look well to
thy herds.
24 For riches are not for ever: and
doth the crown endure to every généra
tion?
25 The hay appeareth, and the ten-
der grass sheweth itself, and herbs of
the mountains are gathered.
26 The lambs are for thy cloth-
ing, and the goats are the price of the
field.
27 And thou shalt have goats' milk
enough for thy food, for the food of
thy household, and for the mainte
nance for thy maidens.
CHAPTER 28
The wicked flee when no man pur-
sueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
2 For the transgression of a land
many are the princes thereof: but by a
man of understanding and knowledge
the state thereof shall be prolonged.
3 A poor man that oppresseth the
poor is like a sweeping rain which
leaveth no food.
4 They that forsake the law praise
contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not judg-
derstand ail things.
6 Better is the poor that walketh in
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise
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son: but he that is a companlon of riot-
ous men shameth his father.
8 He that by usury and unjust gain
increaseth his substance, he shall gath-
er it for hlm that will pity the poor.
9 He that tumeth away his ear
from hearing the law, even his prayer
shall be abomination.
10 Whoso causeth the righteous to
go astray in an evil way, he shall fall
himself into his own pit: but the up-
right shall have good things in pos
session.
11 The rich man is wise in his own
conceit; but the poor that hath under-
standing searcheth him out.
12 When righteous men do rejoice,
fhere is great glory: but when the wick-
ed rise, a man is hidden.
13 He thàt covereth his sins shall
not prospen but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy.
14 Happy is the man that feareth
alway: but he that hardeneth his heart
shall fall into mischief.
15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging
bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor
people.
16 The prince that wanteth under-
standing is also a great oppresser: but
he that hateth covetousness shall pro
long his days.
17 A man that doeth violence to the
blood of any person shall tlee to the
pit; let no man stay him.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall
be saved: but he that is perverse in his
ways shall fall at once.
19 He that tilleth his land shall
have plenty of bread: but he that fol-
loweth after vain persons shall have
poverty enough.
20 A faithful man shall abound
with blessings: but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21 To have respect of persons is not
good: for for a piece of bread that man
will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath
an evil eye, and considereth not that
poverty shall come upon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man after-
wards shall find more favour than he
that flattereth with the tongue.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his
mother, and saith, It is no transgres
sion; the same is the companion of a
destroyer.
25 He that is of a proud heart stir-
reth up strife: but he that putteth his
trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
26 He that trusteth in his own heart
is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he
shall be delivered.
27 He that givèfeh uhto the poor
shall not lack: but he that hideth his
eyes shall have many a curse.
28 Wheii the wickèd rise, men hide
themselves: but when they perish, the
righteous increase.
CHAPTER 29
He,that being often reproved har
deneth his neck, shall suddenly
be destroyed, and that without reme-
dy.
2 When the righteous are in authori-
ty, the people rejoice: but when the
wicked beareth rule,the people moum.
3 Whoso loveth wisdoih rejoiceth
his father: but he that keepeth Com
pany with harlots spendeth his sub
stance.
4 The king by judgment establish-
eth. the land: but he that receiveth
gifts overthroweth it.
5 A man that flattereth his neigh-
bour spreadeth a net for his feet.
6 In the transgression of an evil
man there is a snare: but the righteous
doth sing and rejoice.
7 The righteous considereth the
cause of the poor: but the wicked re-
gardeth not to know it
8 Scornful men bring a city into a
snare: but wise men tum away wrath.
9 I/* a wise man contendeth with a
foolish man, whether he rage or laugh,
there is no rest.
10 The bloodthirsty hate the up-
right: but the just seek his soul.
11 A fool uttereth ail his mind: but
a wise man keepeth it in till after-
wards.
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, ail his
servants are wicked.
13 The poor and the deceitful man
meet together: the Lord lighteneth
both their eyes.
14 The king that faithfully judgeth
the poor, his throne shall 6e estab-
lished for ever.
15 The rod and reproof give wis-
dom: but a child left to himself bring-
eth his mother to shame.
16 When the wicked are multiplied,
transgression increaseth: but the right
eous shall see their fall.
17 Correct thy son, and he shall
give theé rest; yea, he shaU give de-
Ught unto thy soul.
18 Where there is no vision, the peo-
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pie perish: but he that keepeth the
law, happy is he,
19 A servant will not be corrected
by words:forthough he understànd he
will not answer.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in fpund guilty.
his words? there is more hope of a fool 11 There is a génération ihni curseth
thanofhiin.
21 He that delicately bringeth up
his servant from a child shall have him
become his son at the length.
22 An angry man stirreth up strife,
and a furious man aboundeth in trans
gression^
23 A man's pride shall bring him
low: but honour shall uphold the hum
ble in spirit. <
24 >A^oso is partner with a thief
hateth his own seul: he heareth curs-
ing, and bewrayeth it not.
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare:
but whoso putteth his trust in the
Lord shall be safe.
26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but
every man's judgment cometh from the
Lord.
27 An unjust man is an abomina
tion -to the just: and he that is upright
in the way is abomination to the
wicked.
CHAPTER 30
The words of A'-gur the son of Ja-
keh, even the prophecy: the man
spake unto Ith'-i-el, even unto Ith-i-el
and U'-cal,
2 Surely I am more brutish than
any man, and have not the under-
standing of a man.
3 I neither leamed wisdom, nor
have the knowledge of the holy.
4 Who hath ascended up into heav-
en, or descended? who hath gathered
the wind in his fists? who hath boimd
the waters in a garment? who hath esr
tablished ail the ends of the earth?
what is his name,and what is his son's
name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure: hé is
a shield unto them that put their trust
in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words,lest
he reprove thee, and thou be found a
liar.
7 Two things have I required of
thee; deny me them not before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and
lies: give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food convenient
for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and
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say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor,
and steal, and take the name of my
God in vain,
10 Accuse not a servant unto his
master,lest he curse thee, and thou be
their father, and doth not bless their
mother.
12 There is a génération that are
pure in their own eyes, and yet is not
washed from their hlthiness;
13 There is a génération, O how
lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids
are lifted up.
14 There is a génération, whose
teeth arc as swords, and their jaw
teeth as knives, to devour the poor
from off the earth, and the needy from
among men.
15 The horseleach hath two dàugh-
ters, crying, Give, give. There are three
things that are never satisfied, yea,four
things say not, It is enough:
16 The grave; and the barreh
womb; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not, It is
enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his fa
ther, and despiseth to obey his mother,
the ravens of the valley shall pick it
out, and the yoimg eagles shall eat it.
18 There be three things which are
too wonderful for me, yea, four which
I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air;
the way of a serpent upon a rock; the
way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such is the way of an adultérons
woman; she eateth, and wipeth her
mouth, and saith, I have done no
wickedness.
21 For three things the earth is dis-
quieted, and for four which it cannot
bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is hlled With meat;
23 For an odious woman When she
is married; and an hahdmaid that is
heir to her mistress.
24 There be four things which are
little upon the earth, but they àre èx-
ceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong,
yet they préparé their meat in the
summer;
26 The conies are but a feeble folk,
yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet go
they forth ail of them by bands;
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: 28 The spider taketh hold with her 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and
hands, and is in kings' palaces, worketh willingly with her hands.
29 There be three things which go 14 She is like the merchants* ships;
well, yea, four are comely in going: she bringeth her food from afar.
30 A lion which is strongest among 15 She riseth also while it is yet
beasts» and tumeth not away for any; night, and giveth meat to her house-
31 A greyhound; an he goat also; hold, and a portion to her maidens.
and a king, against whom there is no 16 She considereth a held, and buy-
rising up, eth it: with the fruit of her hands she
32 If thou hast done foolishly in planteth a vineyard.
lifting up thyself, or if thou hast 17 She girdeth her loins with
thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
mouth. 18 She perceiveth that her mer-
33 Surely the chuming of milk chandise is good: her candie goeth not
bringeth forth butter, and the wring- out by night.
ing of the nôse bringeth forth blood: so 19 She layeth her hands to the
the forcing of wrath bringeth forth spindle, emd her hands hold the dis-
strife. tafî.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to
CHAPTER 31 the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
The words of king Lem-u-el, the hands to the needy.
prophecy that his mother taught 21 She is not afraid of the snow for
him. her household: for ail her household
2 What, my son? and what,the son are clothed with scarlet.
of my womb? and what,the son of my 22 She maketh herself coverings of
vows? tapestry; her clothing is silk and pur-
3 Give not thy strength unto wom- pie,
en, nor thy ways to that which de- 23 Her husband is known in the
stroyeth kings. gâtes, when he sitteth among the eld-
4 It is not for kings, O Lem-u-el, it ers of the land.
is not for kings to drink wine; nor for 24 She maketh fine linen, and sell-
princes strong drink: eth it; and delivereth girdles unto the
5 Lest they drink, and forget the merchant.
law, and pervert the judgment of any 25 Strength and honour are her
of the afflicted. clothing; and she shall rejoice in time
6 Give strong drink unto him that to come.
is ready to perish, and wine unto those 26 She openeth her mouth with
that be of heavy hearts, wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
7 Let him drink, and forget his pov- of kindness.
ertfy, and remember his misery no 27 She looketh well to the ways of
more. her household, and eateth not the
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in bread of idleness.
the cause of ail such as are appointed 28 Her children arise up, and call
to destruction, her blessed; her husband also, and he
9 Open thy mouth,judge righteous- praiseth her.
ly, and plead the cause of the poor and 29 Many daughters have done vir-
needy. tuously, but thou excellest them
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? ail.
for her price is far above rubies. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty
11 The heart of her husband doth is vain: but a woman that feareth the
safely trust in her, so that he shall Lord, she shall be praised.
have no need of spoil. 31 Give her of the fruit of her
12 She will do him good and not hands; and let her own works praise
evil ail the days of her life. her in the gâtes.
 Ecclesiastes;
or, The PreacKer
CHAPTER I
THE words pf the Preacher, the
son of David, klng in JjBnisalem.,
2 Vanity of vanities, sàith the
Preacher, vanity of vanifies; all is van
ity.
3 What profit hath a mah of all his
labour which he tàketh undér the sun?
4 One génération passeth away,and
another génération cometh: but the
earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun
goeth down, and hasteth to his place
where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south,
and tumeth about unto the north; it
whirleth about continually, and the
wind returiieth again according to his
circuits.
7 All the rivers run into thè sea; yet
the sea is not full; unto the place from
whence the rivers corne, thither they
retum again.
8 All things are full of labour; man
cannot uttêr if; the eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the ear filled with
hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is
ihat which shall be; and that which is
done is thàt which shall be done: and
there is no new thing uiider the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it
may be said, See, this is new? it hath
been already of old time, which was
before us.
11 There is no remembrance of for
mer things; neither shèdl there be any
remembrance of things that are to
come with those that shall come after.
12 1 the Preacher was king over Is
raël in Jérusalem. .
13 And I gavé my héart to seek and
search oui; by wisdom conceming all
things that are done under heaveh;
this sore travail hath Gpd given to the
sonis bf mail to bé exercised therewith.
14 I have seen all the works that
are done imder the sim; and, behold,
all is vanity and vexation pf spirit.
15 That which is crooked caiinot be
made straight: and that which is
wanting caniiot be numbered.
16 I communed with mine own
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heart, saying, Lo, 1 am come to great
estate, and have gotten more wisdom
than all fhey that have been before me
in Jérusalem: yea, my heart had great
experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know
wisdom, and to know madness and
folly: I perceived that this also is vexa
tion of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much
giief: and he that increaseth knowl
edge increaseth sorrow.
CHAPTER 2
ISAID in mine heart. Go to now, I
will prove thee with mirth, there-
fore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this
àlso is vanity.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and
of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I sought in mine heart to give my-
self unto wine, yet acquainting mine
heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on
folly, till I might sée what was that
good for the sons of men, which they
should do under the heaven all the
days of their life.
4 I made me great works; I builded
me houses; I planted me viheyards:
5 I made me gardens ànd orchards,
and I planted trees in them of all kind
of fruits:
6 r made me pools of water, to wa-
ter therewith the wood that bringeth
forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens,
and had servants bom in my house;
also I had great possessions of great
and small cattle above all that were in
Jérusalem before me:
8 I gathered me also silver and gold,
and the pécûliar treasure of kings and
of the provinces: 1 gat me men singers
and women singers, and the delights
Of the sons of men, as musical instru
ments, and that of all sorts.
9 So I was great, and increased
more than all that were before me in
Jérusalem: also my wisdom remained
with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes de-
sired 1 kept not from them, I withheld
not my heart from any joy; for my
heart rejoiced in all my labour: and
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this was my portion of ail my labour., man, fhan that he should eat and
11 Then 1 looked on ail the Works drink, and thdi he should make his
that my hands had wrought, and on soul enjoy good in his labour. This also
the labour that I had laboured to do: I saw, that it was from the hand of
and, behold, ail tuas vanity and vexa God.
tion of spirit, and there was no profit 25 For who can eat, or who else can
under the sun. hasten hereunto, more than I?
12 And I tumed myself to behold 26 For God ^veth to a man that is
wisdom, and madness, and folly: for good in his sight wisdom, and knowl
what can the man do that cometh after edge, and joy: but to the sinner he
the king? even that which hath been giveth travail, to gathér and to heap
already done. up, that he may give to him that is
13 Then I saw that wisdom excell- good before God. This also is vanity
eth folly, as far as light excelleth dark- and vexation of spirit.
ness. '
14 The wise man's eyes are in his CHAPTER 3
head; but the fool walketh in dark-' TO every thing there is a season,and
ness: and I mysélf perceived also that a time to every purpose under the
one event happeneth to them ail. heaven:
15 Then said I in my heart. As it 2 A time to be bom, and a time to
happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth die; a time to plant, and a time to
even to me; and why was I then more pluck up that which is planted;
wise? Then I said in my heart, that 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal;
this also is vanity. a time to brèak down, and a time to
16 For ihere is ho remembrance of build up;
the wise more than of the fool for ever; 4 A time to weep, and a time to
seeing that which now is in the days laugh; a time to moum,and a time to
to come shall âll be fprgotten. And dance;
how dieth the wîse maii? as the fool. 5 A time to cast away stones, and a
17 Therefore I hated life; because time to gather stones together; a time
the work that is wrought under the sun to émbrace, and a time to refrain from
is grievous unto me: for ail is vanity embracing;
and vexation of spirit. 6 A time to get, ànd a time to lose;
18 Yea,1 hated ail my labour which a time to keep, and a time to cast
1 had taken under thé sun: because I away;
should leave it unto the man that shall 7 A time to rend, and a time tb sew;
be after me. a time to keep silence, and a time to
19 And who knoweth whether he speak;
shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall 8 A time to love,and a time to hate;
he have rule over ail my labour where- a time of war, and a time of peace.
in I have laboured, and wherein I have 9 What profit hath he that wbrketh
shewed myself wise under the sun. in that wherein he laboureth?
This is also vanity. 10 I have seen the travail, which
20 Therefore I went about to cause God hath giveri to thé sons of men to
my heart to despair of ail the labour be exercised in it.
which 1 took under the sun. 11 He hath made every thing beau-
21 For there is a man whose labour tiful in his time: also he hath set the
is in wisdom,and in knowledge, and in world in their heart, so that no man
equity; yet to a man that hath not can find out the work that God maketh
laboured therein shall he leave it for from the be^ning to the end.
his portion. This also is vanity and a 12 I know that there is no good in
great evil. them, but for a man to rejoice, and to
22 For whàt hath man of ail his la do good in his life.
bour, and of the vexation of his heart, 13 Ahd also that every man should
wherein he hath laboured under the eat and drink, and enjoy the good of
sun? ail his labour, it is the gift of God.
23 For âll his days arc sorrows, and 14 I know that, whatsoever God
his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can
not rest in the night. This is also van be put to it, nor any thing taken from
ity. it: and God doeth it, that men should
24 There is nothing better for a fear before him.
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15 That which hath been is now; 7 Then I retumed, and I saw van
and that which is to be hath aiready ity under the sun.
been; and God requireth that which is 8 There is one alone, and there is not
past. a second; yea,he hath neither child nor
16 And moreover I saw under the brother: yet is there no end of ail his
sun the place ofjudgment,that wicked- labour; neither is his eye satisfied with
ness wos there; and the place of right- riches; neither saith he. For whom do 1
eousness» that iniqnity was there. labour, and bereave my soul of good?
17 1 said in mine heart, God shall This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore
judge the righteous and the wicked: travail,
for there is a time there for every pur- 9 Two are better than one; because
pose and for every work. they have a good reward for their la
18 1 said in mine heart conceming bour.
the estate of the sons of men,that CkKi 10 For if they fall, the one will lift
might manifest them, and that they up his fellow: but woe to him that is
might see that they themselves are alone when he falleth; for he hath not
beasts. another to help him up.
19 For that which befalleth the sons 11 Again, if two lie together, thpn
of men befalleth beasts; even one thing they have heat: but how can one be
befalleth them: as the one dieth, so warm alone?
dieth the other; yea, they have ail one 12 And if one prevail against him,
breath; so that a man hath no pre- two shall withstand him; and a three-
eminence above a beast: for ail is van- fold cord is not quickly broken.
ity. 13 Better is a poor and a wise child
20 Ail go unto one place; ail are of than an old and foolish king, who will
the dust, and ail tum to dust again. no more be admonished.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man 14 For out of prison he cpmeth to
that goeth upward, and the spirit of reign; whereas also he that is bom in
the beast that goeth downward to the his kingdom becometh poor.
earth? 15 I considered ail the living which
22 Wherefore I perceive that there walk under the sun, with the second
is nothing better, than that a man child that shall stand up in his stead.
should rejoice in his own works; for 16 There is no end of ail the people,
that is his portion; for who shaîl bring even of ail that have been before them:
hhn to see what shall be after him? they also that come after shall not re
joice in him. Surely this also is vmiity
CHAPTER 4 and vexation of spirit.

SO I retumed,and considered ail the GHAPTER 5

oppressions that are done under
the sun: and behold the tears of such as KEEP thy foot when thou goest to
were oppressed, and they had no com- the house of God, and be more
forter; and on the side of their oppres- ready to hear,than to giye the sacrifice
sors there <was power; but they had no offools: for they consider not that they
comforter. do evil.
2 Wherefore I praised the dead 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and
which are cilready dead more than the let not thine heart be hasty tp utter
Uving which are yet alive. any thing before God: for God is in
3 Yea, better is he than both they, heaven, and thou upon earth: there-
which hath not yet been, who hath not fore let thy words be few.
seen the evil work that is done under 3 For a dream cometh through the
the sun. multitude of business; andi a fooPs
4 Again, 1 considered ail travail, voice is known by multitude of words.
and every right work, that for this a 4 When thou vowest a vow unto
man is envied pf his neighbour. This is God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no
also vanity and vexation of spirit. pleasure in fools: pay that which thou
5 The fool fpldeth his hands to- hast vowed.
gether, and eateth his own flesh. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest
6 Better is an handful with quiet- not vow, than that thou shouldest
ness, than both the hands fuU tuUh VOW and not pay.
travail and vexation of spirit. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy
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flesh to sin; neither sày thou before the CHAPTER 6

angel, that it was an error: wherefore
shôuld God bè angry at thy voice, and There is an evil which I have seen
imder the sun, and it is common
destroy the work of thine hands?
7 For in the multitude of dre^s among men:
and màhy words there are also divers 2 A man to whom God hath given
vanities: but fear thou God. riches, wealth, and honour* so that he
8 If thou seest the oppression of the wanteth nothing for his soul of aU that
poor, and violent pervérting of judg- he desireth, yet God giveth him not
ment and justice in a province, marvel power to eat thereof, but a stranger
not at the matter: for he that is higher eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an
than the highest regardeth; and there evU disease.
he higher than they. 3 If a man beget an hundred chU-
9 Moreover the profit of the earth dren, and live many years, so that the
is for ail: the king hirriself is served by days of his years be many,and his soul
thefield. be not fUled with good, and also fhaf
10 He that loveth silvér shall not be he have no burial; I say, that an un-
satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth timely birth is better than he.
abundance with increase: this is also 4 For he cométh in with vanity,and
vanity. departeth in darkness, and his name
11 When goods increase, they are shall be cbvered with darkness.
increased that eat them: and what 5 Moreover he hath not seen the
good is there to the owners thêreof,sav- sun, nor known any thing: this hath
ing the behôlding of them with their more rest than the other.
eyes? 6 Yeà, though he live a thousand
12 The sleep of a labouring man is years twice told, yet hath he seen no
sweet, whether he eat little or much: good: do not ail go to one placé?
but the abundance of the rich will not 7 AU the labour of nian is for his
sufîer him to Sleep. mouth, and yet the appetite is not
13 There is a sore evil which I have fiUed.
seen under the sun,namely riches kept 8 For what hath the wise more than
for the owners tliereof to their hurt. the fool? what hath the poor, that
14 But those riches perish by evU knoweth to walk before the living?
travail: and he begetteth a son, and 9 Better is the sight ofthe eyes than
there is nothing in his hand. the wandering of thé desire: this is also
15 As he came forth of his mother's vanity and vexation of spirit.
womb, naked shall he retum to go as 10 That which hath been is named
he came, and shall take nothing of his already, and it is known that it is
labour, which he may carry away in man: neither may he côhtend with
his hand. ^ him that is mightier than he.
16 And this also is à sore evil, that 11 Seeing thère be many things
ih aU points as he came,so shall he go: that increase yanity, what is man the
and what profit hath he that hath la- better?
boured for the wind? 12 For who knoweth what is good
17 AU his days also he eateth m for man in this Ufe, aU the days of his
darkness,and he hàth much sorrow and vain life which he spendeth as a shad-
wrath with his sickness. ôw? for who can teU a man what shaU
18 Behold that which I have seen: be after him under the sim?
it is good and comely for one to eat and
to drink, and to enjoy the good of aU CHAPTER 7
his labour that he taketh under the
sim àll the days of his life, which God AGOOD name is better. than pre-
cious ointment; and the day of
giveth him: for it is his portion.
19 Every man also to whom God death than the day of one's birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of
hath given riches and wealth,and hath mouming, than to go to the house of
given him power to eat thereof, and to
take. his portion, and to rejoice in his feasting: for that is the end of aU men;
and the living wiU lay it to his heart.
labour; this is the gift of God.
20 For he shall not much remember 3 Sorrow is better than laughter:
the days of his life; because God an- for by the sâdness of the countenance
swéreth him in the joy of his heart. the heart is ûiade better.
 EGCLESIASTES 8 615

4 The heart of the wise is in the that are spoken; lest thou hear thy
house of mouming; but the heart of servant curse thee:
fools is in the house of mirth. 22 For- oftentimes also thine own
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of heart knoweth that thou thyself hke-
the wise, than for a man to hear the wise hast cursed others.
song ôf fools. 23 AU this have I proved by wis
6 For as the crackling of thorns un- dom: I said, I will be wise; but it was
dér a pot,so is the laughter of the fool: far from me.
this also is vanity. 24 That which is far off, and ex-
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise ceeding deep, who can find it out?
ikiah mad; and a gift destroyeth the 25 I applied mine heart to know
heart. and to search, and to seek out wisdom,
8 Better is the end of a thing than and the reason of things, and to know
the begin^g thereof: and the patient the wickedness of folly, even of fool-
in spirit is better than the proud in ishness and madness:
spirit. 26 And I find more bitter than
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be death the woman, whose hèart is
angry: for anger resteth in the bosom snares and nets, and her, hands
of fools. bands: whoso pleaseth God shall es-
10 Say not thou, What is the cause cape from her; but the sinner shaU be
that the former days were better than taken by her.
these? for thou dost not enquire wisely 27 Behold, this have I found, saith
conceming this. the preacher, counting one by one, to
ÏI Wisdom is good with an inherit- find out the account:
ance: and hy it there is profit to them 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but
thàt see the sun. I find not: oné man among a thousand
12 For wisdom is a defence, and have I found; but a woman among ail
money is a defence: but the excellency those have I not found.
of knowledge is, that wisdom giyeth 29 Lo, this only have I found, that
life to them that have it. God hath made man upright; but they
13 Consider the work of God: for have sought out many inventions,
who can make that straight, which he
hath made crooked? CHAPTER 8
14 In the day of prosperity be joy- WHO is as the wise man? and who
ful, but in the day of adversity con knoweth the interprétation of a
sider: God also hath set the one over thing? a man's wisdom maketh his
against the other, to the end that man face to shine, and the boldness of his
should find nothing after him. face shall be changed.
15 Ail things have I seen in the days 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's
of my vanity: there is a just man that commandment, and that in regard of
perisheth in his righteousness, and the oath of God.
there is a wicked man that prolongeth 3 Be not hasty to go out of his
his ii/e in his wickedness. sight: stand not in an evil thing;for he
16 Be not righteous over much; nei- doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
ther maké thyself over wise: why 4 Where the word of a king is, there
shouldest thou destroy thyself? is power: and who may say unto him,
17 Be not over much wicked, nei- What doest thou?
ther be thou foolish: why shouldest 5 Whoso keepeth the commeind-
thou die before thy time? ment shaU feel no evil thing: and a
18 It is good that thou shouldest wise man's heart discemeth both time
take hold of this; yea, also from this and judgment.
withdraw not thine hand: for he that 6 Because to every purpose there is
feareth God shall come forth of them time and judgment, therefore the mis-
ail. ery of man is great upon him.
19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise 7 For he knoweth not that which
more than ten mighty men which are shall be: for who can tell him when it
in the city. shall be?
20 For there is not a just man upon 8 There is no man that hath power
earth, that doeth good, and sinneth over the spirit to retain the spirit; nei-
not. ther hath he power in the day of death:
21 Also take no heed imto ail words and there is no discharge in that war;
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neither shaH wickedness deliver those wicked; to the good and to the clean,
that are given to It, and to the imclean; to liim that sac-
9 Ali this hâve I seen, and applied rificeth, and to liim that sacrificeth
my heàrt unto every work that is done not: as is the good,so is the sinner; and
imder the sun: thére is a time wherein he that sweareth, as he that feareth an
one man ruleth over another to his oath.
ownhuit, 3 This is ah evil aihong ail things
10 And so I 5aw the wicked buried, that are done under thé sun, that
who had corné and gone from the place there is one event unto ail: yea, also the
of the holy, and they were forgotten in heart of the sons of men is full of evil,
the city wheré they had so done; this and madness is in their heart while
is also vanity. they live, and after that they go to the
11 Because sentence against an èvil dead.
work is hot execùted speedily, there- 4 For to him that is joined to ail the
fore the heart of the sons of men is living there is hope:for a living dog is
fully set in them to do evil. better than a dead lion.
12 Though a sinner do evil an hun- 5 For the living know that they
dred times, and his days be prolohged, shall die: but the dead know not any
yet surely I know that it shall be wéll thing, neither have they any more a
with them that fear Gôd, which fear reward;for the memory of them is for
before him: gotten.
13 But it shall not bé well with the 6 Also their love, and their hatred,
wicked, neither shall he prolong his and their envy, is now perished; nei
days, which are as a shadow; because ther have they any more a portion for
he feârêth not before God. éver in any thing that is done under
14 There is a vanity which is done the sun.
upon the earth;that there be just men, 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with
unto whom it happeneth according to joy, and drink thy wine with a merry
the work of the wicked; again,there be heart; for God now accepteth thy
wicked men,to whom it happeneth ac Works.
cording to the work of the righteous: I 8 Let thy garfnents be always
said that this also is vanity. white; and let thy head lack no oint-
15 Then I commended mirth, be ment.
cause a man hath no better thing un- 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom
der the sun, than to eat, and to drink, thou lovest ail the days of the life of
and to be merry: for that shall abide thy vanity, which he hath given thee
with him of his labour the days of his under the sun, ail the days of thy van
life, which God giveth him under the ity: for that is thy portion in this lifè,
SUUi and in thy labour which thou takest
16 When I applied mine heàrt to under the sun.
know wisdom, and to see the business 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
that is dohe upon the earth: (for also do, do it with thy might;for there is no
there is thaï neither day nor night seeth work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
sleep with his eyés:) wisdom, in the grave, whither thou
17 Then I beheld ail the work of goest.
Gk>d, that a man cannot tind out the 11 I retumed, and saw under the
work that is done under the sun: be sun, that the race is not to the swift,
cause though a man labour to seek it nor the battle to the strong, neither
out, yet he shall not find it; yea far- yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to
ther; though a wise man think to know men of understanding, nor yet faveur
it, yet shall he not be able to find it. to men of skill; but time and chance
happeneth to them ail.
CHAPTER 9 12 For man also knoweth not his
For ail this I considered in my time: as the fishes that are taken in an
heart even to déclaré ail this, that evil net, and as the birds that are
thé righteous, and the wise, and their caught in the snare; iso are the sons of
Works,are in the hand of God: no màn men snared in an evil time, when it
knoweth either love or hatred by ail fallèth suddenly upon them.
that is beforè them. 13 This wisdom have I seen also un
2 AU things came alike to ail: there is der the sun, and it seemed great unto
one event to the righteous, and to the me:
 EœLESIASTES 10, 11
14 There was a little city, and few
men within it; and there came a great
king against it^ and besieged it, and
built great buiwarks against it:
15 Now there was found in it a poor
wise man, and he by his wisdom de-
livered the city; yet no man remem-
bered that same poor man»
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better
than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised, and his
words are nôt heard.
17 The words of wise men are heard
in quiet more than the cry of him that
ruleth among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons
of wan but one sinner destroyeth much
good.
CHAPTER 10
DeAD Aies cause the ointment of
the apothecary to send forth a
stinking savour: so doth a little folly
him that is in réputation for wisdom
and honour.
2 A wise man's heart is at his right
hand; but a fooFs heart at his left.
3 Yea also, when he that is a fool
walketh by the way, his wisdom fail-
eth him, and he saith to every one that
he is a fool.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up
against thee, leave not thy place; for
yielding pacifieth ^eat offences.
5 There is an evil which I have seen
under the sun, as an error which pro-
ceedeth from the ruler:
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and
the rich sit in low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses,
and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall
into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, child: even so thou knowest not the
a serpent shall bite him. Works of God who maketh ail.
9 Whoso removetii stones shall be
hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth
wood shall be endangered thereby.
10 If the iron be blxmt, and he do
not whet the edge, then must he put
to more streqgth: but wisdom is profit
able to direct.
11 Surely.the serpent wiU bite with-
out enc^antmept; ^d a babbler is no
better.
12 The words of à wise man'smouth
are gradous; but the lips of a fool will
sw^ow up himself.
13 The beginning of the words of
his mputh is fooli^hness: and the end
of his talk is mischievous madness.
617
14 A fool also is full of words: a man
cannot tell what shall be; and whàt
shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wea-
rieth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city. ^
16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy
king is a child, and thy princes eat in
the moming!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when
thy king is the son of nobles, and thy
princes eat in due season,for strength,
and not for drunkenness!
18 By much slothfulness the build
ing decayeth; and through idleness of
the hands the house droppeth through.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and
wine maketh merry: but mbney ân-
swereth ail things^
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy
thought; and curse not the rich in thy
bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall
carry the voice, and that which hatii
wings shall tell the matter.
CHAPTER II
CAST thy bread upon the waters:
for thou shalt find it after many
days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also
to eight; for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they
empty fhemselves upon the earth: and
if the tree fall toward the south, or
toward the north, in the place where
the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 He that observeth the wind shall
not sow; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.
5 As thou knowest not what is the
way of the spirit, nor how the bones
do grow in the womb of her that is with
6 In the moming sow thy seed, and
in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not whether
shall prosper, either this or that, or
whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a
pleasant ihing it is for the,eyes to be-
holdthesum
8 But if a man live many years,and
rejoice in them ail; yet let him remem^
ber the days of darkness;for they shah
be many. AU that cometh is yanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy
youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth, and walk in the
ways of thine heart,and in the sight of
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illine eyes: but know thou, that for all
these things God will bring thee into
judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from
thy heart» and put away evil from thy
fiesh: for childhood and youth are van-
ity.
CHAPTER 12
REMEMBER now thy Gîreator in
^ the days of thy youth, while the
evil days corne not, nor the years draw
nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no
pleasure in them;
2 While the sun, or the light, or the
moon, or the stars, be not darkened,
nor the clouds retum after the rain:
3 In the day when the keepers of
the house shall tremble, and the strong
men shall bow themselves, and the
grinders cease because they are few,
and those that look out of the Windows
be darkened,
4 And the doors shall be shut in the
streets, when the sound of the grinding
is low, and he shall rise up at the voice
of the bird, and all the daughters of
musick shall be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of
fhat which is high, and fears shall be in
the way, and the almond tree shall
flourish, and the grasshopper shall be
a burden, and desire shall fail: because
man goeth to his long home, and the
moumers go about the streets:
6 Or ever the silver cord be
loosed, or the golden bowl be broken,
or the pitcher be broken at the foun-
tain, or the wheel broken at the
cistem.
7 Then shall the dust retum to the
earth as it was: and the spirit shall re
tum unto God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the
preacher; all is vanity.
9 And moreover, because the
preacher was wise, he still taught the
people knowledge; yea, he gave good
heed, and sought out, and set in order
many proverbs.
10 The preacher sought to find out
acceptable words: and fhat which was
written was upright, even words of
tmth.
11 The words of the wise are as
goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are given
from one shepherd.
12 And further, by these, my son,
be admonished: of making many books
there is no end; and much study is a
weariness of the flesh.
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole
duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work
into judgment,with every secret thing,
wheôier U be good, or whether U be
evil.

The

Song of Solomon
daughters of Jérusalem, as the tents of
CHAPTER I
The song of songs, which is Solo-
mon's.
Ke'-dar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Look not upon me, because 1 am
black, because the sun hath looked up
2 Let him kiss me with the on me: my mother's children were an-
kisses of his mouth:for thy love is bet- gry with me;they made me the keeper
ter than wine. of the vineyards; but mine own vine-
3 Because of the savour of thy good yard have I not kept.
ointments thy name is as ointment 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul
poured forth, therefore do the virgins loveth, where thou feedest, where thou
love thee. makest thy flock to rest at noon: for
4 Draw me, we will mn after thee: why should I be as one that tumeth
the king hath brought me into his aside by the flocks of thy companions?
chambers: we will be glad and rejoice 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest
in thee, we wUl remember thy love among women, go thy way forth by
more than wine: the upright love thee. the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy
5 I am black, but comely, O ye kids beside the shepherds'tents.
 SONG OF SOLOMON 2, 3 619

9 I have compared thee, O my love, and the voice of the turtle is heard in
to a Company of horses in Pharaoh's our land;
chariots. 13 The fig tree putteth forth her
10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows green figs, and the vines with the ten-
of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. der grape give a good smell. Arise, my
11 We will make thee borders of love, my fair one, and come away.
gold with studs of silver. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts
12 While the king sitteth at his table, of the rock, in the secret places of the
my spikenard sendeth forth the smell stairs, let me see thy countenance, let
thereof. me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy
13 A bundle of myrrh is my well- voice, and thy countenance is comely^
beloved unto me; he shall lie ail night 15 Take us the foxes, the little
betwixt my breasts. foxes, that spoil the vines: for our
14 My beloved is unto me as a clus- vines have tender grapes.
ter of camphire in the vineyards of 16 My beloved is mine, and I am
En-ge-di. his: he feedeth among the lilies.
15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; 17 Until the day break, and the
behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves* shadows flee away, tum, my beloved,
eyes. and be thou like a roe or a young hart
16 Behold, thou art fair, my be upon the mountains of Be-ther.
loved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is
green,
CHAPTER 3
17 The beams of our house are By night on my bed I sought him
cedar, and our rafters of fir. whom my soul loveth: 1 sought
him, but I found him not.
CHAPTER 2 2 I will rise now, and go about the
IAM the rose of Sharon,and the lily city in the streets, and in the broad
of the valleys. ways I will seek him whom my soul
2 As the lily among thoms,so is my loveth: I sought him, but I found him
love among the daughters. not.
3 As the apple tree among the trees 3 The watchmen that go about the
of the wood, so is my beloved among city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye
thé sons. I sat down imder his shadow him whom my soul loveth?
with great delight, and his fruit was 4 It was but a little that I passed
sweet to my taste. from them, but 1 found him whom my
4 He brought me to the banqueting soul loveth: I held him, and would not
house, and his banner over me was let him go, until I had brought him
love. into my mother's house, and into the
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me chamber of her that conceived me.
with apples: for I am sick of love. 5 I charge you, O ye daughters of
6 His left hand is imder my head, Jérusalem, by the roes, and by the
and his right hand doth embrace hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,
me. nor awake my love, till he please.
7 I charge you, O ye daughters of 6 Who is this that cometh out of the
Jérusalem, by the roes, and by the wilderness like pillars of smoke, per-
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, fumed with myrrh and frankincense,
nor awake my love, till he please. with ail powders of the merchant?
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, 7 Behold his bed, which is Solo-
he cometh leaping upon the moun- mon's; threescore valiant men are
tains, skipping upon the hills. about it, of the valiant of Israël.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young 8 They ail hold swords, being expert
hart: behold, he standeth behind our in war: every man hath his sword upon
wall, he looketh forth at the Windows, his thigh because of fear in the night.
shewing himself through the lattice. 9 King Solomon made himself a
10 My beloved spake, and said unto chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
me, Rise up,my love, my fair one,and 10 He made the pillars thereof of
come away. silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the covering of it of purple, the midst
rain is over and gone; thereof being paved with love, for the
12 The flowers appear on the earth; daughters of Jérusalem.
the time of the singing ofbirds is come. 11 Go forth,O ye daughters of Zion,
620 SONG OF SOLOMON 4, 5
and béhold Idng Solomon with the
crown wherewith his mother crowned
him in the day of his espousals, and in
the day of the gladness of his heart*
CHAPTER 4
BEHOLD,thou art fair, my love; be-
hold, thou art fait; thou hast
doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair
is as a flock of goats, that appear from
mount Gilead.
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep
that are even shom, which came up
from the washing; whérebf every one
bear twins, and none is barren among
them.
3 Thy lips are like a thread of scar-
let, and thy speech is comely: thy tem
ples are like a piece of a pomegranate
within thy locks.
4 Thy neck is like the tower of Da
vid builded for an armoury, whereon
there hang a thousand bucklers, ail
shields of mighty men.
5 Thy two breasts are like two
young rœs that are twins, which feed
among the lilies.
6 Until the day break, and the
shadows flee away,I will get me to the
mountain of myirh, and to the hill of
frankincense.
7 Thou art ail fair, my love; there is
no spot in thee.
8 Come with me from Lebanon, my
spouse, with me from Lebanon: look
from the top of Am-a-na,from the top
of She-nir and Her'-mon, from the
lions' dens,from the moimtains of the
léopards.
9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my
sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished
my heart with one of thlne eyes, with
one chain of thy neck.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister,
my spouse! how much better is thy
love than wine! and the smell of thlne
ointments than ail spices!
11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as
the honeycomb: honey and milk are
under thy tongue; and the smell of thy
garments is Uke the smell of Lebanon.
12 A garden inclosed is my sister,
my spouse; a spring shut up, a foun-
tain sealed.
13 Thy plants are an orchard of
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;
camphire, with spikenard,
14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus
and cinnamon, with ail trees of frank
incense; myrrh and aloes, with ail the
chief spices:
15 A fountain of gardens, a well of
living waters, and streams from Leb
anon.
16 Awake,O north wind; and come,
thou south; blow upon my garden,
ihat the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits.
CHAPTER 5
IAM come into my garden, my sis
ter, my spouse: I have gathered my
myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my
honeycomb with my honey; I have
drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O
friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly,
0 beloved.
2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is
the voice of my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me,my sister, my love,
my dove, my undeflled: for my head
is fllled with dew, and my locks with
the drops of the night.
3 I have put off my coat; how shall
1 put it on? I have washed my feet;
how shall I deflle them?
4 My beloved put in his hand by the
hole of the door, and my bowels were
moved for him.
5 I rose up to open to my beloved;
and my hands dropped mth myrrh,
and my Angers îuith sweet smelling
myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6 I opened to my beloved; but my
beloved had withdrawn himself, and
was gone: my soul failed when he
spake: I sought him, but I could not
flnd him; I called him, but he gave me
no answer.
7 The watchmen that went about
the city found me, they smote me,
they wounded me; the keepers of the
walls took away my vail from me.
8 I charge you,O daughters of Jéru
salem, if ye flnd my beloved, that ye
tell him, that I am sick of love.
9 What is thy beloved more than
another beloved, O thou fairest among
women? what is thy beloved more than
another beloved, that thou dost so
charge us?
10 My beloved is white and ruddy,
the chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine gold,
his locks are bushy, and black as a
raven.
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves
by the rivers of waters, washed with
milk, and fltly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices.
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as sweet floweis: his lips like liliesi ite? As it were tbe company of two
dropping sweet smelling myrrh. armies.
14 His hands are as gold rings set
with the béryl: bis belly is as bright CHAPTER 7
ivory overlaid wtth sapphires. HOW beautiful are tby feet witb
15 His legs are as pillars of marble, sboes, O prince's daugbter! tbe
set upon sockets of fine gold: bis coun- joints of tby tbigbs are like jewels, tbe
tenance is as Lebanon,excellent as tbe work of tbe bands of a cunning work-
cedars. man.
16 His moutb is most sweet: yea,be 2 Tby navel is lïke a round goblet,
is altogetber lovely. Tbis is my be- which wantetb not liquon tby belly is
loved, and tbis is my friend, O daugb- like an beap of wbeat set about witb
ters of Jérusalem. liUes.
3 Tby two breasts are like two
CHAPTER 6 yoimg roes thai are twins.
WHITHER is tby beloved gone, 4 Tby neck is as a tower of ivory;
O tbou fairest among women? tbine eyes lïke tbe fisbpools in Hesb-
wlfitber is tby beloved turned aside? bon, by tbe gâte of Batb-rab-bim: tby
tbat we may seek bim witb tbee. nose is as tbe tower of Lebanon wbicb
2 My beloved is gone down into bis looketb toward Damascus.
garden» to tbe beds of spices, to feed in 5 Tbine bead upon tbee is like Car-
tbe gardens, and to gatber lilies. mel, and tbe bair of tbine bead like
3 I am my beloved's, and my be purple; tbe king is beld in tbe galleries^
loved is mine: be feedetb among tbe 6 How fair and bow pleasant art
liUes. tbou, O love, for deligbts!
4 Tbou art beautiful, O my love, as 7 Tbis tby stature is like to a palm
Tir'-zab, comely as Jérusalem, terrible tree, and tby breasts to clusters of
as an army witb banners. grapes.
5 Tum away tbine eyes from me, 8 I said, I will go up to tbe palm
for tbey bave overcome me: tby bair tree, I will take bold of tbe bougbs
is as a flock of goats tbat appear from tbereof: now also tby breasts sball be
Gilead. as clusters of tbe vine, and tbe smell of
6 Tby teetb are as a fiock of sbeep tby nose like apples;
wbicb go up from tbe wasbing, wbereof 9 And tbe roof of tby moutb like
every one bearetb twins, and there is tbe best wine for my beloved, tbat go-
not one barren among tbem. etb down sweetly, causing tbe lips of
7 As a piece of a pomegranate are tbose tbat are asleep to speak.
tby temples witbin tby locks. 10 I am my beloved's, and bis de-
8 Tbere are tbreescore queens, and sire is toward me.
fourscore concubines,and virgins witb- 11 Corne, my beloved, let us go
out number. fortb into tbe field; let us lodge in tbe
9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; villages.
sbe is tbe orUy one of ber motber, sbe 12 Let us get up early to tbe vine-
is tbe cboice one of ber tbat bare ber. yards; let us see if tbe vine fiourisb,
Tbe daugbters saw ber, and blessed whether tbe tender grape appear, and
ber; yea, tbe queens and tbe concu tbe pomegranates bud fortb: tbere will
bines, and tbey praised ber. I give tbee my loves.
10 Wbo is sbe thai looketb fortb as 13 Tbe mandrakes give a smell, and
tbe moming,fair as tbe moon, clear as at our gâtes are ail manner of pleasant
tbe sim, and terrible as an army witb fruits, new and old, which 1 bave laid
banners? up for tbee, O my beloved.
11 I went down into tbe garden of
nuts to see tbe fruits of tbe valley, and CHAPTER 8
to see wbetber tbe vine fiourisbed, and OTHAT tbou wert as my brotber,
tbe pomegranates budded. tbat sucked tbe breasts of my
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul motber! when I sbould find tbee witb-
made me lïke tbe chariots of Am-mi- out, I would kiss tbee; yea, I sbould
na-dib. not be despised.
13 Retum, retum, O Sbu-lam-ite; 2 1 would lead tbee, and bring tbee
retum,retum,tbat we may look upon into my motber's bouse, wko would in-
tbee. Wbat will ye see in tbe Sbu-lam- struct me: I would cause tbee to drink
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of spiced wine of the juice of my pome-
granate.
3 His left hand should be under my
head, and his right hand should em-
brace me.
4 I charge you,O daughters of Jéru
salem, that ye stir not up, nor awake
my love, until he pléase.
5 Who is this that cometh up from
the wilderness, leaning upon her be-
loved? I raised theé up imder the apple
tree: there thy mother brought thee
forth: there she brought thee forth
that bare thee.
6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart,
as a seal upon thine arm: for love is
strong as death;jealousy is cruel as the
grave: the coals thereof are coals of
lire, which hath a most vehement dame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can the doods drown it: if a
màn would give ail the substance of
his house for love, it would utterly be
contemned.
8 We have a little sister, and she
The Book of the Prophet
Isaîah
CHAPTER I
The vision of Isaiah the son of
Amoz, which he saw conceming
Judah and Jérusalem in the days
of Uz-zi-ah, Jo-tham, Ahaz,and Hez-
e-ki-ah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O
earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I
have nourished and brought up chil-
dren, and they have rebelled against
me.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and
the ass his master's crib: but Israël
doth not know, my people doth not
consider.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden
with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, chil-
dren that are corrupters: they have
forsaken the Lord, théy have pro-
voked the Holy One of Israël unto an-
ger, they are gone away backward.
5 Why should ye be stricken any
more? ye will revolt more and more:
the whole head is sick, and the whole
heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even un
to the head there is no soundness in it;
hath no breasts: what shall we do for
our sister in the dày when she shall be
spoken for?
9 If she be a wall,we will build upon
her a palace of silver: and if she be a
door, we will inclose her with boards
of cedar.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like
towers: then was I in his eyes as one
that found favour.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Ba-
al-ha-mon; he let out the vineyard im-
to keepers; every one for the fruit
thereof was to bring a thousand pièces
of silver.
12 My vineyard, which is mine, is
before me:thou, O Solomon, must have
a thousand, and those that keep the
fruit thereof two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gar-
dens, the companions hearken to thy
voice: cause me to hear it.
14 Make haste, my beloved, and be
thou like to a roe or to a young hart
upon the mountains of spices.
but wounds, and bruises, and putrify-
ing sores: they have not been closed,
neither bound up, neither mollified
with ointment.
7 Your country is desolate, your
cities are bumed with tire: your land,
strangers devour it in your presencé,
and it is desolate, as overthrown by
strangers.
8 And the dàughter of Zion i& left
as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge
in a garden of cucumbers, as a be-
sieged city.
9 Except the Lord of hosts had left
unto us a very small remuant, we
should have been as Sodom, and we
should have been like unto Go-mor'-
rah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye
rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law
of our God, ye people of Go-mor'-rah.
11 To what purpose is the multi
tude of your sacrifices unto me? saith
the Lord: I am full of the burnt offer-
ings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bul-
locks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before
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me, who hath required this at your gressors and of the sinners shall be to-
hand, to tread my courts? gether, and they that forsake the
13 Bring no more vain oblations; Lord shall be consumed.
incense is an abomination unto me;the 29 For they shall be ashamed of the
new moons and sabbaths, the calling oaks which ye have desired, and ye
of assemblies, 1 cannot away with; it shall be confounded for the gardens
is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. that ye have chosen.
14 Your new moons and your ap- 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose
pointed feasts my soul hateth: they leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath
are a trouble unto me; 1 am weary to no water.
bear them. 31 And the strong shall be as tow,
15 And when ye spread forth your and the maker of it as a spark, and
hands, 1 will hide mine eyes from you: they shall both bum together, and
yea, when ye make many prayers, I none shall quench them.
will not hear: your hands are fuU of
blood. CHAPTER 2
16 Wash you, make you dean; put The Word that Isaiah the son of
away the evil of your doings from be- Amoz saw conceming Judah and
fore mine eyes; cease to do evil; Jérusalem.
17 Leam to do well; seek judgment, 2 And it shall come to pass in the
relieve the oppressed,judge the father- last days, that the mountain of the
less, plead for the widow. Lord's house shall be established in
18 Come now, and let us reason to- the top of the mountains, and shall be
gether, saith the Lord: though your exalted above the hills; and ail nations
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as shall flow imto it.
white as snow;though they be red like 3 And many people shall go and
crimson, they shall be as wool. say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye mountain of the Lord,to the house of
shall eat the good of the land: the God of Jacob; and he will teach us
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye of his ways, and we will walk in his
shall be devoured with the sword: for paths:for out of Zlon shall go forth the
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it law, and the word of the Lord from
21 How is the faithful city become Jérusalem.
an harlot! it was full of judgment; 4 And he shall judge among the na
righteousness lodged in it; but now tions, and shall rebuke many people:
murderers. and they shall beat their swords into
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy plowshares, and their spears into prun-
wine mixed with water: inghooks: nation shall not lift up sword
23 Thy princes are rebellions, and against nation, neither shall they leam
companions of thieves: every one lov- war any more.
eth gifts, and followeth after rewards: 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and
they judge not the fatherless, neither let us walk in the light of the Lord.
doth the cause of the widow come unto 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy
them. people the house of Jacob, because
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the they be replenished from the east, and
Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Is are soothsayers like the Philistines,
raël, Ah,I will ease me of mine adver- and they please themselves in the chil-
saries, and avenge me of mine ene- dren of strangers.
mies: 7 Their land also is full of silver and
25 And I will tum my hand upon gold, neither is there any end of their
thee,and purely purge away thy dross, treasures; their land is also full of
and take away ail thy tin: horses, neither is there any end of their
26 And I will restore thy judges as chariots:
at the first, and thy counsellors as at 8 Their land also is full ofidols; they
the begiiming: afterward thou shalt be worship the work of their own hands,
called, The dty of righteousness, the that which their own fingers have
faithful city. made:
27 Zion shall be redeemed with 9 And the mean man boweth down,
judgment,and her converts with right and the great man humbleth himself:
eousness. therefore forgive them not.
28 And the destruction of the trans- 10 Enter into the rock, and hide
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thee in the dust, for fear of thê Lord, 5 And the peuple shall be oppressed,
and for the glory of his majésty. every one by another, and every one
11 The lofty looks of man shall be by his neighbour: the child shall be-
humbled, and the haughtiness of men have himself proudly against the an
shall be bowed down, and the Lord cient, and the base against the hon-
alone shall be exalted in that day. ourable.
12 For the day of the Lord of hosts 6 When a man shall take hold of his
shall be upon every one that is proud brother of the house of his fathér, say-
and lofty, and upon évery one that is ing, Thou hast clothing, be thoU our
lifted up; and he shall be brought low: ruler, and lei this ruin be under thy
13 And upon ail the cedars of Leb- hand:
anon, thàt are high and lifted up, and 7 In that day shall he swear, say-
upon ail the oaks of Ba-shan, ing, I will not be an heâler; for in my
14 And upon ail the high moun- house is neither bread nor clothing:
tains, and upon ail the hills that are make me not a ruler of the peuple.
lifted up, 8 For Jérusalem is ruined, and Ju
15 And upon every high tower, ând dah is fallen: because their tongue and
upon every fenced wall, their doings are against thé Lord, to
16 And upon ail the ships of Tar- provoke the eyes bf his glory.
shish, and upon ail pleasant pietures. 9 The shew of their couritenance
17 And the loftiness of man shall be doth witness against them; and they
bowed down, aiid the haughtiness of déclaré their siri as Sodom, they hide
men shall be made low: and the Lord it not. Woe unto their soul! for they
alone shall be exalted in that day. have rewarded evil unto themselves.
18 And the idols he shall litterly 10 Say ye to thé righteous, that it
abolish. shall be well with him:for they shall eat
19 And they shall go into the holes the fruit of their doings.
of the rocks, and into the caves of the 11 Woe unto the wieked I* it shaK be
earth,for fear of the Lord,and for the ill with him:for the reward of his hands
glory of his majesty, When he ariseth shall be given him.
to shake terribly the earth. 12 As for my people, children are
20 In that day a man shall cast his their oppressors, and women rule over
idols of silver, and his idols of gold, them. O my people, they which lead
which they made each one for himself thee cause thee to err, and destroy the
to worship, to the moles and to the way of thy paths.'
bats; 13 The Lord standeth up to plead,
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and standeth to judge the people.
and into the tops of the ragged rocks, 14 The Lord will enter into judg-
for fear of the Lord, and for the glory ment with the ancients of his people,
of his majesty, when he ariseth to and the princes thereof: for ye have
shake terribly the earth. eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the
22 Ceasè ye from man, whosé pour is ih your housés.
breath is in his nostrils: for Wherein is 15 What mean ye that ye beat my
he to be accounted of? people to pièces, and grind the faces of
the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
CHAPTER,3 16 Moreover the Lord saith, Be
For,behold,the Lord,the Lord of cause the daughtersbf Zion are haugh-
hosts, doth take away from Jéru ty, and walk With stretched forth
salem and from Judah the stay and necks and wanton eyes, walking and
the staff, the whole stay of bread, and mincing as they go, and making a tin-
the whole stay of water, kling with their feet:
2 The mighty man, and the man of 17 Thereforé the Lord will smite
war, the judge, and the prophet, and with a scab the crown of the head of
the prudent, and the ancient, the daughters of Zion, and the Lord
3 The captain of fifty, and the hon- will discover théir secret parts.
ourable man, and the counsèllor, and 18 In that day the Lord will take
the cunning artificer, and the éloquent away the bravery of their tinkling or-
orator. naments about their feet, and their cauls,
4 And I will give children to he their and their round tires like the moon,
princes, and babes shah rule over 19 The chains, and the bracelets,
them. and the mufliers.
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20 The bonnets, cind the omàments out the stones thereof, and planted it
ofthe legs, and theheadbands,and the with the choicest vine, and built a
tablets, and the earrings, tower in the midst of it, and alsojmade
21 llie rings, and nose jewels, a winepress therein: and he looked
22 The changeable suits of apparel, that it should bring forth grapes, and
and the mantles, and the wimples,and it brought forth wild grapes.
the crisping pins, 3 And now,O inhabitants of Jérusa
23 The glasses, and the fine linen, lem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray
and the hoods, and the vails. you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
24 And it shall corne to pass, that 4 What could have been done more
instead of sweet smell there shall be to my vineyard, that I have not done
stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; in it? wherefore, when I looked that it
and instead of well set hair baldness; should bring forth grapes, brought it
and instead of a stomacher a girding forth wild grapes?
of sackcloth; and burning instead of 5 And now go to; I will tell you
beauty. what I will do to my vineyard: I will
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, take away the hedge thereof, and it
and thy mighty in the war. shall be eaten up; and break down the
26 And her gâtes shall lament and wall thereof, and it shaU be trodden
moum; and she being desolate shall sit down:
upon the ground. 6 And I will lay it waste:it shall not
be pruned, nor digged; but there shall
CHAPTER 4 come up briers mid thoms: I will also
AND in that day seven women shall command the clouds that they rain no.
j[\ take hold of one man,saying, We rain upon it.
will eat our own bread, and wear our 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of
own apparel: only let us be called by hosts is the house of Israël, and the
thy name, to take away our reproach. men of Judah his pleasant plant: and
2 In that day shall the branch of he looked for judgment, but behold
the Lord be beautiful and glorious, oppression; for righteousness^^ but be
and the fruit of the earth shall be ex hold a cry.
cellent and comely for thèm that are 8 Woe unto them that join house to
escaped of Israël. house,that lay field to fieîd, till there be
3 And it shall corne to pass, that he no place, that they may be placed
that is left in Zion, and he that remain- alone in the midst of the earth!
eth in Jérusalem, shall be called holy, 9 In mine ears said the Lord of
even every one that is written among hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be
the living in Jérusalem: desolate, even great and fair, without
4 When the Lord shall have washed inhabitant.
away the filth of the daughters of Zion, 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall
and shall have purged the blood of yield one bath, and the seed of an
Jérusalem from the midst thereof by homer shall yield an ephah.
the spirit of judgment, and by the 11 Woe unto them that rise up
spirit of burning. early in the morning, that they may
5 And the Lord will create upon follow strong drink; that continue un-
every dwelling place of mount Zion, til night, till wine infiame them!
and upon her assemblies, a cloud and 12 And the harp, and the \dol, the
smoke by day, and the shining of a tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in
fiaming fire by hight: for upon ail the their feasts: but they regard not the
glory shall be a defence. work of the Lord, neither consider the
6 And there shall be a tabernacle opération of his hands.
for a shadow in the daytime from the 13 Therefore my people are gone in-
heat, and for a place of refuge, and for to captivity, because they have no
a covert from storm and from rain. knowledge: and their honourable men
are famished, and their muititude
CHAPTER 5 dried up with thirst.
NOW will I sing to my wellbeloved 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged her-
a song of my beloved touching self, and opened her mouth without
his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a measure: and their glory, and their
vineyard in a very fruitful hill: multitude, and their pomp, and he
2 And he fenced it, and gathered that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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15 And the méan man shall be their bows bent, their horses* hoofs
brought down, and the mighty man shall be counted like flint, and their
shall be humbled, and the eyes of the wheels like a whirlwind:
lofty shall be humbled: 29 Their roaring shall he like a lion,
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be they shall roar like young lions: yea,
exalted in judgment, and God that is they shall roar, and lay hold of the
holy shall be sanctihed in righteous- prey, and shall carry it away safe, and
ness. none shall deliver it»
17 Then shall the lambs feed after 30 And in that day they shall roar
their manner, and the waste places of against them like the roaring of the
the fat ones shall strangers eat. sea: and if one look unto the land,
18 Woe unto them that draw in- behold darkness and sorrow, and
iquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the light is darkened in the heavens
it were with a cart rope: thereof.
19 That say, Let him make speed,
and hasten his work, that we may see CHAPTER 6
it: and let the counsel of the Holy One N the year that king Uz-zi-ah died
of Israël draw nigh and come, that we I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
may know it! throne, high and lifted up, and his
20 Woe unto them that call evil train filled the temple.
good, and good evil; that put darkness 2 Above it stood the seraphims:
for light, and light for darkness; that each one had six wings; with twain he
put bitter for sweet, and sweet for covered his face, and with twain he
bittéirl covered his feet, and with twain he
21 Woe unto them that are wise in did fly.
their own eyes, and prudent in their 3 And one cried unto another, and
own sight! said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of
22 Woe unto them that are mighty hosts: the whole earth is full of his
to drink wine, and men of strength to glory.
mingle strong drink: 4 And the postis of the door moved
23 Which justify the wicked for re- at the voice of him that cried, and the
ward,and take away the righteousness house was filled with smoke.
of the righteous from him! 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth undone; because I am a man of un-
the stubble, and the flame consumeth clean lips, ànd I dwell in the midst of
the chafî, so their root shall be as rot- a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes
tenness, and their blossom shall go up have seen the King, the Lord of
as dùst: because they have cast away hosts.
the law of the Lord of hosts, and de- 6 Then flew one of the seraphims
spised the Word of the Holy One of Is unto me,having a live coal in his hand,
raël. which he had taken with the tongs
25 Therefore is the anger of the from off the altar:
Lord kindled against his people, and 7 And he laid it upon my mouth,
he hath stretched forth his handand said, Lo, this hath touched thy
against them, and hath smitten them: lips; and thine iniquity is taken away,
and the hills did tremble, and their and thy sin purged.
carcases were tom in the midst of the 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord,
streets. For ail this his anger is not saying, Whom shall I send, and who
tumed away, but his hand is stretched will go for us? Then said I, Here am I;
out still. send me.
26 And he will lift up an ensign to 9 And he said, Go,and tell this peo
the natioins from far, and will hiss unto ple, Hear ye indeed, but understand
them from the end of the earth: and, not; and see ye indeed, but perceive
behold, they shall come with speed not.
swiftly: 10 Make the heart of this people fat,
27 None shall be weary nor stumble and make their ears heavy, and shut
amoiig them; none shall slumber nor their eyes; lest they see with their
sleep; neither shall the girdle of their eyes, and hear with their ears, and un
loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their derstand with their heart, and con-
shoes be broken: vert, and bé healed.
28 Whose ârrows are sharp, and ail 11 Then said I, Lord, how long?
 ISAIAH 7 627

And he answered» Until the cities be 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy
wasted without inhabitant, and the God; ask it either in the depth, or in
houses without man, and the land be the height aboyé.
utterly desolate, 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask,
12 And the Lord have remQved neither will I tempt the Lord.
men far away,and there be a great for- 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O
saking in the midst of the land. house of David; Is ii a small thing for
13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and you to weary men, but will ye weary
it shall retum,^ and shall be eaten: as a my God also?
teil tree, and as an oak, whose sub 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall
stance is in them, when they cast their give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
leaves:so the holy seed shall be the sub conceive, and bear a son, and shall call
stance thereof. his name Im-man-u-el.
15 Butter and honey shall he eat,
CHAPTER 7 that he may know to refuse the evil,
AND it came to pass in the days of and choose the good.
j[\ Ahaz the son of Jo-tham,the son 16 For before the child shall know
of Uz-zi-ah, king of Judah» that Re-zin to refuse the evil, and choose the good,
the king of Syna, and Pe'-»kah the son the land that thou abhorrest shall be
of Rem-a-li-ah, king of Israël, went up forsaken of both her kings.
toward Jérusalem to war against it, 17 The Lord shall bring upon thee,
but could not prevail against it. and upon thy people, and upon thy
2. And it was told the house of Da father's house, days that have not
vid, saying, Syria is confederate with come, from the day that E-phra-im
ÎE-phra-im. And his heart was moved, departed from Judah; even the king of
and the heart of his people, as the Assyria.
tîrees of the wood are moved with the 18 And it shall come to pass in that
wind. day,that the Lord s^hall hiss for the fly
3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, that is in the uttermost part of the
Go forth now to meet AhaZj thou, and rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that
She-ar-ja-shub thy son, at the end of is in the land of Assyria.
the conduit of the upper pool in the 19 And they shall come, and shall
highway of the fuller's field; rest ail of them in the desolate valleys,
4 And say unto him,Take heed,and and in the holes of the rocks, and upon
be quiet; fear not, neither be. faint- ail thoms, and upon ail bushes.- -
hearted for the two tails of toese smok 20 In the same day shall the Lord
ing firebrands, for the tierce anger of shave with a razor that is hired, name"
Re-zin with Syria, and of the son of ly, by them beyond the river, by the
Rem-a-li-ah. king of Assyria, the head, and the hair
5 Because Syria, E'-phra-im, and of the feet: and it shall also consume
the son of Rem-a-li-ah, have taken the beard.
evil counsel against thee, saying, 21 And it shall come to pass in that
6 Let us go up against Judah, and day, that a man shall nourish a ypung
vex it, and let us make a breaçh there- cow, and two sheep;
in for us, and set a king in the midst 22 Andjt shall come to pass,for the
of it, even the son of Ta-be-al: abundance of milk that they shall give
7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall he shall eat butter: for butter and
not steuid, neither shall it corne to honey shall every one eat that is left
pass. in the land.
.8 For the head of Syria is Damas- 23 And it shall come to pass in that
cus, and the head of Damascus is Re- day, that every place shall be, where
zin; and within threescore and five there were a thousand vines at a thou-
years shall E-phra-im be broken, that sand silverlings, it shall even be for
it be hot a people. briers and thoms.
9 And the head of E-phra-im is Sa- 24 With arrpws and with bows shall
ma-ri-a, and the head.pf Sa-ma-n-a is men come thither; because ail tl^ land
Rem-a-li-ah's son. If ye.will not be- shall become briers and thorns.
lieve, surely ye shall not be estab- 25 And on alî hills that shall be
Ushed. digged with the mattock, there shall
10 Moreover the Lord spake again not conxe thither the fear pf briers and
unto Ahaz, saying. thorns; but it shall be for the sending
628 ISAIAH 8, 9
forth of oxen, and for the treading of rock of offence to both the hoiises of
lesser cattle. Israël, for a gin and for a snare to the
inhabitants of Jérusalem.
CHAPTER 8 15 And many among them shall
MOREOVER the Lord said unto stumble, and fall, and be broken, and
me, Take thee a great roU, and be snared, and be taken.
Write ih it with a man's pen conceming 16 Bind Up the testimony, seal the
Ma-her-shal-al-hash-baz. law among my disciples.
2 And I took unto me faithful wit- 17 And I will wait upon the Lord,
nesses to record, U-ri'ah the priest, that hideth his face from the hôuse of
and Zech-a-ri-ah the son of Je-ber-e- Jacob, and I will look for him.
chi-ah. 18 Behold,l and the children whom
3 And I went unto the prophetess; the Lord hath given me are for sîgns
and she conceived, and bare a son. and for wonders in Israël from the
Then said the Lord to me, Call his Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in
name Ma-her-shal-al-hash-baz. mount Ziôn.
4 For before the child shall have 19 And when they shall say unto
knowledge to cry, My fâther, and my you, Seek unto them that have famil-
mother, the riches of Damascus and iar spirits, and unto wizards that peep,
the spoil of Sa-ma-ri-a shall be taken and that mutter: should not a people
away before the king of Assyria. seek unto their God? for the living to
5 The Lord spake also unto me the dead?
again, saying, 20 Tô the law and to the testimony:
6 Forasmuch as this péople refuseth if they speak not according to this
the waters of Shi-lo-ah that go softly, word, it is because there is no light in
and rejoice in Re-zin and Rem-a-li- them.
îLh's son; 21 And they shall pass through it,
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hardly bestead and hungry: and it
bringeth up upon them the waters of shall come to pass, that when they
the river, strong and many, even the shall be hungry, they shall fret them-
king of Assyria, and ail his glory: and selves, and curse their king and their
he shall come up over ail his channels, God, and look upward.
and go over ail his banks: 22 And they shall look unto the
8 And he shall pass through Judah; eàrth; and behold trouble and dark-
he shall ôverflow and go over, he shall ness, dimness of ang^ish;and they shall
reàch even to the neck;and the stretch- be driven to darkness.
ing out of lus wings shall fill the
breadth of thy land, O Im-man-u-el. CHAPTER 9
9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, NEVERTHELESS the dimness
and yè shall be brokeh in pièces; and shall not be such as was in her
give ear, ail ye of far countries: gird vexation, when at the first he lightly
youirselvés, and ye shall be broken in afïlicted the land of Zeb-u-lun and the
piecés; ^rd yourselves, and ye shall be land of Naph-ta-li, and âftèrward did
broken in pièces. more grievously afflict her by thé way
lô Take counsel together, and it of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee
shall come to nôught; speak the word, of the nations.
and it shall not stand: for God is with 2 The people that walked in dark
us. ness have seen a great light: they that
11 For the Lord spake thus to me dwell in the land of the shadow of
with a strong hand, and instructed me death, upon them hath the light
that I should not walk in the way of shined.
this people, saying, 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation,
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to ail ànd not increased the joy: they joy be
them to whom this people shall say, A fore thee according to the joy in har-
confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, vest, and as men rejoice when they
nor be afraid. ' divide the spoil.
13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts him- 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of
self; and let him be your fear, and let his burden, and the staff of his shoul-
hirn be your dread. der, the rod of his oppressor, as in the
14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; day of Mid-i-an.
but for a stone of stumbling and for a 5 For every battle of the warrior is
 ISAIAH 10 629

with confused noise, and garments of hosts is the land darkened, and the
rolled in blood; but this shall be with people shall be as the fuel of the tire:
burning and fuel of fire. no man shall spare his brother.
6 For unto us a child is bom, uhto 20 And he shall snatch on the right
us a son is given: and the govemment hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat
shall be upon his shoulder: and his on the left hand, and they shall not be
name shall be called Wonderful, Coun- satisfied: they shall eat every man the
sellor,The mighty God,The everlasting fiesh of his own arm:
Father, The Prince of Peace. 21 Ma-nas-seh, E-phra-im; and E-
7 Of the increase of his govemment phra-im^ Ma-nas-seh: and they to
and peace there shall be no end, upon gether shall he against Judah. For ail
the throne of David, and upon his this his anger is not tumed away, but
kingdom, to order it, and to establish his hand is stretched out still.
it with judgment and with justice
from henceforth even for ever. The CHAPTER 10
zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform WOE unto them that decree un-
this. righteous decrees, and that
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, Write grievousness which they have
and it hath lighted upon Israël. prescribed;
9 And ail the people shall know, 2 To turn aside the needy from
even £-phra-im and the inhabitant of judgment, and to take away the right
Sa-ma-ri-a, that say in the pride and from the poor of my people, that wid
stoutness of heart, ows may be their prey, and that they
10 The bricks are fallen down, but may rob the fâtherless!
we will build with hewn stones: the 3 And what will ye do in the day of
sycomores are eut down, but we will Visitation, and in the désolation which
change them into cedars. shall come from far? to whom will ye
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up flee for help? and where will ye leave
the adversaries of Re'-zin against him, your glory?
and join his enemies together; 4 Without me they shall bow down
12 The Syrians before, and the Phil- under the prisoners, and they shall fall
istines behind; and they shall devour under the slain. For ail this his anger
Israël with open mouth. For ail this is not tumed away, but his hand is
his anger is not tumed away, but his stretched out still.
hand is stretched out still. 5 O Assyrian,the rod of mine anger,
13 For the people tumeth not unto and the staff in their hand is mine in
him that smiteth them, neither do dignation.
they seek the Lord of hosts. 6 1 will send him against an hypo-
14 Therefore thé Lord will eut off critical nation, and against the people
from Israël head and taU, brànch and of my wrath will I give him a charge,
rush, in one day. to take the spoil, and to take the prey,
15 The ancient and honourable, he and to tread them down like the mire
is the head; and the prophet that of the streets.
teacheth lies, he is the tail. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, nei
16 For the leaders of this people ther doth his heart think so; but it is
cause them to err; and they that are led in his heart to destroy and eut off na
of them are destroyed. tions not a few.
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no 8 For he saith. Are not my princes
joy in their yôung men, neither shall altogether kings?
have ihercy oh their fâtherless and 9 Is not Cal-no as Cari-che-mish? is
widows: for every one is ah hypocrite not Ha-math as Ari-pad? is not Sa-ma-
and an evildoer, and every mouth ri-a as Damascus?
speaketh folly. For ail this his anger is 10 As my hand hath found the king-
not tumed away, but his hand is doms of the idols, suid whose graven
stretched out still. images did excel them of Jérusalem
18 For wickedness burneth as the and of Sa-iiia-ri-a; -
fire: it shall devour the briers and 11 Shall I not, as 1 have done unto
tboms, and shall kindle in the thickets Sa-ma-ri-a and her idols,so do to Jem-
of the forest, and they shall moimt up salem and her idols?
like the lifting up of smoke. 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass,
19 Through the wrath of the Lord that when the Lord hath perforined his
630 ISAIAH 11

whole work upon mount Zion aad on ian: he shall smite thee with a rod,and
Jérusalem, 1 will punish the fruit of shall lift up his staff against thee, after
the stout heart of the king of Assyria, the manner of Egypt.
and the glory of his high looks. 25 For yet a very little while, and
13 For he saith, By the strength of the indignation shall cease, and mine
my hand I have done it, and by my anger in their destmction.
wisdom;for I am prudent: and I have 26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir
removed the bounds of the people,and up a scourge for him according to the
have robbed their treasures, and I slaughter of Mid-i-an at the rock of
have put down the inhabitants like a O'-reb: and as his rod was upon the sea,
valiant mon: so shall he lift it up after the manner
14 And my hand hath found as a of Egypt.
nest the riches of the people: and as 27 And it shall come to pass in that
one gathereth eggs that are left, have I day, that his burden shall be taken
gathered ail the earth; and there was away from off thy shoulder, and his
none that moved the wing, or opened yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
the mouth, or peeped. shall be destroyed because of the
15 Shall the axe boast itself against anointing.
him that heweth therewith? or shall 28 He is come to A-i-ath, he is
the saw magnify itself against him passed to Mig'-ron; at Mich-mash he
that shaketh it? as if the rod should hath laid up his carriages:
shake itsel/against them that lift it up, 29 They are gone over the passage:
or as if the staff should lift up itself, as they have taken up their lodging at
if it were no wood. Ge-ba; Ra-mah is afraid; Gib-e-ah of
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Saul is fled.
Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of
leanness; and under his glory he shall Gal-lim: cause it to be,heard unto La-
kindle a buming like the buming of a ish, O poor An-a-thoth.
fire. 31 Mad-me-nah is removed; the in
17 And thé light of Israël shall be habitants of Ge-bim gather them-
for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: selves to flee.
and it shall bum and devour his thoms 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob
and his briers in one day; that day: he shall shake his hand
18 And shall consume the glory of against the moimt of the daughter of
his forest, and of his fruitful field, both Zion, the hill of Jérusalem.
soul and body: and they shall be as . 33 Behold» the Lord, the Lord of
when a standardbearer fainteth. hosts, shall lop the bough with terror:
19 And the rest of the trees of his and the high ones of stature shall be
forest shall be few, that a child may hewn down, and the haughty shall be
Write them. humbled.
20 And it shall corne to pass in that 34 And he shall eut down the thick-
day, that the remnant of Israël, and ets of the forest with iron, and Leba-
such as are escaped of the house of Ja non shall fall by a mighty one,
cob,shall no more again stay upon him
CHAPTER II
that smote them; but shall stay upon
the Lord, the Holy One of Israël, in AND there shall come forth a rod out
truth. jl\ of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
21 The remnant shall retum, even shall grow out of his roots:
the remnant of Jacob,imto the mighty 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall
God. rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
22 For though thy people Israël be and understanding, the spirit of coun-,
as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of sel and might, the spirit of knowledge
them shall retum; the consumption and of the fear of the Lord;
decreed shall overflow with righteous- 3 And shall make him of quick un
ness. derstanding in the fear of the Lord:
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall and he shall not judge after the sight
make a consumption, even deter- of his eyes, neither reprove after the
mined, in the midst of ail the land. hearing of his ears:
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord 4 But with righteousness shall he
God of hosts, O my people that dwell- judge the poor, and reprove with
est in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyr- equity for the meek of the earth: and
 ISAIAH 12, 13 631

he shall smite the earth with the rodshall be leftj from Assyria; like as it
of his mouth, and with the breath of was to Israël in the day that he came
his lips shall he slay the wicked. up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And righteousness shall be the
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the CHAPTER 12
girdle of his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the
AND in that day thou shalt say, O
lamb, and the léopard shall lie down
Lord, I will praise thee: though
with the kid; and the calf and the
thou wast angry with me, thine angfer
is tumed awày, and thou comfortedst
young lion and the fatling together;
me.
and a little child shall lead them.
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I
7 And the cow and the bear shall
will trust, and not be afraid: for the
feed; their young ones shall lie down
Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and
together: and the lion shall eat straw
my song; he also is becomé my salva
like the ox.
tion.
8 And the sucking child shall play
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw
on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
water out of the wells of salvation.
child shall put his hand on the cock-
4 And in that day shall ye say,
atrice den.
Praise the Lord, call upon his name,
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in
déclaré his doings among the people,
ail my holy mountain: for the earth
make mention that his name is ex-
shall be full of the knowledge of the
alted.
Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
5 Sing unto the Lord; for he hath
10 And in that day there shall be a
done excellent things: this is known in
root of Jesse, which shall stand for an
ail the earth.
ensign of the people; to it shall the
6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabit
Gentiles seek: ^and his rest shall be
ant of Zion: for great is the Holy One
glorious.
of Israël in the midst of thee.
11 And it shall corne to pass in that
day, that the Lord shall set his hand CHAPTER 13
again the second time to recover the
renmant of his people, which shall be The burden of Babylon, which Isa-
left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, iah the son of Amoz did see.
and from Path'-ros, and from Cush, 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high
and from E-lam, and from Shi'-nar, mountain, exalt the voice unto them,
and from Ha-math, and from the is- shake the hemd, that they may go into
lands of the sea. the gâtes of the nobles.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for 3 I have commanded my sanctified
the nations, and shall zissemble the ones, I have also called my mighty
outcasts of Israël, and gather together ones for mine anger,even them that re-
the dispersed of Judah from the four joice in my higlmess.
corners of the earth. 4 The noise of a multitude in the
13 The envy also of E-phra-im shall mountains, like as of a great people; a
départ, and the adversaries of Judah tumultuous noise of the kingdoms 6f
shall be eut off: E-phra-im shall not nations gathered together: the Lord
envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex of hosts mustereth the host of the bat-
E'-phra-im. tle.
14 But they shall fly upon the 5 They come from a far country,
shoulders of the Philistines toward the from the end of heaven,even the Lord,
west; they shall spoil them of the east and the weapons of his indignation, to
together: they shall lay their hand up destroy the whole land.
on Edom and Moab; and the children 6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord
of Ammon shall obey them. is at hand; it shall come as a destruc
15 And the Lord shall utterly de tion from the Almighty.
stroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; 7 Therefore shall ail hands be faint,
and with his inighty wind shall he and eyery man's heart shall melt:
shake his hand over the river, and 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs
shall smite it in the seven streams, and and sorrows shall take hold of them;
make men go over dryshod. they shall be jbn pain as a woman that
16 And there shall be an highway travaileth: they shall be amazed one at
for the remnant of his people, which another; their faces shall be as dames.
632 ISAIAH 14

9 Béhold,tihe day of the Lord com- and her time is near to come, and her
eth, cruel both with wrath and fiérce days shall not be prolonged.
anger, to lay the land desolate: and he
shall destroy the sinners thereof out CHAPTER 14
ofit. For the Lord will have mercy on
10 For the stars of heaven and the Jacob, and will yet choose Israël,
constellations thereof shall not give and set them in their own land: and
their light: the sim shall be darkehed the strangers shall be joined with
in his going forth, and the moon shall them, and they shall cleave to the
not cause her light to shine. house of Jacob.
11 And I will piuiish the world for 2 And the people shall take them,
fheir evil, and the wicked for their in- and bring them to their place: and the
iquity; and I will cause the arrogancy house of Israël shaU possess them in
of the proud to cease, and whl lay low the land of the Lord for servants and
the haughtiness of the terrible. hsindmaids: and they shall take them
12 I will make a man more precious captives, whose captives they were;
than fine gold; even a man than the and they shall rule over their oppres-
golden wedge of O-phir. sors.
13 Therefore I will shake the heav- 3 And it shall come to pass in the
ens, and the earth shall remove out day that the Lord shall give thee rest
of her place, in the wrath of the Lord from thy sorrow, and from thy fear,
of hosts, and in the day of his fierce and from the hard bondàge wherein
anger. thou wast made to serve,
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, 4 That thou shalt take up this prov-
and as a sheep that no man taketh up: êrb against the king of Babylon, and
they shall every man tum to his own say, How hath the oppresser ceased!
people, and fiee every one into his own the golden city ceased!
land. 5 The Lord hath broken the staff
15 Every one that is found shall be of the wicked, and the sceptre of the
thrust through; and every one that is rulers.
joined unto them shall fall by the 6 He who smote the people in wrath
sword. with a continuai stroke, he that ruled
16 Their children also shall be the nations in anger,is persecuted,and
dashed to pièces before their eyes; lione hindereth.
their houses shall be spoiled, and their 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is
wives ravished. quiet: they break forth into singing.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes S Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee,
against them, which shall not regard and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
silver; and as for gold, they shaU not Since thou art laid down, no feller is
delightinit. come up against us.
18 Their bows also shall dash the 9 Hell from beneath is moved for
yoimg inen to pièces; and they shall thee to meet thee at thy coming:it stir-
have no pity on the fruit of the womb; reth up the dead for thee, even ail the
their eye shall not spare children. chief ones of the earth; it hath raised
19 And Babylon, the glory of king- up from their thrones âll the kings of
doms, the beauty of the Chal-dees' the nations.
excellency, shall be as when God over- 10 AU they shall speak and say unto
threw Sodom and Go-mor'-rah. thee. Art thou also become weak as
20 It shall never be inhabited, we? art thou become like unto us?
neither shall it be dwelt in frbm généra 11 Thy pomp is brought down to
tion to génération; neither shall the the grave, and the noise of thy viols:
Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the worm is spread under thee,and the
the shepherds make their fold there. worms cover thee.
21 But wild beasts of the desert 12 How art thou faUen from heav
shall lie there; and their houses shall en, O Lucifer, son of the moming!
be full of doleful créatures; and owls how art thou eut down to the ground,
shall dwell there, and satyrs shall which didst weaken the nations!
dance there. 13 For thou hast said in thine heart,
22 And the wild beasts of the is- I will ascend into heaven, I wiU exalt
lands shall cry in their desolate hoiises, my throne above the stars of God: I
ànd dragons in their pleasant palaces: will sit also upon the mount of the con-
 ISAIAH 15 633

gregation, in the sîdes of the north: 29 Rejoice not thou, whole Pales-
14 I will àscend above the heights tina, because the rod of him that smote
of the elouds; I will be like the most thee is broken: for out of the serpent's
High, root shaU come forth a cockatrice, and
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
to hell, to the sides of the pit. 30 And the firstbom of the ppor
16 They that see thee shall narrow- shall feed, and the needy shaU Ue down
ly look upoh thee, and eonsider thee, in safety: and I wiU kiU thy root with
saying, Is this the man that made the famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
earth to tremble, that did shake king- 31 Howl, O gâte; cry, O city; thou,
doms; whole Palestina, art dissolved: for
17 That made the world as a wilder- there shall come from the north a
ness, and destroyed the cities thereof; smoke, and none shall be alone in hte
that opened not the house of his prison- appointed times.
ers? 32 What shall one then answer the
18 AU the kings of the nations, even messengers of thè nation? That the
ail of them, lie in glory, every one in Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor
his own hôuse, of his people shaU trust in it.
19 But thou art cast out of thy
grave like an abominable branch, and CHAPTÈR 15
as the raiment of those that are slain, The burden of Moab. Because in
thrust through with a sword, that go the'night Ar of Moab is laid waste,
down to the stones of the pit; as a car- and brought to silence; because in the
case trodden under feet. night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and
20 Thou shalt not be joined with brought to sUence;
them in burial, becausè thou hast de 2 He is gohe up to Ba'jith, and to
stroyed thy land, and slain thy people: Di-bon,the high places,to weep: Moab
the seed of evUdoers shaU neyer be re- shall howl over Nebo, and over Med-
nowned, e-ba: on âll thèir heads shall be bald-
21 Préparé slaughter for Ids chil- ness, and every beard eut off.
dreh for the ihiquity of their fathers; 3 In their streets they shall gird
that they do not rise, nor possess the themselves with sackcloth: on the tops
land, nor fiU the face of the world with of their houses, and in their streets,
cities. every one shall howl, weeping àbun-
22 For I wiU rise up against them, dantly.
saith the Lord of hôsts, and eut off 4 And Hesh'-bon shall cry; and E-
from Babylon the name,and remnant, le-a-leh: their voice shall be heard even
and son, and nephewj saith the Lord. unto Ja'«-haz: therefore the armed sol-
23 I will alsb maké it a possession diers of Moab shall cry out; his life
for the bittern, and pools of water: and shall be grievous unto him.
I will sweep it with the besom of de 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab;
struction, saith the Lord of hosts. his fugitives shall flee unto Zo-ar, an
24 The Lord of hosts hath swom, heifer of three years old: for by the
sayirig, Surely as I haye thought, so mounting up of Lu-hith with weeping
shall it coihe to pass; and as I have shall they go it up; for in the way of
purposed, so shall it stand: Hor-o-na-im they shall raise up a cry
25 That I will break the Assyrian in of destruction.
my land, and upoh my mountains 6 For the watèrs of Nim-rim shall
tread him under fdot: then shaU his be desolate: for the hay is withered
yoke départ from off them, and his away, the grass faileth, there is no
burden départfrom off their shouldérs. green thing.
26 This is the purpose that is pur 7 Therefore the abondance they
posed upon the whole earth: and this have gotten, and that which they have
is the hand that is stretched out upon laid up, shall they carry away to the
ail the nations. brook of the willows.
27 For the Lord of hosts hath pur 8 For the cry is gone round about
posed, and who shaU disannul it? and the borders of Moab; the howling
his hand is stretched out, and who thereof unto Eg'-la-im, and the howl
shall tum it back? ing thereof imto Be-er-e-lim.
28 in the year thàt Idng Ahaz died 9 For the waters of Di-mon shall be
was this burden. full of bloôd:for I will bring more upon
634 ISAIAH 16, 17
Dl-mon,lions upon him that escapeth
of Moab, and upon the remnant of the
land.
CHAPTER 16
SEND ye the lamb to the ruler ofthe
land from Se'-la to the wildemess,
unto the mount of the daughter of
Zion.
2 For it shall be, that, as a wander-
ing bird cast ont of the nest, so the
daughters of Moab shall be at the fords
of Amon.
3 Take counsel, execute judgment;
make thy shadow as the night in the
midst of the noonday; hide the out-
casts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee,
Moab; be thou a covert to them from
the face of the spoiler: for the extor-
tioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth,
the oppressors are consumed put of the
land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be
established: and he shall sit upon it in
truth in the tabernacle of David,judg-
ing, and seeking judgment, and hast-
ing righteousness. •
6 We have heard of the pride of Mo
ab; he is very proud: even of his haugh-
tiness, and his pride, and his wrath:
but his lies shall not be so.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for
Moab, every one shall howl: for the
foundations of Kir-har'-e-seth shall ye
moum; surely they are stricken.
8 For the fields of Hesh-bon lan-
guish, and the vine of Sib-mah: the
lords of the heathen have broken down
the principal plants thereof, they are
come even imto Ja'-zer, they wandered
through the wildemess: her branches
are stretched out, they are gone over
the sea.
9 Therefore I will bewail with the
weeping of Ja'-zer the vine of Sib-mah:
I will water thee with my tears, O
Hesh-bon, and E-le-a-leh: for the
shouting for thy summer fruits and for
thy harvest is fallen.
10 And gladness is taken away,and
joy out of the plentiful field; and in the
vineyards there shall be no singing,
neither shall there be shouting: the
treaders shaU tread out no wine in
their presses; 1 have made their vintage
shouting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall
Sound like an harp for Moab,and mine
inward parts foi^ Kir-ha-resh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when
it is seen that Moab is weary on the
high place, that he shall come to his
sanctuary to pray; but he shall not
prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord
hath spoken conceming Moab since
that time.
14 But now the Lord hath spoken,
saying, Within three years, as the
years of an hireling, and the glory of
Moab shall be contenmed, with ail that
great multitude; and the remnant shall
be very small and feeble.
CHAPTER 17
The burden of Damascus. Behold,
Damascus is taken away from
being a city, and it shall be a ruinons
heap.
2 The cities of Ar'-o-er are forsaken:
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie
down, wd none shall make them
afraid.
3 The fortress also shall cease from
E-phra-im, and the kingdom from
Damascus, and the remnant of Syria:
they shall be as the glory of the chil-
dren of Israël, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 And in that day it shall come to
pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be
made thin, and the fatness of his flesh
shall wax lean.
5 And it shaU be as when the har-
vestman gathereth the com,and reap-
eth the ears with his arm; and it shall
be as he that gathereth ears in the val-
ley of Reph-a-im.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left
in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the
uppermost bough, four or five in the
outmost fruitful branches thereof,
saith the Lord God of Israël.
7 At that day shall a man look to
his Maker, and his eyes shall have re
spect to the Holy One of Israël.
8 And he shall not look to the al-
tars, the work of his hands, neither
shall respect that which his fingers have
made,either the groves, or the images.
9 In that day shall his strong cities
be as a forsaken boug^, and an upper
most branch, which they left because
of the children of Israël: and there
shall be désolation.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the
God of thy salvation, and hast not
been mindful of the rock of thy
strength, therefore shalt thou plant
pleasant plants, and shalt set it with
strange sûps:
 ISAIAH 18, 19 635

11 In the day shalt thou make thy have spoUed, to the place of the name
plant to grow, and in the moming of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
shalt thou make thy seed to flourish:
but the harvest shall be a heap in thé CHAPTER 19
day of grief and of desperate sorrow. The burden of Egvpt. Behold, the
12 Woe to the multitude of many Lord rideth upon a swift cloud,
people, which make a noise like the and shall come into Egypt: and the
noise of the seas; and to the rushing of idols of Egypt shall be moved at his
nations, that make a rushing like the presence, and the heart of Egypt shaU
rushing of mighty waters! inelt in the midst of it,
13 The nations shall rush like the 2 And I wiU set the Egyptians
rushing of many waters: but God shall against the EgypticUis: and they shaU
rebuke them, and they shall flee far fight every one against his brother,
off, and shall be chased as the chaff of and every one against his neighbour;
the mountains before the wind, and city against city, and kingdom against
like a rolling thing before the whirl- kingdom.
wind. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shaU fail
14 And behold at eveningtide trou in the midst thereof; and I wiU destroy
ble; and before the moming he is not. the counsel thereof: and they shaU
This is the portion of them that spoil seek to the idols, and to the charmers,
us, and the lot of them that rob us. and to them that have familiar spirits,
and to the wizards.
CHAPTER 18 4 And the Egyptians wiU I give
WOE to the land shadowing with over into the hand of a cmel lord; and
wings, which is beyond the riv- a fierce king shall mie over them,saith
ers of E-thi-o-pi-a: the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the 5 And the waters shall fail from the
sea, even in vessels of bulmshes upon sea, and the river shall be wasted and
the waters, saying, Go, ye swift mes- dried up.
sengers, to a nation scattered and 6 And they shall tum the rivers far
peeled, to a people terrible from their away; and the brooks of defence shaU
beginning hitherto; a nation meted out be emptied and dried up:the reeds and
and trodden down, whose land the flags shall wither.
rivers have spoiled! 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by
3 AU ye inhabitants of the world, the mouth of the brooks, and every
and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when thing sown by the brooks,shaU wither,
he lifteth up an ensign on the moun be driven away, and be no more.
tains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and
hear ye. ail they that cast angle into the brooks
4 For so the Lord said unto me, I shall lament,and they that spread nets
will take my rest, and I will consider upon the waters shall languish.
in my dwelling place like a clear heat 9 Moreover they that work in fine
upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in flax, and they that weave networks,
the heat of harvest. ShaU be confounded.
5 For âfore the harvest, when the 10 And they shaU be broken in the
bud is perfect, and the sour grape is purposes thereof, ail that make sluices
ripening in the flower, he shall both and ponds for fish.
eut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, 11 Surely the princes of Zo-an are
and take away and eut down the fools, the coimsel of the wise coimsel-
branches. lors of Pharaoh is become bmtish: how
6 They shall be left together unto say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of
the fowls of the mountains, and to the the wise, the son of ancient kings?
beasts of the earth: and the fowls shaU 12 Where are they? where are thy
sûmmer Upon them, and ail the beâsts wise men? and let them tell thee now,
of the earth shaU winter upon them. and let them know what the Lord of
7 In that time shall the présent be hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
brought unto the Lord of hosts of a 13 The princes of Zo-an are become
people scattered and peeled, and from fools,the princes of Noph are deceived;
a people terrible from their beginning they have also seduced Egypt, even
hitherto; a nation meted out and trod they that are thé stay of the tribes
den under foot, whose land the rivers thereof.
636 ISAIAH 20, 21

14 The Lord hath mingled a per Assyria sent him,) and fou^t against
verse spirit in the midst thereof: and Ash-dod, and took it;
2 At the same time spake the Lord
they have caused Egypt to err in every
work thereof, as a drimken man stag- by Isaiah the son of Amoz,saying. Go
cereth in his vomit. and loose the sackcloth from off thy
15 Neither shall there be any work loins,And
and put off thy shoe from thy
for Egypt, which the head or tail, foot.
barefoot.
he did so, walking naked and
branch or rush, may do.
16 In that day shall Egypt be like 3 And the Lord said, Like as my
unto women:and it shall be afraid and servant Isaiah hath walked naked and
fear because of the shaking of the hand barefoot three years for a sign and
of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh wonder
o-pi-a;
upon Egypt and upon E-thi-
17 And the land of Judah shall be 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead
a terror unto Egypt, every one that away the Egyptians prisoners, and the
maketh mention thereof shaU be afraid E-thi-o-pi-ans captives, yoving and
old, naked and barefoot, even with
in himself, because of the counsel of their buttocks imcovered,to the shame
the Lord of hosts, which he hath de- of Egypt.
termined against it. ■ j
18 In that day shall five cities in the 5 And they shall be afraid and
land of Egypt speak the language of ashamed of E-thi-o'-pi-a their expecta-
Canaan, and swear to the Lord of tion, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And the inhabitant of this isle
hosts; one shaU be called, The city of shall
destruction. say in that day, Behold, such is
19 In that day shall there be an al- our expectation, whither we fiee for
tar to the Lord in the midst of the help to be delivered from the king of
land of Egypt, and a pUlar at the bor Assyria: and how shall we escape?
der thereof to the Lord. CHAPTER 21
20 And it shall be for a sign and for
a witness unto thé Lord of hosts in the The burden of the desert of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the south pass
land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto through; so it cometh from the desert,
the Lord because of the oppressors,
and he shall send them a sayiour, and from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto
a great one, and he shall deliver them. me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
21 And the Lord shall be known to treacherously, and the spolier spoileth.
Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Go up,O E'-lam: besiege,O Me'-di-a; ail
the Lord in that day,and shall do sac the sighing thereof have I made to
rifice and oblation; yea,they shall vow
a vow unto the Lordj and perform it. ^^3^ TOerefore are my loins filled with
22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt:
he shall smite and heal it: and they pain: pangs have taken hold upon me,
shall retum even to the Lord, and he as the pangs of a woman that travail-
shall be intreated of them, and shall eth: I was bowed down at the hearing
ofit; I was dismayed at the seeing ofit.
heal them. , ^
23 In that day shall there be a high- 4 My heart panted, fearfulness af-
way out of Egypt to Assyria, and the frighted me: the night of my pleasure
Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and hath he tumed into fear unto me.
the Egyptian into Assyria, and the 5 Préparé the table, watch in the
Egyptians shall serve with the Assyr- watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye prin
ces, and anoint the shield.
^^^4 In that day shall Israël be the 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto
third with Egypt and with Assyria, me. Go, set a watchman, let him dé
even a blessing in the midst of the land: claré what he seeth.
25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall of7horsemen, And he saw a chariot with a couple
a chariot of asses, and a
bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my chariot of camels; and he hearkened
peopl^ and Assyria the work of my diligently with much heed:
hanc^, and Israël mine inheritance. S And he cried, A lion: My lord, I
CHAPTER 20 stand continually upon the watchtow
IN the year that Tartan came unto er in the daytime, and I am set in my
Ash'-dod,(when Sar'-gon the king of ward whole nights:
 ISAIAH 22 637

9 And, behold, here cometh a char chariots of men and horsemen,and Kir
iot of men, wUh a couple of horsemen. uncovered the shield.
And he answered and said, Babylon is 7 And it shall come to pass,fhat thy
fallen, is fallen; and ail the graven im choicest valleys shall be full of char
ages of her gods he hath broken unto iots, and the horsemen shall set them-
the ground. selves in array at the gâte.
10 O my threshing, and the com of 8 And he discovered the covering of
my floor: that which I have heard of Judah,and thou didst look in that day
the Lord of hosts, the God of Israël, to the armour of the house of the
have I declared unto you. forest.
11 The burden of Du-mah. He call- 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of
eth to me out of Se-ir, Watchman, the city of David,that they are many:
what of the night? Watchman,what of and ye gathered together the waters of
the night? the lower pool.
12 The watchman said, The mom- 10 And ye have numbered the
ing cometh, and also the night: if houses of Jérusalem, and the houses
ye will enquire, enquire ye: retum, have ye broken down to fortify the
come. wall.
13 The burden upon Arabia. In the 11 Ye made also a ditch between
forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye the two walls for the water of the old
travelling companies of t)ed-a-nim. pool: but ye have not looked unto the
14 The inhabitants of the land of maker thereof, neither had respect un
Te-ma brought water to him that was to him that fashioned it long ago.
thirsty, they prevented with their 12 And in that day did the Lord
bread him that fled. God of hosts call to weeping, and to
15 For they fled from the swords, mouming, and to baldness, and to
from the drawi^ sword, and from the girding with sackcloth:
bent bow, and from the grievousness 13 And behold joy and gladness,
,of war. slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and
me, Within a year, according to the drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
years of an hireling, and ail the glory 14 And it was revealed in mine ears
of Ke-dar shall fail: by the Lord of hosts, Surely this in-
17 And the residue of the number iquity shall not be purged from you till
of archers, the mighty men of the chil- ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
dren of Ke'-dar, shall be diminished: 15 Thus saith the Lord God of
for the Lord God of Israël hath spo- hosts. Go, get thee unto this treasurer,
ken iU even unto Sheb-na, which is over the
house, and say,
CHAPTER 22 16 What hast thou here? and whom
The burden of the valley of vision. hast thou here, that thou hast hewed
What aileth thee now, that thou thee out a sepulchre here, as he that
art wholly gone up to the housetops? heweth him out a sepulchre on high,
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tu- and that graveth an habitation for
multuous city, a joyous city: thy slain himself in a rock?
men are not slain with the sword, nor 17 Behold,the Lord will carry thee
dead in battle. away with a mighty captivity, and
3 Ail thy rulers are fled together, will surely cover thee.
they are bound by the archers: ail that 18 He will surely violently tum and
are found in thee are bound together, toss thee like a bail into a large coxm-
which have fled from far. try: there shalt thou die, and there the
4 Therefore said I, Look away from chariots of thy glory shall be the shame
me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to of thy lord's house.
comfort me, because of the spoiling of 19 And I will drive thee from thy
the daughter of my people. station, and from thy state shall he
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of pull thee down.
treading down, and of perplexity by 20 And it shall come to pass in that
the Lord God of hosts in the valley of day, that I will call my servant E-li'-a-
vision, breaking down the walls, and kim the son of Hil-ki-ah:
of crying to the mountains. 21 And I will clothe him with thy
6 And E-lam bare the quiver with robe, and strengthen him with thy
638 ISAIAH 23, 24
girdle, and I will commit thy govem- 11 He stretched out his hand over
ment into his hand: and he shall be a the sea, hé shook the kingdoms: the
father to the inhabitaiits of Jerasalem, Lord hath given a commandment
and to the house of Judah. against the merchant city, to destroy
22 And the key of the house of Da the strong holds thereof.
vid will I lay upon his shoulder; so he 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more
shall open, and none shall shut; and he rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,
shall shut, and none shall open. daughter of Zi-don: arise, pass over to
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in Chit-tim; there also shalt thou have no
a sure place; and he shall be for a glo- rest.
rious throne to his father's house. 13 Behold the land of the Chal-de-
24 And they shall hang upon him ans; this people was not, till the Assyr-
ail the glory of his father's house, the ian founded it for them that dwell in
ofîspring and the issue, ail vessels of the wildemess: they set up the towers
small quantity, from the vessels of thereof, they raised up the palaces
cups, even to ail the vessels of flagons. thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
25 In that day, saith the Lord of 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for
hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in your strength is laid waste.
tiie sure place be removed, and be eut 15 And it shall corne to pass in that
down, and fall; and the burden that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten sev-
was upon it shall be eut off: for the enty years, according to the days of
Lord hath spoken iU one king: after the end of seventy
years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
CHAPTER 23 16 Take an harp, go about the city,
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye thou harlot that hast been forgotten;
ships of Tarshish; for it is laid make sweet melody, sing many songs,
waste, so that there is no house, no that thou mayest be remembered.
entering in: from the land of Chif-tim 17 And it shall corne to pass after
it is revealed to them. the end of seventy years, that the
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; Lord will visit Tyre,and she shall tum
thou whom the merchants of Zi-don, to her hire, and shall commit fornica
that pass over the sea> have replen- tion with ail the kingdoms of the world
ished. upon the face of the earth.
3 And by great waters the seed of 18 And her merchandise and her
Si'-hor, the harvest of the river, is her hire shall be holiness to the Lord; it
revenue; and she is a mart of nations. shall not be treàsured nor laid up; for
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zi-don: for her merchandise shcill be for them that
the sea hath spoken, even the strength dwell before the Lord, to eat suffi-
of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor ciently, and for durable clothing.
bring forth children, neither do I nour-
ish up young men, nor bring up vir- CHAPTER 24
gins.
5 As at the report conceming Behold, the Lord maketh the
Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained earth empty,and maketh it waste,
at the report of Tyre. and tumeth it upside down, and scat-
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye tereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
inhabitants of the isle. 2 And it shall be,as with the people,
7 Is this your joyous city, whose an- so with the priest; as with the servant,
tiquity is of ancient days? her own so with his master; as with the maid,
feet shall carry her afar off to sojoum. so with her mistress; as with the buy-
8 Who hath taken this counsel er, so with the seller; as with the len-
against Tyre, the crowning city, whose der, so with the borrower; as with the
merchants are princes, whose traffick- taker of usury, so with the giver of
ers are the honourable of the earth? usury to him.
9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed 3 The land shall be utterly emptied,
it, to stain the pride of ail glory, and and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath
to bring into contempt ail the honour spoken this word.
able of the earth. 4 The earth moumeth and fadeth
10 Pass through thy land as a river, away, the world languisheth and fad
O daughter of Tarshish: there is no eth away, the haughty people of the
more strength. earth do languish.
 ISAIAH 25
5 The earth also is defiled under the
inhabitants thereof; because they have
transgressed the laws» changed the or-
dinance, broken the everlaâting cove-
nant.
6 Therefore hath the curse de-
voured the earth» and they that dwell
therein are desolate: therefore the in
habitants of the earth are bumed» and
few men left.
7 The new wine moumeth» the vine
languisheth» ail the merry-hearted do
sigh.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth» the
noise of them that rejoice endeth» the
joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 They shall not drink wine with a
song; strong drink shall be bitter to
them that drink it.
10 The city of confusion is broken
down: every house is shut up, that no
man may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the
streets; ail joy is darkened» the mirth
of the land is gone.
12 In the city is left désolation» and
the gâte is smitten with destruction.
13 When thus it shall be in the
midst of the land among the people»
there shall be as the shaking of an oUve
tree» and as the gleaning grapes when
the vintage is done.
14 They shall lift up their voice»
they shall sing for the majesty of the
Lord» they shall cry aloud from the
sea.
15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in
the fires» even the name of the Lord
God of Israël in the isles of the sea.
16 From the uttermost part of the
earth have we heard songs» even glory
to the righteous. But I said» My lean-
ness» my leanness» woe imto me! the
treacherous dealers have dealt treach-
erously; yea» the treacherous dealers
have dealt very treacherously.
17 Fear» and the pit» and the snare»
are upon thee» O inhabitant of the
earth.
18 And it shall come to pass» that he
who fleeth from the noise of the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that com-
eth up out of the midst of the pit shall
be taken in the snare: for the Windows
from on high are open» and the founda-
tions of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken
down» the earth is clean dissolved» the
earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro
like a drunkard» and shall be removed
639
like a cottage; and the transgression
thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it
shall fall» and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that
day» that the Lord shall punish the
host of the high ones that are on high»
and the kings of the earth upon the
earth.
22 And they shall be gathered to-
gether,as prisoners nre gathered in the
pit» and shall he shut up in the prison»
and after many days shall they be
visited.
23 Then the moon shall be con-
founded» and the sun ashamed» when
the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount
Zion» and in Jérusalem» and before his
ancients gloriously.
CHAPTER 25
OLORD» thou art my God; I will
exalt thee» I will praise thy name;
for thou hast done wonderful things;
thy counsels of old are faithfulness and
truth.
2 For thou hast made of a city an
heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a pal
ace of strangers to be no city; it shall
never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people
glorify thee» the city of the terrible na
tions shall fear thee.
4 For thou hast been a strength to
the poor» a strength to the needy in his
distress» a refuge from the storm» a
shadow from the heatj when the blast
of the terrible ones is as a storm against
the wall.
5 Thou shalt bring down the noise
of strangers» as the heat in a dry place;
even the heat with the shadow of a
cloud: the branch of the terrible ones
shall be brought low.
6 And in this mountain shall the
Lord of hosts make unto ail people a
feast of fat things, a feast of wines on
the lees, of fat things full of marrow»
of wines on the lees well refined.
7 And he will destroy in this moun
tain the face of the covering cast over
ail people» and the vail that is spread
over ail nations.
8 He will swallow up death in vic-
tory; and the Lord God will wipe away
tears from off ail faces; and the rebuke
of his people shall he take away from
off ail the earth: for the Lord hath
spoken it,
9 And it shall be said in that day»
Lo» this is OUI God; we have waited for
him» and he will save us: this is the
640 ISAIAH 26, 27
Lord; we hâve waited for him, we wîU people; yea, the fire of thine enemies
be glad and rejoiee ih his salvatlon. shall devour them.
10 For in this môuntain shall the 12 Lord,thou wilt ordain peace for
band of the Lord test, and Moab shall us: for thou also hast wrought ail our
be trodden down under hitn, even as Works in us.
straw is trodden down for the dung- 13 O Lord our God, othêr lords be-
hiU. side thee have had dominion over us:
11 And he shall spread forth his but by thee only will we make mention
hands in the midst of them, as he that of thy name.
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to 14 They are dead, they shall not
swim: and he shall bring down their live; they are deceased, they shall not
pride together with the spoils of their rise: therefore hast thou visited and
hands. destroyed them, and made ail their
12 And the fortress of the high fort memory to perish.
of thy walls shall he bring down, lay 15 Thou hast increased the nation,
low, and bring to the ground, even to O Lord, thou hast increased the na
the dust. tion: thou art glorified: thou hadst re-
moved U far unto ail the ends of the
CHAPTER 26 earth.
IN THAT day shaU this song be simg 16 LoRDj in trouble have they vis
ited thee, they poured out a prayer
in the land of Judah; We have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint when thy chastening was upon them.
for walls and bulwarks. 17 Like as à woman with child, that
2 Gpen ye the gâtes, that the right- draweth near the time of her delivery,
eous nation which keepeth the truth is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;
may enter in. so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect 18 We have been with child, we
peace, M;hose mind is stayed on thee: have been in pain, we have as it were
because he trusteth in thee. brought forth wind; we have not
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for wrought any deliverahce in the earth;
in the LoÎeu) JE-HO-VAH is everlast- neither have the inhabitants of the
ing strength: world fallen.
5 For he bringeth down them that 19 Thy dead men shall liye, together
dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth with my dead bbdy shall they arise.
it low; he layeth it low, even to the Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust:
ground; he bringeth it even to the for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and
dust. the earth shall cast out the dead.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even 20 Come, my people, enter thou
the feet of the poor, and the steps of into thy chambers, and shut thy doors
the needy. about thee: hide thyself as it were for
7 The way of the just is uprightness: a little moment, imtil the indignation
thou, most upiight, dost weigh the be overpast.
path of the just. 21 For, behold, the Lord cometh
8 Yea,in the way of thy judgments, out of his place to punish the inhabit
O Lord, have we waited for thee; the ants of the earth for their iniquity: the
desire of our soul is to thy name, and earth also^ shall disclose her blood, and
to the remembrance of thee. shall no more cover her slain.
9 With my soul have I desired thee
in the night; yea, with my spirit within CHAPTER 27
me will I seek thee early: for when thy IN that day the Lord with his sore
judgments are ih the earth, the inhab and great and strong sword shall
itants of the world will leam right- pimish leviathan the piercing serpent,
eousness. even leviathan that crooked serpent;
10 Let favour be shewed to the and he shall slay the dragon that is in
wicked, yet will he not leam righteous- the sea.
ness; in the land of uprightness will he 2 In that day sing ye imto her, A
deal unjustly, and will not behold the vineyard of red wine.
majesty of the Lord. 3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water
11 Lord,when thy hand is lîfted up, it every moment: lest any hurt it, I
they will not see: but they shall see, will keep it night and day.
and be ashamed for their envy at the 4 Fury is not in me: who would set
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the briers and thoms against me in hail and a destroying storm, as a flood
battle? 1 would go through them» I of mighty waters ovèrflowing, shall
would bum them together. cast down to the earth with the hand.
5 Or let him take hold of my 3 The crown of pridej the dnmkards
strength, that he may make peace with of E-phra-im, shall be trodden under
me; and he shall make peace with me» feet:
6 He shall cause thèm that come of 4 And the glorious beauty, which is
Jacob to take root: Israël shall blos- on the heiad of the fat valley, shall be
som and bud, and fill the face of the a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit
world with fruit. béfore thè sununer; which when he
7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote that looketh upon it seeth, while it is
those that smote him? or is he slain ac- yet in his hand he eateth it up.
cording to the slaughteir of them that 5 In that day shall the Lord of
are slain by him? hosts be for a crown of glory, and for
8 In measure, when it shooteth a diadem of beauty, unto tnè residue
forth, thou wilt debate with it: he of his people,
stayeth his rough wind in the day of 6 And for â spirit of judgment to
the eiEist wind. him that sitteth in judgment, and for
9 By this therefore shall the in- strength to them that tum the battle
iquity of'Jâcob be purged; and this is to the gâte.
ail the fruit to take away his sin; when 7 But they also have erred through
wine,and through strong drink are out
he maketh àll the stones of the altar as
chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, of the way; the priest and the prophet
the groves and images shall not stand have erréd through strong drink, they
up. are swallowed up of wine, they are out
10 Yet the dèfenced city shall be of the way through strong drink; they
desolate, and the habitation forsaken, err in vision, they stumble in judg
and left like a wildemess: there shall ment.
the calf feed, and there shall he lie 8 For ail tables are full of vomit and
down, and consume the branches fîlthiness, so that there is no place clean,
thereof. 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge?
11 When the boiighs thereof are and whom shall he make to under-
withered, they shall be broken off: the stand doctrine? them that are weaned
women come, and set them on fire: for from the milk, and drawn from the
it is a people of no understanding: breasts.
therefore he that made them will not 10 For precept mtisi he upon pre-
have mercy on them, and he that cept, precept upon precept; line upon
formed them will shew them no favour. line, line upon line; here a little, and
12 And it shall come to pass in that there a little:
day, that the Lord shall beat off from 11 For with stammering lips and
the channel of the river ùnto the another tongue will he speak to this
stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gath- people.
ered one by one, O ye children of Is 12 To whom he said, This is the
raël. rest wherewith ye may cause the weary
13 And it shall come to pass in that to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet
day, that the great trumpet shall be they would not hear.
blown, and they shall come which 13 But the Word of the Lord was
were ready to perish in the land of As- unto them precept upon precept, pre
syria, and the outcasts in the land of cept upon precept; line upon line, line
Egypt, and shaU worship the Lord in upon line; here a little, and there a
the holy mount at Jérusalem. little; that they might gô, and fall
backward,- and bè broken, and snared,
CHAPTER 28 and taken.
WOE to the crown of pride, to the 14 Wherefore hear the Word of the
dnmkards of E*phra-im, whose Lord, yè scomful men, that rule this
glorious beauty is a fading flowér, people which is in Jérusalem.
which are on the head of the fat val- 15 Because ye haVe said, We have
îeys of them that are overcome with made a covenant with death,and with
wine! hell are we at agreement; when the
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty overflowing scourge shall pass through,
and strong one, which as à tempest of it shall hot come unto us: for we hâve
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xnade lies our refuge, and under false- Lord of hosts, whiçh is wonderful in
hood have we hid ourselves: counsel, and excellent in working.
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foun- CHAPTER 29
dation a stone,a tried stone,a precious WOE to A'-ri-el, to A'-ri-el, the
corner stone, a sure foundation; he that city where Da^dd dwelt! add ye
believeth shall not make haste. year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the 2 Yet I will distress A-ri-el, and
line, and righteousness to the plum- there shall be heaviness and sorrow:
met: and the hail shall sweep away the and it shall be unto me as A-ri-el.
refuge bf lies, and the waters shall 3 And 1 will camp against thee
overflow the hiding place. round about, and will lay siege against
18 And your covenant with death thee with a mount, and I will raise
shall be disannulled, and your agree- forts against thee.
ment with hell shall not stand; when 4 And thou shalt be brought down,
the overflowing scourge shall pass and shalt speak out of the ground, and
through, then ye shall be trodden thy speech shall be low out of the dust,
down by it. and thy voice shall be, as of one that
19 From the time that it goeth forth hath a familiar spirit, out of the
it shall take you:for moming by mom- ground, and thy speech shall whisper
ing shall it pass over, by day and by out of the dust.
night: and it shall be a vexation only 5 Moreover the multitude of thy
to understand the report. strangers shall be like small dust, and
20 For the bed is shorter than that the multitude of the terrible ones shall
a mon can stretch himself on it: and he as chaff that passeth away: yea, it
the covering narrôwer than that he can shall be at an instant suddehly.
wrap himself in it, 6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord
21 For the Lord shall rise up as in of hosts with thunder, and with earth-
moimt Per'-a-zim, he shall be wroth as quake,and great noise, with storm and
m the valley of Gibeon, that he may tempest, and the fiame of devouring
do his work, his strange work; and fire.
bring to pass his act, his strange act. 7 And the multitude of ail the na
22 Now therefore be ye not mock- tions that fight against A-ri-el, eyen ail
ers, lest your bands be made strong: that fight against her. and her muni
for I have heard from the Lord God tion, and that distress her, shall be as
of hosts a consumption, even deter- a dream of a night vision.
mined upon the whole earth. 8 It shall even be as when an him-
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; gry man dreameth, and, behold, he
hearken, and hear my speech. eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is
24 Doth the plowman plow ail day empty: or as when a thirsty man
to sow? doth he open and break the dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh;
clods of his ground? but he awaketh, and, behold, he is
25 When he hath made plain the faint, and his soul hath appetite: so
face thereof, doth he not cast abroad shall the multitude of ail the nations
the fitches, and scatter the cmnmin, be, that fight against mount Zion.
and cast in the principal wheat and the 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry
appointed barley and the rie in their ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but
place? not with wine; they stagger, but not
26 For his God doth instruct him to with strong drink.
discrétion, and doth teach him. 10 For the Lord hath poured out
27 For the fitches are not threshed upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and
with a threshing instrument, neither hath closed your eyes: the prophets
is a cart wheel turned about upon the and your rulers, the seers hath he cov-
cummin; but the fitches are beaten out ered.
with a staff, and the cummin with a 11 And the vision of ail is become
rod. unto you as the words of a book that
28 Bread com is bruised; because he is sealed, which men deliver to one
will not ever be threshing it, nor break that is leamed, saying, Read this, I
it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for
it with his hprsemen. it is sealed:
29 This also cometh forth from the 12 And the book is delivered to him
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that is not leanied, saying, Read thls,

I pray thee: and he saith, I am not CHAPTER 30
leamed. 'CE to the rebellions children,
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Foras- saith the Lord, that take coun
much as this people draw near me with sel, but not of me;and that cover with
their mouth, and with their lips do a covering, but not of my spirit, that
honour me, but have removed their they may add sin to sin: ^ '
heart far from me, and their fear to- 2 That walk to go down into Egypt,
ward me is taught by the precept of and have not asked at my mouth; to
. men: strengthen themselves in the strength
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed of Pharaoh,and to trust in the shadow
to do a marvellous work among this of Egypt!
people, even a marvellous work and a 3 Therefore shall the strength of
wonder: for the wisdom of their wise Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust
men shall perish, and the uhderstand- in the shadow of Egypt yoUr confusion.
ing of their prudent men shall be 4 For his princes were at Zo-an,and
hid. his ambassadors came to Ha-nes.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to 5 They were ail ashamed of a people
hide their counsel from the Lord, and that could not profit them, nor be an
their works are in the dark, and they help nor profit, but a shame, and also
say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth a reproach.
us? 6 The burden of the beasts of the
16 Surely your tuming of things up- south: into the land of trouble and an-
side down shall be esteemed as the pot- guish, from whence come the young
ter's clay:for shall the work say of him and old lion, the viper and fiery flying
that made it, He made me not? or shall serpent, they will carry their riches
the thing framed say of him that upon the shoulders of young asses, and
framed it, He hâd no understanding? their treasures upon the bunches of
17 Is it not yet a very little while, camels, to a people that shall not profit
and Lebanon shall be tumed into a them.
fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall 7 For the Egyptians shall help in
be esteemed as a forest? vain, and to no purpose: therefore
18 And in that day shall the deaf have I cried conceming this, Their
hear the words of the book, and the strength is to sit still.
eyes of the blind shall see out of ob- 8 Now go, Write it before them in a
scurity, and out of darkness. table, and note it in a book, that it
19 The meek also shall increase may be for the time to come for ever
iheir joy in the Lord, and the poor and ever:
among men shall rejoice in the Holy 9 That this is a rebellions people,
One of Israël. lying children, children that will not
20 For the terrible one is brought to hear the law of the Lord:
nought, and the scomer is consumed, 10 Which say to the seers, See not;
and ail that watch for iniquity are eut and to the prophets, Prophesy not im-
ofî: to us right things, speak unto us
21 That make a man an offender smooth things, prophesy deceits:
for a word, and lay a snare for him 11 Get you out of the way, tum
that reproveth in the gâte, and tum aside out of the path, cause the Holy
aside the just for a thing of nought. One of Israël to cease from before us.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy
who redeemed Abraham, conceming One of Israël, Because ye despise this
the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not word, and tmst in oppression and per-
now be ashamed, neither shall his face verseness, and stay thereon:
now wax pale. 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be
23 But when he seeth his children, to you as a breach ready to fall, swell-
the work of mine hands, in the midsting out in a high wall, whose breaking
of him, they shah sanctify my name, cometh suddenly at an instant.
and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, 14 And he shall break it as the
and shall fear the God of Israël. breaking of the potters'- vessel that is
24 They also that erred in spirit broken in pièces; he shall not spare: so
shall come to understanding, and they that there shall not be found in the
that murmured shall leam doctrine. bursting of it a sherd to take fire from
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the hearth, or to take water wiOtal eut light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as
of the pit. the light of seven days,in the day that
15 For thus saith the Lord God,the the Lord bindeth up the breach of his
Holy One of Israël; In retuming and people, and healeth the stroke of their
rest shall ye be saved;in quietness and wound.
in confidence shall be yonr strength: 27 Behold, the name of the Lord
and ye would not. cometh from far, burning with his an-
16 But ye said, No; for we will flee ger, and the burden thereo/ is heavy:
upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: his lips are full of indigna^tion, and his
and,We will ride upon the swift; there-, tongue as a devouring flre:
fore shall they that pursue you be 28 And his breath, as an overflow-
swift. ing stream, shall reach to the midst of
17 One thousand shaK/lee at the re- the neck, to sift the nations with the
buke of one; at the rebuke of five shall sieve of vanity: and there shall be a,
ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon bridle in the jaws of the people, caus-
the top of a mountain, and as an en- ing them to err.
sign on an hill. 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the
18 And therefore will the Lord night when a holy solemnity is kept;
wait, that he may be gracions unto and gladness of heart, as when one
you, and therefore wUl he be exalted, goeth with a pipe to come into the
that he may have mercy upon you: for mountain of the Lord, to the mighty
the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed One of Israël.
are ail they that wait for him. 30 And the Lord shall cause his
19 For the people shall dwell in glorious voice to be heard, and shall
Zion at Jérusalem: thou shalt weep no shew the lighting down of his arm,
more: he will be very gracions unto with the indignation of his anger, and
thee at the voice of thy cry; when he with the flame of a devouring fire, with
shall hear it, he will ansvver thee. scattering, and tempest, and hail-
20 And though the Lord give you stones.
the bread of adversity, and the water 31 For through the voice of the
of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten
be removed into a corner any more, down, which smote with a rod.
but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 32 And in every place where the
21 And thine ears shall hear a word grounded staff shall pass, which the
behind thee, saying, This is the way, Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be
walk ye in it, when ye tum to the right with tabrets and harps: and in battles
hand, and when ye turn to the left. of shaking will he fight with it.
22 Ye shall defile also the covering 33 For To-phet is ordained of old;
of thy graven images of silver, and the yea,for the king it is prepared; he hath
omament of thy molten images of made it deep and large: the pile thereof
gold: thou shalt cast them away as a is fire and much wood; the breath of
menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
it, Get thee hence. doth kindle it.
23 Then shall he give the rain of thy
seed, that thou shalt sow the ground CHAPTER 31
witheil; and bread of the increase of the WOE to them that go down to
earth,and it shall be fat and plenteous: Egypt for help; and stay on
in that day shall thy cattle feed in horses, and trust in chariots, because
large pastures. they are many; and in horsemen, be
24 The oxen likewise and the young cause they are very strong; but they
asses that ear the ground shall eat look not unto the Holy One of Israël,
clean provender, which hath been win- neither seek the Lordî
nowed with the shovel and with the 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring
fan. evil, and will not call back his words:
25 And there shall be upon every but will arise against the house of the
high mountain, and upon every high evildoers, and against the help of them
hill, rivers and streams of waters in the that work iniquity.
day of the great slaughter, when the 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and
towers fall. not God; and their horses flesh, and
26 Moreover the light of the moon not spirit. When the Lord shall
shall be as the light of the sun, and the stretch out his hand, both he that
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helpeih shallfan,and he that is holpen destroy the ppor with lying words,
shall fall dowii, and they alî shaU fail even when the needy speaketh right.
together. 8 But the libéral deviseth Uberal
4 For thus hath the Lord spoken things; and by libéral things shall he
unto me, Like as the lion and the stand.
young lion roaring on his prey, when a 9 Rise up, ye women that are at
multitude of shepherds is çalled forth ease; hear my voice, ye careless daugh-
against him, he wiU not he afraid of ters; give ear unto my speech.
their voice, nor abase himself for the 10 Many days and years shall ye be
noise of them: so shaU the Lord of troubled, ye careless women: for the
hosts come down to iight for mount vintage shall fail, the gathering shall
Zion, and for the hUl thereof. not come^
5 As birds flying, so wiU the Lord 11 Tremble, ye women that are at
of hosts defend Jérusalem; defending ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:
also he will deliver ii; and passing overstrip you, and make you bare, and
he will preserve it. gird sackcloth upon your loins.
6 Tum.ye unto Him from whom the 12 They shall lament for the teats,
children of Israël have deeply revolted. for the pleasant helds, for the fruitful
7 For in that day every man shaU vine.
cast away his idols of silver, and his 13 Upon the land of my people shall
idols of gold, which your own hands come up thoms and briers; yea, upon
have made unto you for a sin. ail the houses of jpy in the joyous city:
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with 14 Beçause the palaces shall be for-
the sword, not of a mi^ty man; and saken; the multitude of the city shall
the sword, not pf a mean man, shaU be left; the forts and towers shall be
devour him: but he shall flee from the for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a
sword, and his young men shall be dis- pasture of docks;
comfited. 15 Uutil the spirit be poured upon
9 And he shall pass over to his us from on high, and the wildemess be
strong hold for fear, and his princes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be
shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the counted for a forest.
Lord, whose lire is in Zion, and his 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the
fumace in Jérusalem. wildemess, and righteousness remain
in the fruitful field.
CHAPTER 32 17 And the work of righteousness
BEHOLD, a king shaU reign in shall be peace; and the effect of right
righteousness, and princes shall eousness quietness and assurance for
rule in judgment. ever.
2 And a man shall be as an hiding 18 And my people shall dwell in a
place from the wind,and a covert from peaceable habitation, and in sure
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
place, as the shadow of a great rock in 19 When it shall hail, coming down
a weary land. on the forest; and the city shall be low
3 And the eyes of them that see in a low place.
shall not be dim, and the ears of them 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside ail
that hear shall hearken. waters, that send forth thither the feet
4 The heart also of the rash shall of the ox and the ass.
understand knowledge,and the tongue
of the stammerers shall be ready to CHAPTER 33
speak plainly. WOE to thee that spoilest, and
5 The vile person shall be no more thou wast not spoiled; and deal-
called libéral, nor the churl said to heest treacherously, and they dealt not
bountiful. treacherously with theel when thou
6 For the vile person will speak vil- shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be
lany, and his heart will work iniquity, spoiled; and when thou shalt make an
to practise hypocrisy, and to utter er- end to deal treacherously, they shall
ror against the Lord, to make empty deal treacherously with thee.
the soul of the hungry, and he will 2 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we
cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. have waited for thee: be thou their
7 The instruments also of the churl arm every morning, our salvation also
are evih he deviseth wicked devices to in the time of trouble.
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3 At the noisé of the tumult the 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce peo
people fled; at the lifting up of thyself ple, a people of a deeper speech than
the nations were scattered. thou canst perceive; of a stammering
4 And youf spoil shall be gathered tongue, that thou canst not understand.
like the gathering of the caterpiller: as 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our
the running to and fro of locusts shall solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jem-
he run upon them, salem a qtiiet habitation, a tabernacle
5 The Lord is exalted; for he dwell- that shall not be taken down; not one
eth on high: he hath tilled Zion with of the stakes thereof shall ever be re-
judgment and righteousness. moved, neither shall any of the cords
6 And wisdom and knowledge shall thereof be broken.
be the stability of thy times, and 21 But there the glorious Loico avUI
strength ôf salvation: the fear of the he unto us a place of broad rivers and
Lord is his treasure. streams; wherein shall go no galley
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall with oars, neither shall gallant ship
cry without: the ambassadors of peace pass thereby.
shall weep bitterly. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the
8 The highways lie waste, the way- Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our
faring man ceaseth: he hath broken king; he will save us.
the covenant, he hath despised the 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they
cities, he regardeth rto man. could not wéll strengthen their mast,
9 The earth moufneth and languîsh- they could not spread the sail: then is
eth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn the prey of a great spoil divided; the
down; Shaf-on is like a wildemess; and lame takê the prey.
Ba-shan and Carmel shake off their 24 And the inhabitant shall not say,
fruits. I am sick: the people that dwell therein
10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord; shall he forgiven their iniquity.
now will I be exalted; now will I lift
up myself. CHAPTER 34
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall
bring forth stubble: your breath, as COME near, ye nations,to hear; and
fire, shall devour you. hearken, ye people: let the earth
12 And the people shall be as the hear, and ail that is therein; the world,
bumings oflime: as thoms eut up shall and ail things that come forth of it.
they be bumed in the fire. 2 For the indignation of the Lord
13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I is upon ail nations, and His fury upon
have done; and, ye that are near, ac- ail their armies: he hath utterly de-
knowledge my might. stroyed them, he hath delivered them
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; to the slaughter.
fearfulness hath surprised the hypo 3 Their slain also shall be cast out,
crites. Who amôhg us shall dwell with and their stink shall come up out of
the devouring fire? who among us shall their carcases, and the mountains shall
dwell with everlasting bumings? be melted with their blood.
15 He that walketh righteously, 4 And ail the host of heaven shall be
and speaketh uprightly; he that de- dissolved, and the heavens shall be
spiseth the gain of oppressions, that rolled together as a scroll: and ail their
shaketh his hands from holding of host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from off from the vine, and as a falling fig
hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from the fig tree.
from seeing evil; 5 For my sword shall be bathed in
16 He shall dwell on high: his place heaven: behold, it shall come down
of defence shall he the munitions of upon I-du-me-a, and upon the people
rocks: bread shall be given him; his of my curse, to judgment.
waters shall he sure. 6 The sword of the Lord is filled
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in with blood, it is made fat with fatness,
his beauty: they shall behold the land and with the blood oflambs and goats,
that is very far off. with the fat of the kidneys of rams:for
18 Thine heart shall meditate ter the Lord hath a sacrifice in Boz'-rah,
rer. Where is the scribe? where is the and a great slaughter in the land of
receiver? where is he that counted the I-du-me-a.
towers? 7 And the unicoms shall come down
 ISAIAH 35, 36
wiih them, and tbe bullocks with the
buUs; and their land shall be soaked
with blood, and their dust made fat
with fatness.
8 For it is the day of the Lord's
vengeance, and the year of recom-
pences for the controversy of Zion.
9 And the streams thereof shall be
tumed into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land thereof
shall become buming pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night
nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up
for ever:from génération to génération
it shall lie waste; none shall pass
through it for ever and ever.
11 But the cormorcint and the bit-
tem shall possess it; the owl also and
the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall
stretch out upon it the line of confu
sion, and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call the nobles thereof
to the kingdom, but none shall. he
there, and ail her princes shall be
nothing.
13 And thoms shall corne up in her
palaces, nettles and brambles in the
fbrtresses thereof: and it shall be an
habitation of dragons, and a court for
owls.
14 The wild beasts of the desert
shaU also meet with the wild beasts of
the island, and the satyr shall cry to
his fellow; the screech owl also shall
rest there, and find for herself a place
of rest.
15 There shall the great owl make
her nest, and lay,and hatch,and gath-
er under her shadow: there shall the
vultures also be gathered, every one
with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the book of the
Lord, and read: no one of these shall
fail, none shall want her mate: for my
mouth it hath commanded, aiid his
spirit it hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for
them,and his hand hath divided it un-
to them by line: they shall possess it
for ever,from génération to génération
shall they dwell therein.
CHAPTER 35
The wildemess and the solitary
place shall be glad for them; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as
the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and
rejoice even with joy and singing: the
glory of Lebanon shall be given unto
it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'-
647
on, they shall see the glory of the
Lord, and the excellency of our God.
3 Strengthen ye the weak hands,
and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fearful
heart,Be strong,fear not: behold, your
God will come with vengeance, even
God with a recompence; he will çome
and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall
be imstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as
an hart, and the tongue of the dumb
sing: for in the wildemess shaU waters
break out, and streams in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall be
come a pool, and the thirsty land
springs of water: in the habitation of
dragons, where each lay, shall he grass
with reeds and mshes.
S And an highway shall be there,
and a way, and it shall be called The
way of holiness; the unclean shall not
pass over it; but it shall he for those:
the wayfaring men,though fools, shall
not err therein»
9 No lion shall be there, nor any
ravenoiis beast shall go up thereon, it
shall not be found there; but the re-
deemed shall walk there:
10 And the ransomed of the Lord
shall retum, and come to Zion with
songs and everlasting joy upon their
heads: they shall obtain joy and glad-
ness, and sorrow and sighing shall fiee
away.
CHAPTER 36
NOW it came to pass in the four-
teenth year of king Hez-e-ki-ah,
that Sen-nach-e-rib king of Assyria
came up against ail the defenced cities
of Judah, and took them.
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rab-
sha-keh from La-chish to Jemsalem
unto king Hez-e-ki-ah with a great
army. And he stood by the conduit of
the upper pool in the highway of the
fuller's field.
3 Then came forth unto him E-li-a-
kim, Hil-ki-ah's son, which was over
the house, and Sheb-na the scribe, and
Jo-ah, A-saph^s son, the recorder.
4 And Rab-sha-keh said unto them,
Say ye now to Hez-e-ki-ah, Thus saith
the great king, the king of Assyria,
What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest?
5 I say, sayest thou,(but they are hui
vain words)I have counsel and strength
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for war: now on whom dost thou trust, to a land like yoûr own land, a land of
that thou rebellest against ine? com and wine, a land of bread and
6 Le, thou trustest in the staff of vineyards. :
this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon 18 Beware lest Hez-e-ki-ah per
if a man lean, it will go into his hand, suade you, saying, The Lord will de
ând pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of liver us. Hath any of the gods of the
Egypt to ail that trust in him. nations delivered his land out of the
7 But if thou say to me, We trust hand of the king of Assyrià?
in the Lord our God: is it not he, 19 Where are the gods of Ha-math
whose high places and whose altars and Ar'-phad? where are the gods of
Hez-e-ki'-ah hath taken away, and Seph-ar-va'-im? and have they deliv
said to Judah and to Jérusalem, Ye ered Sa-ma'-ri-a out of my hand?
shall worship before this altar? 20 Who are they among ail the gods
8 Now therefore give pledges, I of these lands, that have delivered
pray thee, to my master the king of their land out of my hand, that the
Assyrià, and I will give thee two thou- Lord should deliver Jérusalem out ôf_
sand horses, if thou be able on thy my hand?
part to set riders upon them. 21 But they held their peace, and
9 How then wilt thou tum away answered him not à word: for the
the face of one captain of the least of king's commandment was,saying, An-
my master's servants, and put thy swer him not.
trust on Egypt for chariots and for 22 Then came E-li'-a-kim, the son of
horsémen? Hil-ki-ah, that was over the house-
10 And am I now'come up without hold, and Sheb-na the scribe, and Jo-
the Lord ag^dnst this land to destroy ah, the son of A-saph, the recorder, to
it? the Lord said unto me. Go up Hez-e-ki-ah with their clothes rent,
against this land, and destroy it. and told him the words of Rab-sha-
11 Then said E-li-a-kim and Sheb- keh.
na and Jo-ah ùnto Rab-sha-keh,
Speakj I pray thee, unto thy servants CHAPTER 37
in the Syrian language; for we under- AND it came to pass, when king Hez-
stand it: and speak not to us in the e-ki-Eih heard it, that he rent his
Jews' language, in the ears of the peo- clothes, and covered himself with sack-
ple that are on the wall. cloth, and went into the house of the
12 But Rab-sha-keh said, Hath my Lord.
master sent me to thy master and to 2 And he sent E-li-a-kim, who was
thee to speak these words? hath he not over the household, and Sheb-na the
sent me to the men that sit upon the scribe, and the elders of the priests
wall, that they may eat their own covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah
dung, and drink their own piss with the prophet the son of Amoz.
you? 3 Ànd they said unto him, Thus
13 Then Rab-sha-keh stood, and saith Hez-e-ki'-ah, This day is a day of
cried with a loud voice in the Jews' trouble, and of rebuke, and of blas-
language, and said, Hear ye the words phemy: for the children are come to
of the great king, the king of Assyria. the birth, and there is not strength to
14 Thus saith the king, Let not bring forth.
Hez-e-ki-ah deceive you: for hé shall 4 It may be the Lord thy God will
not be able to deliver you. hear the words of Rab-sha-keh, whom
15 Neither let Hez-e-ki-ah make the king of Assyria his master hath
you trust in the Lord, saying, The sent to r^roach the living God, and
Lord will surely deliver us: this city will reprove the words which the Lord
shall not be delivered into the hand of thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up
the king of Assyria. thy prayer for thé remuant that is left.
16 Hearken not to Hez-e-ki-ah: for 5 So thé servants of king Hez-e-ki-
thus saith the king of Assyria, Make ah came to Isaiah. ,
an agreement with me by a présent, and 6 And Isaiah said imto them, Thus
come out to me: and eat ye every one shall ye say unto your master, Thus
of his vine, and every one of his fig saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the
tree, and drink ye every one the waters words that thou hast heard, where^
of his own cistem; with the servants of the king of As
17 Until I come and take you away syria have blasphemed me.
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7 Behold, I wlll send a blast upon 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz
him, and he shall hear a rumour, and sent unto Hez-e-ki-ah, saying, Thus
retum to his own land; and I willcause saith the Lord God of Israël, Whereas
him to fall by the sword in his own thou hast prayed to me against Sen-
land. nach'-e-rib king of Assyria:
8 So Rab-sha-keh retumed, and 22 This is the word which the Lord
fonnd the king of Assyria warring hath spoken conceming him; The vir-
against Lib'-nah: for he had heard that gin, the daughter of Zion, hath de-
he was departed from La-chish. Spised thee,and laughed thee to scom;
9 And he heard say conceming Tir'- the daughter of Jérusalem hath shaken
ha-kah king of E-thi-o-pi-a, He is her head at thee.
corne forth to make war with thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproâched and
And when he heard it, he sent messen- blasph^ned? and against whom hast
gers to Hez^e-ki'-ah, saying, thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-e-ki- thine eyes on high? even against the
ah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy Holy Gne of IsraeL
God, in whom thou trustest, deceive 24 By thy servants hast thou
thee, saying, Jérusalem shall not be reproâched the Lord, and hast said,
given into the hand of the king of As By the multitude of my chariots
syria. am I corne up to the hèight of the
11 Behold, thou hast heard what moimtains, to the sides of Lebanon;
the kings of Assyria have done to ail and I will eut down the tall cedars
lands by destroying them utterly; and thereof, and the choice fir trees there-
shalt thou be delivered? of: and I will enter into the héight
12 Have the gods of the nations de of his border, and the forest of his
livered them which my fathers have Carmel.
destroyed,as Go'-zân, and Ha-ran,and 25 I have digged, and drunk water;
Re'-zeph, and the children of Eden and with the sole of my feet have I
which were in Te-las-sar? driéd up ail the rivers ôf the besieged
13 Where is the king of Ha-math, places.
and the king of Ar'-phad, and the king 26 Hast thou not heard long ago,
of the city of Seph-ar-va-im, He-na, how I have done it; and of andent
and r-vah? times,that I have formed it? now have
14 And Hez-e-ki-ah received the I brought it to pass, that thou should-
letter from the hand of the messengers, est be to lay waste defenced cities into
and read it: ànd Hez-e-ki-ah went up minous heaps.
imto the house of the Lord,and ^read 27 Therefore their inhabitants were
it before the Lord. of small powerj they were dismayed
15 And Hez-e-ki'-ah prayed unto and confounded: they were as the
the Lord, saying, grass of the field, and as the green
16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israël, herb, as the grass on the housetops,
that dwellest between the cherubims, and as com blasted before it be grown
that art the God,even thou alone, of ail up.
the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast 28 But I lôiow thy abode, and thy
made heaven and earth* going out, and thy coming in, and thy
17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and rage against mè.
hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and 29 Because thy rage against me,
see: and hear ail the words of Sen- and thy tumult, is come up into mine
nach'-e-rib, which hath sent to re- ears, therefore will I put my hbok in
proach the living God. thy nosè, and my bridle in thy- lips,
18 Of a truth. Lord, the kings of and I will tum thee back by the Way
Assyria have laid waste ail the nations, by which thou camest.
and their countries. 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee,
19 And have cast their gods into Ye shall eat this year such as groweth
the fire: for they were no gods, but the of ifeelf; and the second year that
work of meh's hands, wood and stone: which springetJi of the same: and ih
therefore they have destroyed them. the third year sow ye, and réap, and
20 Now therefore,O Lord our God, plant vineyards, and eat the fmit
save us from: his hand, that ail the thereof:
kingdoms of the earth may know that 31 And the rannant thât is escaped
thou art the Lord, even thou ohly. of the hôuse of Jùdah shall again tàke
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root downward, and bear fruit up- 7 And this shall be a sign unto thee
ward: from the Lord, that the Lord will do
32 For out of Jérusalem shall go this thing that he hath spoken;
forth a remnant, and they that escape 8 Behold, I will bring again the
out of moimt Zion: the zeal of the shadow of the degrees, which is gone
Lord of hosts shall do this. down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten de
33 Therefore thus saith the Lord grees backward. So the sun retumed
conceming the king of Assyria, He ten degrees, by which degrees it was
shall not come into this city, nor shoot gone down.
an arrow there, nor come before it 9 The writing of Hez-e-ki-ah king of
with shields, nor cast a bank against it. Judah, when he had been sick, and
34 By the way that he came, by the was recovered of his sickness:
same shall he retum, and shall not 10 I said in the cutting off of my
come into this city, saith the Lord. days, I shall go to the gâtes of the
35 For I will defend this city to save grave: I am deprived of the residue of
it for mine own sake, and for my ser my years.
vant David's sake. 11 I said, I shall not see the Lord,
36 Then the angel of the Lord went even the Lord, in the land of the liv-
forth, and smote in the camp of the ing: I shall behold man no more with
Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and the inhabitants of the world.
five thousand: and when they arose 12 Mine âge is departed, and is re-
early in the moming, behold, they moved from me as a shepherd's tent:
were ail dead corpses. I have eut off like a weaver my life: he
37 So Sen-nach'-e-rib king of As will eut me off with pining sickness:
syria departed,and went and retumed, from day even to night wilt thou make
and dwelt at Nin-e-veh. an end of me.
38 And it came to pass, as he was 13 I reckoned till moming, that, as
worshipping in the house of Nis-roch a lion, so will he break ail my bones:
his god,that A-dram'-me-lech and Sha- from day even to night wilt thou make
re-zer his sons smote him with the an end of me.
sword; and they escaped into the land 14 Like a crâne or a swallow, so did
of Ar-me-ni-a: and E-sar-had-don his I chatter: I did moum as a dove: mine
son reigned in his stead. eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord,
I am oppressed; undertake for me.
CHAPTER 38 15 ,What shall I say? he hath both
spoken unto me, and himself hath
IN thpse days was Hez-e-ki-ah sick done it: I shall go softly ail my years in
unto death. And ïsaiah the prophet the bittemess of my soul.
the son of Amoz came unto him, and 16 O Lord, by.these things men live,
said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, and in ail these things is the life of my
Set thine house in order:for thou shalt spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and
die, and not live. make me to live.
2 Then Hez-e-ki-ah tumed his face 17 Behold, for peace I had great
toward the wall, and prayed unto the bittemess: but thou hast in love to my
Lord, soul delivered it from the pit of cormp-
3 And said, Remember now, O tion: for thou hast cast aU my sins be-
Lord, I beseech thee, how I have hind thy back.
walked before thee in truth and with a 18 For the grave cannot praise thee,
perfect heart, and have done that death can not celebrate thee: they that
which is good in thy sight. And Hez-e- go down into the pit cannot hope for
ki-ah wept sore. thy tmth.
4 Then came the word of the Lord 19 The living, the living, he shall
to ïsaiah, saying, praise thee, as I do this day: the father
5 Go, and say to Hez-e-ki-ah, Thus to the children shall make known thy
saith the Lord, the God of David thy tmth.
father, I have heard thy prayer,I have 20 The Lord was ready to save me:
seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto therefore we will sing my songs to the
thy days fifteen years. stringed instruments ail the days of
6 And I will deliver thee and this our life in the house of the Lord.
dty out of the hand of the king of As 21 For ïsaiah had said, Let them
syria: and I will defend this dty. take a lump of figs, and lay it for a
 ISAIAH 39, 40 651

plaister upon the boil, and he shall re- 3 The voiceofhimthat criethinthe
cover. wUdemess, Préparé ye the way of the
22 Hez-e-ki-ah also had said, What Lord, make straight in the desert a
is the sign that 1 shall go up to the highway for our God.
house of the Lord? 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hiU shall be made
CHAPTER 39 low: and the crooked shaU be made
\T that time Me-ro'dach-bal-a-dan, straight, and the rough places plain:
jt\ the son of Bal-a-dan, king of 5 And the glory of the Lord shaU
Babylon, sent letters and a présent to be revealed, and ail flesh shàll see it to-
Hez-e-ki'-ah: for he had heard that he gether:for the mouth of the Lord hath
had been sick, and was recovered. spoken it.
2 And Hez-e-ki-ah was glad of 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said,
them, and shewed them the house of What ShaU I cry? AU flesh is grass, and
his precious things, the silver, and the ail the goodliness thereof is as the
gold, and the spices, and the precious flower of the field:
ointment, and ail the house of his ar- 7 The grass withereth, the flower
mour, and ail that was found in his fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord
treasures: there was nothing in his bloweth upon it: surely the people is
house, nor in ail his dominion, that grass.
Hez-e-ki'-£ih shewed them not. 8 The grass withereth, the flower
3 Then came Isaiah the prophet im- fadeth: but the word of our God shaU
to king Hez-e-ki-ah, and said unto stand for ever.
him, What said these men? and from 9 O Zion, that bringest good ti-
whence came they unto thee? And dings, get thee up into the high moun
Hez-e-ki-ah said, They are come from tain; O Jérusalem, that bringest good
a far country unto me, even from tidings,lift up thy voice with strengthî
Babylon. Uft it up, be not afraid; say unto the
4 Then said he, What have they cities of Judah, Behold your God!
seen in thine house? And Hez-e-ki-ah 10 Behold, the Lord God will come
answered, AU that is in mine housè with strong hand, and his arm shall
have they seen:there is nothing among rule for him: behold, his reward is with
my treasures that I have not shewed him, and his work before him.
them. 11 He shall feed his flock like a
5 Then said Isaiah to Hez-e-ki-ah, shepherd: he shall gather the lambs
Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: with his arm, and carry them in his
6 Behold, the days come, that aU bosom,and shall gently lead those that
that is in thine house, and that which are with young.
thy fathers have laid up in store untU 12 Who hath measured the waters
this day, shaU be carried to Babylon: in the hollow of his hand, and meted
nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. out heaven with the span,and compre-
7 And of thy sons that shaU issue hended the dust of the earth in a mea-
from thee, which thou shalt beget, sure, and weighed the mountains in
shall they take away; and they shaU scales, and the hills in a balance?
be eunuchs in the palace of the king of 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of
Babylon. the Lord, or heing his coimsellor hath
8 Then said Hez-e-ki-ah to Isaiah, taught him?
Good is the word of the Lord which 14 With whom took he counsel, and
thou hast spoken. He said moreover. who instructed him,and taught him in
For there shaU be peace and truth in the path of judgment, and taught him
my days. knowledge, and shewed to him the
way of understanding?
CHAPTER 40 15 Behold,the nations are as a drop
COMFORT ye, comfort ye my peo- of a bucket, and are counted as the
ple, saith your God. small dust of the balance: behold, he
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jérusa taketh up the isles as a very little
lem, and cry unto her, that her war- thing.
fare is accomplished, that her iniquity 16 And Lebanon is not sufflcient to
is pardoned: for she hath received of bum, nor the beasts thereof sufflcient
the Lord's hand double for ail her for a burnt offering.
sins. 17 AU nations before him are as
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nothing; and they are counted to him they shall run, and not be weary; and
less than nothing, and vanity^ they shall walk, and not faint.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? CHAPTER 41
or what likeness will ye compare unto
him? KEEP silence before me, O islands;
19 The workman melteth a graven and let the people renew their
image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it strength: let them come near; then let
over with gold, and casteth sUver them speak: let us come near together
chains. to judgment.
20 He that is so impoverished that 2 Who raised up the righteous man
he hath no oblation chooseth a tree from the east, called him to his foot,
that will not rot; he seeketh unto him gave the nations before him,and made
a cunning workman to préparé a grav him rule over kings? he gave them as
en image, that shall not be moved. the dust to his sword, and as driven
21 Have ye not known? have ye not stubble to his bow.
heard? hath it not been told you from 3 He piirsued them, and passed
the begiiming? have ye not understood safely; even by the way àiat he had not
from the foundations of the earth? gone with his feet.
22 It is he that sitteth upon the cir- 4 Who hath wrought and done it,
cle of the earth, and the inhabitants calling the générations from the begin-
thereof are as grasshoppers; that ning? I the Lord, the first, and with
stretcheth ont the heavens as a cur- the last; I am he.
tain, and spreadeth them out as a tent 5 The isles saw it, and feared; the
to dwell in: ends of the earth were afraid, drew
23 That bringeth the princes to near, and came.
nothing; he maketh the judges of the 6 They helped every one his neigh-
earth as vanity. bour; and every one said to his brother,
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; Be of good courage.
yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their 7 So the carpenter encouraged the
stock shall not take root in the earth: goldsmith, and he that smootheth with
and he shall also blow upon them, and the hammer him that smote the anvil,
they shall wither, and the whirlwind saying, It is ready for the sodering:
shall takë them away as stubble. and he fastened it with nails, that it
25 To whom then will ye liken me, should not be moved.
or shall I be equal? saith the Holy 8 But thou, Israël, art my servant,
One. Jacob whom I have chosen,the seed of
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and Abraham my friend.
behold who hath created these things, 9 Thou whom I have taken from
that bringeth out their host by num- the ends of the earth, and called thee
ber: he calleth them ail by names by from the chief men thereof, and said
the greatness of his might, for that he unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have
is strong in power; not one faileth. chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and 10 Fear thou not; for I am with
speakest, O Israël, My way is hid from thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
i^ie Lord, and my judgment is passed God: I wiU strengthen thee; yea, I will
over from my God? help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou the right hand of my righteousness.
not heard, that the everlasting God, 11 Behold, ail they that were in-
the Lord, the Creator of the ends of censed against thee shall be ashcimed
the earth, fainteth not, neither is and confounded: they shall be as noth
weary? there is no searching of his un- ing; and they that strive with thee
derstanding. shall perish.
29 He giveth power to the faint; 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt
and to them that have no might he in- not find them, even them that con-
creaseth strength. tended with thee: they that war
30 Even the youths shall faint and against thee shall be as nothing, and
be weary, and the young men shall ut- as a thing of nought.
terly fall: 13 For I the Lord thy God will hold
31 But they that wait upon the thy right hand,saying unto thee, Fear
Lord shall renew their strength; they not; I will help thee.
shall moimt up with wings as eagles; 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and
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ye men of Israël; I will help thee» saith yea, there is none that heareth your
the Lord» and thy redeemer,the Holy words.
One of Israël. 27 The first shall say to Zion, Be
15 Behold» I wiU make thee a new hold, behold them: and 1 will give to
Sharp threshing instrument having Jérusalem one that bringeth good ti-
teeth: thou shalt thresh the moun- dings.
tains» and beat them small» and shalt 28 For I beheld, and there was no
make the hills as chaff. man; even among them, and there was
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the no counsellor, that, when 1 asked of
wind shall carry them away, and the them, could answer a word.
whirlwind shall scatter them:and thou 29 Behold,they are ail vanity; their
shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt Works are nothing: their molten images
glory in the Holy One of Israël. are wind and confusion.
17 When the poor and needy seek
water, and there is none, and their CHAPTER 42
tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord Behold my servant, whom I up-
will hear them,I the God of Israël will hold; mine elect, in whom my soul
not forsake them. delighteth; I have put my spirit upon
18 I will open rivers in high places, him: he shall bring forth judgment to
and foimtains in the midst of the val- the Gentiles.
leys: 1 will make the wildemess a pool 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor
of water, and the dry land springs of cause his voice to be heard in the
water. street.
19 1 will plant in the wildemess the 3 A bruised reed shall he not break,
cedar,the shittah tree, £uid the myrtle, and the smoking flax shall he not
and the oil tree; I will set in the desert quench: he shaU bring forth judgment
the fit tree, and the pine, and the box imto truth.
tree together: 4 He shall not fail nor be discour-
20 That they may see, and know, aged, till he have set judgment in the
and consider, and understand togeth earth: and the isles shall wait for his
er, that the hand of the Lord hath law.
done this, and the Holy One of Israël 5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that
hath created it. created the heavens, and stretched
21 Produce your cause, saith the them out; he that spread forth the
Lord; bring forth your strong reasonSf earth, and that which cometh out of
saith the King of Jacob. it; he that giveth breath unto the peo-
22 Let them bring them forth, and ple upon it, and spirit to them that
shew us what shall happen: let them walk therein:
shew the former things, what they be, 6 1 the Lord have called thee in
that we may consider them, and know righteousness, and will hold thine
the latter end of them; or déclaré us hand,and will keep thee,and give thee
things for to come. for a covenant ofthe people,for a li^t
23 Shew the things that are to come of the Gentiles;
hereafter, that we may know that ye 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring
are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that out the prisoners from the prison, and
we may be dismayed, and behold it to them that sit in darkness out of the
gether. prison house.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and 8 I am the Lord: that is my name:
your work of nought: an abomination and my glory will I not give to an-
is he that chooseth you. other, neither my praise to graven im
25 1 have raised up one from the ages.
norâi, and he shall come:from the ris- 9 Behold, the former things are
ing of the sun shall he call upon my come to pass, and new things do I dé
name: and he shall come upon princes claré: before they spring forth 1 tell
as upon morter, and as the potter you of them.
treadeth clay. 10 Sing unto the Lord a new song,
26 Who hath declared from the be- and his praise from the end of the
ginning, that we may know? and be- earth, ye that go down to the sea, and
foretime, that we may say, He is ail that is therein; the isles, and the in
righteous? yea,there is none that shew- habitants thereof.
eth, yea, there is none that declareth. 11 Let the wildemess and the cities
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thereof lift up ihdr voîce, the villages strength of battle: and it hath set him
that Ke'-dar doth inhabit: let the in on fire round about, yet he knew not;
habitants of the rock sing, let them and it bumed him, yet hé laid it not
shout from the top of the mountaihs. to heart.
12 Let them give glory imto the
Lord, and déclaré his praise in the is- CHAPTER 43
lands. But now thus saith the Lord that
13 The Lord shall go forth as a created thee, O Jacob,and he that
mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy formed thee, O Israël, Fear not: for I
like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, have redeemed thee, I have called thee
roar; he shall prevail against his ene- by thy name; thou art mine.
mies* 2 When thou passest through the
14 I have long time holden my waters,I will he with thee; and through
peace; I have been still, and refrained the rivers,they shall not overflow thee:
myself: now will I cry like a travailing when thou walkest through the fire,
woman; I will destroy and devour at thou shalt not be bumed; neither shall
once. the flame kindle upon thee.
151 will make waste mountains and 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the
hills, and dry up ail their herbs; and I Holy One of Israël,thy Saviour: I gave
will make the rivers islands, and I will Egypt for thy ransom, E-thi-o-pi-a
dry up the pools. and Se-ba for thee.
16 And I.will bring the blind by a 4 Since thou wàst precious in my
way that they knew not; I will lead sight, thou hast been honourable, and
them in paths that they have not I have loved thee: therefore will I give
known: I will make darkness light be- men for thee, and people for thy life.
fore them,and crooked things straight. 5 Fear not: for I dm with thee: I
These things will I do unto them, and will bring thy seed from the east, and
not forsake them. gather thee from the west;
17 They shall be tumed back, they 6 I will say to the north, Give up;
shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in and to the south, Keep not back: bring
graven images, that say to the molten my sons from far, and my daughters
images, Ye are our gods. from the ends of the earth;
18 Hear,yedeaf;and look, ye blind, 7 Even every one that is called by
that ye may see. my name: for I have created him for
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or my glory, I have formed him; yea, i
deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who have made him.
is blind as he that is perfect, and blind 8 Bring forth the blind people that
as the Lord's servant? have eyes, and the deaf that have
20 Seeing many things, but thou ears.
observest not; opening the ears, but he 9 Let âll the nations be gathered to-
hearethnot. gether, and let the people be assem-
21 The Lord is well pleased for his bled: who among them can déclaré
righteousness' sake; he will magnify this, and shew us former things? let
the law, and make it honourable. them bring forth their witnesses, that
22 But this is a people robbed and they may be justified: or let them hear,
spoiled; they are ail of them snared in and say, It is tmth.
holes, £ind they are hid in prison 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the
houses: they are for a prey, and none Lord, and my servant whom I have
delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, chosen; that ye may know and believe
Restore. me, and understand that I am he: be-
23 Who among you will give ear to fore me there was no God formed, nei
this? who will hearken ahd hear for the ther shall there be after me.
time to come? 11 I, even I, am the Lord; and be-
24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and side me there is no saviour.
Israël to the robbers? did not the 12 I have declared, and have saved,
Lord, he against whom we have and I have shewed, when there was no
sinned? for they would not walk in his strange god among you: therefore ye
ways, neither were they obedient unto are my witnesses, saith the Lord,that
his law. I am God.
25 Therefore he hath poured upon 13 Yea, before the day was I am he;
him the fury of his anger, and the and there is none that can deliver out of
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my hand: I will work, and who shall

let it? CHAPTER 44
14 Thus saith the Lord» your re- YET now hear» G Jacob my servant;
deemer, the Holy One of Israël; For and Israël» whom I have chosen:
your sake I have sent to Babylon, and 2 Thus saith the Lord that made
have brought down ail their nobles» thee» and formed thee from the womb,
and the Chal-de-ans» whose cry is in which will help thee; Fear not, G Ja
the ships. cob, my servant; and thou» Jes-u-run»
15 I am the Lord» your Holy One» whom I have chosen.
the Creator of Israël» your King. 3 For I will pour water upon him
16 Thus saith the Lord,which mak- that is thirs^» and fioods upon the dry
eth a way in the sea» and a path in the ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy
mighty waters; seed» and my blessing upon tlidne ofï-
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot spring:
and horse» the army and the power; 4 And they shall spring up as
they shall lie down together» they shall among the grass» as wûlows by the
not rise: they are extinct» they are water courses.
quenched as tow. 5 Gne shall say» I am the Lord's;
18 Remember ye not the former and another shall call himself by the
things, neither consider the things of name of Jacob; and another shall sub
old. scribe vuith his hand unto the Lord»
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; and sumame himself by the name of
now it shall spring forth; shall ye not Israël.
know it? I will even make a way in the 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of
wildemess» and rivers in the desert, Israël» and his redeemer the Lord of
20 The beast of the field shall hon- hosts; I am the first» and I am the last;
our me, the dragons and the owls: be- and beside me there is no God.
cause I give waters in the wildemess» 7 And who» as I» shall call» and shall
and rivers in the desert» to give drink déclaré it» and set it in order for me,
to my people» my chosen. since I appointed the ancient people?
21 Tliis people have I formed for and the things that are coming» and
myself; they shall shew forth my shall come» let them shew unto them.
praise. 8 Fear ye not» neither be afraid:
22 But thou hast not called upon have not I told thee from that time,
me,G Jacob; but thou hast been weary and have declared it? ye are even my
of me, G Israël, witnesses. Is there a God beside me?
23 Thou hast not brought me the yea, there is no God; I know not any.
small cattle of thy bumt offerings; nei 9 They that make a graven image
ther hast thou honoured me with thy are ail of them vanity; and their délec
sacrifices. I have not caused thee to table things shall not profit; and they
serve with an oflfering» nor wearied are their own witnesses; they see not»
thee with incense. nor know; that they may be ashamed.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet 10 Who hath formed a god» or mol-
cane with money» neither hast thou ten a graven image that is profitable
fiUed me with the fat of thy sacrifices: for notiiing?
but thou hast made me to serve with 11 Behold, ail his fellows shall be
thy sins» thou hast wearied me with ashamed: and the workmen, they are
thine iniquities. of men: let them ail be gathered to
25 I» even I» am he that blotteth out gether» let them stand up; yet they
thy transgressions for mine pwn sake» shall fear» and they shall be ashamed
and will not remember thy sins. together.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us 12 The smith with the tongs both
plead together: déclaré thou» that thou worketh in the coals» and fashioneth it
mayest be justified. with hammers» and worketh it with
27 Thy first father hath sinned» and the strength of his arms: yea» he is hun-
thy teachers have transgressed against gry» and his strength faileth: he drink-
me. eth no water» and is faint.
28 Therefore I have profaned the 13 The carpenter stretcheth out his
princes of the sanctuary» and have rule; he marketh it out with a line; he
given Jacob to the curse,and Israël to fitteth it with planes» and he marketh
reproaches. it out with the compass, and maketh
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it after the figure of a man, according heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad
to the beauty of a man;that it may re the earth by myself;
main in the house. 25 That frustrateth the tokens of
14 Heheweth him do^cedars,ana the liars, and maketh diviners mad;
taketh the cypress and the oak, which that tumeth wise men backward, and
he strengthenetii for himself among maketh their knowledge fpolish;
the trees of the forest: he planteth an 26 That confirmeth the word of his
ash, and the rain doth nourish it servant, and performeth the counsel of
15 Then shall it be for a man to his messengers; that saith to Jérusa
bum: for he will take thereof, and lem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to
warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and the citiés of Judah, Ye shall be built,
baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and I will raise up the decayed places
and worshippeth it; he maketh it a thereof:
graven image, and falleth down there- 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry,
and I will dry up thy rivers:
^^*16 He bumeth part thereof in the 28 That saith of Gyrus, He is my
fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; shepherd, and shall perform ail my
he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, pleasure: even saying to Jérusalem,
Thou shalt be built; and to the temple,
he warmeth }iivhself, and saith, Al^, I Thy
am warm, I have seen the fire: foimdation shall be laid.
17 And the residue thereof he mak-^ CHAPTER 45
eth a god^ even his graven image: he
falleth down unto it, and worsWppeth Thus saith the Lord to his anoint-
ed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I
it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, De-
liver me;for thou art my god. have holden, to subdue nations before
18 They have not kno\m nor under- him; and I will loose the loins ôf kings,
stood: for he hath shut their eyes,that to open béfore him the two leaved
they cannot see; ànd their heajrts, that gâtes; and the gâtes shall not be shut;
they cannot understand. 2 I will go before thee, and makç
19 And none considereth in his the crooked places straight: I will
heart, neither is there knowledge nor break in pièces the gâtes of brass, and
imderstanding to say, I have bumed eut in sunder the bars of iront
part of it in the fire; yea, also I have 3 And I will give thee the treasures
baked bread upon the coals thereof; I of darkness,and hidden riches of secret
have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and places, that thou mayest know that I,
shall I make the residue thereof an the Lord, which call thee by thy name,
abomination? shah I fall down to the am the God of Israël.
stock of a tree? , 4 For Jacob my servantes sake, and
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived Israël mine elect, I have even called
heart hath tumed hiin aside, that he thee by thy name: I have sumamed
cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is thee, though thoù hast not known me.
there not a lie in my right hand? 5 I am the Lord, and there is none
21 Remember these, O Jacob and else, there is no God beside me:I girded
Israël;for thou art my servant: I have thee, though thou hast not known me:
formed thee; thou art my servant: O 6 That they may know from the ris-
Israël, thou shalt not be foi^otten of ing of the sun,and from the west,that
there is none beside me.I am the Lord,
22 I have blbtted out, as a thick and there is none else.
cloud, thy trans^essions, and, as a 7 I form the light, and create dark
cloud, thy sins: retum unto me; for I ness: î make peace, and create evil: I
have redeemed thee. the Lord do ail these things.
23 Sing, O ye heavens;for the Lord 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from
hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of above, and let the skies pour down
the earth: break forth into singing, ye righteousness: let the earth open, and
mountains, O forest, and every tree let them bring forth salvation, and let
therein: for the Lord hath redeemed righteousness spring up together; I the
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israël. Lord have created it.
24 Thus saith the Lord, thy re- 9 Woe unto him that striveth with
deemer, and he that formed thee frôm his Mâkerl Let the potshèrd strive with
the womb,I am the Lord that ntàketli the potsherds of the earth. Shall the
ail things; that stretcheth forth the clay say to him that fashioneth it.
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What makest thôu? or thy work, He not I the Lord? and there is no God
hathnohands? else beside me; a just God and a Sa
10 Woe unto him that saith unto viour; there is none beside me.
his father, What begettest thou? or to 22 Look imto me, and be ye saved,
the wômaû^ What hast thou brought ail the ends of the earth:for I am God,
forth? and there is none else.
11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy 23 I have swom by myself, the
One of Israël, and his Maker, Ask me Word is gone out of my mouth in right-
of things to corne conceming my sons, eousness, and shall not retum, That
and conceming the work of my hands unto me every knee shall bow, every
command ye me. tongue shall swear.
12 I have made the éarth, and cre- 24 Surely, shall one say, in the
ated man upon it: I, even my hands, Lord have I righteousness and
have stretched out the heavens, and strength: even to him shall men come;
ail their host have 1 commanded. and ail that are incensed against him
13 1 have raised him up in right- shall be ashamed.
eousness,and I will direct ail his ways: 25 In the Lord shall ail the seed of
he shall build my city, and he shall let Israël be jtistified, and shall glory.
go my captives, not for price nor re-
ward, saiâi the Lord of hosts. CHAPTER 46
14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,
of Egypt, and merchandise of E-thi-o'- their idols were upon the beasts,
pi-a 2uid of the Sa-be-ans, men of stat and upon the cattle: your carriages
ure, shall come over unto thee, and were heavy loaden;they are a burden to
they shall be thine: they shall come the weary beast.
after thee; in chains they shall come 2 They stoop, they bow down to
over, and they shall fall down unto gether; they could not deliver the bur
thee, they shall make supplication un den, but themselves are gone into cap-
to thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; tivity.
and there is none else, there is no God. 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Ja
15 Verily thou art a God that hidest cob, and ail the remnant of the house
thyself, O God of Israël, the Saviour. of Israël, which are borne by me from
16 They shall be ashamed, and also the belly, which are carried from the
confounded, ail of them: they shall go womb:
to confusion together that are makers 4 And even to your old âge I am he;
of idols. and even to hoar hairs will I carry you:
17 But Israël shall be saved in the 1 have made, and I will bear; even I
Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye will carry, and will deliver you,
shall not be ashamed nor confounded 5 To whom will ye liken me, and
world without end. make me equal, and compare me,that
18 For thus saith the Lord that we may be like?
created the heavens; God himself that 6 They lavish gold out of the bag,
formed the earth and made it; he hath and weigh silver in the balance, and
established it, he created it not in vain, hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a
he formed it to be inhabited: I am the god: they fall down,yea,they worship.
Lord; and there is none else. 7 They bear him upoh the shoulder,
19 1 have not spokên in secret, in a they carry him, and set him in his
dark place of the earth:I said not imto place, and he standeth; from his place
the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: shall he not remove: yea, one shaU cry
I the Lord speak rightepushess, I dé unto him, yet can he not answer, nor
claré things that are right. save him out of his trouble.
20 Assemble yourselvés and come; 8 Remember this, and shew youi-
draw near together, ye that àre escaped selves men: bring it again to mind, O
ofthe nations: they have no knowledge ye transgressors. v
that set up the wood of their graven 9 Remember the former things of
image^ and pray unto a god that cannot old: for I am God, and there is none
save. else; I am God, and there is none like
21 Tell ye,and bring them near; yea, me,
let them tàke cotmsel together: who 10 Declaring the end from the be-
hath declared this from âncient time? ginning, and from ancient times the
who hath told it from that time? have things Sïat are not yet done,saying, My
658 ISAIAH 47, 48
counsel shall stand, and 1 will do ail
my pleasure:
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the
east,the man that executeth my coun
sel from a far country: yea,I have spo-
ken it, I will also bring it to pass; I
have purposed it, I will also do it.
12 Hearken unto me, ye stoutheart-
ed, that are far from righteousness:
13 I bring near my righteousness: it
shall not be far off, and my salvation
shall not tarry: and I will place salva
tion in Zion for Israël my glory.
CHAPTER 47
COME down, and sit in the dust, O
virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on
the ground: there is no throne, O
daughter of the Chal-de-ans: for thou
shalt no more be called tender and
delicate.
2 Take the millstones, and grind
meal; uncover thy locks, make bare
the leg, imcover the thigh, pass over
the rivers.
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncov-
ered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I
will take vengeeuice, and I will not
meet thee as a man.
4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of
hosts is his name, the Holy One of Is
raël.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into
darkness, O daughter of the Chal-de-
ans: for thou shalt no more be called,
The lady of kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with my people, I
have poUuted mine inheritance, and
given them into thine hand:thou didst
shew them no mercy; upon the ancient
hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady
for ever: so that thou didst not lay
these things to thy heart, neither didst
remember the latter end of it.
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that
art given to pleasures, that dwellest from the beginning; and they went
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, forth out of my mouth, and I shewed
1 am,and none else beside me; I shall them; I did them suddenly, and they
not sit as a widow,neither shall I know
the loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come to
thee in a moment in one day, the loss
of children, and widowhood: they shall
come upon thee in their perfection for
the multitude of thy sorceries, and for
the great abundance of thine enchant-
ments.
10 For thou hast trusted in thy
wickedness:thou hast said, None seeth
me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge,
it hath perverted thee; and thou hast
said in thine heart, 1 am,and none else
beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon
thee; thou shalt not know from whence
it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon
thee; thou shalt not be able to put it
off: and désolation shall come upon
thee suddenly, which thou shalt not
know.
12 Stcuid now with thine enchant-
ments, and with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured
from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be
able to profit,if so be thou mayest pre-
vail.
13 Thou art wearied in the multi
tude of thy counsels. Let now the as-
trologers, the stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save
thee from these things that shall come
upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble;
the fire shall burn them; they shall not
deliver themselves from the power of
the flame: there shall not be a coal to
warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shcdl they be unto thee
with whom thou hast laboured, even
thy merchants, from thy youth: they
shall wander every one to his quarter;
none shall save thee.
CHAPTER 48
Hear ye this, o house of Jacob,
which are called by the name of
Israël, and are come forth out of the
waters of Judah, which swear by the
name of the Lord, and make mention
of the God of Israël, but not in truth,
nor in righteousness.
2 For they call themselves of the
holy city, and stay themselves upon
the God of Israël; The Lord of hosts is
his name.
3 I have declared the former things
came to pass.
4 Because 1 knew that thou art ob-
stinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew,
and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning
declared it to thee; before it came to
pass I shewed it thee:.lest thou should-
est say. Mine idol hath done them,and
my graven image, and my molten im
age, hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard, see ail this; and
will not ye déclaré it? I have shewed
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ijiee new things from this time, even from the Chal-de-ans, with a voice of
hidden things, and thou didst not singing déclaré ye, tell this, utter it
know them. even to the end of the earth; say ye,
7 They are created now, and not The Lord hath redeemed his servant
from the beginning; even before the Jacob.
day when thou heardest them not; lest 21 And they thirsted not when he
thou shouldest say, Behold, 1 knew led them through the deserts: he
them. caused the waters to flow ont of the
:8 Yea,thou heardest not; yea, thou rock for them: he clave the rock also,
knewest not; yea, from that time that and the waters gushed ont.
thine ear was not opened; for I knew : 22 There is no peace, saith the
that thou wouldest deal very treach- Lord, unto the wicked.
erously^ and wast called a transgressor
from the womb. CHAPTER 49
9 For my name's sake will I defer
mine anger, and for my praise will 1 LISTEN, o isles, unto me; and
refrain for thee,that 1 eut thee not off. j hearken, ye people, from far; The
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but Lord hath caUed me from the womb;
not with silver; 1 have chosen thee in from the bowels of my mother hath he
the fumace of affliction. made mention of my name.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine 2 And he hath made my mouth like
own sake, will I do it; for how should a Sharp sword; in the shadow of his
my name be polluted? and I will. not hand hath he hid me, and made me a
give my glory imto another. poUshed shaft; in his quiver hath he
12 Hearken xmto me, O Jacob and hid me;
Israël, my called; I am he; I am the 3 And said unto me, Thou art my
first, I also am the last. servant, O Israël, in whom I wiU be
13 Mine hand also hath laid the glorified.
foundation of the earth, and my right 4 Then I said, I have laboured in
hand hath spanned the heavens: when vain, I have spent my strength for
I call unto them, they stand up to- nought, and in vain: yet surely my
gether. judgment is with the Lord, and my
14 AU ye, assemble yourselves, and work with my God.
hear; which among theip hath declared 5 And now, saith the Lord that
these things? The Lord hath loved formed me from the womb to be his
him: he wiU do his pleasure on Baby- servant, to bring Jacob again to him,
lon, and his arm sHuU be on the Chàl- Though Israël be not gathered, yet
de-ans. shall I be glorious in the eyes of the
15 I, even 1, have spoken; yea, I Lord, and my God shall be my
have caUed him:! have broUght him, strength^
and he sh^l make his way prospérons. 6 And he said, It is a light thing
16 Come ye near imto me, hear ye that thou shouldest be my servant to
this; I have not spoken in secret from raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to re
the beginning; from the time that it store the preserved of Israël: I will also
was, there am I: and now the Lord give thee for a light to the Gentiles,
God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. that thou mayest be my salyation unto
17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Re- the end of the earth.
deemer, the Holy One of Israël; I am 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Re-
the Lord thy God which teacheth thee deemer of Israël, and his Holy One, to
to profit, which leadeth thee by the him cwhom man despiseth, to him
way that thou shouldest go. whom the nation abhorreth, to a ser
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to vant of rulers, Kings shall see and
my commandments! then had thy arise, princes also shaU worship, be-
peace been as a river, and thy right- cause of the Lord that is faithful, and
eousness as the waves of the sea: the Holy One of Israël, and he shaU
. 19 Thy seed also had been as the choose thee.
sand, and the offspring of thy bowels 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an ac
like the gravel thereof;his name should ceptable time have I heard thee, and
not have been eut off nor destroyed in a day of salvation.have I helped
from before me. . - thee: and I wijl preserve thee,and give
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye thee for a covenant of the people, to
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establish the earth» to cause to inherit these? Behold, I was left alone; these,
the desolate héritages; wherè had they béen?
9 That thou mayest say to the pris- 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Be
oners. Go forth; to them that are in hold, 1 will lift up mine hand to the
darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall Gentiles, and set up my standard to
feed in the ways, and their pastures the people: and they shall bring thy
shall be in ail high places. sons in their arms, and thy daughters
10 They shall net hunger nor thirst; shall be carried upon their shoulders.
neithet shall the heat nor sun sihite 23 And kings shall be thy nursing
them: for he that hath mercy on them fathers, and their queens thy nursing
shall lead them,even by the springs of mothers: they shall bow down to thee
water shall he guide them. with their face toward the earth, and
11 And I will make ail my moun- lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou
tains a way,amd my highways shall be shalt know that 1 am the Lord: for
exalted. they shall not be a^iamed that wait
12 Bêhold, these shall come from for me.
far: and, lo, these from the north and 24 Shall the prey be taken from the
from the west; and these from the land mighty, or the lawful captive deliv-
of Si-nim. ered?
13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, 25 But thus saith the Lord, Even
O earth; and brèak forth into sihging, the captives of the mighty shall be
O mountains: for the Lord hath com- taken away, and the prey of the ter
forted his people, and will have mercy rible shzill be delivered: for I will con-
upon his afflicted. tend with hJm that contendeth with
14 But Zion said, The Lord hath thee, and I will save thy children.
forsaken me, and my Lord hath for- 26 And I will feed them that op-
gotten me. press thee with their own desh; and
15 Can a woman forget her sucking they shall be drunken with their own
child, that she should not have com blood, as with sweet wine: and ail
passion on the son of her womb? yea, flesh shall know that 1 the Lord am
they may forget, yet will I not forget thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the
thee. mighty One of Jacob.
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon
the palms of my hands; thy walls are CHAPTER 50
continually before me.
17 Thy children shall make haste; Thus saith the Lord, Where is the
thy destroyers and they that made bill of your mother's divorcement,
thee waste shall go forth of thee. whom I have put away? or which of
18 Lift ùp thine eyes round about, my creditors is it to whom I have sold
and behold: ail these gather themselves you? Behold, for your iniquities have
togetherj and come to thee. As I live, ye sold yourselves, and for your trans
saith the Lord, thou shalt surely gressions is your mother put away.
clothe thee with them ail, as with an 2 Wherefore, when 1 came, was
omament, and bind them on thee, as a there no man? when I called, was there
bride ddeth. none to answer? Is my hand shortened
19 For thy waste and thy desolate at ail, that it cannbt redeem? or have
places, and the land of thy destruc I no power to deliver? behold, at my
tion, shall even now be too narrow by rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the
reason of the inhabitants, and they rivers a wildemess: their fish stinketh,
that swallowed thee up shall be far because there is no water, and dieth for
away. thirst.
20 The children which thou shalt 3 I clothe the heavens with black-
have, after thou hast lost the other, ness, and I make sackcloth their cov-
shall say again in thine ears, The place ering.
is too strait for me: give place to me 4 The Lord God hath given me the
that I may dwell. tongue of the leamed, that I should
21 Then shalt thou say in thine know how to speak a word in season to
heart, who hath begotten me these, him that is weary: he wakeneth mom-
seeing I have lost my children, and am ing by moming,he wakeneth mine ear
desoiate, a captive, and removing to to hear as the leamed.
and fro? and who hath brought up 5 The Lord God hath opened mine
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ear, and I was not rébellious, neither the heavens shall vanish away like
tumed away back* smoke,and the earth shall wax old like
6 I gave my back to the smiters, a garment,and they that dwell therein
and my cheeks to them that plucked shall die in like manner: but my salva-
off the hair: I hid not my face from tion shall be for ever, and my right
shame and spitting. eousness shall not be abolished.
7 For the Lord God will help me; 7 Hearken unto me^ ye that know
therefore shall I not be confounded: righteousness, the people in whose
therefore have I set my face like a heart is my law; fear ye not the re-
dint, and 1 know that 1 shall not be proach of men, neither be ye afraid of
ashamed. their revilings.
8 He is near that justifieth me; who 8 For the moth shall eat them up
will contend with me? let us stand to- like a garment, and the worm shall eat
gether: who is mine adversary? let him them like wool: but my righteousness
come near to me. shall be for ever, and my salvation
9 Behold, the Lord God will help from génération to génération.
me; who is he that shall condenm me? 9 Awake,awake, put on strength,O
lo, they ail shall wax old as a garment; arm of the Lord; awake, as in the an-
the moth shall eat them up^ cient days, in the générations of old.
10 Who is among you that feareth Art thou not it that hath eut Rahab,
the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of and wounded the dragon?
his servant, that walketh in darkness, 10 Art thou not it which hath dried
and hath no light? let him trust in the the sea, the waters of the great deep;
name of the Lord, and stay upon his that hath made the depths of the sea a
God. way for the ransomed to pass over?
11 Behold, ail ye that kindle a fire, 11 Therefore the redeemed of the
that compass yourselves about with Lord shall retum^ and come with sing-
sparks: walk in the light of your fire^ ing unto Zion; and everlasting joy
and in the sparks that ye have kindled. shall be upon their head: they shall ob-
This shall ye have of mine hand; ye tain gladness and joy; and sorrow and
shall lie down in sorrow. mouming shall flee away.
12 I, even 1, am he that comforteth
CHAPTER 51 you: who art thou, that thou shouldest
HEARKEN to me, ye that follow be afraid of a man that shall die, and
after righteousness, ye that seek of the son of man which shall be made
the Lord; look unto the rock whence as grass;
ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit 13 And forgettest the Lord thy
whence ye are digged. maker, that hath stretched forth the
2 Look unto Abraham your father, heavens, and laid the foundations of
and unto Sarah that bare you: for I the earth; and hast feared continually
called him alone, and blessed him, and every day because of the fury of the
increased him. oppresser, as if he were ready to de-
3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion: stroy? and where is the fury of the op
he will comfort ail her waste places; presser?
and he will make her wildemess like 14 The captive exile hasteneth that
Eden, and her desert like the garden he may be loosed, and that he should
of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be not die in the pit, nor that faïs bread
found therein, thanksgiving, and the should fail.
voice of melody. 15 But I am the Lord thy God,
4 Hearken unto me,my people; and that divided the sea, whose waves
give ear unto me, O my nation: for a roared: The Lord of hosts is his
law shall proceed from me, and I will name.
make my judgment to rest for a light 16 And I have put my words in thy
of the people. mouth, and I have covered thee in the
5 My righteousness is near; my sal- shadow of mine hand, that I may
vation is gone forth, and mine arms plant the heavens, and lay the founda
shall judge the people; the isles shall tions of the earth, and say unto Zion,
wait ùpon me, and on mine arm shall Thou art my people.
they trust. , 17 Awake,awake,stand up,O Jéru
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, salem, which hast drunk at the hand
and look upon the earth beneath: for of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou
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662 ISAIAH 52,.53
hast drunkeh the dregs of the cup of tains are the feet of him that bringeth
trembling, and wrung them out. good tidings, that publisheth peace;
18 There is none to guide her among that bringeth good tidings of good,
ail the sons whom she hath brought that publisheth salvation; that saith
forth; nelther is there any that taketh unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
her by the hând of ail the sons that she 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the
hath broiight up. voice; with the Voice together shall
19 These two things are corne unto they sing: for they shall see eye to eye,
thee; who shall be sorry for thee? déso when the.Lord shall bring a^n Zion.
lation, and destruction, and the fam 9 Break forth into joy, sing togeth
ine, and the sword; by whom shall 1 er, ye waste places of Jérusalem: for
comfort thee? the Lord hath comforted his people,
20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie he hath redeemed Jérusalem.
at the head of ail the streets, as a wild 10 The Lord hath made bare his
bull in a net: they are full of the fury holy arm in the eyes of ail the nations;
of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. and ail the ends of the earth shall see
21 Therefore hear now this, thou the salvation of our God.
afflicted, and drunken, but not with 11 Départ ye, départ ye, go ye out
wine: from thence, touch no undeàn thing;
22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, go ye out of the midst of her; be ye
and thy God that pleadeth the cause of clean, that bear the vessels of the
his people, Behold, I have taken out Lord.
of thine hand the cup of trembling, 12 For ye shall not go out with
even the dregs of the cup of my fury; haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord
thou shalt no more drink it again: will go before you; and the God of Is
23 But I will put it into the hand of raël wUl he your rereward.
them that afflict ihee; which have said 13 Behold, my servant shall deal
to thy soul, Bow down, that we may prudently, he shàll be exalted and ex-
go over: and thou hast laid thy body toUed, and be very high.
as the ground, and. as the street, to 14 As many were astonied at thee;
them that went over. his visage was so marred more than
any man, and his form more than the
CHAPTER 52 sons of men:
AWAKE, awake; put on thy 15 So shall he sprinkle many na
/V strength, O Zion; put on thy tions; the kings shall shut their mouths
beautiful garments, O Jérusalem, the at him: for that which had not been
holy city: for henceforth there shall no told them shall they see; and that
more come into thee the uncircum- which they had not heard shall they
cised and the unclean. consider.
2 Shake thyselffrom the dust; arise,
and Bit down, O Jérusalem: loose thy CHAPTER 53
selffrom the bands of thy neck, O cap WHO hath believed our report?
tive daughter of Zion. and to whom .is the arm of the
3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have Lord revealed?
sold yourselves for nought; and ye 2 For he shall grow up before him
shall be redeemed without money. as a tender plant, and as a root out of
4 For thus saith the Lord God, My a dry ground: he hath no form nor
people went down aforetime into comeliness; and when we shall see him,
Egypt to sojoum there; and the As- there is no beauty that we should desire
s^an oppressed them without cause. him.
5 Now therefore, what have I here, 3 He is despised and rejected of
saith the Lord, that my people is men;a man of sorrows,and acquainted
taken away for nought? they that rule with grief: and we hid as it were our
over them make them to howl, saith faces from him; he was despised, and
the Lord; and my name continually we esteemed him not.
every day is blasphemed. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
6 Therefore my people shall know and carried our sôrrows: yet we did es-
my name: therefore they shall know in teem him stricken,smitten of God,and
that day that I am he that doth speak: afflicted.
behold, it is I. 5 But he was wounded for our
7 How beautiful upon the moun- transgressions,' lie t(;as bruised for our
 ISAIAH 54 663

iniquities: the chastisement of our youth, and shalt not remember the
peace was upon him; and with his reproach of thy widowhood any
stripes we are healed. more.
6 AU we like sheep have gone 5 For thy Maker is thine husband;
astray; we have turned every one to the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy
his own way; and the Lord hath laid Redeemer the Holy One of Israël; The
on him the iniquity of us ail. God of the whole earth shall he be
7 He was oppressed, and he was called.
afllicted, yet he opened not his mouth: 6 For the Lord hath called thee as
he is brought as a lamb to the slaugh- a woman forsaken and grieved in spir-
ter, and as a sheep before her shearers it, and a wife of youth, when thou wast
is dumb,so he openeth not his mouth. refused, saith thy God.
8 He was taken from prison and 7 For a small moment have I for
from judgment: and who shall déclaré saken thee; but with great mercies wiU
his génération? for he was eut off out I gather thee.
of the IcUid of the living: for the trans 8 In a little wrath I hid my face
gression of my people was he stricken. from thee for a moment; but with ever-
9 And he made his grave with the lasting kindness will I have mercy on
wicked, and with the rich in his death; thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
because he had done no violence, nei- 9 For this is as the waters of Noah
ther was any deceit in his mouth. unto me: for as I have swom that the
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise waters of Noah should no more go over
him; he hath put him to grief: when the earth; so have I swom that I would
thou shalt make his soul an ofïering not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke
for sin, he shall see his seed, he shaU thee.
prolong his days, and the pleasure of 10 For the mountains shall départ,
the Lord shall prosper in his hand. and the hills be removed; but my kind
11 He shall see of the travail of his ness shall not départ from thee, neither
soul, and shall be satisfied: by his shall the covenant of my peace be re
knowledge shall my righteous servcmt moved, saith the Lord that hath mer
justify mciny; for he shall bear their cy on thee.
iniquities. 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with
12 Therefore will I divide him a por tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
tion with the great, and he shaU divide will lay thy stones with fair colours,
the spoil with the strong; because he and lay thy foundations with sap-
hath poured out his soul unto death: phires.
and he was numbered with the trans- 12 And I wUl make thy Windows of
gressors; and he bare the sin of many, agates, and thy gâtes of carbuncles,
and made intercession for the trans- and ail thy borders of pleasant stones.
gressors. 13 And ail thy chUdren shaU be
taught of the Lord; and great shall be
CHAPTER 54 the peace of thy children.
SING,O barren, thou that didst not 14 In righteousness shalt thou be
bear; break forth into singing, and established: thou shalt be far from op
cry aloud, thou that didst not travaU pression; for thou shalt not fear: and
with child: for more are the children of from terror; for it shall not come near
the desolate than the children of the thee.
married wife, saith the Lord. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and together, but not by me: whosoever
let them stretch forth the curtains of shall gather together against thee shzdl
thine habitations: spare not, lengthen fall for thy sake.
thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 16 Behold, I have created the smith
3 For thou shalt break forth on the that bloweth the coals in the fire, and
right hand and on the left; and thy that bringeth forth an instmment for
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and his work; and I have created the wast-
make the desolate cities to be inhab- er to destroy.
ited. 17 No weapon that is formed
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be against thee shall prosper; and every
ashamed: neither be thou confounded; tongue that shall rise against thee in
for thou shalt not be put to shame:for judgment thou shalt condenm. This is
thou shalt forget the shame of thy the héritage of the servants of the
664 ISAIAH 55, 56
Lord,and their righteousness is of me,
saith the Lord.
CHAPTER 55
HO,every one that thirsteth, come
ye to the waters, and he that
hath no money;come ye, buy,and eat;
yea, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.
2 Wherefôre do ye spend money for
that which is not bread? and your la
bour for that which satisheth not?
hearken diligently unto me,and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto
me: hear, and your soul shall live; and
I will make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure merdes of Da
vid.
4 Behold, I have given him for a
witness to the people, a leader and
commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation
that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run imto thee
because of the Lord thy God, and for
the Holy One of Israël; for he hath
glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found, call ye upon him while he is
near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him retum imto the Lord,and
he will have mercy upon him; and to
our God, for he will abundantly par
don.
8 For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher
than your ways,and my thoughts than
your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and re-
tumeth not thither, but watereth the
earth, and maketh it bring forth and
bud,that it may give seed to the sow-
er, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not re
tum unto me void, but it shall accom-
plish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and
be led forth with peace: the mountains
and the hills shall break forth before
you into singing, and ail the trees of
the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thom shall come
up tiie fir tree, and instead of the brier
shall come up the myrtle tree: and it
shall be to the Lord for a name,for an
everlasting sign that shall not be eut
off.
CHAPTER 56
THUS saith the Lord, Keep ye
judgment, and do justice: for my
salvation is near to come, and my
righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this,
and the son of man that layeth hold on
it: that keepeth the sabbath from pol-
luting it, and keepeth his hand from
doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stran-
ger, that hath joined himself to the
Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath
utterly separated me from his people:
neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I
am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the
eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and
choose the things that please me, and
take hold of my covenant;
5 Even imto them will I give in
mine house and within my walls a
place and a name better than of sons
and of daughters: I will give them an
everlasting name,that shall not be eut
off.
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that
join themselves to the Lord, to serve
him,and to love the name ofthe Lord,
to be his servants,every one that keep
eth the sabbath from polluting it, and
taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy
mountain, and make them joyful in
my house of prayer: their burnt offer-
ings and their sacrifices shall be ac-
cepted upon mine altar;for mine house
shall be called an house of prayer for
ail people.
8 The Lord God which gathereth
the outcasts of Israël saith, Yet will I
gather others to him, beside those that
are gathered unto him.
9 AU ye beasts of the field, come to
devour, yea, ail ye beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they
are ail ignorant, they are ail dumb
dogs,they cannot bark; sleeping, lying
down,lo^ng to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which
can never have enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot understand:
they ail look to their own way, every
one for his gain, from his quarter.
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12 Corne ye, say they, I will fetch 13 When thou criest, let thy com-
wine, and we will fill ourselves with panies deliver thee; but the wind shall
strong drink; and to morrow shall be carry them ail away; vanity shall take
as this day, and much more abundant. them: but he that putteth his trust in
me shall possess the land, and shall in-
CHAPTER 57 herit my holy mountain;
THE righteous perisheth, and no 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast
man layeth it to heart: and merci- ye up, préparé the way, take up the
ful men are taken away, none consid- stumblingblock out of the way of my
ering that the righteous is taken away people.
from the evil to corne» 15 For thus saith the high and lofty
2 He shall enter into peace: they One that inhabiteth eternity, whose
shall rest in their beds each one walking name is Holy; I dwell in the high and
in his uprightness. holy place, with him also that is of a
3 But draw near hlther, ye sons of contrite and humble spirit, to revive
the sorceress, the seed of the adultérer the spirit of the humble, and to revive
and the whore. the heart of the contrite ones.
4 Against whom do ye sport your- 16 For I will not contend for ever,
selves? against whom make ye a wide neither will I be always wroth: for the
mouth, and draw out the tongue? are spirit should fail before me, and the
ye not children of transgression, a seed soûls which 1 have made.
of falsehood, 17 For the iniquity of his covet-
5 Enflaming yourselves with idols ousness was I wroth, and smote him:
under every green tree, slaying the I hid me> and was wroth, and he
children in the valleys under the clifts went on frowardly in the way of his
of the rocks? heart.
6 Among the smooth stones of the 18 I have seen his ways, and will
stream is thy portion; they, they are heal him: I will lead him also, and re
thy lot: even to them hast thou poured store comforts unto him and to his
a drink offering, thou hast offered a moumers.
meat offering. Should I receive com- 19 I create the fruit of the lips;
fort in these? Peace, peace to him that is far off, and
7 Upon a lofty and high mountain to him that is near,saith the Lord;and
hast thou set thy bed: even thither I will heal him.
wentest thou up to ofîer sacrifice. 20 But the wicked are like the trou-
S Behind the doors also and the bled sea, when it cannot rest, whose
posts hast thou set up thy remem- waters cast up mire and dirt.
brance: for thou hast discovered thy- 21 There is no peace, saith my God,
self to another than me, and art gone to the wicked.
up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and
made thee a covenant with them; thou CHAPTER 58
lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy
9 And thou wentest to the king voice like a trumpet, and shew
with ointment, and didst increase thy my people their trans^ession, and the
perfumes, and didst send thy messen- house of Jacob their sins.
gers far ofî, and didst debase thyself 2 Yet they seek me daily, and de-
even unto hell. light to know my ways, as a nation
10 Thou art wearied in the great- that did righteousness, and forsook
ness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, not the ordinance of their God: they
There is no hope: thou hast found the ask of me the ordinances of justice;
life of thine hand; therefore thou wast they take delight in approachiiig to
not grieved. God.
11 And of whom hast thou been 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say
afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, they, and thou seest not? wherefore
and hast not remembered me, nor laid have we afflicted our soul, and thou
it to thy heart? have not I held my takest no knowledge? Behold, in the
peace even of old, and thou fearest me day of your fast ye find pleasure, and
not? exact ail your labours.
12 I will déclaré thy righteousness, 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and de-
and thy works;for they shall not profit bate,and tp smite with the fist of wick-
thee. edness: ye shall not fast as ye do this
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666 ISAIAH 59
day, to make your voice to be heard
on high.
5 Is it such a fast that I have cho-
sen? a day for a man to afîlict his soul?
is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes un-
der him? wilt thou call this a fast, and
an acceptable day to the Lord?
6 Is not this the fast that I have
chosen? to loose the bands of wicked-
ness, to undo the heavy burdens, and
to let the oppressed go free, and that
ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the
hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house? when
thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him; and that thou hide not thyself
from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as
the moming, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily: and thy right-
eousness shall go before thee; the glory
of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the
Lord shall answer;thou shalt cry, and
he shall say, Here I dm. If thou take
away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and
speaking vanity;
10 And ifthou draw out thy soul to
the hungry, and satisfy the afïlicted
soul; then shall thy light rise in ob-
scurity, and thy darkness be as the
noon day:
11 And the Lord shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and
thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose wa-
ters fail not.
12 And they that shall be of thee shall
build the old waste places: thou shalt
raise up the foimdations of many gén
érations; and thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach, The restorer of night; we are in desolate places as dead
paths to dwell in.
13 If thou tum away thy foot from
the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day; and call the sabbath judgment, but there is none; for salva-
a delight, the holy of the Lord, hon- tion, but it is far ofî from us.
ourable; and shalt honour him, not
doing thine own ways, nor finding
thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine
oum words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself
in the Lord; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, against the Lord, and departing away
and feed thee with the héritage of Ja
cob thy father: for the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken it.
CHAPTER 59
BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear:
2 But your iniquities have sepa-
rated between you and your God, and
your sins have hid his face from you,
that he will not hear,
3 For your hands are dehled with
blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue
hath muttered perverseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any
pleadeth for truth: they trust in van
ity, and speak lies; they conceive mis-
chief, and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch cockatrice eggs, and
weave the spider's web: he that eateth
of their eggs dieth, and that which is
crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become gar-
ments, neither shall they cover them-
selves with their works: their works
are works of iniquity, and the act of
violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they
make haste to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts are thoughts of in
iquity; wasting and destruction are in
their paths.
8 The way of peace they know not;
and there is no judgment in their
goings: they have made them crooked
paths: whosoever goeth therein shall
not know peace.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us,
neither doth justice overtake us: we
wait for light, but behold obscurity;
for brightness, but we walk in dark
ness.
10 We grope for the wall like the
blind, and we grope as if we had no
eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the
men,
11 We roar ail like bears, and
moum sore like doves: we look for
12 For our transgressions are mul-
tiplied before thee, and our sins testify
against us: for our transgressions are
with us; and as for our iniquities, we
know them;
13 In transgressing and lying
from our God,speaking oppression and
revolt, conceiving and uttering from
the heart words of falsehood.
 ISAIAH 60
14 And judgment is tumed away
backward, and justice standeth afar
off: for truth is fallen in the street, and
equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that
departeth from evil maketh himself a
prey: and the Lord saw it, and it dis-
pleased him that there was no judg
ment.
16 And he saw that there was no
man» and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought
salvation unto him; and his righteous-
ness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on righteousness as a
breastplate,and an helmet of salvation
upon his head; and he put on the gar-
ments of vengeance for clothing, and
was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, accord-
ingly he will repay, fury to his adver-
saries, recompence to his enemies; to
the islands he will repay recompence.
19 So shall they fear the name of
the Lord from the west, and his glory
from the rising of the sun. When the
enemy shall come in like a flood, the
Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a stand
ard against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to
Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob,saith the Lord.
21 As for me, this is my covenant
with them, saith the Lord; My spirit
that is upon thee, and my words which
I have put in thy mouth, shall not de-
part out of thy mouth, nor out of the
mouth of thy seed, nor out of the
mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the
Lord,from henceforth and for ever.
CHAPTER 60
ARISE,shine; for thy light is come,
L and the glory of the Lord is risen
upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall
cover the earth,and gross darkness the
people: but the Lord shall arise upon
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon
thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to
thy light, and kings to the brightness
of thy rising.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about,
and see: ail they gather themselves to-
gether, they come to thee: thy sons
shall come from far, and thy daugh-
ters shall be nursed at thy side.
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow to-
gether, and thine heart shall fear, and
be enlarged; because the abondance of
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the sea shall be converted unto thee,
the forces of the Gentiles shall come
imto thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall
cover thee, the dromedaries of Mid'i-
an and E-phah; ail they from She-ba
shall come: they shall bring gold and
incense; and they shall shew forth the
praises of the Lord.
7 AU the flocks of Ke'-dar shall be
gathered together unto thee, the rams
of Ne-ba-ioth shall minister unto thee:
they shaU come up with acceptzince on
mine altar, and I will glorify the house
of my glory.
8 Who are these that fly as a cloud,
and as the doves to their Windows?
9 Surely the isles shall wait for me,
and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring
thy sons from far, their silver and their
gold with them, unto the name of the
Lord thy God,and to the Holy One of
Israël, because he hath glorified thee.
10 And the sons of strangers shaU
buUd up thy walls, and their kings
shall minister unto thee: for in my
wrath I smote thee, but in my favour
have I had mercy on thee.
XI Therefore thy gâtes shall be open
continually: they shall not be shut day
nor night; that men may bring unto
thee the forces of the Gentiles, and
that their kings may he brought.
12 For the nation and kingdom that
will not serve thee shall perish; yea,
those nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanoh shall come
unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree,
and the box together, to beautify the
place of my sanctuary; and I will make
the place of my feet glorious.
14 The sons also of them that af-
flicted thee shall come bending unto
thee; and ail they that despised thee
shall bow themselves down at the
soles of thy feet; and they shall call
thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion
of the Holy One of Israël.
15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken
and hated, so that no man went
through thee, I will make thee an eter-
nal exceUency, a joy of many généra
tions.
16 Thou shalt also suck the mUk of
the GentUes, and shalt suck the breast
of kings: and thou shalt know that I
the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Re
deemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and
for iron I will bring silver, and for
wood brass, and for stones iron: I wUl
668 ISAIAH 61, 62
also make thy officers peace,and thine
exactors righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard
in thy land, wasting nor destruction
within thy borders; but thou shalt call
thy walls Salvation, and thy gâtes
Fraise,
19 The sun shall be no more thy
light by day; neither for brightness
shall the moon give light unto thee:
but the Lord shall be unto thee an
everlasting light, and thy God thy
glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down;
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself:
for the Lord shall be thine everlasting
light, and the days of thy mouming
shall be ended.
21 Thy people also shall be ail right-
eous: they shall inherit the land for
ever, the branch of my planting, the
work of my hands, that I may be
glorified,
22 A little one shall become a thou-
sand, and a small one a strong nation:
I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
CHAPTER 61
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon
me; because the Lord hath anoint-
ed me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year
of the Lord,and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort ail that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that moum
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mouming, the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called
trees of righteousness, the planting of
the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old
wastes, they shall raise up the former
désolations, and they shall repair the
waste cities, the désolations of many
générations.
5 And strangers shall stand and
feed your flocks, and the sons of the
alien shall be your plowmen and your
vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests
of the Lord: men shall call you the
Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the
riches of the Gentiles, and in their
glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7 For your shame ye shall have
double; and for confusion they shall
rejoice in their portion: therefore in
their land they shall possess the dou
ble: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I the Lord love judgment, I
hate robbery for burnt offering; and
I will direct their work in truth,
and I will make an everlasting cov-
enant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known
among the Gentiles, and their off-
spring among the people: ail that see
them shall acknowledge them, that
they are the seed which the Lord hath
blessed.
10 1 will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for
he hath clothed me with the garments
of salvation, he hath covered me with
the robe of righteousness, as a bride-
groom decketh himself with oma-
ments, and as a bride adometh herself
with her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth
her bud,and as the garden causeth the
things that are sown in it to spring
forth;so the Lord God will cause right
eousness and praise to spring forth be-
fore ail the nations.
CHAPTER 62
For Zion's sake will I not hold my
peace, and for Jemsalem's sake I
will not rest, until the righteousness
thereof go forth as brightness, and the
salvation thereof as a leimp tliat bum-
eth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy
righteousness, and ail kings thy glory:
and thou shalt be called by a new
name, which the mouth of the Lord
shall name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of
glory in the hand of the Lord, and a
royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed
Forsaken; neither shall thy land any
more be termed Desolate: but thou
shalt be called Heph'-zi-bah, and thy
land Beu-lah: for the Lord delighteth
in thee, and thy land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marrieth a
virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over
the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over
thee.
6 I have set watchmen upon thy
walls, O Jemsalem, which shall never
hold their peace day nor night: ye that
make mention of the Lord, keep not
silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he estab-
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lish, and till he make Jérusalem a the Lord, according to ail that the
praise in the earth. Lord hath bestowed on us, and the
8 The Lord hath swom by his right great goodness toward the house of Is
hand, and by the arm of his strength, raël, which he hath bestowéd on them
Surely I will no more give thy com to according to his mercies, and accord
he meât for thine enemies; and the sons ing to the multitude of his lovingkind-^
of the stranger shall not drink thy nesses.
wine,for the which thou hastlaboured: 8 For he said, Surely they are my
9 But they that have gathered it people, children that will not lie: so he
shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and was their Sàviour.
théy that have brought it together 9 In ail their affliction he was af-
shall drink it in the courts of my holi- flicted, and the angel of his presence
ness. saved them: in his love and in his
10 Go through, go through the pity he redeemed them; and he bare
gâtes; préparé ye the way of the peo- them, and carried them ail the days of
ple; cast up, cast up the highway; old.
gather out the stones; lift up a stand 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his
ard for the people. holy Spirit: therefore he was tumed to
11 Behold, the Lord hath pro- be their enemy, and he fought against
claimed unto the end of the world, Say them.
ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, 11 Then he remembered the days of
thy salvation cometh; behold, his re- old, Moses and his people, saying,
ward is with him, and his work before Where is he that brought them up out
him. of the sea with the shepherd of his
12 And they shall call them, The flock? where is he that put his holy
holy people, The redeemed of the Spirit within him?
Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought 12 That led them by the right hand
out, A city not forsaken. of Moses with his gloiious arm, divid-
ing the water before them, to make
CHAPTER 63 himself an everlasting name?
13 That led them through the deep,
WHO is this that cometh from as an horse in the wildemess, that they
Edom,with dyed garments from should not stumble?
Boz-rah? this that is glorious in his ap- 14 As a beast goeth down into the
parel, travelling in the greatness of his vâlley, the Spirit of the Lord caused
strength? I that speak in righteous- him to rest: so didst thou lead thy
ness, mighty to save. people, to make thyself a glorious
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine name.
apparel, and thy garments like him 15 Look down from heaven,and be
that treadeth in the winefat? hold from the habitation of thy hoU-
3 I have trodden the winepress ness and of thy glory: where is thy
alone; and of the people there was none zeal £ind thy strength, the sounding of
with me:for I will tread thém in mine thy bowels and of thy mercies toward
anger, and trample them in my fury; me? are they restrained?
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon 16 Doubtless thou art our father,
my garments, and I will stain ail my though Abraham be ignorant of us,
raiment. and Israël acknowledge us not: thou,
4 For the day of vèngeance is in O Lord, art ôur father, our redéemen
mine heart, and the year of my re thy name is from everlasting.
deemed is come. 17 O Lord, why hast thou made us
5 And I looked, and there was none to err from thy ways, and hardened
to help; and I wondered that there was our heart from thy fear? Retum for
none to uphold: therefore mine own thy servants* sake, the tribes of thine
arm brought salvation unto me; and inheritance.
my fury, it upheld me. 18 The people of thy holîness have
6 And I will tread down the people possessed it but a little while: our ad-
in mine anger, and màke them drunk versaries have trôdden down thy sanc-
in my fury, and I will bring down their tuary.
strength to thè earth. 19 We are thine: thou never barest
7 I will mention the lovingkind- rule over them; they were not called
nesses of the Lord, and the praises of by thy name.
670 ISAIAH 64, 65
2 I have spread out my hands ail
CHAPTER 64 the day unto a rebellions people,
OH that thou wouldest rend the which walketh in a way that was not
heaveitô, that thou wouldest good, after their own thoughts;
corne down,that the mountains might 3 A people that provoketh me to
flow down at thy presence, anger continually to my face; that sac-
2 As when the melting fire bumeth, rificeth in gardens, and bumeth in-
the fire causeth the waters to boil, to cense upon altars of brick;
make thy name known to thine adver- 4 Which remain among the graves,
saries, that the nations may tremble at and lodge in the monuments, which
thy presence! eat swine's flesh, and broth of abomi
3 When thou didst terrible things nable things is.in their vessels;
which we looked not for, thou camest 5 Which say. Stand by thyself,
down, the mountains flowed down at come not near to me: for 1 am holier
thy presence. than thou. These are a smoke in my
4 For since the beginning of the nose, a fire that burneth ail the day.
world men have not heard, nor per- 6 Behold, it is written before me: I
ceived by the ear, neither hath the eye will not keep silence, but will recom
seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath pense, even recompense into their
prepared for him that waiteth for him. bosom,
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities
and worketh righteousness, fhose that of your fathers together, saith the
remember thee in thy ways: behold, Lord,which have burned incense upon
thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in the mountains, and blasphemed me
those is continuance, and we shall be upon the hills; therefore will I measure
saved. their former work into their bosom.
6 But we are ail as an unclean thing, 8 Thus saith the Lord, As the new
and ail our righteousnesses are as filthy wine is found in the cluster, and one
rags; and we ail do fade as a leaf; and saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is
our iniquities, like the wind, have in it: so will I do for my servants*
taken us away. sakes, that I may not destroy them
7 And there is none that calleth ail.
upon thy name, that stirreth up him- 9 And I will bring forth a seed out
self to take hold of thee: for thou hast of Jacob,and out of Judcih an inheritor
hid thy face from us, and hast con- of my mountains: and mine elect shall
sumed us, because of our iniquities. inherit it, and my servants shall dwell
8 But now, O Lord, thou art our there.
father; we are the clay, and thou our 10 And Shar'-on shall be a fold of
potter; and we ail are the work of thy flocks, and the valley of A'-chor a place
heind. for the herds to lie down in, for my
9 Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, people that have sought me.
neither remember iniquity for ever: 11 But ye are they that forsake the
behold, see, we beseech thee, we are ail Lord, that forget my holy mountain,
thy people. that préparé a table for that troop,and
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, that furnish the drink offering unto
Zion is a wilderness, Jérusalem a déso that number.
lation. 12 Therefore will I number you to
11 Our holy and our beautiful the sword, and ye shall ail bow down
house, where our fathers praised thee, to the slaughter: because when I
is bumed up with fire: and ail our called, ye did not answer; when-1
pleasant things are laid waste. spake, ye did not hear; but did evU
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for before mine eyes, and did choose that
these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold wherein I delighted not.
thy peace, and afïlict us very sore? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord
God, Behold, my servants shall eat,
CHAPTER 65 but ye shall be hungry: behold, my
IAM sought pf them that asked not servants shall drink, but ye shall be
for me; i am found of ihem that thirsty: behold, my servants shall re-
sought me not: 1 said, Behold me, be joice, but ye shall be ashamed:
hold me, unto a nation that was not 14 Behold, my servants shall sing
called by my name. for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
 ISAIAH 66
sorrow of heart,and shall howl for vex
ation of spirit.
15 And ye shall leave your name for
a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord
God shall slay thee, and call his ser
vants by another name:
16 That he who blesseth himself in
the earth shall bless himself in the God
of truth; and he that sweareth in the
earth shall swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are for-
gotten, and because they are hid from
mine eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heav-
ens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come in-
to mind.
18 But be ye glad and rejoice for
ever in that which I create:for, behold,
I create Jérusalem a rejoicing, and her
people a joy.
19 And I will rejoice in Jérusalem,
and joy in my people: and the voice of
weeping shall be no more heard in her,
nor the voice of crying.
20 There shall be no more thence an
infant of days, nor an old man that
hath not filled his days: for the child
shall die an hundred years old; but the
sinner being an hundred years old shall
be accursed.
21 And they shall build houses, and
inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
22 They shall not build, and an
other inhabit; they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days of a tree
are the days of my people, and mine
elect shall long enjoy the work of their
hands.
23 They shall not labour in vain,
nor bring forth for trouble; for they
are the seed of the blessed of the Lord,
and their ofîspring with them.
24 And it shall come to pass, that
before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will
hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed
together, and the lion shall eat straw
like the bullock: and dust shall be the
serpent's meat. They shall not hurt tions;that ye may milk out,and be de
nor destroy in ail my holy mountain, lighted with the abundance of her
saith the Lord.
CHAPTER 66
THUS saith the Lord, The heaven
is my throne, and the earth is my
footstool: where is the house that ye
build unto me? and where is the place
of my rest?
671
2 For ail those things hath mine
hand made, and ail those things have
been, saith the Lord: but to this man
will I look, even to him that is poor and
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at
my Word.
3 He that killeth an ox is os if he
slew a man; he that sacrihceth a lamb,
as if he eut off a dog's neck; he that
offereth an oblation, as if he offered
swine's blood; he that bumeth incense,
as if he blessed an idol. Yea,they have
chosen their own ways, and their soul
delighteth in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions,
and will bring their fears upon them;
because when I called, none did an
swer; when I spake, they did not hear:
but they did evil before mine eyes,
and chose that in which I delighted
not.
5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye
that tremble at his word; Your
brethren that hated you, that cast you
out for my name's sake, said, Let the
Lord be glorified: but he shall appear
to your joy, and they shall be
ashamed.
6 A voice of noise from the city, a
voice from the temple, a voice of the
Lord that rendereth recompence to
his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought
forth; before her pain came, she was
delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing?
who hath seen such things? Shall the
earth be made to bring forth in one
day? or shall a nation be bom at once?
for as soon as Zion travailed, she
brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not
cause to bring forth? saith the Lord:
shall 1 cause to bring forth, and shut
the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jérusalem, and
be glad with her, ail ye that love her:
rejoice for joy with her, ail ye that
moum for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satis-
fied with the breasts of her consola
glory.
12 For thus saith the Lord,Behold,
I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the Gentiles like a
flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye
shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother com-
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forteth, so will 1 comfort you; and ye off, that have not heard my famé, nei-
shall be comforted in Jérusalem. ther have seen my glory: and they
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall declîiremy glory among the Gen-
shall rejoice, and your bones shall tiles.
flourish like an herb: and the hand of 20 And they shall bring ail your
the Lord shall be known toward bis brethren for an offering unto the Lord
servants, and his indignation toward out of ail nations upon horses, and in
his enemies. chariots, and in litters, and upon
15 For, behold, the Lord will mules, and upon swift beasts, to my
come with fire, and with his chariots holy mountain Jérusalem, saith the
like a whirlwind, to render his anger Lord,as the children of Israël bring an
with fury, and his rebuke with flames offering in a clean vessel into the house
of fire. of the Lord.
16 For by fire and by his sword will 21 And I will also take of them for
the Lord plead with ail fiesh: and the priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.
slain of the Lord shall be many. 22 For as the new heavens and the
17 They that sanctify themselves, new earth, which I will make,shall re
and purify themselves in the gardens main before me, saith the Lord, so
behind one tree in the midst, eating shall your seed and your name re
swine's fiesh, and the abomination, main.
and the mouse, shall be consumed to- 23 And it shall come to pass, that
gether, saith tiie Lord. from one new moon to another, and
18 For I know their works and their from one sabbath to another, shall ail
thoughts: it shall come, that I will fiesh come to worship before me,saith
gather ail nations and tongues; and the Lord.
they shall come, and see my glory. 24 And they shall go forth, and look
19 And I will set a sign among upon the carcases of the men that have
them,and 1 will send those that escape transgressed against me: for their
of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, worm shall not die, neither shall their
Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to fire be quenched; and they shall be an
Tu-bal, and Ja-van, to the isles afar abhorring unto ail fiesh.

The Book of the Prophet

Jeremiah
CHAPTER I
The words of Jeremiah the son of
Hil-ki-ah, of the priests that
were in An'-a-thoth in the land of
Benjamin:
2 To whom the word of the Lord
came in the days of Jo-si'-ah the son of
Amon king of Judah,in the thirteenth
year of his reign.
3 It came also in the days of Je-hoi-
a-kim the son of Jo-si=ah kingof Ju-
dcih, unto the end of the eleventh year
of Zed-e-ki-ah the son of Jo-si'-ah king
of Judah, imto the carrying away of
Jérusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Then the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly
I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified
thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! be
hold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the Lord said unto me, Say
not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to
ail that I shall send thee, and whatso-
ever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I
am with thee to deliver thee, saith the
Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth his
hand, and touched my mouth. And
the Lord said unto me,Behold, I have
put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over
the nations and over the kingdoms, to
root out, and to pull down, and to de-
stroy, and to throw down, to build,
and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord
 JEREMIAH 2 673
came imto me,saying, Jeremiah, what housè of Jacob, and ail the familles of
seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of the house of Israël:
an almond tree.
12 Then said the Lord imto me, iquity 5 Thus saith the Lord, What in-
have your fathers found in me,
Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten that they are gone far from me, and
my Word to perform it. have walked after vanity, and are be-
13 And the word of the Lord came come vain?
unto me the second time,saying, What 6 Neither said they, Where is the
seest thou? And I said, I see a seething Lord that brought us up out of the
pot; and the face thereof is toward the land of Egypt,that led us through the
north. wildemess, through a land of deserts
14 Then the Lord said unto me, and of pits, through a land of drought,
Out of the north an evil shall break and of the shadow of death, through a
forth upon ail the inhabitants of the land that no man passed through, and
land. where no man dwelt?
15 For,lo, I will call ail the familles 7 And I brought youinto a plentiful
of the kingdoms of the north, saith the country, to eat the fruit thereof and
Lord; and they shall come, and they the goodness thereof; but when ye en-
shall set every one his throne at the tered, ye defiled my land, and made
entering of the gâtes of Jérusalem,and mine héritage an abomination.
against ail the walls thereof round 8 The priests said not, Where is the
about, and against ail the cities of Ju- Lord? and they that handle the law
dah. knew me not: the pcistors also trans-
16 And I will utter my judgments gressed against me, and the prophets
against them touching ail their wick- prophesied by Ba-al, and walked after
edness, who have forsaken me, and things that do not profit.
have bumed incense unto other gods, 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with
and worshipped the works of their own you, saith the Lord, and with your
hands* children's children will I plead.
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, 10 For pass over the isles of Chif-
and arise, and speak unto them ail tim, and see; and send unto Ke-dar,
that I command thee: be not dismayed and consider diligently, and see if
at their faces, lest I confound thee be- there be such a thing.
fore them. 11 Hath a nation changed their
18 For, behold, I have made thee gods, which are yet no gods? but my
this day a defenced city, and an iron people havè changed their glory for
pillari and brasen walls against the that which doth not profit.
whole land,against the kings of Judah, 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at
against the princes thereof,against the this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very
priests thereof, and against the people desolate, saith the Lord.
of the land. ^ ^ 13 For my people have committed
19 And they shall fight against thee; two evils; they have forsaken me the
but they shall not prevail against thee;
for I am with thee, saith the Lord,to fountain of living waters, and hewed
them out cistems, broken cistems,
deliver thee. that can hold no water.
CHAPTER 2 14 Is Israël a servant? is he a home-
bom slave? why is he spoiled?
MOREOVER the word of the 15 The young lions roared upon
Lord came to me, saying, him, and yelled, and they made his
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jérusa land waste: his cities are bumed with-
lem,saying, Thus saith the Lord; I re- out inhabitant.
member thee, the kindness of thy 16 Also the children of Noph and
youth, the love of thine espousals, Ta-hap-a-nes have broken the crown
when thou wentest after me in the of thy head.
wildemess, in- a land that was not 17 Hast thou not procured this unto
sown.
thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the
3 Israël wos holiness unto the Lord, Lord thy God, when he led thee by
and the firstfruits of his increase: ail the way?
that devour him shall offend; evil shall 18 And now what hast thou to do
come upon them, saith the Lord. in the way of Egypt, to drink the
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O waters of Si-hor? or what hast thou to
674 JEREMIAH 3
do in the way of Assyria, te drink the own sword hath devoured your pro-
waters of the river? phets, like a destroying lion.
19 Thine own wickedness shall cor 31 O génération, see ye the word of
rect thee, and thy backslidings sh2ill the Lord. Have I been a wildemess
reprove thee: know therefore and see unto Israël? a land of darkness? where
that it is an evil thing and bitter, that fore say my people, We are lords; we
thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, will come no more unto thee?
and that my fear is not in thee, saith 32 Can a maid forget her oma-
the Lord God of hosts. ments, or a bride her attire? yet my
20 For of old time I have broken people have forgotten me days without
thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and number.
thou saidst, I will not transgress; when 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to
upon every high hill and under every seek love? therefore hast thou also
green tree thou wanderest, playlng the
taught the wicked ones thy ways.
harlot. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble blood of the soûls of the poor inno
vine, wholly a right seed: how then cents: I have not found it by secret
art thou tumed into the degenerate search, but upon ail these.
plant of a strange vine unto me? 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am
22 For though thou wash thee with innocent, surely his anger shall turn
nitre, and take thee much sope, yet from me. Behold, I will plead with
thine iniquity is marked before me, thee, because thou sayest, I have not
saith the Lord God. sinned.
23 How canst thou say, I am not 36 Why gaddest thou about so
polluted, I have not gone after Ba'al- much to change thy way? thou also
im? see thy way in the valley, know shalt be ashamed of Eg^t, as thou
what thou hast done: thou art a swift wast ashsimed of Assyria.
dromedary traversing her ways; 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from
24 A wild ass used to the wildemess, him, and thine hands upon thine head:
that snuffeth up the wind at her pleas- for the Lord hath rejected thy con
ure; in her occasion who can tum her fidences, and thou shalt hot prosper in
away? ail they that seek her will not them.
weary themselves; in her month they
shall find her. CHAPTER 3
25 Withhold thy foot from being
imshod, and thy throat from thirst: They say, If a man put away his
but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; wife, and she go from him, and be-
for I have loved strangers, and after come another man's, shall he return
them will I go. unto her again? shall not that land be
26 As the thief is ashamed when he greatly polluted? but thou hast played
is found, so is the house of Israël the harlot with many lovers; yet re-
ashamed; they, their kings, their prin tum again to me, saith the Lord.
ces, and their priests, and their pro- 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high
phets, places, and see where thou hast not
27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my been lien with. In the ways hast thou
father; and to a stone, Thou hast sat for them, as the Arabian in the
brought me forth:for they have tumed wildemess; and thou hast polluted the
their back unto me, and not their face: land with thy whoredoms and with thy
but in the time of their trouble they wickedness.
will say, Arise, and save us. 3 Therefore the showers have been
28 But where are thy gods that withholden,and there hath been no lat-
thou hast made thee? let them arise, ter rain; and thou hadst a whore's fore-
if they can save thee in the time of head, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
thy trouble: for according to the num- 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry
ber of thy cities are thy gods, O Ju- iinto me, My father, thou art the guide
dah. of my youth?
29 Wherefore will ye plead with 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever?
me? ye ail have transgressed against will he keep it to the end? Behold,thou
me, saith the Lord. hast spoken and done evil things as
30 In vain have I smitten your chil- thou couldest.
dren;they received no correction: your 6 The Lord said also unto me in the
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days of Jo-si'-ah the king, Hast thou after the imagination of their evil
seen that which backsliding Israël hath heart.
donc? she is gone up upon every high 18 In those days the house of Judah
moimtain and under every green tree, shall walk with the house of Israël, and
and there hath played the harlot. they shall come together out of the
7 And I said after she had done ail land of the north to the land that I
these things, Tum thou unto me. But have given for an inheritance unto
she retumed net. And her treacherous your fathers.
sister Judah saw it. 19 But I said, How shall I put thee
8 And I saw, when for ail the causes among the children, and give thee a
whereby backsliding Israël committed pleasant land, a goodly héritage of the
adultery I had put her away, and hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt
given her a bill of divorce; yet her call me, My father; and shalt not tum
treacherous sister Judeih feared not, away from me.
but went euid played the harlot also. 20 Surely as a wife treacherously
9 And it came to pass through the departeth from her husband, so have
lightness of her whoredom, that she ye deEdt treacherously with me, O
dehled the land, and committed adul house of Israël, saith the Lord.
tery with stones and with stocks. 21 A voice was heard upon the high
10 And yet for ail this her treacher places, weeping and supplications of
ous sister Judah hath not tumed unto the children of Israël: for they have
me with her whole heart, but feigned- perverted their way, and they have
ly, saith the Lord. forgotten the Lord their God.
11 And the Lord said unto me, The 22 Return, ye backsliding children,
backsliding Israël hath justified her- and I will heal your backslidings. Be-
self more than treacherous Judah. hold, we come unto thee; for thou art
12 Go and proclaim these words to- the Lord our God.
ward the north, and say, Return, thou 23 Tmly in vain is salvation hoped
backsliding Israël, saith the Lord;and for from the hills, and from the multi
I will not cause mine anger to fall upon tude of mountains: trtily in the Lord
you:for I am merciful, saith the Lord, our God is the salvation of Israël.
and 1 will not keep anger for ever. 24 For shame hath devoured the la
13 Only acknowledge thine in- bour of our fathers from our youth;
iquity, that thou hast transgressed their flocks and their herds, their sons
against the Lord thy God, and hast and their daughters.
scattered thy ways to the strangers 25 We lie down in our shame, and
imder every green tree, and ye our confusion covereth us: for we have
have not obeyed my voice, saith the sinned against the Lord our God, we
Loim. and our fathers, from our youth even
14 Tum, O backsliding children, unto this day, and have not obeyed
saith the Lord;for I am married unto the voice of the Lord our God.
you: and I will take you one of a city,
and two of a family, and I will bring CHAPTER 4
you to Zion: IF thou wilt return, O Israël, saith
15 And I will give you pastors ac- the Lord, retum unto me: and if
cording to mine heart, which shall feed thou wilt put away thine abomina
you with'knowledge and understand- tions out of my sight, then shalt thou
ing. not remove.
16 And it shall come to pass, when 2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord
ye be multiplied and increased in the liveth, in tmth, in judgment, and in
land, in those days, saith the Lord, righteousness; and the nations shall
they shall say no more, The ark of the bless themselves in him, and in him
covenant of the Lord: neither shall it shall they glory.
come to mind: neither shall they re- 3 For thus saith the Lord to the
member it; neither shall they visit it; men of Judah and Jemsalem, Break
neither shall that be done any more. up your fallow ground, and sow not
17 At that time they shall call Jem- among thorns.
salem the throne of the Lord; and ail 4 Circumcise yourselves to the
the nations shall be gathered unto it, Lord, and take away the foreskins of
to the nEune of the Lord, to Jérusa your heart, ye men of Judah ar.d in
lem: neither shall they walk any more habitants of Jemsalen: lest my fury
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corne forth Ilke fire, and bum that procured these things unto thee; this is
none can quench it, because of the evH thy wickedness, because it is bitter,
of your doings. because it reacheth unto thine heart.
5 Déclara ye in Judab^ and publish 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am
in Jérusalem; and say, Blow ye the pained at my very heart; my heart
trumpet in the land: cry, gather to- maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold
gether, and say. Assemble yourselves, my peace, because thou hast heard, O
and let us go into the defenced cities. my soul, the Sound of the trumpet,the
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: alarm of war.
retire, stay not: for I will bring evil 20 Destruction upon destruction is
from the north, and a great destruc cried; for the whole land is spoiled:
tion. suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my
7 The lion is come up from his curtains in a moment.
thicket, and the destroyer of the Gen- 21 How long shall I see the stand
tiles is on his way; he is gone forth ard, and hear the sound of the trum
from his place to make thy land deso- pet?
late; and thy cities shall be laid waste, 22 For my people is foôlish, they
without an inhabitant. have not known me; they are sottish
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, children, and they have none under-
lament and howl; for the tierce anger standing: they are wise to do evil, but
ofthe Lord is not tumed back from us. to do good they have no knowledge.
9 And it shall come to pass at that 23 1 beheld the earth, and,lo, it was
day, saith the Lord, that the heart of without form, and void; and the heav-
the king shall perish, and the heart of ens, and they had no light.
the princes; and the priests shall be as- 24 1 beheld the mountains, and, lo,
tonished, and the prophets shall won- they trembled, and ail the hills moved
der. lightly.
10 Then said I, Ah,Lord GodI sure- 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no
ly thou hast greatly deceived this peo- man, and ail the birds of the heavens
ple and Jérusalem, saying, Ye shall were fled.
have peace; whereas the sword reach- 26 1 beheld, and, lo, the fruitful
eth unto the soul. place was a wildemess, and ail the cit
11 At that time shall it be said to ies thereof were broken down at the
this people and to Jérusalem, A dry presence of the Lord,and by his tierce
wind of the high places in the wilder- anger.
ness toward the daughter of my peo 27 For thus hath the Lord said,
ple, not to fan, nor to cleanse, The whole land shall be desolate; yet
12 Even a full wind from those will 1 not make a full end.
places shall come unto me; now also 28 For this shall the earth moum,
will I give sentence against them. and the heavens above be black: be
13 Behold, he shall come up as cause 1 have spoken it, I have pur-
clouds, and his chariots shall be as a posed it, and will not repent, neither
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than will I turn back from it.
eagles. Woe unto usl for we are spoiled. 29 The whole city shall flee for the
14 O Jérusalem, wash thine heart noise of the horsemen and bowmen;
from wickedness, that thou mayest be they shall go into thickets, and climb
saved. How long shall thy vain up upon the rocks: every city shall be
thoughts lodge within thee? forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, 30 And when thou ari spoiled, what
and publisheth affliction from mount wilt thou do? Though thou clothest
E'phra-im. thyself with crimson, though thou
16 Make ye mention to the nations; deckest thee with ornaments of gold,
behold, publish against Jérusalem, though thou rentest thy face with
that watchers come from a far country, painting,in vain shalt thou make thy
and give out their voice against the self fair; thy lovers will despise thee,
cities of Judah. thêy will seek thy life.
17 As keepers of a field, are they 31 For 1 have heard a voice as of a
against her round about; because she woman in travail, and the anguish as
hath been rebellious against me, saith of her that bringeth forth her first
the Lord. child, the voice of the daughter of
18 Thy way and thy doings have Zion, that bewaileth herself, that
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spreadeth her hands» saying, Woe is come upon us; neither shall we see
me nowl for my seul is wearied be- sword nor famine:
cause of murderers. 13 And the prophets shall become
wind, and the word is not iii them:
CHAPTER 5 thus shall it be done unto them.
RUN ye to and fro through the 14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
^ streets of Jérusalem,and see now, God of hosts, Because ye speak this
and know, and seek in the broad word, behold, I will make my words in
places thereof, if ye can find a man,if thy mouth fire, and this people wood,
there be any that executeth judgment, and it shall devour them.
that seeketh the truth; and I will par 15 Lo, 1 will bring a nation upon
don it. you from far, O house of Israël, saith
2 And though they say^ The Lord the Lord;it is a mighty nation,it is an
liveth; surely they swear falsely. ancient nation, a nation whose Icin-
3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon giiage thou knowest not, neither un-
the truth? thou hast stricken them, derstandest what they say.
but they have not grieved; thou hast 16 Their quiver is as an open sepul-
consumed them, but they have refused chre, they are ail mighty men.
to receive correction: they have made 17 And they shall eat up thine har-
their faces harder ttian a rock; they vest, ànd thy bread, which thy sons
have refused to retum. and thy daughters should eat: they
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds:
poor; they are foolish: for they know they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig
not the way of the Lord,nor the judg trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced
ment of their God. cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the
5 I will get me unto the great men, sword.
and will speak unto them; for they 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith
have known the way of the Lord, and the Lord, I will not make a full end
the judgment of their God: but these with you.
have altogether broken the yoke, and 19 And it shall come to pass, when
burst the bonds. ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the
6 Wherefore a yon ont of the forest Lord our God ail these things unto us?
shall slay them, and a wolf of the eve- then shalt thou answer them; Like as
nings shall spoÙ them, a léopard shall ye have forsaken me, and served
watch over their cities: every one that strange gods in your land, so shall ye
goeth out thence shall be torn in serve strangers in a land that is not
pièces: because their transgressions are yours.
many, ànd their backslidings are in- 20 Déclaré this in the house of Ja
creased. cob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
7 How shall 1 pardon thee for this? 21 Héar now this, O foolish people,
thy children have fprsaken me, and and without understanding; which
swom by them that are no gods: when have eyès, and sée not; wMch hâve
I had fed them to the full, they then eàrs, and hear not:
committed adiiltery, and assembled 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord:
themselves by troops in the harlots* will ye not tremble at my presence,
houses. which have placed thé sand for the
8 They were as fed horses in the bound of the sea by a perpétuai de-
moming: every one neighed after his crée, that it cannot pass it: and though
neighbour's wife. the waves thereof toss themselves, yet
9 Shall I not visit for these things? can they not prevail;though they roàr,
saith the Lord: and shall not my soul yet can they not pass over it?
be avenged on such a nation as this? 23 But this people hath a revolting
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and de- and a rebellions heart; they are re-
stroy; but make not a full end: take volted and gone.
away her battlemènts; for they are not 24 Neither say they in their heart,
the Lord's. Let us now fear the Lord our God,
11 For the house of Israël and the that giveth rain, both the former and
house of Judah have dealt very treach- the latter, in his season: he reserveth
erously against me, saith the Lord. unto us the appohited weeks of the
12 They have beliéd the Lord, and harvest.
said, It is not he; neither shall evil 25 Your iniquities have tumed
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away these things, and your sins have 9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
wîthholden good ihings from you* They shall throughly glean the rem
uant of Israël as a vine: tum back
26 For among my people are found thine
wickéd hand as a grapegatherer into the
thèy lay wait, as he tkat baskets.
settéth snares; they set a trap, they ^ ^ ,
catch men. 10 To whom shall I speak, and give
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are waming, that they may hear? behold,
their hbuses full bf deceit: therefore their ear is uncircumcised, and they
they, are becoine , great, and waxen cannot hearken; behold, the word of
rich. the Lord is unto them a reproach;they
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: have no delight in it.
yea, they overpass the deeds of the the11Lord; Therefore î am full of the fury of
I am weary with holding in:
wicked; they judge not the cause, the
cause of the fatherless, yet they pros- Iabroad,
will pour it out upon the children
and upon the assembly of
pèr; and the right of the needy do they
not jùdge. ^ . U young men together: for even the
29 Shall I not vislt for these thmgs? husband with the wife shall be tak-
saith the Lord; shall not my soul be en, the aged with him that is full of
avenged ou such a nation as this? days. ^
30 A wonderful and horrible thing unto 12 And their houses shall be turned
is cominitted in the lànd; others, with their fields and wives
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, together: for X will stretch out my
and the priests bear rule by their hand upon the inhabitants of the land,
saith the Lord.
means; and my people love to have it 13 For from the least of them even
so: and what wîll ye do in the end unto the greatest of them every one is
therebf?
given to covetousness; and from the
CHAPTER 6 prophet even unto the priest every one
YE children of Benjamin, gather dealeth falsely. ^
yourselves to fleo out of the midst 14 They have healed also the hurt
of Jérusalem, and blow the trumpet in of the daughter of my people slightly,
Te-kp'-a, and set up a sign of fire in saying,
peace.
Peace^ peace; when there is no
Beth-hac-ce-rem: for eyil appeareth
out of the north, and great destruc- 15 Were they ashamed when they
had committed abomination? nay,
'2 I haye likened the daughter of they were not at ail ashamed, neither
Zion tô a comely and delicate woman* could they blush: therefore they shall
3 The shepherds with their flocks fall among them that fall: at the time
shall come imto her; they shall pitch that 1 visit them they shall be cast
their tents against her round about; down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye
they shall feed e:yery one in his place. in the ways, and see, and ask for the
4 Préparé ye war against her; anse,
and let lis go ùp at noon. Woe unto usi old pathis, where is the good way, and
for the day goeth away, for the shad- w^k therein, and ye shall find rest for
ows of the evening are stretched out. your soûls. But they said, We will not
walk therein,
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and 17 Also I set watchmen over you,
let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the Lord of hosts sayingt Hearken to the sound of the
said, Hew ye down trees, and çasL a trumpet. But they said, We will not
mount against Jérusalem: this is the hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and
city to be visited; she is wholly oppres know, O congrégation, what is among
sion in the midst of her.
7 As a fountain casteth out her wa- them.19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will
ters, so she casteth out her wickedness: bring evil upon this people, even the
violence and spoil is heard in her; be- fruit of their thoughts, because they
fore me cohtinually is grief and have not hearkened unto my words,
wounds. _, ■
8 Be thou instructed, O Jérusalem, nor toTo
my law, but rejected it.
lest my soul départ frbm thee; lest 1 to20 what purpose cometh there
me incense from She-ba, and the
make thee desolate, a land not inhab-
ited.
sweet cane from a far country? your
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bumt offerings are not acceptable, nor 5 For if ye throughly amend your
your sacrifices sweet unto me. ways and your doings; if ye throughly
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, execute judgment between a man and
Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks be- his neighbour;
fore this people, and the fathers and 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, thè
the sons together shall fall upon them; fatherless, and the widow, and shed
the neighbour and his friend shall per- not innocent blood in this place, nei-
ish. ther walk after other gods to your
22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a hurt:
people cometh from the north coun- 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in
try, and a great nation shall be raised this place, in the land that I gave to
from the sides of the earth. your fathers, for ever and ever.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and S Behold, ye trust in lying words,
spear; they are cruel, and have no that cannot profit.
mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; 9 Will ye steal, murder, and com
and they ride upon horses, set in array mit adultery, and swear falsely, and
as men for war against thee, O daugh- burn incense unto Ba-al, and walk
ter of Zion. after other gods whom ye know not;
24 We have heard the famé thereof: 10 And come and stand before me
our hands wax feeble: anguish hath in this house, which is called by my
takenhold of us,and pain,as of a wom- name, and say, We are delivered to do
an in travail. ail these abominations?
25 Go not forth into the field, nor 11 Is this house, which is called by
walk by the way; for the sword of the my name, become a den of robbers in
enemy and fear is on every side. your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it,
26 O daughter of my people, gird saith the Lord.
thee with sackcloth, and wallow thy- 12 But go ye now unto my place
self in ashes: make thee mourning, as which was in Shi'-loh, where I set my
for an only son, most bitter lamenta name at the first, and see what I did
tion: for the spoiler shall suddenly to it for the wickedness of my people
come upon us. Israël.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a 13 And now, because ye have done
fortress among my people, that thou ail these works, saith the Lord, and I
mayest know and try their way. spake unto you, rising up early and
28 They are ail grievous revolters, speaking, but ye heard not; and I
walking with slanders: they are brass called you, but ye answered not;
and iron; they are ail corrupters. 14 Therefore will I do unto this
29 The bellows are burned, the lead house, which is called by my name,
is consumed of the fire; the founder wherein ye trust, and unto the place
melteth in vain: for the wicked are not which I gave to you and to your fa
plucked away. thers, as I have done to Shi'-loh.
30 Reprobate silver shall men call 15 And I will cast you out of my
them, because the Lord hath rejected sight, as I have cast out ail your
them. brethren, even the whole seed of E-
phra-im.
CHAPTER 7 16 Therefore pray not thou for this
The Word that came to Jeremiah people, neither lift up cry nor prayer
from the Lord, saying, for them, neither make intercession to
2 Stand in the gâte of the Lord's me: for I will not hear thee.
house, and proclaim there this word, 17 Seest thou not what they do in
and say, Hear the word of the Lord, the cities of Judah and in the streets of
ail ye of Judah, that enter in at these Jérusalem?
gâtes to worship the Lord. 18 The children gather wood, and
3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the the fathers kindle the fire, and the
God of Israël, Amend your ways and women knead their dough, to make
your doings, and X will cause you to cakes to the queen of heaven, and to
dwell in this place. pour out drink offerings unto other
4 Trust ye not in lying words, say gods, that they may provoke me to
ing, The temple of the Lord, The tem anger.
ple of the Lord, The temple of the 19 Do they provoke me to anger?
Lord, are these. saith the Lord: do they not provoke
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themselves to the confusion of their fire; which I commanded them not,
own faces? neither came it into my heart.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord 32 Therefore, behold, the days
God; Behold, mine anger and my fury come, saith the Lord, that it shall no
shall be poured out upon this place, more be called To-phet, nor the valley
upon man, and upon beast, and upon of the son of Hin'-nom, but the val
the trees of the field, and upon the ley of slaughter: for they shall bury in
fruit of thé ground, and it shall bum, To-phet, till there be no place.
and shall not bé quenched. 33 And the carcases of this people
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, shall be meatfor the fowls of the heav-
the God of Israël; Put your bumt offer- en, and for the beasts of the earth;
ings unto your sacrifices and eat fiesh. and none shall fray them away.
22 For I spake not unto your fa- 34 Then will 1 cause to cease from
thers, nor commanded them in the day the cities of Judah, and from the
that I brought them out of the land of streets of Jemsalem, the voice of
Egypt, conceming bumt offerings or mirth, and the voice of gladness, the
sacrifices: voice of the bridegroom, and the voice
23 But this thing commanded I of the bride: for the land shall be deso-
them, saying, Obey my voice, and I late.
will be your God, and ye shall be my
CHAPTER 8
people: and walk ye in ail the ways
that I have commanded you, that it AT that time, saith the Lord, they
may be well unto you. j[\ shall bring out the bones of the
24 But they hearkened not, nor in- kings of Judah, and the bones of his
clined their ear, but walked in the princes, and the bones of the priests,
counsels and in the imagination of and the bones of the prophets, and the
their evil heart, and went backward, bones of the inhabitants of Jérusalem,
and not forward. out of their graves:
25 Since the day that your fathers 2 And they shall spread them be-
came forth out of the land of Egypt fore the sun,and the moon,and ail the
imto this day I have even sent unto host of heaven, whom they have loved,
you ail my servants the prophets, daily and whom they have served, and after
rising up early and sending them: whom they have walked, and whom
26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, they have sought, and whom they
nor inclined their ear, but hardened have worshipped: they sh2ill not be
their neck: they did worse than their gathered, nor be buried; they shall be
fathers. for dung upon the face of the earth.
27 Therefore thou shalt speak ail 3 And death shédl be chosen rather
these words unto them; but they will than life by ail the residue of them
not hearken to thee: thou shalt âlso that remain of this evil family, which
call unto them; but they will not an- remain in ail the places whither I
swer thee. have driven them, saith the Lord of
28 But thou shalt say unto them, hosts.
This is a nation that obeyeth not the 4 Moreover thou shalt say unto
voice of the Lord their God, nor re- them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they
ceiveth correction: tmth is perished, fall, and not arise? shall he turn away,
and is eut off from their mouth. and not return?
29 Cut off thine hair, O Jérusalem, 5 Why then is this people of Jem
and cast it away,and take up a lamen salem slidden back by a perpétuai
tation on high places; for the Lord backsliding? they hold fast deceit,they
hath rejected and forsaken the généra refuse to return.
tion of his wrath. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they
30 For the children of Judah have spake not aright: no man repented
done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: him of his wickedness, saying, What
they have set their abominations in have I done? every one tumed to his
the house which is called by my name, course, as the horse rusheth into the
to pollute it. battle.
31 And they have built the high 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven
places of To-phet, which is in the val- knoweth her appointed times; and the
ley of the son of Hin-nom, to bum turtle and the crâne and the swallow
their sons and their daughters in the observe the time of their coming; but
 JEREMIAH 9 681
my people know not the judgment of Lord in Zion? is not her king in her?
the Lord. Why have they provoked me to anger
8 How do ye say, We are wise, and with their graven images, and with
the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, strange vanities?
certainly in vain made he it; the pen of 20 The harvest is past, the summer
the scribes is in vain. is ended, and we are not saved.
9 The wise men are cishamed, they 21 For the hurt of tiie daughter of
are dismayed ajid taken: lo, they have my people am I hurt; I am black; as-
rejected the wprd of the Lord; and tonishment hath taken hold on me.
what wisdom is in them? 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is
10 Thereforel will I give their wives there no physician there? why then is
unto others, and their fields to them not the health of the daughter of my
that shall inherit them: for every one people recovered?
from the least even unto the greatest
is given to covetousness,from the pro- CHAPTER 9
phet even unto the priest every one OH that my head were waters, and
dealeth falsely.| mine eyes a fountain of tears,
11 For they have healed the hurt of that I might weep day and night for
the daughter of my people slightly, the slain of the daughter of my people!
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no 2 Oh that I had in the wildemess a
peace. lodging place of wayfaring men; that
12 Were they ashamed when they 1 might leave my people, and go from
had committed abomination? nay, them! for they he ail adulterers, an as-
they were not at ail ashamed, neither sembly of treacherous men.
could they blush: therefore shall they 3 And they bend their tongues like
fall among them that fall: in the time their bow for lies: but they are not
of their Visitation they shall be cast valiant for the truth upon the earth;
down, saith the Lord. for they proceed from evil to evil, and
13 I will surely consume them,saith they know not me, saith the Lord.
the Lord: there shall he no grapes on 4 Take ye heed every one of his
the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and neighbour, and trust ye not in any
the leaf shall fade; and the things that brother: for every brother will utterly
I have given them shall pass away supplant, and every neighbour will
from them. walk with slanders.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble 5 And they will deceive every one
yourselves, and let us enter into the his neighbour, and will not speak the
defenced cities, and let us be silent truth: they have taught their tongue
there: for the Lord our God hath put to speak lies, and weary themselves to
us to silence, and given us water of commit iniquity.
gall to drink, because we have sinned 6 Thine habitation is in the midst
against the Lord. of deceit; through deceit they refuse to
15 We looked for peace, but no good know me, saith the Lord.
came;and for a time of health, and be- 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hold trouble! hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and
16 The snorting of his horses was try them; for how shall I do for the
heard from Dan: the whole land trem- daughter of my people?
bled at the sound of the neighing of 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot
his strong ones;for they are come,and ont; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh
have devoured the land, and aU that peaceably to his neighbour with his
is in it; the city, and those that dwell mouth, but in hecirt he layeth his
therein. wait.
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, 9 Shall I not visit them for these
cockatrices,among you, which will not things? saith the Lord: shall not my
he charmed, and they shall bite you, soul be avenged on such a nation as
saith the Lord. this?
18 When I WQuld comfort myself 10 For the mountains will I take up
against sorrow, my heart is faint in a weeping and Wciiling, and for the
me. habitations of the wildemess a lamen
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the tation, because they are bumed up, so
daughter of my people because ofthem that none can pass through them; nei
that dwell ih a far coimtry: Is not the ther can men hear the voice of the cat-
682
JEREMIAH 10
wise man glory in his wisdom,
tie; both the fowl of the heavens and let
the beast are fled; they are gone. the mighty man glory in Ws mght,
11 And I wiU make Jérusalem let24
not the rich man glory in his riches;
But let him that glorieth glory
heapSy and a den of dragons; I
will make the cities of Judah desolate, in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the Loim
ij^thout an inhabitant.
12 Who is the wise man, that may which exercise lovingkindness, judg-
imderstand this? and <who is he to ment, and righteousness, in tiie^^rm:
whom the mouth of the Lord hath for in these things I delight, saith the
spoken, that he may déclaré it, for Lord. -
25 Behold,the days come,saith the
what the land perisheth and is burned
up like a wildemess,that none passeth Lord, that I will punish ail them which
are circumcised with the uncircum-
through? ^
cised*
13 And the Lord saith, Because îô Egypt, and Judah, and Edom,
they have forsaken my law which 1 set and the children of Ammon, and Mo-
before them, and have not obeyed my ab, and ail that are in the utmost cor
voice, neither walked therein;
14 But have walked after the imagi ners, that dwell in the wildemess; for
ail these nations are uncircumcised,and
nation of their own heart, and after ail the house of Israël are uncircum
Ba'-al-im, which their fathers taught cised in the heart.
iT Therefore thus saith the Lord of CHAPTER 10
hosts, the God of Israël; Behold, I wiU
feed them,even this people, with worm-
Hear ye the word which the Lord
speaketh unto you, O house of
wood, and give them water of gall Israël;
^°^î^^ll scatter them also among 2 Thus saith the Lord, Leam not
the heathen, whom neither they nor the way of the heathen,and be not dis-
mayed at the signs of heaven; for the
their fathers have known: ^d I^ heathen are dismayed at them.
send a sword after them, tûl 1 have 3 For the customs of the people are
consumed them. ^
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, vain; for one cutteth a tree out of the
Consider ye, and call for the mouming forest, the work of the hands of the
workman, with the axe.
women,that they may corne; and send 4 They deck it with silver and with
for cunning womcn, that they may gold; they fasten it with nails and with
hammers, that it move not.
^^îs^ And let them make haste, and 5 They are upright as the palm tree,
take up a wailing for us, that our eyes but speak not; they must needs be
may run down with tears,
lids gush out with waters.
and our eye- borne, because they cannot go. Be not
IQ For a voice of wailing is heard afraid ofalso
them;for they cannot do e^m,
out of Zion, How are we spoUedl we neither is it in them to do good.
6 Forasmuch as there is none like
are greatly confounded, because we unto thee, O Lord;thou art great,and
have forsaken the land, because our thy name is great in might.
dwellings have cast us out. 7 Who would not fear thee, O King
20 Yet hear the word of the Lora, of nations? for to thee doth it apper-
O ye women, and let your ear receive tain; forasmuch as among ail the wise
the word of his mouth, and teach your YYien of the nations, and in ail their
daughters wailing, and every one her kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
neiffhbour lamentation. 8 But they are altogether brutish
21 For death is come up mto our and foolish; the stock is a doctrine of
Windows, and is entered into our p^-
aces, to eut off the chUdren from witt- vanities.
9 SÙver spread into plates is
out, and the yoimg men from the brought from Tarshish, and gold from
^^^'ll^eak, Thus saith me Lord, U'-phaz,the work ofthe workman,and
Even the carcases of men shaU ^ of the hands of the founder; blue and
dung upon the open field, and as the purple is their clothing;they are ail the
handful after the harvestman, and work of cunning men. ^ ^ ^
10 But the Lord is the true God,he
none shall gather them.
23 Thus saith the Lord,Let not the is the living God, and an everlasting
 JEREMIAH 11 683
kîng:at his wrath the earth shall trem familles that call not on thy name:for
ble, and the nations shall net be able they have eaten up Jacobj and de-
to abide his indignation. voured him, and consumed him, and
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, made his habitation desolate.
The gods that have not made the heav-
eiis and the earth, even they shall per- CHAPTER II
ish from the earth, and from under The Word that came to Jeremiah
these heavens. from the Lord, saying,
12 He hath made the earth by his .2 Hear ye the words of this cove-
power, he hath established the world nant, and speak unto the men of Ju-
by his wisdom, and hath stretched ont dah, and to the inhabitants bf Jéru
the heavens by his discrétion. salem;
13 When he uttereth his voice, there 3 And say thou unto them, Thus
is a multitude of waters in the heavens, saith the Lord God of Israël; Cursed
and he causeth the vapours to ascend be the man that obeyeth not the words
from the ends pf the earth; he maketh of this covenant,
lightnings with rain, and bringeth 4 Which I commanded your fathers
forth the wind out of his treasures. in the day that I. brought them forth
14 Every man is brutish in his out of the land of Egypt,from the iron
knowledge: every founder is con- fumace, saying, Obey my voice, and
founded by the graven image: for his do them, according to ail which I com-
molten image is falsehood, and there is mand you: so shall ye be my people,
no breath in them. and I will be your God:
15 They are vanity,and the work of 5 That I may perform the oath
errors: in the time of their Visitation which I have sworn unto your fathers,
they shall perish. to give them a land flowing with milk
16 The portion of Jacob is not like and honey, as it is this day. Then an-
them:for he is the former of ail things; swered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.
and Israël is the rod of his inheritance: 6 Then the Lord said unto me,Pro-
The Lord of hosts is his name. claim ail these words in the cities bf
17 Gather up thy wares out of the Judah, and in the streets of Jérusa
land, O inhabitant of the fortress. lem, saying, Hear ye the words of this
18 For thus saith the Lord,Behold, covenant, and do them.
I will sling out the inhabitants of the 7 For I eamestly protested unto
land at this once, and will distress your fathers in the day that I brought
them, that they may find it so. them up out of the land of Egypt,even
19 Woe is me for my hurt! my unto this day, rising early and protest-
wound is grievous: but I said, Truly ing, saying, Obey my voice.
this is a grief, and I must bear it. 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined
20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and ail their ear, but walked every one in the
my cords are broken: my children are imagination of their evil heart: there-
gone forth of me, and they are not: fore I will bring upon them aU the
there is none to stretch forth my tént words of this covenant, which I com
any more, and to set up my curtains. manded them to do; but they did them
21 For the pastors are beçome brut not.
ish, and have not sought the Lord: 9 And the Lord said unto me, A
^erefore they shaU not prosper, and conspiracy is found among the men of
aU their flocks shall be scattèred. Judah, cuid among the inhabitants of
22 Behold, the noise of the bruit ils Jérusalem.
come, ând a great commotion out of 10 They are tumed baçk to the in-
the north côuntry, to make the cities iquities of their forefathers, which re-
of Judcih desolate, and a den of drag fused to hear my words; and they went
ons. after other gods to serve thêm: the
23 O Lord, 1 know that the way of house of Israël and the house of Judah
man is not in Itoself: it is not in man have broken my covenant which I
that walketh tb direct his steps. made with their fathers.
24 Ô Lord, correct me, but with 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord,
judgmèiit; not in thine anger,lest thou Behold, I will bring èvil upon them,
bring me to nothing. which they shall not be able to escape;
25 Pour out thy fury upon the hea- and thou^ they shall cry unto me, I
then that know thee not,and upon the will not hearken unto them.
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12 Then shall the clties of Judah
and inhabitants of Jérusalem go, and
cry unto the gods unto whom they
offer incense: but they shall notsave
them at ail in the time of their trouble,
13 For accarding to the number of
thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and me talk with thee of thy judgments:
accarding to the number of the streets
of Jérusalem have ye set up altars to
thaï shameful thing,even altars to bum
incense unto Ba'-al,
14 Therefore pray not thou for this
people, neither lift up a cry or prayer
for them:for I will not hear them in the
time that they cry unto me for their
trouble.
15 What hath my beloved to do in
mine house, seeing she hath wrought
lewdness with many, and the holy
flesh is passed from thee? when thou
doest e\^, then thou rejoicest.
16 The Lord called thy name, A
green oUve tree, fair, and of goodly
fruit: with the noise of a great tumult
he hath kindled fire upon it, cind the
branches of it are broken.
17 For the Lord of hosts, that
planted thee, hath pronounced evil
against thee, for the evil of the house
of Israël and of the house of Judah,
which they have done against them-
selves to provoke me to anger in offer-
ing incense unto Ba'-al.
18 And the Lord hath given me
knowledge of it, and I know it: then
thou shewedst me their doings.
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox
fhat is brought to the slaughter; and I
knew not that they had devised de-
vices against me, saying, Let us de-
stroy the tree with the fruit thereof,
and let us eut him off from the land of
the living, that his name may be no
more remembered.
20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judg-
est righteously, that triest the reins
and the heart, let me see thy ven
geance on them: for unto thee have I the beasts of the field, come to devour.
revealed my cause.
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
the men of An'-a-thoth, that seek thy
life, saying, Prophesy not in the name
of the Lord, that thou die not by our
hand:
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the
young men shall die by the sword; cause no màn layeth it to heart.
their sons and their daughters shall die
by famine:
23 And there shall be no renanant of
them: for I will bring evil upon the
men of An-a-thoth, even the year of
their Visitation.
CHAPTER 12
RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord,
^ when I plead with thee: yet let
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked
prosper? wherefore are cill they happy
that deal very treacherously?
2 Thou hast planted them, yea,
they have taken root: they grow, yea,
they bring forth fruit: thou art near in
their mouth, ànd far from their reins.
3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me:
thou hast seen me, and tried mine
heart toward thee: pull them out like
sheep for the slaughter, and préparé
them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long shall the land moum,
and the herbs of every field wither,for
the wickedness of them that dwell
therein? the beasts are consumed, and
the birds; because they said, He shall
not see our last end.
5 If thou hast run with the footmen,
and they have wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses? and
if in the land of peace, wherein thou
trustedst, they wearied thee, then how
wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
6 For even thy brethren, and the
house of thy father, even they have
dealt treacherously with thee; yea,
they have called a multitude after
thee: believe them not, though they
speak fair words unto thee.
7 I have forsaken mine house, I
have left mine héritage; I have given
the dearly beloved of my soul into the
hand of her enemies.
8 Mine héritage is unto me as a lion
in the forest; it crieth out against me:
therefore have I hated it.
9 Mine héritage is unto me as a
speckled bird, the birds round about
are against her; corne ye, assemble ail
10 Many pastors have destroyed my
vineyard, they have trodden my por
tion under foot, they have made my
pleasant portion a desolate wilder-
ness.
11 They have made it desolate, and
heing desolate it moumeth imto me;
the whole land is made desolate, be
12 The spoilers are come upon ail
high places through the wilderness: for
the sword of the Lord shall devour
from the one end of the land even to
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the other end of the land: no flesh shall 10 This evil people, which refuse to
have peace. hear my words, which Wcilk in the
13 They have sown wheat, but shall imagination of their heart, and walk
reap thoms: they have put themselves after other gods, to serve them,and to
to pain, but shall net profit: and they worship them, shall even be as this
shall be ashamed of your revenues be- girdle, which is good for nothing.
cause of the fierce anger of the Lord. 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the
14 Thus saith the Lord against ail loins of a man, so have I caused to
mine evil neighbours, that touch the cleave unto me the whole house of Is
inheritance which I have caused my raël and the whole house of Judah,
people Israël to inherit; Behold, I wiU saith the Lord;that they might be un
pluck them out of their land, and to me for a people,and for a ncime,and
pluck out the house of Judah from for a praise, and for a glory: but they
among them. would not hear.
15 And it shall come to pass, after 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto
that I have plucked them out I will re- them this word; Thus saith the Lord
tum, and have compassion on them, God of Israël, Every bottle shall be
and will bring them again, every man filled with wine: and they shall say un
to his héritage, and every man to his to thee. Do we not certainly know that
land. every bottle shall be filled with wine?
16 And it shall come to pass, if they 13 Then shalt thou say unto them,
will diligently leam the ways of my Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
people, to swear by my name, The fill ciU the inhabitants of this Icind,
Lord liveth; as they taught my people even the kings that sit upon David's
to swear by Ba-al; then shall they be throne, and the priests, and the pro-
built in the midst of my people. phets, and ail the inhabitants of Jéru
17 But if they will not obey, I will salem, with drunkenness.
utterly pluck up and destroy that na 14 And I will dash them one against
tion, saith the Lord. another, even the fathers and the sons
together, saith the Lord: I will not
CHAPTER 13 pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but
Thus saith the Lord unto me. Go destroy them.
and get thee a linen girdle, and put 15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not
it upon thy loins, and put it not in proud: for the Lord hath spoken.
water. 16 Give glory to the Lord your
2 So I got a girdle according to the God, before he cause darkness, and be-
Word of the Lord, and put it on my fore your feet stumble upon the dark
loins. mountains, and, while ye look for
3 And the word of the Lord came light, he tum it into the shadow of
unto me the second time, saying, death, and make it gross darkness.
4 Take the girdle that thou hast 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul
got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, shall weep in secret places for your
go to Eu-phra-tes, and hide it there in pride; and mine eye shall weep sore,
a hole of the rock. and run down with tears, because the
5 So I went, and hid it by Eu-phra- Lord's flock is carried away captive.
tes, as the Lord commanded me. 18 Say unto the king and to the
6 And it came to pass after many queen. Humble yourselves, sit down:
days, that the Lord said unto me, for your principalities shall come
Arise, go to Eu-phra'-tes, and take the down, even the crown of your glory.
girdle from thence, which I com 19 The cities of the south shall be
manded thee to hide there. shut up,and none shall open them: Ju
7 Then I went to Eu-phra-tes, and dah shall be carried away captive ail
digged, and took the girdle from the of it, it shall be wholly carried away
place where I had hid it: and, behold, captive.
the girdle was marred,it was profitable 20 Lift up your eyes, 2ind behold
for nothingl them that come from the north: where
8 Then the word of the Lord came is the flock that was given thee, thy
unto me,saying, beautiful flock?
9 Thus saith the Lord, After this 21 What wilt thou say when he
meinner will I mar the pride of Judah, shall punish thee? for thou hast taught
and the great pride of Jérusalem. them to be captains, and as chief over
686 JEREMIAH 14
thee; shall not sorrbws take thee, as a
woman in travail?
22 And if thou say in thine heart, save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the
Wherefore corne these things upon midst of us, ànd we iare called by thy
me? For the greatness of thine iniquity name; leave us not.
are thy skirts discovered,and thy heels
made bare.
23 Can the E-thi-o'-pi-an change his der, they have not refrained their feet,
skin, or the léopard his spots? then may therefore the Lord doth not accept
ye also do good, tliat are accustomed
to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them as
the stubble that passeth away by the
wind of the wilderness.
25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy
measures from me,saith the Lord; be-
cause thou hast forgotten me, and
trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I discover thy
skirts upon thy face, that thy shame
may appear.
27 I have seen thine adulteries and
thy neighings, the lewdness of thy
whoredom, and thine abominations on
the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee,
O Jérusalem! wilt thou not be made
clean? when shall it once be?
CHAPTER 14
The word of the Lord that came to
Jeremiah concerning the dearth,
2 Judah mourneth, and the gâtes
thereof languish; they are black unto
the ground; and the cry of Jérusalem
is gone up.
3 And their nobles have sent their
little ones to the waters: they came to
the pits, and found no water; they re-
tumed with their vessels empty; they
were ashamed and confounded, and
covered their heads.
4 Because the ground is chapt, for
there was no rain in the earth, the
plowmen were ashamed, they covered
their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the
field, and forsook it, because there was
no grass.
6 And the wild asses did stand in
the high places, they snuffed up the
wind like dragons; their eyes did fail,
because there was no grass.
7 O Lord, though our iniquities
testify against us, do thou it for thy
name's sake: for our backslidings are
many; we have sinned against thee.
8 O the hope of Israël, the saviour
thereof in time of trouble, why should-
est thou be as a stranger in the land,
and as a wayfaring man that tumeth
aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man
astonied, as a mighty man that cannot
10 Thus saith the Lord unto this
people, Thus have they loved to wan-
them; he will now remember their in
iquity, and visit their sins.
11 Then said the Lord unto me,
Pray not for this people for their good.
12 When they fast, I will not hear
their cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and an oblation, I will not ac
cept them: but I will consume them by
the sword, and by the famine, and by
the pestilence.
13 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! be-
hold, the prophets say unto them, Ye
shall not see the sword, neither shall
ye have famine; but I will give you as-
sured peace in this place.
14 Then the Lord said unto me,
The prophets prophesy lies in my
name: I sent them not, neither have I
commanded thëm, neither spake unto
them: they prophesy unto you a false
vision and divination, and a thing of
nought, and the deceit of their heart.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord
concerning the prophets that prophesy
in my name, and I sent them not, yet
they say, Sword and famine shall not
be in this land; By sword and famine
shall those prophets be consumed.
16 And the people to whom they
prophesy shall be cast out in the
streets of Jérusalem because of the
famine and the sword; and they shall
have none to bury them, them, their
wives, nor their sons, nor their daugh-
ters: for I will pour their wickedness
upon them.
17 Therefore thou shalt say this
word unto them; Let mine eyes run
down with tears night and day, and
let them not cease; for the virgin
daughter of my people is broken with
a great breach, with a very grievous
blow.
18 If I go forth into the field, then
behold the slain with the sword! and
if I enter into the city, then behold
them that are sick with famine! yea,
both the prophet and the priest go
about into a land that they know not.
19 Hast thou utterly rejected Ju
dah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why
hast thou smitten us, and there is no
 JEREMIAH 15 687

healing for us? we looked for peace, I have caused him to fall upon it sud-
and there is no good; and for the tlme
denly, and terrors upon the city.
of healing, and behold trouble! 9 She that hath borne seven lan-
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our guisheth: she hath given up the ghost;
wickedness, and the iniquity of our her sun is gone down while it was yet
fathers: for we have sinned against day: she hath been ashamed and con-
thee. founded: and the residue of them will
21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's I deliver to the sword before their ene-
sake, do not disgrâce the throne of thy mies, saith the Lord.
glory: remember, break not thy cove- 10 Woe is me,my mother,that thou
nant with us. hast borne me a man of strife and a
22 Are there any among the vanities man of contention to the whole earth!
of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or I have neither lent on usury, nor men
can the heavens give showers? art not have lent to me on usury; yet every one
thou he, O Lord our God? therefore of them doth curse me.
we will wait upon thee: for thou hast 11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be
made ail these things, well with thy remuant; verily I will
cause the enemy to entreat thee weU
CHAPTER 15 in the time of evil and in the time of
affliction.
THEN said the Lord unto me, 12 Shall iron break the northem
Though Moses and Samuel stood iron and the steel?
before me, yet my mind could not he 13 Thy substance and thy treasures
toward this people: cast them out of will I give to the spoil without price,
my sight, and let them go forth. and that for ail thy sins, even in ail thy
2 And it shall come to pass, if they borders.
say unto thee, Whither shall we go 14 And I will make thee to pass with
forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus thine enemies into a land which thou
saith the Lord; Such as are for death, knowest not: for a fire is kindled in
to death; and such as are for the sword, mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
to the sword; and such as are for the 15 O Lord, thou knowest: remem
famine, to the famine; and such as are ber me, and visit me, and revenge me
for the captivity, to the captivity. of my persecutors; take me not away
3 And I will appoint over them four in thy longsuffering: know that for thy
kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to sake I have suffered rebuke.
slay, and the dogs to tear, and the 16 Thy words were found, and I did
fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of eat them; and thy word was unto me
the earth, to devour and destroy. the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:for
4 And I will cause them to be re- I am called by thy name, O Lord God
moved into ail kingdoms of the earth, of hosts.
because of Ma-nas-seh the son of Hez- 17 I sat not in the assembly of the
e-ki-ah king of Judah, for that which mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone be
he did in Jérusalem. cause of thy hand: for thou hast fiUed
5 For who shall have pity upon me with indignation.
thee, O Jérusalem? or who shall be- 18 Why is my pain perpétuai, and
moan thee? or who shall go aside to ask my wound incurable, which refuseth to
how thou doest? be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Lord, thou art gone backward: there 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord,
fore will I stretch out my hand against If thou retum, then will I bring thee
thee, and destroy thee; I am weary again, and thou shalt stand before me:
with repenting. and if thou take forth the precious
7 And I will fan them with a fan in from the vile, thou shalt be as my
the gâtes of the land; I will bereave mouth: let them retum unto thee; but
them of children, I will destroy my retum not thou unto them.
people, since they return not from 20 And I will make thee imto this
their ways. people a fenced brasen wall: and they
8 Their widows are increased to me shall fight against thee, but they shall
above the sand of the seas: I have not prevail against thee: for I am with
brought upon them against the mother thee to save thee and to deliver thee,
of the young men a spoiler at noonday: saith the Lord.
688 JEREMIAH 16, 17
21 And I will deliver thee out of the after other gods, and have served
hand of the wicked, and 1 will redeem them, and have worshipped them, and
thee out of the hand of the terrible. have forsaken me, and have not kept
my law;
CHAPTER 16 12 And ye have done worse than
The Word of the Lord came also your fathers; for, behold, ye walk
every one after the imagination of his
unto me, saylng,
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wlfe, evil heart, that they may not hearken
neither shalt thou have sons or daugh- unto me:
ters in this place. 13 Therefore will I cast you out of
3 For thus saith the Lord concem- this land into a land that ye know not,
ing the sons and concerning the daugh- neither ye nor your fathers; and there
ters that are born in this place, and shall ye serve other gods day and
concerning their mothers that bare night; where I will not shew you fa-
them, and concerning their fathers vour.
that begat them in this land; ' 14 Therefore, behold, the days
4 They shall die of grievous deaths; come, saith the Lord, that it shall no
they shall not be lamented; neither more be said, The Lord liveth, that
shall they be buried; but they shall be brought up the children of Israël out
as dung upon the face of the earth: and of the land of Egypt;
they shall be consumed by the sword, 15 But, The Lord liveth, that
and by famine; and their carcases shall brought up the children of Israël from
be meat for the fowls of heaven, and the land of the north, and from ail the
for the beasts of the earth. lands whither he had driven them: and
5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter I will bring them again into their land
not into the house of mouming,neither that I gave unto their fathers.
go to lament nor bemoan them: for I 16 Behold,I will send for many fish-
have taken away my peace from this ers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish
people, saith the Lord, even loving- them; and after will I send for many
kindness and mercies. hunters, and they shall hunt them
6 Both the great and the small shall from every mountain, and from every
die in this land: they shall not be hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
buried, neither shall men lament for 17 For mine eyes are upon ail their
them, nor eut themselves, nor make ways: they are not hid from my face,
themselves bald for them: neither is their iniquity hid from mine
7 Neither shall men tear themselves eyes.
for them in mourning,to comfort them 18 And first I will recompense their
for the dead; neither shall men give iniquity and their sin double; because
them the cup of consolation to drink they have defiled my land, they have
for their father or for their mother. filled mine inheritance with the car-
8 Thou shalt not also go into the cases of their detestable and abomi
house of feasting, to sit with them to nable things.
eat and to drink. 19 O Lord, my strength, and my
9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, fortress, and my refuge in the day of
the God of Israël; Behold, I will cause affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto
to cease out of this place in your eyes, thee from the ends of the earth, and
and in your days, the voice of mirth, shall say, Surely our fathers have in-
and the voice of gladness, the voice of herited lies, vanity, and things wherein
the bridegroom, and the voice of the there is no profit.
bride. 20 Shall a man make gods unto
10 And it shall come to pass, when himself, and they are no gods?
thou shalt shew this people ail these 21 Therefore, behold, I will this
words, and they shall say unto thee, once cause them to know, I will cause
Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced them to know mine hand and my
ail this great evil against us? or what might; and they shall know that my
is our iniquity? or what is our sin that name is The Lord.
we have committed against the Lord
our God? CHAPTER 17
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, The sin of Judah is written with a
Because your fathers have forsaken peh of iron, and with the point of a
me, saith the Lord, and have walked dieunond: it is graven upon the table of
 JEREMIAH 17 689

their heart,and upon the homs of your 16 As for me, I have not hastened
altars; from being a pastor to follow thee: nei
2 their children remember ther have I desired the woeful day;
their altars and their groves by the thou knowest: that which came out of
green trees upon the high hills. my lips was right before thee.
3 O my mountain in the field, I will 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou
glve thy substance and ail thy treas- art my hope in the day of evil.
ures to the spoil, and thy high places 18 Let them be confounded that
for sin, throughout ail thy borders. persécute me, but let not me be con
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt dis founded: let them be dismayed, but
continue from thine héritage that I let not me be dismayed: bring upon
gave thee; and I will cause thee to them the day of evil, and destroy them
serve thine enemies in the land which with double destruction.
thou knowest not; for ye have kindled 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go
a fire in mine anger, which shall bum and stand in the gâte of the children
for ever. of the people, whereby the kings of Ju-
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be dah come in, and by the which they
the man that trusteth in man, and go out, and in ail the gâtes of Jérusa
maketh flesh his arm,and whose heart lem;
departeth from the Lord. 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the
6 For he shall be like the heath in word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah,
the desert, and shall not see when good and ail Judah, and ail the inhabitants
cometh; but shall inhabit the parched of Jérusalem, that enter in by these
places in the wildemess, in a sait land gâtes:
and not inhabited. 21 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth to yourselves, cUid bear no burden on
in the Lord,and whose hope the Lord the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the
is. gâtes of Jérusalem;
S For he shall be as a tree planted 22 Neither carry forth a burden out
by the waters, and that spreadeth out of your houses on the sabbath day,
her roots by the river, and shall not neither do ye any work, but hallow ye
see when heat cometh, but her leaf the sabbath day,as I commanded your
shall be green; and shall not be careful fathers.
in the year of drought, neither shall 23 But they obeyed not, neither in-
cease from yielding fruit. clined their ear, but made their neck
9 The heart is deceitful above ail stiff, that they might not hear, nor re
fhings, and desperately wicked; who çoive instruction.
can know it? 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye
10 I the Lord search the heart, I diligently hearken unto me, saith the
try the reins, even to give every man Lord, to bring in no burden through
according to his ways, and according the gâtes of this city on the sabbath
to the fruit of his doings. day, but hallow the sabbath day,to do
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, no work therein;
and hatcheth them not; so he that get- 25 Then shall there enter into the
teth riches, and not by right, shall gâtes of this city kings and princes sit-
leave them in the midst of his days, ting upon the throne of David, riding
and at his end shall be a fool. in chariots and on horses, they, and
12 A glorious high throne from the their princes, the men of Judzih, and
beginning is the place of our sanctuary. the inhabitants of Jérusalem: and this
13 O Lord, the hope of Israël, ail city shall remain for ever.
that forsake thee shall be ashamed, 26 And they shall come from the
and they that départ from me shall be cities of Judah, and from the places
written in the earth, because they have about Jérusalem, and from the land of
forsaken the Lord, the fountain of Benjamin, and from the plain, and
living waters. from the mountains, and from the
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be south, bringing bumt offerings, and
healed; save me, and I shall be saved: sacrifices, and meat offerings, and in-
for thou art my praise. cense, and bringing sacrifices of praise,
15 Behold, they say unto me, unto the house of the Lord.
Where is the word of the Lord? let it 27 But if ye will not hearken imto
come now. me to hallow the sabbath day,and not
690 JEREMIAH 18, 19
to bear a burden, even entering in at the field? or shall the cold flowing wa-
the gâtes of Jérusalem on the sabbath ters that come from another place be
day; then will I kindle a fire in the forsaken?
gâtes thereof, and it shall devour the 15 Because my people hath forgot-
palaces of Jérusalem, and it shall not ten me, they have bumed incense to
be quenched. vanity, and they have caused them to
stumble in their ways from the ancient
CHAPTER 18
paths, to walk in paths, in a way not
The Word which came to Jeremiah cast up;
from the Lord, saying, 16 To make their land desolate, and
2 Arise, and go down to the potter's a perpétuai hissing; every one that
house, and there I will cause thee to passeth thereby shall be astonished,
hear my words. and wag his head.
3 Then I went down to the potter's 17 I will scatter them as with an
house, and, behold, he wrought a work east wind before the enemy; I will
on the wheels. shew them the back, and not the face,
4 And the vessel that he made of in the day of their calamity.
clay was marred in the hand of the 18 Then said they, Come,and let us
potter: so he made it again another devise devices against Jeremiah; for
vessel, as seemed good to the potter to the law shall not perish from the priest,
make it nor counsel from the wise, nor the
5 Then the word of the Lord came word from the prophet. Come, and let
to me, saying, us smite him with the tongue, and let
6 O house of Israël, cannot I do us not give heed to any of his words.
with you as this potter? saith the 19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and
Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the hearken to the voice of them that con-
potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, tend with me.
0 house of Israël. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for
7 At îuhat instant I shall speak con- good? for they have digged a pit for
ceming a nation, and concerning ^ a my soul. Remember that I stood be
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull fore thee to speak good for them, and
down, and to destroy it; to turn away thy wrath from them.
8 If that nation, against whom I 21 Therefore deliver up their chil-
have pronounced, turn from their evil, dren to the famine, and pour out their
1 will repent of the evil that I thought hlood by the force of the sword; and let
to do unto them. their wives be bereaved of their chil-
9 And at what instant I shall speak dren, and he widows; and let their men
concerning a nation, and concerning a be put to death; let their young men
kingdom, to bulld and to plant it; he slain by the sword in battle.
10 If it do evil in my sight, that it 22 Let a cry be heard from their
obey not my voice, then I will repent houses, when thou shalt bring a troop
of the good, wherewith I Sciid I would suddenly upon them: for they have
benefit them. digged a pit to take me,and hid snares
11 Now therefore go to, speak to for my feet.
the men of Judah, and to the inhabit 23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest ail
ants of Jérusalem, saying, Thus saith their counsel against me to slay me;
the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against forgive not their iniquity, neither blot
you, and devise a device against you: out their sin from thy sight, but let
retum ye now every one from his evil them be overthrown before thee; deal
way, and make your ways eind your thus with them in the time of thine
doings good. anger.
12 And they said, There is no hope:
but we will walk after our own devices, CHAPTER 19
and we will every one do the imagina Thus saith the Lord, Go and get
tion of his evil heart. a potter's earthen bottle, and take
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord; of the ancients of the people, and of
Ask ye now among the heathen, who the ancients of the priests;
hath heard such things: the virgin of 2 And go forth unto the valley of
Israël hath done a very horrible thing. the son of Hin-nom, which is by the
14 Will a man leave the snow of entry of the east gâte, and proclaim
Lebanon which cometh from the rock of there the words that I shall tell thee.
 JEREMIAH 20 691

• 3 And say, Hear ye the word of the because of ail thé houses upon whose
Lord, O kin^ of Judah, ând inhabit- roofs they have bumed incense imto
ants of Jemsalem; Thus saith the ail the host of heaven,and have poured
Lord of hosts, the God of Israël;3e- out drink offerings unto other gods.
hold, I will bring evil upon this place, 14 Then camé ; Jeremiah from To-
the which whosoever hëareth, his ears phet, whither the LoRDiiad sent him
shall tingle. to prophêsy; and he stood in the court
4 Because they have forsaken me, of the Lord's house; and said to ail the
and have estranged this place, and people,
have bumed incense in it unto ôther 15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,the
gods, whom neither they nor.their fa- God of Israël; Behold^ I will bying
thers have known,nor the kings of Ju- upon this city and upon ail her towns
dah,and hâve filled this place with the ail the evil tiiat I have pronounced
blood of innocents; against it, because they have hardened
5 They have buUt also the high their necks, that they might not hear
places of Ba-al, to bum their sons with my words.
fire for bumt offerings unto Ba-al,
which 1 commanded not, nor spake it, CHAPTER 20
neither came it into my mind: NOW Pash-ur the son of Im'^er
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, the priest, who K;as cilso chief
saith the Lord, that this place shall govemor in the house of the Lord,
no more be called To-phet, nor The heard that Jeremiah prophesied these
valley of the son of Hin-nom, but The things.
valley of slaughter. 2 Then Pash-ur smote Jeremiah the
- 7 And I will make void the counsel prophet, and put him in the stocks
of Judah and Jérusalem in this place; that were in the high gâte of Benjamin,
and I will cause them to faU by the which was by the house of the Lord.
sword before their enemies, and by the 3 And it came to pass on the mor-
hands of them that seek their lives: row, that Pash-ur brought forth Jere
and their carcases will I give to be miah out of the stocks. Then said Jere
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and miah unto him, The Lord hath not
for the beasts of the earthé called thy name Pash'-ur, but Ma-gor-
8 And I will make this city deso- mis-sa-bib.
late, and an hissing; every one that 4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold,
passeth thereby shall be astonished I will make thee a terror to thyself,
and hiss because of ail the plagues and to ail thy friends: and they shall
thereof. fall by the sword of their enemies, and
'9 And I will cause them to eat the thine eyes shall behold it: and I will
flesh of their sons and the flesh of their give ail Judah into the hand of the
daughters, and they shall eat every king of Babylon, and he shall carry
one the flesh of his friend in the siege them captive into Babylon, and shall
and straitness, wherewith their ene slay them with the sword.
mies, and they that seek their lives, 5 Moreover I will deliver ail the
shall straiten them. strength of this city, and ail the la
10 Then shalt thou break the bottle bours thereof, and ail the precious
in the sight of the men that go with things thereof, and ail the treasures of
thee, the kings of Judah will I giye into the
11 And shalt say unto them, Thus hand of their enemies, whic^ shall spoil
saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will them, and take them, and qar^ them
I break this people and this city, as one to Babylon..
breaketh apotter's vesSel, that cannot 6 And thou, Pash-ur, and ail.that
be made whole again; and they shall dwell in tliine house shall^o into cap-
bury them in To-phet, till therè be no tivity: and thou shalt come to Baby
place to bury. lon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt
12 Thus.will I. do unto this place, be buried there, thou, and ail thy
saith the Lord,and to the inhabitants friends, to whom thou hast prophesied
thereof, and even make this city as lies. ' r •
To-phet: 7 .0 Lord, thou hast deceived me,
: 13 And the houses of Jérusalem, and I was deceived: thou art stronger
and the houses of the kings of Judah, than I, and hast prevailed: I am in dé
shall be defiled as the place of To-phet, rision daily, every one mocketh me.
692 JEREMIAH 21
8 For slnce I spâke, I cried out, I 2 Enquire, I pray thee,of the Lord
crled violence and spoil; because the for us; for Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king of
Word ofthe Lord was made a reproach Babylon maketh war against us; if so
unto me,and a dérision, daily; be that the Lord wUl deal with us ac-
9 Then I said, I will not make men cording to aU his wondrous works,that
tion of him, rior spéak any more in his he may go up from us.
hâme. But his word was in mine heart 3 Then said Jeremiah unto them,
as a burning fire shut up in my bones, Thus shall ye say to Zed-e-ki'-ah:
and I was weary with forbearing, and 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Is
I côuld not stay. raël; Behold,I wiU tum back the weap-
10 For I heard the defaming of ons of war that are in your hands,
many,fear on every side. Report, say wherewith ye fight against the king of
they, and we will report it. AU my fa- Babylon, and against the Chal-de'-ans,
miliars watched for my halting, say- which besiege you without the walls,
ing, Peradventure he will be enticed, and I will assemble them into the
and we shall prevail against him, and midst of this city.
we shall take our revenge on him, 5 And I myself will fight against
11 But the Lord is with me as a you with an outstretched hand and
mighty terrible one: therefore my per- with a strong arm, even in anger, and
secutors shall stumble, and they shaU in fury, and in great wrath.
not prevail: they shall be greatly 6 And I will smite the inhabitants
ashamed; for they shall not prosper: of this city, both man and beast: they
their everlasting confusion shaU never shall die of a great pestUence.
be forgotten. 7 And afterward, saith the Lord, I
12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest will deliver Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah,
the righteous, and seest the reins and and his servants, and the people, and
the heart, let me see thy vengeance on such as are left in this city from the
them: for unto thee have I opened my pestilence, from the sword, and from
cause. the famine, into the hand of Neb-u-
13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye chad-rez'-zar king of Babylon,and into
the Lord: for he hath delivered the the hand of their enemies, and into the
soul of the poor from the hand of evU- hand of those that seek their life: and
doers. he shall smite them with the edge of
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was the sword; he shall not spare them,
born: let not the day wherein my neither have pity, nor have mercy.
mother bare me be blessed. 8 And unto this people thou shalt
15 Cursed be the man who brought say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I
tidings to my father, saying, A man set before you the way of life, and the
child is bom unto thee; making him way of death.
very glad. 9 He that abideth in this city shaU
16 And let that man be as thé cities die by the sword, and by the famine,
which the Lord overthrew, and re- and by the pestilence: but he that go-
pented not: and let him hear the cry eth out, and falleth to the Chal-de-ans
61 the moming, and the shouting at that besiege you, he shall live, and his
noontide; life shall be unto him for a prey.
17 Because he slew me not from the 10 For I have set my face against
womb; or that my mother might have this city for evil, and not for good,
been my grave, and her womb to be al- saith the Lord: it shall be given into
ways great with me. the hand of the king of Babylon, and
18 Wherefore came I forth out of he shall burn it with fire.
the womb to see labour and sorrow, 11 And touching the house of the
that my days should be consumed with king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word
shame? of the Lord;
12 O house of David, thus saith the
CHAPTER 21
Lord; Exécuté judgment in the mom
The word which came unto Jere- ing, and deliver hirh thatis spoiïed out
miah from the Lord, when king of the hand of the oppresser, lest my
Zed-e-ki'ah sent unto him Pash-ur the fury go out like fire, and burn that
son of Mel-chi-àh, and Zeph-a-ni-ah none can quench it, because of the evil
the son of Ma-a-se-iah the priest, say of your doings.
ing. 13 Béhold, I am against thee, O in-
 JEREMIAH 22 693

habita'nt of thé valley, and rock of the ing Shal-lum the son of Jo-si-ah king
plaii^J saith the Lord; which say, Who of Judàh, which reigned instead of Jo-
sha^ corne down against us? or who si-ah his father, which went forth out
shall enter into our habitations? of chis place; He shall not retum thith-
14 But I will punish you according er any more:
to the fruit of your doings, saith the 12 But he shall die in the place
Lord: ahd I will kindle a fire in the whither they have led him captive,
forest thereof, and it shall devour ail and shall see this land ho more.
things round about it. 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his
house by unrighteousness, and :his
CHAPTER 22 chambers by wrong; that useth his
THUS saith the Lord; Go down to neighbour*s service without wages,and
the house of the king of Judah,and giveth him not for his work;
speak there this word, 14 That saith,I will build me a wide
2 And say, Hear the word of the house and large chambers, and cutteth
Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest him out Windows; and it is cieled with
upon the throne of David, thou, and cedar, and painted with vermiUon.
thy servants, and thy people that en 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou
ter in by these gâtes: closest thysel/in cedar? did not thyfa
3 Thus saith the Lord; Exécuté ye ther eat and drink, and do judgment
judgment and righteousness, and de- and justice, and then it was well with
liver the spoiled out of the hand of the him?
oppresser: and do no wrong, do no vio 16 He judged the cause of the poor
lence to the stranger, the fatherless, and needy; then it «;as well with him:
nor the widow, neither shed innocent was not this to know me? saith the
blood in this place. Lord.
4 For if ye do this thing indeed, 17 But thine eyes and thine heart
then shall there enter in by the gâtes are not but for thy covetousness, and
of this house kings sitting upon the for to shed innocent blood, and for op
throne of David,riding in chariots and pression, and for violence, to do it.
on horses, he, and his servants, and his 18 Therefore thus saith the Lord
people. conceming Je-hoi-a-kim the son of
5 But if ye will not hear these Jo-si-ah king of Judah; They shall not
words, I swear by myself, saith the Iciment for him,saying, Ah.my broth-
Lord, that this house shall become a er! or. Ah sister! they shall not la-
désolation. ment for him, saying, Ah lord! or. Ah
6 For thus saith the Lord unto the his glory!
king's house of Judah; thou art Gilead 19 He shall be buried with the bur-
unto me,and the head of Lebanon: yet ial of an ass, drawn and cast forth be-
surely I will make thee a wilderness, yond the gâtes of Jérusalem.
and cities which are not inhabited. 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and
7 Aïid I will préparé destroyers lift up thy voice in Ba-shan, and cry
against thee, every one with his weap- from the passages: for ail thy lovers
ons: and they shall eut down thy are destroyed.
choice cedars, and cast them into the 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosper-
fire. ity; but thou saidst, I will not hear.
8 And many nations shall pass by This hath heen thy manner from thy
this city, and they shall say every man youth, that thou obeyedst not my
to his neighbour, Wherefore hath voice.
the Lord done thus unto this great 22 The wind shall eat up cdl thy
city? pastors, and thy lovers shall go into
9 Then they shall ànswer, Because captivity: surely then shalt thou be
théy have forsaken the covenant of thé ashaméd and confounded for ail thy
Lord their God; and worshipped other wickedness.
gods^ and served them. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that
10 Weep ye not for the dead, nei makèst thy nest in the cedars,' how
ther bemoan him: but weep sore for gracions shalt thou be when pangs
hlm that gbeth away: for he shall re- come upon thee, the pain as bf a
ttirh no uiote, nor seè his native coun- woman in travail!
try. 24 As I live, saith the Lord,though
11 For thus sâith the Lord touch- Co-ni-ah the son of Je-hoi-a-kim king
694 JEREMIAH 23
of Judah were the signet upon my 7 Therefore, behold, the days rome»
right hand, yet would I pluck thee saith the Lord, that they shall no
thence; more say, The Lord liveth, wh^ch
25 And I wiU give thee into the brought up the children of Israël out
hand of them that seek thy life, and of the land of Egypt;
into the hand of them whosê face thon 8 But, The Lord liveth, which
fearest, even'into the hand Of Neb-u-^ brought up and which led the seed of
chad-rez'-zar king of Bâbylon,and into the house of Israël out of the north
the hand of the Chal-de'ans. country, and from ail countries whith
26 And I will cast thee out, and thy er I had driven them; and they shall
mother that bare thee, into another dwell in their owh land.
country, where ye were not bom; and 9 Mine heart within me is broken
there shall ye die. because of the prophets; ail my bones
27 But to the land whereunto they shake; I am like a drunken man, and
desire to retum, thither shall they not like a man whom whie hath overcome,
retum. because of the Lord, and because of
28 Is this man Co-ni'-ah a despised the words of his holiness.
broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no 10 For the land is full of adulterers;
pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, for because of swearing the land
he and his seed, cind are cast into a moumeth; the pleasant places of the
land which they know not? wildemess are dried up, and their
29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the course is evil, and their force is not
Word of the Lord. 1 right.
30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye 11 For both prophet and priest are
this man childless, a man that shall not profane; yea,in my house have I found
prosper in his days: for no man of his their wickedness, saith the Lord.
seed shall prosper, sitting upon the 12 Wherefore their way shall be un
throne of David, and ruling any more to them as slippery ways in the dark-
in Judah. ness: they shall be driven on, and fall
therein:for I will bring evil upon them,
CHAPTER 23 even the year of their Visitation, saith
WOE be unto the pastors that de- the Lord.
stroy and scatter the sheep of 13 And I have seen folly in the pro
my pasturel saith the Lord. phets of Sa-ma-ri-a; they prophesied
2 Therefore thus saith the Lord in Ba-al, and caused my people Israël
God of Israël against the pastors that to err.
feed my people; Ye have scattered my, 14 I have seen also in the prophets
flock,and driven them away,and have of Jérusalem an horrible thing: they
not visited them: behold, I will visit commit adultery, and walk in lies:
upon you the evil of your doings, saith they strengthen also the hands of evil-
the Lord. doers, that none doth retum from his
3 And I will gâther the remnant of wickedness: they are ail of them unto
my flôck out of ail countries whither I me as Sodom, and the inhabitants
have driven them, and will bring them thereof as Go-mor'-rah.
again to their folds; and they shall be 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord
fruitful and increase. of hosts conceming the prophets; Be
4 And I will set up shepherds over hold, I will feed them with wormwood,
them which shaU feed them: and they and make them drink the water of
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, gall: for from the prophets of Jemsa-
neither shall they be lacking, saith the lem is profaneness gone forth into ail
Lord. the land.
5 Behold, the days come, saith the 16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
Lord, that I will raise unto David a Hearken not unto the words of the
righteous Branch, cind a King shall prophets that prophesy unto you:they
reign and prosper, and shall execute make you vain: they speak a vision of
judgment and justice in the earth, their own heart, and not out of the
6 In his days Judah shaH be saved, mouth of the Lord.
and Israël shall dwell safely: and this 17 They say still unto them that der-
is his name whereby he shall be called, spise me,The Lord hath said, Ye shall
THE LORD DUR RIGHTEOUS- have peace; and they say unto every
NESS. one that walketh after the imagination
 JEREMIAH 24
of his own heart, No evil shall corne
upon you.
18 For who hath stood in the coun-
sel of the Lord, and hath perceived
and heard his word? who hath marked
his word, and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord
is gone forth in fury, even a grievous
whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon
the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord shall not
retum, until he have executed, and till
he have performed the thoughts of his
heart: in the latter days ye shall con-
sider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets,
yet they ran: I have not spoken to
them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my
counsel, and had caused my people to
hear my words, then they should have
tumed them from their evil way, and
from the evil of their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the
Lord, and not a God afar off?
24 Can any hide himself in secret
places that I shall not see him? saith
the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and
earth? saith the Lord.
25 I have heard what the prophets
said, that prophesy lies in my name,
saying, I have dreéuned, I have
dreamed.
26 How long shall this be in the
heart of the prophets that prophesy
lies? yea, they are prophets of the de-
ceit of their own heart;
27 Which think to cause my people
to forget my name by their dreams
which they tell every man to his
neighbour, as their fathers have for-
gotten my name for Ba-al.
28 The prophet that hath a dream,
let him tell a dream; and he that hath
my word,let him speak my word faith-
fully. What is the chaff to the wheat?
saith the Lord.
29 Is not my word like as a fire?
saith the Lord; and like a hammer
that breaketh the rock in pièces?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against
the prophets, saith the Lord, that
steal my words every one from his
neighbour.
31 Behold, I am against the pro
phets, saith the Lord, that use their
longues, and say, He saith.
32 Behold, I am against them that were so bad.
prophesy false dreams,saith the Lord,
and do tell them, and cause my people What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I
to err by their lies, and by their light- said, Figs; the good figs, very good;
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ness; yet I sent them not, nor com-
manded them: therefore they shall not
profit this people at ail, saith the Lord.
33 And when this people, or the
prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee,
saying, What is the burden of the
Lord? thou shalt then say unto them,
What burden? I will even forsake you,
saith the Lord.
34 And as for the prophet, and the
priest, and the people, that shall say,
The burden of the Lord, I will even
punish that man and his house.
35 Thus shall ye say every one to
his neighbour, and every one to his
brother, What hath the Lord answer-
ed? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
36 And the burden of the Lord
shall ye mention no more: for every
man's word shall be his burden; for ye
have perverted the words of the living
God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
37 Thus shalt thou say to the pro
phet, What hath the Lord answered
thee? and, What hath the Lord spo
ken?
38 But since ye say, The burden of
the Lord; therefore thus saith the
Lord; Because ye say this word, The
burden of the Lord, and I have sent
unto you, saying, Ye shall not say,
The burden of the Lord;
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will
utterly forget you, and I will forsake
you, and the city that I gave you and
your fathers, and cast you out of my
presence:
40 And I will bring an everlasting
reproach upon you, and a perpétuai
shame, which shall not be forgotten.
CHAPTER 24
The Lord shewed me,and, behold,
two baskets of figs were set before
the temple of the Lord, after that
Neb-u-chad-rez'-zar king of Babylon
had carried away captive Jec-o-ni-ah
the son of Je-hoi'-a-kim king of Judah,
and the princes of Judah, with the
carpenters and smiths, from Jérusa
lem, and had brought them to Baby
lon.
2 One basket had very good figs,
even like the figs that are first ripe: and
the other basket had very naughty
figs, which could not be eaten, they
3 Then said the Lord imto me,
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and the evU, very evU, that cannot be
eaten, they are so evil,
4 Again the word of the Lord came
imto me,saying,
5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of
Israël; Like these good figs, so will I
acknowledge them that are carried
away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent ont of this place into the land of
the Chal-de-ans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon
them for good, and I will bring them
again to this land: and I will build
them, and not pull them down; and 1
will plant them, and not pluck them
up.
7 And I will give them an heart to
know me, that I am the Lord: and
they shall be my people, and I will be
their God: for they shall retum unto
me with their whole heart.
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot
be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus
saith tiie Lord, So will I give Zed-e-
ki'ah the king of Judah, and his prin
ces, and the residue of Jérusalem, that
remain in this land, and them that
dwell in the land of Egypt:
9 And I will deliver them to be re-
moved into ail the kingdoms of tiie
earth for their hurt, to be a reproach
and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in
ail places whither I shall drive them.
10 And I will send the sword, the
famine, and the pestilence, among
them, till they be consumed from off
the land that I gave imto them and to
their fathers.
CHAPTER 25
The word that came to Jeremiah
conceming ail the people of Judah
in the fourth year of Je-hoi-a-kim the
son of Jo-si-ah king of Judah, that
was the first year of Neb-u-chad-rez-
zar king of Babylon;
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet
spake unto ail the people of Judah,
and to ail the inhabitants of Jérusa
lem, saying,
3 From the thirteenth year of Jo-
si'-ah the son of Amon king of Judah,
even unto this day, that is the three
and twentieth year, the word of the
Lord hath come unto me, and I
have spoken imto you, rising early
and speaking; but ye have not heark-
ened.
4 And the Lord hath sent unto you
ail his servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them; but ye have
not hearkened, nor indined your ear
to hear.
5 They said, Tum ye again now
every one from his evil way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in
the land that the Lord hath given
unto you and to your fathers for ever
and ever:
6 And go not after other gods to
serve them, and to worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the
Works of your hands; and I will do you
no hurt.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto
me,saith the Lord;that ye might pro
voke me to anger with the works of
your hands to your own hurt.
S Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words,
9 Behold, I will send and take ail
the familles of the north, saith the
Lord, and Neb-u-chad-rez'-zar the
king of Babylon, my servant, and will
bring them against this land, and
agednst the inhabitants thereof, and
against ail these nations round about,
and will utterly destroy them,
and make them an astonishment,
and an hissing, and perpétuai désola
tions.
10 Moreover I will take from them
the voice of mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom,
and the voice of the bride,the soimd of
the millstones, and the light of the
candie.
11 And this whole land shall be a
désolation, and an astonishment; and
these nations shall serve the king of
Babylon seventy years.
12 And it shail come to pziss, when
seventy years are accomplished, that I
will punish the king of Babylon, and
that nation, saith the Lord, for their
iniquity, and the land of the Chal-de-
ans, and will make it perpétuai désola
tions.
13 And I will bring upon that land
ail my words which I have pronounced
against it, even ail that is written in
this book, which Jeremiah hath pro-
phesied against ail the nations.
14 For many nations and great
kings shall serve themselves of fitiem
also: and I will recompense them ac-
cording to their deeds, and according
to the Works of their own hands.
15 For thus saith the Lord God of
Israël imto me; Take the wine cup of
this fury at my hand,and cause ail the
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nations, to whom 1 send thee, to them, The Lord shall roar from on
drink it. high, and utter his voice from his holy
16 And they shall drink, and be habitation; he shall mightily roar upon
moved, and be mad, because of the his habitation; he shall gîve a shout,as
sword that I will send among them. they that tread the grapes, against ail
17 Then took I the cup at the the inhabitants of the earth.
Lord's hand,and made ail the nations 31 A noise shall come even to the
to drink, unto whom the Lord had ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a
sent me: controversy with the nations, he will
18 To wU, Jérusalem, and the cities plead with ail flesh; he will give them
of Judah, and the kings thereof, and that are wicked to the sword, saith the
the princes thereof, to make them a Lord.
désolation, an astonishment, an hiss- 32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
ing, and a ourse; as it is this day; Behold, evil shall go forth from nation
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his to nation, and a great whirlwind shall
servants, and his princes, and ail his be raised up from the coasts of the
people; earth.
20 And ail the mingled people, and 33 And the slain of the Lord shall
ail the kings of the land of Uz,and ail be at that day from one end of the
the kings of the land of the Philistines, earth even imto the other end of the
and Ash-ke-lon, and Az'-zah, and Ek- earth: they shall not be lamented, nei-
ron, and the remnauit of Ash-dod, ther gathered, nor buried; they shall
21 Edom, and Moab, and the chil- be dung upon the ground.
dren of Ammon, 34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry;
22 And ail the kings of Ty'-rus, and and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye
ail the kings of Zi-don, and the kings principal of the flock: for the days of
of the isles which are beyond the sea, your slaughter and of your dispersions
23 De'-dan, and Te-ma, and Buz, are accomplished; and ye shall fall like
and ail that are in the utmost corners, a pleasant vessel.
24 And ail the kings of Arabia, and 35 And the shepherds shall have no
ail the kings of the mingled people way to flee, nor the principal of the
that dwell in the desert, dock to escape.
25 And ail the kings of Zimri, and 36 A voice of the cry of the shep
ail the kings of E-lam, and ail the herds, and an howling of the principal
kings of the Medes, of the flock, shall he heard: for the
26 And ail the kings of the north, Lord hath spoiled their pasture.
far and near, one with another, and ail 37 And the peaceable habitations
the kingdoms of the world, which are are eut down because of the fierce an-
upon the face of the earth: and the ger of the Lord.
king of She-shach shall drink after 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as
them. the lion: for their land is desolate be
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto cause of the fierceness of the oppresser,
them, Ihus saith the Lord of hosts, and because of his fierce anger.
the God of Israël; Drink ye, and be
drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise CHAPTER 26
no more, because of the sword which I IN the beginning of the reign of Je-
will send among you. hoi-a-kim the son of Jo-si-ah king
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to of Judah came this word from the
take the cup at thine hand to drink, Lord, saying,
then shalt thou say unto them, Thus 2 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the
saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall cer- court of the Lord's house, and speak
tainly drink. unto ail the cities of Judah, which
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on come to worship in the Lord's house,
the city which is called by my name, ail the words that I command thee to
and should ye be utterly unpunished? speak unto them; diminish not a word:
Ye shall not be impunished: for I will 3 If so be they will hearken, and
call for a sword upon ail the inhabit tum every man from his evil way,that
ants of the earth, saith the Lord of 1 may repent me of the evil, which I
hosts. purpose to do imto them because of
30 Therefore prophesy thou against the evil of their doings.
them ail these words, and say imto 4 And thou shalt say imto them.
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Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not people unto the priests and to the
hearken to me, to iwalk in my law, prophets;This man is not worthy to die:
which I have set before you, for he hath spoken to us in the name
5 To hearken to the words of my of the Lord our God.
servants the prophets, whom I sent 17 Then rose up certain ofthe elders
imto you, both rising up early, and of the land, and spake to ail the assem-
sending ihem, but ye have not heark- bly of the people, saying,
ened; 18 Mi-cah the Mo-ras-thite prophe
6 Then will I make this house like sied in the days of Hez-e-ki-ah king of
Shi-loh, and will make this city a curse Judah, and spake to ail the people of
to ail the nations of the earth, Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of
7 So the priests and the prophets hosts; Zion shall be plowed lïke a field,
and ail the people heard Jeremiah and Jérusalem shall become heaps,
speaking these words in the house of and the mountain of the house as the
the Lord. high places of a forest.
8 Now it came to pass, when Jere 19 Did Hez-e-ki-ah king of Judah
miah had made an end of speaking ail and ail Judah put him at ail to death?
that the Lord had commanded him to did he not fear the Lord,and besought
Spaak unto ail the people, that the the Lord, and the Lord repented him
priests and the prophets and ail the of the evil which he had pronounced
people took him, saying, Thou shalt against them? Thus might we procure
surely die. great evil against our soûls.
9 Why hast thou prophesied in the 20 And there was also a man that
name of the Lord, saying, This house prophesied in the name of the Lord,
shall be like Shi-loh, and this city shall U-ri-jah the son of She-ma-iah
be desolate without an inhabitant? of Kir'-jath-je-a-rim, who prophesied
And aU the people were gathered against this city and against this land
against Jeremiah in the house of the according to ail the words of Jeremiah:
Lord. 21 And when Je-hoi-a-kim the king,
10 When the princes of Judah heard with ail his mighty men, and ail the
these things, then they came up from princes, heard his words, the king
the king's house unto the house of the sought to put him to death: but when
Lord,and sat down in the entry of the U-ri-jah heard it, he was afraid, and
new gâte of tiie Lord's house. fled, and went into Egypt;
11 Then spake the priests and the 22 And Je-hoi-a-kim the king sent
prophets imto the princes and to ail men into Egypt, namély, El-na-tiian
the people, saying, This man is worthy the son of Ach-bor, and certain men
to die; for he hath prophesied against with him into Egypt.
this city, as ye have heard with your 23 And they fetched forth U-ri-jah
ears. out of Egypt, and brought him unto
12 Then spake Jeremiah unto ail Je-hoi-a-kim the king; who slew him
the princes and to ail the people, say with the sword,and cast his dead body
ing, The Lord sent me to prophesy into the graves of the common people.
against this house and against this city 24 Nevertheless the hand of A-hi-
ail the words that ye have heard. kam the son ofSha'-phan was with Jere-
13 Therefore now amend yoiur ways miah, that they should not give him
and your doings, and obey the voice into the hand of the people to put him
of the Lord your God; and the Lord to death.
will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you. CHAPTER 27
14 As for me, behold, I am in your IN the beginning of the reign of Je-
hand: do with me as seemeth good and hoi-a-kim the son of Jo-si-ah king
meet unto you. of Judah came this word unto Jere
15 But loiow ye for certain, that if miah from the Lord, saying,
ye put me to death, ye shall surely 2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make
bring innocent blood upon yourselves, thee bonds and yokes, and put them
and upon this city, and upon the in upon thy neck,
habitants thereof: for of a truth the 3 And send them to the king of
Lord hath sent me imto you to speak Edom, and to the king of Moab, and
ail these words in your ears. to the king of the Ammonites, and to
16 Then said the princes and ail the the king of Ty'-rus, and to the king of
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Zi-don, by the hand of the messengers of Babylon:for they prophesy a lie un

which corne to Jérusalem unto Zed-e- to you.
ki-ah king of Judah; 15 For I have not sent them, saith
4 And command them to say unto the LoîRDi yet they prophesy a lie in
their masters, Thus saith the Lord of my name; that I might drivé you out,
hosts, the God of Israël; Thus shall ye and that ye might perish, ye, and the
say imto your masters; prophéts that prophesy unto you.
5 I have made the earth, the man 16 Also I spake to the priests ànd to
and the beast that are upon the ail this people, saying, Thus saith the
ground, by my great pôwer and by my Lord; Hearkén not to the words of
outstretched arm, and have given it your prophets that prophesy unto you,
unto whom it seemed meet unto me. saying, Behold, the vessels of the
6 And now have I given ail these Lord's house shall now shortly be
lands into the hànd of Neb'-u-chad- brought again from Babylon: for they
nez-zar the king of Babylon, my ser prophesy a lie unto you.
vant; and the beasts of the field have 17 Hearken not unto them; serve
I given him also to serve him. the kitig of Babylon, and live: where-
7 And ail nations shall serve him, fore should this city be laid waste?
and his son,and his son's son, until the 18 But if they be prophets, and if
very time of his land come: and then the Word of the Lord be with them,
many nations and great kings shall let them now make intercession to the
serve themselves of him. Lord of hosts, that the vessels which
8 And it shall come to pass, that the are left in the house of the Lord, and
nation and kingdom which will not in the house of the king of Judah, and
serve the same Neb-u-chad-nez-zar at Jérusalem, gô not to Babylon.
the king of Babylon, and that will not 19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts
put their neck under the yoke of the concerning the pillars, and conceming
king of Babylon, that nation will I the sea, and concerning the bases, and
punish, saith the Lord, with the conceming the residue of the vessels
sword, and with the fainine, and with that remain in this city,
the pestilence, until I have consumed 20 Which Neb-u-chad-nez-zar king
them by his hand. of Babylon took not, when he carried
9 Therefore hearken not ye to your away captive Jec-o-ni-ah the son of
prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to Je-hoi-a-kim king of Judah from Jéru
your dreamers, nor to your enchant- salem to Babylon,and ail the nobles of
ers, nor to your sorcerers, which speak Judah and Jemsalem;
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve 21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of
the king of Babylon: hosts, the God of Israël, conceming
10 For they prophesy a lie unto the vessels that remain in the house of
you,to remove you far from your land; the Lord,and in the house of the king
and that I should drive you out, and of Judah and of Jemsalem;
ye should perish. 22 They shall be carried to Baby
11 But the nations that biing their lon, and there shall they be until the
neck under the yoke of the king of day that I visit them, saith the Lord;
Babylon, and serve him, those will I then will I bring them up, and restore
let remain still in their own land, saith them to this place.
thé Lord; and they shall till it, and
CHAPTER 28
dwell therein.
12 I spake also to Zed-e-ki-ah king AND it came to pass the same year,
of Judah according to ail these words, jt\ in the beginning of the reign of
saying, Bring your necks undér the Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah, in the
yoke of the king of Babylon,and serve fourth year, and in the fifth month,
him and his people, and live. that Han-a-ni-ah the son of A-zur the
13 Why will ye die, thou and thy prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake
people, by the sword, by the famine, unto me in the house of the Lord, in
and by the pestilence, as the Lord the presence of the priests and of ail
hath spoken against the nation that the people, saying,
lîilll not serve the king ôf Babylon? 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts,
14 Therefore hearken not unto the the God of Israël, saying, I have bro-
words of the prophets that speak unto ken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
you,saying,Ye shall not serve the king 3 Within two full years will I bring
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again Into thls place ail the vessels of serve him: and I have given him the
tiie Lord's house, that Neb-u-chad-
nez'-zar king of Babylon took away
from this place, and carried them to
Babylon:
4 And I will bring again to this
place Jec-o-ni-ah the son of Je-hoi-a-
kim king of Judah, with ail the cap
tives of Judah, that went into Baby
lon, saith the Lord: for I will bre^ face of the earth: this year thou shalt
the yoke of the king of Babylon.
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said
unto the prophet Han-a-ni'-ah in the
presence of the priests, and in the prés
ence of ail the people that stood in the
house of the Lord,
6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said.
Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord per-
form thy words which thou hast pro-
phesied, to bring again the vessels of sent from Jérusalem unto the residue
the Lord's house, and ail that is car
ried away captive, from Babylon into
this place.
7 Nevertheless hear thou now this
Word that I speak in thine ears, and in
the ears of ail the people;
8 The prophets that have been be^
fore me and before thee of old prophe-
sied both against many countries, and
against great kingdoms, of war, and of
evil, and of pestilence.
9 The prophet which prophesieth of
peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the pro
phet be known, that the Lord hath
truly sent him.
10 Then Han-a-ni-ah the prophet
took the yoke from ofï the prophet
Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
11 And Han-a-ni-ah spake in the
presence of ail the people,saying, Thus
saith the Lord; Even so will I break
the yoke of Neb-u-chad-nez-zar king
of Babylon from the neck of ail na
tions within the space of two full years.
And the prophet Jeremiah went his
way.
12 Then the word of the Lord Ccime
unto Jeremisih the prophet, after that
Hem-a-ni-ah the prophet had broken
the yoke from off the neck of the pro
phet Jeremiah, saying,
13 Go and. tell Han-a-ni-ah, saying,
Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast bro
ken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt
make for them yokes of iron.
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israël; I have put a yoke of
iron upon the neck of ail these nations,
that they may serve Neb-u-chad-nez-
zar king of Babylon; and they shall
beasts of the field also.
15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah
unto Han-a-ni-ah the prophet, Hear
now, Han-a-ni-ah; The Lord hath not
sent thee; but thou makest this people
to trust in a lie.
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will cast thee from off the
die, because thou hast taught rébellion
against the Lord.
17 So Han-a-ni-ah the prophet died
the same year in the seventh month.
CHAPTER 29
NOW these are the words of the
letter that Jeremiah the prophet
of the elders which were carried away
captives, and to the priests, and to the
prophets, and to. ail the people whom
Neb-u-chad-nez-zar had carried away
captive from Jérusalem to Babylon;
2 (After that Jec-o-ni-ah the king,
and the queen, and the eunuchs, the
princes of Judah and Jérusalem, and
the carpenters, and the smiths, were
departed from Jérusalem;)
3 By the hand of El-a-sah the son
of Sha-phan, and Gem-a-ri-ah the son
of Hil-ki-ah,(whom Zed-e-ki-ah king
of Judah sent unto Babylon to Neb-u-
chad-nez-zar king of Babylon) say
ing,
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israël, unto ail that are carried
away captives, whom I haye caused to
be carried away from Jeruscilem unto
Babylon;
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in
them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
6 Take ye wives,and beget sons and
daughters; and take wives for your
sons, and give your daughters to hus-
bands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; that ye may be increased
there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the peace of the city
whither I have caused you to be car
ried away captives, and pray unto the
Lord for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israël; Let not your pro
phets and your diviners, that be in the
midst of you, deceive you, neither
hearken to your dreams which ye
cause to be dreamed.
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9 For they prophesy falsely unto Ma-a-se'-iah, which prophesy a lie Unto
you in my name:I have not sent them, you in my name; Behold,I will deliver
saitii the Lord. them into the hand of Neb-u-chad-rez'-
10 For thus saith the Lord, That zar king of Babylon; and he shall slay
after seventy years be accomplished at them before your eyes;
Babylon I will visit you, and perform 22 And of them shall be taken up a
my good word toward you, in causing curse by ail the captivity of Judah
you to retum to this place. which are in Babylon, saying^ The
11 For I know the thoughts that I Lord make thee like Zed-e-ki-ah and
think toward you, saith the Lord, like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to roasted in the fire;
give you ah expected end. 23 Because they have committed
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and villany in Israël, and have committed
ye shall go and pray unto me, and I adultery with their neighbours* wives,
will hearken unto you. and have spoken lying words in my
13 And ye shall seek me, and find name, which I have not commeuided
me, when ye shall search for me with them; even I know, and am a witness,
ail your heart. saith the Lord.
14 And 1 will be found of you, saith 24 Thus shalt thou also speak to
the Lord: and I will tum away your She-ma-iah the Ne-hel-a-mite, say-
captivity, and I will gather you from ing,
ail the nations, and from ail the places 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of
wlûther I have driven you, saith the hosts, the God of Israël, saying, Be
Lord; and 1 will bring you again into cause thou hast sent letters in thy
the place whence I caused you to be name unto ail the people that are at
carried away captive. Jérusalem, and to Zeph-a-ni-ah the
15 Because ye have said, The Lord son of Ma-a-se'-iah the priest, and to
hath raised us up prophets in Baby ail the priests, saying,
lon; 26 The Lord hath made thee priest
16 Know that thus saith the Lord in the stead of Je-hoi'-a-da the priest,
of the king that sitteth upon the that ye should be officers in the house
throne of David, and of ail the people of the Lord,for every man that is mad,
that dwelleth in this city, and of your and maketh himself a prophet, that
brethren that are not gone forth with thou shouldest put him in prison, and
you into captivity; in the stocks.
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 27 Now therefore why hast thou
Behold, I will send upon them the not reproved Jeremiah of An'-a-thoth,
sword, the famine, and the pestilence, which maketh himself a prophet to
and will make them like vile figs, that you?
cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 28 For therefore he sent unto us in
18 And I will persécute them with Babylon, saying, This captivity is long:
the sword, with the famine, and with build ye houses, and dwell in them;and
the pestilence, and will deliver them plant gardens, and eat the fruit of
to be removed to ail the kingdoms of them.
the earth, to be a curse, and an aston- 29 And Zeph-a-ni-ah the priest read
ishment, and an hissing, and a re- this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
proach, among ail the nations whither prophet.
I have driven them: 30 Then came the word of the Lord
19 Because they have not heark- unto Jeremiah, saying,
ened to my words, saith the Lord, 31 Send to ail them of the captiv
which I sent unto them by my ser ity, saying, Thus saith the Lord con-
vants the prophets, rising up early and ceming She-ma-iah the Ne-hel'-a-
sendihg them; but ye would not hear, mite; Because that She-ma-iah hath
saith the Lord. prophesied unto you, and I sent him
20 Hear ye therefore the word of not, and he caused you to trust in a
the Lord,ail ye of the captivity, whom lie:
I have sent from Jérusalem to Baby 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
lon: Behold, I will punish She-ma-iah the
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Ne-hel-a-mite, and his seed: he shall
the God of Israël, of Ahab the son of not have a man to dwell among this
Ko-lai'-ah,and ofZed-e-ki-ah the son of people; neither shall he behold the
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gpod that 1 wlll do. for my people, that thou mayest be bound up: thou
saith the Lord;because be hath taught hast no healing medicines.
rébellion against the Lord. 14 AU thy lovers have forgotten
thee; they seek thee not; for I have
CHAPTER 30 wounded thee with the wound of an
enemy, with the chastisement of a
The Word that came to Jeremiah cmel one, for the multitude of tjiine
iniquity; because thy sins were in-
from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus speaketh the Lord God.of Creased
Israël, saying, Write thee ail the words 15 vhiy criest thou for thine afflic^
that I have spoken unto thee in a tion? thy sorrow is incurable for the
bock. multitude of thine iniquity: because
3 For, lo, the days come, saith the thy sins were increased, I have done
Lord, that I will bring again the cap- these things unto thee.
tivity of my people Israël and Judah, 16 Therefore aU they that devour
saith the Lord: and I will cause them thee shall be devoured; and ail thine
to retum to the land that 1 gave to adversaries, every one of them, shall
their fathers, and they shall possess it. go into captivity; and they that spoU
4 And these are the words that the thee shall be a spoil, and ail that prey
Lord spake conceming Israël and con- upon thee will I give for a prey.
cèming Judah. 17 For I will restore health unto
5 For thus saith the Lord; We have thee, and I will heal thee of thy
heard a voice of trembling, offear,and wounds, saith the Lord; because
notofpeace. they cailed thee an Outcast, saying,
6 Ask ye now, and see whether a This is Zion, whom no man seeketh
man doth travail vdth child? wherefore after.
do I see every man with his hands on 18 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I
his loins, as a woman in travail, and will bring again the captivity of Ja-
ail faces are turned into paleness? cob's tents, and have mercy on his
7 Alasl for that day is great, so that dwellingplaces; and the city shall be
none is like it: it is even the time of builded upon her own heap, and the
Jaçob's trouble; but he shall be saved palace shall remain after the manner
out of it. thereof.
8 For it shall come to pass in that 19 And out of them shaU proceed
day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I thanksgiving and the voice of them
will break his yoke from off thy neck, that make merry: and I will multiply
and will burst thy bonds, and stran- them, and they shall not be few; I will
gers shall no more serve themselves of also glorify them, and they shaU not
him: be small.
9 But they shall serve the Lord 20 Their children also shall be as
their God,and David their king, whom aforetime, and their congrégation shaU
I will raise up unto them. be established before me, 2ind I wiU
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my punish ail that oppress them.
servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither 21 And theix nobles shall be of
be dismayed, O Israël: for, lo, 1 will themselves, and their governor shall
save thee from afar, and thy seed proceed from the midst of them; and
from the land of their captivity; and 1 will cause him to draw near, and he
Jacob shall retum,and shall be in rest, shall approach unto me:for who is this
and be quiet, and none shall make him that engaged his heart to approach un
afraid. to me? saith the Lord.
11 For I am with thee, saith the 22 And ye shall bé my people, and
Lord, to save thee: though I make a I will be your God.
full end of ail nations wlflther I have 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the
scattered thee, yet will I not make a Lord goeth forth with fury, a con-
full end of thee: but I will correct thee tinuing whirlwind: it shall fall with
in measure, and will not leave thee al- pain upon the head of the wicked.
together unpunished. 24 The fierce anger of the Lord
12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy shall not return, until he have done U,
bruise is incurable, and thy woimd is and until he have performed the in-
grievous. tents of his heart:in the latter days ye
13 There is none to plead thy cause, shaU consider it.
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a watered garden; and they shall not

CHAPTER 31 sorrow any more at ail.
AT the same time, saith the Lord, 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in
l\ will I be the God of ail the fami the dance, both young men and old to
lles of Israël, and they shall be my gether: for I will tum their mouming
people. into joy, and will comfort them, and
2 Thus saith the Lord, The people make them rejoice from their sorrow.
which were left of the sword found 14 And I will satiate the soul of the
grâce in the wildemess; even Israël, priests with fatness, and my people
when I went to cause him to rest. shall be satisfied with my goodness,
3 The Lord hath appeared of old saith the Lord.
unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved 15 Thus saith the Lord; A voice
thee with an everlasting love: there- was heard in Ra-mah, lamentation,
fore with lovingkindness have I drawn and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for
thee. her children refused to be comforted
4 Again I will build thee, and thou for her children, because they were not.
shalt be buht, O virgin of Israël: thou 16 Thus saith the Lord; Refrain
shalt again be adomed with thy tab- thy voice from weeping, and thine
rets, and shalt go forth in the dances eyes from tears: for thy work shall be
of them that make merry. rewarded, saith the Lord; and they
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon shall come again from the land of the
the mountains of Sa-ma-ri-a: the enemy.
planters shall plant, and shall eat them 17 And there is hope in thine end,
as common things. saith the Lord,that thy children shaU
6 For there shall be a day, that the come again to their own border.
watchman upon the mount E-phra-im 18 I have surely heard E-phra-im
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to bemoaning himself fhus; Thou hast
Zion unto the Lord our God. chastised me,and I was chastised, as a
7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing buUock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn
with gladness for Jacob, and shout thou me, and I shall be tumed; for
among the chief of the nations: pub- thou art the Lord my God.
lish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, 19 Surely after that I was tumed, I
save thy people, the remnant of Israël. repented; and after that I was in-
8 Behold, I will bring them from stmcted, I smote upon my thigh: I
the north country, and gather them was ashamed, yea, even confounded,
from the coasts of the earth, and with because I did bear the reproach of my
them the blind and the lame, the youth.
woman with child and her that trav- 20 Is E'-phra-im my dear son? is he
aileth with child together: a great a pleasant child? for since I spake
Company shall retum thither. against him, I do eamestly remember
9 They shall come with weeping, him still: therefore my bowels are
and with supplications will I lead troubled for him; I will surely have
them: I wUl cause them to walk by the mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
rivers of waters in a straight way, 21 Set thee up waymarks, make
wherein they shall not stumble: for I thee high heaps: set thine heart to-
am a father to Israël, and E-phra-im ward the highway, even the way which
is my firstborn. thou wentest: tum again, O virgin of
10 Hear the word of the Lord,O ye Israël, tum again to these thy cities.
nations, and déclaré it in the isles afar 22 How long wilt thou go about, O
off, and say, He that scattered Israël thou backsliding daughter? for the
wiU gather him, and keep him, as a Lord hath created a new thing in the
shepherd doth his flock. earth, A woman shall compass a man.
11 For the Lord hath redeemed Ja 23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,the
cob, and ransomed him from the hand God of Israël; As yet they shall use
of him that was stronger than he. this speech in the land of Judah and
12 Therefore they shall come and in the cities thereof,when I shall bring
sing in the height of Zion, and shall again their captlvity; The Lord bless
flow together to the goodness of the thee, O habitation of justice, and
Lord,for wheat, and for wine, and for mountain of holiness.
oil, and for the young of the flock and 24 And there shall dwell in Judah
of the herd: and their soul shall be as itself, and in ail the cities thereof to-
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gether^husbandmen» and they fhat go
forth with flocks.
25 For I have satiated the weary
seul, and I have replenished every sor-
rowful seul, Israël for ail that they have done,
26 Upon this I awaked,and beheld; saith the Lord.
and my sleep was sweet unto me. 38 Behold,the days come,saith the
27 Behold,the days come,saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to
Lord» that I will sow the house of Is the Lord from the tower of Ha-nan-e-
raël and the house of Judah with the
seed of man» and with the seed of
beast.
28 And it shall come to pass, that
like as I have watched over them, to
pluck up, and to break down, and to
throw down, and to destroy, and to
afihct; so will I watch over them, to
build, and to plant, saith the Lord.
29 In those days they shall say no
more, The fathers have eaten a sour
grape, and the chhdren's teeth are set
on edge.
30 But every one shall die for his
own iniquity: every man that eateth
the sour grape, his teeth shall be set
on edge.
31 Behold,the days come,saith the
Lord,that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israël and with the
house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in the
day that 1 took them by the hand to
bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, bX-
though I was an husband imto them,
saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant
that I will make with the house of Is
raël; After those days, saith the Lord,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
and Write it in their hearts; and will be
their God,and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more
every man his neighbour, and every
man his brother, saying, Know the
Lord:for they shall ail know me,from
the least of them unto the greatest of
them,saith the Lord:for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.
35 Thus saith the Lord, which giv-
eth the sun for a light by day, and the
ordincuices of the moon and of the
stars for a light by night, which divid-
eth the sea when the waves thereof
roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
36 If those ordinances départ from
before me, saith the Lord, then the
seed of Israël also shall cease from
being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus saith the Lord; If heaven
above can be measUred, and the foxm-
dations of the earth searched out be-
neath, I will also cast ofî ail the seed of
el unto the gâte of the corner.
39 And the measuring line shall yet
go forth over against it upon the hill
Ga-reb, and shall compass about to
Go-ath.
40 And the whole valley of the dead
bodies, and of the ashes, and ail the
fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto
the corner of the horse gâte toward the
east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it
shall not be plucked up, nor thrown
down any more for ever.
CHAPTER 32
The Word that came to Jeremiah
from the Lord in the tenth year of
Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah, which was
the eighteenth year of Neb-u-chad-
rez-zar.
2 For then the king of Babylon's
army besieged Jeruscilem: and Jeremi
ah the prophet was shut up in the
court of the prison, which was in the
king of Judah's house.
3 For Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah
had shut him up, saying, Wherefore
dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, I give
this city into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall take it;
4 And Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah
shall not escape out of the hand of the
Chal-de'-cms, but shall surely be de-
livered into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and shall speak with him
mouth to mouth,and his eyes shall be
hold his eyes;
5 And he shall lead Zed-e-ki'-ah to
Babylon, and there shall he be until I
visit him, saith the Lord: though ye
fight with the Chal-de-ans, ye shall not
prosper.
6 And Jeremiah said, The word of
the Lord came imto me, saying,
7 Behold, Ha-nam'-e-el the son of
Shcil-lum thine uncle shall come unto
thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is
in An-a-thoth:for the right of rédemp
tion is thine to buy it*
8 So Ha-nam-e-el mine uncle's son
came to me in the court of the prison
according to the word of the Lord,2ind
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said unto me, Buy my field, 1 pray ders in the land of Egypt, even unto
this day, and in Israël, and among
thee,that is in An'-a-thoth, which is in
the country of Benjamin:for the right other men;and hast made thee a name,
of inheritance is thine, and the ré as at this day;
demption is thine; buy U for thyself. 21 And hast brought forth thy peo-
Then I knew that this was the word of ple Israël out of the land ofEgypt with
the Lord» signs, and with wonders, and with a
9 And I bought the field of Ha- strong hand, and with a stretched out
nam'e-el my uncle's son, that was in arm, and with great terror;
An-a-thoth, and weighed him the 22 And h^st given them this land,
money, even seventeen shekels of sil- which thou didst swear to their fathers
ver» to give them,a land flowing with milk
10 And I subscribed the evidence, and honey;
and sealed it, and took witnesses, and 23 And they came in, and possessed
weighed him the money in the bal it; but they obeyed not thy voice, nei-
ances* ther walked in thy law;they have done
11 So I took thè evidence of the nothing of ail that thou commandedst
purchase, both that which was sealed them to do: therefore thou hast caused
according to the law and custom, and ail this evil to come upon them:
that which was open: 24 Behold the moimts, they are
12 And I gave the evidence of the come unto the city to take it: and the
purchase unto Ba-ruch the son of Ne- city is given into the hand of the Chal-
ri-ah, the son of Ma-a-se-iah, in the de-ans, that fight against it, because
sight of Ha-nam-e-el mine uncle's son, of the sword,and of the famine,and of
and in the presence of the witnesses the pestilence: and what thou hast
ihat subscribed the book of the piur- spoken is come to pass; and, behold,
chase, before ail the Jews that sat in thou seest it.
the court of the prison. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O
13 And I charged Ba-ruch before Lord God, Buy thee the field for
them, saying, money, and take witnesses; for the
14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,the city is given into the hand of the Chal-
God of Israël; Take these évidences, de-ans.
this evidence of the purchase, both 26 Then came the word of the Lord
which is sealed, and this evidence imto Jeremiah, saying,
which is open; and put them in an 27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God
earthen vessel,that they may continue of ail flesh: is there any thing too hard
many days. for me?
15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 28 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
the God of Israël; Houses and fields Behold, I will give this city into the
and vineyards shall be possessed again hand of the Chal-de-ans, and into the
in this land. hand of Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king of
16 Now when I had delivered the Babylon, and he shall take it:
evidence of the purchase unto Ba-ruch 29 And the Chal-de'-ans, that fight
the son of Ne-ri-ah, I prayed unto the against this city, shall come and set
Lord, saying, fire on this city, and burn it with the
17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast houses, upon whose roofs they have
made the heaven and the earth by thy offered incense unto Ba-al,and poured
gréât power and stretched oUt arm, out drlnk ofFerings unto other gods, to
and there is nothing too hard for thee: provoke me to anger.
18 Thou shewestlovingkindness im- 30 For the children of Israël and the
to thousahds, and recompensest the dfildren of Judah have only done evil
iniquity of the fathers into the bosom before me from their youth: for the
of their children âfter them:the Great, children of Israël have only provoked
the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is me to anger with the work of their
his name, hands, saith the Lord.
19 Great in counsel, and mighty in 31 For this city hath been to me as
work: for thine eyes are open upon ail a provocation of mine anger and of my
the ways of the sons of men: to give fury from the day that they built it
every one according to his ways, and even unto this day; that I shotild re-
according to the fruit of his doings: move it from before my face,
20 Which hast set signs and won- 32 Because of ail the evUofthe chil-
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dren of Israël and of the children of them, and take witnesses in the land of
Judah» whlch they have done to pro- Benjamin, and in the places about
voke me to anger, they, their kings, Jérusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
their princes, their priests, and their and in the cities of the mountains,and
prophets, and the men of Judah, and in the cities of the valley, and in the
the inhabitants of Jérusalem. cities of the south: for I will cause
33 And they have tumed imtome their captivity to retum, saith the
the back, and not the face: though I Lord.
taught them,rising up early and teach-
ing them, yet they have not hearkened CHAPTER 33
to receive instruction. MOREOVER the word of the
34 But they set their abominations Lord came unto Jeremiah the
in the house, which is called by my second time, while he was yet shut up
name, to defile it. in the court of the prison, saying,
35 And they built the high places of 2 Thus saith the Lord the maker
Ba-al, which are in the valley of the thereof, the Lord that formed it, to
son of Hin-nom, to cause their sons establish it; the Lord is his name;
and their daughters to pass through 3 Call unto me, and I will answer
the fire unto Mo'-lech; which 1 com- thee, and shew thee great and mighty
manded them not, neither came it into things, which thou knowest not.
my mind, that they should do this 4 For thus saith the Lord, the God
abomination, to cause Judah to sin. of Israël, concerning the houses of this
36 And now therefore thus saith the city, and conceming the houses of the
Lord, the God of Israël, conceming kings of Judah, which are thrown
this city, whereof ye say, It shall be down by the mounts, and by the
delivered into the hand of the king of sword;
Babylon by the sword, and by the 5 They come to fight with the Chal-
famine, and by the pestilence; de-ans, but it is to fill them with the
37 Behold,I will gather them out of dead bodies of men, whom I have slain
ail countries, whither I have driven in mine anger and in my fury, and for
them in mine anger, and in my fury, ail whose wickedness I have hid my
and in great wrath; and I will bring face from this city.
them agëiin unto this place, and I will 6 Behold, I will bring it health and
cause them to dwell safely: cure, and I will cure them,and will re-
38 And they shall be my people, veal unto them the abondance of
and I will be their God: peace and tmth.
39 And I will give them one heart, 7 And I will cause the captivity of
and one way, that they may fear me Judah and the captivity of Israël to
for ever, for the good of them, and of retum, and will build them, as at the
their children after them: first.
40 And I will make an everlasting 8 And I will cleanse them from ail
covenant with them, that I will not their iniquity, whereby they have
tum away from them, to do them sinned against me; and I will pardon
good; but I will put my fear in their ail their iniquities, whereby they have
hearts, that they shall not départ from sinned, and whereby they have trîins-
me. gressed against me.
41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to 9 And it shall be to me a name of
do them good, and I will plant them joy, a praise and an honour before ail
in this land assuredly with my whole the nations of the earth, which shall
heart and with my whole soul. hear ail the good that I do unto them:
42 For thus saith the Lord; Like as and they shall fear and tremble for ail
I have brought ail this ^eat evil upon the goodness and for ail the prosperity
this people, so will I bring upon them that I procure unto it.
ail the good that I have promised 10 Thus saith the Lord; Agciin
tiiem. there shall be heard in this place,
43 And fields shall be bought in this which ye say shall he desolate without
land, whereof ye say, It is desolate man and without beast, even in the
without man or beast; it is given into cities of Judah, and in the streets of
'the hand of the Chal-de-ans. Jemsalem, that are desolate, without
44 Men shall buy fields for money, man, and without inhabitant, and
and subscribe évidences, and seal without beast.
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11 The voice of joy, and the voice of David my servant, and the Levites
;Of gladness, the voice of the bride- that minister unto me.
groom, wd the voice of the bride, the 23 Moreover the word pf the Lord
voice ofthem that shaÙ say,Praise the came to Jeremiah, saying,
Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; 24 Cpnsiderest thou not what this
for his mercy endureth for ever: and of people have spoken, saying, The; two
them that shah bring the sacrifice pf families which the Lord hath chosen,
praise into the house of the Lord. For he hath even cast them pff? thus they
I will cause to retum the captivity of have despised my people, that they
the land,as at the first,saith the Lord. should be no more a nation before
12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; them.
Again in this place, which is desolate 25 Thus saith the Lord;If my cove
without man and without beast, and nant be not with day and night, and if
in ail the cities thereof, shall be an I have not appointed the ordinances of
habitation of shepherds causing their heaven and earth;
fiocks to lie down. 26 Then will I cast away the seed of
13 In the cities of the mountains,in Jacob, and David my servant, so that
the cities of the vale, amd in the cities I ydll not take any of his seed to he
of the south, and in the land of Ben rulers over the seed of Abraham,Isaac,
jamin, and in the places about Jei^a- and Jacob: for I will cause their cap
lem, and in the cities of Judah, shall tivity to retum, and have mercy on
the fiocks pass again undër the hands them.
of him that telleth them, saith the
Lord.
ÇHAPTER 34
14 Behold,the days come,saith the The word which came unto Jere
Lord, that I will perform that good miah from the Lord, when Neb-u-
thing which I have promised unto the chad-nez-zar king of Babylpn, and ail
house of Israël and to the house of his army, and ail the kingdoms of the
Judah. earth of his dominion, and ail the peo
15 In those days, and at that time, ple, fought against Jemsalem, and
will I ca.use the Branch of righteous- against aU the cities tnereof, saying,
ness tb ^ow up unto David; and he 2 Thus saith the Lord, the God bf
shall execute judgment and righteous- Israël; Go and speak to Zed-e-ki'-ah
ness in the land. king of Judah,and tell him,Thus saith
16 In those days shall Judah be the Lord; Behold, I will give this city
saved, and Jérusalem shall dwell safe- into the hand of the king of Babylpn,
ly: and this is the narne wherewith she and he shall bum it with fire:
shall be called, The Lord our right- 3 And thou shalt not escape out pf
eousness. his hand, but sheilt surely be taken,
17 For thus saith the Lord; David and delivered into his hand; and thine
shall never want a man to sit upon the eyes shall behold the eyes of the king
throne of the house of Israël; of Babylon, and he shall speak with
18 Neither shall the priests the Lé thee mouth to mQuth, and thou shalt
vites want a man before me to offer go to Babylon.
bumt offerings, and to kindle meat of- 4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O
ferings, and to do sacrifice continually. Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah; Thus saith
19 And the word of the Lord came the Lord pf thee, Thou shalt not die
unto Jeremiah, saying, by the sword:
20 Thus saith the Lord; If ye can 5 But thou shalt die in peace: and
break my covenant of the day,and my with the burnings of thy fathers, the
covenant of the night, and that there former kings which were before thee,
shouM not be day and , night in their so shall they burp odours for thee; and
season; they will lament thee, saying. Ah lord!
21 THen may alsp my covenant be for I have pronounced the word, saith
brpkpn with David ,my seryant, thî^t the Lord.
he should not have a son to reign upon 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake
his throne; and with the Levites the ail these words unto Zed-e-^-ah king
priests, my ministers. , of Judah in Jérusalem,
22 As the host of heaven cannot be 7 When the king pf Babylon's army
numbered, neither the Scind of the sea fought against Jérusalem, and against
measured: so will I multiply the seed ali the cities of Judah that were left.
708 JEREMIAH 35
against La-chish, and against A-ze- ypu, saith the Lord, to the sword, to
kah:for these defenced icities remalned the pestilence, and to the famine; and
of the cities of Judah. 1 will make you to be removed into ail
8 This is the Word that came unto the kingdoihs of the earth.
Jeremiah from the Lord, after that 18 And I will give the men that
the kiQg Zed-e-ki-ah had made a cove- have transgressed my coveiiant, which
nant with ail the people which were at have not performed the words bf the
Jérusalem, to proclàim liberty imto covenant which they had made before
them; me, when they eut the calf in twain,
9 That every man should let hls and passed between the parts thereof,
manservant, and every man hls maid- 19 The princes of Judah, and the
servant, heing an Hebrew or an He- princes of Jemsalem,the eunuchs,and
brewess, go free; that none should the priests, and ail the people of the
serve hinisélf of them, to wit, of a Jew land, which passed between the parts
his brother. of the calf;
10 Now when ail the princes, and 20 I will even give thein into the
ail the people, which had entered into hand of their enemies, and into the
the covenant, heard that every one hand of them that seek their life: and
should let his manservant, and every their dead bodies shall be for ineat im-
one his maidsèrvant, go free,that none to the fowls of the heaven, and to the
should serve themselves of them any beasts of the earth.
more, then they obeyed, and let them 21 And Zed^ki-ah king of Judah
go. and his princes will I give into the
11 But afterward they tumed, and hand of their enemies, and into the
caused the servants and the hand- hand of them that seek their life, and
maids, whom they had let gp free, to into the hand bf the king of Babylon's
retum, and brought them into subjec- army, which are gone up from you.
tion for servants and for handmaids. 22 Behold, I will command, saith
12 Therefore the word of the Lord the Lord,and cause them to retum to
came to Jeremiah from the Lord,say- this city; and they shall fight against
ing, it, and take it, and bum it with fire:
13 Thus saith the Lord,the God of and I will make the cities of Judah a
Israël; I made a covenant with your désolation without an inhabitant.
fathers in the day that I brought thfem
forth out of the lahd of Egypt, out of CHAPTER 35
the house of bondmen,sa^g, The word which came unto Jere
14 At the end of seveh yeàrs let ye miah from the Lord in the days of
go every man his brother an Hebrew, Jé-hoi'-a-kim the son of Jo-si-ah king
which hath been sbld unto thee; and of Judah, saying,
whén he hath served thee six years, 2 Go unto the house of the Re-
thou shalt let him go free from thee: chab-ites, and speak unto them, and
but your fathers hearkened not unto bring them into the house ofthe Lord,
me, neither inclined their ear. into one of the chambers, and give
15 And ye were now tumed, and them wine to drink.
had done right in my sight, in pro- 3 Then I took Ja-az-a-ni'-ah the sbn
claiming liberty every man to his of Jeremiah,the son of Hab-â-zi-ni-ah,
neighbour; and ye had made a cove and his brethren, and ail his sons, and
nant before me in the house which is the whole house of the Re-chab-ites;
called by my name: 4 And I brought them into the
16 But ye tumed and poUuted my house of the Lord, into the chamber
nanie, and caused eveiy man his ser of the sons of Ha-nan,the son of Ig-da-
vant, and every man his handmaid, li-ah, a man of God, which was by the
whom he had set ât liberty at their chamber of the princes, which was
pleasure, to retum, and brought them above the chamber of Ma-a-se'-iah the
hito subjection,to be unto you for ser son of Shal-lum, the keeper of the
vants and for handmaids. doon
17 Therefore thus saith thé Lord; 5 And I set before the sons of the
Ye have not hearkened unto me, in house of the Re-chab-ites pots full of
proclaiming liberty, every one to his wine, and cups, and I said unto them,
brother, and every inan to his neigh Drink ye wine.
bour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for 6 But they said, We will drink no
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wine: for Jon-a-dâb the son of Re- upon ail the inhabitants of Jérusalem
chàb bur father commanded us, say- ail the evil that 1 have pronoimced
ing, Yè shall drink no wine, neWfier ye, against them: because I bave spoken
nor your sons for ever: unto them, but they have not heard;
7 Neither shall ye build house, nor and I have called tmto them, but they
sow seed, nor plant vlneyard, nor have have not answered.
àny: but aU your days ye shall dwell 18 And Jeremiah said unto the
in tents; that ye may live many days house of the Re'-chab^ites, ThUs saith
in the land where ye he strangers. the Lord of hosts, the God of Israël;
8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Because ye have obeyed the com
Jon-a-dab the son of Re'-chab our mandment of Jon'-a-dab your father,
father in ail that he hath charged us, and kept ail his precepts, and done âc
to drink no wine ail our days, we, our cording unto ail that he hath com
wives, our sons, nor our daughters; manded you:
9 Nor to build houses for us to 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
dweU in: neither have we vineyard,nor hosts, the G6d of Israël; Jon'-a-dab the
field, nor seed: son of Re'-chab shall not want a man
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and to stand before me for éver.
have obeyed, and done âccording to
ail that Jon-a-dab our father com CHAPTER 36
manded us. AND it came to pass in the foiuih
11 But it came to pass, when I^eb- year of Je-hoi'-a-kim the son of
u-chad-rez-zar king of Babylon came Jo-si'-ah king of Judah, that this word
up into the lànd, that we said, Come, came unto Jeremiah from the Lord,
and let us go to Jérusalem for fear of saying, ;
the army bf the Chal-de-aiis, and for 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and
fear of the army of thè Syrians: so we Write therein ail the words that I have
dwell at Jérusalem. spoken unto thee against Israël, and
12 Then came the word of the Lord against Judah, and against ail the na
unto Jeremiah, saying, tions, from the day I spake unto thee,
13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,the frbm the days of Jo-si'-ah, even unto
God of Israël; Go and tell the men of this day;
Judah and thé inhabitants of Jemsa- 3 It may be that the house of Judah
lem, Will ye not receive instruction to will hear ail the evil which I purpose
hearkén to my words? saith the Lord. to do unto them;that they may retum
14 The words of Jon-a-dab the son every man from his evil way; that I
of Re'-chab, that he commanded his may forgivé their iniquity and their
sons not to drink wine, are performed; sin.
for unto this day they drink none, but 4 Then Jeremiah called Ba'-ruch the
obey their faiher's commandment: son of Nè-ri'-ah: and Ba'-mch mote
notwithstanding I have spoken unto from the mouth of Jeremiah ail the
you, rising early and speaking; but ye words of the Lord, which he had spo
hearkened not unto me. ken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
15 I have sent also unto you ail my 5 And Jeremiah commanded Ba'-
servants the prbphets, rising up early ruch,saying,I am shut up;I cannot go
aâid sending them, saying, Retum ye into the house of the Lord:
now every man from his evil way, and 6 Therefore go thoii, and read in the
amend your doings, ànd go not after roll, which thou hast written from my
othér gods to serve them, and ye shall mouth, the words of the Lord in the
dwell in the land which I have given ears of the people in the Lord's house
to you and to your fatherS: but ye have upon the fasting day: and also thou
not inclined your ear, nor hearkened shalt read them in the ears of ail Judah
unto me. that come out of their cîties.
16 Because the sons of Jon-a-dab 7 It may be they will présent their
the son of Re'-chab have performed the supplication before the Lord,and will
commaiidment of their father, which retum every one from his evil way:for
he commanded them; but this people great is the anger and the fury that the
hath not hearkened unto me: Lord hath pronounced against this
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord people.
God of hosts, the God of Israël; Be- 8 And Ba''-mch the son of Ne-ri'-ah
hold, I will brihg upon Judah and did âccording to ail that Jeremiah the
710 JEREMIAH 36
prophet commanded him, reading in 20 And they went in to the king
the book the words of the Lord in the into the court, but they laid ,up the
Lord's house. roll in the chamber pf E-lish-a-ma the
9 And it came to.pass in the hfth scribe, and told- all the words in i^e
year of Je-hoi-a-kim the son of Jo-si- ears.of the king.
ah king of Judah,in the ninth month, 21 So the king sent Je-hu'-di to
that they proclaimed a fast before the fetch the roll: and he took it put ôf
Lord to all the pepple in Jérusalem, E-lish-a-ma the scribe's chamber. And
and to all the people.that came from Je-hu'-di read it in the ears of the king,
the cities of Judah unto Jérusalem. and in the ears of all the princes which
10 Then read Ba-ruch in the book stood beside the king.
the words of Jeremiah in the house of 22 Now the king sat in the winter-
the Lord, in the chamber of Gem-a- house in the ninth month: and there
ri-ah the son of Sha-phan the scribe, was a fire on the hearth buming before
in the higher court, at the entry of the him.
new gâte of the Lord's house, in the 23 And it came to pass, that when
ears of all the pepple. Je-hu'-di had read three or four leaves,
11 When Ml-cha-iah the son of he eut it with the penknife, and cast it
Gem-a-ri-ah, the son of Sha-phan, had into the tire that was on the hearth,
heard out of the book all the words of until all the roll was consumed in the
the Lord, tire that was on the hearth.
12 Then he went down into the 24 yet they were not afraid, nor
king's house,into the scribe's chamber; rent their garments, neither the king,
and,lo, all the princes sat there, even nor any of his servants that heard all
E-lish-a-ma the scribe, and Del-a-i-ah these words.
the son of She-ma'-iah, and El'-na-than 25 Nevertheless El'-na-than and
the son of Ach-bor, and Gem-a- Del-a-i'-ah and Gem-a-ri'-ah had made
ri-ah the son of Sha-phan, and Zed-e- intercession to the king that he would
ki'-ah ithe son of Han-a-ni'-ah, and all npt burn the roll: but he would not
the princes. hear them.
13 Then Mi-cha'-iah declared unto 26 But the king commanded Je-
them all the words that he had heard, rah'-me-el the son of Ham'-me-lech,
when Ba-ruch read the book in the and Ser-a-i'-ah the son of Az'-ri-el, and
ears of the people. Shel-e-mi'-ah the son of Ab'-de-el, to
14 Therefore all the princes sent take Ba'-ruçh the scribe and Jeremiah
Je-hu-di the son pf Neth-a-ni-ah, the the prophet: but the Lord hid them.
son of Shel-e-mi'-ah, the son of Cu-shi, 27 Then toe word of the Lord came
unto Ba-ruch, saying, Take in thine to Jeremiah, after that the king had
hand the roU whereln thou hast read bumed thé roll, and the words which
in the ears of the people, and corne. So Ba'-ruch wrote at thp mouth of Jere
Ba'-ruch the son of Ne-ri-ah took the miah, saying,
roll in his hand^ and came unto them. 28 Take thee again another roll,and
15 And they said unto him, Sit Write in it all the formei; words that
down now, and read it in our ears. So were in the first roll, which Je-hoi'-a-
Ba'-ruch read it in their eais, kim the king of Judsdi hath bumed.
16 Now it came to pass, when they 29 And thou shalt say to Je-hoi'-a-
had heard all the words, they were kim king of Judah, Thus saith the
afraid both pne and other, and said Lord; Thou hast bumed this roll, say
imto Ba'-ruch, We wiU surely tell the ing, Why hast thou written therein,
king of all these words. saying, The king of Babylon shall cer-
17 And they asked Ba-ruch, say tainly corne and destroy this land, and
ing, Tell us now, How didst thou write shall cause to cease from thence man
all these words at his mouth? and beast?
18 Then Ba-ruch answered them,He 30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
pronounced all these words unto me Je-hoi'-a-kim king of Judah; He shall
with his mouth,and I wrote them with hâve none to sit upon the throne of
ink in the book. David: and his dead body shall be cast
19 Then said the princes imto Ba- out in the day to the heat, and in the
ruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jere night to the frost.
miah; and let no man.know where ye 31' And I will punish him and his
be. seed and his servants for their in-
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iquity; and 1 will biing upon them,and kenup from JérusalemforfearofPhEir-

upon the inhabitants of Jérusalem, aoh's army,
and upon the men of Judah, ail the 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of
evil that I have pronounced against Jérusalem to go into the land of Ben
them; but they hearkened not. jamin, to separate himself thence in
32 Then took Jeremiah another the midst of the people.
roll, and gave it to Ba-ruch the scribe, 13 And when he was in the gâte of
the son of Ne-ri-ah; who wrote therein Benjamin, a captain of the ward was
from the mouth of Jeremiah ail the there, whose name was 1-ri-jah, the
words of the book which Je-hoi-a-kim son of Shel-e-mi-ah, the son of Han-a-
king of Judah had bumed in the fire: ni-ah; and he took Jeremiah the pro
and there were added besides unto phet, saying, Thou fallest away to the
them many like words. Chal-de'-ans.
14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; 1
CHAPTER 37 fall not away to the Chal-de-ans. But
AND king Zed-e-ki-ah the soh of Jo- he hearkened not to him: so 1-ri-jah
l\ si-ah reigned instead bf Co-ni-ah took Jeremiah,and brought him to the
the son of Je-hoi-a-kim, whom Neb-u- princes.
chad-rez-zar king of Babylon made 15 Wherefore the princes were
king in the land of Judah. wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him,
2 But neither he, nor his servants, and put him in prison in the house of
nor the people of the land, did hearken Jonathan the scribe: for they had
unto the words of the Lord, which he made that the prison.
spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 16 When Jeremicih was entered into
3 And Zed-e-ki-ah the king sent Je- the dungeon, and into the cabinsj and
hu-cal the son of Shel-e-mi-ah and Jeremiah had remained there many
Zeph-a-ni-ah the son of Ma-a-se'-iah days;
the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, 17 Then Zed-e-ki'-cih the king sent,
saying, Pray now unto the Lord our and took him out: and the king asked
God for us. him secretly in his house, and said, Is
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went there any word from the Lord? And
out among the people;for they had not Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he,
put him into prison. thou shalt be delivered into the hand
5 Then Pharaoh's army was come of the king of Babylon.
forth out of Egypt: and when the 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto
Chal-de-ans that besieged Jérusalem king Zed-e-ki-ah, What have 1 offend-
heard tidings of them, they departed ed against thee, or against thy ser
from Jérusalem. vants, or against this people, that ye
6 Then came the word of the Lord have put me in prison?
unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 19 Where are now your prophets
7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of which prophesied unto you, saying,
Israël; Thus shall ye say to the king of The king of Babylon shall not come
Judah, that sent you unto me to en- against you, nor against this land?
quire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, 20 Therefore hear now, 1 pray thee,
which is come forth to help you, shall O my lord the king: let my supplica
retum to Egypt into their own land. tion, 1 pray thee, be accepted before
8 And the Chal-de-ans shall come thee; that thou cause me not to return
again, and fight against this city, and to the house of Jonathan the scribe,
take it, and bum it with fire. lest I die there.
9 Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not 21 Then Zed-e-ki-ah the king com-
yourselves, saying, The Chal-de-ans manded that they should commit Jere
shall surely départ from us: for they miah into the court of the prison, and
shall not départ. that they should give him daily a piece
10 For though ye had smitten the of bread out of the bakers' street,imtil
whole army of the Chal-de-ans that ail the bread in the city were spent.
fight agcdnst you, and there remained Thus Jeremiah remained in the court
but wounded men among them, yet of the prison.
should they rise up every man in his
tent, and bum this city with fire. CHAPTER 38
11 And it came to pass, that when Then Sheph-a-tr-ah the son of
the army of the Chal-de-ans was bro- Maf-tan, and G«d-a-li-ah the son
712 JEREMIAH 38
of Pash-ur,and Ju-cal the son of Shel- 12 And E-bed-me-lech the E-thi-o-
e-mi'-ah, and Pash'-ur the son of Mal- pi-an said imto Jeremiah, Put now
chi'-ah, heard the words that Jeremiah these old cast clouts and rotten rags
had spoken imto ail the people, say- under thine armholes under the cords.
ing, And Jeremiah did so.
2 Thus saith the Lord, He that re- 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with
maineth in this city shall die by the cords, and took him up out of the
sword, by the famine, and by the pes dimgeon: and Jeremiah remained in
tilence: but he that goeth forth to the the court of the prison.
Chal-de-ans shalllive;for he shah have 14 Then Zed-e-ki-ah the king sent,
his life for a prey, and shall live. and took Jeremiah the prophet unto
3 Thus saith the Lord, This city him into the third entry that is in the
shall surely be given into the hand of house of the Lord: and the king said
the king of Babylon's army, which unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing;
shall take it. hide nothing from me.
4 Therefore the princes said unto 15 Then Jeremiah said imto Zed-e-
the king, We beseech thee, let this ki-ah, If I déclaré it unto theé, wilt
man be put to death:for thus he weak- thou not surely put me to death? and
eneth the hands of the men of war that if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not
remain in this city, and the hands of hearken unto me?
ail the people, in speaking such words 16 So Zed-e-ki-ah the king sware
unto them: for this man seeketh not secretly unto Jeremiah, saying. As the
the welfare ofthis people, but the hurt. Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I
5 Then Zed-e-ki-ah the king said, will not put thee to death, neither will
Behold,he is in your hand:for the king I give thee into the hand of these men
is not he that can do any thing against that seek thy life.
you. 17 Then said Jeremi2ih unto Zed-e-
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and ki-ah, Thus Scdth the Lord, the God
cast him into the dungeon of Mal-chi- of hosts, the God of Israël; If thou wilt
ah the son of Ham-me-lech, that was assuredly go forth unto the king of
in the court of the prison: and they let Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall
down Jeremiah with cords. And in the live, and this city shall not be bumed
dungeon there was no water, but mire: with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine
so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. house:
7 Now when E-bed-me'-lech the 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to
E-thi-o-pi-an, one of the eunuchs the king of Babylon's princes, then
which was in the king's house, heard shall this city be given into the hand
that they had put Jeremiah in the of the Chal-de-ans,and they shall bum
dungeon; the king then sitting in the it with fire, and thou shalt not escape
gâte of Benjamin; out of their hand.
8 E-bed-me-lech went forth ont of 19 And Zed-e-ki-ah the king said
the king's house, and spake to the unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the
king, saying, Jews that are faUen to the Chal-de-
9 My lord the king, these men have ans, lest they deliver me into their
done evil in ail that they have done to hand, and they mock me.
Jeremiah the prophet, whom they 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall
have cast into the dungeon; and he is not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee,
like to die for hunger in the place the voice of the Lord, which I speak
where he is: for there is no more bread unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee,
in the city. and thy soul shall live.
10 Then the king commanded E- 21 But if thou refuse to go forth,
bed-me'-lech the E-thi-o'-pi-an, say this is the word that the Lord hath
ing, Take from hence thirty men with shewed me:
thee, and take up Jeremiah the pro 22 And, behold, ail the women that
phet out of the dungeon, before he die. are left in the king of Judah's house
11 So E-bed-me-lech took the men shall he brought forth to the king of
with him, and went into thé house of Babylon's princes, and those ii;omen
the king under the tresisury, and took shall say, Thy friends have set thee on,
thence old cast clouts and old rotten and have prevailed against thee: thy
rags, and let them down by cords into feet are sunk in the mire, and they are
the dungeon to Jeremiah. tumed away back.
 JEREMIAH 39 713

23 So they shall bring out ail thy when they had taken him, they
wives and thy chUdren to the Chal-de- brought him up to Neb-u-chad-nez'-
ans: and thou shalt not escape out of zar king of Babylon to Rib-lah in the
their hand, but shalt be taken by the land of Ha-math, where he gave judg-
hand of the king of Babylon: and thou ment upon him.
shalt cause this city to be bumed with 6 Then the king of Babylon slew
fire. the sons of Zed-e-ki-ah in Rib-lah be
24 Then said Zed-e-ki-ah unto Jere- fore his eyes: also the king of Babylon
miah, Let no man know of these slew ail the nobles of Judah.
words, and thou shalt not die. 7 Moreover he put out Zed-e-ki-ah's
25 But if the princes hear that I eyes, and boimd him with chains, to
have talked with thee, and they corne carry him to Babylon.
unto thee, and say unto thee. Déclaré 8 And the Chal-de-ans bumed the
unto us now what thou hast said unto king's house, and the houses of the
the king, hide it not from us, and we people, with fire, and brake down the
will not put thee to death; also what walls of Jérusalem.
the king said unto thee: 9 Then Neb-u-zar-a'-dan the cap-
26 Then thou shalt say unto them, tahi of the guard carried away captive
I presented my supplication before the into Babylon the remmant of the peo
king, that he would not cause me to ple that remained in the city, and
retum to Jonathan's house, to die those that fell away, that fell to him,
there. with the rest of the people that re
27 Then came ail the princes unto mained.
Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told 10 But Neb-u-zar-a-dan the cap-
them according to ail these words that tain of the guard left of the poor of the
the king had commanded. So they left people, which had nothing,in the land
off speaking with him; for the matter of Judah, and gave them vineyards
was not perceived. and fields at the same time.
28 So Jeremiah abode in the court 11 Now Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king of
of the prison until the day that Jéru Babylon gave charge conceming Jere
salem was taken: and he was there miah to Neb'-u-zar-a-dan the captain
when Jérusalem was taken. of the guard, saying,
12 Take him, and look well to him,
CHAPTER 39 and do him no harm; but do unto him
IN the ninth year of Zed-e-ki-ah king even as he shall say unto thee.
of Judah,in the tenth month,came 13 So Neb-u-zar-a-dan the captain
Neb-u-chad-rez'-zar king of Babylon of the guard sent, and Neb-u-shas-
and ail his army against Jerusedem, ban, Rab'-sa-ris, and Ner^gal-sha-re-
and they besieged it. zer, Rab'-mag, and ail the king of
2 And in the eleventh year of Zed-e- Babylon's princes;
ki-ah, in the fourth month, the ninth 14 Even they sent, and took Jere
day of the month, the city was broken miah out of the court of the prison,
up. and committed him unto Ged-a-li'-ah
3 And ail the princes of the king of the son of A-hi-kam the son of Sha-
Babylon came in,and sat in the middle phan, that he should carry him home:
gâte, even Ner'-gcil-sha-re-zer, Sam- so he dwelt among the people.
gar-ne'-bo, Sar-se'-chim, Rab^sa-ris, 15 Now the Word of the Lord came
Ner'-gal-sha-re-zer, Rab^mag,with ail unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up
the residue of the princes of the king in the court of the prison, saying,
of Babylon. 16 Go and speak to E-bed-me-lech
4 And it came to pass, that when the E-thi-o-pi-an, saying, Thus saith
Zed-e-ki'-ah the king of Judah saw the Lord of hosts, the God of Israël;
them, and ail the men of war, then Behold, I will bring my words upon
they fled, and went forth out of the this city for evil, and not for good; and
dty by night, by the way of the king's they shall be accomplished in that day
garden, by the gâte betwixt the two before thee.
walls: and he went out the way of the 17 But I will deliver thee in that
plain. day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt
5 But the Ghal-de-ans' army pur- not be given into the hand of the men
sued after them, and overtook Zed-e- of whom thou art afraid.
ki'^ah in the plains of Jéricho: and 18 For I will surely deliver thee.
714 JEREMIAH 40, 41
and thou shalt not fall by the sword, Ser-a-i-ah the son of Tan-hu-meth,and
but thy life shall be for a prey unto the sons of E-phai the Ne-toph-a-
thee: because thou hast put thy trust thite, and Jez-a-ni-ah the son of a Ma-
in me, saith the Lord. ach-a-thite, they and their men.
9 And Ged-a-li-ah the son of A-hi-
CHAPTER 40 kam the son of Sha-phan sware unto
The Word that came to Jeremiah them and to their men, saying, Fear
from the Lord, after that Neb-u- not to serve the Chal-de-ans: dwell in
zar-a'-dan the captain of the guard had the land, and serve the king of Baby
let hlm go from Ra'-mah, when he had lon, and it shall be well with you.
taken hhn being bound in chains 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at
among ail that were carried away cap Mizpah, to serve the Chal-de-ans,
tive of Jérusalem and Judah, which which will come unto us: but ye,gather
were carried away captive unto Baby- ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil,
lon. and put them in your vessels, and
2 And the captain of the guard took dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
Jeremiah, and said unto him, The 11 Likewise when ail the Jews that
Lord thy God hath pronounced this were in Moab,and among the Ammon
evil upon this place. ites, and in Edom,and that were in aU
3 Now the Lord hath brought it, the countries, heard that the king of
and done according as he hath said: Babylon had left a remnant of Judah,
because ye have sinned against the and that he had set over them Ged-a-
Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, li-ah the son of A-hi'-kam the son of
therefore this thing is come upon you. Sha-phan;
4 And now, behold, I loose thee this 12 Even ail the Jews returned out
day from the chains which were upon of ail places whither they were driven,
thine hand. If it seem good unto thee and came to the land of Judah, to
to come with me into Babylon, come; Ged-a-li-ah, unto Mizpah, and gather-
and I will look well unto thee: but if ed wine and summer fruits very much.
it seem ill unto thee to come with me 13 Moreover Jo-ha-nan the son of
into Babylon, forbear: behold, ail the Ka-re-ah, and ail the captains of the
land is before thee: whither it seemeth forces that were in the fields, came to
good and convenient for thee to go, Ged-a-li-cih to Mizpah,
thither go. 14 And said unto him, Dost thou
5 Now while he was not yet gone certainly know that Ba-al-is the king
back, he said, Go back also to Ged-a- of the Ammonites hath sent Ish-ma-el
li-ah the son of A-hi-kam the son of the son of Neth-a-ni-ah to slay thee?
Sha-phan, whom the king of Babylon But Ged-a-li-ah the son of A-hi-kam
hath made governor over the cities of believed them not.
Judah, and dwell with him among the 15 Then Jo-ha'-nan the son of Ka-
people: or go wheresoever it seemeth re'-ah spake to Ged-a-li'-ah in Mizpah
convenient unto thee to go. So the secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray
captain of the guard gave him victuals thee, and I will slay Ish'-ma-el the son
and a reward, and let him go. of Neth-a-ni'-ah, and no man shall
6 Then went Jeremiah unto Ged-a- know it: wherefore should he slay thee,
li-ah the son of A-hi'-kam to Mizpah; that ail the Jews which are gathered
and dwelt with him among the people unto thee should be scattered, and the
that were left in the land. remnant in Judah perish?
7 Now when ail the captains of the 16 But Ged-a-li'-ah the son of A-hi'-
forces which were in the helds, even kam said unto Jo-ha'-nan the son of
they and their men, heard that the Ka-re'-ah, Thou shalt not do this
king of Babylon had made Ged-a-li-ah thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ish'-
the son of A-hi-kam governor in the ma-el.
land, and had conunitted unto him
men, and women, and children, and of CHAPTER 41
the poor of the land, of them that were NOW it came to pass in the seventh
not carried away captive to Babylon; month, that Ish'-ma-el the son
8 Then they came to Ged-a-li-ah to of Neth-a-ni'-ah the son of E-lish'-a-
Mizpeih, even Ish-ma-el the son of ma, of the seed royal, and the princes
Neth-a-ni-ah, and Jo-ha'-nan and of the king, even ten men with him,
Jonathan the sons of Ka-re-ah, and came unto Ged-a-li'-ah the son of A-hi-
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kam to Mizpah; and there they did eat 11 But when Jo-ha-nan the son of
bread together in Mizpah. Ka-re-ah, and all the captains pf the
2 Then arose Ish-ma-el the son of forces that were with him, heard pf all
Neth-a-ni-ah, and the ten men that the evil that Ish-ma-el the son of
were with him, and smote Ged-a-li'-ah Neth-a-ni-ah had done,
the son of A-hi-kam the son of Sha- 12 Then they took all the men,and
phan with the çword, and slew him, went to fight with Ish-ma-el the son of
whom the king pf Babylon had made Neth-a-ni-ah, and found him by the
governor over the land. great waters that are in Gibeon.
3 Ish-ma-el also slew 2ill the Jews 13 Now it came to pass, that when
that were with htm, even with Ged-a- all the people which were with Ish-ma-
li-ah, at Mizpah, and the Chal-de-cins el saw Jo-ha-n2in the son of Ka-re'-ah,
that were found there, and the men of and all the captains of the forces that
war. were with him, then they were glad.
4 And it came to pass the second 14 So all the people that Ish-ma-el
day after he had slain Ged-a-li-ah, and had carried away captive from Mizpah
no man knew it, cast about and retumed, and went un
5 That there came certain from to Jo-ha-nan the son of Ka-re'-ah.
She-chem,from Shi-loh, and from Sa- 15 But Ish'-ma-ei the son of Neth-
ma-ri-a, even fourscore men, having a-ni'-ah escaped from Jo-ha'-nan with
their beards shaven, and their clothes eight men,and wentto the Ammonites*
rent, and having eut themselves, with 16 Then took Jo-ha'-nan the spn of
orferings and incense in their hand, to Ka-re'-cdi, and all the captains of the
bring them to the house of the Lord. forces that were with him, all the rem-
6 And Ish-ma-el the son of Neth-a- nant pf the people whom he had re-
ni-ah went forth from Mizpah to meet eovered from Ish'-ma-el the son of
them, weeping ail along as he went: Neth-a-ni'-ah, from Mizpah, after that
and it came to pass, as he met them, he had slain Ged-a-li'-ah the son of
he said unto them, Come to Ged-a-li- A-hi'-kam, even mighty men of war,
ah the son of A-hi-kam. and the women, and the chiidren, and
7 And it was so, when they came the eunuchs, whom he had brought
into the midst of the city, that Ish- again from Gibeon:
ma-el the son of Neth-a-ni-ah slew 17 And they departed, and dwelt in
them, and cast them into the midst of the habitation of Chim'-ham, which is
the pit, he,and the men that were with by Beth-le-hem, to go to enter into
him. Egypt,
8 But ten men were found among 18 Because of the Chal-de'-ans: for
them that said unto Ish'-ma-el, Slay us they were afraid of them, because Ish-
not: for we have treasures in the field, ma-el the son of Neth-a-ni'-ali had
of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and slain Ged-a-li'-ah the son pf A-hi'-kam,
of honey. So he forbare, and slew them whom the king df Babylon made gov
not among their brethren. ernor in the land.
9 Now the pit wherein Ish-ma-el
had cast ail the dead bodies of the
CHAPTER 42
men, whom he had slain because of Then all the captains of the forces,
Ged-a-li'-ah, was it which À'-sa the king and Jo-ha'man the son of Ka-re'-ah,
had made for fear of Ba'-a-sha king of and Jez-a-ni'-ah the son of Hosh-a-i-
Israël: and Ish-ma-el the son of Neth- ah, and all the ppople from the least
a-ni-ah fiUed it with them that were even unto thie greatest, came near,
slain. 2 And said unto Jeremiah the pro-
10 Then Ish-ma-el carried away phet, Let, we beseech thee, our suppli
captive all the residue of the people cation be accepted before thee, and
that were in Mizpah, even the king's pray for us unto the Lord thy God,
daughters, and all the people that re- even for all this reninant; (for we are
mained in Mizpah, whom Neb-u-zar- left but a few of many,as thine eyes do
a-dan the captain of the guard had behold us:)
committed to Ged-a-ïi-ah the son of 3 That the Lord thy God may shew
A-hi-kam: and Ish-ma-el the son of us the way wherein we may walk, and
Neth-a-ni'-:ah carried them away cap the thing that we ma.y do.
tive, and departed tp go over to the 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet S2dd
Ammonites. unto them, 1 have heard you; behold.
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I will prày unto the Lord your God
according to your words; and it shall
corne to pass, tfiat whatsoever thing
the Lord shall answer you, I will dé
claré it unto you; I will keep nothing
back from you.
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The
Lord be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even accord
ing to ail things for the which the
Lord thy God shall send thee to us.
6 Whether it be good, or whether it
be evil, we will obey the voice of the
Lord our God,to whom we send thee;
that it may be well with us, when we
obey the voice of the Lord our God. ye shall be an exécration, and an as-
7 And it came to pass after ten tonishment, and a curse, and a re-
days, that the word of the Lord came proach; and ye shall see this place no
unto Jeremiah.
8 Then called he Jo-ha-nan the son
of Ka-re-ah, and ail the captains of
the forces which were with him, and
ail the people from the least even to
the greatest,
9 And said unto them, Thus saith
the Lord, the God of Israël, unto
whom ye sent me to présent your sup
plication before him;
10 If ye will still abide in this land, déclaré uiito us, and we will do it.
then will I build you, and not pull you
down, and I will plant you, and not
pluck you up: for I repent me of the
evil that I have done unto you.
11 Be not afraid of the king of
Babylon,of whom ye are afrsdd; be not
afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I
am with you to save you, and to de-
liver you from his hand.
12 And I will shew mercies unto
you, that he may have mercy upon
you, and cause you to retum to your
own land.
13 But if ye say, We will not dwell
in this land, neither obey the voice of
the Lord your God,
14 Saying, No; but we will go into
the land of Egypt, where we shall see
no war, nor hear the sound of the
trumpet, nor have hunger of bread;
and there will we dwell:
15 And now therefore hear the
word of the Lord, ye remnant of Ju-
dah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israël; If ye wholly set your
faces to enter into Egypt, and go to
sojourn there;
16 Then it shall come to pass, that
the sword, which ye feared, shall over-
take you thére in the land of Egypt, ans, that they might put us to death,
and the famine, wherepf ye were
afraid, shzill foUow close after you
there in Egypt; and there ye shall
die.
17 So shall it be with ail the men
that set their faces to go into Egypt
to sojoum there; they shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pes
tilence: and none of them shall remain
or escape from the evil that I wiù
bring upon them.
18 For thus saith the Lord ofhosts,
the God of Israël; As mine anger and
my fury hath been poured forth upon
the inhabitants of Jérusalem; so sh^
my fury be poured forth upon you,
when ye shall enter into Egypt: and
more.
19 The Lord hath said concerning
you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye
not into Egypt: know certainly that I
have admonished you this day.
20 For ye dissembled in your hearts,
when ye sent me unto the Lord your
God, saying, Pray for us unto the
Lord our God; and according unto ail
that the Lord our God shall say, so
21 And now 1 have this day de-
clared it to you; but ye have not
obeyed the voice of the Lord your
God, nor any thing for the which he
hath sent me unto you.
22 Now therefore know certainly
that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the
place whither ye desire to go and to
sojourn.
CHAPTER 43
AND it came to pass, that when Jere-
jc\ miah had made an end of speak-
ing unto ail the people ail the words of
the Lord their God, for which the
Lord their God, had sent him to
them, even ail these words,
2 Then spake Az-a-ri'-ah the son of
Hosh-a-i-ah, and Jo-ha'-nan the son of
Ka-re-ah, and ail the proud men, say
ing unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest
falsely: the Lord our God hath not
sent thee to say. Go not into Egypt to
sojourn there:
3 But Ba-ruch the son of Ne-ri'-ah
setteth thee on against us, for to de-
liver us into thé hand of the Chàl-de-
and carry us away captives into Baby
lon.
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4 So Jo-ha-nan the son of Ka-re-ah, dwell at Mig-dol, and at Tah-pan-hes,

and ail the captains of the forces, and and at Noph, and in the country of
ail the people, obeyed not the voice of Path-ros, saying,
the Lord, to dwell in the Isind of Ju- 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
dah. God of Israël; Ye have seen ail the evil
5 But Jo-ha-nan the son of Ka-re- that I have brought upon Jérusalem,
ah, and ail the captains of the forces, and upon ail the cities of Judah; and,
took ail the remnant of Judah, that behold, this day they are a désolation,
were returned from ail nations, whithr and no man dwelleth therein,
er they had been driven, to dwell in 3 Becauseoftheirwickedness which
the land of Judah; they have committed to provoke me
6 Even men, and women, and chil- to anger,in that they went to bum in-
dren, and the king's daughters, and cense, and to serve other gods, whom
every person that Neb-u-zar-a-dan they knew not, neither they, ye, nor
the captain of the guard had left with your fathers.
Ged-a-li-ah the son of A-hi'-kam the 4 Howbeit I sent unto you ail my
son of Sha-phan, and Jeremiah the servants the prophets, rising early and
prophet, and Ba'-ruch the son of Ne- sending them, saying. Oh, do not this
ri-ah. abominable thing that I hate.
7 So they came into the land of 5 But they hearkened not, nor in-
Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice clined their ear to tum from their
of the Lord: thus came they even to wickedness, to bum no incense imto
Tah-pan-hes. other gods.
8 Then came the word of the Lord 6 Wherefore my fury and mine an
unto Jeremiah in Tah-pan-hes,saying, ger was poured forth, and was kindled
9 Take great stones in thine hand in the cities of Judah and in the streets
and hide them in the clay in the brick- of Jemsalem; and they are wasted and
kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's desolate, as at this day.
house in Tah-pan-hes, in the sight of 7 Therefore now thus saith the
the men of Judah; Lord, the God of hosts, the God of
10 And say unto them, Thus saith Israël; Wherefore commit ye this great
the Lord of hosts, the God of Israël; evil against your soûls, to eut off from
Behold, I will send and take Neb-u- you man and woman, child and suck-
chad-rez'-zar the king of Babylon, my ling, out of Judah, to leave you none
servant, and will set his throne upon to remain;
these stones that I have hid; and he 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath
shall spread his royal pavillon over with the Works of your hands, buming
them. incense unto other gods in the land of
11 And when he cometh, he shall Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell
smite the land of Egypt, and deliver that ye might eut yourselves off, and
such as are for death to death; and that ye might be a curse and a re-
such as are for captivity to captivity; proach among ail the nations of the
and such as are for the sword to the earth?
sword. 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness
12 And I will kindle a fire in the of your fathers, and the wickedness of
houses of the gods of Egypt; and he the kings of Judah, zmd the wicked
shall bum them,and carry them away ness of their wives, and your own
captives: and he shall array himself wickedness, and the wickedness of
with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd your wives, which they have com
putteth on his garment; and he shall mitted in the land of Judah,and in the
go forth from thence in peace. streets of Jemsalem?
13 He shall break also the images of 10 They are not humbled even unto
Beth-she-mesh, that is in the land of this day, neither have they feared, nor
Egypt; and the houses of the gods of walked in my law, nor in my statutes,
the Egyptians shall he bum with fire. that I set before you and before your
fathers.
CHAPTER 44 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israël; Behold, I will
The word that came to Jeremiah set my face against you for evil, and to
conceming ail the Jews which eut off ail Judah.
dwell in the land of Egypt, which 12 And I will take the remnant of
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Judah, that have set their faces to go
into the land of Egypt to sojourn
there, and they shall ail be consumed,
and fall iri the land of Egypt; they
shall èven be consumed by the sword
atid by the famine: they shall die,from
the least even unto the greatest, by
the sword and by the f£imine: and they
shall be an exécration, and an aston-
ishmeht, and a curse, and a reproach.
13 Fôr I will punish them that
dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
punished Jérusalem, by the sword, by
the famine, and by the pestilence:
14 So that none of the rémnant of
Judàh, which are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojoum there, shall escape or
remain, that they should retum into
the land of Judsih, to the which they
have a desire to retum to dwell there:
for none shall return but such as shall
escape,
15 Then ail the men which knew
that their wives had bumed incense
unto othér gods, and ail the women
that stood by, a great multitude, even
ail the people that dwelt in the land
of Egypt, in Path-ros, answered Jere-
miah, saying,
16 As for the word that thou hast
spoken unto us in the néune of the
Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But we will certainly do whatsô-
ever thing goeth forth out of our own
mouth,to bum incense unto the queen
of heaven, and to pour out drink offer-
ings unto her, as we have done, we,
and our fathers, our kings, and our
princes, in the cities of Judah, and in
the streets of Jérusalem: for then had
we plenty of victuals, and were well,
and saw no evil.
18 But since we left off to bum in
cense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto her, we
have wanted ail things, and have been
consumed by the sword and by the
famine.
19 And when we bumed incense to
the queen of heaven, and poured out
drink offerings unto her, did we make
her cakes to worship her, and pour out
drink offerings unto her, without our
men?
20 Then Jeremiah said unto ail the
people, to the men,and to the women, saith the Lord, that I will punish you
and to ail the people which had given in this place, that ye may know that
him that answer, saying, my words shall surely stand against
21 The incense that ye bumed in you for evil:
the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jemsalem, ye, and your fathers.
your kings, and your princes, and the
people of the land, did not the Lord
remember them, and came it not into
his mind?
22 So that the Lord could no longer
bear, because of the evil of your
doings, and because of the abomina
tions which ye have committed; there-
fore is your land a désolation, and an
astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Because ye have burned incense,
and because ye have sinned against
the Lord, and have not obeyed
the voice of the Lord, nor walked
in his law, nor in his statutes, nor
in his testimonies; therefore this evil
is happened unto you, as at this
day.
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto ail
the people, and to ail the women,
Hear the word of the Lord, ail Judah
that are in the land of Egypt:
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israël, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your
mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our
vows that we have vowed, to bum in
cense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto her: ye
will surely accomplish your vows, and
surely perform your vows.
26 Therefore hear ye the word of
the Lord, ail Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have swom
by my great name, saith the Lord,
that my name shall no more be named
in the mouth of any man of Judah in
ail the land of Egypt, saying, The
Lord God liveth.
27 Behold, I will watch over them
for evil, and not for good: and ail the
men of Judah that are in the land of
Egypt shall be consumed by the sword
and by the famine, until there be an
end of them.
28 Yet a small number that escape
the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and
ail the remnant of Judah,that are gone
into the land of Egypt to sojoum there,
shall know whose words shall stand,
mine, or theirs.
29 And this shall be a sign unto you,
30 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I
will give Pha-raoh-hoph'-ra king of
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Egypt into the hand of his enemles, flood, whose waters are moved as the
and into the hand of them that seek rivers?
his life; as 1 gave Zed-e-ki-ah king of
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and
Judah into the hand of Neb-u-chad- his waters are moved like the rivers;
rez-zar king of Babylon, his enemy, and he saith, 1 will go up, and will
and that sought his life. cover the earth; I will destroy the city
and the inhabitants thereof.
CHAPTER 45 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye
The Word that Jeremiah the pro- chariots; and let the mighty men
phet spake unto Ba-ruch the son come forth; the E-thi-o-pi-ans and the
of Ne-ri-ah, when he had written these Lib-y-ans, that handle the shield; and
words in a book at the mouth of Jere the Lyd-i-ans, that handle and bend
miah, in the fourth year of Je-hoi-a- the bow.
kim the son of Jo-si-ah king of Judah, 10 For this is the day of the Lord
saying, God of hosts, a day of vengeance,that
2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of he may avenge him of his adversaries:
Israël, unto thee, O Ba-ruch; and the sword shall devour, and it
3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! shall be satiate and made drunk with
for the Lord hath added grief to my their blood: for the Lord God of hosts
sorrow; 1 fainted in my sighing, and I hath a sacrifice in the north coimtry
find no rest. by the river Eu-phra-tes.
4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, 11 Go up into Gilead, and take
The Lord saith thus; Behold, that balm,O virgin, the daughter of Egypt:
which I have built will I break down, in vain shalt thou use many medicines;
and that which I have planted I will for thou shalt not be cured.
pluck up, even this whole land. 12 The nations have heard of thy
5 And seekest thou great things for shame, and thy cry hath filled the
thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I land: for the mighty man hath stum-
will bring evil upon ail flesh, saith the bled against the mighty, and they are
Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee fallen both together.
for a prey in ail places whither thou 13 The Word that the Lord spake to
goest. Jeremiah the prophet, how Neb-u-
chad-rez-zar king of Babylon should
CHAPTER 46 come and smite the land of Egypt.
The Word of the Lord which came 14 Déclaré ye in Egypt, and pub-
to Jeremiah the prophet against lish in Mig'-dol, and publish in Noph
the Gentiles; and in Tah-pan-hes: say ye. Stand
2 Against Egypt, against the army fast, and préparé thee; for the sword
of Pha-raoh-ne-cho king of Egypt, shall devour round about thee.
which was by the river Eu-phra-tes in 15 Why are thy valiant men swept
Car'-che-mish, which Neb-u-chad-rez- away? they stood not, because the
zar king of Babylon smote in the Lord did drive them.
fourth year of Je-hoi-a-kim the son of 16 He made many to fall, yea, one
Jo-si-ah king of Judah. fell upon another: and they said, Arise,
3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and let us go again to our own people,
and draw near to battle. and to the land of our nativity, from
4 Hamess the horses; and get up, the oppressing sword.
ye horsemen, and stand forth with 17 They did cry there, Pharaph
your helmets; furbish the spears, and king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath
put on the brigandines* passed the tinie appointed.
5 Wherefore have I seen them dis- 18 As I live, saith the King, whose
mayed and tumed away back? and name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as
their mighty ones are beaten down, Ta-bor is among the moimtains, and
and are fled apace, and look not back: as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
for fear was round about, saith the 19 O thou daughter dwelling in
Lord. Egypt, fumish thyself to go into cap-
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor tivity: for Noph shall be waste and
the mighty man escape; they shall desolate without an inhabitant.
stumble, and fall toward the north by 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer,
the river Eu-phra-tes. but destruction cometh; it cometh out
7 Who is this that cometh up as a of the north.
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21 Also her hired men are in the 3 At the noise of the stamping of
midst of her like fatted bnllocks; for the hoofs of his strong horses, at the
they also are tumed back, and are fled rushing of his chariots,and at the rum-
away together: they did not stand, be- bling of his wheels, the fathers shall
cause the day of their calamity was not look back to their children for
cotne upon them,and the time of their feebleness of hands;
Visitation. 4 Because of the day that cometh
22 The voice thereof shall go like a to spoil ail the Philistines, and to eut
serpent; for they shall march with an offfrom Ty'-rus and Zf-don every help-
army,and corne against her with axes, er that remaineth: for the Lord wUl
as hewers of wood. spoil the Philistines, the remnant of
23 They shall eut down her forest, the country of Caph-tor.
saith the Lord, though it cannot be 5 Baldness is come upon Ga-za;
searched; because they are more than Ash-ke-lon is eut off with the remnant
the grasshoppers, and are innnmer- of their valley: how long wilt thou eut
able. thyself?
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be 6 O thou sword of the Lord, how
confounded; she shall be delivered long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up
into the hand of the people of the thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be
north. still.
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the
Israël, saith; Behold, I will punish the Lord hath given it a charge against
multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Ash-ke-lon, and against the sea shore?
Egypt, with their gods, and their there hath he appointed it.
kings; even Pharaoh,and ail them that
trust in him: CHAPTER 48
26 And I will deliver them into the
hand of those that seek their lives, and AGAINST Moab thus saith the Lord
into the hand of Neb-u-chad-rez-zar /V of hosts, the God of Israël; Woe
king of Babylon, and into the hand of unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kir-i-a-
his servants: and afterward it shall be tha-im is confounded and taken: Mis'-
inhabited, as in the days of old, saith gab is confounded and dismayed.
the Lord. 2 There shall be no more praise of
27 But fear not thou, O my servant Moab: in Hesh-bon they have devised
Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israël: evil against it; come, and let us eut it
for, behold, I will save thee from afar offfrom being a nation. Also thou shalt
off, and thy seed from the land of be eut down, O Mad-men; the sword
their captivity; and Jacob shall retum, shall pursue thee.
and be in rest and at ease, and none 3 A voice of crying shall be from
shall make him afraid. Hor-o-na-im, spoiling and great de
28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my ser struction.
vant, saith the Lord: for I am with 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones
thee; for I will make a full end of ail have caused a cry to be heard.
the nations whither I have driven 5 For in the going up of Lu-hith
thee: but I will not make a full end of continuai weeping shall go up; for in
thee, but correct thee in measure; yet the going down of Hor-o-na-im the
will I not leave thee wholly impun- enemies have heard a cry of destruc
ished. tion.
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like
CHAPTER 47 the heath in the wildemess.
The word of the Lord that came to 7 For because thou hast trusted in
Jeremiah the prophet against the thy Works and in thy treasures, thou
Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote shalt also be taken: and Che-mosh
Ga-za. shall go forth into captivity with his
2 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, wa- priests and his princes together.
ters rise up out of the north, and shaU 8 And the spoiler shall come upon
be an overflowing flood,and shall over- every city, and no city shall escape:
flow the land, and ail that is therein; the valley also shall perish, and the
the city, and them that dwell therein: plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord
then the men shall cry, and ail the in hath spoken.
habitants of the land shall howl. 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it
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may flee and get away: for the cities magnified himself against the Lord:
thereof shall be desolate» without any Moab also shall wallow in his vomit,
to dwell therein. and he also shall be in dérision.
10 Cursed he he that doeth the 27 For was not Israël a dérision un
work of the Lord deceitfuUy, and to thee? was he found among thieves?
cursed he he that kçepeth bâck hls for since thou spakest of him, thou
sword from blood. skippedst for joy.
11 Moab hath been at ease from hls 28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave
youth, and he hath settled on his lees, the cities, and dwell in the rock, and
and hath not been emptied from vessel be like the dove that maketh her nest
to vessel, neither hath he gone into in the sides of the hole's mouth.
captivity: therefore his taste remained 29 We have heard the pride of Mo
in him, and his scent is not changed. ab,(he is exceeding proud) his lofti-
12 Therefore, behold, the days ness, and his arrogancy, and his pride,
come, saith the Lord, that I will send and the haughtiness of his heart.
unto him wanderers, that shall cause 30 I know his wrath, saith the
him to wander, and shall empty his Lord, but it shall not he so; his lies
vessels, and break their bottles. shall not so effect it.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab,
of Che-mosh, as the house of Israël and I will cry out for ail Moab; mine
was ashamed of Beth-el their confi heart shall moum for the men of Kir-
dence. he-res.
14 How say ye, We are mighty and 32 O vine of Sib-mah, I will weep
strong men for the war? for thee with the weeping of Ja-zen
15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up oui thy plants are gone over the sea, they
ofher cities, and his chosen young men reach even to the sea of Ja-zer: the
are gone down to the slaughter, saith spoiler is fallen upon thy summer
the King, whose name is the Lord of fruits and upon thy vintage.
hosts'. 33 And joy and gladness is taken
16 The calamity of Moab is liear to from the plentiful field, and from the
come, and his affliction hasteth fast. land of Moab; and I have caused wine
17 Ail ye that are about him, be- to fail from the winepresses: none shall
moan him; and ail ye that know his tread with shouting; their shouting
name,say, How is the strong staff bro- shall he no shouting.
ken, and the beautiful rod! 34 From the cry of Hesh-bon even
18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit unto E-le-a-leh, and even unto Ja-haz,
Di-bon, come down from thy glory, have they uttered their voice, from
and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Mo Zo-ar even unto Hor-o-na-im, as an
ab shall come upon thee, and he shall heifer of three years old:for the waters
destroy thy strong holds. also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
19 O inhabitant of Ar'-o-er, stand 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in
by the way, and espy; ask him that Moab, saith the Lord, him that offer-
fieeth, and her that escapeth, and say, eth in the high places, and him that
What is done? bumeth incense to his gods.
20 Moab is confounded; for it is 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound
broken down: howl £ind cry; tell ye it for Moab like pipes, and mine heart
in Amon, that Moab is spoiled, shall soimd like pipes for the men of
21 And judgment is come upon the Kir-he-res: because the riches that he
plain country; upon Ho-Ion, and upon hath gotten are perished.
Ja-ha-zah, and upon Meph-a-ath, 37 For every head shall he bald, and
22 And upon Di-bon, and upon Ne- every beard clipped: upon ail the
bo, and upon Beth-dib-la-tha-im, hands shall he cuttings, and upon the
23 And upon Kir-i-a-tha-im, and loins sackcloth.
upon Beth-ga-mul, and upon Beth- 38 There shall he lamentation gen-
me'-on, eraUy upon ail the housetops of Moab,
24 And upon Ke-ri-oth, and upon and in the streets thereof: for I have
Boz'-rah, and upon ail the cities of the broken Moab like a vessel wherein is
land of Moab,far or near. no pleasure, saith the Lord.
25 The hom of Moab is eut off, and 39 They shall howl, saying* How is
hls arm is broken, saith the Lord. it broken downl how hath Moab tum-
26 Make ye him drunken: for he ed the back with shame!so shall Moab
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be a dérision and a dismaytng to ail
them about him.
40 For thus saith the Lord;Behold,
he shall fly as an eagle, and shall
spread his wings over Moab.
41 Ke-ri-oth is taken, and the
strong holds are surprised, and the
mighty men's hearts in Moab at that
day shall be as the heart of a woman in
her pangs,
42 And Moab shall be destroyed
from heing a people, because he hath
magnified himself against the Lord.
43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare,
shall he upon thee, O inhabitant of Mo
ab, saith the Lord.
44 He that fleeth from the fear shall
fall into the pit; and he that getteth up
ont of the pit shall be taken in the
snare: for I will bring upon it, even
upon Moab, the year of their Visita
tion, saith the Lord.
45 They that fled stoqd under the
shadow of Hesh-bon because of the
force: but a fire shall come forth out of
Hesh-bon, and a flame from the midst
of Sihon, and shall devour the corner
of Moab, and the crown of the head of
the tumultuous ones.
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the
people of Che-mosh perisheth: for thy
sons are taken captives, and thy
daughters captives.
47 Yet will I bring again the captiv-
ity of Moab in the latter days, saith
the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of
Moab.
CHAPTER 49
CONCERNING the Ammonites,
thus saith the Lord; Hath Israël
no sons? hath he no heir? why ihen
doth their king inherit Gad, and his
people dwell in his cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, that I will cause an
alarm of war to be heard in Rab-bah
of the Ammonites; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall
be bumed with fire: then shall Israël
be heir unto them that were his heirs,
saith the Lord. 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived
3 Howl, O Hesh-bon, for A'-i is thee, and the pride of thine heart, O
spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rab-bah, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the
gird you with sackcloth; lament, and rock, that holdest the height of the
run to and fro by the hedges; for their
king shall go into captivity, and his
priests and his princes together.
4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the
vaùeys, thy fiowing valley, O back-
sliding daughter? that trusted in her
treasures,saying, Who shall come imto
me?
5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon
thee, saith the Lord God of hosts,
from ail those that be about thee; and
ye shall be driven out every man right
forth; and none shall gather up him
that wandereth.
6 And afterward I will bring again
the captivity of the children of Am-
mon, saith the Lord.
7 Conceming Edom, thus saith the
Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in
Te-man? is counsel perished from the
prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O
inhabitants of De-dan; for I will bring
the calamity of Esau upon him, the
time that I will visit him.
9 If grapegatherers come to thee,
would they not leave some gleeuiing
grapes? if thieves by night, they will
destroy till they have enough.
10 But I have made Esau bare, I
have uncovered his secret places, and
he shall not be able to hide himself: his
seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and
his neighbours, and he is not.
11 Leave thy fatherless children, I
will preserve them alive; and let thy
widows trust in me.
12 For thus saith the Lord; Behold,
they whose judgment was not to drink
of the cup have assuredly drunken;
and art thou he that shall altogether go
unpunished? thou shalt not go unpun-
ished, but thou shalt surely drink of
it.
13 For I have swom by myself,
saith the Lord, that Boz-rah shall be-
come a désolation, a reproach, a waste,
and a curse; and ail the cities thereof
shall be perpétuai wastes.
14 I have heard a rumour from the
Lord, and an simbassador is sent unto
the heathen, saying, Gather ye togeth
er, and come against her, and rise up
to the battle.
15 For, lo, I will make thee small
among the heathen, and despised
among men.
hill: though thou shouldest make thy
nest as high as the eagle, I will bring
thee down from thence, saith the
Lord.
17 Also Edom shall be a désolation:
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every one that goeth by It shall be as-
tonished, and. shall bilss at ail the
plagues thereof.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom
and Go-mor'-rah and the neighbour
cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man
shall abide there, neither shall a son of
man dwell in it.
19 Beholdf he shall come up like a
lion from the swelling of Jordan
against the habitation of the strong:
but I will suddenly make him run
away from her: and who is a chosen
man,ihat I may appoint over her? for
who is like me? and who will appoint
me the time? and who is that shepherd
tiiat will stand before me?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the
Lord, that he hath taken agaînst
Edom;and his purposes, that he hath
purposed against the inhabitants of
Te-man: Surely the least of the flock
shall draw them ont: surely he shall
make their habitations desolate with
them.
21 The earth is moved at the noise
of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof
was heard in the Red sea.
22 Behold, he shall come up and fly
as the eagle, and spread his wings over
Boz-rah: and at that day shall the
heart of the mighty men of Edom be
as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Conceming Damascus. Ha-math
is confoimded, and Arpad: for they
have heard evil tidings: they are faint-
hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it
cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and
tumeth herself to flee, and fear hath
seized on her: anguish and sorrows
have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 H(i)w is the city of praise not left,38 And I will set my throne in E-
the city of my joyl lam, and will destroy from thence the
26 Therefore her young men shall king and the princes, saith the Lord.
fall in her streets, and ail the men of
war shall be eut off in that day, saith latter days, that I will bring again the
the Lord of hosts.
27 And 1 will kindle a fire in the
wall of Damascus, and it .shall con
sume the palaces of Ben-ha-dad.
28 Conceming Ke-dar, and con
ceming the kingdoms of Ha-zor,which
Neb-u-chad-rez'-zar king; of Babylon
shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise
ye, go up to Ke^-dar, and spoil tihe men
of the east.
29 Their tents and their llocks shall
they take away: they shall take to
themselves their curtains, and ail their
vessels, and their camels; and they
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shall cry imto them, Fear is on every
side.
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep,
O yè inhabitaiits of Ha-zoir, saith the
Lord; for Neb-u-chad-^rez'-zar kmg of
Babylon hath taken counsel against
you, and hath conceived a purpose
against you.'
31 Arise, get you up unto the
wealthy nation, that dwelleth without
care, saith the Lord, which have nei-
ther gâtes nor bars, which dweU alone.
32 And their camels shall be a
booty, and the multitude of their cat-
tle a spoil: and I will scatter into ail
winds them that are in the utmost cor
ners; and I will bring their calamity
from ail sides thereof, saith the Lord.
33 And Ha'-zor shaU be a dwelling
for dragons, and a désolation for even
there shall no man abide there,nor any
son of man dwelLin it.
34 The Word;of the Lord that came
to Jeremiah the prophet against E-
lam in the beginiSng of the reign of
Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
Behold, I will break the bow of E-lam,
the chief of their might.
36 And upon E-lam will I bring the
four winds from the four quârters of
heaven, euid will scatter them toward
ail those winds; and there shall be no
nation whither the outcasts of E-lam
shall not come.
37 For I will cause E-lam to be dis-
mayed before their enemies, and be
fore them that seek their life: and I
will bring evil upon them, even my
fierce anger, saith the Lord;and I will
send the sword after them, till I have
consumed them: -
39 But it shall come to pass in the
captivity of E-lam, saith the Lord.
CHAPTER 50
The Word that the Lord spake
against Babylon and against the
land of the Chal-de-ans by Jeremiah
l^e prophet.
2 Déclaré ye among the nations,
and publish, and set up a standard;
publish,and conceal not: say, Babylon
is taken. Bel is confounded, Me-ro-
dach is broken in pièces; her idols are
confounded, her images are broken in
pièces.
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3 For out of the north there cometh 15 Shout against her round about:
up a nation against her, which shall she hath given her hand: her founda-
make her land desolate, and none shall tions are fallen, her walls are thrown
dwell therein; they shall remove, they down: for it is the vengeance of the
shall départ, both man and beast. Lord:take vengeance upon her; as she
4 In those days, and in that time, hath done, do imto her.
saith the Lord, the children of Israël 16 Out off the sower from Babylon,
shadl corne, they and the children of and him that handleth the sickle in the
Judah together, going and weeping: time of harvest:for fear of the oppress-
they shall go, and seek the Lord their ing sword they shaU tum every one to
God. his people, and they shaU flee every
5 They shall ask the way to Zion one to his own land.
with their faces thithérward, saying. 17 Israël is a scattered sheep; the
Corne, and let us join ourselves to the Uons have driven him away: first the
Lord in a perpétuai covenant that shall king of Assyria hath devoured him;
not be forgotten. and last this Neb-u-chad-rez-zar
6 My people hath been lost sheep: king of Babylon hath broken his
their shepherds have caused them to bones.
go astray, they have tumed them 18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
away on the mountains: they have hosts, the God of Israël; Behold, I wiU
gone from mountain to hill, they have punish the king of Babylon and his
forgotten their restingplace. land, as I have punished the king of
7 AU that found them have de- Assyria.
voured them: and their adversaries 19 And I wUl bring Israël again to
said, We offend not, because they have his habitation, and he shall feed on
sinned against the Lord, the habita Carmel and Ba'shan, and his soul
tion of justice, even the Lord, the shaU be satisfied upon mount E'phra-
hope of their fathers. im and Gilead.
8 Remove out of the midst of 20 In those days, and in that time,
Babylon, and go forth out of the land saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israël
of the Chal-de-ans, and be as the he shàll be sought for, and there shall be
goats before the flocks. none; and the sins of Judah, and they
9 For, lo, I wUl raise and cause to shaU not be found: for I wUl pardon
come up against Babylon an assembly them whom I reserve.
of great nations from the north coun- 21 Go up against the land of Mer-a-
try: and they shall set themselves in tha-im, even against it, and against
array against her; from thence she the inhabitants of Pe-kod: waste and
shall be taken: their arrows shall be as utterly destroy after them, saith the
of a mighty expert man; none shaU re- Lord, and do according to aU that I
turn in vain. have commanded thee.
10 And Chal^de-a.shall be a spoU: 22 A Sound of battle is in the land,
ail that spoU her shall be satisfied, and of great destruction.
saith the Lord. 23 How is the hammer of the whole
11 Because ye were glad, because ye earth eut asunder and broken! how is
rejoiced, G ye destroyers of mine hér Babylon become a désolation among
itage, because ye are grown fat as the the nations!
heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and
12 Your mother shall be sore con- thou art also taken, G Babylon, and
founded; she that bare you shall be thou wast not aware: thou art found,
ashamed: behold, the hindermost of and also caught, because thou hast
the nations shall be a wUdemess, a dry striven against the Lord.
land, and a desert. 25 The Lord hath opened his ar-
- 13 Because of the wrath of the moury, and hath brought forth the
Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it weapons of his indignation: for this is
shall be whoUy desolate: every one the work of the Lord God of hosts in
that goeth by Babylon shall be aston- the land of the Chal-de-ans.
ished, and hiss at ail her plagues. 26 Come against her from the ut-
14 Put yourselves in array against most border, open her storehouses:
Babylon round about: ail ye that bend cast her up as heaps, and destroy her
the bow,shoot at her, spare no arrows: utterly; let nothing of her be left.
for she hath sinned against the Lord. 27 Slay ail her bullocks; let them go
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down to the slaughter: woe imto theml more inhabited for ever; neither shall
for their day is corne, the time of their it be dwelt in from génération to gén
Visitation. ération.
28 The voice of them that flee and 40 As God overthrew Sodom and
escape ont of the land of Babylon, to Go-mor'-rah and the neighbour cities
déclaré in Zion the vengeance of the thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no
Lord our God, the vengeance of his man abide there, neither shall any son
temple. of man dwell therein.
29 Call together the archers against 41 Behold,a people shall come from
Babylon: ail ye that bend the bow, the north, and a great nation, and
camp against it round about; let none many kings shall be raised up from
thereof escape: recompense her accord- the coasts of the earth.
ing to her work; according to ail that 42 They shall hold the bow and the
she hath done, do unto her: for she lance: they are cruel, and will not shew
hath been proud against the Lord, mercy: their voice shall roar like the
against the Holy One of Israël. sea, and they shall ride upon horses,
30 Therefore shall her young men every one put in array, like a man to
fall in the streets, and ail her men of the battle, against thee, O daughter of
war shall be eut off in that day, saith Babylon.
the Lord. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard
31 Behold, I am against thee, O the report of them, and his hands
thou most proud, saith the Lord God waxed feeble: anguish took hold of
of hosts: for thy day is come, the time him, and pangs as of a woman in tra
that I will visit thee. vail.
32 And the most proud shall stum- 44 Behold, he shall come up like a
ble cuid fall, and none shall raise him lion from the swelling of Jordan unto
up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, the habitation of the strong: but I will
and it shall devour ail round about make them suddenly nm away from
him. her: and who is a chosen man, that I
33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; may appoint over her? for who is like
The children of Israël and the children me? and who will appoint me the time?
of Judah <were oppressed together: and and who is that shepherd that will
ail that took them captives held them stand before me?
fast; they refused to let them go. 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the the Lord, that he hath taken agsiinst
Lord of hosts is his name: he shall Babylon; and his purposes, that he
throughly plead their cause, that he hath purposed against the land of the
may give rest to the land, and disquiet Chal-de-ans: Surely the least of the
the inhabitants of Babylon. flock shall draw them out: surely he
35 A sword is upon the Chal-de-ans, shall make their habitation desolate
saith the Lord, and upon the inhabit with them.
ants of Babylon,and upon her princes, 46 At the noise of the taking of
and upon her wise men. Babylon the earth is moved, and the
36 A sword is upon the liars; and cry is heard among the nations.
they shall dote: a sword is upon her
mighty men; and they shall be dis- CHAPTER 51
mayed. Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I
37 A sword is upon their horses,and will raise up against Babylon, and
upon their chariots, and upon ail the against them that dwell in the midst
mingled people that are in the midst of of them that rise up against nae, a de-
her; and they shall become as women: stroying wind;
a sword is upon her treasures; and they 2 And will send unto Babylon fan-
shall be robbed. ners, that shall fan her, and shall
38 A drought is upon her waters; empty her Isind: for in the day of trou
and they shall be dried up:for it is the ble they shall be against her round
land of graven images, and they are about.
mad upon their idols. 3 Against him that bendeth let the
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the archer bend his bow, and against him
desert with the wild beasts of the is- that lifteth himself up in his brigan-
lands shall dwell there, and the owls dine: and spare ye not her young men;
shall dwell therein: and it shall be no destroy ye utterly ail her host*
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4 Thustheslainshallfallintheland knowledge; every founder is confound-
of the Chal-de-ans, and fhey that are ed by the graven image: for his molten
thnist through in her streets. image is falsehood, and there is no
5 For Israël hafh net heen forsaken, breath in them.
nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of 18 They are vanity, the work of er-
hosts; though their land Wcis filled with rors: in the time of their Visitation
sin against the Holy One of Israël. they shall perish.
6 Ree ont of the midst of Babylon, 19 The portion of Jacob is not like
and deliver every man his sonl: be not them;for he is the former of ail things:
eut off in her iniquity; for this is the and Israël is the rod of his inheritance:
time of the Lord's vengeance; he will the Lord of hosts is his name.
render unto her a recompence. 20 Thou art my battle axe and
7 Babylon hafh heen a golden cup in weapons of war: for with thee will I
the Lord's hand, that made ail the break in pièces the nations, emd with
earth drunken: the nations have thee will I destroy kingdoms;
drunken of her wine; therefore the na 21 And with thee will I break in
tions are mad. pièces the horse and his rider; and
8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and with thee will I break in pièces the
destroyed; howl for her; take balm for chariot and his rider;
her pain» if so be she may be healed. 22 With thee also will I break in
9 We would have healed Babylon, pièces man and woman; and with thee
but she is not healed: forsake her, and will I break in pièces old and yoimg;
let us go every one into his own coun- and with thee will I break in pièces the
try: for her judgment reacheth unto young man and the maid;
heaven, and is lifted up evén to the 23 I will also break in pièces with
skies. thee the shepherd and his flock; and
10 The Lord hath brought forth with thee will I break in pièces the
our righteousness: corne, and let us dé husbandman and his yoke of oxen;and
claré in Zion the work of the Lord our with thee will I break in pièces cap-
God. tains and rulers.
11 Make bright the arrows; gather 24 And I will render imto Babylon
the shields: the Lord hath raised up and to ail the inhabitants of Chal-de'-a
the spirit of the kings of the Medes:for ail their evil that they have done in
his device is against Babylon, to de- Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
stroy it; because it is the vengeance of 25 Behold, I am against thee, O de-
the Lord,the vengeance of his temple. stroying mountain, saith the Lord,
12 Set up the standard upon the which destroyest ail the earth: and I
walls of Babylon, make the watch will stretch out mine hand upon thee,
strong, set up the watchmen, préparé and roll thee down from the rocks, and
the ambushes: for the Lord hath both will make thee a bumt mountain.
devised and done that which he spake 26 And they shall not take of thee
against the inhabitants of Babylon. a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
13 O thou that dwellest upon many foundations; but thou shalt be desolate
waters, abundant in treasures, thine for ever, saith the Lord.
end is come, and the measure of thy 27 Set ye up a standard in the land,
covetousness. blow the trumpet among the nations,
14 The Lord of hosts hath swom by préparé the nations against her, call
himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee together against her the kingdoms of
with men, as with caterpillers; and Ar-a-rat, Min-ni,and Ash'-che-naz; ap
they shall lift up a shout against thee. point a captain against her; cause the
15 He hath made the earth by his horses to come up as the rough cater
power, he hath established the world pillers.
by his wisdom, and hath stretched ont 28 Préparé against her the nations
the heaven by his understanding. with the kings of the Medes, the cap-
16 When he uttereth his voice, there tains thereof,and ail the rulers thereof,
is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and ail the land of his dominion.
and he causeth the vapours to ascend 29 And the land shall tremble and
from the ends of the earth: he maketh sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord
lightnings with rain, and bringeth shall be performed against Babylon,to
forth the wind out of his treasures. make the land of Babylon a désolation
17 Every man is brutish by his without an inhabitant.
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30 The mighty men of Babylon
have forbom to fight, they bave re-
mained in their holds; their might hath
failed; they became as women: they
have bumed her dwellingplaces; her
bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet an-
other, and one messenger to meet an-
other, to shew the king of Babylon
that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are
stopped, and the reeds they have
bumed with fire, and the men of war
are afîrighted,
33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israël; The daughter of
Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is
time to thresh her: yet a little while,
and the time of her harvest shall
come.
34 Neb-u-chad-rez-zar the king of
Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
cmshed me,he hath made me an emp-
ty vessel, he hath swallowed me up
like a dragon, he hath filled his belly
with my délicates, he hath cast me
ont.
35 The violence done to me and to
my flesh be upon Babylon,shall the in
habitant of Zion say; and my blood
upon the inhabitants of Chal-de-a,
shall Jemsalem say.
36 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will plead thy cause, and
take vengeance for thee; and I will dry
up her sea, and make her springs dry.
37 And Babylon shall become
heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an
astonishment, and an hissing, without
an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like
lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39 In their heat I will make their
feasts, and I will make them dmnken,
that they may rejoice, and sleep a per
pétuai sleep, and not wake, saith the
Lord.
40 I will bring them down like
lambs to the slaughter, like rams with
he goats.
41 How is She-shach taken! and
how is the praise of the whole earth
surprised! how is Babylon become an
astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Baby
lon: she is covered with the multitude
of the waves thereof.
43 Her cities are a désolation, a dry
land, and a wildemess, a land wherein
no man dwelleth, neither doth any son
of man pass thereby.
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44 And I will punish Bel in Baby
lon, and I will bring forth out of his
mouth that which he hath swallowed
up: and the nations shall not flow to
gether any more unto him: yea, the
wall of Babylon shall fall.
45 My people, go ye out of the midst
of her, and deliver ye every man his
soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.
46 And lest your heart faint, and ye
fear for the rumour that shall be heard
in the land; a mmour shall both come
one year, and after that in another year
shall come a rumour, and violence in
the land, mler against ruler.
47 Therefore, behold, the days
come, that I will do judgment upon
the graven images of Babylon: and her
whole land shall be confoxmded, and
ail her slain shall fall in the midst of
her.
48 Then the heaven and the earth,
and ail that is therein, shall sing for
Babylon: for the spoilers shall come
unto her from the north, saith the
Lord.
49 As Babylon hath caused the slain
of Israël to fall, so at Babylon shall fall
the slain of ail the earth.
50 Ye that have escaped the sword,
go away,stand not still: remember the
Lord afar off, and let Jérusalem come
into your mind.
51 We are confounded, because we
have heard reproach: shame hath cov
ered our faces: for strangers are come
into the sanctuaries of the Lord's
house.
52 Wherefore, behold, the days
come, saith the Lord, that I will do
judgment upon her graven images: and
through ail her land the wounded shaù
groan.
53 Though Babylon should mount
up to heaven, and though she should
fortify the height of her strength, yet
from me shall spoilers come unto her,
saith the Lord.
54 A Sound of a cry cometh from
Babylon, and great destruction from
the land of the Chal-de-ans:
55 Because the Lord hath spoiled
Babylon, and destroyed out of her the
great voice; when her waves do roar
like great waters, a noise of their voice
is uttered:
56 Because the spoiler is come upon
her, even upon Babylon, and her
mighty men are taken, every one of
their bows is broken:for the Lord God
of recompences shall surely requite.
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57 And I will make drunk her prin in the tenth day of the month, that
ces, and her wise men, her captains, Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king of Babylon
and her rulers, and her mighty men: came, he and ail his army, against
and they shall sleep a perpétuai sleep, Jérusalem, and pitched against it, and
and not wake, saith the King, whose built forts against it round about.
name is the Lord of hosts. 5 So the city was besieged unto the
58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; eleventh year of king Zed-e-ki'-ah.
The broad walls of Babylon shall be 6 And in the fourth month, in the
utterly broken, and her high gâtes ninth day of the month, the fcunine
shall be bumed with fire; and the was sore in the city, so that there was
people shall labour in vain, and the no bread for the people of the land.
folk in the fire, and they shall be 7 Then the city was broken up, and
weary. ail the men of war fied, and went forth
59 The Word which Jeremiah the out of the city by night by the way of
prophet commanded Ser-a-i'-ah the son the gâte between the two walls, which
of Ne-ri-ah, the son of Ma-a-se-iah, was by the king's garden; (now the
when he went with Zed-e-ki'-ah the Chal-de'-ans were by the city roimd
king of Judah into Babylon in the about:) and they went by the way of
fourth year of his reign. And this Ser- the plain.
a-i-ah was a quiet prince. 8 But the army of the Chal-de'-ans
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book ail pursued after the king, and overtook
the evil that should come upon Baby Zed-e-ki'-ah in the plains of Jéricho;
lon, even ail these words that are writ- and ail his army was scattered from
ten against Babylon. him.
61 And Jeremiah said to Ser-a-i-ah, 9 Then they took the king, and car-
When thou comest to Babylon, and ried him up unto the king of Babylon
shalt see, and shalt read ail these to Rib'-lah in the land of Ha'-math;
words; where he gave judgment upon him.
62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord, 10 And the king of Babylon slew
thou hast spoken against this place, to the sons of Zed-e-ki'-ah before his eyes:
eut it off, that none shall remain in it, he slew also ail the princes of Judah in
neither man nor beast, but that it shall Rib'-lah.
be desolate for ever. 11 Then he put out the eyes of
63 And it shall be, when thou hast Zed-e-ki'-ah; and the king of Babylon
made an end of reading this book,that bound him in chains, and carried him
thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast to Babylon, and put him in prison tUl
it into the midst of Eu-phra-tes: the day of his death.
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall 12 Now in the fifth month, in the
Babylon sink, and shall not rise from tenth day of the month, which was the
the evil that 1 will bring upon her: and nineteenth year of Neb-u-chad-rez'-zar
they shall be weary. Thus far are the king of Babylon, came Neb'-u-zar-a-
words of Jeremiah. dan, captain of the guard, which
served the king of Babylon,into Jéru
CHAPTER 52 salem,
13 And bumed the house of the
ZED-E-KI-AH was one and twenty Lord,and the king's house; and cill the
years old when he began to reign, houses of Jemsalem,and ail the houses
and he reigned eleven years in Jérusa of the great men, bumed he with fire:
lem. And his mother's name was Ha- 14 And ail the army of the Chal-de'-
mu-tal the daughter of Jeremiah of ans, that were with the captain of the
Lib-nah. guard, brake down ail the walls of
2 And he did that which was evil in Jems^em round about.
the eyes of the Lord, according to ail 15 Then Neb'-u-zar-a'-dan the cap
that Je-hoi-a-kim had done. tain of the guard carried away captive
3 For through the suiger ofthe Lord certain of the poor of the people, and
it came to pass in Jérusalem and Ju the residue ofthe people that remained
dah, till he had cast them out from his in the city, and those that fell away,
presence, that Zed-e-ki-ah rebelled that fell to the king of Babylon, and
against the king of Babylon. the rest of the multitude.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth 16 But Neb'-u-zar-a'-dan the cap
year of his reign, in the tenth month. tain of the guard left certain ofthe poor
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of the land for vinedressers and for were found in the city; and the prin
husbandmen* cipal scribe of the host, who mustered
17 Also the pillars of brass that the people of the land; and threescore
were in the house of the Lord, and the men of the people of the land, that
bases, and the brasen sea that was in were found in the midst of the city.
the house of the Lord,the Chal-de-ans 26 So Neb-u-zar-a-dan the captain
brake,and cariied ail the brass ofthem of the guard took them, and brought
to Babylon, them to the king of Babylon to Rib-
18 The caldrons also, and the shov- lah.
els, and the snuffers, and the bowls, 27 And the king of Babylon smote
and the spoons, and ail the vessels of them, and put them to death in Rib-
brass wherewith they ministered, took lah in the land of Ha-math, Thus Ju-
they away, dah was carried away captive out of
19 And the basons, and the fire- his own land.
pans,and the bowls, and the caldrons, 28 This is the people-whom Neb-u-
and the candlesticks, and the spoons, chad-rez-zar carried away captive: in
and the caps; that which was of gold in the seventh year three thousand Jews
gold, and that which was of silver in and three and twenty:
silver, took the captain of the guard 29 In the eighteenth year of Neb-u-
away, chad-rez-zar he carried away captive
20 The two pillars, one sea, and from Jérusalem eight hundred thirty
twelve brasen bulls that were under the and two persons:
bases, which king Solomon had made 30 In the three and twentieth year
in the house of the Lord: the brass of of Neb-u-chad-rez-zar Neb-u-zar-a-
ail these vessels was without weight. dan the captain of the guard carried
21 And conceming the pillars, the away captive of the Jews seven hun
height of one pillar was eighteen cu- dred forty and five persons: aU the per
bits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did sons were four thousand and six him-
compass it; and the thickness thereof dred.
was four fingers: it was hollow; 31 And it came to pass in the seven
22 And a chapiter of brass was upon and thirtieth year of the captlvity of
it; and the height of one chapiter was Je-hoi-a-chin king of Judah, in the
five cubits, with network and pome- twelfth month, in.the five and twen
granates upon the chapiters round tieth day of the month, that E'-^vil-^e-
aboutj ail of brass. The second pillar ro'-dach king of Babylon in the.^rst
also and the pomegranates were like year of his reign lifted up the head of
unto these. Je-hoi-a-chin king of Judah, and
23 And there were ninety and six brought him forth out of prison^
pomegranates on a side; and ail the 32 And spake kindly imto him, and
pomegranates upon the network were set his throne above the throne of the
an hundred round about. kings that were with him in Babylon,
24 And the captain ôf the guard 33 And changed his prison gar^
took Ser-a-f-ah the chief priest, and ments: and he did continually eat
Zeph-a-ni-ah the second priest, and bread before him ail the days of his
the three keepers of the door:; life.
25 He took also out of the city an 34 And for his diet, there was a con
eunuch, which had the charge of tiie tinuai diet given him of the king of
men of wàr; and seven men of them Babylon,every day a portion until the
that were near the king's person,wMch day of his deatji, ail the days of his life.

TKe Lamentatioiis
of Jeremiah
fiiat was great ampng the nations, and
CHAPTER I princess among the provinces, how is
OW doth the city slt sdlitâiy^ she become tributâryl
H 24
that was full of peoplel how iS
she becoine as a widowl she
2 She weepeth sore in the night,and
her tears are on her dieeks: among ail
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her loyers she hath none to comfort
her: ail her friands have dealt treach-
erously with her, they are become her
enemies.
3 Judah is gone into captivity be-
cause of affliction, and because of great
servitude: she dwelleth among the hea-
then, she findeth no rest: ail her per-
secutors overtook her between the
straits.
4 The ways of Zion do moum, be
cause none comie to the solemn feasts:
ail her gâtes are desolate: her priests
sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she
is in bittemess.
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her
enemies prosper; for the Lord hath
afflicted her for the multitude of her
transgressions: her children are gone
into captivity before the enemy.
6 And from the daughter of Zion ail
her beauty is departed: her princes are
become like harts that ûnd no pasture,
and they are gone without strength
beforé the pursuer.
7 Jérusalem remembered in the
days of her affliction and of her miser-
ies ail her pleasant things that she had
in the days of old, when her people fell
into the hand of the enemy, and none
did help her: the adversaries saw her,
and did mock ai her sabbaths.
8 Jérusalem hath grievously sinned;
therefore she is remôved: ail that hon-
oured her despise her, because they
have seen her nakedness: yea,she sigh-
eth, and tumeth backward.
9 Her fflthiness is in her skirts; she
remembereth not her last end; there
fore she came down wonderfully: she
had no comforter. O Lord, behold my
affliction: for the enemy hath magni-
fied himself,
10 The adversary hath spread out
his hand upon ail her pleasant things:
for she hath seen that the heathen en-
tered into her sanctuary, whom thou
didst commahd that they should not
enter into thy congrégation.
11 Ail her people sigh, they seek
bread; they have given their pleasant
things for meat to relieve the soul: see,
O Lord,and consider;for I am become
vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, ail ye that
pass by? behold,and see if there be any
sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is
done unto me^ wherewith the Lord
hath afflicted me in the day of his
fierce anger.
13 From above hath he sent fire in
to my bones, and it prevaileth against
them:he hath spread a net for my feet,
he hath tumed me back: he hath made
me desolate and faint ail the day.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is
bound by his hand:they are wreathed,
and come up upon my neck: he hath
made my strength to fall, the Lord
hath delivered me into their hands,
from whom I am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord hath trodden under
foot ail my mighty men in the midst of
me: he hath called an assembly against
me to crush my young men: the Lord
hath trodden the virgjn, the daughter
of Judah, as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep; mine
eye, mine eye runneth down with wa-
ter, because the comforter that should
relieve my soul is far from me: my
children are desolate, because the ene
my prevailed.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands,
and there is none to comfort her: the
Lord hath commanded conceming Ja
cob,. that his adversaries should be
round about him: Jérusalem is as a
menstruous woman among them.
18 The Lord is righteous;for I have
rebelled against his commandment:
hear,I pray yôu,ail people,and behold
my sorrow: my virgins and my yoimg
men are gone into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, but they
deceived me: my priests and mine eld-
ers gave up the ghost in the city,
while they sought their meat to relieve
their soûls.
20 Behold, O Lord;for I am in dis-
tress: my bowels are troubled; mine
heart is tumed within me; for I have
grievously rebelled: abroad the sword
bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21 They have heard that I sigh:
there is none to comfort me: ail mine
enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are glad that thou hast done it:
thou wilt bring the day that thou hast
called, and they shall be like unto me.
22 Let ail their wickedness come
before thee; and do unto them,as thou
hast done unto me for ail my trîuis-
grëssions: for my sighs are many, and
my heart is faint.
CHAPTER 2
HOW hath the Lord covered the
daughter of Zion with a cloud in
his anger, and cast down from heaven
unto the earth the beauty of Israël,
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and remembered not Ms footstool in bowels are troubled, my liver is poured

the day of hls anger! upon the earth, for the destruction of
2 The Lord hath swallowed up ail the daughter of my people; because the
the habitations of Jacob, and hath not children and the sucklings swoon in
pitied: he hath thrown down in his the streets of the city.
wrath the strong holds of the daughter 12 They say to their mothers,
of Judah; he hath broùght them down Where is com and wine? when they
to the ground: he hath polluted the swooned as the wounded in the streets
kingdom and the princes thereof. of the city, when their soul was poured
3 He hath eut off in his fierce anger out into their mothers' bosom.
ail the hom of Israël: he hath drawn 13 What thing shall I take to wit-
back his right hand from before the ness for thee? what thing shall I liken
enemy, and he burned against Jacob to thee, O daughter of Jérusalem?
like a flciming fire, which devoureth what shall I equal to thee, that I may
round about. comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zi
4 He hath bent his bow like an ene on? for thy breach is great like the sea:
my: he stood with his right hand as an who can heal thee?
adversary, and slew ail that were pleas- 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and
ant to the eye in the tabernacle of the foolish things for thee: and they have
daughter of Zion: he poured out his not discovered thine ihiquity, to tum
fury like fire. away thy captivity; but have seen for
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he thee false burdens and causes of ban-
hath swallowed up Israël, he hath ishment.
swallowed up ail her palaces: he hath 15 AU that pass by clap their hands
destroyed his strong holds, and hath at thee; they hiss and wag their head
increased in the daughter of Judah at the daughter of Jérusalem, saying,
mouming and lamentation. Is this the city that men call The per
6 And he hath violently taken away fection of beauty, The joy of the whole
his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: earth?
he hath destroyed his places of the as- 16 AU thine enemies have opened
sembly: the Lord hath caused the their mouth against thee: they hiss and
solemn feasts and sabbaths to be for- gnash the teeth: they say, We have
gotten in Zion, and hath despised in swallowed her up: certainly this is the
the indignation of his anger the king day that we looked for; we have found,
and the priest. we have seen it.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, 17 The Lord hath done that which
he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he he had devised; he hath fulfilled his
hath given up into the hand of the ene Word that he had commanded in the
my the walls of her palaces; they have days of old: he hath thrown down,and
made a noise in the house of the Lord, hath not pitied: and he hath caused
as in the day of a solemn feast. thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he
8 The Lord hath purposed to de- hath set up the horn of thine adver-
stroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: saries.
he hath stretched out a line, he hath 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord,
not withdrawn his hand from destroy- O wall of the daughter of Zion, let
ing: therefore he made the rsimpart tears run down like a river day and
and the wall to lament; they lan- night: give thyself no rest; let not the
guished together. apple of thine eye cease.
9 Her gâtes are sunk into the 19 Arise, cry out in the night:in the
ground; he hath destroyed and broken beginning of the watches pour out
her bars: her king and her princes are thine heart like water before the face
among the Gentiles: the law is no of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward
more; her prophets also find no vision him for the life of thy young children,
from the Lord. that faint for hunger in the top of
10 The elders ofthe daughter of Zion every street.
sit upon the ground, and keep silence: 20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to
they have cast up dust upon their whom thou hast done this. Shall the
heads; they have girded themselves women eat their fruit, and children of
with sackcloth:the virgins of Jérusalem a span long? shall the priest and the
hang down their heads to the groimd. prophet be slain in the sanctuary of
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my the Lord?
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21 The young and the old lie on the
ground in the streets: my virgins and
my young men are fallen by the sword;
thou hast slain them in the day of thine
anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. passions fail not.
22 Ihou hast called as in a solemn
day my terrors round about,so that in
the day of the Lord^s anger none es-
caped nor remained: those that I have
swaddled and brought up hath mine
enemy consumed.
CHAPTER 3
AM the man that hath seen afflic
tion by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought me
into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he tumed; he
tumeth his hand against me ail the
day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he
made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and
compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as
they that he dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I
cannot get out; he hath made my
chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he
shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with
hewn stone, he hath made my paths
crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying before the face of the most High,
in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 36 To subvert a man in his cause,
11 He hath turned aside my ways, the Lord approveth not.
and pulled me in pièces; he hath made
me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set
me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his
quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a dérision to ail my people;
and their song ail the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitter-
ness, he hath made me drunken with
wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth
with gravel stones, he hath covered
me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul
far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my
hope is perished from the Lord:
19 Remembering mine affliction
and my misery,the wormwood and the
gall.
20 My soul hath them still in re-
membrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, there-
fore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord*s mercieis that
we are not consumed, because his com
23 They are new every moming:
great is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord is my portion, saith
my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them
that wait for him,to the soul that seek-
eth him.
26 It is good that a man should both
hope and quietly wait for the salvation
of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth si
lence, because he hath borne it upon
him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the
dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that
smiteth him: he is filled full with re-
proach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for
ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion according to
the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly
nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet ail the
prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a man
37 Who is he that saith, and it com-
eth to pass, when the Lord command-
eth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most
High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man
complain,a man for the punishment of
his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways,
and turn again to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our
hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have
rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger,
and persecuted us: thou hast slain,
thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with
a cloud, that our prayer should not
pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the off-
scouring and refuse in the niidst of the
people.
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46 Ail our enemies have opened teemed as earthen pitchers, the work
their mouths against us. of the hands of the potterl
47 Fear and a snare is corne upon 3 Even the sea monsters draw out
us, désolation and destruction. the breast, they give suck to their
48 Mine eye runneth down with riv young ones: the daughter of my people
ets of water for the destruction of the is become cruel,like the ostriches in the
daughter of my people. wildemess.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and 4 The tongue of the sucking child
ceaseth not, without any intermis cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for
sion, thirst: the young children ask bread,
50 Till the Lord look down,and be- and no man breaketh it unto them.
hold from heaven. 5 They that did feed delicately are
51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart desolate in the streets; they that were
because of ail the daughters of my city. brought up in scarlet embrace dung-
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, hills.
like a bird, without cause. 6 For the punishment of the iniqui-
53 They have eut off my life in the ty of the daughter of my people is
dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. greater than the punishment of the sin
54 Waters flowed over mine head; of Sodom, that was overthrown as in
then I said, I am eut off. a moment, and no hands stayed on
55 I called upon thy name,G Lord, her.
out of the low dungeon. 7 Her Nazarites were purer than
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide snow, they were whiter than milk,
not thine ear at my breathing, at my they were more ruddy in body than
cry. rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
57 Thou drewest near in the day 8 Their visage is blacker than a
that I called upon thee; thou saidst, coal; they are not known in the streets:
Fear not. their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is
58 G Lord, thou hast pleaded the withered, it is become like a stick.
causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed 9 They that be slain with the sword
my life. are better than they that be slain with
59 G Lord, thou hast seen my hunger: for these pine away, stricken
wrong: judge thou my cause. through for want of the fruits of the
60 Thou hast seen ail their ven field.
geance and ail their imaginations 10 The hands of the pitiful women
against me. have sodden their own children: they
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, were their meat in the destruction of
G Lord, and ail their imaginations the daughter of my people.
against me; 11 The Lord hath accomplished his
62 The lips of those that rose up fury; he hath poured out his fierce an
against me, and their device against ger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion,
me ail the day. and it hath devoured the foundations
63 Behold their sitting down, and thereof.
their rising up; I am their musick. 12 The kings of the earth, and ail
64 Render unto them a recom- the inhabitants of the world, would
pence, G Lord, according to the work not have believed that the adversary
of their hands. and the enemy should have entered
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy into the gâtes of Jérusalem.
curse unto them. 13 For the sins of her prophets, and
66 Persécute and destroy them in the iniquities of her priests, that have
anger from under the heavens of the shed the blood of the just in the midst
Lord. of her,
14 They have wandered as blind
CHAPTER 4 men in the streets, they have poUuted
themselves with blood, so that men
[GW is the gold become dim! how could not touch their garments.
is the most fine gold changed!the 15 They cried unto them. Départ
stones of the sanctuary are poured out ye; it is unclean; départ, départ,touch
in the top of every street. not: when they fied away and w^der-
2 The precious sons of Zion, com ed,they said among the heathen,They
parable to fine gold, how are they es- shall no more sojoum there.
734 EZEKIEL 1
16 The anger of the Lord hath di-
vided them; he will no more regard
them: they respected net the persons
of the priests, they favoured not the
elders.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed
for our vain help: in our watching we
have watched for a nation that could
not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we
cannot go in our streets; our end is
near, our days are fulfilled; for our end
is corne.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than
the eagles of the heaven: they pursued
us upon the mountains, they laid wait
for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the
anointed of the Lord, was taken in
their pits, of whom we said, Under his
shadow we shall live among the hea-
then.
21 Rejoice and be glad, G daughter
of Edom, that dwellest in the land of
Uz;the cup also shall pass through un-
to thee: thou shalt be drunken, and
shalt make thyself naked.
22 The punishment of thine iniqui-
ty is accomplished, G daughter of Zion;
he will no more carry thee away into
captivity; he will visit thine iniquity,
G daughter of Edom; he will discover
thy sins.
CHAPTER 5
REMEMBER, g Lord, what is
come upon us; consider, and be-
hold our reproach. ever; thy throne from génération to
2 Gur inheritance is tumed to stran- génération.
gers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless, for ever, and forsake us so long time?
our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for
money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Gur necks are under persécution:
we labour, and have no rest.
The Book of the Prophet
CHAPTER I
NGW it came to pass in the thir-
tieth year, in the fourth
month, in the fifth day of the
month,as I ii;as among the captives by
6 We have given the hand to the
Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satished with bread.
7 Gur fathers have sinned, and are
not; and we have borne their iniqui-
ties.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there
is none that doth deliver us out of
their hand.
9 We gat our bread with the péril of
our lives because of the sword of the
wilderness.
10 Gur skin was black like an oven
because of the terrible famine.
11 They ravished the women in Zi
on, and the maids in the cities of Ju-
dah.
12 Princes are hanged up by their
hand: the faces of elders were not hon-
oured.
13 They took the yoimg men to
grind, and the children fell under the
wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the
gâte, the young men from their mu-
sick.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased;
our dance is tumed into mouming.
16 The crown is fallen from our
head: woe unto us, that we have
sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint; for
these things our eyes are dim.
18 Because of the mountain of Zion,
which is desolate, the foxes walk upon
it.
19 Thou, G Lord, remainest for
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us
21 Tum thou us unto thee, G Lord,
and we shall be tumed;renew our days
as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected
us; thou art very wroth against us.
the river of Che-bar, that the heavens
were opened, and I saw visions of
God.
2 In the fifth day of the month,
which was the fifth year of king Je-hoi-
a-chin's captivity.
 EZEKIEL 1
3 The Word of the Lord came ex-
pressly imto E-ze-ki-el the priest, the
son of Bu-zi, in the land of the Chal-
de-ans by the river Che-bar; and the
hand of the Lord was there upon him.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a
whirlwind came ont of the north, a
great cloud, and a fire infolding itself,
and a brightness was about it, and ont
of the midst thereof as the colour of
amber, ont of the midst of the fire.
5 Also ont of the midst thereof
came the likeness of four living créa
tures. And this was their appearance;
they had the likeness of a man.
6 And every one had four faces, and
every one had four wings.
7 And their feet were straight feet;
and the sole of their feet was like the
sole of a calf*s foot: and they sparkled
like the colour of bumished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man
imder their wings on their four sides;
and they four had their faces and their
wings.
9 Their wings were joined one to an-
other; they tumed not when they
went;they went every one straight for-
ward.
10 As for the likeness of their faces,
they four had the face of a man, and
the face of a lion, on the right side: and
they four had the face of an ox on the
left side; they four also had the face of
an eagle.
11 Thus were their faces: and their
wings were stretched upward; two
mngs of every one were joined one to
another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And they went every one
straight forward: whither the spirit
was to go, they went; and they tumed
not when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living
créatures, their appearance was like
buming coals of fire, and like the ap
pearance of lamps: it went up and
down among the living créatures; and
the fire was bright, and out of the fire
went forth lightning.
14 And the living créatures ran and
retumed as the appearance of a flash
of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living créa
tures, behold one wheel upon the earth
by the living créatures, with his four
faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels
and their work was like unto the colour
of a béryl: and they four had one like
ness: and their appearance and their
735
work was as it were a wheel in the
middle of a wheel.
17 When they went, they went up
on their four sides: and they tumed
not when they went.
18 As for their rings, they were so
high that they were dreadful;and their
rings were full of eyes round about
them four.
19 And when the living créatures
went, the wheels went by them: and
when the living créatures were lifted
up from the earth, the wheels were
lifted up.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to
go, they went, thither was their spirit
to go; and the wheels were lifted up
over against them: for the spirit of the
living créature was in the wheels.
21 When those went, these went;
and when those stood, these stood; and
when those were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit of the liv
ing créature was in the wheels.
22 And the likeness of the firma
ment upon the heads of the living créa
ture was as the colour of the terrible
crystal, stretched forth over their
heads above.
23 And under the firmament were
their wings straight, the one toward
the other: every one had two, which
covered on this side,and every one had
two, which covered on that side, their
bodies.
24 And when they went,I heard the
noise of their wings, like the noise of
great waters, as the voice of the Al-
mighty, the voice of speech, as the
noise of an host: when they stood,they
let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the
firmament that was over their heads,
when they stood, and had let down
their wings.
26 And above the firmament that
was over their heads was the likeness
of a throne,as the appearance ofa sap-
phire stone: and upon the likeness of
the throne was the likeness as the ap
pearance of a man above upon it.
27 And I saw as the colour of am
ber, as the appearance of fire round
about within it, from the appearance
of his loins even upward, and frbm the
appearance of his loins even down-
ward, I saw as it were the appearance
of fire, and it had brightness round
about.
28 As the appearance of the bow
736 EZEKIEL 2, 3
that is in the cloud in the day of rain, 3 And he said unto me. Son of man,
so was the appearance of the bright- cause thy belly to eat, and fiU thy
ness round about. This was the appear bowels with this roll thàt I give thee.
ance of the likeness of the glory of the Then did I eat it; and it was in my
Lord. And when I saw it, I fell uponmouth as honey for sweetness.
my face, and I heard a voice of one 4 And he said unto me. Son of man,
that spake. go, get thee unto the house of Israël,
and speak with my words unto them.
CHAPTER 2 5 For thou art not sent to a pedple
AND he said unto me, Son of man, of a strange speech and of an hard lan-
jTx stand upon thy feet, and I will guage, but to the house of Israël;
speak unto thee. 6 Not to many people of a strange
2 And the spirit entered into me speech and of an hard language, whose
when he spake unto me, and set me words thou canst not understand.
upon my feet, that I heard him that Surely, had I sent thee to them, they
spake unto me. would have hearkened unto thee.
3 And he said unto me. Son of man, 7 But the house of Israël will not
I send thee to the children of Israël, to hearken unto thee; for they will not
a rebellious nation that hath rebelled hearken unto me: for ail the house of
against me: they and their fathers Israël are impudent and hardhearted*
have transgressed against me,even un S Behold, I have made thy face
to this very day. strong against their faces, and thy
4 For they are impudent children forehead strong against their fore-
and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto heads.
them; and thou shalt say unto them, 9 As an adamant harder than flint
Thus saith the Lord God. have I made thy forehead: fear them
5 And they, whether they will hear, not, neither be dismayed at their
or whether they will forbear,(for they looks, though they he a rebellious
are a rebellious house,) yet shall know house.
that there hath been a prophet among 10 Moreover he said unto me. Son
them. of man,ail my words that I shall speak
6 And thou, son of man, be not unto thee receive in thine heart, and
afraid of them, neither be afraid of hear with thine ears.
their words, though briers and thorns 11 And go, get thee to them of the
he with thee, and thou dost dwell captivity, unto the children of thy
among scorpions: be not afraid of their people, and speak unto them, and teU
words, nor be dismayed at their looks, them, Thus saith the Lord God;
though they he a rebellious house. whether they will hear, or whether
7 And thou shalt speak my words they will forbear.
unto them, whether they will hear, or 12 Then the spirit took me up, and
whether they will forbear: for they are I heard behind me a voice of a great
most rebellious. rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of
8 But thou, son of man, hear what the Lord from his place.
I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious 13 I heard also the noise of the
like that rebellious house: open thy wings of the living créatures that
mouth, and eat that I give thee. touched one another, and the noise of
9 And when I looked, behold, an the wheels over against them, and a
hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll noise of a great rushing.
of a book was therein; 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and
10 And he spread it before me; and took me away, and I went in bitter-
it was written within and without: and ness, in the heat of my spirit; but the
there was written therein lamentations, hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
and mourningj and woe. 15 Then I came to them of the cap
tivity at Tel-a-bib, that dwelt by the
CHAPTER 3 river of Che-bar, and I sat where they
MOREOVER he said unto me.Son sat, and remained there astonished
of man, eat that thou findest; eat among them seven days.
this roll, and go speak unto the house 16 And it came to pass at the end
of Israël. of seven days, that the word of the
2 So I opened my mouth, and he Lord came unto me, saying,
caused me to eat that roll. 17 Son of man, I have made thee a
 EZEKIEL 4 737

watchman unto the house of Israël: pourtray upon it the city, even Jem-
therefore hear the word at my mouth, salem:
and give them waming from me. 2 And lay siege against it, and build
18 When I say imto the wicked, a fort against it, and cast a moimt
Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest against it; set the camp also against it,
him not waming,nor speakest to warn and set battering rams against it round
the wicked from his wicked way, to about.
save his life; the same wicked man 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an
shall die in his iniquity; but his blood iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron
will I require at thine hand. between thee and the city: and set thy
19 Yet if thou wam the wicked,and face against it, and it shall be besieged,
he tum not from his wickedness, nor and thou shalt lay siege against it.
from his wicked way,he shall die in his This shall he a sign to the house of Is
iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy raël.
soul. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side,
20 Again, When a righteous man and lay the iniquity of the house of Is
doth tum from his righteousness, and raël upon it: according to the number
commit iniquity, and I lay a stum- of the days that thou shalt lie upon it
blingblock before him,he shall die: be- thou shalt bear their iniquity.
cause thou hast not given him wam 5 For I have laid upon thee the
ing, he shall die in his sin, and his years of their iniquity, according to
righteousness which he hath done shall the number of the days,three himdred
not be remembered; but his blood will and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the
I require at thine hand. iniquity of the house of Israël.
21 Nevertheless if thou wam the 6 And when thou hast accomplished
righteous man, that the righteous sin them, lie again on thy right side, 2uid
not, and he doth not sin, he shall sure thou shalt bear the iniquity of the
ly live, because he is wamed;also thou house of Judah forty days: I have ap-
hast delivered thy soul. pointed thee each day for a year.
22 And the hand of the Lord was 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face
there upon me; and he said unto me, toward the siege of Jemsalem, and
Arise, go forth into the plain, and I thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou
will there talk with thee. shalt prophesy against it.
23 Then I arose,and went forth into 8 And,behold,I willlay bands upon
the plain: and, behold, the glory of the thee, and thou shalt not turn thee
Lord stood there, as the glory which from one side to another, till thou hast
I saw by the river of Che-bar: and I ended the days of thy siege.
fell on my face. 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat,
24 Then the spirit entered into me, and barley, and beans, and lentiles,
and set me upon my feet, and spake and millet, and fîtches, and put them
with me, and said unto me,.Go, shut in one vessel, and make thee bread
thyself within thine house. thereof, according to the number of the
25 But thou, O son of man, behold, days that thou shalt lie upon thy side,
they shall put bands upon thee, and three hundred and ninety days shalt
shall bind thee with them, and thou thou eat thereof.
shalt not go out among them: 10 And thy meat which thou shcdt
26 And I will make thy tongue eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels
deave to the roof of thy mouth, that a day: from time to time shalt thou
thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be eat it.
to them a reprover: for they are a re 11 Thou shalt drink also water by
bellions house. measure,the sixth part of an hin:from
27 But when I speak with thee, I time to time shalt thou drink.
will open thy mouth, and thou shalt 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord cakes, and thou shzilt bake it with
God; He that heareth, let him hear; dimg that cometh out of man,in their
and he that forbeareth, let him for- sight.
bear: for they are a rebellions house. 13 And the Lord said, Even thus
shall the children of Israël eat their
CHAPTER 4 defiled bread among the Gentiles,
Thou also, son of man,take thee a whither I will drive them.
tile, and lay it before thee, and 14 Then said I, Ah Lord God! be-
738 EZEKIEL 5,6
hold, my soul hath not been polluted; God; Behold, I, even I, am agaînst
for from my youth up even till now thee, and will execute judgments in
have I not eaten of that which dieth of the midst of thee in the sight of the
itself, or is tom in pièces; neither came nations.
there abominable flesh into my mouth. 9 And I will do in thee that which
15 Then he said unto me,Lo,I have I have not done, and whereunto I wiU
given thee cow's dung for man's dung, not do any more the like, because of
and thou shalt préparé thy bread ail thine abominations.
therewith. 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat
16 Moreover he said unto me. Son the sons in the midst of thee, and the
of man, behold, I will break the staff sons shall eat their fathers; and I will
of bread in Jérusalem: and they shall execute judgments in thee, and the
eat bread by weight, and with care; whole remnant of thee will I scatter
and they shall drink water by measure, into ail the winds.
and with astonishment: 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the
17 That they may want bread and Lord God; surely, because thou hast
water, and be astonied one with an- defiled my sanctuary with ail thy dé
other, and consume away for their in- testable things, and with ail thine
iquity» abominations, therefore will I also di-
minish thee; neither shall mine eye
CHAPTER 5 spare, neither will I have any pity.
AND thou, son of man, take thee a 12 A third part of thee shall die
jc\ Sharp knife, take thee a barber*s with the pestilence, and with famine
razor, and cause it to pass upon thine shall they be consumed in the midst of
head and upon thy beard: then take thee: and a third part shall fall by the
thee balances to weigh, and divide the sword round about thee; and I will
haïr. scatter a third part into ail the winds,
2 Thou shalt bum with fire a third and I will draw out a sword after them.
part in the midst of the city, when the 13 Thus shall mine anger be accom-
days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou plished, and I will cause my fury to
shalt take a third part, and smite rest upon them, and I will be comfort-
about it with a knife: and a third part ed: and they shall know that I the
thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when
will draw out a sword after them. I have accomplished my fury in them.
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few 14 Moreover I will make thee waste,
in number,and bind them in thy skirts. and a reproach among the nations that
4 Then take of them again, and cast are round about thee, in the sight of
them into the midst of the fire, and ail that pass by.
bum them in the fire; for thereof shall 15 So it shall be a reproach and a
a fire come forth into ail the house of taunt, an instruction and an astonish
Israël. ment unto the nations that are round
5 Thus saith the Lord God; This îs about thee, when I shall execute judg
Jemsalem: I have set it in the midst ments in thee in anger and in fury and
of the nations and countries that are in furious rebukes. I the Lord have
round about her. spoken if.
6 And she hath changed my judg- 16 When I shall send upon them the
ments into wickedness more than the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
nations, and my statutes more th2in for their destruction, and which I will
the countries that are round about her: send to destroy you: and I will increase
for they have refused my judgments the famine upon you, and will break
and my statutes,they have not walked your staff of bread:
in them. 17 So will I send upon you famine
7 TJierefore thus saith the Lord and evil beasts, and they shall bereave
God; Because ye multiplied more than thee; and pestilence and blood shall
the nations that are round about you, pass through thee; and I will bring the
and have not walked in my statutes, sword upon thee. I the Lord have
neither have kept my judgments, nei spoken if.
ther have done according to the judg
CHAPTER 6
ments of the nations that are round
about you; AND the Word of the Lord came un-
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord l\ to me, saying.
 EZEKIEL 7
2 Son of man, set thy face toward
the mountains of Israël, and prophesy
against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israël,
hear the word of the Lord God; Thus
saith the Lord God to the mountains,
and to the hills, to the rivers, and to
the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will
bring a sword upon you, and I will de-
stroy your high places.
4 And your altars shall be desolate,
and your images shall be broken: and
I will cast down your slain men before
your idols.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of
the children of Israël before their idols;
and I will scatter your bones round
about your altars.
6 In ail your dwellingplaces the
cities shall be laid waste, and the high
places shall be desolate; that your al
tars may be laid waste and made deso
late,and your idols may be broken and
cease, and your images may be eut
down, and your works may be abol-
ished.
7 And the slain shall fall in the
midst of you, and ye shall know that
I am the Lord.
8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that
ye may have some that shall escape the
sword among the nations, when ye
shall be scattered through the coun-
tries. an only evil, behold, is come.
9 And they that escape of you shall
remember me among the nations it watcheth for thee; behold,it is come.
whither they shall be carried captives,
because I am broken with their whor-
ish heart, which hath departed from
me, and with their eyes, which go a
whoring after their idols: and they
shall lothe themselves for the evils
which they have committed in ail their
abominations.
10 And they shall know that I am
the Lord, and that I have not said in
vain that I would do this evil unto
them.
11 Thus saith the Lord God; Smite
with thine hand, and stamp with thy
foot, and say, Alas for ail the evil
abominations of the house of Israël!
for they shall fall by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence.
12 He that is far off shall die of the
pestilence; and he that is near shall
fall by the sword; and he that remain-
eth and is besieged shall die by the
famine: thus will I accomplish my fury
upon them.
13 Then shall ye know that I am
739
the Lord, when their slain men shall
be among their idols round about their
altars, upon every high hill, in ail the
tops of the mountains, and under
every green tree, and under every
thick oak,the place where they did of-
fer sweet savour to ail their idols.
14 So will I stretch out my hand
upon them, and make the land deso
late, yea, more desolate than the wil-
demess toward Dib-lath, in ail their
habitations: and they shall know that
I am the Lord.
CHAPTER 7
MOREOVER the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith
the Lord God unto the land of Israël;
An end, the end is come upon the four
corners of the land.
3 Now is the end corne upon thee,
and I will send mine anger upon thee,
and will judge thee according to thy
ways, and will recompense upon thee
ail thine abominations.
4 And mine eye shall not spare thee,
neither will I have pity: but I will re
compense thy ways upon thee, and
thine abominations shall be in the
midst of thee: and ye shall know that
I am the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil,
6 An end is come, the end is come:
7 The moming is come unto thee, O
thou that dwellest in the land: the
time is come,the day of trouble is near,
and not the sounding again of the
mountains.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my
fury upon thee, and accomplish mine
anger upon thee: and I will judge thee
according to thy ways,and will recom
pense thee for ail thine abominations.
9 And mine eye shall not spare, nei
ther wiU I have pity: I will recompense
thee according to thy ways and thine
abominations that are in the midst of
thee; and ye shall know that I am the
Lord that smiteth.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is
come: the moming is gone forth; the
rod hath blossomed, pride hath bud-
ded.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod of
wickedness: none of them shaU remain,
nor of their multitude, nor of any of
theirs: neither shall there he wailing for
them.
 EZEKIEL 8
740

12 The time Is come,the day draw- shall seek peace, and there shàll he
none. .
eth near;let not the buyer rejolce, nor 26 Mischief shall come upon mis-
the seller moum:for wrath is upon aU chief, and rumour shall be upon ru-
the multitude thereof. ^ mour; then shall they seek a vision of
For the seller shall not retum to the prophet; but the law shall P^nsh
that whlGh is sold, although they were from the priest, and çounsel from the
yet alive:for the vision is touching me ancients. _
whole multitude thereof, which shml 27 The king shall moum, and the
not return; neither shall any stren^h- prince shall be clothed with désolation,
en himself in the iniquity of his life.
14. They have blown the trumpe^ and the hands of the people of the land
shall be troubled: 1 will do unto them
even to make ail ready; but none goeth after their way,and according to their
to the battle; for my wrath is upon ail deserts will I judge them; and they
the multitude thereof.
shall know that I am the Lord.
Th0 sword is without, and. trie
pestilence and the famine withto he CHAPTER 8
tiiat is in the field shall die with toe AND it came to pass in the si^
sword; and he that is m the city^ fam r\ year, in the sixth month, m the
ine and pestUence shall devour hm. fifth day of the month,as 1 sat in mine
I6 But they that escape of them house, and the elders of Judah sat be-
shall escape,and shall be on the m^n- fore me, that the hand of the Lord
tains like doves of the valleys, ail of GoD fell there upon me.
them mouming, every one for his in- 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness
as the appearance of fire: from the ap-
^'^T^Âll hands shall be feeble, and ail
pearance of his loins even downward,
knees shall be weak as water. fire; and from his loins even upward,
18 They shall also gird themsélves as the appearance of brightness, as the
with sackcloth, and hp"®' colour of amber.
them; and shame shall be npon aU 3 And he put forth the form of an
faces, and baldness upon ail their hand, and took me by a lock of mine
head; and the spirit lifted me up be-
^^iq^They shall cast their silverta the tween the earth and the heayen, and
streets, and their grtd shall brought me in the visions of God to
moved:their silver and their gold shall Jérusalem, to the door of the
not be able to deliver them in the day eate that looketh toward the north;
of the wrath of the Lord: they stoll where was the seat of the image of
not satisfy their soûls, neither Ail tlmtt iealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
bowels; because it is the stumbling- 4 And, behold, the glory of the God
block of their iniquity. of Israël was there, according to the
20 As for the beauty of ^s oma- vision that I saw in the plain.
ment, he set it in majesty: but they 5 Then said he unto me. Son of
madè the images of their abominations man, lift up thine eyes now the way
and of meir detestable tbi^s fberein; toward the north. So I lifted up mine
merefore have I set it far from them. eyes the way toward the north, and
21 And 1 will give it into the han^ behold northward at the gâte of the
of the strangers for a prey, and to the altar this image of jealousy in the en-
wicked of the earth for a spoil; and
they shall pollute it. _ He said furthermore unto me,Son
22 Mv face wUl I tum also from
them,and they shaU pollute my secret of man,seest thou what they do? even
the great abominations that the hcmse
placet for the robbers shall enter into of Israël committeth here, that I
^*'^Make a chaln:for the land is fidl should go far ofî from my sanctuary?
but turn thee yet again,and thou shalt
of bloody crimes,and the city is full of see greater abominations.
^"z+^^erefore I will bring the worst 7 And he brought me to the door of
the court; and when I looked, behold
of the heathen, and they shall possess a hole in the wall. _
their houses:1 will also 8 Then said he unto me. Son of
of the shall
places strongbetodefiled.
cease; and their holy man, dig now in the wall: and when I
had digged in the wall, behold a door.
25 Destruction cometh; and they
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9 And he said unto me. Go in, and near, even every man with his destroy-
behold the wicked abominations that ing weapon in his hand.
they do here. 2 And, behold, six men came from
10 So I went in and saw;and behold the way of the higher gâte, which lieth
every form of creeping things, and toward the north, and every man a
abominable beasts, cind ail the idols of siaughter weapon in his hand; and one
tiie house of Israël, pourtrayed upon man among them was clothed with
the wall round about. linen, with a writer's inkhom by his
11 And there stood before them side: and they went in, and stood be-
seventy men of the ancients of the side the brasen altar.
house of Israël, and in the midst of 3 And the glory of the God of Israël
them stood Ja-az-a-ni-ah the son of was gone up from the cherub, where-
Sha-phan, with every mcin his censer upon he was, to the threshold of the
in his hand; and a thick cloud of in- house. And he called to the man cloth
cense went up» ed with linen, which had the writer's
12 Then said he-unto me. Son of inkhorn by his side;
man,hast thou seen what the ancients 4 And the Lord said unto him. Go
of the house of Israël do in the dark, through the midst of the city, through
every man in the chambers of his the midst of Jérusalem, cuid set a mark
imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth upon the foreheads of the men that
us not; the Lord hath forsaken the sigh and that cry for ail the abomina
earth. tions that be done in the midst thereof.
13 He said also unto me, Tum thee 5 And to the others he said in mine
yet again, and thou shalt see greater hearing. Go ye after him through the
abominations that they do. city, and smite: let not your eye spare,
14 Then he brought me to the door neither have ye pity:
of the gâte of the Lord's house which 6 Slay utterly old and yoimg, both
was toward the north; and, behold, maids, and little children, and women:
there sat women weeping for Tam- but come not near any man upon
muz. whom is the mark; and begin at my
15 Then said he unto me. Hast thou sanctuary. Then they began at the an-
seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet cient men which were before the house.
again,and thou shalt see greater abom 7 And he said unto them, Defile the
inations than these. house,and fill the courts with the slain:
16 And he brought me into the in- go ye forth. And they went forth, and
ner court of the Lord's house, and, be slew in the city.
hold, at the door of the temple of the 8 And it came to pass, while they
Lord, between the porch and the al- were slaying them,and I was left, that
tar, were about five and twenty men, I fell upon my face, and cried, and
with their backs toward the temple of said. Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy
the Lord, and their faces toward the ail the residue of Israël in thy pouring
east; and they worshipped the sun to out of thy fury upon Jérusalem?
ward the east. 9 Then said he unto me,The iniqui-
17 Then he said unto me. Hast thou ty of the house of Israël and Judcih is
seen this, O son of man? Is it a light exceeding great, and the land is full of
thing to the house of Judah that they blood, and the city full of perverseness:
commit the abominations which they for they say, The Lord hath forsaken
commit here? for they have filled the the earth, and the Lord seeth not.
land with violence, and have retumed 10 And as for me also, mine eye
to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they shall not spcire, neither will I have
put the branch to their nose. pity, but I will recompense their way
18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: upon their head.
mine eye shall not spare, neither will 11 And, behold, the man clothed
t have pity: and though they cry in with linen, which had the inkhorn by
mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I his side, reported the matter, saying,
not hear them. I have done as thou hast conamanded
me.
CHAPTER 9
Heloud
criedvoice,
also in mine ears with a CHAPTER 10
saying. Cause them Then I looked, and, behold,in the
that have charge over the city to draw firmament that was above the
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head of the cherubims there appeared
over them as it were a sapphire stone»
as the appearance of the likeness of a
throne.
2 And he spake unto the man
clothed with linen, and sgdd. Go in be-
tween the wheels, even under the cher-
ub, and fiU thine hand with coals of
fire from between the cherubims, and
scatter them over the city. And he
went in in my sight.
3 Now the cherubims stood on the
right side of the house, when the man
went in; and the cloud filled the inner
courte
4 Then the glory of the Lord went
up from the cherub, and stood over the
threshold of the house; and the house
was hlled with the cloud,and the court
was full of the brightness of the Lord's
glory.
5 And the sound of the cherubims*
wings was heard even to the outer
court, as the voice of the Almighty
God when he speaketh.
6 And it came to pass, that when he
had commanded the man clothed with
linen, saying, Take fire from between
the wheels, from between the cheru
bims; then he went in, and stood be-
side the wheels.
7 And onc cherub stretched forth
his hand from between the cherubims
unto the fire that was between the
cherubims, and took thereof, and put
it into the hands of htm that was cloth
ed with linen: who took it, and went
out.
8 And there appeared in the cheru
bims the form of a man*s hand imder
their wings. was the same faces which I saw by the
9 And when I looked, behold the river of Che-bar, their appearances
four wheels by the cherubims, one and themselves: they went every one
wheel by one cherub, and another straight forward.
wheel by another cherub: and the ap
pearance of the wheels was as the col-
our of a béryl stone.
10 And as for their appearances,
they four had one likeness, as if a east gâte of the Lord's house, which
wheel had been in the midst of a
wheel.
11 When they went, they went
upon their four sides; they tumed not
as they went, but to the place whither
the head looked they foUowed it; they
tumed not as they went.
12 And their whole body, and their
backs, and their hands, and their
wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes
round about,even the wheels that they
four had.
13 As for the wheels, it was cried
unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
14 And every one had four faces:
the first face was the face of a chemb,
and the second face was the face of a
man, and the third the face of a lion,
and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And the chembims were lifted
up. This is the living créature that I
saw by the river of Che'-bar.
16 And when the cherabims went,
the wheels went by them: and when
the chembims lifted up their wings to
mount up from the earth, the same
wheels also tumed not from beside
them.
17 When they stood, these stood;
and when they were lifted up, these
lifted up themselves also:for the spirit
of the living créature was in them.
18 Then the glory of the Lord de^
parted from off the threshold of the
house, and stood over the chembims.
19 And the chembims lifted up
their wings, and mounted up from the
earth in my sight: when they went out,
the wheels also were beside them, and
every one stood at the door of the east
gâte of the Lord's house; and the
glory of the God of Israël was over
them above.
20 This is the living créature that I
saw under the God of Israël by the
river of Che'-bar; and I knew that they
were the chembims.
21 Every one had four faces apiece,
and every one four wings; and the like
ness of the hands of a man was under
their wings.
22 And the likeness of their faces
CHAPTER II
MOREOVER the spirit lifted me
up, and brought me unto the
looketh eastward: and behold at the
door of the gâte five and twenty men;
among whom 1 saw Ja-az-a-ni-ah the
son of A-zur, and Pel-a-ti-ah the son
of Be-nai-ah, princes of the people.
2 Then said he unto me. Son of
man, these are the men that devise
mischief, and give wicked counsel in
this city:
3 Which say, It is not hear; let us
build houses: this city is the caldron,
and we he the flesh.
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4 Therefore prophesy agaînst them, the people, and assemble you out of
prophesy, O son of man. the countries where ye have been scat
5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell tered, and I will give you the land of
upon me, and said imto me, Speak; Israël,
lïiiis saith the Lord; Thus have ye 18 And they shall come thither, and
said, O house of Israël: for I know the they shall take away ail the detestable
things that come into your mind, things thereof and ail the abomina
every one of them, tions thereof from thence,
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in 19 And I will give them one heart,
this city, and ye have filled the streets and I will put a new spirit within you;
thereof with the slain, and I will take the stony heart out of
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord their flesh,and will give them an heart
God; Your slain whom ye have laid in of flesh:
the midst of it, they are the flesh, and 20 That they may walk in my stat
this city is the caldron: but I will bring utes, and keep mine ordinances, and
you forth out of the midst of it, do them: and they shall be my people,
8 Ye have feared the sword; and I and I will be their God,
will bring a sword upon you, saith the 21 But as for them whose heart
Lord God, walketh after the heart of their detest
9 And I will bring you out of the able things and their abominations, I
midst thereof, and deliver you into the will recompense their way upon their
hands of strangers, and will execute own heads, saith the Lord God,
judgments among you, 22 Then did the cherubims lift up
10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will their wings, and the wheels beside
judge you in the border of Israël; and them; and the glory of the God of Is
ye shall know that I am the Lord, raël was over them above,
11 This city shall not be your cal 23 And the glory of the Lord went
dron, neither shall ye be the flesh in up from the midst of the city, and
the midst thereof; but I will judge you stood upon the mountain which is on
in the border of Israël: the east side of the city,
12 And ye shall know that I am the 24 Afterwards the spirit took me
Lord: for ye have not walked in my up, and brought me in a vision by the
statutes, neither executed my judg Spirit of God into Chal-de-a, to them
ments, but have done after the man- of the captivity, So the vision that I
ners of the heathen that are round had seen went up from me,
about you, 25 Then I spake unto them of the
13 And it came to pass, when I captivity ail the things that the Lord
prophesied, that Pel-a-ti-ah the son had shewed me,
of Be-nai-ah died. Then fell I down
upon my face, and cried with a loud CHAPTER 12
voice, and said. Ah Lord God! wilt The word of the Lord also came
thou make a full end of the renmant of imto me, saying,
Israël? 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the
14 Again the word of the Lord midst of a rebellions house, which have
came unto me, saying, eyes to see, and see not;they have ears
15 Son of man, thy brethren, even to hear, and hear not: for they are a
thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, rebellions house,
and the house of Israël wholly, are 3 Therefore, thou son of man, pré
they unto whom the inhabitants of paré thee stuff for removing, and re-
Jérusalem have szdd, Get you far from move by day in their sight; and thou
the Lord: unto us is this land given in shalt remove from thy place to an-
possession, other place in their sight: it may be
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the they will consider, though they be a
Lord God; Althougji I have cast them rebellions house,
far off among the heathen, and al- 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy
though I have scattered them among stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for
the countries, yet will I be to them as removing: and thou shalt go forth at
a little sanctuary in the countries even in their sight, as they that go
where they shall come, forth into captivity,
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the 5 Dig thou through the wall in their
Lord God; I will even gather you from sight, and càrry out thereby.
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6 In their sight shalt thou bear it water with astonishment, that her
upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth land may be desolate from ail that is
in the twillght: thou shalt cover thy therein, because of the violence of ail
face, that thou see not the ground: for them that dwell therein.
I have set thee for a sign unto the 20 And the cities that are inhabited
house of Israël. shall be laid waste, and the land shall
7 And I did so as I was commanded: be desolate; and ye shall know that I
I brought forth my stuff by day, as am the Lord.
stuff for captivity, and in the even I 21 And the word of the Lord came
diggêd through the wall with mine unto me, saying,
hand;I broughtit forth in the twillght, 22 Son of man,what is that proverb
and I bare it upon my shoulder in their that ye have in the land of Israël, say
sight. ing, The days are prolonged,and every
8 And in the moming came the vision faileth?
Word of the Lord unto me, saying, 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith
9 Son of man,hath not the house of the Lord God;I will make this proverb
Israël, the rebellious house, said imto to cease, and they shall no more use it
thee, What doest thou? as a proverb in Israël; but say unto
10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith them, The days are at hcUid, and the
the Lord God; This burden concemeth effect of every vision.
the prince in Jérusalem, and ail the 24 For there shall be no more any
house of Israël that are among them. vain vision nor flattering divination
11 Say, I am your sign: like as I within the house of Israël.
have done, so shall it be done unto 25 For I am the Lord: I will speak,
them: they shall remove and go into and the word that I shall speak shall
captivity. come to pass; it shall be no more pro
12 And the prince that is among longed: for in your days, O rebellious
them shall bear upon his shoulder in house, will I say the word, and will
the twillght, and shall go forth: they perform it, saith the Lord God.
shall dig through the wall to carry out 26 Again the word of the Lord
thereby: he shall cover his face, that came to me, saying,
he see not the ground with his eyes. 27 Son of man, behold, they of the
13 My net also will I spread upon house of Israël say, The vision that he
him,and he shall be taken in my snare: seeth is for many days to come, and he
and I will bring him to Babylon to the prophesieth ofthe times that are far off.
land of the Chal-de-ans; yet shall he 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus
not see it, though he shall die there. saith the Lord God; There shall none
14 And I will scatter toward every of my words be prolonged any more,
wind ail that are about him to help but the word which I have spoken
him,and ail his bands; and I will draw shall be done, saith the Lord God.
out the swbrd after them.
15 And they shall know that I am CHAPTER 13
the Lord, when I shall scatter them AND the word of the Lord came un-
among the nations, and disperse them to me, saying,
in the countries. 2 Son of man, prophesy against the
16 But I will leave a few men of prophets of Israël that prophesy, and
them from the sword,from the famine, say thou unto them that prophesy out
and from the pestilence;that they may of their own hearts, Hear ye the word
déclaré ail their abominations among of the Lord;
the heathen whither they come; aiid 3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe
they shall know that I am the Lord. unto the foolish prophets, that follow
17 Moreover the word of the Lord their own spirit, and have seen noth-
came to me, saying, ing!
18 Son of man, eat thy bread with 4 O Israël, thy prophets are like the
quaking, and drink thy water with foxes in the deserts.
trembling and with carefulness; 5 Ye have not gone up into the
19 And say unto the people of the gaps, neithèr made up the hedge for
land, Thus saith the Lord God of the the house of Israël to stand in the bat-
inhabitants of Jérusalem, and of the tle in the day of the Lord.
land of Israël; They shall eat their 6 They hâve seen vanity and lying
bread with carefulness, and drink their divination, saying, The Lord saith:
 EZEKIEL 14 745

and the Lora hath not sent them: and own heart; and prophesy thou against
they have made others to hppe that them,
they would Gonfinn the word. 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord
7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, God; Woe to the women that sew pil-
and have ye not spoken a lying divina lows to ali armhples, and make ker-
tion, whereas ye say, The Lord saith chiefs upon the head of every stature
it; albeit I have not spoken? to hunt soûls! Will ye hunt the soûls
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of my people, and will ye save the
God; Because ye have spoken vanity, soûls alive that corne untp you?
and seen lies, therefore, behpld, I am 19 And will ye, pollute me among
against you, saith the Lord God, my people for handfuls of barley and
9 And mine hand shall be upon the for pièces of bread, to slay the soûls
prophets that see vanity, and that that should not die, and to save the
divine lies: they shall not be in the as- soûls alive that should not liye, by
sembly of my people,-neither shall they your lying to my people that hear your
be written in the writing of the house lies?
of Israël, neither shall they enter into 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
the land of Israël; and ye shall know God; Behold, I am against your pil-
that I am the Lord God. lows, wherewith ye there hunt the
10 Because,even because they have soûls to make them fly, and I will tear
seduced my people, saying, Peace; and them from your arms, and wiU let the
fhere was no peace; and one built up a soûls go,even the soûls that ye hunt to
wall, and,lo, others daubed it with un- make them fly.
tempered morter: 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear,
11 Say unto them which daub it and deliver my people out of your
with untempered morter, that it shall hand, and they shall be no more in
fall: there shall be ah overflowing your hand to be hunted; and ye shall
shower; and ye, O great hailstones, know that I am the Lord.
shall fall;. and a stormy wind shall 22 Because with lies ye have made
rend it the heart of the righteous sad, whom I
12 Lp, when the wall is fallen, shall have not made sad; and strengthened
it not be said unto you, Where is the the hands of the wicked,that he should
daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? not retum from his wicked way, by
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord promising him life:
God; I will even rend it with a stormy 23 Therefore ye shall see no more
wind in my fury; and there shall be an vanity, nor divine divinations: for I
overflowing shower in mine anger, and will deliver my people out pf your
great hailstones in my fury to con hand: and ye shall know that ï am the
sume it Lord.
14 So will I break down the wall
that ye have daubed with untempered CHAPTER 14
morter, and bring it down to the THEN came certain of the elders of
ground, sp that the foundation thereof lérael unto me, and sat before me.
shall be.discovered, and it shall fall, 2 And the word bf the Lord camé
and ye shall be consumed in the midst unto me, saying,
thereof: apd ye shall know that I am 3 Son of man, these men have set
the Lord. up their idols in their heart, and put
15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath the stumblingblock of their iniquity
upon the walî, and upon them that before their face: should I be enqiiired
have daubed it with untempered mor of at ail by them?
ter, and will say unto you, The wall is 4 Therefore speak unto thenï, and
no more, neither they that daubed say unto them, Thus saith the Lprd
it; God; Every man of the house of Israël
16 To luit, the prophets of Israël that setteth up his idpls in his heart,
which prophesy conceming Jérusalem, and putteth the stumblingblock of his
and which sep visions of peace for her, iniquity before his face, and cometh to
and there ts no peace, saith the Lord the prophet; I the Lord will answer
God. him that cometh according to the mul
17 Likewise, thou son of man, set titude of his idols;
thy face against the daughters of thy 5 That I may take the house of Is
people, which prophesy out of their raël in their owp heart, because they
746 EZEKIEL 15

are ail estranged from me through 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that

their idols. land, and say, Sword, go through the
6 Therefore say unto the hoiise of land; so that I eut off man and beast
Israël, Thus saith the Lord God; Re- from it:
pent, and tum yourselves from your 18 Though these three men were in
idols; and tum away your faces from it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they
aU your abominations. shall deliver neither sons nor daugh-
7 For every one of the house of Is ters, but they only shall be delivered
raël, or of the stranger that sojoumeth themselves.
in Israël, which separateth himself 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that
from me, and setteth up his idols in land, and pour out my fury upon it in
his heart, and putteth the stumbling- blood, to eut off from it man and
block of his iniquity before his face, beast:
and cometh to a prophet to enquire of 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job,
him concerhing me; I the Lord will were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God,
answer him by myself: they shall deliver neither son nor
8 And I will set my face against daughter; they shall but deliver their
that man, and will make him a sign own soûls by their righteousness.
and a proverb, and I will eut him ofF 21 For thus saith the Lord God;
from the midst of my people; and ye How much more when I send my four
shall know that I am the Lord. sore judgments upon Jérusalem, the
9 And if the prophet be deceived sword, and the famine, and the noi
when he hath spoken a thîng, I the some beast, and the pestilence, to eut
Lord have decèived that prophet, and off from it man and beast?
I will stretch out my hand upon him, 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left
and will destroy him from the midst a remnant that shâll be brought forth,
of my people Israël. both sons and daughters: behold, they
10 And they shall bear the punish- shall corne forth unto you,and ye shaU
ment of their iniquity: the punishment see their way and their doings: and ye
of the prophet shall be even as the shall be comforted conceming the e^
punishment of him that seeketh unto that I have brought upon Jérusalem,
him; even conceming ail that I have brought
11 That the house of Israël may go upon it.
no more astray from me, neither be 23 And they shall comfort you,
polluted any more with ail their trans when ye see their ways and their
gressions; but that they may be my doings: and ye shall know that I have
people, and I may be their God, saith not done without cause ail that I have
the Lord God. done in it, saith the Lord God.
12 The Word of the Lord came
CHAPTER 15
again to me, saying,
13 Son of man, when the land sin- A ND the Word of the Lord came un^
neth against me.by trespassing griev- j[\ to me, saying,
ously, then will I stretch out mine 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree
hand upon it, and will break the staff more than any tree, or than a branch
of the bread thereof, and will send which is among the trees of the forest?
famine upon it, and will eut off man 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do
and beast from it: any work? or will men take a pin of it
14 Though these three men, Noah, to hang any vessel thereon?
Daniel, and Job, were in it, they 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for
should deliver but their own soûls by fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends
their righteousness, saith the Lord of it, and the midst of it is bumed. Is
God. it meet for any work?
15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass 5 Behold, when it was whole,it was
through the land, and they spoil it, so meet for no work: how much less shall
that it be desolate, that no man may it be meet yet for any work, when the
pass through because of the beasts: fire hath devoured it, and it is bumed?
16 Though these three men were in 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord
it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they God; As the vine tree among the trees
shall deliver neither sons nor daugh- of the forest, which I have given to the
ters; they only shall be delivered, but fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabit
the land shall be desolate. ants of Jemsalem.
 EZEKIEL 16 747

7 And I will set my face against head, and earrings in thine ears, and a
them; they shall go eut from one ûre, beautiful crown upon thine head.
and anofher fire shall devour them;and 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold
ye shall know that I am the Lord, and silver; and thy raiment was offine
when I set my face against them. linen, and silk, and broidered work;
8 And 1 will make the land deso- thou didst eat fine fiour, and honey,
late, because they have committed à and oil: and thou wast exceeding beau
trespass, saith the Lord God. tiful, and thou didst prosper into a
kingdom.
CHAPTER 16
14 And thy renown went forth
AGAIN the word of the Lord came among the heathen for thy beauty:for
J\ unto me, saying, it was perfect through my comeliness,
2 Son of man, cause Jérusalem to which I had put upon thee, saith the
know her abominations, Lord God.
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God 15 But thou didst trùst in thine
unto Jérusalem; Thy birth and thy own beauty, and playedst the hàrlot
nativity is of the land of Canaan; thybecause of thy renown, and pouredst
father was an Amorite, and thy out thy fornications on every one that
mother an Hittite. passed by; his it was.
4 And osfor thy nativity,in the day 16 And of thy garments thou didst
thou wast bom thy navel was not eut, take, and deckedst thy high places
neither wast thou washed in water to with divers colours, and playedst the
supple thee;thou wast not salted at ail, harlot thereupon: the like things shall
nor swaddled at ail. not come, neither shall it be so.
5 None eye pitied thee, to do any 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair
of these imto thee, to have compassion jewels of my gold and of my silver,
upon thee; but thou wast cast out in which 1 had given thee, and madest to
the open field, to the lotMng of thy thyself images of men, and didst com
person,in the day that thou wast bom. mit whoredom with them,
6 And when I passed by thee, and 18 And tookest thy broidered gar
saw thee polluted in thine own blood, ments, and coveredst them: and thou
I said unto thee when thou wast in thy hast set mine oil and mine incense be-
blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when fore them.
thou wast in thy blood, Live. 19 My meat also which I gave thee,
7 I have caused thee to multiply as fine fiour, and oil, and honey, where-
the bud of the field, and thou hast in- with I fed thee, thou hast even set it
creased and waxen great, and thou art before them for a sweet sayour: and
come tp excellent omaments: thy thus it was, saith the Lord God.
breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy
grown, whereas thou wast naked and sons and thy daughters, whom thou
b^e. hast bome unto me, and these hast
8 Now when i passed by thee, and thou sacrificed unto them to be de-
looked upon thee, behold, thy time voured. Is this of thy whoredoms a
was the time of love; and I spread my smallmatter,
skirt over thee, and covered thy na- 21 That thou hast slain my chil-
kedness:yea,Isware unto thee,and en- dren, and delivered them to cause
tered into a covenant with thee, szdth them to pass through the fire for them?
the Lord God, and thou becamest 22 And in ail thine abominations
mine. and thy whoredoms thou hast not rer
9 Then washed I thee with water; membered the days of thy youth,when
yea,. I throughly washed away thy thou wast naked and bare, and wast
blood from thee, and 1 anointed thee polluted in thy blood.
with oil. 23 And it came to pass after all thy
10 I clothed thee also with broider- wickedness,(woe, woe unto theel saith
ed work, and shpd thee with badgers' the Lord God;)
skin^ and I girded thee about with fine 24 That thou hast also built unto
linen, and I covered thee with silk. thee an eminent place, and hast made
11 I decked thee also with oma thee an high place in every street.
ments, and I put bracelets upon thy 25 Thou hast built thy high place at
hands, and a chain on thy neck. every head of the way, and hast made
12 And I put a jewel on thy fore- thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast
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opened thy feet to every one that round about against thee, and will dis-
passed by, and multiplied thy whore- cover thy nakedness unto them, that
doms. they may seé ail thy nakedness.
26 Thou hast also committed forni 38 And I will judge thee, as women
cation with the Egyptians thy neigh- that breâk fvedlock and shed blood are
bours, great of flesh; and hast in- judged; and I will give thee blood in
creased thy whoredoms, to provoke fury and jeâlousy.
me to anger. 39 And I will also give thee into
27 Behold,therefore I have stretch- their hand,and they shall throw down
ed ont my hand over thee, and have thine eminent place, and shall break
diminished thine ordinary food, and dôwn thy high places: they shall strip
delivered thee unto the will of them thee also of thy clothes, and shall take
that hate thee, the daughters of the thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked
Philistines, which are ashamed of thy and bare.
lewd way. 40 They shall also bring up a Com
28 Thou hast played the whore also pany against thee,and they shall stone
with the Assyrians, because thou wast thee with stones, and thrust thee
unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the through with their swords.
harlot with them,and yet couldest not 41 And they shall burn thine houses
be satisfied. with fire, and execute judgment upon
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thee in the sight of many women: and
thy fornication in the land of Canaan I will cause thee to cease from playing
unto Chal-de-a; and yet thou wast not the harlot, and thou also shalt give no
satisfied herewith. hire any more.
30 How weak is thine heart, saith 42 So will I make my fury toward
the Lord God, seeing thou doest ail thee to rest, and my jealousy shall de-
these things, the work of an imperious partfrom thee,and I will be quiet,and
whorish woman; will be no more angry.
31 In that thou buildest thine emi- 43 Because thou hast not remem-
nent place in the head of every way, bered the days of thy youth, but hast
and makest thine high place in every fretted me in ail these things; behold,
street; and hast not been as an harlot, therefore I also will recompense thy
in that thou scornest hire; way upon thine head, saith the Lord
32 But as a wife that committeth God: and thou shalt not conunit this
adultery, which takéth strangers in- lewdness above ail thine abominations.
stead of her husband! 44 Behold, every one that useth
33 They give gifts to ail whores: but proverbs shall use this proverb against
thou givest thy gifts to ail thy lovers, thee,saying. As is the mother,so is her
and hirest them, that they may corne daUghter.
unto thee on every side for thy whore- 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter,
dom. that lotheth her husband and her chil
34 And thecontràry is in thee from dren; and thou art the sister of thy
other women in thy whoredoms,where- sisters, which lothed their husbands
as none followeth thee to commit and their children: your mother was an
whoredoms: and in that thou givest a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
reward, and no reward is given unto 46 And thine elder sister is Sa-ma-
thee, therefore thou art contrary. ri-a, she and her daughters that dwell
35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the at thy left hand: and thy younger sis
Word of the Lord: ter, that dwelleth at thy right hcind, is
36 Thus saith the Lord God; Be Sodom and her daughters.
cause thy filthiness was poured out, 47 Yet hast thou not walked after
and thy nakedness discovered through their ways, nor done after their abomi
thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and nations: but, as if that were a very
with ail the idols of thy abominations, little thirig, thou wast corrupted more
and by the blood of thy children, than they in ail thy ways.
which thou didst give unto them; 48 As X live, saith the Lord GrOD,
37 Behold, therefore I will gather Sodom thy sister hath not done, she
ail thy lovers, with whom thou hast nor her daughters, as thou hast done,
taken pleasure, and ail them that thou thou and thy daughters.
hast loved, with ail them that thou 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of
hast hated; I will even gather them thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of
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bread, and abundance of idleness was imto thee for daughters, but not by
in her and in her daughters, neither did thy covenant.
she strengthen the hand of the poor 62 And I will establish my covenant
and needy. with thee; and thou shalt know that I
50 And they were haughty, and am the Lord:
committed abomination before me: 63 That thou mayest remember,
therefore I tpok them away as I saw and be confounded, and never open
good, thy mouth any more because of thy
51 Neither hath Sa-ma-ri-a com shame,when I am pacified toward thee
mitted half of thy sins; but thou hast for ail that thou hast done, saith the
multiplied thine abominations more Lord God.
than they, and hast justified thy sis-
ters in ail thine abominations which CHAPTER 17
thou hast done. AND the Word of the Lord came un-
52 Thou also, which hast judged /\ to me, saying,
thy sisters, bear thine own shame for 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle,
thy sins that thou hast committed and speak a parable unto the house of
more abominable than they: they are Israël;
more righteous than thou: yea, be thou 3 And say, Thus saith the. Lord
confounded also, and bear thy shame, God; A great eagle with great wings,
in that thou hast justified thy sisters. longwinged,full of feathers, which had
53 When I shall bring again their divers colours, came unto Lebanon,
captivity, the captivity of Sodom and and took the highest branch of the
her daughters, and the captivity of Sa- cedar:
ma'-ri-a and her daughters, then will I 4 He cropped off the top of his
bring again the captivity of thy cap young twigs, and carried it into a land
tives in the midst of them: of traffick; he set it in a city of mer-
54 That thou mayest bear thine chants.
own shame,and mayest be confounded 5 He took also of the seed of the
tn ail that thou hast done,in that thou land, and planted it in a fruitful field;
art a comfort unto them. he placed it by great waters, and set it
55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her as a willow tree.
daughters, shall return to their former 6 And it grew,and became a spread-
estate, and Sa-ma-ri-a and her daugh ing vine oflow stature, whose branches
ters shall return to their former estate, tumed toward him, and the roots
then thou and thy daughters shall re thereof were under him: so it became
turn to your former estate. a vine, and brought forth branches,
56 For thy sister Sodom was not and shot forth sprigs.
mentioned by thy mouth in the day of 7 There was also another great
thy pride, eagle with great wings and many
57 Before thy wickedness was dis- feathers: and, behold, this vine did
covered, as at the time of thy reproach bend her roots toward him, and shot
of the daughters of Syria, and ail that forth her branches toward him, that
are round about her, the daughters of he might water it by the furrows of her
the Philistines, which despise thee plantation.
round about. 8 It was planted in a good soil by
58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness great waters, that it might bring forth
and thine abominations, saith the branches, and that it might bear fruit,
Lord. that it might be a goodly vine.
59 For thus saith the Lord God; I 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord
will even deal ^th thee as thou hast God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull
done, which hast despised the oath in up the roots thereof, and eut off the
breaking the covenanb. fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall
60 Nevertheless I will remember wither in ail the leaves of her spring,
my covenant with thee in the days of even without great power or many
thy youth, and I will establish unto people to pluck it up by the roots
thee an everlasting covenant. thereof.
61 Then thou shalt remember thy 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall
ways, and be asheuned, when thou it prosper? shall it not utterly wither,
Shcdt receive thy sisters, thine elder when the east wind toucheth it? it shall
and thy younger: and I will give them wither in the furrows where it grew.
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11 Moreover the word of the Lord Israël will I plant It: and it shall bring
came unto me,saying, forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a
12 Say now to the rebellious house, goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell
Know ye net what these things meanî ail fowl of every wing; in the shadow
tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon of the branches thereof shall they
is come to Jérusalem, and hath taken dwell.
the king thereof,and the princes there- 24 And ail the trees ofthe field shall
of, and led them with him to Babylon; know that I the Lord have brought
13 And hath taken of the king's down the high tree, have exalted the
seed, and made a covenant with him, low tree, have dried up the green tree,
and hath taken an oath of him:he hath and have made the dry tree to flour-
also taken the mighty of the land: ish: I the Lord have spoken and have
14 That the kingdom might be base, done it.
that it might not lift itself up, but that
by keeping of his covenant it might CHAPTER 18
stand. The word of the Lord came unto
15 But he rebelled against him in me again, saying,
sending his ambassadors into Egypt, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this
that they might give him horses and proverb conceming the land of Israël,
much people. Shall he prosper? shall he saying, The fathers have eaten sour
escape that doeth such things? or shall grapes, and the children's teeth are set
he break the covenant, and be de- on edge?
livered? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye
16 As I live, saith the Lord God, shall not have occasion any more to use
surely in the place where the king this proverb in Israël.
dwelleth that made him king, whose 4 Behold, ail soûls are mine; as the
oath he despised, and whose covenant soul of the father, so also the soul of
he brake,even with him in the midst of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth,
Babylon he shall die. it shall die.
17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his 5 But if a man be just, and do that
mighty army and great company make which is lawful and right,
for him in the war, by casting up 6 And hath not eaten upon the
mounts, and building forts, to eut off mountains, neither hath lifted up his
many persons: eyes to the idols of the house of Israël,
18 Seeing he despised the oath by neither hath dehled his neighbour's
breaking the covenant, when, lo, he wife, neither hath come near to a men-
had given his hand, and hath done ail struous woman,
these things, he shall not escape. 7 And hath not oppressed any, but
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord hath restored to the debtor his pledge,
God; As I live, surely mine oath that hath spoiled none by violence, hath
he hath despised, and my covenant given his bread to the hungry, and
that he hath broken, even it will I hath covered the naked with a gar-
recompense upon his own head. ment;
20 And I will spread my net upon 8 He that hath not given forth upon
him,and he shall be taken in my snare, usury, neither hath taken any in-
and I will bring him to Babylon, and crease, that hath withdrawn his hand
will plead with him there for his tres- from iniquity, hath executed true
pass that he hath trespassed agciinst judgment between man and man,
me. 9 Hath walked in my statutes, ând
21 And ail his fugitives with ail his hath kept my judgments,to deal truly;
bands shall fall by the sword,and they he is just, he shall surely live, saith the
that remain shall be scattered toward Lord God.
ail winds: and ye shall know that I the 10 If he beget a son that is a robber,
Lord have spoken it. a shedder of blood, and that doeth the
22 Thus saith the Lord God; I will like to any one of these things,
also take of the highest branch of the 11 And that doeth not any of those
high cedar, and will set it; I will crop duties, but even hath eaten upon the
off from the top of his young twigs a mountains, and defiled his neighbour's
tender one, and will plant it upon an wife,
high mountain and eminent: 12 Hath oppressed the poor and
23 In the mountain of the height of needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath
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not restored the pledge,and hath lifted mitteth iniquity, and doeth according
up his eyes to the idols, hath commit- to ail the abominations that the wick
ted abomination, ed man doeto, shall he live? AU his
13 Hath given forth upon usury, righteousness that he hath done shaÛ
and hath taken Increase: shall he then not be mentioned: ip his trespass that
live? he shall not live; he hath done ail he hath trespassed,and in his sin.that
these abominations; he shall surely die; he hath sinned, in them shaÙ he die.
his blood shall be upon him/ 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord
14 Now, lo, if he beget a son,.that is not equal. Hear now, O hoûse of
seeth ail his father's sins which he hath Israël; Is not my way equal? ^e not
done, and considereth, sind doeth not your ways unequal?
such likej 26 When a righteous wqn turneth
15 That hath not eaten upon the away from his righteousness, pnd com-
mountains, neither hath lifted up his mitteth iniquity, and dieâi in them;
eyes to the idols of the house of Israël, for his iniquity that he hath done shaU
hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, he die.
16 Neither hath oppressed any, 27 Again, when the wicked wan
hath not withholden the pledge, nei tumeth away from his wickedness that
ther hath spoiled by violence, but hath he hath committed, pnd doeth that
given his bread to the hungry, and which is lawful and right,he shall save
hath covered the naked with a gar- his soul alive.
ment, 28 Because he considereth, and
17 That hath taken off his hand turneth away from aU his transgres
from the poor, that hath not received sions that he hath committed, he shaU
usury nor increase, hatih executed my surely live, he shall not die.
judgments, hath walked in my stat- 29 Yet saith the house of Israël,
utes; he shall not die for the iniquity The way of the Lord is not equal. O
of his father, he shall surely live. house of Israël,are notiny ways equal?
18 As for his father, because he are not your ways unequal?
cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother 30, Theréfpre I wUl judge you, O
by violence, and did that which is not house of Israël, every one according to
good among his people, lo, even he his ways, saith the Lord God. ïlepent,
shall die in his iniquity. and tum yourselvesfrom aU your trans
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the gressions; so iniquity jshall^not be your
son bear the iniquity of the father? min*
When the son hath done that which is 31 Cast away from you ail your
lawful and right, and hath kept ail my transgressions, whereby ye have trans-
statutes, and hath done them,he shall gressed;and make you a newheart and
surely live. a new spirit: for why will ye die, O
20 The soul that shineth, it shall house of Israël?
die. The somshall not bear the iniquity 32 For I have no pleasure in the
of the father, neither shall the father death pf him that dieth, saith the Lord
bear the iniquity of the son: the right- God: wherefore tum yourselves, and
eousness of the rightepus shall be upon liveye.
him,and the wickedness of the wicked
shall be upon him. CHAPTER 19
21 But if the wicked will tum from MOREOVER take thou up a lam
ail his sins that he hath committed, entation for the princes of Is
and keep ail my statutes, and do that raël,
which is lawful and right, he shall 2 And say, What is thy mother? A
surely live, he shall,not die» lioness: she lay down among lions, she
22 AU his transgressions that he nourished her whelps among young
hath committed, they shall not be lions. ;
mentioned unto'him: in his righteous- 3 And she brought up one of her
ness that he hath done he- ^all live. whelps: it became a ypunjg lion, and it
23 Have I âny pleasure at ail that learned to catch thé prey; it devoured
the wicked should die? saith the Lord men.
Gob: and not that he should retum 4 The nations also heard of him; he
from his ways, and Uve? was taken in jtheir pit, and they
24 But when the righteous tumeth brought him with chains unto the land
away from his righteousness, and com- ofEgypt.
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5 Now when she saw that she had know the abominations of their fa-
waited,and her hopé was Idst, then she thers:
took another of her whelps; and made 5 And say unto them, Thus saith
him a young lion. the Lord God;In the day when I chose
6 And he wènt up ahd down among Israël, and lifted up mine hand imto
the lions,;he became a young lion, and the seed of the house of Jacob, and
leârned to catch the prêy, and de- made myself known unto them in the
voured men. land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine
7 Ahd he knew their desolate pal hand unto them, saying, I am the
aces, and hé laid waste théir cities; and Lord your God;
the land was desolate, ahd the fulness 6 In the day that I lifted up mine
thereof, by the noise of his roaring. hand unto them, to bring them forth
8 Thén thé nations set against him of the land of Egypt into a land that
on every side from the provinces, and I had espied for them, flowing with
spread their net over him: he was tak- milk and honey, which is the glory of
en in their pit. ail lands:
9 And they put him in ward in 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye
chains, and brought him to the king of away every man the abominations of
BàbylOh: they brought him into holds, his eyes, and defile not yourselves
that his voice should no more be heard with the idols of Egypt:I am the Lord
upon the mountains of Israël. your God.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy 8 But they rebelled against me,and
blood, planted by the waters: she was would not hearken unto me: they did
fruitful and full of branches by réason not every man cast away the abomi
of many waters. nations of their eyes, neither did théy
11 And she had strong rods for the forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said,
sceptres of them that bare rule, and I will pour out my fury upon them, to
her stature was exalted among the accomplish my anger against them in
thick branchés, and she appeared in the midst of the land of Egypt.
her height with the multitude of her 9 But I wrought for my name's
branchés. sake,that it should not be polluted be
12 But she was plucked up in fury, fore the heathen, among whom they
she was cast down to the ground, and were, in whose sight I made myself
the east wind dried up her fruit: her known unto thein, in bringing them
strong rods were broken and withered; forth out 6f the land of Egypt,
thé fire consumed them. 10 Wherefore I caused them to go
13 And now she is planted hi the forth out of the land of Egypt, and
wildemess, in a dry and thirsty brought them into the wildemess.
ground. 11 And I gave them my statutes,
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of and shewed them my judgments,
her branches, ivhich hath devoured her which if a man do,he shall even live in
fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to them.
be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamenta 12 Môreover also I gave them my
tion, and shall be for a lamentation. sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
them,that they mi^t know that I am
CHAPTER 20 the Lord that sanctify them.
13 But the house of Israël rebelled
AND it came to pass in the seventh against me in the wildemess: they
year,in the fifth month, the tenth walked not in my statutes, and they
day of the month, that certain of the despised my judgments, which if a
elders of Israèl came to enquire of the man do,he shall even live in them;and
Lord, and sat before me. my sabbaths they greatly polluted:
2 Then came the word of the Lonb then I said, I would pour out my fury
unto mé> saying, upon them in the wildemess, to con
3 Son of miELn,speak unto thé elders sume them.
of Israël, and say unto them, Thus 14 But I wrought for my name's
saith the Lord God; Are ye come to sake,thatit should not be polluted be
enquire of me? As I liye, saith the Lord fore the heathen, in whose sight I
God, I will not be ehquired of by you. brought them out.
4 Wilt thou jùdge them,son of man, 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand un
wilt thou judge them? cause theni to to them in the wildèmèss,that I would
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not bring them into the land which I 28 For when I had brought them
had given them, flowing with milk and into the land,for the which I lifted up
honey, which is the glory of ail lands; mine hand to give it to them, then
16 Because they despised my judg- they saw every high hill, and ail the
ments, and walked not in my statutes, thick trees, and they offered there
but polluted my sabbaths: for their their sacrifices, and there they pre-
heart went after their idols» sented the provocation of their ofîer-
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared ing: there also they made their sweet
them from destroying them, neither savour, and poured out there their
did I make an end of them in the wil- drink offerings.
demess» 29 Then I said imto them, What is
18 But I said unto their children in the high place whereunto ye go? And
the wildemess, Walk ye not in the the name thereof is called Ba-mah un
statutes of your fathers, neither ob to this day.
serve their judgments, nor defile your- 30 Wherefore say imto the house of
selves with their idols: Israël, Thus saith the Lord God; Are
19 I am the Lord your God; walk in ye polluted after the manner of your
my statutes, and keep my judgments, fathers? and commit ye whoredom
and do them; after their abominations?
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and 31 For when ye offer your gifts,
they shall be a sign between me and when ye make your sons to pass
you, that ye may know that I am the through the fire, ye pollute yourselves
Lord your God. with ail your idols, even unto this day:
21 Notwithstanding the children and shall I be enquired of by you, O
rebelled against me: they walked not house of Israël? As I live, saith the
in my statutes, neither kept my judg Lord God,I will not be enquired of by
ments to do them, which if a man do, you.
he shall even live in them; they pol 32 And that which cometh into
luted my sabbaths: then I said, I your mind shall not be at ail, that ye
would pour out my fury upon them,to say, We will be as the heathen, as the
accomplish my anger against them in familles of the countries,to serve wood
the wildemess. and stone.
22 Nevertheless 1 withdrew mine 33 As I live, saith the Lord God,
hand, and wrought for my name's surely with a mighty hand, and with
sake, that it should not be polluted in a stretched out arm, and with fury
the sight of the heathen,in whose sight poured out, will I mie over you:
I brought them forth.. 34 And I will bring you out from
23 I lifted up mine hand unto them the people, and will gather you out of
also in the wildemess, that I would the countries wherein ye are scattered,
scatter them among the heathen, and with a mighty hand, and with a
disperse them through the countries; stretched out arm, and with fury
24 Because they had not executed poured out.
my judgments, but had despised my 35 And I will bring you into the
statutes, and had polluted my sab wildemess of the people, and there
baths, and their eyes were after their will I plead with you face to face.
fathers* idols. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fa
25 Wherefore 1 gave them also stat thers in the wildemess of the land of
utes that were not good,and judgments Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith
whereby they should not live; the Lord God.
26 And I polluted them in their own 37 And I will cause you to pass un-
gifts, in that they caused to pass der the rod, and I will bring you into
through the flre ail that openeth the the bond of the covenant:
womb, that 1 might make them deso- 38 And I will purge out from among
late, to the end that they might know you the rebels, and them that trans-
that I am the Lord. gress against me: I will bring them
27 Therefore, son of man,speak un forth out of the coimtry where they
to the house of Israël, and say imto sojoum, and they shall not enter into
them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet the land of Israël: and ye shall know
in this your fathers have blasphemed that I am the Lord.
me, in that they have committed a 39 As for you,O house of Israël thus
trespass against me. saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye
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every one his idols, and hereafter also, the holy places, and prophesy against
if ye will not hearken unto me: but the land of Israël,
pollute ye my holy name no more with 3 And say to the land of Israël,
your gifts, and with your idols. Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am
40 For in mine holy mountain, in against thee, and will draw forth my
the mountain of the height of Israël, sword out of his sheath, and will eut
saith the Lord God, there shall ail the off from thee the righteous and the
house of Israël, ail of them in the land, wicked.
serve me:there will I accept them,and 4 Seeing then that I will eut off
there will I require your offerings, and from thee the righteous and the wick
the firstfruits of your oblations, with ed, therefore shall my sword go forth
ail your holy things. out of his sheath against ail flesh from
41 I will accept you with your sweet the south to the north:
savour, when I bring you out from the 5 That ail flesh may know that I the
people, and gather you out of the Lord have drawn forth my sword out
countries wherein ye have been scat- of his sheath: it shall not return any
tered; and I will be sanctified in you more.
before the heathen. 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man,
42 And ye shall know that I am the with the breaking of thy loins; and
Lord, when I shall bring you into the with bittemess sigh before their eyes.
land of Israël, into the country for the 7 And it shall be, when they say
which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?
to your fathers. that thou shalt answer. For the ti-
43 And there shall ye remember dings; because it cometh: and every
your ways,and ail your doings, where heart shall melt, and ail hands shall be
in ye have been defiled; and ye shall feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and
lothe yourselves in your own sight for ail knees shall be weak as water: be
ail your evils that ye have committed. hold, it cometh, 2Uid shall be brought
44 And ye shall know that I am the to pass, saith the Lord God.
Lord, when I have wrought with you S Again the word of the Lord came
for my name's sake, not according to unto me, saying,
your wicked ways, nor according to 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say,
your corrupt doings, O ye house of Is Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a
raël, saith the Lord God. sword is sharpened, and also fur-
45 Moreover the word of the Lord bished:
came unto me, saying, 10 It is sharpened to make a sore
slaughter; it is furbished that it may
46 Son of man, set thy face toward
glitter: should we then make mirth? it
the south, and drop thy word toward
contemneth the rod of my son, as
the south, and prophesy against the
forest of the south field; every tree.
47 And say to the forest of the 11 And he hath given it to be fur
south, Hear the word of the Lord; bished, that it may be handled: this
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I sword is sharpened,and it is furbished,
will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall to give it into the hand of the slayer.
devour every green tree in thee, and 12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it
every dry tree: the flaming flame shall shall be upon my people, it shall he
not be quenched, and ail faces from upon ail the princes of Israël: terrors
the south to the north shall be bumed by reason of the sword shall be upon
therein. my people: smite therefore upon thy
48 And ail flesh shall see that I the thigh.
Lord have kindled it: it shall not be 13 Because it is a trial, and what if
quenched. the sword contemn even the rod? it
49 Then said I, Ah Lord God! they shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
say of me, Doth he not speak par- 14 Thou therefore, son of man,pro
ables? phesy, and smite thine hands together,
and let the sword be doubled the third
CHAPTER 21 time, the sword of the slain: it is the
A ND the word of the Lord came im- sword of the great men that are slain,
jr\ to me, saying, which entereth into their privy cham-
2 Son of man, set thy face toward bers.
Jérusalem, and drop thy word toward 15 I have set the point of the sword
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against ail their gâtes, that their heart ceming the Ammonites, and concem-
may faint, and their ruins be multi- ing their reproach; even say thou, The
plied: ah! it is made bright, it is sword, the sword is drawn: for the
wrapped up for the slaughter. slaughter it is furbished, to consume
16 Go thee one way or other, either because of the glittering:
on the right hand, or on the left, 29 Whiles they see vanity unto
whithersoever thy face is set. thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee,
17 I will also smite mine hands to- to bring thee upon the necks of them
gether, and I will cause my fury to that are slain, of the wicked,whose day
rest: I the Lord have said it is come, when their iniquity shall have
18 The Word of the Lord came unto an end.
me again, saying, 30 Shall I cause it to retum into his
19 Also, thou son of man, appoint sheath? I will judge thee in the place
thee two ways, that the sword of the where thou wast created, in the land
king of Babylon may come: both of.thy nativity.
twain shall come forth out of one land: 31 And I will pour out mine indig
and choose thou a place, choose it at nation upon thee, I will blow against
the head of the way to the city. thee in the fire of my wrath, and de-
20 Appoint a way, that the sword liver thee into the hand of brutish
may come to Rab'-bath of the Am men,and skilful to destroy.
monites, and to Judah in Jérusalem 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire;
the defenced. thy blood shall be in the midst of the
21 For the king of Babylon stood at land; thou shalt be no more remem
the parting of the way, at the head of bered: for I the Lord have spoken it
the two ways, to use divination: he
CHAPTER 22
made his arrows bright, he consulted
with images, he looked in the liver. MOREOVER the word of the
22 At his right hand was the divina Lord came unto me,saying,
tion for Jérusalem, to appoint cap- 2 Now, thou son of man, wdlt thou
tains, to open the mouth in the slaugh judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?
ter, to lift up the voice with shouting, yea, thou shalt shew her ail her abomi
to appoint battering rams against the nations.
gâtes, to cast a moimt, and to build a 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the
fort. Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in
23 And it shall be unto them as a the midst of it, that her time may
false divination in their sight, to them come, and maketh idols against her-
that have swom oaths: but he will call self to defile herself.
to remembrance the iniquity, that 4 Thou art become guilty in thy
they may be taken. blood that thou hast shed; and hast
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord defiled thyself in thine idols which
God; Because ye have made your in thou hast made; and thou hast caused
iquity to be remembered,in that your thy days to draw near, and art come
transgressions are discovered, so that even unto thy years: therefore have I
in ail your doings your sins do appear; made thee a reproach unto the hea-
because, I say, that ye are come to re then, and a mocking to ail countries.
membrance, ye shall be taken with the 5 Those that be near, and those that
hand. be far from thee, shall mock thee,
25 And thou, profane wicked prince which art infamous and much vexed.
of Israël, whose day is come, when in 6 Behold, the princes of Israël,
iquity shall have an end, every one were in thee to their power
26 Thus saith the Lord God; Re- to shed blood.
move the diadem, and take off the 7 In thee have they set light by fa-
crown: this shall not be the same: ex- ther and mother: in the midst of thee
alt him that is low, and abase him that have they dealt by oppression with the
is high. stranger: in thee have they vexed the
27 I will overtum, overtum, over- fatherless and the widow.
tum,it: and it shall be no more, until 8 Thou hast despised mine holy
he come whose right it is; and I will things, and hast profaned my sab-
give it him. baths.
28 And thou, son of man, prophesy 9 In thee are men that carry taies
and say, Thus saith the Lord God con- to shed blood: and in thee they eat
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upon the mountains: in the midst of art the land that is not cleansed, nor
thee they commit lewdness. rained upon in the day of indignation.
10 In thee have they discovered 25 There is a conspiracy of her pro-
their fathers' nakedness: in thee have phets in the midst thereof, like a roar-
they humbled her that was set apart ing lion ravening the prey; they have
for pollution. devoured soûls; they have taken the
11 And one hath committed abomi treasure and precious things; they
nation with his neighbour's wife; and have made her many widows in the
another hath lewdly defiled his daugh- midst thereof.
ter in law; and another in thee hath 26 Her priests have violated my
humbled his sister, his father's daugh- law, and have profaned mine holy
ter. things; they have put no différence
12 In thee have they taken gifts to between the holy and profane, neither
shed blood; thou hast taken usury and have they shewed différence between
increase, and thou hast greedily gained the unclean and the clean, and have
of thy neighbours by extortion, and hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and
hast forgotten me,saith the Lord God. I am profaned among them.
13 Behold, therefore I have smitten 27 Her princes in the midst thereof
mine hand at thy dishonest gain which are like wolves ravening the prey, to
thou hast made, and at thy blood shed blood,and to destroy soûls, to get
which hath been in the midst of thee. dishonest gain.
14 Can thine heart endure, or can 28 And her prophets have daubed
thine hands be strong,in the days that them with untempered morter, seeing
I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have vanity, and divining lies unto them,
spoken it, and will do it saying, Thus saith the Lord God,
15 And I will scatter thee among when the Lord hath not spoken.
the heathen, and disperse thee in the 29 The people of the land have used
countries, and will consume thy filthi- oppression,and exercised robbery, and
ness out of thee. have vexed the poor emd needy: yea,
16 And thou shalt take thine in- they have oppressed the stranger
heritance in thyself in the sight of the wrongfully.
heathen, and thou shalt know that I 30 And I sought for a man among
am the Lord. them, that should make up the hedge,
17 And the word of the Lord came and stand in the gap before me for the
unto me, saying, land, that I should not destroy it: but
18 Son of man, the house of Israël I found none.
is to me become dross: ail they are 31 Therefore have I poured out
brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in mine indignation upon them; I have
the midst of the furnace; they are even consumed them with the fire of my
the dross of silver. wrath: their own way have I recom-
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord pensed upon their heads, saith the
God; Because ye are ail become dross, Lord God.
behold, therefore I will gather you into
the midst of Jérusalem. CHAPTER 23
20 As they gather silver, and brass, The word of the Lord came again
and iron, and lead, and tin, into the unto me, saying,
midst of the furnace, to blow the fire 2 Son of man, there were two wom-
upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you en, the daughters of one mother:
in mine anger and in my fury, and I 3 And they committed whoredoms
will leave you there, and melt you. in Egypt; they committed whoredoms
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow in their youth: there were their breasts
upon you in the fire of my wrath, and pressed, and there they bruised the
ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. teats of their virginity.
22 As silver is melted in the midst 4 And the names of them were A-ho-
of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in lah the elder, and A-hol-i-bah her sis
the midst thereof; and ye shall know ter: and they were mine,and they bare
that I the Lord have poured out my sons and daughters. Thus were their
fury upon you. names; Sa-ma-ri-a is A-ho-lah, and
23 And the word of the Lord came Jérusalem A-hol-i-bah.
unto me, saying, 5 And A-ho'-lah played the harlot
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou when she was mine; and she doted on
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her lovers, on the Assyrians her neigh- like as my mind was alienated from
bours, her sister.
6 Which ivere clotKfed with blue, 19 Yet she multiplied her whore
captains and rulers, ail of them désir doms, in calling to remembrance the
able young men,horsemen riding upon days of her youth, wherein she had
herses. played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
7 Thus she committed her whore- 20 For she doted upon their para-
doms with them, with ail them that mours, whose flesh is as the flesh of
were the chosen men of Assyria, and asses, and whose issue is like the issue
with ail on whom she doted: with eill of horses.
their idols she defiled herself. 21 Thus thou calledst to remem
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brance the lewdness of thy youth, in
brought from Egypt: for in her youth bruising thy teats by the Egyptians
they lay with her,and they bruised the for the paps of thy youth.
breasts of her virginity, and poured 22 Therefore, O A-hol-i-bah, thus
their whoredom upon her. saith the Lord God; Behold, I will
9 Wherefore I have delivered her raise up thy lovers against thee, from
into the hand of her lovers, into the whom thy mind is alienated, and I will
hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she bring them against thee on every side;
doted. 23 The Babylonians, and ail the
10 These discovered her nakedness: Chal-de-ans, Pe'-kod, and Sho-a, and
they took her sons and her daughters, Ko-a,and ail the Assyrians with them:
and slew her with the sword: and she ail of them désirable young men, cap
became fcimous among women; for tains and rulers, great lords and re-
they had executed judgment upon nowned, ail of them riding upon
her. horses.
11 And when her sister A-hol-i-bah 24 And they shall come against thee
saw this, she was more corrupt in her with chariots, wagons,and wheels,and
inordinate love than she, and in her with an assembly of people, which shaU
whoredoms more than her sister in her set against thee buckler and shield and
whoredoms. helmet round about: and I will set
12 She doted upon the Assyrians judgment before them, and they shall
her neighbours, captains and rulers judge thee according to their judg-
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen ments.
riding upon horses, ail of them désir 25 And I will set my jealousy
able young men. against thee, and they shall deal furi-
13 Then I saw that she was defiled, ously with thee: they shall take away
that they took both one way, thy nose and thine ears; and thy rem-
14 And that she increased her nant shall fall by the sword: they shall
whoredoms: for when she saw men take thy sons and thy daughters; and
pourtrayed upon the wall, the images thy residue shall be devoured by the
of the Chal-de-ans pourtrayed with fire.
vermilion, 26 They shall also strip thee out of
15 Girded with girdles upon their thy clothes, and take away thy fair
loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon jewels.
their heads, ail of them princes to look 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to
to, after the manner of the Babyloni- cease from thee, and thy whoredom
ans of Chal-de-a, the land of their na- hrought from the land of Egypt:so that
tivity: thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto
16 And as soon as she saw them them, nor remember Egypt any more.
with her eyes, she doted upon them, 28 For thus saith the Lord God;Be
and sent messengers unto them into hold, I will deliver thee into the hand
Chal-de-a. of them whom thou hatest, into the
17 And the Babylonians came to hand of them from whom thy mind is
her into the bed of love, and they de alienated:
filed her with their whoredom,and she 29 And they shall deal with thee
was polluted with them,and her mind hatefully, and shall take away ail thy
was alienated from them. labour, and shall leave thee naked and
18 So she discovered her whore bare: and the nakedness of thy whore
doms, and discovered her nakedness: doms shall be discovered, both thy
then my mind was alienated from her. lewdness and thy whoredoms.
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30 I wUl do these things iinto thee, bracelets upon their hands, and beau-
because thou hast gone a whoring after tiful crowns upon their heads.
the heathen,and because thou art pol- 43 Then said I unto her that was old
luted with their idols. in adulteries, Will they now commit
31 Thou hast walked in the way of whoredoms with her, and she with
thy sister; therefore will I give her cup them?
into thine hand. 44 Yet they went in unto her, as
32 Thus Scdth the Lord God; Thou they go in unto a woman that playeth
shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and the harlot: so went they in unto A-ho-
large: thou shalt be laughed to scom lah and unto A-hol-i-bah, the lewd
and had in dérision; it containeth women.
much. 45 And the righteous men, they
33 Thou shalt be filled with drunk- shall judge them after the manner of
enness and sorrow, with the cup of as- adulteresses, and after the manner of
tonishment and désolation, with the women that shed blood; because they
cup of thy sister Sa-ma'ri-a. are adulteresses, and blood is in their
34 Thou shalt even drink it and hands.
suck it out, and thou shalt break the 46 For thus saith the Lord God; I
sherds thereof, and pluck off thine will bring up a company upon them,
own breasts:for I have spoken it, saithand will give them to be removed and
the Lord God. spoiled.
35 Therefore thus saith the Lord 47 And the company shall stone
God; Because thou hast forgotten me, them with stones, and dispatch them
and cast me behind thy back, there with their swords; they shall slay their
fore bear thou also thy lewdness and sons and their daughters, and bum up
thy whoredoms. their houses with tire.
36 The Lord said moreover unto 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to
me;Son of man, wilt thou judge A-ho- cease out of the land, that ail women
lah and A-hol-i-bah? yea, déclaré unto may be taught not to do after your
them their abominations; lewdness.
37 That they have committed adul- 49 And they shall recompense your
tery, and blood is in their hands, and lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear
with their idols have they committed the sins of your idols: and ye shall
adultery, and have also caused their know that I am the Lord God.
sons, whom they bare unto me,to pass
for them through the fire, to devour CHAPTER 24
them* AGAIN in the ninth year, in the
38 Moreover this they have done tenth month, in the tenth day of
unto me: they have defiled my sanc- the month,the word of the Lord came
tuary in the same day, and have pro- unto me, saying,
faned my sabbaths. 2 Son of man, write thee the name
39 For when they had slain their of the day, even of this same day: the
children to their idols, then they came king of Babylon set himself against
the same day into my sanctuary to Jérusalem this s£ime day.
profane it; and, lo, thus have they 3 And utter a parable unto the re-
done in the midst of mine house. bellious house, and say unto them,
40 And furthermore, that ye haveThus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot,
sent for men to come from far, set it on, and also pour water into it:
unto whom a messenger was sent; 4 Gather the pièces thereof into it,
and, lo, they came: for whom thou even every good piece, the thigh, and
didst wash thyself, paintedst thy the shoulder; fill it with the choice
eyes, and deckedst thyself with orna- bones.
ments, 5 Take the choice of the flock, and
41 And satest upon a stately bed, bum also the bones under it, and make
and a table prepared before it, where- it boil well, and let them seethe the
upon thou hast set mine incense and bones of it therein.
mine oil. 6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
42 And a voice of a multitude being God; Woe to the bloody city, to the
at ease was with her: and with the men pot whose scum is therein, and whose
of the common sort were brou^t Sa- scum is not gone out of it! bring it out
be-ans from the wildemess, which put pièce by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
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7 For her blood îs in the midst of pitieth; and your sons and your daugh-
her; she set it upon the top of a rock; ters whom ye have left shall fall by the
she poured it not upon the ground, to sword.
cover it with dust; 22 And ye shall do as I have done:
8 That it might cause fury to corne ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the
up to take vengeance; I have set her bread of men.
blood upon the top of a rock, that it 23 And your tires shall be upon your
should not be covered, heads, and your shoes upon your feet:
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye
God; Woe to the bloody city! I will shall pine away for your iniquities,and
even make the pile for fire great, moum one toward another.
10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, 24 Thus E-ze-ki-el is unto you a
consume the flesh, and spice it well, sign: according to ail that he hath done
and let the bones be burned. shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye
11 Then set it empty upon the coals shall know that I am the Lord God.
thereof, that the brass of it may be 25 Also, thou son of man, shall it
hot, and may bum,and that the filthi- not be in the day when I take from
ness of it may be molten in it, that the them their strength, the joy of their
scum of it may be consumed. glory, the desire of their eyes, and that
12 She hath wearied herself with whereupon they set their minds, their
lies, and her great scum went not forth sons and their daughters,
out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. 26 That he that escapeth in that
13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: be- day shall come unto thee, to cause
cause I have purged thee, and thou thee to hear it with thine ears?
wast not purged, thou shalt not be 27 In that day shall thy mouth be
purged from thy filthiness any more, opened to him which is escaped, and
till I have caused my fury to rest upon thou shalt speak, and be no more
thee. dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto
14 I the Lord have spoken it: it them; and they shall know that I am
shall come to pass, and I will do it; 1 the Lord.
will not go back, neither will I spare,
neither will I repent; according to thy CHAPTER 25
ways, and according to thy doings, The word of the Lord came again
shall they judge thee, saith the Lord unto me, saying,
God. 2 Son of man, set thy face against
15 Also the Word of the Lord came the Ammonites, and prophesy against
unto me, saying, them;
16 Son of man, behold, I take away 3 And say unto the Ammonites,
from thee the desire of thine eyes with Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus
a stroke: yet neither shàlt thou moum saith the Lord God; Because thou
nor weep, neither shall thy tears run saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary,
down. when it was profaned: and against the
17 Forbear to cry, make no mourn- land of Israël, when it was desolate;
ing for the dead, bind the tire of thine and against the house of Judah, when
head upon thee, and put on thy shoes they went into captivity;
upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver
and eat not the bread of men. thee to the men of the east for a pos
18 So I spake unto the people in the session, and they shall set their palaces
morning: and at even my wife died; in thee, and make their dwellings in
and I did in the moming as I was com- thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they
manded. shall drink thy milk.
19 And the people said unto me, 5 And I will make Rab-bah a stable
Wilt thou not tell us what these things for camels, and the Ammonites a
are to us, that thou doest so? couching place for flocks: and ye shall
20 Then I answered them,The word know that I am the Lord.
of the Lord came unto me, saying, 6 For thus saith the Lord God; Be
21 Speak imto the house of Israël, cause thou hast clapped thine hands,
Thus sédth the Lord God; Behold, I and stamped with the feet, and re-
will profane my sanctuary, the excel- joiced in heart with ail thy despite
lency of your strength, the desire of against the land of Israël;
your eyes, and that which your soul 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch
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out mine hand upon thee, and will de-
liver thee for a spoil to the heathen;
and I will eut thee off from the people,
and I will cause thee to perish out of
the coimtries: I will destroy thee; and
thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
8 Thus saith the Lord God;Because
that Moab and Seir do say,Behold,the
house of Judah is like unto ail the
heathen;
9 Therefore, behold, I will open the
side of Moab from the cities, from his
cities which are on his frontiers, the
glory of the country, Beth-jesh-i-
moth, Ba-al-me'-on, sind Kir-i-a-tha-
im,
10 Unto the men of the east with
the Ammonites, and will give them in
possession, that the Ammonites may
not be remembered among the nations.
11 And 1 will execute judgments
upon Moab; and they shall know that
I am the Lord.
12 Thus saith the Lord God; Be
cause that Edom hath dealt against
the house of Judah by taking ven
geance,and hath greatly offended,and
revenged himself upon them;
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord
God; I will also stretch out mine hand
upon Edom, and will eut off man cind
beast from it; and I will make it deso-
late from Te-man;and they of De-dan
shall fall by the sword.
14 And I will lay my vengeance up
on Edom by the hand of my people Is
raël: and they shall do in Edom ac-
cording to mine anger and according
to my fury; and they shall know my
vengeance, saith the Lord God.
15 Thus saith the Lord God; Be
cause the Philistines have dealt by re
venge, and have taken vengeance with
a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the
old hatred;
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
God; Behold, I will stretch out mine
hand upon the Philistines, and I will
eut off the Cher'-e-thims and destroy
the remnant of the sea coast.
17 And I will execute great ven
geance upon them with furious re-
bukes; and they shall know that I am
the Lord, when I shall lay my ven
geance upon them.
CHAPTER 26
AND it came to pass in the eleventh
/V year,in the first day of the month,
that the word of the Lord came imto
me,saying.
2 Son of man, because that Tynis
hath said against Jérusalem, Aha, she
is broken that was the gâtes of the peo
ple: she is tumed imto me: I shall be
replenished, now she is laid waste:
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord
God; Behold, I am against thee, O Ty-
rus, and will cause many nations to
come up against thee, as the sea caus-
eth his waves to come up.
4 And they shall destroy the walls
of Tyrus, and break down her towers:
I will also scrape her dust from her,
and make her like the top of a rock.
5 It shcill be a place for the spread-
ing of nets in the midst of the sea: for
I have spoken it, saith the Lord God:
and it shall become a spoil to the na
tions.
6 And her daughters which are in
the field shall be slain by the sword;
and they shall know that I am the
Lord.
7 For thus saith the Lord God; Be
hold, I will bring upon Tyrus Neb-u-
chad-rez-zar king of Babylon, a king
of kings, from the north, with horses,
and with chariots, and with horsemen,
and companies, and much people.
8 He shall slay with the sword thy
daughters in the field: and he shaU
make a fort against thee, and cast a
mount against thee, and lift up the
buckler agciinst thee.
9 And he shall set engines of war
against thy walls, and with his axes he
shall break down thy towers.
10 By reason of the abundance of
his horses their dust shall cover thee:
thy walls shall shake at the noise ofthe
horsemen, and of the wheels, and of
the chariots, when he shall enter into
thy gâtes, as men enter into a city
wherein is made a breach.
11 With the hoofs of his horses shall
he tread down ail thy streets: he shall
slay thy people by the sword, and thy
strong garrisons shall go down to the
ground.
12 And they shall make a spoil of
thy riches, and make a prey of thy
merchandise: and they shall break
down thy walls, and destroy thy pleas-
ant houses: and they shall lay thy
stones and thy timber and thy dust in
the midst of the water.
13 And I will cause the noise of thy
songs to cease; and the sound of thy
harps shall be no more heard.
14 And I will make thee like the top
of a rock: thou shalt be a place to
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spread nets upon; thou shalt be built 5 They have made ail thy ship
no more: for I the Lord have spôken boards of fir trees of Se-nir: they have
iti saith the Lord God. taken cedars from Lebanon.to make
15 Thus saith the Lord God to Ty- masts for thee^
rus; Shall not the isles shake at the 6 Of the oaks of Ba-shan have they
Sound ctf thy fait, when the wounded made tMne oars; thé company of the
cry, when the slaughter is made in the Ashurites have made thy benches of
midst of theê? ivory, brought out of the isles of Chit'-
16 Then ail the princes of the sea tim.
shall come down from their thrones, 7 Fine linen with broidered work
and lây away their robes, and put olf from Egypt was that which thou
their broidered garments: they shall spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and
clothe themselves With trembling;they purple from the isles of E-li-shah was
shall sit upon the ground, and shall that which covered thee.
tremble at every moment, and be 8 The inhabitants of Zi-don and
astonished at thee. Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise
17 And they shall take up a lamen men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were
tation for thee, and say to thee, How thy pilots.
art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited 9 The ancients of Ge-bal and the
of seafaring men, the renowned city, wise men thereof were in thee thy
which wast strong in the sea, she and calkers: and ail the ships of the sea
her inhabitants, which cause their tér- with their mariners were in thee to oc-
ror to be on ail that haunt itl cupy thy merchandise.
18 Now shall the isles tremble in 10 They of Persia and of Lud and
the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that of Phut were in thine army, thy men
are in the sea shall be troubled at thy of war:they hanged the shield and hel-
departure. met in thee; they set forth thy come-
19 For thus saith the Lord God; liness.
When I shall make thee a desolate 11 The men of Arvad with thine
city, like the cities that are not in army were upon thy walls roimd about,
habited; when I shall bring up the deep and the Gam-ma-dims were in thy
upon thee,and great waters shall cover towers: they hanged their shields upon
thee; thy walls round about; they have
20 When I shall bring thee down made thy beauty perfect.
with thém that descend ihto the pit, 12 Tarshish was thy merchant by
with the péople of old tîme, and shall reason of the multitude of ail kind of
set thee in the low parts of the èarth, riches; with silver, iron, tin, and leaid,
in places desolate of old/with them they traded in thy fairs.
that go down to the pit, that thou be 13 Ja'-van, Tu-bal, and Me'-shech,
not inhabitedvand I shall set glory in they were thy merchants: they traded
the land of the living; the persons of men and vessels of brass
21 I will make thee a térrôr, and in thy market.
thou shalt be no more: thôugh thou be 14 They of the house of To-gar'-
sought for, yet shalt thou never be mah traded in thy fairs with horses
found again, saith the Lord Gob, and horsemen and mules.
15 The men of De-dan were thy
CHAPTER 27 merchants; many isles were the mer
chandise of thine hand: they brought
The Word of the Lord came agâin thee for a présent homs of ivory and
unto me, saying, ebony.
2 Now, thou son of man, take up a 16 Syria was thy merchant by rea
lamentation for Tyrus; son of the multitude of the wares of
3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that thy making: they occupied in thy fairs
art situate at the entry of the sea, with emeralds, purple, and broidered
ivHich art a merchant of the people for work, and fine linen, and coral, and
maiiy isles, Thus saith the Lord GOd; agate.
O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of per- 17 Judah, and the land of Israël,
fect beauty, they were thy merchants: they traded
4 Thy borders aire ih the midst of in thy market wheat of Min'-nith, and
the seas,^ thy builders havé perfected Pan-nag, and hôney, and oil, and
thy beauty. balm. '
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18 Damascus was thy merchant in like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the
the multitude of the wares of thy mak- midst of the sea?
ing, for the multitude of ail riches; in 33 When thy wares went forth out
the wine of Her-bon, and white wool. of the seasi thou filledst many people;
19 Dan also and Ja-van going to thou didst enrich the kings ofthe earth
and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright with the multitude of thy riches and of
iron, cassia» and calamus» were in thy thy merchandise.
market. 34 In the time when thou shalt be
20 De'-dan was thy merchant in broken by the seas in the depths of the
precious clothes for chariots. waters thy merchandise and ail thy
21 Arabia, and ail the princes of Company in the midst of thee shall fall.
Ke-dar, they occupied with thee in 35 AU the inhabitants of the isles
lambs, and rams, and goats: in these shall be astonished at thee, and their
were they thy merchants. kings shall be sore afraid,they shaU be
22 The merchants of She-ba and troubled in their countenance.
Ra-a-mah, they were thy merchants: 36 The merchants among the peo
they occupied in thy fairs with chief ple shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a
of ail spices, and with ail precious terror, and never shalt he any more.
stones, and gold.
23 Ha-ran,and Can-neh» and Eden, CHAPTER 28
the merchants of She'-ba, Asshur, and
Chil-mad, were thy merchants. The Word of the Lord came again
24 These were thy merchants in ail unto me, saying,
sorts of things, in blue clothes, and 2 Son of man,say unto the prince of
broidered work, and in chests of rich Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Be-
apparel, bound with cords, and made cause thine heart is lifted up,and thou
of cedar, among thy merchandise. hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat
25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of of God, in the midst of the seas; yet
thee in thy market: and thou wast re- thou art a man, and not God, though
plenished, and made very glorious in thou set thine heart as the heart of
the midst of the seas. God:
26 Thy rowers have brought thee 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Dan
into great waters: the east wind hath iel; there is no secret that they can
broken thee in the midst of the seas. hide from thee:
27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy 4 With thy wisdom and with thine
merchandise, thy mariners, and thy understanding thou hast gotten thee
pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers riches, and hast gotten gold and sUver
of thy merchandise, and ail thy men into thy treasures:
of war, that are in thee, and in ail thy 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy
Company which is in the midst of thee, traffick hast thou increased thy riches,
shall fall into the midst of the seas in and thine heart is lifted up because of
the day of thy ruin. thy riches:
28 The suburbs shall shake at the 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Sound of the cry of thy pilots. God;Because thou hast set thine heart
29 And ail that handle the oar, the as the heart of God;
mariners, and ail the pilots of the sea, 7 Behold, therefore I will bring
shall come down from their ships, they strangers upon thee, the terrible of the
shall stand upon the land; nations: and they shaU draw their
30 And shall cause their voice to be swords against the beauty of thy wis
heard against thee, and shall cry bit- dom, and they shaU defile thy bright-
terly, and shall cast up dust upon their ness.
heads,they shall wallow themselves in 8 They shEdl bring thee down to the
the ashes: pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of
31 And they shall make themselves them that are slain in the midst of the
utterly bald for thee, and gird them seas.
with sackcloth, and they shall weep 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that
for thee with bitterness of heart and slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt
bitter wailing. be a man, and no God, in the hand of
32 And in their wailing they shall him that slayeth thee.
take up a lamentation for thee, and 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the
lament over thee, saying, What city is uncircumcised by the hand'of stran-
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gers: for I have spoken it, saîth the judgments in her, and shaU be sancti-
Lord God, fied in her.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord 23 For I will send into her pesti
came unto me, saying, lence, and blood into her streets; and
12 Son bf man, take up a lamenta the wounded shaU be judged in the
tion upon the king of Tyrus, and say midst of her by the sword upon her on
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; every side; and they shaU know that I
Thou sealest up the sum, full of wis- am the Lord.
dom, and perfect in beauty. 24 And there shaU be no more a
13 Thou hast been in Eden the gar- pricking brier unto the house of Israël,
den of God; every precious stone was nor any grieving thom of ail that are
thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and round about them,that despised them;
the diamond,the béryl, the onyx, and and they shaU know that I am the
the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, Lord God.
and the carbuncle, and gold: the work- 25 Thus saith the Lord God; When
manship of thy tabrets and of thy I shall have gathered the house of Is
pipes was prepared in thee in the day raëlfrom the people among whom they
that thou wast created. are scattered, and shall be sanctified in
14 Thou art the anointed cherub them in the sight of the heathen, then
that covereth; and I have set thee so: shall they dwell in their land that I
thou wast upon the holy mountain of have given to my servant Jacob.
God; thou hast walkfed up and down 26 And they shall dwell safely
in the midst of the stones of fire. therein, and shall build houses, and
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways plant vineyards; yea, they shall dweU
from the day that thou wast created, with confidence, when I have executed
till iniquity was found in thee. judgments upon ail those that despise
16 By the multitude of thy mer- them round about them; and they
chandise they have filled the midst of ShaU know that I am the Lord their
thee with violence, and thou hast God.
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the mountain of God: CHAPTER 29
and I will destroy thee, O covering IN the tenth year,in the tenth month,
cherub, from the midst of the stones in the twelfth day of the month,the
of fire. word ofthe Lord came unto me,saying,
17 Thine heart was lifted up be- 2 Son of man, set thy face against
cause of thy beauty, thou hast cor- Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
rupted thy wisdom by reason of thy against him, and against ail Egypt:
brightness: I will cast thee to the 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the
ground, I will lay thee before kings, Lord God; Behold, I am against thee,
that they may behold thee. Pharaoh king of Egypt,the great drag
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuar- on that lieth in the midst of his rivers,
ies by the multitude of thine iniquities, which hath said, My river is mine own,
by the iniquity of thy trathck; there and I have made it for myself.
fore will I bring forth a fire from the 4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws,
midst of thee,it shall devour thee, and and I will cause the fish of thy rivers
I will bring thee to ashes upon the to stick unto thy scales, and I will
earth in the sight of ail them that be bring thee up out of the midst of thy
hold thee. rivers, and ail the fish of thy rivers
19 AU they that know thee among shall stick unto thy scales.
the people shall be astonished at thee: 5 And I will leave thee thrown into
thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt the wilderness, thee and ail the fish of
thou be any more. thy rivers: thou shalt faU upon the
20 Again the word of the Lord open fields; thou shalt not be brought
came unto me, saying, together, nor gathered: I have given
21 Son of man,set thy face against thee for meat to the beasts of the field
Zi-don, and prophesy against it, and to the fowls of the heaven.
22 And say, Thus saith the Lord 6 And ail the inhabitants of Egypt .
God: Behold, I am against thee, O Zi- shall know that I am the Lord, be-
don;and I will be glorified in the midst cause they have been a staff of reed to
of thee: and they shall know that I am the house of Israël.
the Lord, when I shaU have executed 7 When they took hold of thee by
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thy hand, thou didst break, and rend service that he had served against it:
ail their shoulder: and when they lean- 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord
ed upon thee, thou brakest, and mad- God; Behold, I will give the land of
est ail their loins to be at a stand. Egypt unto Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Babylon; and he shall take her mul
God;Behold,I will bring a sword upon titude,and take her spoil, and take her
theè, and eut off man and beast out of prey; and it shall be the wages for his
thee. army.
9 And the land of Egypt shall be 20 I have given him the land of
desolate and waste; and they shall Egypt for his labour wherewith he
know that I am the Lord: because he served against it, because they
hath said, The river is mine, and I wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
have made iU 21 In that day will I cause the hom
10 Behold, therefore I am against of the house of Israël to bud forth, and
thee, and against thy rivers, and I will I will give thee the opening of the
make the land of Egypt utterly waste mouth in the midst of them; and they
and desolate, from the tower of Sy-e- shall know that I am the Lord.
ne even unto the border of E-thi-o-
pl-a. CHAPTER 30
11 No foot of man shall pass The word of the Lord came again
through it, nor foot of beast shall pass unto me, saying,
through it, neither shall it be inhabited 2 Son of man, prophesy and say,
fbrty years. Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye,
12 And I will make the land of Woe worth the day!
Egypt desolate in the midst of the 3 For the day is near, even the day
countries that are desolate, and her cit- of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it
ies among the cities that are laid waste shall be the time of the heathen.
shall be desolate forty years: and I will 4 And the sword shall come upon
scatter the Egyptians among the na Egypt, and great pain shall be in E-
tions, and will disperse them through thi-o-pi-a, when the slain shall fall in
the countries. Egypt, and they shall take away her
13 Yet thus saith the Lord God; At multitude, and her foundations shall
the end of forty years will I gather the be broken down.
Egyptians from the people whither 5 E-thi-o-pi-a, and Libya,and Lyd-
they were scattered: ia, and ail the mingled people, and
14 And I will bring again the cap- Chub, and the men of the land that is
tivity of Egypt,and will cause them to in league, shall fall with them by the
retum into the land of Path'-ros, into sword.
the land of their habitation; and they 6 Thus saith the Lord; They also
shall be there a base kingdom. that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the
15 It shall be the basest of the king- pride of her power shall come down:
doms; neither shall it exalt itself any from the tower of Sy-e'-ne shall they
more above the nations: for I will di- fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord
minlsh them, that they shall no more God.
rule over the nations. 7 And they shall be desolate in the
16 And it shall be no more the con midst of the countries that are deso
fidence of the house of Israël, which late,and her cities shall be in the midst
bringeth their iniquity to remem- of the cities that are wasted.
brance, when they shall look after 8 And they shall know that I am
them: but they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in
the Lord God. Egypt, and when ail her helpers shall
17 And it came to pass in the seven be destroyed.
and twentieth year,in the first month, 9 In that day shall messengers go
in the first day of the month,the word forth from me in ships to make the
of the Lord came unto me, saying, careless E-thi-o-pi-ans afraid, and
IS Son of man, Neb-u-chad-rez-zar great pain shall come upon them,as in
king of Babylon caused his army to the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
serve a great service against Tyrus: 10 Thus saith the Lord God; I will
every head was made bald, and every also make the multitude of Egypt to
shoulder was peeled: yet had he no cease by the hand of Neb-u-chad-rez'-
wages, nor his army,for Tyrus,for the zar king of Babylon.
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11 He and his people wîth him, the fore him with the groanings ofa deadly
terrible of the nations,shall be brought woimded man.
to destroy the land: and they shall 25 But I will strengthen the arms of
draw their swords agairist Egypt, and the king of Babylon, and the arms of
fill the land with the slain* Pharaoh shallfall down;and they shall
12 And I will make the rivers dry, know that I am the Lord,when I shall
and isell the land into the hand of thé put my sword into the hand of the
vrieked: and I will make the land king of Babylon, and he shall stretch
waste, and ail that is therein, by the it out upon the land of Egypt.
hand of strangers: I the Lord have 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians
spoken it among the nations, and disperse them
13 Thus saith the Lord God; I will among the countries; and they shall
also destroy the idols, and I will cause know that I am the Lord.
their images to cease out of Noph; and
there shâll be no more a prince of the CHAPTER 31
land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in AND it came to pass in the eleventh
the land of EgypL iTL year, in the third month, in the
14 And I will make Path-ros deso- fîrst day of the month,that the word of
late, and will set fire in Zo-an,and will the Lord came unto me, saying,
execute judgments in No. 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh
15 And I will pour my fury upon king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
eut off the multitude of No. 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar
16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin in Lebanon with fair branches, and
shall have great pain, and No shall be with a shadowing shroud, and of £ui
rent asunder, and Noph shall have dis high stature; and his top was among
tresses daily. the thick boughs.
17 The young men of A-ven and of 4 The waters made him great, the
Pi—be-seth shall fall by the sword: and deep set him up on high with her rivers
these cities shall go into captivity. running round about his plants, and
18 At Te-haph-ne-hes also the day sent out her little rivers unto aU the
shall be darkened, when I shall break trees of the field.
there the yokes of Egypt: and the 5 Therefore his height was exalted
pomp ofher strength shall cease in her: above ail the trees of the field, and his
as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and boughs were multiplied, and his
her daughters shall go into captivity. branches became long because of the
19 Thus will I execute judgments in multitude of waters, when he shot
Egypt: and they shall know that I am • forth.
the Lord. 6 AU the fowls of heaven made their
20 And it came to pass in the elev- nests in his boughs, and under his
enth year,in the first month,in the sev- branches did ail the beasts of the field
enth day of the month, that the word bring forth their young, and under his
of the Lord came unto me, saying, shadow dwelt ail great nations.
21 Son of man, I have broken the 7 Thus was he fair in hiis greatness,
arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt;and,lo, in the length of his brzuiches: IFor his
it shall not be bound up to be healed, root was by great waters.
to put a roller to bind it, to make it 8 The cedars in the garden of God
strong to hold the sword. côuld not hide him: the fir trees were
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord not like his boughs, and the chesnut
God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh trees were not like his branches; nor
king ofEgypt,and will break his ârms, any tree in the garden of God was Uke
the strong,and that which was broken; unto him in his beauty.
and I will cause the sword to fall out 9 I have made him fair by the mul
of his hand. titude of his. branches: so that aU the
23 And I will scatter the Egyprians trees of Eden, that were in the gcirden
among the nations, and will disperse of God, envied him.
them through the countries. 10 Therefore thus saith the Lord
24 And I will strengthen the arms God; Because thou hast lifted up thy-
of the king of Babylon, and put my self in height, and he hath shot up his
sword in his hand: but I wiU break top among the thick boughs, and his
Pharaoh's arms,and he shall groan be- heart is lifted up in his height;
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11 I have therefpre delivered him first day of the month,that the word of
into the hand of the mighty one of the the Lord came iinto me, saying,
heathen; he shall surely deal with him: 2 Son of man, take up a lamenta
I have driven him out for his wicked- tion for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
nçss. say unto him, Thou art like a young
12 And strangers,the terrible of the lion of the nations, and thou art as a
nations, have eut him of£, and have whale in the seas: and thoû camest
left him: upon the mountains and in forth with thy rivers, and troubledst
aU the valleys his branches are fallen, the waters with thy feet, and fouledst
and his boughs are broken by ail the their rivers.
rivers of the land; and ail the people 3 Thus saith the Lord God; I will
of the earth are gone down from his therefore spread out my net over thee
shadow, and have left him. with a Company of many people; and
13 Upon his ruin shall ail the fowls they shall bring thee up in my net.
of the heaven remain, and ail the 4 Then will 1 leave thee upon the
beasts of the field shall be upon his land, I will cast thee forth upon the
branches: open field, and will cause ail the fowls
14 To the end that none of ail the of the heaven to remain upon thee,and
trees by the waters exalt themselves I will fill the beasts of the whole earth
for their height, neither shoot up their with thee.
top among the thick boughs, neither 5 And I will lay thy fiesh upon the
their trees stand up in their height, ail mountains, and fill the valleys \^th
that drink water: for they are ail de thy height.
livered unto death, to the nether parts 6 I will also water with thy blood
of the earth, in the midst of the chil- the land wherein thou swimmest, even
dren of men, with them that go down to the mountains; and the rivers shall
to the pit. be full of thee.
15 Thus saith the Lord God; In the 7 And when I shall put thee out, I
day when he went down to the grave will cover the heaven, and make the
I caused a mouming: I covered the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun
deep for him, and I restrained the with a cloud, and the moon shall not
floods thereof, and the great waters give her light.
were stayed: and I caused Lebcmon to S AU the bright lights of heaven
moum for him, and ail the trees of the wiU I make dark over thee, and set
field fainted for him. darkness upon thy land,saith the Lord
16 I made the nations to shake at God.
the Sound of his fall, when 1 cast him 9 I wUl also vex the hearts of many
down to hell with them that descend people, when I shall bring thy destruc
into the pit: and ail the trees of Eden, tion among the nations,into the coun-
the choice and best of Lebanon, ail tries which thou hast not known.
that drink water,shall be comforted in 10 Yea, I wUl make many people
the nether parts of the earth. amazed at thee, and their kings shaU
17 They also went down into hell be horribly afraid for thee, when I
with him unto them that be slain with shall brandish my sword before them;
the sword; and they that were his arm, and they shaU tremble at every mo
that dwelt under his shadow in the ment, every man for his own life, in
midst of the heathen. the day of thy fall.
18 To whom art thou thus like in 11 For thus saith the Lord God;
gloty and in greatness among the trees The sword of the king of Babylon shaU
of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought come upon thee.
down with the trees of Eden unto the 12 By the swords of the mighty will
nether parts of the earth: thou shalt I cause thy multitude to faU, the ter
lie in the midst of the imcircumcised rible of the nations, ail of them: and
with them that be slain by the sword. they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt,
This is Pharaoh and ail his multitude, and ail the multitude thereof shall be
saith the Lord God. destroyed.
13 I wiU destroy also ail the beasts
CHAPTER 32 thereof from beside the great waters;
neither shall the foot of man trouble
ND it came to pass in the twelfth them any more,nor the hoofs of beasts
A' year,in the twelfth month,in the trouble them.
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14 Then wîll I make their waters down to the pit: he is put in the midst
deep, and cause their rivers to run like of them that he slain.
oil, saith the Lord God. 26 There is Me'-shech, Tu-bal, and
15 When I shall make the land of ail her multitude: her graves are round
Egypt desolate» and the country shall about him: ail of them uncircumcised,
be destitute of that whereof it was full, slain by the sword,though they caused
when I shall smite ail them that dwell their terror in the land of the living.
therein, then shall they know that I 27 And they shall not lie with the
am the Lord. mighty that are fallen of the uncircum
16 This is the lamentation where- cised, which are gone down to hell
with they shall lament her: the daugh- with their weapons of war: and they
ters of the nations shall IcUnent her: have laid their swords under their
they shall Isiment for her, even for heads, but their iniquities shall be up-
Egypt, and for ail her multitude, saith on their bones, though they were the
the Lord God. terror of the mighty in the land of the
17 It came to pass also in the living.
twelfth year,in the fifteenth day of the 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the
month, that the word of the Lord midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt
came unto me, saying, lie with them that are slain with the
18 Son of man, wail for the multi sword.
tude of Egypt, and cast them down, 29 There is Edom,her kings, and ail
even her, and the daughters of the fa- her princes, which with their might are
mous nations, unto the nether parts of laid by them that were slain b^ the
the earth, with them that go down into sword: they shall lie with the uncir
the pit. cumcised,and with them that go down
19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? to the pit.
go down,and be thou laid with the un- 30 There be the princes ofthe north,
circumcised. ail of them, and ail the Zi-do-ni-ans,
20 They shall fall in the midst of which are gone down with the slain;
them that are slain by the sword: she is with their terror they are ashamed of
delivered to the sword: draw her and their might; and they lie uncircum
ail her multitudes. cised with them that he slain by the
21 The strong among the mighty sword, and bear their shame with
shall speak to him out of the midst of them that go down to the pit.
hell with them that help him: they are 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and
gone down, they lie uncircumcised, shall be comforted over ail his multi
slain by the sword. tude, even Pharaoh and ail his army
22 Asshur is there and ail her Com slain by the sword, saith the Lord
pany: his graves are about him: ail of God.
them slain, fallen by the sword: 32 For 1 have caused my terror in
23 Whose graves are set in the sides the land of the living: and he shall be
of the pit, and her company is round laid in the midst of the uncircumcised
about her grave: ail of them slain, fall with them that are slain with the sword,
en by the sword, which caused terror even Pharaoh and ail his multitude,
in the land of the living. saith the Lord God.
24 There is E-lam and ail her mul
titude round about her grave, ail of CHAPTER 33
them slain, fallen by the sword, which A GAIN the word of the Lord came
are gone down uncircumcised into /V unto me,saying,
the nether parts of the earth, which 2 Son of man,speak to the children
caused their terror in the land of of thy people, and say unto them,
the living; yet have they borne their When 1 bring the sword upon a land,
shame with them that go down to the if the people of the land take a man of
pit. their coasts, and set him for their
25 They have set her a bed in the watchman:
midst of the slain with ail her multi 3 If when he seeth the sword come
tude: her graves are round about him: upon the land, he blow the trumpet,
ail of them uncircumcised, slain by the and wam the people;
sword: though their terror was caused 4 Then whosoever heareth the
in the land of the living, yet have they Sound of the trumpet, and taketh not
borne their shame with them that go waming; if the sword come, and take
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him away, his blood shall be upon his from his sin, and do that which is law-
own head. ful and right;
5 He heard the sound of the tnim- 15 If the wicked restore the pledge,
pet, and took not waming; his blood give again that he had robbed, walk in
shall be upon him. But he that taketh the statutes of life, without commit-
waming shall deliver his soul. ting iniquity; he shall surely live, he
6 But if the watchman see the shall not die.
sword come, and blow not the trum- 16 None of his sins that he hath
pet, and the people be not wamed; if committed shall be mentioned unto
the sword come, and take any person him: he hath done that which is lawful
from among them, he is taken away in and right; he shall surely live.
his iniquity; but his blood will 1 re- 17 Yet the children of thy people
quire at the watchman's hand. say, The way of the Lord.is not equal:
7 So thou, O son of man,I have set but as for them,their way is not equal.
thee a watchman imto the house of Is 18 When the righteous tumeth
raël; therefore thou shalt hear the from his righteousness, and commit-
Word at my mouth, and wam them teth iniquity, he shall even die there-
from me. by.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O 19 But if the wicked tum from his
wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if wickedness, and do that which is law
thou dost not speak to wara the wick ful and right, he shall live thereby.
ed from his way,that wicked man shall 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord
die in his iniquity; but his blood will I is not equal. O ye house of Israël, I will
require at thine hand. judge you every one after his ways.
9 Nevertheless, if thou wam the 21 And it came to pass in the
wicked of his way to tum from it; if twelfth year of our captivity, in the
he do not tum from his way, he shall tenth month, in the fifth day of the
die in his iniquity; but thou hast de- month, that one that had escaped out
livered thy soul. of Jemsalem came unto me, saying,
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, The city is smitten.
speak unto the house of Israël; Thus ye 22 Now the hand of the Lord was
speak, saying. If our transgressions upon me in the evening, afore he that
and our sins he upon us, and we pine was escaped came;and had opened my
away in them, how should we then mouth, until he came to me in the
live? moming; and my mouth was opened,
11 Say unto them. As I live, saith and I was no more dumb.
the Lord God, I have no pleasure in 23 Then the word of the Lord came
the death of the wicked; but that the unto me, saying,
wicked tum from his way and live: 24 Son of man, they that inhabit
tum ye, tum ye from your evil ways; those wastes of the land of Israël
for why will ye die, O house of Is speak, saying, Abraham was one, and
raël? he inherited the land: but we are many;
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say the land is given us for inheritance.
unto the children of thy people, The 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus
righteousness of the righteous shall not saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the
deliver him in the day of his transgres blood, and lift up your eyes toward
sion: as for the wickedness of the wick your idols, and shed blood: and shall
ed, he shall not fall thereby in the day ye possess the land?
that he turneth from his wickedness; 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye
neither shall the righteous be able to work abomination, and ye defile every
live for his righteousness in the day that one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye
he sinneth. possess the land?
13 When I shall say to the right 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus
eous, that he shall surely live; if he saith the Lord God; As I live, surely
tmst to his own righteousness, and they that are in the wastes shall fall by
commit iniquity, ail his righteousness- the sword, and him that is in the open
es shall not be remembered; but for his field will I give to the beasts to be de-
iniquity that he hath committed, he voured, and they that he in the forts
shall die for it. and in the caves shall die of the pesti
14 Again,when I say unto the wick lence.
ed, Thou shalt surely die; if he tum 28 For I will lay the land most deso-
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late, and the pomp of her strength the moimtains, and upon every high
shall cease; and the mountains of Is hill: yea, my dock was scattered upon
raël shall be desolate, that none shall ail the face of the earth, and none did
pass through. search or seek after them.
29 Then shall they know that I am 7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the
the Lord, when I have laid the land word of the Lord;
most desolate because of ail their 8 As I live, saith the Lord God,
abominations which they have com- surely because my flock became a
mitted. prey, and my flock became meat to
30 Also, thou son of man, the chil- every beast of the fleld, because there
dren of thy people still are talking was no shepherd, neither did my shep
against thee by the walls and in the herds search for my flock, but the
doors of the houses, and speak one to shepherds fed themselves, and fed not
another, every one to his brother, say- my flock;
ing, Come, I pray you, and hear what 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear
is the Word that cometh forth from the the word of the Lord;
Lord. 10 Thus saith the Lord God; Be-
31 And they come unto thee as the hold, I am against the shepherds; and
people cometh, and they sit before I will require my flock at their hand,
thee as my people, and they hear thy and cause them to cease from feeding
words, but they will not do them; for the flock; neither shall the shepherds
with their mouth they shew much feed themselves any more; for I will
love, but their heart goeth after their deliver my flock from their mouth,
covetotisness. that they may not be meat for them.
32 And,lo, thou art unto them as a 11 For thus saith the Lord God; Be-
very lovely song of one that hath a hold, I, even I, will both search my
pleasant voice, and can play well on an sheep, and seek them out.
instrument: for they hear thy words, 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his
but they do them not. flock in the day that he is among his
33 And when this cometh to pass, sheep that are scattered; so will I seek
(lo, it will come,)then shall they know out my sheep, and will deliver them
that a prophet hath been among them. out of ail places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
CHAPTER 34 13 And I will bring them out from
the people, and gather them from the
AND the word of the Lord came un- countries, and will bring them to their
/\ to me, saying, own land, and feed them upon the
2 Son of man, prophesy against the mountains of Israël by the rivers, and
shepherds of Israël, prophesy, and say in ail the inhabited places of the coun-
unto them, Thus saith the Lord God try.
unto the shepherds; Woe be to the 14 I will feed them in a good pas-
shepherds of Israël that do feed them- ture, and upon the high mountains of
selves! should not the shepherds feed Israël shall their fold be: there shall
the flocks? they lie in a good fold, and in a fat
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you pasture shall they feed upon the moun
with the wool, ye kill them that are tains of Israël.
fed: but ye feed not the flock. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will
4 The diseased have ye not cause them to lie down,saith the Lord
strengthened, neither have ye healed God.
that which was sick, neither have ye 16 I will seek that which was lost,
bound up that which was broken, nei and bring again that which was driven
ther have ye brought again that which away, and will bind up that which was
was driven away, neither have ye broken,and will strengthen that which
sought that which was lost; but with was sick: but I will destroy the fat and
force and with cruelty have ye ruled the strong; I will feed them with judg-
them. ment.
5 And they were scattered, because 17 And as for you, O my flock,thus
ihere is no shepherd: and they became saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge
meat to ail the beasts of the field, between cattle and cattle, between the
when they were scattered. rams and the he goàts.
6 My sheep wandered through ail 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you
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to have eaten up the good pasture, but pasture, are men, and I am your God,
ye must tread down with your feet the saith the Lord God.
residue of your pastures? and to have
drunk of the deep waters, but ye must CHAPTER 35
foui the residue with your feet? MOREOVER the word ofthe Lord
19 And as for my flock, they eat came unto me,saying,
that which ye have trodden with your 2 Son of man, set thy face against
feet; and they drink that which ye mount Se-ir, and prophesy against it,
have fouled with your feet. 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Lord God; Behold, O mount Se-ir, I
God imto them; Behold, I, even l, will am against thee, and I will stretch out
judge between the fat cattle and be- mine hand against thee, and I will
tween the lean cattle. make thee most desolate.
21 Because ye have thrust with side 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and
and with shoulder, and pushed ail the thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt
diseased with your homs, till ye have know that I am the Lord.
scattered them abroad; 5 Because thou hast had a perpétuai
22 Therefore will I save my dock» hatred, and hast shed the blood of the
and they shall no more be a prey; and children of Israël by the force of the
I will judge between cattle and cattle. sword in the time of their calamity,in
23 And I will set up one shepherd the time that their iniquity had an end:
over them, and he shall feed them, 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the
even my servant David; he shall feed Lord God, I will préparé thee unto
them, and he shall be their shepherd. blood, and blood shall pursue thee:
24 And I the Lord will be their sith thou hast not hated blood, even
God, and my servant David a prince blood shall pursue thee.
among them; I the Lord have spoken 7 Thus will I make mount Se-ir
it. most desolate, and eut off from it him
25 And I will make with them a that passeth out and him that retum-
covenant of peace, and will cause the eth.
evil beasts to cease out of the land: 8 And I will fill his mountciins with
and they shall dwell safely in the wil- his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy
demess, and sleep in the woods. valleys, and in ail thy rivers, shall they
26 And I will make them and the fall that are slain with the sword.
places round about my hill a blessing; 9 I will make thee perpétuai désola
and I will cause the shower to come tions, and thy cities shall not retum:
down in his season; there shall be and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
showers of blessing. 10 Because thou hast said, These
27 And the tree of the field shall two nations and these two countries
yield her fruit, and the earth shall shall be mine, and we will possess it;
^eld her increase, and they shall be whereas the Lord was there:
safe in their land, and shall know that 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the
I am the Lord, when I have broken Lord God, I will even do according to
the bands of their yoke, and delivered thine anger, and according to thine
them out of the hand of those that envy which thou hast used out of
served themselves of them. thy hatred against them; and I will
28 And they shall no more be a prey make myself known among them,
to the heathen, neither shall the beast when I have judged thee.
ofthe land devour them;but they shall 12 And thou shalt know that I am
dwell safely, and none shall make the Lord,and that I have heard ail thy
ihem afraid. blasphemies which thou hast spoken
29 And I will raise up for them a against the mountains of Israël, say
plant of renown, and they shall be no ing, They are laid desolate, they are
more consumed with hunger in the given us to consume.
land, neither bear the shame of the 13 Thus with your mouth ye have
heathen any more. boasted against me, and have multi-
30 Thus shall they know that I the plied your words against me: I have
Lord their God am with them, and heard them,
that they, even the house of Israël, are 14 Thus saith the Lord God; When
my people, saith the Lord God. the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make
31 And ye my flock,the flock of my thee desolate.
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15 As thou didst rejoice at the in- 10 And I will multiply men upon
heritance of the house of Israël, be- you, ail the house of Israël, even ail of
cause it was desolate, so wiii I do unto it: and the cities shall be inhabited,
theé: thou shalt be desolate, O mount and the wastes shall be builded:
Se-ir, and ail I-du-me'a, even ail of it: 11 And I will multiply upon you
and they shall know that I am the man and beast; and they shall increase
Lord. and bring fruit: and I will settle you
after your old estâtes, and will do bet-
CHAPTER 36 ter unto you than at your beginnings:
ALSO,thou son of man,prophesy un- and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
jl\ to the mountains of Israël, and 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk
say, Ye mountains of Israël, hear the upon you, even my people Israël; and
Word of the Lord: they shall possess thee, and thou shalt
2 Thus saith the Lord God;Because be their inheritance, and thou shalt no
the enemy hath said against you, Aha, more henceforth bereave them of men.
even the ancient high places are ours 13 Thus saith the Lord God; Be
in possession: cause they say imto you, Thou land
3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus devourest up men, and hast bereaved
saith the Lord God;Because they have thy nations;
made you desolate, and swallowed you 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men
up on every side, that ye might be a no more, neither bereave thy nations
possession unto the residue of the hea- any more, saith the Lord God.
then, and ye are taken up in the lips of 15 Neithér will I cause men to hear
talkers, and are an infamy of the peo- in thee the shame of the heathen any
ple: more, neither shalt thou bear the re-
4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israël, proach of the people any more, neither
hear the word of the Lord God; Thus shalt thou cause tiiy nations to fall any
saith the Lord God to the mountains, more, saith the Lord God.
and to the hills, to the rivers, and to 16 Moreover the word of the Lord
the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and came xmto me, saying,
to the cities that are forsaken, which 17 Son of man, when the house of
became a prey and dérision to the resi Israël dwelt in their own land, they
due of the heathen that are round dehled it by their own way and by
about; their doings: their way was before me
5 Therefore thus saith the Lord as the imcleanness of a removed wom-
God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy an.
have I spoken against the residue of 18 Wherefore I poured my fury up
the heathen,and against ail I-du-me-a, on them for the blood that they had
which have appointed my land into shed upon the land, and for their idols
their possession with the joy of ail wherewith they had polluted it:
their heart, with despiteful minds, to 19 And I scattered them among the
cast it out for a prey. heathen, and they were dispersed
6 Prophesy therefore conceming through the countries: according to
the land of Israël, and say unto the their way and according to their doings
mountains, and to the hills, to the I judged them.
rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith 20 And when they entered unto the
the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken heathen, whither they went, they pro-
in my jealousy and in my fury, be faned my holy name, when they said
cause ye have borne the shame of the to them, These are the people of the
heathen: Lord, and are gone forth but of his
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord land.
God;I have lifted up mine hand, Sure 21 But I had pity for mine holy
ly the heathen that are about you, name, which the house of Israël had
they shall bear their shame. profaned among the heathen, whither
8 But ye, O mountains of Israël, ye they went.
shall shoot forth your branches, and 22 Therefore say imto the house of
yield your fruit to my people of Israël; Israël, Thus saith the Lord God; I do
for they are at hand to come. not this for your sakes^ O house of Is
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I raël, but for mine holy name's sake,
will tum unto you, and ye shall be which ye have profaned among the
tilled and sown: heathen, whither ye went.
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23 And I will sanctify my great plant that that was desolate: I the
name, which was profaned among the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
heathen, which ye have profaned in 37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will
the midst of them; and the heathen yet for this be enquired of by the house
shall know that I am the Lord, saith of Israël, to do it for them; I will in
the Lord God, when I shall be sancti- crease them with men like a flock.
fied in you before their eyes. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of
24 For I will take you from among Jérusalem in her solemn feasts; so
the heathen, and gather you out of aU shall the waste cities be filled with
countries, and will bring you into your flocks of men:and they shall know that
own land. I am the Lord.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water
upon you, and ye shall be clean: from CHAPTER 37
ail your filthiness, and from ail your The hand of the Lord was upon
idols, will I cleanse you. me,and carried me out in the spirit
26 A new heart also will I give you, of the Lord, and set me down in the
and a new spirit will I put within you: midst of the valley which was fuU of
and I will take away the stony heart bones,
out of your flesh,and I will give you an 2 And caused me to pass by them
heart of flesh. round about: and, behold, there were
27 And I will put my spirit within very many in the open valley; and,lo,
you,and cause you to walk in my stat- they were very dry.
utes, and ye shall keep my judgments, 3 And he said unto me. Son of man,
and do them. can these bones live? And I answered,
28 And ye shall dwell in the land O Lord God, thou knowest.
that 1 gave to your fathers; and ye 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy
shall be my people, and I will be your upon these bones, and say unto them,
God. O ye dry bones, hear the word of the
29 I will also save you from ail your Lord.
uncleannesses: and I will call for the 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto
corn, and will increase it, and lay no these bones; Behold, I will cause
famine upon you. breath to enter into you, and ye shall
30 And I will multiply the fruit of live:
the tree, and the increase of the field, 6 And I will lay sinews upon you,
that ye shall receive no more reproach and will bring up flesh upon you, 2ind
of famine among the heathen. cover you with skin, and put breath
31 Then shall ye remember your in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall
own evil ways, and your doings that know that I am the Lord.
were not good, and shall lothe your- 7 So I prophesied as I was com-
selves in your own sight for your in- manded: and as I prophesied, there
iquities and for your abominations. was a noise, and behold a shaking, and
32 Not for your sakes do I this, the bones came together, bone to his
saith the Lord God, be it known unto bone.
you: be ashamed and confounded for 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews
your own ways, O house of Israël. and the flesh came up upon them,and
33 Thus saith the Lord God; In the the skin covered them above: but
day that I shall have cleansed you there was no breath in them.
from ail your iniquities I will also 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy
cause you to dwell in the cities, and the unto the wind, prophesy, son of man,
wastes shall be builded. and say to the wind, thus saith the
34 And the desolate land shall be Lord God; Come from the four winds,
tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the O breath, and breathe upon these
sight of ail that passed by. slain, that they may live.
35 And they shall say, This land 10 So I prophesied as he com-
that was desolate is become like the manded me, and the breath came into
garden of Eden; and the waste and them, and they lived, and stood up
desolate and ruined cities are become upon their feet, an exceeding great
fenced, and are inhabited. army.
36 Then the heathen that are left 11 Then he said unto me. Son of
round about you shall know that I the man, these bones are the whole house
Lord build the ruined places, and of Israël: behold, they say, Our bones
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are dried, and our hope is lost: we are save them out of ail their dwelling-
eut ofî for our parts. places, wherein they have sinned, and
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto will cleanse them: so shall they be my
them, Thus saith the Lord God; Be- people, and I will be their God.
hold, O my people, I will open your 24 And David my servant shall be
graves, and cause you to corne up out king over them;and they ail shall have
of your graves, and bring you into the one shepherd: they shall also walk in
land of Israël. my judgments, and observe my stat-
13 And ye shall know that I am the utes, and do them.
Lord, when I have opened your25 And they shall dwell in the land
graves, O my people, and brought you that I have given unto Jacob my ser
up out of your graves, vant, wherein your fathers have dwelt;
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and they shall dwell therein,even they,
and ye shall live, and I shall place you and their children,and their children's
in your own land: then shall ye know children for ever: and my servant
that I the Lord have spoken it, and David shall be their prince for ever.
performed it, saith the Lord. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant
15 The Word of the Lord came of peace with them;it shall be an ever-
again unto me, saying, lasting covenant with them: and I will
16 Moreover,thou son of man,take place them, and multiply them, and
thee one stick, and write upon it. For will set my sanctuary in the midst of
Judah, and for the children of Israël them for evermore.
his companions: then take another 27 My tabernacle also shall be with
stick, and write upon it. For Joseph, them: yea,I will be their God,and they
the stick of E'-phra-im, and for ail the shall be my people.
house of Israël his companions: 28 And the heathen shall know that
17 And join them one to another I the Lord do sanctify Israël, when
into one stick; and they shall become my sanctuary shall be in the midst of
one in thine hand. them for evermore.
18 And when the children of thy
people shall speak unto thee, saying, CHAPTER 38
Wilt thou not shew us what thou AND the Word of the Lord came
meanest by these? /\ unto me, saying,
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the 2 Son of man, set thy face against
Lord God; Behold, I will take the Gog, the land of Ma-gog, the chief
stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of prince of Me'-shech and Tu-bal, and
E-phra-im, and the tribes of Israël his prophesy against him,
fellows, and will put them with him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord
even with the stick of Judah,and make God; Behold, I am against thee, O
them one stick, and they shall be one Gog, the chief prince of Me-shech and
in mine hand. Tu-bal:
20 And the sticks whereon thou 4 And I will tum thee back, and
writest shall be in thine hand before put hooks into thy jaws, and I will
their eyes. bring thee forth, and ail thine army,
21 And say unto them, Thus saith horses and horsemen, ail of them
the Lord God; Behold, I will take the clothed with ail sorts of armour, even
children of Israël from among the a great compciny with bucklers and
heathen, wlûther they be gone, and shields, ail of them handling swords:
Will gather them on every side, and 5 Persia, E-thi-o-pi-a, and Libya
bring them into their own land: with them; ail of them with shield and
22 And I will make them one nation helmet:
in the land upon the mountains of 6 Go-mer, and ail his bands; the
Israël; and one king shall be king to house of To-gar'-mah of the north
them ail: and they shall be no more quarters, and ail his bands: and many
two nations, neither shall they be people with thee.
divided into two kingdoms any more 7 Be thou prepared, and préparé
at ail: for thyself, thou, and ail thy company
23 Neither shall they defile them- that are assembled unto thee, and be
selves any more with their idols, nor thou a guard unto them.
With their detestable things, nor with 8 After many days thou shalt be
any of their transgressions: but I will visited: in the latter years thou shalt
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corne into the land that is brought back same time when Gog shall come against
from the sword, and is gathered eut of the land of Israël, saith the Lord God,
many people,against the mountains of that my fury shall come up in my face.
Israël, whiich have been always waste: 19 For in my jealousy and in the
but it is brought forth out of the na tire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely
tions, and they shall dwell safely ail of in that day there shall be a great
them. shaking in the land of Israël;
9 Thou shalt ascend and corne like a 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and
storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to the fowls of the heaven,and the beasts
cover the land,thou,and ail thy bands, of the held,and ail creeping things that.
and many people with thee. creep upon the earth, and ail the men
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It that are upon the face of the earth,
shall also come to pass; that at the shall shake at my presence, and the
same time shall things come into thy mountains shall be thrown down, and
mind, and thou shalt think an evil the steep places shall fall, and every
thought: wall shall fall to the groimd.
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up 21 And I will call for a sword
to the land of unwalled villages; I will against him throughout ail my moun
go to them that are at rest, that dwell tains, saith the Lord God:every man's
safely, ail of them dwelling without sword shall be against his brother.
walls, and having neither bars nor 22 And I will plead against him
gâtes, with pestilence and with blood; and I
12 To take a spoil, and to take a will rain upon him, and upon his
prey; to tum thine hand upon the bands, and upon the many people that
desolate places that are now inhabited, are with him,an overflowing rain, and
and upon the people that are gathered great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
out of the nations, which have gotten 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and
cattle and goods, that dwell in the sanctify myself; and I will be known in
midst of the land. the eyes of many nations, and they
13 She-ba, and De'-dcUi, and the shall know that I am the Lord.
merchants of Tarshish, with ail the
young lions thereof, shall say unto CHAPTER 39
thee. Art thou come to take a spoil? Therefore, thou son of man,
hast thou gathered thy company to prophesy against Gog, and say,
take a prey? to carry away silver and Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I
gold, to take away cattle and goods, am against thee, O Gog, the chief
to take a great spoil? prince of Me-shech and Tu-bal:
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy 2 And I will tum thee back, and
and say unto Gog,Thus saith the Lord leave but the sixth part of thee, and
God; In that day when my people of will cause thee to come up from the
Israël dwelleth ssifely, shalt thou not north parts, and will bring thee upon
know it? the mountains of Israël:
15 And thou shalt come from thy 3 And I will smite thy bow out of
place out of the north parts, thou, and thy left hand, and will cause thine
many people with thee, ail of them arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
riding upon horses, a great company, 4 Thou shalt fall upon the moun
and a mighty army; tains of Israël,thou,and ail thy bands,
16 And thou shalt come up against and the people that is with thee: I will
my people of Israël, as a cloud to cover give thee unto the ravenous birds of
the land; it shall be in the latter days, every sort, and to the beasts of the
and I will bring thee against my land, field to be devoured.
that the heathen may know me, when 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open
I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, field: for I have spoken it, saith the
before their eyes. Lord God.
17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art 6 And I will send a fire on Ma-gog,
thou he of whom I have spoken in old and among them that dwell carelessly
time by my servants the prophets of in the isles: and they shall know that I
Israël, which prophesied in those days am the Lord.
many years that I would bring thee 7 So will I make my holy name
against them? known in the midst of my people
18 And it shall come to pass at the Israël; and I will not let them pollute
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my holy name any more: and the and of goats, of bullocks, ail of them
heathen shall know that I am the fatlings of Ba'-shan.
Lord, the Holy One in Israël. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full,
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of
saith the Lord God; this is the day my sacrifice which I have sacrificed
whereof I have spoken. for you.
9 And they that dwell in the cities 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table
of Israël shall go forth,and shall set on with horses and chariots, with mighty
fire and bum the weapons, both the men,and with ail men of war,saith the
shields and the bucklers, the bows and Lord God.
the arrows, and the handstaves, and 21 And I will set my glory among
the spears, and they shall bum them the heathen, and ail the heathen shaU
withiire seven years: see my judgment that I have executed,
10 So that they shall take no wood and my hand that I have laid upon
out of the field, neither eut down any them.
out of the forests; for they shall burn 22 So the house of Israël shall know
the weapons with fire: and they shall that I am the Lord their God from
spoil those that spoiled them, and rob that day and forward.
those that robbed them, saith the 23 And the heathen shall know that
Lord God. the house of Israël went into captivity
11 And it shall come to pass in that for their iniquity: because they tres-
day, that I will give unto Gog a place passed against me, therefore hid I my
there of graves in Israël, the valley of face from them, and gave them into
the pcissengers on the eéist of the sea: the hand of their enemies: so fell they
and it shall stop the noses of the pas- ail by the sword.
sengers: and there shall they bury Gog 24 According to their uncleanness
and ail his multitude: and they shall and according to their transgressions
call it The valley of Ha'-mon-gog. have I done unto them, and hid my
12 And seven months shall the face from them.
house of Israël be burying of them, 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord
that they may cleanse the land. God; Now will I bring again the cap
13 Yea, ail the people of the land tivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon
shall bury them; and it shall be to the whole house of Israël, and will be
them a renown the day that I shall be jealous for my holy name;
glorified, saith the Lord God. 26 After that they have borne their
14 And they shall sever out men shame,and ail their trespasses whereby
of continuai employment, passing they have trespassed against me,
through the land to bury with the when they dwelt safely in their land,
passengers those that remain upon the and none made them afraid.
face of the earth,to cleanse it: after the 27 When I have brought them again
end of seven months shall they search. from the people, and gathered them
15 And the passengers that pass out of their enemies' lands, and am
through the land, when any seeth a sanctified in them in the sight of many
man*s bone,then shall he set up a sign nations;
by it, till the buriers have buried it in 28 Then shall they know that I am
the valley of Ha-mon-gog. the Lord their God, which caused
16 And also the name of the city them to be led into captivity eunong
shall he Ha-mo'-nah. Thus shall they the heathen: but I have gathered them
cleanse the land. unto their own land, and have left
17 And,thou son of man,thus saith none of them any more there.
the Lord God; Speak unto every 29 Neither will I hide my face any
feathered fowl, and to every beast of more from them:for I have poured out
the field. Assemble yourselves, and my spirit upon the house of Israël,
come; gather yourselves on every side saith the Lord God.
to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for
you, even a great sacrifice upon the CHAPTER 40
moimtains of Israël, that ye may eat IN the five and twentieth year of our
flesh, and drink blood. captivity, in the beginning of the
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the year,in the tenth day of the month,in
mighty, and drink the blood of the the fourteenth year after that the city
princes of the earth, of rams, oflambs. was smitten, in the selfsame day the
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hand of the Lord was upon me, and the roof of one little chamber to the
brought me thither. roof of another: the breadth was five
2 In the visions of God brought he and twenty cubits, door against door.
me into the land of Israël, and set me 14 He made also posts of threescore
upon a very high mountain, by which cubits, even unto the post of the court
was as the frame of a city on the south. round about the gâte.
3 And he brought me thither, and, 15 And from the face of the gâte of
behold, there was a man, whose ap- the entrance unto the face of the porch
pearance was like the appearance of of the inner gâte were fifty cubits.
brass, with a line of flax in his hand, 16 And there were narrow Windows
and a meéisuring reed; and he stood in to the little chambers, and to their
the gâte. posts within the gâte round about,cuid
4 And the man said unto me. Son likewise to the arches: and Windows
of man, behold with thine eyes, and were round about inward: and upon
hear with thine ears, and set thine each post were palm trees.
heart upon ail that I shall shew thee; 17 Then brought he me into the
for to the intent that I might shew outward court, and, lo, there were
them unto thee art thou brought hither: chambers, and a pavement made for
déclaré ail that thou seest to the house the court round about:thirty chambers
of Israël. were upon the pavement.
5 And behold a wall on the outside 18 And the pavement by the side of
of the house round about, and in the the gâtes over against the length of the
man's hand a measuring reed of six gâtes was the lower pavement.
cubits long by the cubit and an hand 19 Then he measured the breadth
breadth: so he measured the breadth of from the forefront of the lower gâte
the building, one reed; and the height, unto the forefront of the inner court
one reed. without, an hundred cubits eastward
6 Then came he unto the gâte which and northward.
looketh toward the east, and went up 20 And the gâte of the outward
the stairs thereof, and measured the court that looked toward the north,
threshold of the gâte, which was one he measured the length thereof, and
reed broad; and the other threshold the breadth thereof.
of the gâte, which was one reed broad. 21 And the little chambers thereof
7 And every little chamber was one were three on this side and three on
reed long, and one reed broad; and that side; and the posts thereofand the
between the little chambers were five arches thereof were after the measure
cubits; and the threshold of the gâte of the first gâte: the length thereof was
by the porch of the gâte within was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and
one reed. twenty cubits.
8 He mecisured also the porch of the 22 And their Windows, and their
gâte within, one reed. arches, and their palm trees, were after
9 Then measured he the porch of the measure of the gâte that looketh
the gâte, eight cubits; and the posts toward the east; and they went up
thereof, two cubits; and the porch of unto it by seven steps; and the arches
the gâte was inward. thereof were before them.
10 And the little chambers of the 23 And the gâte of the inner court
gâte eastward were three on this side, was over against the gâte toward the
and three on that side; they three were north, and toward the east; and he
of one measure: and the posts had one measured from gâte to gâte an hun
measure on this side and on that side. dred cubits.
11 And he measured the breadth 24 After that he brought me toward
of the entry of the gâte, ten cubits; the south, and behold a gâte toward
and the length of the gâte, thirteen the south: and he measured the posts
cubits. thereof and the arches thereof ac-
12 The space also before the little cording to these measures.
chambers was one cubit on this side, 25 And there were Windows in it and
and the space was one cubit on that in the arches thereof round about,
side; and the little chambers were six like those Windows: the length was
cubits on this side, and six cubits on fifty cubits, and the breadth five and
that side. twenty cubits.
13 He measured then the gâte from 26 And there were seven steps to go
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up to it, and the arches thereof were bumt offering and the sin offering and
béfore them: and it had palm trees, the trespass offering,
one on this side, and another on that 40 And at the side without as one
side, upon the posts thereof, goeth up to the entry of the north gâte,
27 And ihere was a gâte in the inner were two tables; and on the other side,
court toward the south: and he mea- which was at the porch of the gâte,
sured from gâte to gâte toward the were two tables,
south an hundred cubits, 41 Four tables were on this side,
28 And he brought me to the inner and four tables on that side^ by the
court by the south gâte; and he mea- side of the gâte; eight tables, where-
sured the south gâte according to thesè upon they slew their sacrifices,
measures; 42 And the four tables were of hewn
29 And the little chambers thereof, stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit
and the posts thereof, and the arches and an half long, and a cubit and an
thereof, according to these measures: half broad, and one cubit high: where-
and there were Windows in it and in the upon also they laid the instruments
arches thereof round about: it was wherewith they slew the bumt offering
fifty cubits long, and five and twenty and the sacrifice,
cubits broad. 43 And within were hooks, an hand
30 And the arches round about broad,fastened round about: and upon
were five and twenty cubits long, and the tables was the flesh of the offering,
five cubits broad, 44 And without the inner gâte were
31 And the arches thereof were the chambers of the singers in the inner
toward the utter court; and palm trees court, which was at the side of the
were upon the posts thereof: and the north gâte; and their prospect was
going up to it had eight steps, toward the south:one at the side of the
32 And he brought me into the east gâte hàving the prospect toward
inner court toward the east: and he the north,
measured the gâte according to these 45 And he said unto me,This cham-
measures, ber, whose prospect is toward the
33 And the little chambers thereof, south, is for the priests, the keepers of
and the posts thereof, and the arches the charge of the house,
thereof, were according to these 46 And the chamber whose prospect
measures: and there were Windows is toward the north is for the priests,
therein and in the arches thereof round the keepers of the charge of the altar:
about: it was fifty cubits long, and five these are the sons of Za-dok cimong
and twenty cubits broad, the sons of Levi, which corne near tb
34 And the arches thereof were to the Lord to minister imto him,
ward the outward court; and palm 47 So he measured the court, an
trees were upon the posts thereof, on hundred cubits long, and an hundred
this side, and on that side: and the cubits broad,foursquare; and the altar
going up to it had eight steps. ihaf was before the house,
35 And he brought me to the north 48 And:he brought me to the porch
gâte, and measured it according to of the house, and measured each
these measures; post of the porch, five cubits on this
36 The little chambers thereof, the side, and five cubits on that side: and
posts thereof, and the arches thereof, the breadth of the gâte was three
and the Windows to it round about:the cubits on this side, and three cubits on
length was fifty cubits,and the breadth that side,
five and twenty cubits, 49 The length of the porch was
37 And the posts thereof were to twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
ward the utter court; and palm trees cubits; and he brought me by the steps
were upon the posts thereof, on this whereby they went up to it: and there
sidei and on that side: and the going were pillars- by the posts, one on this
up to it had eight steps, side, and another on that side.
38 And the chambers and the entries
thereof were by the posts of the gâtes, CHAPTER 41
where they washed the bumt offering. AFTERWARD he brought me to
39 And in the porch of the gâte j[\ the temple, and measured the
were two tables on this side, and two posts, six cubits broad on the one side,
tables on that side, to slay thereon the and six cubits broad on the other side.
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which was the breàdth of the taber
nacle.
2 And the breadth of the door was
ten cubits; and the sides of the door
were five cubits on the one side, and
five cubits on the other side; and he
measured the length thereof, forty
cubits: and the breadth,twenty cubits.
3 Then went he inward, and mea
sured the post of the door, two cubits;
and the door, six cubits; and the
breadth of the door, seven cubits.
4 So he measured the length thereof,
twenty cubits; and the breadth,
twenty cubits, before the temple: and
he said unto me, This is the most holy
place»
5 After he measured the wall of the
house, six cubits; and the breadth of
every side chamber,four cubits, round
about the house on every side.
6 And the side chambers were three,
one over another, and thirty in order;
and they entered into the wall which
was of the house for the side chambers
round about, that they might have
hold, but they had not hold in the
wall of the house.
7 And there was an enlarging, and a
winding about still upward to the side
chambers:for the winding about of the
house went still upward round about
the house: therefore the breadth of the
house was still upward,and so increased
from the lowest chamber to the highest
by the midst.
8 1 saw also the height of the house
round about: the foundations of the
side chambers were a full reed of six
great cubits.
9 The thickness of the wall, which
was for the side chamber without, was
five cubits: and that which was left was
the place of the side chambers that
were within.
10 And between the chambers was
the wideness of twenty cubits round
about the house on every side.
11 And the doors of the side cham
bers were toward the place that was
left, one door toward the north, and
another door toward the south: and
the breadth of the place that was left
was five cubits round about.
12 Now the building that was before on the doors of the temple, cherubims
the separate place at the end toward and palm trees,like as were made upon
the west was seventy cubits broad; the walls; and there were thick planks
and the wall of the building was five upon the face of the porch without.
cubits thick round about, and the
length thereof ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the house, an
hundred cubits long; and the separate
place, and the building, with the walls
thereof, an hundred cubits long;
14 Also the breadth of the face of
the house, and of the separate place
toward the east, an himdred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of
the building over against the separate
place which was behind it, and the
galleries thereof on the one side and on
the other side, an hundred cubits, with
the inner temple, and the porches of
the court;
16 The door posts, and the narrow
Windows,and the galleries round about
on their three stories, over against the
door, cieled with wood round about,
and from the groimd up to ttie Win
dows, and the Windows were covered;
17 To that above the door, even
unto the inner house,and without,and
by ail the wall round about within and
without, by measure.
18 And it was made with cherubims
and palm trees, so that a palm tree
was between a cherub and a cherub;
and every cherub had two faces;
19 So that the face of a man was
toward the palm tree on the one side,
and the face of a young lion toward the
palm tree on the other side: it was
made through ail the house round
about.
20 From the ground unto above the
door were cherubims and palm trees
made, and on the wall of the temple.
21 The posts of the temple were
squared,and the face of the sanctuary;
the appearance of the one as the ap-
pearance of the other»
22 The altar of wood was three
cubits high, and the length thereof
two cubits; and the corners thereof,
and the length thereof, and the
thereof, were of wood:and he said unto
me, This is the table that is before the
Lord.
23 And the temple and the sanc
tuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves
apiece, two tuming leaves; two leaves
for the one door, and two leaves for
the other door.
25 And there were made on them,
26 And there were narrow Windows
and palm trees on the one side and on
the other side, on the sides of the
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porch, and upon the side chambers of chambers and the south chambers,
the house, and thick planks. which are before the separate place,
they be holy chambers, where the
CHAPTER 42 priests that approach unto the Lord
THEN he brought me forth Into shall eat the most holy things: there
the utter court, the way toward shall they lay the most holy things,
the north: and he brought me into the and the meat ofîering, and the sin
chamber that was over against the offering, and the trespass ofîering; for
separate place, and which was before the place is holy.
the building toward the north. 14 When the priests enter therein,
2 Before the length of an hundred then shall they not go out of the holy
cubits was the north door, and the place into the utter court, but there
breadth was fifty cubits. they shall lay their garments wherein
3 Over against the twenty cubits they minister; for they are holy; and
which were for the inner court, and shall put on other garments, and shall
over against the pavement which was approach to those things which are for
for the utter court, was gallery against the people.
gallery in three stories, 15 Now when he had made an end
4 And before the chambers was a of measuring the inner house, he
walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a brought me forth toward the gâte
way of one cubit; and their doors whose prospect is toward the east, and
toward the north. measured it round about.
5 Now the upper chambers were 16 He measured the east side with
shorter; for the galleries were higher the measuring reed, five hundred
than these, than the lower, and than reeds, with the measuring reed round
the middlemost of the building. about.
6 For they were in three stories, but 17 He measured the north side,
had not pillars as the pillars of the five hundred reeds, with the measuring
courts: therefore the building was reed round about.
straitened more than the lowest and 18 He measured the south side, five
the middlemost from the ground. hundred reeds, with the measuring
7 And the wall that was without reed.
over against the chambers, toward the 19 He tumed about to the west
utter court on the forepart of the side, and measured five hundred reeds
chambers, the length thereof was fifty with the measuring reed.
cubits. 20 He measured it by the four sides:
8 For the length of the chambers it had a wall round about,five hundred
that were in the utter court was fifty reeds long, and five hundred broad, to
cubits: and, lo, before the temple were make a séparation between the sanctu-
an hundred cubits. ary and the profane place.
9 And from under these chambers
was the entry on the east side, as one CHAPTER 43
goeth into them from the utter court.
10 The chambers were in the thick- AFTER,WARp he brought me to
ness of the wall of the court toward /\ the gâte, even the gâte that
the east, over against the separate looketh toward the east:
place, and over against the building. 2 And, behold, the glory of the God
11 And the way before them was of Israël came from the way of the
like the appearance of the chambers east: and his voice was like a noise of
which were toward the north, as long many waters: and the earth shined
as they, and as broad as they: and ail with his glory.
their goings out were both according 3 And it was according to the ap
to their fashions,and according to their pearance of the vision which I saw,
doors. even according to the vision that I saw
12 And according to the doors of when I came to destroy the city: and
the chambers th?it were toward the the visions were like the vision that I
south was a door in the head of the saw by the river Che-bar; and I fell
way, even the way directly before the upon my face.
wall toward the east, as one entereth 4 And the glory of the Lord came
into them. into the house by the way of the gâte
13 Then said he unto me,The north whose prospect is toward the east.
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5 So the spirit took me up, and 15 So the altar shall he four cubits;
brought me into the inner court; and, and from the altar and upward shall he
behold,the glory of the Lord filled the four horns.
house. 16 And the altar shall he twelve
6 And I heard him speaking unto cuhits long,twelve broad,square in the
me eut of the house;and the man stood four squares thereof.
by me. 17 And the settle shall he fourteen
7 And he said unto me,Son of man, cuhits long and fourteen broad in the
the place of my throne, and the place four squares thereof; and the border
of the soles of my feet, where I will about it shall he half a cubit; and the
dwell in the midst of the children of bottom thereof shall he a cubit about;
Israël for ever, and my holy name, and his stairs shall look toward the
shall the house of Israël no more defile, east.
neither they, nor their kings, by their 18 And he said unto me. Son of
whoredom,nor by the carcases of their man, thus saith the Lord God; These
kings in their high places. are the ordinances of the altar in the
8 In their setting of their threshold day when they shall make it, to offer
by my thresholds, and their post by burnt offerings thereon, and to sprin-
my posts,and the wall between me and kle blood thereon.
them, they have even defiled my hdly 19 And thou shalt give to the
name by their abominations that they priests the Levites that be of the seed
have committed: wherefore I have of Za-dok, which approach unto me,
consumed them in mine anger. to minister unto me, saith the Lord
9 Now let them put away their God,a young bullock for a sin offering.
whoredom, and the carcases of their 20 And thou shalt take of the blood
kings, far from me, and I will dwell in thereof, and put it on the four homs of
the midst of them for ever. it, and on the four corners of the settle,
10 Thou son of man, shew the and upon the border round about:
house to the house of Israël, that they thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
may be ashamed of their iniquities; 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also
and let them meiasure the pattern. of the sin offering, and he shall burn it
11 And if they be ashamed of ail in the appointed place of the house,
that they have done, shew them the without the sanctuary.
fbrm of the house, and the fashion 22 And on the second day thou
thereof, and the goings out thereof, shalt offer a kid of the goats without
and the comings in thereof, and ail the blemish for a sin offering; and they
forms thereof, and ail the ordinances shall cleanse the altar, as they did
thereof, and ail the forms thereof, and cleanse it with the bullock.
ail the laws thereof: and write it in 23 When thou hast made an end of
their sight, that they may keep the cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young
whole form thereof, and ail the or bullock without blemish, and a ram
dinances thereof, and do them. out of the flock without blemish.
12 This is the law of the house; 24 And thou shalt offer them before
Upon the top of the mountain the the Lord, and the priests shall cast
whole limit thereof round about shall sait upon them, and they shall offer
he most holy. Behold,this is the law of them up for a bumt offering unto the
the house. LoRd.
13 And these are the measures of the 25 Seven days shalt thou préparé
altar after the cubits: The cubit is a every day a goat for a sin offering:
cubit and an hand breadth; even the they shall also préparé a young bul
bottom shall he a cubit, and the lock, and a ram out of the flock, with
breadth a cubit,and the border thereof out blemish.
by the edge thereof round about shall 26 Seven days shall they purge the
be a span: and this shall he the higher altar and purify it; and they shall
place of the altar. consecrate themselves.
14 And from the bottom upon the 27 And when these days are ex-
ground even to the lower settle shall pired, it shall be, that upon the eighth
he two cubits, and the breadth one cu day, and so forward, the priests shall
bit; and from the lesser settle even to make your burnt offerings upon the
the greater settle shall he four cubits, altar, and your peace offerings; and
and the breadth one cubit. I will accept you, saith the Lord God.
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ing and the sacrifice for the people,and

CHAPTER 44 they shall stand before them to minis-
THEN he brought me back the way ter unto them.
12 Because they ministered unto
of the gâte of the outward sanctu-
ary which looketh toward the east;and them before their idols, and caused the
it was shut. house of Israël to fall into iniquity;
2 Then said the Lord unto me; therefore have I lifted up mine hand
This gâte shall be shut, it shall net be against them,saith the Lord God,cind
opened, and no man shall enter in by they shall bear their iniquity.
it; because the Lord,the God of Israël, 13 And they shall not come near
hath entered in by it, therefore it shall unto me, to do the office of a priest
be shut. unto me, nor to come near to any of
3 It is for the prince; the prince, my holy things,in the most holy place:
he shall sit in it to eat bread before but they shall bear their shcime, and
the Lord; he shall enter by the way of their abominations which they have
the porch of fhat gâte, and shall go out committed.
by the way of the same. 14 But I will make them keepers
4 Then brought he me the way of of the charge of the house, for ail the
the north gâte before the house: and I service thereof,and for ail that shall be
looked, and, behold, the glory of the done therein.
Lord filled the house of the Lord: and 15 But the priests the Levites, the
I fell upon my face. sons of Za'-dok,that kept the charge of
5 And the Lord said unto me. Son my sanctuary when the children of
of man, mark well, and behold with Israël went astray from me,they shall
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears ail come near to me to minister unto me,
that I say unto thee concerning ail the cind they shall stand before me to offer
ordinances of the house of the Lord, unto me the fat £ind the blood, saith
and ail the laws thereof; and mark well the Lord God:
the entering in ofthe house, with every 16 They shall enter into my sanctu
going forth of the Scinctuary. ary, and they shall come near to my
6 And thou shalt say to the rebel table, to minister unto me, and they
lions, even to the house of Israël, Thus shall keep my charge.
saith the Lord God; O ye house of 17 And it shall come to pass, that
Israël, let it suffice you of ail your when they enter in at the gâtes of the
abominations, inner court, they shall be clothed with
7 In that ye have brought into my linen garments;and no wool shall come
sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in upon them, whiles they minister in
heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, the gâtes of the inner court, and
to be in my sanctuary, to pollute within.
it, even my house, when ye ofîer my 18 They shall have linen bonnets
bread, the fat and the blood, and they upon their heads, and shall have linen
have broken my covenant because of breeches upon their loins; they shall
ail your abominations. not gird themselves with any thing that
8 And ye have not kept the charge causeth sweat.
of mine holy things: but ye have set 19 And when they go forth into the
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary utter court,even into the utter court to
for yourselves. the people, they shall put ofî their
9 Thus saith the Lord God; No garments wherein they ministered,and
stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor lay them in the holy chambers, and
imcircumcised in flesh, shall enter into they shall put on other garments;
my sanctuary, of any stranger that is and they shall not sanctify the people
among the children of Israël. with their garments.
10 And the Levites that are gone 20 Neither shall they shave their
away far from me, when Israël went heads, nor suffer their locks to grow
astray, which went astray away from long; they shall only poil their heads.
me after their idols; they shall even 21 Neither shall any priest drink
bear their iniquity. wine, when they enter into the inner
11 Yet they shall be ministers in my court.
sanctuary, having charge at the gâtes 22 Neither shall they take for their
of the house, and ministering to the wives a widow, nor her that is put
house: they shall slay the bumt offer- away: but they shall take maidens of
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the seed of the house of Israël, or a thousand, and the breadth of ten
widow that had a priest before. thousand: and in it shall be the sanctu
23 And they shall teach my people ary and the most holy place,
fhe différence between the holy and 4 The holy portion of the land shall
profane, and cause them to discem be for the priests the ministers of the
between the unclean and the clean. sanctuary, which shall come near to
24 And in controversy they shall minister unto the Lord: and it shaÛ
stand in judgment; and they shall be a place for their houses,and an holy
judge it according to my judgments: place for the sanctuary.
and they shall keep my laws and my 5 And the five and twenty thousand
statutes in ail mine assemblies; and of length, and the ten thousand of
they shall hâllow my sabbaths. breadth, shall also the Levites, the
25 And they shall come at no dead ministers of the house, have for them
person to defile themselves; but for selves, for a possession for twenty
father, or for mother, or for son, or for chambers.
daughter, for brother, or for sister 6 And ye shall appoint the posses
that hath had no husband, they may sion of the city five thousand broad,
defile themselves. and five and twenty thousand long,
26 And after he is cleansed, they over against the oblation of the holy
shall reckon unto him seven days. portion: it shall be for the whole house
27 And in the day that he goeth into of Israël.
the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to 7 And a portion shall be for the
minister in the sanctuary,he shall offerprince on the one side and on the other
his sin ofïering, saith the Lord God. side of the oblation of the holy por
28 And it shall be unto them for an tion, and of the possession of the city,
inheritance: I am their inheritance: before the oblation of the holy portion,
and ye shall give them no possession in and before the possession of the city,
Israël: I am their possession, from the west side westward,and from
29 They shall eat the meat offering, the east side eastward: and the length
and the sin ofïering, and the trespass shall be over against one of the por
offering; and every dedicated thing in tions, from the west border unto the
Israël shall be theirs. east border.
30 And the first of ail the firstfruits 8 In the land shall be his possession
of ail things, and every oblation of ail, in Israël: and my princes shall no more
of every sort of your oblations, shall oppress my people; and the rest of the
be the priest's: ye shall also give unto land shall they give to the house of
the priest the first of your dough, that Israël according to their tribes.
he may cause the blessing to rest in 9 Thus saith the Lord Gôd; Let it
thine house. sufiice you, O princes of Israël: remove
31 The priests shall not eat of any violence and spoil, and execute judg
thing that is dead of itself, or tom, ment and justice, take away your
whetiier it be fowl or beast. exactions from my people, saith the
Lord God.
CHAPTER 45 10 Ye shall have just balances, and
a just ephah, and a just bath.
fOREOVER,when ye shall divide 11 The ephah and the bath shall be
by lot the land for inheritance, of one measure, that the bath may
ye shall offer an oblation unto the contain the tenth part of an homer,
Lord, an holy portion of the land: the and the ephah the tenth part of an
length shall be the length of five and homer: the measure thereof shall be
twenty thousand reeds,and the breadth after the homer.
shall be ten thousand. This shall be 12 And the shekel shall be twenty
holy in ail the borders thereof round gerahs:twenty shekels,five and twenty
about. shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your
2 Of this there shall be for the maneh.
sanctuary five hundred in length, with 13 This is the oblation that ye shall
five hundred in breadth, square round offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an
about; and fifty cubits round about for homer of wheat, and ye shall give the
the suburbs thereof. sixth part of an ephah of an homer of
3 And of this measure shalt thou barley:
measure the length of five and twenty 14 Conceming the ordinance of oil.
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the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth according to the meat offering, and
part of a bath eut of the cor^ which is according to the oil.
an homer of ten baths; for ten baths
are an homer:
CHAPTER 46
15 And one lamb ont of the flock, Thus saith the Lord God; The
ont of two hundred, ont of the fat gâte of the inner court that looketh
pastures of Israël; for a meat offering, toward the east shall be shut the six
and for a bnmt offering, and for peace working days; but on the sabbath it
offerings, to make reGonciliation for shall be opened, and in the day of the
them, saith the Lord God. new moon it shall be opened.
16 AU the people of the land shall 2 And the prince shall enter by the
give this oblation for the prince in way of the porch pf that gâte without,
Israël. and shall stand by the post of the gâte,
17 And it shall be the prince's part and the priests shall préparé his burnt
to give bumt offerings, and meat offering and his peace offerings, and he
offerings, and drink offerings, in the shall worship at the threshold of the
feasts, and in the new moons, and in gâte: then he shaU go forth; but the
the sabbaths, in ail solemnities of the gâte shall not be shut imtU the eve-
house of Israël; he shall préparé the ning.
sin offering, and the meat offering, 3 Likewise the people of the land
and the bumt offering, and the peace shall worship at the door of this gâte
offeringSj to make reconciUation for before the Lord in the sabbaths and
the house of Israël. in the new moons.
18 Thus saith the Lord God; In the 4 And the bumt offering that the
first month, in the first day of the prince shaU offer unto the Lord in the
month, thou shalt take a young bul- sabbath day shall be six lambs without
lock without blemish, and cleanse the blemish, and a ram without blemish.
sanctuary: 5 And the meat offering shall be an
19 And the priest shall take of the ephah for a ram,cind the meat offering
blood of the sin offering, and put it for the lambs as he shaU be able to
upon the posts of the house, and upon give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
the four comers of the. settle of the 6 And in the day of the new moon
altar, and upon the posts of the gâte of it shall be a young bullock without
the inner court. blemish, and six lambs, cind, a ram:
20 And so thou shalt do the seventh they shall be without blemish.
day of the month for every one that 7 And he shaU préparé a meat offer
erreth, and for him that is simple: so ing, an ephah for a .buUock, and an
shaU ye reconcUe the house. ephah for a ram, and for the lambs
21 In the first month, in the four- according as his hand shaU attain
teenth day of the month, ye shall have unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
the passover, a feast of seven days; 8 And when the prince shall enter,
unleavened bread shaU be eaten. he shall go in by the way of the porch
22 And upon that day shall the of that gâte, and he shall go forth by
prince préparé for himself and for ail the way thereof.
the people of the land a bullock for a 9 But when the people of the land
sin offering. shall come before the Lord in the
23 And seven days of the feast he solemn feasts, he that entereth in by
shaU préparé a burnt offering to the the way of the north gâte to worship
Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams shall go out by the way of the south
without blemish daily the seven days; gâte; and he that entereth by the way
and a kid of the goats daily /or a sin of the south gâte shall go forth by the
offering. way of the north gâte: he shall not
24 And he shall préparé a meat retum by the way of the gâte whereby
offering of an ephah for a buUock, and he came in, but shall go forth over
an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oU against it.
for an ephah. 10 And the prince in the midst of
25 Inr the seventh month, in the them, when they go in, shall go in;
fifteenth day of the month, shaU he and when they go forth, shall go forth.
dô the like ih the feast of the seven 11 And in the feasts and in the
days, according to.the sin offering, solemnities the meat offering shall be
according to the bumt offering, and an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah
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to a ram, and to the lambs as he Is behold, in every corner of the court

able to give, and an hin of cil to an there was a coiirt.
ephah. 22 In the four corners of the court
12 Now when the prince shall pré there were courts joined of forty cuhits
paré a voluntary burnt offering or long and thirty broad: these four
peace offerings voluntarily unto the corners were of one measure.
Lord,one shall then open him the gâte 23 And there was a row of huilding
that looketh toward the east, and he round about in them, round about
shall préparé his burnt offering and his them four, and it was made with boil-
Eeace offerings, as lie did on the sab- ing places under the rows round about.
24 Then said he unto me,thesè are
ath day: then he shall go forth; and
after his going forth one shall shut the the places of them that boil, where the
gâte. ministers of the house shall boil the
13 Thou shalt daily préparé a burnt sacrifice of the peoplè.
offering unto the Lord ofa lamb of the
first year without blemish: thou shalt CHAPTER 47
préparé it èvery morning.
14 And thou shalt préparé a meat AFTERWARD he brought me again
offering for it every morning,the sixth unto the door of the house; and,
part of an ephah, and the third part of behold, waters issued out from under
an hin of oil, to temper with the fine the threshold of the house eastward:
flour; a meat offering continually by à for the forefront of the house stood
perpétuai ordinance unto the Lord. toward the east, and the waters came
15 Thus shall they préparé the down from under from the right side
lamb, and the méat offering, and the of the house, at the south side of the
oil, évery morning for a continuai altar.
burnt offering. 2 Then brought he me out of the
16 Thiis saith the Lord God; If the way of the gâte northward, and led me
prince give a gift unto any of his sons, about the way without unto the utter
the inheritance thereof shall be his gâte by the way that looketh east
sons*; it shall be their possession by ward; and, behold, there ran out wa
inheritance. ters on the right side.
17 But If he give a gift of his in 3 And when the man that had the
heritance to one of his- servants, then line in his hand went forth eastward,
it shall be his to thé year of liberty; he measured a thousand cubits, and he
after it shall retum to the prince; but brought me through the waters; the
his inheritance shall be his sons* for waters were to the ancles.
them. 4 Again he measured a thousand,
18 Moreover the prince shall not and brought me through the waters;
take of the people*s inheritance by the waters were to the knees. Again he
oppression, to thrust them out of their measured a thousand, and brought me
possession; but he shall give his sons through; the waters were to the loins.
inheritance out of his own possession: 5 Afterward he measured a thou
that my people be not scattered every sand; and it was a river that I could
man from his possession. not pass over: for the waters were
19 After he brought me through risen, waters to swim in, a river that
the entry, which was at the side of the could not be passed over.
gâte, into the holy chambers of the 6 And he said unto me. Son of man,
priests, which looked toward the north: hast thou seen this? Thén he brought
and, behold, there was 2i place on the me, and caused me to retum to the
two sides westward. brink of the river.
20 Then said he unto me, This îs 7 Now when I had retumed, be
the place where the priests shall boil hold, at the bank of the river were very
the trespass offèring and the sin offer many trees on the one side and on the
ing, where they shall bake the meat othen
offering; that they bear them not out 8 Then said he unto mç^ These
into the utter court, to sanctify the waters issue out toward thé east coun-
people. try, and go down into the desert, and
21 Then he brought me Torth into go into the sea: which being brought
the utter court, and caused me to pass forth into the sea, the waters shall be
by the four corners of the court; and. healed.
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9 And ît shall corne to pass, that great sea. And this is the south side
every thing that llveth, which moveth, southward.
whithersoever the rivers shall corne, 20 The west side also shall be the
shall live: and there shall be a very great sea from the border, till a man
great multitude of fish, because these come over against Ha'-math. This is
waters shall come thither: for they the west side.
shall be healed; and every thing shall 21 So shall ye divide this land unto
live whither the river cometh. you according to the tribes of Israël.
10 And it shall come to pass, that 22 And it shall come to pass, that
the fishers shall stand upon it from ye shall divide it by lot for an inherit
En-ge'di even unto En-eg'-la-im; they ance unto you, and to the strangers
shall be a place to spread forth nets; that sojoum among you, which shall
their fish shall be according to their beget children among you: and they
kinds, as the fish of the great sea, shall be unto you as bom in the coun-
exceeding many, try among the children of Israël; they
11 But the miry places thereof and shall have inheritance with you among
the marishes thereof shall not be the tribes of Israël.
healed; they shall be given to sait, 23 And it shall come to pass, that
12 And by the river upon the bank in what tribe the stranger sojoumeth,
thereof, on this side and on that side, there shall ye give him his inheritance,
shall grow ail trees for meat, whose saith the Lord God.
leaf shall not fade, neither shall the
fruit thereof be consumed: it shall CHAPTER 48
bring forth new fruit according to his
months, because their waters they NOW these are the names of the
issued out of the sanctuary: and the tribes. From the north end to the
fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the coast of the way of Heth'-lon, as one
leaf thereof for medicine. goeth to Ha'-math, Ha'-zar-e'-nan, the
13 Thus saith the Lord God; This border of DEunascus northward, to the
shall be the border, whereby ye shall coast of Ha'-math; for these are his
inherit the land according to the twelve sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
tribes of Israël; Joseph shall have two 2 And by the border of Dan, from
portions. the east side unto the west side, a
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as portion for Asher.
well as another: conceming the which 3 And by the border of Asher,from
I lifted up mine hand to give it unto the east side even unto the west side, a
your fathers: and this land shall fall portion for Naph'-ta-li.
unto you for inheritance. 4 And by the border of Naph'-ta-li,
15 And this shall be the border of from the east side unto the west side,a
the land toward the north side, from portion for Ma-nas'-seh.
the great sea, the way of Heth'-Ion, as 5 And by the border of Ma-nas'-seh,
men go to Ze'-dad; from the east side unto the west side, a
16 Ha'-math,Be-ro'thah, Sib-ra-im, portion for E'-phra-im.
which is between the border of Damas- 6 And by the border of E'-phra-im,
cus and the border of Ha'-math; from the east side even unto the west
Ha-zar-haf-ti-con, which is by the side, a portion for Reuben.
coast of Hau'-ran. 7 And by the border of Reuben,
17 And the border from the sea from the east side imto the west side,
shall be Ha-zar-e-nan, the border of a portion for Judah.
Damascus, and the north northward, 8 And by the border of Judah,
and the border of Ha'-math. And this from the east side unto the west side,
is the north side. shall be the offering which ye shall
18 And the east side ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand
measure from Hau-ran, and from reeds in breadth, and in length as one
Damascus, and from Gilead, and from of the other parts, from the east side
the land of Israël by Jordan,from the imto the west side: and the sanctuary
border unto the east sea. And this is shall be in the midst of it.
the east side. 9 The oblation that ye shall offer
19 And the south side southward, imto the Lord shall be of five and
from Ta-mar even to the waters of twenty thousand in length, and of ten
strife in Ka-desh, the river to the thousand in breadth.
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10 And for them, even for the
priests, shall be this holy oblation;
toward the north five and twenty
thousand in length, and toward the
west ten thousand in breadth, and
toward the east ten thousand in
breadth,and toward the south five and
twenty thousand in length: and the
sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the
midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are
sanctified of the sons of Za-dok; which
have kept my charge, which went not
astray when the children of Israël
went astray, as the Levites went
astray.
12 And this oblation of the land
that is offered shall be unto them a
thing most holy by the border of the
Levites.
13 And over against the border of
the priests the Levites shall have five
and twenty thousand in length, and
ten thousand in breadth: ail the length
shall be five and twenty thousand, and
the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it,
neither exchange, nor alienate the
firstfruits of the land: for it is holy
unto the Lord.
15 And the five thousand, that are
left in the breadth over against the
five and twenty thousand, shall be a
profane place for the city,for dwelling,
and for suburbs: and the city shall be
in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures
thereof; the north side four thousand
and five hundred, and the south side
four thousand and five hundred, and
on the east side four thousand and
five hundred, and the west side four
thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city
shall be toward the north two hundred
and fifty, and toward the south two
hundred and fifty, and toward the
east two hundred and fifty, and to
ward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over
against the oblation of the holy por
tion shall be ten thousand eastward,
and ten thousand westward: and it
shall be over against the oblation of the
holy portion; and the increase thereof
shall be for food unto them that serve
the city.
19 And they that serve the city
shall serve it out of ail the tribes of
Israël.
20 AU the oblation shall be five and
twenty thousand by five and twenty
thousand: ye shall offer the holy obla
tion foursquare, with the possession of
the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the
prince,on the one side and on the other
of the holy oblation, and of the posses
sion of the city, over against the five
and twenty thousand of the oblation
toward the east border, and westward
over against the five and twenty
thousand toward the west border, over
against the portions for the prince: and
it shall be the holy oblation; and the
sanctuary of the house shall be in the
midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession
of the Levites, and from the possession
of the city, being in the midst of that
which is the prince's, between the
border of Judah and the border of
Benjcunin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes,
from the east side unto the west side.
Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin,
from the east side unto the west side,
Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon,
from the east side unto the west side,
Is-sa-char a portion.
26 And by the border of Is-sa-char,
from the east side unto the west side,
Zeb-u-lun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zeb-u-lim,
from the east side unto the west side,
Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at
the south side southward, the border
shaU be even from Ta-mar unto the
waters of strife in Ka-desh, and to the
river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shaU
divide by lot unto the tribes of Israël
for inheritance, and these are their
portions, saith the Lord God.
30 And these are the goings out of
the city on the north side, four thou
sand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gâtes of the city shall be
after the names of the tribes of Israël:
three gâtes northward; one gâte of
Reuben, one gâte of Judah, one gâte
of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thou
sand and five hundred: and three
gâtes; and one gâte of Joseph, one
gâte of Benjamin, one gâte of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thou
sand and five hundred measures: and
three gâtes; one gâte of Simeon, one
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gâte of Is-sa-char, one gâte of Zeb'-u- gâte of Asher, one gâte of Naph-ta-li.
lun. 35 It was round about eighteen
34 At the west side four thou- thousand measures: and the name of
sand and five hundred, îvith theirthe city from that day shaïl he, The
three gâtes; one gâte of Gad, one Lord is there.

The Book of

DANIEL
9 Now God had brought Daniel
CHAPTER I
IN the third year of the reign of
Je-hoi-a-kim king of Judah came
into favour and tender love with the
prince of the eunuchs.
10 And the prince of the eunuchs
Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar king of Baby- said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the
lon unto Jérusalem, and besieged it. king, who hath appointed your meat
2 And the Lord gave Je-hoi'-a-kim and your drink: for why should he see
king of Judah into his hand, with part your faces worse liking than the chil
of the vessels of the house of God: dren which are of your sort? then shall
which he carried into the land of Shi'- ye make me endanger my head to the
nar to the house of his god; and he king.
brought the vessels into the treasure 11 Then said Daniel to Mel'-zar,
house of his god. whom the prince of the eunuchs had
3 And the king spake unto Ash-pe- set over Daniel, Han-a-ni'-éih, Mish'-a-
naz the master of his eunuchs, that he el, and Az-a-ri'-ah,
should bring certain of the children of 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech
Israël, and of the king's seed, and of thee, ten days; and let them give us
the princes; puise to eat, and water to drink.
4 Children in whom was no blemish, 13 Then let our coimtenances be
but well favoured, and skilful in ail looked upon before thee, and the
wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, countenance of the children that eat of
and understanding science, and such the portion of the king's meat: and as
as had ability in them to stand in the thou seest, deal with thy servants.
king's palace, and whom they might 14 So he consented to them in this
teach the learning and the tongue of matter, and proved them ten days.
the Chal-de-ans. 15 And at the end of ten days their
5 And the king appointed them a countenances appeared fairer and fat-
daily provision of the king's meat,and ter in flesh than ail the children which
of the wine which he drank: so nour- did eat the portion of the king's meat.
ishing them three years, that at the 16 Thus Mel'-zar took away . the
end thereof they might stand before portion of their meat, and the wine
the king. that they should drink; and gave them
6 Now among these were of the puise.
children of Judah, Daniel, Han-a- 17 As for these four children, God
ni-ah, Mish'-a-el, and Az-a-ri-ah: gave them knowledge and skill in ail
7 Unto whom the prince of the leaming and wisdom: and Daniel had
eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto understanding in ail visions and
Daniel the name of Bel-te-shaz-zar; dreams.
and to Han-a-ni-ah, of Sha-drach; and 18 Now at the end of the days that
to Mish'-a-el, of Me'-shach; and to the king had said he should bring
Az-a-ri'-ah, of A-bed-ne-go. them in,then the prince ofthe eunuchs
8 But Daniel purposed in his heart brought them in before Neb-u-chad-
that he would not defile himself with nez'-zar.
the portion of the king's meat, nor 19 And the king communed with
with the wine which he drank: there- them; and among them ail was found
fore he requested of the prince of the none like Daniel, Han-a-ni'-ah, Mish'-a-
eunuchs that he might not defile him el,and Az-a-ri'-ah:therefore stood they
self. before the king.
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20 And in ail matters of wisdom 11 And it is a rare thing that the

and understanding, that the king en- king requireth, and there is none other
quired of them, he found them ten that can shew it before the king,except
times better than ail the magicians the gods, whose dwelling is not with
and astrologers that were in eill his flesh.
realm. 12 For this cause the king was
21 And Daniel continued even unto angry and very furious, and com
the first year of king Cynis. manded to destroy ail the wise men of
Babylon.
CHAPTER 2 13 And the decree went forth that
^ND in the second year of the reign the wise men should be slain; and they
of Neb-u-chad-nez-zar Neb-u- sought Daniel and his fellows to be
chad-nez'-zar dreamed dreams, where- slain.
wlth his spirit was troubled, and his 14 Then Daniel answered with
sleep brake from him. counsel and wisdom to A'-ri-och the
2 Then the king commanded to call captain of the king's guard, which was
the magicians,cind the astrologers, and gone forth to slay the wise men of
the sorcerers, and the Chal-de-ans, for Babylon:
to shew the king his dreams. So they 15 He answered and said to A'-ri-och
came and stood before the king. the king's captain, Why is the decree
3 And the king said unto them, I 50 hasty from the king? Then A'-ri-och
have dreamed a dream, and my spirit made the thing known to Daniel.
was troubled to know the dream. 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired
4 Then spakethe Chal-de'-ans to the of the king that he would give him
king in Syr'-i-ack, O king,live for ever: time, and that he would shew the king
tell thy servants the dream, and we the interprétation.
will shew the interprétation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house,
5 The king answered and said to the and made the thing known to Han-a-
Chal-de'-ans, The thing is gone from ni'-ah, Mish'-a-el, and Az-a-ri'-ah, his
me: if ye will not make known unto companions:
me the dream, with the inte^retation 18 That they would desire mercies
thereof, ye shall be eut in pièces, and of the God of heaven conceming this
your houses shall be made a dunghill. secret; that Daniel and his fellows
6 But if ye shew the dream,and the should not perish with the rest of the
interprétation thereof, ye shall receive wise men of Babylon.
of me gifts and rewards and great 19 Then was the secret revealed
honour: therefore shew me the dream, unto Daniel in a night vision. Then
and the interprétation thereof. Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
7 They answered again and said, 20 Danielanswered and said,Blessed
Let the king tell his servants the be the name of God for ever and ever:
dream, and we will shew the interpré for wisdom and might are his:
tation of it. 21 And he changeth the times and
8 The king answered and said, I the seasons: he removeth kings, and
know of certainty that ye would gain setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom
the time, because ye see the thing is unto the wise, and knowledge to them
gone from me. that know understanding:
9 But if ye will not make known 22 He revealeth the deep and secret
unto me the dream, there is but one things: he knoweth what is in the
decree for you: for ye have prepared darkness, and the light dwelleth with
lying and corrupt words to speak be him.
fore me, till the time be changed: 23 I thank thee, and praise thee,
therefore tell me the dreeim, and I O thou God of my fathers, who hast
shall know that ye can shew me the given me wisdom and might, and hast
interprétation thereof. made known unto me now what we
10 The Chal-de'-ans answered be desired of thee: for thou hast notu
fore the king, and said, There is not a made known unto us the king's
man upon the earth that can shew the matter.
king's matter: therefore there is no 24 Therefore Daniel went in unto
king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such A'-ri-och, whom the king had ordained
things at any magician, or astrologer, to destroy the wise men of Babylon:
or Chal-de'-an. he went and said thus unto him; De-
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stroy not the wîse men of Babylon: great mountain, and filled the whole
bring me in before the king, and I will earth.
shew unto the king the interpréta 36 This is the dream; and we will
tion, tell the interprétation thereof before
25 Then A'-ri-och brought in Daniel the king.
before the king in haste, and said thus 37 Thou,O king,art a king of kings:
unto him, I have found a man of the for the God of heaven.hath given thee
captives of Judah, that will make a kingdom, power, and strength, and
known unto the king the interpré glory.
tation. 38 And wheresoever the children of
26 The king^answered and said to men dwell, the beasts of the field and
Daniel, whose name was Bél-te-shaz- the fpwls of the heaven hath he given
zar, Art thou able to make known unto into thine hand, and hath made thee
me the dream which I have seen, and ruler over them ail. Thou art this head
the interprétation théreof? of gold.
27 Daniel answered in the presence 39 And after thee shall arise an-
of the king, and said, The secret which other kingdom inferior to thee, and
the king hath demanded cannot the another tûrd kingdom of brass, which
wise men, the astrologers, the magi- shall bear rule over ail the earth.
cians, the soothsayers, shew unto the 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be
king; strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
28 But there is a God in heaven that breaketh in pièces and subdueth ail
revealeth secrets, and maketh known things: and as iron that breaketh ail
to the king Neb-u-chad-nez-zar what these, shall it break in pièces and
shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, bruise.
and the visions ôf thy head upon thy 41 And whereas thou sawest the
bed, are these; feet and toes, part of potters* clay,and
29 As for thee, O king,thy thoughts part of iron, the kingdom shall be
came into thy mind upon thy bed, divided; but there shall be in it of the
what should come to pass hereafter: strength of the iron,forasmuch as thou
and he that revealeth secrets maketh sawest the iron mixed with miry
known to thee what shall come to clay.
pass. 42 And as the toes of the feet were
30 But as for me, this secret is not part of iron, and part of clay, so the
revealed to me for any wisdom that I kingdom shall be partly strong, and
have more than any living, but for partly broken.
their sakes that shall make known the 43 And whereas thou sawest iron
interprétation to the king, and that mixed with miry clay, they shall min-
thou mightest know the thoughts of gle themselves with the seed of men:
thy heart. but they shall not cleave one to an
31 Thou,O king,sawest,and behold other, even as iron is not mixed with
a great image. This great image, whose clay.
brightness was excellent, stood before 44 And in the days of these kings
thee; and the form thereof was terrible. shall the God of heaven set up a king
32 This image's head was of fine dom, which shall never be destroyed:
gold, his breast and his arms of silver, and the kingdom shall not be left to
his belly and his thighs of brass, other people, but it shall break in
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of pièces and consume ail these king-
iron and part of clay. doms, and it shall stand for ever.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that
eut out without hands, which smote the stone was eut out of the mountsdn
the image upon his feet that were of without hands, and that it brake in
iron and clay, and brake them to pièces the iron, the brass, the clay, the
pièces. . silver,and the gold;the great God hath
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the made known to the king what shall
brass, the silver, and the gold, broken come to pass hereafter: and the dream
to pièces together, and became like the is certain, and the interprétation
chaff of the sunmier threshingfloors; thereof sure.
and the wind carried them away, that 46 Then the king Neb-u-chad-
no place was found for them: and the nez'-zar fell upon his face, and wor-
stone that smote the image became a shipped Daniel, and commanded that
26
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they should offèr an oblation and down and worshipped the golden image
sweet odours unto him. that Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar the king had
47 The king answered untô Daniel, set up.
and said, Of a truth it is, ttiat yôur 8 Wherefore at that time certain
God is a God of gods, and a Lord of Chal-de'-ans came near, and accused
kings^ and a revealer of secrets, seeing the Jews.
thon couldest roveal this secret. 9 They spake and said to the king
48 Then the king made Daniel a Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar, O iking, live for
great man, and gave him many great ever.
gifts, and made him ruler over the 10 Thou, O king, hast made a de-
whole-province of Babylon, and chief cree, that every man that shall hear
of the govemors over ail the wise men the Sound of the cornet, flûte, harp,
of Babylon. sackbut, psaltei^, and dulcimer, and
49 Thên Daniel requested of the ail kinds of musick> shall fall down and
king, and he set Sha'-drach, Me-shach, worship the golden image:
and A-bed-ne-go, over the affairs of 11 And whoso falleth not down and
the province of Babylon: but Daniel worshippeth, fhaf he should be caist
sat in the gâte of the king. into the midst of a burning fiery
fumace.
CHAPTER3 12 There are certain Jews whom
XTTSB-U-CHAD^NEZr-ZAR the king thou hast set over the affairs of the
1\| made an image of gold, whose province of Babylon, Sha'-drach,
height was threescore cubits, and the Me'-shach, and A-bed'-ne-go; these
breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up men, O king, have not regarded thee:
in the plain of Du-ra, in the province they serve not thy gods, nor worship
of Babylon. the golden image which thou hast set
2 Then Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar the king up.
sent to gather together the princes, 13 Then Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar in his
the goveriiors, and the captains, the rage and fury commanded to bring
judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, Sha'-drach, Me'-shach, and A-bed-
the sheriffs, and ail the rulers of the ne-go. Then they brought these men
provinces, to come to the dedication of before the king.
the image whîch Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar 14 Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar spake and
the king had set up. said unto them,Is it true, O Sha'-drach,
3 Then the princes, the govemors, Me'-shach, and A-bed-ne-go, do not
and captains, the judges, the treas ye serve my gods, nor worship the
urers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and golden image which I have set up?
ail the mlers of the provinces, were 15 Now if ye be ready that at what
gatherèd together unto the dedication time ye hear the sound of the comet,
of the image that Neb-u-chad-nez-zar flûte, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
the king had set up; and they stood dulcimer, and ail kinds of musick, ye
before the image that Neb-u-chad- fall down and worship the image which
nez'-zar had set up. I have made; well: but if ye worship
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To not, ye shall be cast the same hour
you it is commanded, O people, na into the midst of a burning fiery
tions, and languages, fumace; and who is that God that
5 That at what time ye hear the shall deliver you out of my hands?
Sound of the cornet, flûte, harp, sack- 16 Sha'-drach, Me'-shach, and A-
but, psaltery, dulcimer, and ail kinds bed-ne-go, answered and said to the
of musick, ye fall down and worship king, O Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar^ we are
the golden image that Neb-u-chad- not careful to answer thee in thds
nez'-zar the king hath set up: matter.
6 And whoso falleth not down and 17 If it be so, our God whom we
worshippeth shall the same hour be serve is able to deliver us from the
cast into the midst of a buming fiery burning fiery fumace, and he will
fumace. deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
7 Therefore at that time, when ail 18 But if not, be it known unto
the people heard the sound of the thee, O king, that we will not serve
cornet, flûte, harp, sackbut, psaltery, thy gods,nor worship the golden image
and ail kinds of musick, ail the people, which thou hast set up.
the nations, and the languages, fell 19 Then was Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar
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full of fury, and the forin of his visage yielded their bodies, that they might
was changed against Sha-drach, Me- not serve nor worship any god, except
shach, and A-bed-ne-go: therefore he their own God.
spake, and commanded that they 29 Therefore I make a decree, That
should heat the fumace one seven every people, nation, and language,
times more than it was wont to be which speak any thing amiss against
heated. the God of Sha-drach, Me-shach, and
20 And he commanded the most A-bed-ne-go, shall be eut in pièces,
mighty men that were in his army to and their houses shall be made a
bind Sha-drach, Me-shach,and A-bed- dunghill: because there is no other
ne-go, and to cast them into the bum- Gk)d that can deliver after this sort.
ing fiery fumace. 30 Then the king promoted Sha-
21 Then these men were bound in drach, Me'-shach, and A-bed-ne-go,
their coats, their hosen, and their in the province of Babylon.
hats, and their other garments, and
were cast into the midst of the buming CHAPTER 4
fiery fumace.
22 Therefore because the king's Neb-u-chad-nez-zar the
commandment was urgent, and the king, unto ail people, nations
fumace exceeding hot,the flame of the and languages, that dwell in ail the
fire slew those men that took up Sha- earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
drach, Me-shach,and A-bed-ne-go. 2 I thought it good to shew the
23 And these three men Sha- signs and wonders that the high God
drach, Me-shach, and A-bed-ne-go, hath wrought toward me.
fell down bound into the midst of the 3 How great are his signs! and how
buming fiery fumace. mighty are his wonders! his kingdom
24 Then Neb-u-chad-nez-zar the is an everlasting kingdom, and his
king was astonied, and rose up in dominion is from génération to généra
haste, and spake, and said unto his tion.
counsellors, Did not we cast three men 4 I Neb-u-çhad-nez-zar was at rest
bound into the midst of the fire? They in mine house, and fiourishing in my
answered and said unto the king, Tme, palace:
O king. 5 I saw a dream which made me
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed
four men loose, walking in the midst of and the visions of my head troubled
the fire, and they have no hurt; and me.
the form of the fourth is like the Son of 6 Therefore made I a decree to
God. bring in ail the wise men of Babylon
26 Then Neb-u-chad-nez-zar came before me, that they might ,make
near to the mouth of the buming fiery known unto me the interprétation of
fumace, and spake, and said, Sha- the dream.
drach, Me-shach, and A-bed-ne-go, 7 Then came in the magicians, the
ye servants of the most high God, astrologers, the Chal-de-ans, and the
come forth, and come hither* Then soothsayers: and I told the dream
Sha-drach, Me-shach, and A-bed- before them; but they did not make
ne-go, came forth of the midst of the known unto me the interprétation
fire. thereof.
27 And the princes, govemors, and 8 But at the last Daniel came in
captains, and the king's counsellors, before me, whose name was Bel-te-
being gathered together, saw these shaz-zar, according to the name of my
men, upon whose bodies the fire had god, and in whom is the spirit of the
no power, nor was an hair of their head holy gods: and before him I told the
singed, neither were their coats dream, saying,
changed, nor the smell of fire had 9 O Bel-te-shaz-zar, master of the
passed on them. magicians, because I know that the
28 Then Neb-u-chad-nez-zar spake, spirit of the holy.gods is in thee, and
and said, Blessed be the God of Sha- no secret troubleth thee, tell me the
drach, Me-shach, and A-bed-ne-go, visions of my dream that I have seen,
who hath sent his angel, and delivered and the interprétation thereof.
his servants that tmsted in him, and . 10 Thus were the visions of mine
have changed the king's word, and head in my bed; I saw, and behold a
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tree in the midst of the earth, and the reached unto the heaven, and the
height thereof was great. sight thereof to ail the earth;
11 The tree grew, and was strong, 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the
and the height thereof reached unto fruit thereof much, and in it was meat
heaven, and the sight thereof to the for ail; under which the beasts of the
end of ail the earth: field dwelt, and upon whose branches
12 The leaves thereof were falr, and the fowls of the heaven had theîr
the fruit thereof much, and in it was habitation:
meat for ail: the beasts of the field had 22 It is thou, O king, that art
shadow under it, and the fowls of the grown ànd become strong: for thy
heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, greatness is grown, and reacheth unto
and ail flesh was fed of it. heaven, and thy dominion to the end
13 1 saw in the visions of my head of the earth.
upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher 23 And whereas the king saw a
and an holy one came down from watcher and an holy one coming down
heaven; from heaven, and saying, Hew the
14 He cried aloud, and said thus, tree down, and destroy it; yet leave
Hew down the tree, and eut off his the stump of the roots thereof in the
branches, shake off his leaves, and earth, even with a band of iron and
scatter his fruit: let the beasts get brass, in the tender grass of the field;
away from imder it, and the fowls and let it be wet with the dew of
from his branches: heaven, and Zet his portion be with the
15 Nevertheless lèave the stump beasts of the field, till seven times pass
of his roots in the earth, even with a over him;
band of iron and brass, in the tender 24 This is the interprétation, O
grass ofthe field; and let it be wet with king, and this is the decree of the most
the dew of heaven, and let his portion High, which is come upon my lord the
he with the beasts in the grass of the king:
earth: 25 That they shall drive thee from
16 Let his heart be changed from men, and thy dwelling shall be with
man's, and let a beast's heart be given the beasts of the field, and they shall
unto him: and let seven times pâss make thee to eat grass as oxen, and
over him. they shall wet thee with the dew of
17 This inatter is by the decree of heaven, and seven times shall pass
the watchers, and the demand by the over thee, till thou know that the most
Word of the holy ones: to the intent High ruleth in the kingdom of men,
that the living mày know that the and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
most High ruleth in the kingdom of 26 And whereas they commanded
men, and giveth it to whomsoever he to leave the stump of the tree roots;
will, and setteth up over it the basest thy kingdom shall be sure imto thee,
of men. after that thou shalt have known that
18 This dream I king Neb-u-chad- the heavens do rule.
nez'-zar have seen. Now thou, O Bel- 27 Wherefore, O king, let my coun-
te-shàz-zar, déclaré the interprétation sel bè acceptable unto thee, and break
thereof,forasmuch as ail the wise men off thy sins by righteousness,and thine
of my kingdom are not able to make iniquities by shewing mercy to the
known unto me the interprétation: poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy
but thou arf able; for the spirit of the tranquillity.
holy gods is in thee. 28 Ail this came upon the king
19 Then Daniel, whose name was Neb-u-chad-nez'zar.
Bel-te-shaz'-zar, was astonied for one 29 At the end of twelve months he
hour, and his thoughts troubled him. walked in the palace of the kingdom of
The king spake, and said, Bel-te- Babylon.
shaz'-zar, let not the dream, or the 30 The king spake, and said, Is not
interprétation thereof, trouble thee. this great Babylon, that I have built
Bel-tfr-shaz'-zar answered and said, for the house of the kingdom by the
My lord, the dream he to them that might of my power,and for the honour
hate thee, and the interpertation ofmymajesty?
thereof to thine enemies. 31 While the word was in the king's
20 The tree that thou sawest, which mouth, there fell a voice from heaven,
grew, and was strong, whose height saying, O king Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar,
 DANIEL 5
tô thee it is spoken; The kingdom is
departed from thée.
32 Ahd they shall drive thee from
men, and thy dwèlling shaU be with
the beasts of thé field; they shall make
thée to eât grass as oxén, and seven
times shall pass over thee, until thou
know that the most High ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoevér he wilL
33 The same hour was the thing
fulfilled upon Nèb-u-chad-nez-zar:and
he wàs driven from men, and did eat
grciss as oxen, and his body was wet
with the dew of heaven, till his hairs
wére grown like eagles' feathers, and
his nails like birds- claws,
34 And at the end of the da.ys I
Neb-ù-chad-nez-zar lifted up mine
eyes unto heaven, and mine under-
standing retùmed unto me, and I
blessed the most High, and I praised
and horioured him that liveth for ever,
whose dominion is an everlasting
dominion, and his kingdom is from
génération to generâtion:
35 And ail the inhabitants of the
earth are reputed as nothing: and he
doeth according to his will in the army
of heaven, aitid among the inhabitants
of the earth: ahd none can stay his
hand, or say unto him, What doest
thou?
36 At the same time my reason
retumed unto me; and for the glory
of my kingdom, mine honour and
brightness retumed unto me; and my
coimsellors and my lords sought unto
me; and I was established in my king
dom,ahd excellent majesty was added
unto me.
37 Ndw INeb-u-chad-nez-zar praise
and extol and honour the King of
heaven, ail whose works are tmth,and
his ways judgment: and those that
walk in pride he is able to abase.
ÇHAPTÊR 5
BEL-SHAZ-ZAR the king made a
great feast to a thoûsand of his
lords, and drank wine before the
thoûsand^
2 Bel-shaz'-zar, whiles he tasted the
wine, commanded to bring the golden
and silver vessels which his father
Neb-u-chad-nez'zar had taken ont of
the temple which was in Jérusalem;
that the kihg, and his princes, his
wives, and his concubines, might drink
therein.
3 Then they brought the golden
793
vessels that were taken out of the
temple of the house of God which was
at Jérusalem; and the king, and his
princes, his wives, and his concubines,
drank in them.
4 They drank wine, and praised the
gods of gold, and of sUver^ of brass, of
iron, of woodj and of stone.
5 In the same hour came forth
fingers of a man's hand, and wrote
over against the candlestick upon the
plaister of the wall of the kihg's palace:
and the king saw the part of the hand
that wrote.
6 Then the king's countenance was
changed, and his thoughts troubled
him,so that the joints of his loins were
loosed,and his knees smote one against
another.
7 The king cried aloud to bring in
the astrologers, the Chal-de-ans, and
the soothsayers. And the king spake,
and said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing,
and shew me the interprétation
thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet,
and have a chain of gold about his neck,
and shall be the third mler in the
kingdom.
8 Then came in ail the king's wise
men: but they'could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king
the interprétation thereof.
9 Then was king Bel-shaz-zargreatly
troubled, and his countenance was
changed in him^ and his lords were
astonied.
10 New the queen by reason of the
words of the king and his lords came
into the banquet house: and the queen
spake and said, O king, live for ever:
let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor
let thy countenance be changed:
11 There is a man in thy kingdom,
in whom is the spirit of the holy gods;
and in the days of thy father light and
understanding and yisdom, like the
wisdom of the gods, was found in him;
whom the king Neb-u-chadrnez-zar
thy father, thé king, I sày, thy father,
made master of the magicians, astrol
ogers, Chal-de'-ans, and soothsayers;
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit,
and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing
of hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the seime Daniel,
whom the king named Bèl-te-shaz'-zar:
now let Daniel be called, and he will
shew the interprétation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in be-
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fore the king. And the king spake and wives, and thy concubines, have drunk
said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, wine in them; and thou hast praised
which art of the children of the cap- the gods of silver, and gold, of brass,
tivity of Judah, whom the king my iron, wood, and stone, which see not,
father brought ont of Jewry? nor hear, nor know: and the God in
14 I have even heard of thee, that whose hand thy breath is, and whose
the spirit of the gods is in thee, and are ail thy ways, hast thou not glori-
that light and understanding and excel fied:
lent wisdom is found in thee. 24 Then was the part of the hand
15 And now the wise men, the sent from him; and this writing was
astrologers, have been brought in be- written.
fore me, that they should read this 25 And this is the writing that was
writing, and make known unto me the written, ME'-NE, ME'-NE, TE'-KEL,
interprétation thereof: but they could U-PHAR'-SIN.
not shew the interprétation of the 26 This is the interprétation of the
thing: thing: ME'-NE; God hath numbered
16 And I have heard of thee, that thy kingdom, and finished it.
thou canst make interprétations, and 27 TE'-KEL; Thou art weighed in
dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the balances, and art found wanting.
the writing, and make known to me 28 PE'-RES; Thy kingdom is di-
the interprétation thereof, thou shalt vided, and given to the Medes and
be clothed with scarlet, and have a Persians.
chain of gold about thy neck,and shalt 29 Then commemded Bel-shaz'-zar,
be the third ruler in the kingdom. and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,
17 Then Daniel answered and said and put a chain of gqld about his neck,
before the king, Let thy gifts be to and made a proclamation conceming
thyself, and give thy rewards to an- him, that he should be the third ruler
other; yet I will read the writing unto in the kingdom.
the king, and make known to him the 30 In that night was Bel-shaz'-zar
interprétation. the king of the Chal-de-aps slain.
18 O thou king, the most high God 31 And Darius the Me'-di-an took
gave Neb-u-chad-nez-zar thy father a the kingdom, heing about threescore
kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and and two years old.
honour:
19 And for the majesty that he CHAPTER 6
gave him, ail people, nations, and IT pleased Darius to set over the
languages, trembled and feared before kingdom an hundred and twenty
him: whom he would he slew; and princes, which should be over the
whom he would he kept alive; and whole kingdom;
whom he would he set up; and whom 2 And over these three présidents;
he would he put down. of whom Daniel was first: that the
20 But when his heart was lifted up, princes might give accounts unto
and his mind hardened in pride, he was them, and the king should have no
deposed from his kingly throne, and damage.
they took his glory from him: 3 Then this Daniel was preferred
21 And he was driven from the sons above the présidents and princes, be-
of men; and his heart was made like cause an excellent spirit was in him;
the beasts, and his dwelling was with and the king thought to set him over
the wild asses: they fed him with grass the whole realm.
like oxen, and his body was wet with 4 Then the présidents and princes
the dew of heaven; till he knew that sought to find occasion against Daniel
the most high God ruled in the king conceming the kingdom; but they
dom of men, and that he appointeth could find none occasion nor fault;
over it whomsoever he will. forasmuch as he was faithful, neither
22 And thou his son, O Bel-shaz- was there any error or fault found in
zar, hast not humbled thine heart, him.
though thou knewest ail this; 5 Then said these men, We shall not
23 But hast lifted up thyself against find any occasion against this Daniel,
the Lord of heaven; and they have except we find it against him concem^
brought the vessels of his house before ing the law of his God.
thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy 6 Then these présidents and princes
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assembled together to the king, and thou servest continually, he whl de

said thus unto him, King Darius» live liver thee.
for ever. 17 And a stone was brought, and
7 Ail the présidants of the kingdom» laid upon the mouth of the den; and
the governors, and the princes, the the king sealed it with his own signet,
counsellors, and the captains, have and with the signet of his lords; that
consulted together to establish a royal the purpose might not be changed
statute, and to make a firm decree, conceming Daniel.
that whosoever shall ask a pétition of 18 Then the king went to his palace,
any God or man for thirty days, save and passed thé night fasting: neither
of thee, O king, he shall be cast into were instruments of musick brought
the den of lions. before him; and his sleep went from
8 Now,O king,establish the decree, him.
and sign the writing, that it be not 19 Then the king arose very early
changed, according to the law of the in the moming,and went in haste unto
Medes and Persians, which altereth the den of lions.
not. 20 And when he came to the den,
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the he cried with a lamentable voice unto
writing and the decree. Daniel: and the king spake and said to
10 Now when Daniel knew that the Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living
writing was signed, he went into his God, is thy God, whom thou servest
house; and his Windows being open in continually, able to deliver thee from
his chamber toward Jérusalem, he the lions?
kneeled upon his knees three times a 21 Then said Daniel unto the king,
day, and prayed, and gave thanks O king, live for ever.
before his God, as he did aforetime. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and
11 Then these men assembled, and hath shut the lions* mouths, that they
found Daniel praying and making have not hurt me:forasmuch as before
supplication before his God. him innocency was found in me; and
12 Then they came near, and spake also before thee, O king, have I done
before the king conceming the king's no hurt.
decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, 23 Then was the king exceeding
that every man that shall ask a pétition glad for him, and commanded that
of any God or man within thirty days, they should take Daniel up out of the
save of thee, O king, shall be cast into den. So Daniel was taken up out of the
the den of lions? The king answered den, and no manner of hurt was found
and said, The thing is true, according upon him, because he believed in his
to the law of the Medes and Persians, God.
which altereth not. 24 And the king commanded, and
13 Then answered they and said they brought those men which had
before the king, That Daniel, which accused Daniel, and they cast them
is of the children of the captivity of into the den of lions, them, their
Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor children, and their wives; and the
the decree that thou hast signed, but lions had the mastery of them, and
maketh his pétition three times a brake ail their bones in pièces or
day. ever they came at the bottom of the
14 Then the king, when he heard den.
these words, was sore displeased with 25 Then king Darius wrote unto ail
himself, and set his heart on Daniel to people, nations, and languages, that
deliver him: and he laboured till the dwell in ail the earth; Peace be multi-
going down of the sun to deliver him. plied unto you.
15 Then these men assembled unto 26 I make a decree, That in every
the king, and said unto the king, dominion of my kingdom men tremble
Know, O king, that the law of the and fear before the God of Daniel: for
Medes and Persians is, That no decree he is the living God, and stedfast for
nor statute which the king establisheth ever, and his kingdom that which shall
may be changed. not be destroyed, and his dominion
16 Then the king commanded, and shall be even.unto the end.
they brought Daniel,and cast him into 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and
the den of lions. Now the king spake he worketh signs and wonders in
and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom heaven and in earth, who hath de-
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livered Daniel from the power of the before him: the judgment was set, and
lions, the books were opened,
28 Se this Daniel prospered in the 11 I beheld then because of the
reign of Darius, and in the reign of voice of the great words which the
Cyrus the Persian. hom spake: I beheld even till the beast
was slain, and his body destroyed, and
CHAPTER 7 given to the burning fiame,
IN the first year of Bel-shaz'-zar king 12 As conceming the rest of the
of Babylon Daniel had a dream beasts, they had their dominion taken
and visions of his head upon his bed: away: yet their lives were prolonged
then he wrote the dream, and told the for a season and time,
sum of the matters. 13 I saw in the night visions, and,
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in behold, one like the Son of man came
my vision by night, and, behold, the with the clouds of heaven, and came
four winds of the heaven strove upon to the Ancient of days, and they
the great sea, brought him near before him,
3 And four great beasts came up 14 And there was given him domin
from the sea,diverse one from another, ion, and glory, and a kingdom,that ail
4 The first was like a lion, and had people, nations, and languages, should
eagle*s wings: I beheld till the wings serve him: his dominion is an ever-
thereof were plucked, and it was lifted lasting dominion, which shall not pass
up from the earth, and made stand away, and his kingdom that which
upon the feet as a man, and a man's shall not be destroyed,
heart was given to it, 15 I Daniel was grieved in my
5 And behold another beast, a spirit in the midst of my body, and
second, like to a bear, and it raised up the visions of my head troubled me,
itself on one side, and it had three ribs 16 I came near unto one of them
in the mouth of it between the teeth that stood by,and asked him the truth
of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, of ail this, So he told me,and made me
devour much flesh, know the interprétation of the things,
6 After this I beheld, and lo an 17 These great beasts, which are
other, like a léopard, which had upon four, are four kings, which shall arise
the back of it four wings of a fowl; the out of the earth,
beast had also four heads; and domin- 18 But the saints of the most High
ion was given to it, shall take the kingdom, and possess
7 After this I saw in the night the kingdom for ever, eveh for ever
visions, and behold a fourth beast, and ever,
dreadful and terrible, and strong ex- 19 Then I would know the truth of
ceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: the fourth beast, which was diverse
it devoured and brake in pièces, and from ail the others,exceeding dreadful,
stamped the residue with the feet of it: whose teeth were of iron, and his nails
and it was diverse from ail the beasts of brass; which devoured, braké in
that were before it; and it had ten pièces, and stamped the residue with
horns, his feet;
8 I considered the horns, and, be 20 And of the ten horns that were
hold, there came up among them in his head, and of the other which
another little horn, before whom there came up, and before whom three fell;
were three of the first horns plucked even of that horn that had eyes, and a
up by the roots: and, behold, in this mouth that spake very great things,
hom were eyes like the eyes of man, whose look was more stout than his
and a mouth speaking great things, fellows,
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast 21 I beheld, and the same hom
down, and the Ancient of days did sit, made war with the saints, and pre-
whose garment was white as snow,and vailed against them;
the hair of his head like the pure wool: 22 Until the Ancient of days came,
his throne was like the fiery flame, and judgment was given to the saints
and his wheels as buming fire, of the most High; and the time came
10 A fiery stream issued and came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
forth from before him: thousand 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast
thousands ministered unto him, and shall be the fourth kingdom upon
ten thousand times ten thousand stood earth, which shall be diverse from ail
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kingdoms, and shall devour the whole before the river, and ran unto him in
earth, and shall tread it down, and the fury of his power.
break it in pièces. 7 And I saw him come close unto
24 And the ten horns ont of this the ram,and he was moved with choler
kingdom are ten kings fhat shall arise: against him, and smote the ram, and
and another shall rise after them; and brake his two homs: and there was no
he shall be diverse from the first, and power in the ram to stand before him,
he shall subdue three kings. but he cast him down to the ground,
25 And he shall speak great words and stamped upon him: and there was
against the most High, and shall wear none that could deliver the ram out of
ont the saints of the most High, and his hand.
think to change times and laws: and 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very
they shall be given into his hand until great: and when he was strong, the
a time and times and the dividing of great hom was broken; and for it came
time. up four notable ones toward the four
26 But the judgment shall «it, and winds of heaven.
they shall take away his dominion, to 9 And out of one ofthem came forth
consume and to destroy it unto the a little horn, which waxed exceeding
end. great, toward the south, and toward
27 And the kingdom and dominion, the east, and toward the pleasant
and the greatness ofthe kingdom under land.
the whole heaven, shall be given to the 10 And it waxed great, even to the
people of the saints of the most High, host of heaven; and it cast down some
whose kingdom is an everlasting king of the host and of the stars to the
dom,and ail dominions shall serve and ground, and stamped upon them.
obey him. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even
28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. to the prince of the host, and by him
As for me Daniel, my cogitations much the daily sacrifice was taken away,and
troubled me, and my countenance the place of his sanctuary was cast
changed in me; but I kept the matter down.
in my heart. 12 And an host was given him
against the daily sacrifice by reason of
CHAPTER 8 transgression, and it cast down the
IN the third year of the reign of king tmth to the ground; and it practised,
Bel-shaz'-zar a vision appeared unto and prospered.
me, even unto me Daniel, after that 13 Then I heard one saint speaking,
which appeared unto me at the first. and another saint said unto that cer
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came tain saint which spake, How long shall
to pass, when I saw, that I was at he the vision conceming the daily
Shu-shan in the palace, which is in the sacrifice, and the transgression of déso
province of E'-lam; and I saw in a lation, to give both the sanctuary and
vision, and I was by the river of U-la-i. the host to be trodden under foot?
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and 14 And he said unto me, Unto two
saw, and, behold, there stood before thousand and three hundred days;
the river a ram which had two homs: then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
and the two horns were high; but one 15 And it came to pass, when I,even
was lûgher than the other, and the I Daniel, had seen the vision, and
higher came up last. sought for the meaning, then, behold,
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, there stood before me as the appear-
and northward, and southward; so ance of a man.
that no beasts might stand before him, 16 And I heard a man's voice be
neither was there any that could deliver tween the banks of U-la-i, which called,
out of his hand; but he did according and said, Gabriel, make this man to
to his will, and became great. understand the vision.
5 And as I was considering, behold, 17 So he came near where I stood:
an he goat came frpm the west on the and when he came, I was afraid, and
face of the whole èarth, and touched fell upon my face: but he said unto me,
not the ground: and the goat had a Understand, O son of man: for at the
notable hom between his eyes. time of the end shall be the vision.
6 And he came to the tam that had 18 Now as he was speaking with me,
two homs, which I had seen standing I was in a deep sleep on my face to-
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ward the ground: but he touched me, said, O Lord, the great and dreadful
and set me upright. God, keeping the covenant and mercy
19 And he said, Behold,I will make to them that love him, and to them
thee know what shall be in the last end that keep his commandments;
of the indignation: for at the time 5 We have sinned, and have com-
appointed the end shall he. mitted iniquity, and have done wick-
20 The ram which thou sawest edly, and have rebelled, even by de-
having two homs are the kings of parting from thy precepts and from
Me-di-a and Persia. thy judgments:
21 And the rough goat is the king of 6 Neither have we hearkened unto
Grecia: and the great horn that is be- thy servants the prophets,which spake
tween his eyes is the first king. in thy name to our kings, our princes,
22 Now that being broken, whereas and our fathers, and to ail the people
four stood up for it, four kingdoms of the land.
shall stand up out of the nation, but 7 O Lord, righteousness helongeth
not in his power. unto thee, but unto us confusion of
23 And in the latter time of their faces, as at this day; to the men of
kingdom, when the transgressors are Judah, and to the inhabitants of
come to the full, a king of tierce coun- Jérusalem, and unto ail Israël, that are
tenance, and understanding dark sen near, and that are far off, through ail
tences, shall stand up. the countries whither thou hast driven
24 And his power shall be mighty, them, because of their trespass that
but not by his own power: and he shall they have trespassed against thee.
destroy wonderfully,and shall prosper, 8 O Lord, to us helongeth confusion
and practise, and shall destroy the of face, to our kings, to our princes,
mighty and the holy people. and to our fathers, because we have
25 And through his policy also he sinned against thee.
shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; 9 To the Lord our God helong mer-
and he shall magnify himself in his cies and forgivenesses,though we have
heart, and by peace shall destroy rebelled against him;
many: he shall also stand up against 10 Neither have we obeyed the
the Prince of princes; but he shall be voice of the Lord our God, to walk in
broken without hand. his laws, which he set before us by his
26 And the vision of the evening servants the prophets.
and the moming which was told is 11 Yea, ail Israël have transgressed
true: wherefore shut thou up the thy law, even by departing, that they
vision; for it shall he for many days. might not obey thy voice; therefore
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was the curse is poured upon us, and the
sick certain days; afterward I rose up, oath that is written in the law of
and did the king's business; and I was Moses the servant of God, because we
astonished at the vision, but none have sinned against him.
understood it. 12 And he hath confirmed his
words, which he spake against us, and
CHAPTER 9 against our judges that judged us, by
INA-has-u-e-rus,
the first year of Darius the son of
of the seed of the
bringing upon us a great evil: for
under the whole heaven hath not been
Medes, which was made king over the done as hath been done upon Jéru
realm of the Chal-de-ans; salem.
2 In the first year of his reign I 13 As it is written in the law of
Daniel understood by books the num- Moses, ail this evil is come upon us:
ber of the years, whereof the word of yet made we not our prayer before the
the Lord came to Jeremiah the Lord our God, that we might turn
prophet, that he would accomplish from our iniquities, and understand
seventy years in the désolations of thy truth.
Jersualem. 14 Therefore hath the Lord watched
3 And I set my face unto the Lord upon the evil, and brought it upon us:
God, to seek by prayer and supplica for the Lord our God is righteous in ail
tions, with fasting, and sackcloth, and his Works which he doeth: for we
ashes: obeyed not his voice.
4 And I prayed unto the Lord my 15 And now, O Lord our God, that
God, and made my confession, and hast brought thy people forth out of
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the land of Egypt with a mighty hand» mandment to restore and to build
and hast gotten thee renown, as at thls Jérusalem unto the Messiah the Prince
day; we have sinned, we have done shall be seven weeks, and threescore
wickedly. and two weeks: the street shall be
16 O Lord, according to ail thy built again, and the wall, even in
righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine troublons times.
anger and thy fury be tumed away 26 And after threescore and two
from thy city Jérusalem, thy holy weeks shall Messiah be eut off, but not
mountain: because for our sins, and for himself: and the people of the
for the iniquities of our fathers, Jéru prince that shall come shall destroy
salem and thy people are become a the city and the sanctuary; and the
reproach to ail that are about us. end thereof shall be with a fiood, and
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear unto the end of the war désolations are
the prayer of thy servant, and his determined.
supplications, and cause thy face to 27 And he shall confirm the cove-
shine upon thy sanctuary that is deso- nant with many for one week: and in
late, for the Lord's sake. the midst of the week he shall cause
18 O my God,incline thine ear, and the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
hear; open thine eyes, and behold our and for the overspreading of abomi
désolations, and the city which is nations he shall make it desolate, even
called by thy name: for we do not until the consommation, and that
présent our supplications before thee determined shall be poured upon the
for our righteousnesses, but for thy desolate.
great mercies.
CHAPTER 10
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive;
0 Lord, hearken and do; defer not, IN the third year of Cyrus king of
for thine own sake, O my God:for thy Persia a thing was revealed unto
city and thy people are called by thy Daniel, whose name was called Bel-te-
name. shaz-zar; and the thing was true, but
20 And whiles I was speaking, and the time appointed was long: and he
praying, and confessing my sin and understood the thing, and had under
the sin of my people Israël, and pre- standing of the vision.
senting my supplication before the 2 In those days I Daniel was
Lord my God for the holy môuntain of mouming three full weeks.
my God; 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither
21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in came fiesh nor wine in my mouth,
prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom neither did I anoint myself at ail, till
1 had seen in the vision at the begin- three whole weeks were fulfilled.
lïing, being caused to fly swiftly, 4 And in the four and twentieth day
touched me about the time of the of the first month, as I was by the side
evening oblation. of the great river, which is Hid'-de-kel;
22 And he informed me, and talked 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and
with me, and said, O Daniel, I am looked, and behold, a certain man
now come forth to give thee skill and clothed in linen, whose loins were
understanding. girded with fine gold of U-phaz:
23 At the beginning of thy sup 6 His body also was like the béryl,
plications the commandment came and his face as the appearance of
forth, and I am come to shew thee; for lightning, and his eyes as lamps of
thou art greatly beloved: therefore fire, and his arms and his feet like in
imderstand the matter, and consider colour to polished brass, and the voice
the vision. of his words like the voice of a mul
24 Seventy weeks are determinéd titude.
upon thy people and upon thy holy 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision:
city, to finish the transgression, and for the men that were with me saw not
to make an end of sins, and to make the vision; but a great quaking fell
réconciliation for iniquity, and to upon them, so that they fied to hide
bring in everlasting righteousness, and themselves.
to seal up the vision and prophecy,and 8 Therefore I was left alone, and
to anoint the most Holy. saw this great vision, and there re-
25 Know therefore and understand, mained no strength in me: for my
that from the going forth of the com comeliness was tumed in me into
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corruption,and I retained np strength. there is none that holdeth with me in

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: these things, but Michael your prince.
and when I heard the voice of his
words, then was I in a deep sleep on CHAPTER II
my face, and my face toward the ALSO I in the first year of Darius
ground. , ^ x t. ^
10 And, behold, an hand touched /V. the Mede,even I, stood to confirm
me, which set me upon my knees and and to strengtheri him.
upon the palms of my hands, 2 And now will I shew thee the
11 And he said unto me, Q Daniel, truth. Behold,there shall stand up yet
a man greatly beloved, understand three kings in Persia; and the fourth
the words that I speak unto thee; and shall be far richer than ihey ail: and by
stand upright: for unto thee am I now his strength thrpugh his riches he
sent. And when he had spoken this shall stir up ail against the realm of
word unto me, X stood trembUng. Grecia.
12 Then,said he unto me, Fear not, 3 And a mighty king shall stand
Daniel: for' from the first day that up, that shall rule with great domin-
thou didst set thine heart to under ion, and do according to his will.
stand, and to chasten thyself before 4 And when he shall stand up, his
tiiy God,thy words were heard, and I kingdom shall be broken, and shall
am come for thy words. be divided toward the four winds of
13 But the prince ofthe kingdomof heaven; and not to his posterity, nor
Persia withstood me one and twenty according to his dominion which he
days: but,lo, Michael, one of the chief ruled:for his kingdom shall be plucked
princes, came to help me; and I re- up, even for others beside those.
mained there with the kings of Persia. 5 And the king of the south shall be
14 Now 1 am come to make thee strong, and one of his princes; and he
understand what shall befall thy peo- shall be strong above him, and have
ple in the latter days:for yet the vision dominion;
dominion.
his dominion shall he a great
is for many days.
15 And when he had spoken such 6 And in the end^f years they shaU
words unto me, I set my face toward join themselves together; for the
the ground, and I became dumb. king's daughter of the south shall
16 And, behold, one like the simili come to the king of the north to make
tude of thé sons of men touched my an agreement: but she shall not retain
lips: then I opened my mouth, and the power of the arm; neither shall he
spake, and said unto lUm that stood stand, nor his arm: but she shall be
before me,O my lord, by the vision my given up, and they that brought her,
sorrows are tuined upon me, and I and he that begat her, and he that
have retained no strength. strengthened her in these times.
17 For how can the servauit of this 7 But out of a branch of her roots
my lord talk with this my lord? for shall one stand up in his estate, which
shall come with an army, and shall
as for me,straightway there remained
no strength in me, neither is there enter into the fortress uf the king of
breath left in me. the north, and shall deal against them,
18 Then there came again and and shall prevail:
touched me one like the appearance of 8 And shall alsp carry captives into
a man, and he strengthened me. Egypt their gods, with their princes,
19 And said, O man greatly be and with their precious vessels of
loved,fear not: peace be unto thee, be silver and of gold; and he shall con
strong, yea, be strong. And when he tinue more years than the king of the
had spoken unto me, I was strength north.9 So the king of the south shall
ened, and said, Let my lord speak; for
thou hast strengthened me. come into his kingdom, and shall re
20 Then said he, Knowest thou tum into his own land.
wherefore I come unto thee? and now 10 But his sons shall be stirred up,
will I retum to fight with the prince and shall assemble a multitude of
of Persia: and when I am gone forth, great forces: and one shall certainly
lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. come,and overflow, and pass through:
21 But I will shew thee that which then shall he return, and be stirred
is noted in the scripture of truth: and up, even to his fortress.
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11 And the klng of the south shall him, and shall be broken; yea, also the
be moved with choler, and shall corne prince of the covenant.
forth and fight with him, even with 23 And after the league made with
the king of the north: and he shall set him he shall work deceitfully: for he
forth a great multitude; but the multi shall come up,and shall become strong
tude shall be given into his hand. with a small people. >
12 And when he hath taken away 24 He shall enter peaceably even
the multitude, his heart shall be upon the fattest places of the province;
lifted up; and he shall cast down many and he shall do that which his fathers
ten thousands: but he shall not be have not done, nor his fathers' fa
strengthened by iU thers; he shall scatter among them the
13 For the king of the north shall prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he
retum, and shall set forth a multitude shall forecast his devices against the
greater than the former, and shall strong holds, even for a time.
certainly come after certain years with 25 And he shall stir up lus power
a great army and with much riches. and his courage against the king of
14 And in those times there shall the south with a great army; and the
many stand up against the king of the king of the south shall be stirred up to
south: also the robbers of thy people battle with a yery great and mighty
shall exalt themselves to establish the army; but he shall not stand: for they
vision; but they shall fall. shall forecast devices against him.
15 So the king of the north shall 26 Yea, they that feed of the por
come, and cast up a mount, and take tion of his meat shall destroy him,and
the most fenced cities: and the arms of his army shall overflow: and many
the south shall not withstand, neither shall fall down slain.
his chosen people, neither shall there 27 And both these kings' hearts
be any strength to withstand. shall be to do mischief, and they shall
16 But he that cometh against him speak lies at one table; but it shall
shall do according to his own will, and not prosper: for yet the end shall be at
none shall stand before him: and he the time appointed.
shall stand in the glorious land, which 28^ Then shall he retum into his
by his hand shall be consumed. land with great riches; and his heart
17 He shall also set his face to enter shall be against the holy covenant; and
with the strength of his whole king- he shall do exploits, and retum to his
dom, and upright ones with him; thus own land.
shall he do: and he shall give him the 29 At the time appointed he sh^
daughter of women, corrupting her: retum, and come toward the south;
but she shall not stand on his side, but it shall not be as the former, or as
neither be for him. the latter.
18 After this shall he tum his face 30 For the ships of Chit'-tim shall
unto the isles, and shall take many: come against him: therefore he shall
but a prince for his own behalf shall be grieved,and retum,and have indig
cause the reproach offered by him to nation against the holy covenant: so
cease; without his own reproach he shall he do; he shall.even retum, and
shall cause it to tum upon him, have intelligence with them that for-
19 Then he shall turn his face to- sake the holy covenant.
ward the fort of his own land: but he 31 And arms shall stand on his part,
shall stumble and fall, and not be and they shall pollute the sanctuary
found. of strength, and shall take away the
20 Then shall stand up in his estate daily sacri/ïce, and they shall place the
a raiser of taxes in the glory of the abomination that maketh desolate.
kingdom: but within few days he shall 32 And such as do wickedly against
be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in the covenant shall he cormpt by flat
battle, teries: but the people that do know
21 And in his estate shall stand up a their God shall be strong, and do
vile person, to whom they shall not exploits,
give the honour of the kingdom: but he 33 And they that understand among
shall come in peaceably, and obtain the people shall instmct many: yet
the kingdom by flatteries. they shall fall by the sword, and by
22 And; with the arms of a hood flame, by captivity, and by spoil,
shall they be overflown from before many days.
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34 Now when they shall fàll, they in the glorious holy mountain; yet he
shall be holpen with a little help: but shall come to his end, and none shall
many shall cleave to them with flat- help him.
tcirics* CHAPTER 12
35 *And some ofthem of understand- AND at that time shall Michael
ing shall fall, to try them, and to stand up, the great prince which
purge, and to make them white, even
tô the tlme of the end: because it is yet standeth for the children of thy peo-
for a timê appointed. ple: and there shall be a time of
36 And the king shall do according trouble, such as never was since there
was a nation even to that same time:
to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and at that time thy people shall be
and magnify himself above every god, delivered, every one that shall be
and shall speak marvellous things found written in the book.
against the God of gods, and shall 2 And many of them that sleep in
prosper till the indignation be accom-
^Ushed: for that that is determined the dust of the earth shall awake,some
Shall be done. ^ ^ to everlasting life, and some to shame
37 Neither shall he regard the God and everlasting contempt.
of his fathers, nor the desire of women, as3the
And they that be wise shall shine
nor regard any god: for he shall mag and theybrightness of the firmament;
that turn many to righteous-
nify himself above alL ness as the stars for ever and ever.
38 But in his estate shall he honour 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the
the God of forces: and a god whom his words, and seal the book, even to the
fathers knew not shall he honour with time of the end: many shall run to and
gold, and silver, and with precious fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
stones, and pleasant things. 5 Then ï Daniel looked, and, be-
39 Thus shall he do in the most hold, there stood other two,the one on
strong holds with a strange god, whom this side of the bank of the river, and
he shall acknowledge and increase the other on that side of the bank of
with glory: and he shàll cause them to
rule over many, and shall divide the the river. , ^
land for gain. ^ 1, ,1 in6 And one said to the man clothed
linen, which was upon the waters of
40 And at the time of the end shall
the king of the south push at him: and the river, How long shall it be to the
the king of the north shall come end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in
against him like a whirlwind, with linen, which was upon the waters of
chariots, and with horsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall enter into the the river, when he held up his right
countries, and shall overflow and pass hand and his left hànd unto heaven,
and sware by him that liveth for ever
^^41 He shall enter also into the that it shall be for a time,times, and an
glorious land, and many countries half; and when he shall have accom-
plished to scatter the power of the
shall be overthrown: but these shall holy people, ail these things shall be
escàpe out of his hand, even Edom,
and Moab,and the chief of the children finished. ' ^ x ^
8 And I heard, but I understood
ofAmmon. ^ ^
42 He shall stretch forth his hand not: then said I, O my Lord, what
shall be the end of these things?
also upon the countries: and the land 9 And he said. Go thy way, Daniel:
of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the for the words are closed up and sealed
till the time of the end.
treasures of gold and of silv^,
over ail the precious things of Egypt; white,Many
10 shall be purified,and made
and the Lib'-y-ans and the E-thi-o-pi do wickedly: and but
and tried;
none
the wicked shall
of the wicked
ans shall be at his steps.
shall understand; but the wise shall
44 But tidings out of the east and iinderstand. ' ,
out of the north shall trouble him: 11 And from the time that the daily
therèfore he shall go forth with great
fury to destroy, and utterly to make sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
abomination that maketh desolate set
away many.
45 And he shall plant the taber up, there shall be a thousand two hun-
nacles of his palace between the seas dred and ninety days.
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12 Blessed is he.that waiteth, and 13 But go thou thy way till the end
cometh to the thousand three hundred be:for thou shalt rest,and stand in thy
and five and thirty days. lot at the end of the days*

Hosea
and the children of Israël be gathered
GHAPTER I
The \yofd of the Lord that came
unto Ho-se-aj the son of Be-e-ri,
together, and appoint themselves one
head, and they shall corne up out of
the land: for great shall be the day of
in the days of Uz-zi'-ah, Jo- Jéz-re-el.
tham, Ahàz> and Hez-e-ki-ah, kings
ôf Judah, aiid in the days of Jer-o- CHAPTER 2
bo-am the son of Jo-ash, king of Israël. SAY ye unto your brethren, Am'-mi;
2 The beginning of the word of the and to your sisters, Ru-ha'-mah.
Lord by Ho-se-a. And thé Lord said 2 Plead with your mother, plead:
to Ho-se-a, Go, take Unto thee a wife for she is not my wife, neither am I
of whoredoms and children of whore- her husband: let her therefore put
doms: for the land hath committed away her whoredoms out of her ^ght,
great whoredom, departing from the and her adulteries from between her
Lord. breasts;'
3 So he went and toOk Go'nier the 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set
daughter of Dib-la-im; which con- her as in the day that she was bom,
ceived, and bare him a son. ' and make her as a wildemess, ahd set
4 And the Lord said ; unto him, her like a dry laàd, and slay her with
Call his name Jez-re-el; for yet a little thirst.
while, and I will avenge the blood of 4 And I will not have mercy uppn
Jez-re-el upoif the house pf Jehu, and her children; for they be the children
will cause tô cease the kingdpm of the of whoredoms.
house of Israël. 5 For their mother hath played the
5 Ahd it shall corne to pàss at that harlot: she that conceived them hath
day,that I will break the bow of Israël done shamefully: for she said^ I vdll gb
in the valley of Jez-re-el. aftér my lovers,that givé me my bread
6 And she conceived again, and and my water, my wool and my flax,
bare a daughter. Arid God said unto mine oil and my drink.
him, Call her name Lo-iu-ha-maht for 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up
I will no more have mércy upon the thy way with thoims, àndmaké a wall,
house of Israël; but I will uttërly take that she shall not find her paths.
them away. 7 Aiid she shall follow after her
7 But r will have-mércy upon the lovers, but she shàll riot ovértàke
house of Judah, and will sâve thém by them; and she shall seék them, but
the Lord their God, and will not save shall not hnd them: then shall she say,
thém by bow, nôr by sword, nor by I will go and retum to my first hus
battle, by horses, npr by horsemen. band; for then was it better with mé
8 Now whéh shé had w^ued Lo- than nowi
rù-ha-mah, she concéivéd, ahd bare a 8 For she did not know that I gave
son. her com,and wine, and oil, and multi-
9 Then said God, Call his hamé plied her silver ahd gold, which they
Lo-am-mi; for ye are nbt my people, prepared for Ba'-al.
and I will not be your God. 9 Therefore will I retum, and take
10 Yet the number of the children away my çom in thé time thereof, and
of Israël shall bé as thé sand bf the sea, my wine in the season thereof, and
which cahnot bé ïhea^éd hbr num- will recover my wool and my flax
bered; and it shaU cohie to pass, that giveh to covér her nakedness.
îh the place where it was said tmto ib And now will I discover hér
them, Ye are not my people, theré it lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
shail be said unto them, Ye are the and noné shall deliver her out of mine
sons of the living God. hand.
11 Then shall the children of Jiidah II I will also cause ail her mirth to
804 HOSEA 3,4
cease, her feast days, her new moons,
and her sabbaths, and ail her solemn CHAPTER3
feasts. THEN said the Lord unto me. Go
12 And I will destroy her vines and yet, love a woman beloved of her
her fig trees, whereof she hath said, friend, yet an adulteress, according to
These are my rewards that my lovers the love of the Lord toward the chil-
have given me:and I will make them a drén of Israël, who look to other gods,
forest, and the beasts of the field shall and love flagons of wine.
eat them. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen
13 And I will visit upon her the days pièces of silver, and for an homer of
of Ba-al-lm, whereih she bumed in- barley, and an half hopier of barley:
cense to them, and she decked herself 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt
with her earrings and her jewels, and abide for me many days; thou shalt
she went after her lovers, and forgat not play the harlot, and thou shalt not
me, saith the Lord. be for another man: so mil 1 also he
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure for thee.
her, and bring her into the wildemess, 4 For the children of Israël shall
and speak comfortably unto her. abide many days without a king, and
15 And I will give her her vine- without a prince, and without a sacri
yards from thence, and the valley of fice, and without an image, and with
A-Ghor for a door of hope: and she out an ephod, and without teraphim:
shall sing there, as in the days of her 5 Afterward shall the children of
youth, and as in the day when she Israël return, and seek the Lord their
came up out of the land of Egypt. God, and David their king; cuid shall
16 And it shall be at that day,sgdth fear the Lord and his goodness in the
the Lord, that thou shalt call me latterdays.
1-shi; and shalt call me no more
Ba'-al-i.
CHAPTER 4
17 For I will take away the names Hear the word of the Lord, ye
of Ba'-al-im out of her mouth,and they children of Israël: for the Loiu>
shall no more be remembered by their hath a côntroversy with the inhabit
name. ants of the lànd, because there is no
18 And in that day will I make a truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of
covenant for them with the beasts of God in thé land,
the field, and with the fowls of heaven, 2 By swearing, and lying, and kill-
and with the creeping things of the ing, and stealing, and committing
ground: and I will break the bow and adultery, they break out, and blood
the sword and the battle out of the toucheth blood.
earth, and wiU make them to lie down 3 Therefore shall the land moum,
safely. and eyery one that dwelleth therein
19 And I will betroth thee unto me shall languish, with the beasts of the
for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto field,an^ with the fowls ofheaven;yea,
me in righteousness, and in judg- the fishes of the sea also shall be taken
ment, and in lovingkindness, and in away.
mercies. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove
20 I will even betroth thee unto me another: for thy people are as they
in faithfulness: and thou shalt know that strivé with the priest.
the Lord» 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, and the prophet also shall fall
day^ I will hear, saith the Lord, I will with thee in the night, and I will de
hear the heavens, and they shall hear stroy thy mother.
the earth; 6 My people are destroyed for lack
22 And the earth shall hear the of knowledge: because thou hast re-
corn, and the wine, and the oil; and jected knowledge, I will also reject
they shall hear Jez-re-el. thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
23 And I will sow her unto me in me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law
the earth; and I will have mercy upon of thy God, I will also forget thy
her that had not obtained mercy; and children.
I 'v^fill say to thern which wiere not my 7 As they were increased, so they
people, Thou art my people; and they sinned against me: therefore wUl I
shall say, Thou art my God. change their glory into shame.
 HOSEA 5, 6
. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, im, thou committest whoredom.
and they set their heart on their Israël is defiled.
iniquity. 4 They will not frame their doingt.
9 And there shall be, like people, to tum imto their God:for the spirit of
like priest: and I will punish them for whoredoms is in the midst of them,
their ways, and reward them their and they have not known the Lord. ^
doings. 5 And the pride of Israël doth
10 For they shall eat, and not have testify to his face: therefore shall Israël
enough: they shall commit whoredom, and E'-phra-im fall in their iniquity;
and shall not increase: because they Judah also shall fall with them.
have left ofï to take heed to the Lord. 6 They shall go with their flocks and
11 Whoredom and wine and new with their herds to seek the Lord; but
wine take away the heart. they shall not find him; he hath with-
12 My people ask counsel at their drawn himself from them.
stocks, and their staff declareth unto 7 They have dealt treacherously
them:for the spirit of whoredoms hath against the Lord:for they have begot-
caused them to err, and they have ten strange children: now shall a
gone a whoring from under their God. month devour them with their por
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of tions.
the mountains, and burn incense upon 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gib-e-ah,
the hills, under oaks and poplars and and the trumpet in Ra-mah: cry aloud
elms, because the shadow thereof is at Beth-a'-ven,after thee,O Benjamin.
good: therefore your daughters shall 9 E-phra-im shall be desolate in
commit whoredom, and your spouses the day of rebuke: among the tribes ôf
shall commit adultery. Israël have I made known that which
14 I will not punish your daughters shall surely be.
when they commit whoredom, nor 10 The princes of Judah were like
your spouses when they commit adul them that remove the bound: therefore
tery:for themselves are separated with I will pour out my wrath upon them
whoires, and they sacrifice with harlots: like water.
therefore the people that doth not 11 E'-phra-im is oppressed and
understand shall fall. broken in judgment, because he will-
15 Though thou, Israël, play the ingly walked after the commandment.
harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and 12 Therefore will I hé unto E'-phra-
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye im as a môth, and to the house of
up to Beth-a-ven, nor swear, The Judah as rottenness.
Lord liveth. 13 When E'-phra-im saw his sick-
16 For Israël slideth back as a ness, and Judah saw his wound, then
backsliding heifer: now the Lord will went E'-phra-im to the Assyrian, and
feed them as a lEunb in a large place. sent to king Ja'-reb: yet could he not
17 E-phra-im is joined to idols: heal you, nôr cure yoU of your wound.
let him alone. 14 For 1 will he unto E'-phra-im
18 Their drink is sour: they have as a lion, and as a young lion to thé
committed whoredom continually: her house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and
rulers luith shame do love, Give ye. go away; I will take away, and none
19 The wind hath bound her up in shall rescue him.
her wings, and they shall be ashamed 15 I will go and retum to my place,
because of their sacrifices. till they acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: ih their affliction
CHAPTER 5 they will seek me early.
HEAR ye this, O priests; and CHAPTER 6
hearken, yè house of Israël; and
give yè ear, O house of the king; for COME,and let us refurn unto the
judgment is toward you, because ye Lord: for he hath torn, and he
have been a snare on Mizpah, and a will heal us; he hath smitten, and he
net spread upon Ta-bor. will bind us up.
2 And the révolters are profound to 2 After two days will he revive us:
make slaughter, though I have been a in the third day he will raise us up,and
rebuker of them ail. we shall live in his sight.
3 I know E-phra-im, and Israël is 3 Theii shall we kjpow, if we follow
not hid from me: for now, O E-phra- on to khow the Lord: his going forth
 HOSEA 7, 8
tie moming^ and he kings are fallen: there is none among
us as the rain» as the them that calleth unto me.
^§ 1er rain unto the earth.
i-im> what shall I do
S E-phra-im, he hath mixed him-
self among the people; E-phra-im is a
IJudah, what shall I do cake not tumed.
Ir your goodness is as a 9 Strangers have devoured his
/d,and as the early dew it strength, and he knoweth it not: yea,
goeth^ gray hairs are here and there upon
5 Therefore have I hewed them by him, yet he knoweth not.
the prophets; I have slain them by the 10 And the pride of Israël testifieth
words of my mouth: and thy judg- to his face: and they do not retum to
ments are as the light that goeth forth. the Lord their God, nor seek him for
6 For I desired mercy, and not allthis.
sacrifice; and the knowledge of God 11 E-phra-im also is like a silly
more than bumt offerings. dove without heart:they call to Egypt,
7 But they like men have trans- they go to Assyria.
gressed the covenant: there have they 12 When they shall go, I will
dealt treacherously against me. spread my net upon them; I will bring
8 Gilead is a city of them that work them down as the fowls of the heaven;
iniquity, and is polluted with blood. I will chastise them,as their congréga
9 And as troops of robbers wait for tion hath heard.
a man,so the company of prlests mur- 13 Woe unto them! for they have
der in tibe way by consent: for they fled from me: destruction unto them!
commit lewdness. beçause they have transgressed against
10 I have seen an horrible thing in me: though I have redeemed them,
the house of Israël: there is the whore- yet they have spoken lies againt me.
dom of E-phra-im, Israël is defiled. 14 And they have not cried unto
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an me with their heart, when they howled
harvest for thee, when I retumed the upon their beds: they assemble them-
captivity of my people. selves for com and wine, and they
rebel against me.
CHAFTER 7 15 Though I have bound and
WHEN I would haye healed Is strengthened their arms, yet do they
raël, then the iniquity of imagine mischief against me.
E-phra-im was discovered, and the 16 They return, but not to the most
wickedness of Sa-ma-ri-a: for they High: they are like a deçeitful bow:
commit falsehood; and the thief their princes shall faÙ by the sword
cometh in, and the troop of robbers for the rage of their tongue: this shall
spoileth without. be their dérision in the land of Egypt.
2 And they consider not in their
CHAFTER 8
hearts that I remember ail their wicked
ness: now their own doings have beset QET the trumpet to thy mouth. He
them about; they are before my face. O shall corne as an eagle against the
3 They make the king glad with house of the Lord, because they have
their wickedness, and the princes with transgressed my covenant, and tres-
their lies. passed against my law.
4 They are ail adulterers, as an oyen 2 Israël shall cry unto me, My God,
heated by the baker, who ceaseth from we know thee.
raising after he hath kneaded the 3 Israël hath cast off the thing that is
dough, until it be leavened. good: the enemy shall pursue him.
5 In the day of our king the princes 4 They have set up kings, but not
have made him sick with bottles of by me: they have made princes, and I
wine; he stretched out his hand with knew it not: of their silyer and their
scomers. gold have they made them idols, that
6 For they have made ready their they may be eut pff.
heart like an oven, whiles they lie in 5 Thy calf, O Sa-ma'-ri-a, hath cast
wait: their baker sleepeth aU the night; thee off; mine anger is kindled against
in the moming it burneth as a flaming them: how long will it be ere they attain
fire. to innocency?
7 They are alLhpt as an pven, and 6 For from Israël was it also: the
have devoured meir judges; ^ their workman made it; therefore it is not
 HOSEA 9, 10 807

God: but the calf of Sa-ma'-ri-a shall up, Mem'-phis shall bury them: the
be broken in pièces. pleasant places for their silver, nettles
7 For they have sown the wind,and shall possess them: thoms shall be
they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath in their tabemacles.^
no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: 7 The days of Visitation are come,
if so be it yield, the strangers shall the days of recompence are come;
swallow it up. Israël shall know it: the prophet is a
S Israël is swallowed up: now shall fool, the spiritual man is mad,for the
they be among the Gentiles as a vessel multitude of thine iniquity, and the
wherein is no pleasure. great hatred.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, 8 The watchman of E-phra-im was
a wild ass alone by himself: E-phra-im with my God: but the prophet is a
hath hired lovers. snare of a fowler in ail his ways, and
10 Yea, though they have hired hatred in the house of his God.
among the nations, now will I gather 9 They have deeply corrupted them-
them, and they shall sorrow a little for selves, as in the days ôf Gib-e-ah:
the burden of the king of princes. therefore he will remember their
11 Bécause E-phra-im hath made iniquity, he will visit their sins.
many altars to sin, altars shall be unto 10 I found Israël like grapes in the
him to sin. wilderness; I saw your fathers as the
12 I have written to him the great firstripe in the fig tree at her first
things of my law, but they were time: but they went to Ba-al-pe-or,
counted as a strange thing. and separated themselves unto thcLt
13 They sacrifice fiesh for the sacri shame; and their abominations were
fices of mine offerings, and eat it; but according as they loved.
the Lord accepteth them not; now 11 As for E-phra-im, their glory
will he remember their iniquity, and shall fly away like a bird, from the
visit their sins: they shall retum to birth, and from the womb, and from
Egypt. the conception.
14 For Israël hath forgotten his 12 Though they bring up their
Maker, and buildeth temples; and children, yet will I bereave them,
Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: that there shall not be a man left: yea,
but I will send a fire upon his cities, woe also to them when I départ from
and it shall devour the palaces thereof. them!
13 E-phra-im, as I saw Tyrus, is
CHAPTER 9 planted in a pleasant place: but
E-phra-im shall bring forth his children
REJOICE not, O Israël, for joy, as to the murderer.
^ other people: for thou hast gone a 14 Give them, O Lord: what wilt
whoring from thy God, thou hast thou give? give them a miscarrying
loved a reward upon every cornfloor. womb and dry breasts.
2 The floor and the winepress shall 15 Ail their wickedness is in Gilgal:
not feed them, and the new wine shall for there I hated them:for the wicked
fail in her. ness of their doings. I will drive them
3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's out of mine house, I will love them no
land; but E'-phra-iip shall return to more: ail their princes are revolters.
Egypt, and they shall eat unclean 16 E-phra-im is smitten, their root
things in Assyria. is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:
4 They shall not offer wine offer- yea, though they bring forth, yet will
ings to the Lord, neither shall they be I slay even the beloved fruit of their
pleasing unto him: their sacrifices womb.
shall be unto them as the bread of 17 My God will cast them away,
mourners; ail that eat thereof shall be because they did not hearken unto
poUuted: for their bread for their soul him: and they shall be wanderers
shall not come into the house of the among the nations.
Lord.
5 What will ye do in the solemn CHAPTER 10
day, and in the day of the feast of the ISRAËL is an empty vine, he bring-
Lord? eth forth fruit unto himself: ac
6 For, lo, they are gone because of cording to the multitude of his fruit he
destruction: Egypt shall gather them hath increased the altars; according to
808 HOSEA 11, 12
the goodness of hls land they have spoiled Beth-ar'-bel in the day of
made goodly images. battle: the mother was dashed in
2 Their heart is divided; now shall pièces upon her children.
they be found faulty: he shall break 15 So shall Beth-el do unto you
down their altars, he shall spoil their because of your great wickedness: in a
Images. moming shall the king of Israël utterly
3 For now they shall say, We have be eut off.
no king» because we feared not the
Lord; what then should a king dô to CHAPTER II
us? WHEN Israël was a child, then I
4 They have spoken words, swear- loved him, and called my son
ing falsely in making a covenant: thus outofEgypt.
judgment springeth up as hemlock in 2 As they called them,so they went
the furrows of the field. from them: they sacrificed unto Ba-al-
5 The inhabitants of Sa-ma-ri-a im, and bumed incense to graven
shall fear because of the calves of images.
Beth-a-ven: for the people thereof 3 I taught E'»phra-im also to go,
shall moum over it, and the priests taklng them by their arms; but they
thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory knew not that I healed them.
thereof, because it is departed from it. 4 I drew them with cords of a man,
6 It shall be also carried unto with bands of love: and I was to them
Assyria for a présent to king Ja-reb: as they that take off the yoke on their
E-phra-im shall receive shame, and jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Israël shall be ashamed of his own 5 He shall not return intp the land
counsel. of Egypt, but the Assyricin shall be his
7 As for Sa-ma'-ri-a, her king is eut king, because they refused to retum.
off as the foam upon the water. 6 And the sword shall abide on his
8 The high places also of A-ven, cities, and shall consume his branches,
the sin of Israël, shall be destroyed: and devour them, because of their own
the thom and the thistle shall corne up counsels.
on their altars; and they shall say to 7 And my people are bent to back-
the mountains, Cover us; and to the sliding from me: though they called
hills, Fall on us. them to the most High, none at ail
9 O Israël, thou hast sinned from would exalt him.
the days of Gib'-e-ah: there they stood: 8 How shall I give thee up, E-phra-
the battle in Gib'-e-ah against the im? how shall I deliver thee, Israël?
children of iniquity did not overtake how shall I make thee as Ad-mah? how
them. shall I set thee as Ze-bo'-im? mine
10 It is in my desire that I should heart is tumed within me, my repent-
chastise them; and the people shall be ings are kindled together.
gathered against them,when they shall 9 I will not execute the fierceness
bind themselves in their two furrows. of mine anger, I will not retum to
11 And E'-phra-im is as an heifer destroy E-phra-im: for I am God, and
that is taught, and loveth to tread out not man; the Holy One in the midst of
the cùm; but I passed over upon her thee: and I will not enter into the city.
fair neck: I will make E-phra-im to 10 They shall walk after the Lord:
ridé; Judah shall plow,and Jacob shall he shall roar like a lion: when he shall
break his clods. roar, then the children shall tremble
12 Sow to yourselves in righteous- from the west.
ness, reap in mercy; break up your 11 They shall tremble as a bird out
fallow ground; for it is time to seek of Egypt, and as a dove out of the
the Lord, till he come and rain right- land of Assyria: and I will place them
eousness upon you. in their houses, saith the Lord.
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye 12 E-phra-im compasseth me about
have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten with lies, and the house of Israël with
the fruit of lies: because thou didst deceit: but Judah yet mleth with God,
trust in thy way, in the multitude of and is faithful with the saints.
thy mighty men.
14 Therefore shall a tumult arise CHAPTER 12
among thy people, and ail thy for- -PHRA-IM feedeth on wind, and
tresses shall be spoiled» as Shal'-man E followeth after the east wind: he
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daily increaseth lies and désolation; their silver, and idols according to
and they do make a covenant with the their own understanding, ail of it the
Assyrians, and oil is carried into work of the craftsmen: they say of
Egypt. them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss
2 The Lord hath also a controversy the calves.
with Judah, and will punish Jacob 3 Therefore they shall be as thè
according to his ways; according to his moming cloud, and as the early dew
doings will he recompense him. that passeth away, as the chaff that
3 He took his brother by the heel is driven With the whirlwind out of the
in the womb, and by his strength he floor, and as the smoke out of the
had power with God: chimney.
4 Yea, he had power over the angel, 4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from
and prevailed: he wept,and made sup the land of Egypt, and thou shalt
plication unto him: he found him in know no god but me: for there is no
Beth-el, and there he spake with saviour beside me.
us; 5 I did know thee in the wildemess,
5 Even the Lord God of hosts; the in the land of great drought.
Lord is his mémorial. 6 According to their pasture, so
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: were they filled; they were filled, and
keep mercy and judgment,and wait on their heart was exalted; therefore have
lliy God continually, they forgotten me.
7 He is a merchant, the balances of 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a
deceit are in his hand: he loveth to lion: as a léopard by the way will I
oppress. observe them:
S And E'-phra-im said, Yet I am 8 I will meet them as a bear that is
become rich, I have found me out bereaved of her whelps, and will rend
substance: in ail my labours they shall the caul of their heart, and there will I
find none iniquity in me that were devour them like a lion: the wild beast
sin. shall tear them.
9 And I that am the Lord thy God 9 O Israël, thou hast destroyed
from the land of Egypt will yet make thyself; but in me is thine help.
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the 10 I will be thy king: where is any
days of the solemn feast. other that may save thee in ail thy
10 I have also spoken by the pro- cities? and thy judges of whom thou
phets, and 1 have multiplied visions, saidst, Give me a king and princes?
and used similitudes, by the ministry III gave thee a king in mine anger,
of the prophets. and took him away in my wrath.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely 12 The iniquity of E-phra-im is
they are vanity: they sacrificed bul- bound up; his sin is hid.
locks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are 13 The sorrows of a travailing
as heaps û the furrows of the woman shall côme upon him: he is an
âelds. unwise son; for hé should not stay
12 And Jacob fled into the country long in the place of the breaking forth
of Syria, and Israël served for a wife, of children.
and for a wife he kept sheep. 14 I will ransom them from the
13 And by a prophet the Lord power of the grave; I will redeem them
brought Israël out of Egypt, and by a from death: O death, I will be thy
prophet was he preserved. plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruc
14 E'phra-im provoked him to tion: repentance shall be hid from
anger most bitterly: therefore shall mine eyes.
he leave his blood upon him, and his 15 Though he be fruitful among his
reproach shall his Lord retum unto bréthreii, an east wind shall come, the
him. wind of the Lord shall come up from
the wildemess, and his spring shall
CHAPTER 13 become dry, and his fountain shall be
WHEN E-phra-im spake trem- dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of
bling, he exalted himself in ail pleasant vessels.
Israël; but when he offended in Ba-al, 16 Sa-ma-ri-a shall become deso-
he died. late; for she hath rebelled against her
2 And now they sin more and more, God: they shall fall by the sword:
and have made them molten images of their infants shall be dashed in pièces.
810 JOËL 1
and their women with child shall be
ripped up.
CHAPTER 14
O ISRAËL, return unto the Lord
thy God; for thou hast fallen by
thine iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and tum
to the Lord: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us
graciously: so will we render the calves
of our lips.
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will
not ride upon horses: neither will we
say aiiy more to the work of our hands,
Ye are our gods: for in thee the father-
less findeth mercy.
4 I will heal their backsliding, I
will love them freely; for mine anger is
turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew imto Israël:
Joël
CHAPTER I
The Word of the Lord that came
to Jo'el the son of Pe-thu-el.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and
give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, or even
in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and
let your children tell their children,
and their children another génération.
4 That which the palmerworm hath
left hath the locust eaten; and that
which the locust hath left hath the
cankerworm eaten; and that which
the cankerworm hath left hath the
caterpiller eaten.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;
and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
because pf the new wine; for it is eut
off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my
land, strong, and without number, the inhabitants of the land into the
whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and house of the Lord your God, and cry
he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. unto the Lord,
7 He hath laid my yine waste, and
barked my fig tree: he hath made it the Lord is at hand, and as a destmc-
clean bare, and cast it away; the tion from the Almighty shall it come.
branches thereof are made white.
8 Lament like a virgin girded with
sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 The meat offering and the drink
offering is eut off from the house of the
Lord; the priests, the Lord's minis-
ters, mourn.
he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth
his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread, and
his beauty shall be as the olive tree,
and his smell as Lebanon.
7 They that dwell under his shad-
ow shall return; they shall revive as
the com, and grow as the vine: the
scent thereof shall he as the wine of
Lebanon.
S E-phra-im shall say, What have
I to do any more with idols? I have
heard him, and observed him: I am
like a green fir tree. From me is thy
fruit found.
9 Who is wise, and he shall under-
stand these things? prudent, and he
shall know them? for the ways of the
Lord are right, and the just shall walk
in them: but the transgressors shall
fall therein.
10 The field is wasted, the land
moumeth; for the com is. wasted: the
new wine is dried up, the oil lan-
guisheth.
11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husband-
men; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the
wheat and for the barley; because the
harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig
tree languisheth; the pomegranate
tree, the palm tree also, and the apple
tree, even all the trees of the field, are
withered: because joy is withered
away from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye
priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar:
come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye
ministers of my God: for the meat
offering and the drink offering is with-
holden from the house of your God.
14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn
assembly, gather the elders and all
15 Alas for the day! for the day of
16 Is not the meat eut off before
our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from
the house of our God?
17 The seed is rotten under their
clods, the garners are laid desolate,
the bams are broken down; for the
com is withered.
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IS How do the beasts groan! the 11 And the Lord shall utter his
herds of cattle are perplexed, because voice before his army: for his camp
they bave no pasture; yea, the flocks is very great: for he is strong that
of sheep are made desolate, executeth his word: for the day of the
19 G Lord, to thee will I cry: for Lord is great and very terrible; and
the fire hath devoured the pastures who can abide it?
of the wildemess, and the flame hath 12 Therefpre also now, saith the
bumed ail the trees of the field. Lord,Tum ye even to me with ail your
20 The beasts of the field cry also heart,ând with fasting,and with weep-
unto thee: for the rivers of waters are ing, and with mouming:
dried up, and the fire hath devoured 13 And rend your heart, and not
the pastures of the wilderness. your garments, and tum unto the
Lord your God:for he is gracious and
CHAPTER 2 merciful, slow to anger, and of great
BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and kindness, and repenteth him of the
Sound an alarm in my holy moun- evil.
tain: let ail the inhabitants of the land 14 Who knoweth if he will retum
tremble: for the day of the Lord and repent, and leave a blessing be
cometh, for it is nigh at hand; hind him; even a meat offering and a
2 A day of darkness and of gloomi- drink offering unto the Lord your
ness, a day of clouds and of thick God?
darkness, as the morning spread upon 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanc-
the mountains: a great people and a tify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
strong; there hath not been ever the 16 Gather the people, sanctify the
like, neither shall be any more after it, congrégation, assemble the elders,
even to the years of many générations. gather the children, and those that
3 A fire devoureth before them;and suck the breasts: let the bridegroom
behind them a flame burneth: the go forth of his chamber, and the
land is as the garden of Eden before bride out of her closet.
them, and behind them a desolate 17 Let the priests, the ministers of
wildemess; yea, and nothing shall es- the Lord,weep between the porch and
cape them. the altar, and let them say, Spare thy
4 The appearance of them is as the people, G Lord, and give not thine
appearance of horses;and as horsemen, héritage to reproach, that the heathen
so shall they mn. should mie over them: wherefore
5 Like the noise of chariots on the should they say among the people,
tops of mountains shall they leap, Where is their God?
like the noise of a flame of fire that 18 Then will the Lord be jéalous
devoureth the stubble, as a strong for his land, and pity his people.
people set in battle array. 19 Yea, the Lord will ahswer and
6 Before their face the people shall say unto his people, Behold, 1 will
be much pcdned: ail faces shall gather send you corn, and wine, and oil, and
blackness. ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I
7 They shall mn like mighty men; will no more make you a reproach
they shall climb the wall like men of among the heathen:
war;and they shall march every one on 20 But I will remove far off from
his ways, and they shall not break you the northern army, and will drive
their ranks: him into a land barren and desolate,
8 Neither shall one thmst another; with his face toward the east sea, and
they shall walk every one in his path: his hinder part toward the ùtmost sea,
and when they fall upon the sword, and his stink shall come up, and his ill
they shall not be wounded. savour shall come up, because he hath
9 They shall mn to and fro in the done great things.
city; they shall mn upon the wall, 21 Fear not, G land; be glad and
they shall climb up upon the houses; rejoice: for the Lord will do great
they shall enter in at the Windows like things.
a thief. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the
10 The earth shall quake before field: for the pastures ôf the wildemess
them; the heavens shall tremble: the do spring, for the tree beareth her
Sun and the moon shall be dark, and fmit,the fig tree and the vine do yield
the stars shall withdraw their shining: their stren^h.
812 JOËL 3
23 Be glad then, ye children of people; and have given a boy for an
Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that
God: for he hath given you the former they might drink.
rain moderately, and he will cause to 4 Yea,and what have ye to do with
come down for you the rain,the former me, G Tyre, and Zirdon, and ail the
rain, and the latter rain in the first coasts of Palestine? will ye render me
month* a recompence? and if ye recompense
24 And the floors shall be full of me, swiftly and speedily will I retum
wheat, and the fats shâil overflow your recompence upon your own
with wine and oil. head;
25 And I will restore to you the 5 Because ye have taken my silver
years that the locust hath eaten, the and my gold, and have carried into
cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and your temples my goodly pleasant
the palmerworm,my great army which things:
I sent among you. 6 The children also of Judah and
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and the children of Jérusalem have ye sold
be satished, and praise the name of unto the Grecians, that ye might re-
the Lord your God, that hath dealt move them far from their border.
wondrously with you: and my people 7 Behold, I will raise them out of
shall never be ashamed. the place whither ye have sold them,
27 And ye shall know that I am and will retum your recompence upon
in the midst of Israël, and that I am your own head:
the Lord your God, and none else: 8 And I will sell your sons and your
and my people shall never be ashamed. daughters into the hand of the chil
28 And it shall come to pass after- dren of Judah, and they shall sell
ward, that I will pour out my spirit them to the Sa-be'-ans, to a people far
upon ail flesh; and your sons and your off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
daughters shall prophesy, your old 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gen-
men shall dream dreams, your young tiles; Préparé war, wake up the mighty
men shall see visions: men,let ail the men of war draw near;
29 And also upon the servants and let them come up:
upon the handmaids in those days will 10 Beat your plowshares into
I pour out my spirit. swords, and your pmninghooks into
30 And I will shew wonders in the spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
heavens and in the earth, blood, and 11 Assemble yourselves, and come,
fire, and pillars of smoke. ail ye heathen, and gather yourselves
31 The sun shall be tumed into together round about: thither cause
darkness, and the moon into blood, thy mighty ones to come down, O
before the great and the terrible day Lord.
of the Lord come. 12 Let the heathen be wakened,
32 And it shall come to pass, that and come up to the valley of Je-hosh-
whosoever shall call on the name of a-phat: for there will I sit to judge ail
the Lord shall be delivered: for in the heathen round about.
mount Zion and in Jérusalem shall be 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the
deliverance, as the Lord hath said, harvest is ripe: come, get you down;
and in the remnant whom the Lord for the press is full, the fats overflow;
shall call. for their wickedness is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the
CHAPTER 3 valley of décision: for the day of the
For,behold, in those days, and in Lord is near in the valley of décision.
that time, when I shall bring 15 The sun and the moon shall be
again the captivity of Judah and darkened, and the stars shall with-
Jérusalem, draw their shining.
2 I will also gather ail nations, 16 The Lord also shall roar out of
and will bring them down into the Zion, and utter his voice from Jem-
Valley of Je-hosh'-a-phat, and will salem; and the heavens and the earth
plead with them there for my people shall shake: but the Lord will he the
and for my héritage Israël, whom they hope of his people, and the strength of
have scattered among the nations, the children of Israël.
and parted my land. 17 So shall ye know that I am the
3 And they have cast lots for my Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my
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holy mountain: then shall Jérusalem 19 Egypt shall be a désolation, and

be holy, and there shall no strangers Edom shall be a desolate wildemess,
pass through her any more. for the violence against the children
I8 And it shall come to pciss in that of Judah, because they have shed
day, that the mountalns shall drop innocent blood in their land.
down new wine, and the hills shall 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever,
flow with milk, and ail the rivers of and Jérusalem from génération to
Judah shall flow with waters, and a génération.
fountain shall come forth of the house 21 For I will cleanse their blood
of the Lord, and shall water the that 1 have not cleansed: for the Lord
Valley of Shif-tim. dwelleth in Zion.

Amos
9 Thus saith the Lord; For three
CHAPTER I
The words of Amos, who was transgressions of Tyms, and for four,
I will not tum away the punishment
among the herdmen of Te-ko-a, thereof; because they delivered up the
which he saw conceming Israël whole captivity to Edom,and remem-
in the days of Uz-zi'-ah king of Judah, bered not the brotherly covenant:
and in the days of Jer-o-bo-am the 10 But I will send a flre on the wall
son of Jo-ash king of Israël, two years of Tyms, which shall devour the
before the earthquake. palaces thereof.
2 And he said, The Lord will roar 11 Thus saith the Lord; For three
from Zion, and utter his voice from transgressions of Edom, and for four,
Jérusalem; and the habitations of the I will not tum away the punishment
shepherds shall moum,and the top of thereof; because he did pursue his
Carmel shall wither. brother with the sword, and did cast
3 Thus saith the Lord; For three off ail pity, and his anger did tear
transgressions of Damascus, and for perpetually, and he kept his wrath for
four, I will not tum away the punish- ever:
ment thereof; because they have 12 But I will send a flre upon Te-
threshed Gilead with threshing instru man, which shall devour the palaces of
ments of iron; Boz-rah.
4 But I will send a flre into the 13 Thus saith the Lord; For three
house of Haz-a-el, which shall devour transgressions of the children of Am-
the palaces of Ben-ha-dad. mon,and for four, 1 will not tum away .
5 I will break also the bar of Da the punishment thereof; because they
mascus, and eut oflf the inhabitant have ripped up the women with child
from the plain of A-ven, and him that of Gilead, that they might enlarge
holdeth the sceptre from the house of their border:
Eden: and the people of Syria shall go 14 But I will kindle a flre in the wall
into captivity unto Kir, saith the of Rab-bah, and it shall devour the
Lord. palaces thereof, with shouting in the
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three day of battle, with a tempest in the
transgressions of Ga'-za, and for four, day of the whirlwind:
I will not tum away the punishment 1^5 And their king shall go into
thereof; because they carried away captivity, he and his princes togetiier,
captive the whole captivity, to deliver saith the Lord.
them up to Edom:
7 But I will send a flre on the wall CHAPTER2
of Ga-za, which shall devour the Thus saith the Lord; For three
palaces thereof: transgressions of Moab, and for
8 And I will eut off the inhabitant four, I will not tum away the punish-^
from Ash'-dod, and him that holdeth ment thereof; because he bumed the
the sceptre from Ash-ke-lon,and I will bones of the king of Edoni into lime:
tum mine hand against Ekron: and 2 But I will send a flre upon Moab,
the remnant of the Philistines shall and it shall devour the palaces of
perish, saith the Lord God. Kir'-i-oth: and Moab shall die with
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tumult, with shouting, and with the 16 And he that is courageous among
Sound of the trumpet: the mighty shall flee away naked in
3 And I will eut off the judge from that day, saith the Lord.
the midst thereof, and will slay ail the
princes thereof with him, saith the CHAPTER 3
Lord.
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three HEAR this Word that the Lord
transgressions of Judah, and for four, hath spoken against you, O
I will not turn away the punishment children of Israël, against the whole
thereof; because they have despised family which I brought up from the
the law of the Lord, and have not land of Egypt, saying,
kept his commandments, and their 2 You only have I known of ail the
lies caused them to err, after the which familles of the earth: therefore I will
their fathers have walked: punish you for ail your iniquities. .
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, 3 Can two Wcilk together, except
and it shall devour the palaces of they be agreed?
Jérusalem. 4 Will a lion rpar in the forest,
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three when he hath no prey? will a young
transgressions of Israël, and for four, lion cry out of his den,if he have taken
I will not tum away the punishment nothing?
thereof; because they sold the right- 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the
eous for silver, and the poor for a pair earth, where no gin is for him? shaU
of shoes; one take up a snare from the earth,and
7 That pant after the dust of the have taken nothing at ail?
earth on the head of the poor, and 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the
tum aside the way of the meek: and a city, and the people not be afraid?
man and his father will go in unto the shall there be evil in a city, and the
same maid, to profane my holy name: Lord hath not done it?
8 And they lay themselves down 7 Surely the Lord God will do noth
upon clothes laid to pledge by every ing but he revealeth his secret unto his
altar, and they drink the wine of the servants the prophets.
condemned in the house of their god. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who
before them, whose height was like can but prophesy?
the height of the cedars, and he was 9 Publish in the palaces at Ash-dod,
strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his and in the palaces in the land ofEgypt,
fmit from above, and his roots from and say. Assemble yourselves upon the
beneath. mountains of Sa-ma'-ri-a, and behold
10 Also I brought you up from the the great tumults in the inidst thereof,
land of Egypt,and led you forty years and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
through the wilderness, to possess the 10 For they know not to do right,
land of the Amorite. saith the Lord, who store up violence
11 And I raised up of your sons for and robbery in their palaces.
prophets, and of your young men for 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye God; An adversary there shall be even
children of Israël? saith the Lord. round about the land; and he shall
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine bring down thy strength from thee,
to drink; and commanded the pro and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
phets, saying, Prophesy not. 12 Thus saith the Lord; As the
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, shepherd taketh out of the mouth of
as a cart is pressed that is fuU of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear;
sheaves. so shall the children of Israël be taken
14 Therefore the flight shall perish out that dwell in Sa-ma-ri-a in the
from the swift, and the strong shall corner of a bedj and in Damascus in a
not strengthen his force, neither shall couch.
the mighty deliver himself: 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house
15 Neither shall he stand that of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the
handleth the bow; and he that is swift God of hosts,
of foot shall not deliver himself: 14 That in the day that I shall visit
neither shall he that rideth the horse the transgressions of Israël upon him
deliver himself. I will also visit the altars of Beth-el:
 AMOS 4, 5 815

and the homs of the altar shall be eut nostrils: yet have ye not retumed imto
of[, and fall to the ground. me, saith the Lôrd.
15 And I will smlte the winter 11 I have overthrown some of you,
house with the summer house; and as God overthrew Sodom and Go-
the houses of ivory shall perish, and mor-rah, and ye were as a firebrand
the great houses shall have an end, plucked out of the buming: yet have
saith the Lord. ye not retumed unto me, saith the
Lord.
GHAPTER 4 12 Therefore thus will I do unto
fEAR this Word, ye kine of Ba- thee, O Israël: and because I will do
shan, that are in the mountain this unto thee, préparé to méet thy
6f Sa-ma'-ri-a, which oppress the poor, God, O Israël.
which crush the needy, which say to 13 For, lo, he that formeth the
their masters, Bring, and let us driiik. mountains, and createth the wind,
2 The Lord God hath swôm by his and declareth unto msn what is his
holiness, that, lo, the days shall corne thought, that makéth the moming
upott you, that he will take you away darkness, and treadèth upon the high
with hooks, and your posterity with places of the earth, The Lord, The
fishhooks. God of hosts, is his name.
3 And ye shall go out at the
breaches, every cow at that which is GHAPTER 5
before herj and ye shall cast them into HEAR ye this word which I take
the palace, saith the Lord. up against you, even a lamenta*
4 Corne to Beth-el, and transgress; tion, O house of Israël.
at Gilgal multiply transgression; and 2 The virgin of Israël is fallen; she
bring your sacrifices every moming, shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon
and your tithes after three years: her land; there is none to raise her up.
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanks- 3 For thus saith the Lord God; The
giving with leaven, and proclaim and city that went out hy a thousand shall
publish the free offerings: for this leave an hundred,and that which went
liketh you, O ye children of Israël, forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to
saith the Lord God. the house of Israël.
6 And I also have given you clean- 4 For thus S2dth the Lord unto the
ness of teeth in ail your cities, and house of Israël, Seek ye me, and ye
want of bread in ail your places: yet shall live:
have ye not retumed unto me, saith 5 But seek not Beth^el, nor enter
the Lord. into Gilgal, and pass not to Be-er-
7 And also I have withholden the she-ba: for Gilgal shall surely go into
rain from you, when there were yet captivity, and Beth-el shall come to
three montiis to the harvest: and I nought.
caused it to réiin upon one city, and 6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live;
caused it not to rain upon another lest he break out like fire in the house
city: one piece was rained upon, and of Joseph, and devour it, and there be
the piece whereupon it rained not none to quench it in Beth-el.
withered. 7 Ye who turn judgment to worm-
8 So two or three cities wandered wood, and leave off righteousness in
unto one city, to drink water; but the earth,
they were not satisfied: yet have ye not 8 Seek him that maketh the seven
retumed unto me, saith the Lord. stars and O-ri'-on, and turneth the
9 I have smitten you with blasting shadow of death into the moming,
and mildew: when your gardens and and maketh the day dark with uight:
your vineyards and your fig trees and that calleth for the waters of the sea,
your olive trees increased, the palmer- and poureth them out upon the face
worm devoured them: yet have ye not of the earth: The Lord is his name:
retumed unto me, saith the Lord. 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled
10 I have sent among you the ag^st the strong,.so that the spoiled
pestilence after the mànner of Egypt: shall come against the fortress.
your young men have I slain with the 10 They hate him that rebUketh in
sword, and have taken away your the gâte, and they abhor him that
horses; and I have made the stink of speaketh uprightly.
your camps to come up unto your 11 Forasmuch therefore as your
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treading is upon the poor, and ye take nacle of your Moloch and Chi-un your
from him burdens of wheat: ye have images, the star of your god, which ye
built houses of hewn stone, but ye made to yourselves.
shall not dwell in tbem; ye have 27 Therefore. will I cause you to go
planted pleasant- vineyards, but ye into captivity beyond Damascus,
shall not drink wine of them. saith the Lord, whose name is The
12 For I know your manifold trans God of hosts.
gressions and your mighty slns: they
CHAPTER 6
afllict the ju&t, they take a bribe, and
they turn aslde the poor in the gâte WOE to them that are at ease in
from their right Zion, and trust in the mountain
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep of Sa-ma-rl-a, which are named chief of
silence in that tiine: for it is an evil the nations, to whom the house of
time. Israël came!
14 Seek good,.and not.evil, that ye 2 Pass ye unto Gal-neh, and see;
may live: and so the Lord,the God of and from thence go ye to Ha-math thé
hosts, shall be with you, as ye have great: then go down to Gath of the
spoken. Philistines: be ihey better than these
15 Hate the evil, and love the kingdoms? or their border greater
good, and establish judgment in the than your border?
gâte; it may be that thé Lord God of 3 Ye that put far away the evil day,
hosts will be gracions unto the remuant and cause the seat of violence to come
of Joseph. near;
16 Therefore the Lord, the God 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and
of hosts> the Lord, saith thus; Wailing stretch themselves upon their couches,
shall be in ail streets; and they shaU and eat the lambs out of the fiock, and
say in ail the highways, Alas! alas! the calves out of the midst of the stall;
and they shall call the husbandman to 5 That chant to the sound of the
mouming, and such as are skilful of viol, and invent:to themselves instru
lamentation to wailing. ments ôf musick, like David;
17 And in ail vineyards shall be 6 That drink wine in bowls, and
wailing: for I will pass through thee, anoint themselves with the chief
saith the Lord. ointments: but they are not grieved
18 Woe imto you that desire the for the affliction of Joseph.
day of the Lord! to what end is it for 7 Therefore now shall.they go cap
you? the day of the Lord is darkness, tive with the first that go captive, and
and not light. the banquet of them that stretched
19 As if a man did flee from a lioUi themselves shall be removed.
and a bear met him; or went into the 8 The Lord God hath swom by him-
house, and leaned his hand on the self, saith the Lord the God of hosts,
wall, and a serpent bit him. I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and
20 Shuii not the day of the Lord be hate his palaces: therefore will I de-
darkness, and not light? even very liver up the city with ail that is therein.
dark, and no brightness in it? 9 And it shall come to pass, if there
21 I hate, I déspise your feast days, remzdn ten men in one house,that they
and I will not smell in your solemn shall die.
assemblies. 10 And a man's uncle shall take
22 Though ye offer me bumt offer- him up, and he that bumeth him, to
ings and your meat offerings, 1 will bring out the bones out of the house,
not accept ihem; neither will 1 regard and shall say unto him that is by the
the peace offerings of your fat beasts. sides of the house, Is there yet any
23 Take thou away from me the with thee? and he shall say. No. Then
noise of thy songs; for I will not hear shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we
the melody of thy viols. may not make mention of the name of
; 24 But let judgment nm down as the Lord.
waters, and righteousness as a mighty 11 For, behold, the Lord com-
stream. mandeth, and he will smite the great
25 Have ye offered unto me sacri house with breaches, and the little
fices and offerings in the wildemess house with clefts.
forty years, O house of Israël? 12 Shall horses nm upon the rock?
26 But ye have borne the taber will one plow there with oxen? for ye
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have tumed judgmeiït into gall, and Israël shall surely be led away captive
the fruit of righteousness into hem- out of their own land.
lock: 12 Also Am-a-zi'-ah said unto Amos,
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of O thou seer, go, flee thee away into
nought, which say, Have we not the land of Judah,and there eat bread,
taken to us horns by our own strength? and prophesy there:
14 But, behold, 1 will raise up 13 But prophesy not again any
against you a nation, O house of more at Beth-el: for it is the king's
Israël, saith the Lord the God of chapel, and it is the king's Court.
hosts; and they shall afïlict you from 14 Then answered Amos, and said
the entering in of He'-math unto the to Am-a-zi-ah, I was no. prophet,
river of the wildemess» neither was I a prophètes son; but I
was an herdman, and a gatherer of
CHAPTER 7 sycomore fruit:
15 And the Lord took me as I
THUS hath the Lord God shewed followed the flock, ànd the Lord said
unto me; and, behold, he formed imto me. Go, prophesy imto my peo
grasshoppers in the begiiming of the ple Israël.
shooting up of the latter growth; and, 16 Now therefore hear thou the
lo, it was the latter growth after the Word of the Lord: Thou sayest,
king's mowings. Prophesy not against Israël, and drop
2 And it came to pass, that when not thy Word against the house of
they had made an end of eating the Isaac.
grass of the land, then I said, O Lord 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
God,forgive, I beseech thee: by whom Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city,
shall Jacob arise? for he is small. and thy sons and thy daughters shall
3 The Lord repented for this: It fall by the sword, and thy land shall
shall not be, saith the Lord, be divided by line; and thou shalt die
4 Thus hath the Lord God shewed in a polluted land: and Israël shall
unto me: and, behold, the Lord God surely go into captivity forth of his
called to contend by fire, and it de- land.
voured the great deep, and did eat up
CHAPTER S
a part.
5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, Thus hath the Lord God shewed
I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob imto me: and behold a basket of
arise? for he is small. summer fruit.
6 The Lord repented for this: This 2 And he said, Amos, what seest
thou? And I said, A basket of summer
also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, fruit. Then said the Lord unto me,
the Lord stood upon a wall mode by a The end is come upon my people of
plumbline, with a plumbline in his Israël; I will not again pass by them
hand. any more.
8 And the Lord said unto me, 3 And the songs of the temple shall
Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A be bowlings in that day^ saith the
plumbline. Then said the Lord, Be Lord God: there shall he many dead
hold, I will set a plumbline in the bodies in every place; they shall cast
midst of my people Israël: I will not them forth with silence.
again pass by them any more: 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up
9 And the high places of Isaac shall the needy, even to make the poor of
be desolatej and the sanctuaries of the land to fail,
Israël shall be laid waste; and I will 5 Saying, When will the new moon
rise against the house of Jer-o-bo-am be gone, that we may sell com? and
with the sword. the sabbath, that we may set forth
10 Then Am-a-zi-ah the priest of wheat, making the ephah small, and
Beth-el sent to Jer-o-bo-am king of the shekel great, and falsifying the
Israël, saying, Amos hath conspired balances by deceit?
against thee in the midst of the house 6 That we may buy the poor for
of Israël: ithe land is not able to beat silver, and the needy for a pair of
allhiswords. shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the
11 For thus Amos saith, Jer-o- wheat?
bo'-am shali die by the sword, and 7 The Lord hath swom by the
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excellency of Jacob, Surely I will them: and I will set mine eyes upon
never forget any of their works» them for evil, and not for good.
S Shall not the land tremble for 5 And the Lord God of hosts is he
this, and every one moum that dwell- that toucheth the land, and it shall
eth therein? and it shall rise up melt, and ail that dwell therein shall
wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast moum: and it shall rise up wholly like
ont and drowned, as by the flood of a flood;and shall be drowned,as by the
Egypt. flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that 6 It is he that buildeth his stories
day, saith the Lord God, that I will in the heaven, and hath founded his
cause the sun to go down at noon, troop in the earth; he that calleth for
and I will darken the earth in the clear the waters of the sea, and poureth
day: them out upon the face of the earth:
10 And I will turn your feasts into The Lord is his name.
mouming, and ail your songs into 7 Are ye not as children of the
lEimentation; and I will bring up sack- E-thi-o-pi-ans unto me, O children
cloth upon ail loins, and baldness upon of Israël? saith the Lord. Have not I
every head; and I will make it as the brought up Israël out of the land of
mouming of an only son, and the end Egypt? and the Philistines from Caph-
thereof as a bitter day. tor, and the Syrians from Kir?
11 Behold, the days come, saith 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God
the Lord God, that I will send a are upon the sinful kingdom, and I
famine in the land, not a famine of will destroy it from off the face of the
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of earth; saving that I will not utterly
hearing the words of the Lord: destroy the house of Jacob, saith the
12 And they shall wander from sea Lord.
to sea, and from the north even to the 9 For, lo, I will command, and I
east, they shall mn to and fro to seek will sift the house of Israël among ail
the Word of the Lord, and shall not nations, like as com is sifted in a sieve,
flnd it yet shall not the least grain fall upon
13 In that day shall the fair virgins the earth.
and young men faint for thirst. 10 AU the sinners of my people shaU
14 They that swear by the sin of die by the sword, which say, The evU
Sa-ma-ri-a, and say, Thy God, O Dan, shall not overtake nor prevent us.
liveth; and, The manner of Be-er- 11 In that day will I raise up the
she-ba liveth; even they shall fall, and tabemacle of Da\dd that is fallen, and
never rise up again. close up the breaches thereof; and I
wiU raise up his mins, and I wiU buUd
CHAPTER 9 it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the rem-
ISAW the Lord standing upon the nant of Edom, and of ail the heathen,
altar: and he said, Smite the lintel which are caUed by my name, Scdth
of the door, that the posts may shake: the Lord that doeth this.
and eut them in the head, ail of them; 13 Behold,the days come,saith the
and I will slay the last of them with Lord,that the plowman shall overtake
the sword: he that fleeth of them shall the reaper, and the treader of grapes
not flee away, and he that escapeth of him that soweth seed; and the moun-
them shall not be delivered. tains shall drop sweet wine,and ail the
2 Though they dig into hell, thence hills shall melt.
shall mine hand take them; though 14 And I will bring again the cap
they climb up to heaven, thence will I tivity of my people of Israël, and they
bring them down: shall build the waste cities, and in
3 And though they hide themselves habit them; and they shall plant vine-
in the top of Carmel, I will search and yards, and drink the wine thereof;
take them out thence; and though they they shall also make gardens, and eat
be hid from my sight in the bottom of the fruit of them.
the sea, thence will I command the 15 And I wiU plant them upon
serpent, and he shall bite them: their land, and they shaU no more be
4 And though they go into captivity pulled up out of their land whidi I
before their enemies, thence will I have given them, saith the Lord thy
command the sword, and it shall slay God.
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Obadiah
THE vision of O-ba-di-ah. Thus
saith the Lord God coriceming
children of Judah in the day of their
destruction; neither shouldest thou
Edom; We bave heard a rumeur have spoken proudly in the day of
from the Lord, and an àmbassador is distress.
sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and 13 Thou shouldest not have entered
let us rise up against her in battle. into the gâte of my people in the day of
2 Behold, 1 have màde thee small their calamity; yea,thoù shouldest not
among the heathen; thou art greatly have looked on their affliction in the
despised. day of their calamity, nor have laid
3 The pridfe of thine heart hath dè- hands on théir substance in the day Pf
celved thee, thoù that dwellèst in the their calamity;
clefts of the rock, whose habitation 14 Neither shouldest thou have
is high; that saith in his heart, Who stood in the crossway, to eut off those
shall bring me down to the ground? of his that did escape; neither should
4 Though thou exalt thysélf as the est thou have delivered up thpse of
eagle, and though thou set thy hest his that did remain in the day of dis
among the stars, thence will I bring tress.
thee down, saith the Lord. 15 For the day of the Lord is near
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers upon ail the heathen: as thou hast
by night, (how art thou eut off!) done, it shall be done unto thee: thy
would they not have stolen till they reward shall return upon thine own
had enough? if the grapegatherers head.
came to thee, would they not leavé 16 For as ye have drunk upon my
some grapes? holy mountain,sa shall ail the heathen
6 How are the things of Esau drink continually, yea, they shâll
searched oùt! how are his hidden things drihk, and they shall swallow down,
sought up! and they shall be as though they had
7 AU the men of thy confederacy not been.
have brought thee even to the border: 17 But upon mount Zion shall be
the men that were at peace wlth thee deliverance,and there shall be holiness;
have deceived thee, and prevailed and the house of Jacob shall possess
against thee; they that eat thy bread their possessions.
have laid a wound under thee: there is 18 And the house of Jacob shall be
none understanding in him. a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame,
8 Shall I not in thât day, saith the and the house of Esau for stubble, and
Lord, even destroy the wise men out they shall kindle in them, and devour
ofEdom,and understanding out ofthe them; and there shall not be dny re-
mount of Esau? maining of the house of Esau; ifor the
9 And thy mighty men, O Te'-man, Lord hath spoken it.
shaU be dismayed, to the end that 19 And they of the south shall pos
every one of the mount of Esau may sess the mount of Esau; and they of
be eut off by slaughter. the plain the Philistines: and they shall
10 For thy violence against thy possess the fields of E-jpfara-im,and the
brother Jacob shaine shall coyer thee, fields of Sa-ma'-ri-a: 2Uid Benjamin
and thou shalt be eut off for ever. shall possess GJlead.
ri In the day that thou stoodé^ on 20 And the captivity of this host
the other side, in the day that the of the children of Israël shall possess
strangers carried away captive his that of the Canaanites, even unto
forces, and foreigners entered intp his Zar'-e-phath;and the captivity of Jéru
gâtes, and cast lots upon Jérusalem, salem, which is in Seph'-a-rad, shall
even thou wast as one of them. possess the cities of the south.
12 But thoù shouldest not have 21 Aiid saviours shall come up on
lopked on the day of thy brother in the mount Zion to judge the mount of
day thait he became a stranger; neither Esau; and the kingdom shall be the
shouldest thou have rejoiced oyer the Lord's.
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Jonah
shall the sea be calm imto you: for I
CHAPTER I
NOW the Word of the Lord
came unto Jonah the son of
know that for my sake this gréât tem
pest is upon ypu.
13 Nevertheiess the men rowed
A-mif-ta-i, saying, hard to bring it to the land; but they
2 Arise, go to Nin-e-veh, that great could not: for the sea wrought, and
city, and cry against it; for their wick- was tempestuous against them.
edness is come up before me. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the
3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Lord, and said, Wè beseech thee, O
Tarshish from the presence of the Lord,we beseech thee,let us not perish
Lord, and went down to Joppa; and for this man's life, and lay not upon us
he found a ship going to Tarshish: so innocent blood:for thou, O Lord,hast
he paid the fare thereof, and went done as it pleased thee.
down into it, to go with them unto 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast
Tarshish from the presence of the him forth into the sea: and the sea
Lord. ceased from her raging.
4 But the Lord sent out a great 16 Then the men feared the Lord
wind into the sea, and there was a exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice
mighty tempest in the seia, so that the unto the Lord, and made vows.
ship was like to be broken. 17 Now the Lord had prepared a
5 Then the mariners were afraid, great fish to swallow up Jonah. And
and cried every man unto his god, and Jonah was in the beïly of the fish three
céist forth the wares that were in the dâys and three nights.
ship into the sea, to lighten it of them.
But Jonah was gone down into the CHAPTER 2
sides of the ship; and he lay, and was Then jonah prayed unto the Lord
fast asleep. his God out of the fish's belly,
6 So the shipmaster came to him, 2 And said, I cried by reason of
and said unto him, What meanest mine affliction unto the Lord, and he
thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy heard me; out of the bèlly of hell cried
God,if so be that God will think upon I, and thou heardest my voice.
us, that we perish not. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the
7 And they said every one to his deep,in the midst of the seas; and the
fellow, Come,and let us cast lots, that floods compassed me about: ail thy
we may khow for whosè cause this billows and thy waves passed over me.
evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy
the lot feÙ upon Jonah. sight; yet I will look again toward thy
8 Then said they unto him. Tell us, holy temple.
we pray thêe,for whose cause this evil 5 The waters compassed me about,
is upon us; \^at is thine occupation? even to the soul: the depth closed me
and whence comest thou? what is thy round about, the weeds were wrapped
country? and of what people art thou? about my head.
9 And he said unto them, I am an 6 I went down to the bottoms of
Hebrew; and I fear the Lord,the God the mountains; the earth with her bars
of heaven, which hath made the sea was about me for ever: yet hast thou
and the dry land. brought up my life from corruption,
10 Then were the men exceedingly 0 Lord my God.
afraid, and said unto him, Why hast 7 When my soul fainted within me
thou done this? For the men knew that 1 remembered the Lord: and my
he fled from the presence of the Lord, prayer came in imto thee, into thine
because he had told them. holy temple.
11 Then said they unto him, What 8 They that observe lying vanities
shall we do unto thee, that the sea forsake their own mercy.
may be calm unto us? for the sea 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with
wrought, and was tempestuous. the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay
12 And he said unto them,Take me that that I have vowed. Salvation is
up, and cast me forth into the sea; so of the Lord.
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10 And the Lord spake unto the 2 And he prayed unto the Lord,
fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was
the dry land. not this my saying, when I was yet in
my country? Therefore I fled before
CHAPTER 3 imto Tarshish: for I knew that thou
4ND the Word of the Lord came art a gracions God, and merciful, slow
j[\ unto Jonah the second tUne, to anger, and of great kindness, and
saying, repentest thee of the evil.
2 Arise, go unto Nin-e-veh, that 3 Therefore now, O Lord, take,
great citv» and preach unto it the I beseech thee, my life from me; for
preaching that I bid thee, it is better for me to die than to
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto live.
Nin-e-veh, according to the word of 4 Then said the Lord, Doest thou
the Lord. Now Nin-e-veh was an ex- well to be angry?
ceeding great clty of three days' jour- 5 So Jonah went out of the city,
ney. and sat on the east side of the city,
4 And Jonah began to enter into and there made him a booth, and
the city a day's joumey, and he cried, sat under it in the shadow, till he
and said, Yet forty days, and Nin-e- might see what would become of the
veh shall be overthrown. city.
5 So the people of Nin-e-veh be- 6 And the Lord. God prepared a
lieved God,and proclaimed a fast, and gourd, and made it to come up over
put on sackcloth, from the greatest of Jonah, that it might be a shadow
them even to the least of them. over his head, to deliver him from his
6 For word came unto the king of grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of
Nin-e-veh, and he arose from his the gourd.
throne, and he laid his robe from him, 7 But God prepared a worm
and covered him with sackcloth, and when the moming rose the next day,
satinashes. and it smote the gourd that it with-
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed ered.
and published through Nin-e-veh by S And it came to pass, when the
the decree of the king and his nobles, Sun did arise, that God prepared a
saying, Let neither man nor bezist, vehement east wind; and the sun beat
herd nor flock, taste anything: let upon the head of Jonah, that he
them not feed, nor drink water: fainted, and wished in himself to die,
8 But let man and beast be covered and said, It is better for me to die
with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto than to live.
God: yea, let them turn every one 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest
from his evil way, and from the vio thou well to be angry.for the gourd?
lence that is in their hands. And he said, I do well to be angry,
9 Who can tell if God will turn and even unto death.
repent, and turn away from his fierce 10 Then said the Lord, Thou hcist
anger, that we perish not? had pity on the gourd> for the whiçh
10 And God saw their works, that thou hast not laboured, neither mad-
they tumed from their evil way; and est it grow; which came up in a night,
God repented of the evil, that he had and perished in a night:
said that he would do unto them; and 11 And should not I spare Nin-e-
he did it not. veh, that great city, wherein are more
than sixscore thousand persons that
CHAPTER 4 cannot discem between their right
UT it displeased Jonah exceed- hand and their left hand; and also
B ingly, and he was very angry. much cattle?
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Micah
waited carefully for good: but evil
CHAPTER I
THE wôrd of the Lord that came
to Mi'-cah the Mo--ras-thite in
cahie down from the Lord unto the
gâte of Jérusalem.
13 O thou inhabitant of Larchish,
the days of Jo-tham, Ahàz, and bind the chariot to the swift beast:
Hez-e-ki'-ah, kihgs of Judah, which he she is the beginning of the sin to the
saw conceming Sa-ma'-ri-a and Jéru daughter of Zion: for the transgres
salem. sions of Israël were found in thee.
: 2 Hear, ail ye people; hearken, O 14 Therefore shalt thou give prés
earth, and ail that therein is: and let ents to Mor'-esh-eth-gath: the houses
the Lord God be witness against yôu, of Ach'zib shall be a Ue to the kings of
the Lord from his holy temple. Israël.
3 For, behold, thé Lord cometh 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto
forth ont of his place, and will come thee, O inhabitant of Ma-re-shah: he
down, and tread upon the high places shall come unto A-dul-lam the glory of
of the earth. Israël.
4 And the mountains shall be 16 Make thee bald, and poil thee
molten under him, and the vàlleys for thy delicate children; enlarge thy
shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, baldness as the eagle;for they are gone
and as the waters fhat are poured down into captivity from thee.
a steep place.
CHAPTER2
5 For the transgression ôf Jacob
is ail this, and for the sins of the house WOE to them that devise in-
of Israël. What is the transgression of iquity, and work evil upon their
Jàcob? is i< not Sa-ma'-ri-a? and what bedsî when the morning is light, they
are the high places of Judah? are they practise it, because it is in the power of
not Jérusalem? their hand.
6 Therefore I will make Sa-ma-ri-a 2 And they covet fields, and take
as an heap of the held, and as plant- them by violence; and houses, and
ings of a vineyard: and I will pour take them away:so they oppress a man
down thé stonés thereof into the val- and his house, even a man and his
ley,and I will discover the foundations héritage.
thereof. 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord;
7 And ail the graven images tljereof Behold, against this family do I devise
shall be beaten to pièces, and ail the an evil, from which ye shall not re-
hires thereof shall be burned with the move your necks; neither shall ye go
fire, and ail the idols thereof will I lay haughtily: for this timé is evil.
desolate: for she gathered it of the hire 4 In that day shall one take up a
of ah harlot, and they shall return to parable against you, and lamènt with
the hire of an harlot. a doleful lamentation, ànd say, We be
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, utterly spoiled: he hath changed the
I will go stripped and naked: I will portion of my people: how hath he
make a wailing like the dragons, and removed it from me! tuming away he
mourning as the owls. hath divided our fields.
9 For her wound is incurable; for 5 Therefore thou shalt have none
it is come unto Judsih; he is come unto that shall cast a cord by lot in the
the gâte of my people, even to Jéru congrégation of the Lord.
salem. 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them
10 Déclaré ye it not at Gath, weep that prophesy: they shall not prophesy
ye not at ail; in the house of Aph-rah to them,that they shall not take shame.
roll thyself in the dust. 7 O thou that art named the house
11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord
of Sa'-phir, having thy shame naked: straitened? are these his doings? do
the inhabitant of Za'-a-nan came not not my words do good to him that
forth in the mourning of Beth-e-zel; walketh uprightly?
he shall receive of you his standing. 8 Even of late my people is risen
12 For the inhabitant of Ma-roth up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe
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with the garaient from them that pass and the diviners confounded: yea,they
by securely as men averse from war. shall ail cover their lips; for there is no
9 The women of my people have ye answer of God.
cast out from their i)leasant houses; 8 But truly I am full of power by
from their children have ye taken the spirit of the Lord, and of judg
away my glory for ever. ment, and of might, to déclaré unto
10 Arise ye, and départ; for this Jacob his transgression, and to Israël
is not your rest: because it is polluted, his sin.
it shall destroy you, even with a sore 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads
destruction. of the house of Jacob, and princes of
11 If a man walking in the spirit the house of Israël, that abhor judg
and falsehood do lie, saying, I will ment, and pervert ail equity.
prophesy unto thee of wine and of 10 They build up Zioh with blood,
strong drink; he shall even be the and Jérusalem with iniquity.
prophet of this people. 11 The heads thereof judge for
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, reward, and the priests thereof teach
ail of thee; I will surely gather the for hire, and the prophets thereof
remuant of Israël; I will put them to- divine for money: yet will they lean
gether as the sheep of Boz-rah, as the upon the Lord, and say, Is not the
flock in the midst of their fold: they Lord among us? none evil can come
shall make great noise by reason of upon us.
the multitude of men, 12 Therefore shall Zion for your
13 The breaker is come up before sake be plowed as a fleld, and Jéru
them: they have broken up, and have salem shall become heaps, and the
passed through the gâte, and are gone mountain of the house as the high
out by it: and their king shall pass places of the forest.
before them,and the Lord on the head
ofthem. GHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 3 But in the last days it shall come
AND I said, Hear, I pray you, O to pass, that the mountain of the
J\ heads of Jacob, and ye princes of house of the Lord shall be established
the house of Israël; Is it not for you to in the top of the mountains, and it
know judgment? shall be exalted above the hills; and
2 Who hate the good, and love people shall flow unto it.
the evil; who pluck off their skin from 2 And many nations shall come,
off them,and their flesh from off their and say, Come,and let us go up to the
bones; mountain of the Lord, and to the
3 Who also eat the flesh of my house of the God of Jacob; and he will
people, and flay their skin from off teach us of his ways, and we will walk
them; and they break their bones, and in his paths: for the law shall go forth
chop them in pièces, as for the pot, of Zion, and the word of the Lord
and as flesh within the caldron. from Jérusalem.
4 Then shall they cry unto the 3 And he shall judge among many
Lord, but he will not hear them: he people, and rebuke strong nations afar
will even hide his face from them at off; and they shall beat their swords
thattime,as they have behaved them- into plowshares, and their spears into
selves ill in their doings. pruiiinghooks: nation shall not lift up
5 Thus saith the Lord concerning a sword against nation, neither shall
the prophets that make my people err, they leara war any more.
that bite with their teeth, and cry, 4 But they shall sit every man un-
Peace; and he that putteth not into der his vine and under his flg tree;
their mouths, they even préparé war and none shall make them afraid: for
against him. the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath
6 Therefore night shall he unto you, spoken it,
that ye shall not have a vision; and 5 For ail people will walk every one
it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall in the name of his god, and we will
not divine; and the sun shall go down walk in the name of the Lord our God
over the prophets, and the day shall for ever and ever.
be dark over them. 6 In that day, saith the Lord, will
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed. I assemble her that halteth, and I will
824 MICAH 5, 6
gather her that is driven out, and her they shall abide: for now shall he be
that I have afflicted; great unto the ends of the earth.
7 And I will make her that halted a 5 And this man shall be the peace,
remnant, and her that was cast far off when the Assyrian shall come into our
a strong nation: and the Lord shall land: and when he shall tread in our
reign over them in monnt Zion from palaces,then shall we raise against him
henceforth, even for even seven shepherds, and eight principal
8 And thou, O tower of the flock, men.
the strong hold of the daughter of 6 And they shall waste the land of
Zion^ unto thee shall it corne, even the Assyria with the sword,and the land of
first dominion;the kingdom shall corne Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus
to the daughter of Jérusalem. shall he deliver us from the Assyrian,
9 Now why dost thou cry out when he cometh into our land, and
aloud? is fhere no king in thee? is thy when he treadeth within oùr borders.
counsellor perished? for pangs have 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall
taken thee as a woman in travail. be in the midst of many people as a
10 Be in pain, and labour to bring dew from the Lord, as the showers
forth, O daughter of Zion, like a upon the grass, that tarrieth not for
woman in travail: for now shalt thou man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
go forth out of the city, and thou shalt 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall
dwell in the field, and thou shalt go be among the Gentiles in the midst of
even to Babylon; there shalt thou be many people as a lion among the
delivered; there the Lord shall re- beasts of the forest, as a young lion
deem thee from the hand of thine among the flocks of sheep: who, if he
enemies. go through, both treiadeth down, and
11 Now also many nations are teareth in pièces, and none can de
gathered against thee, that say, Let liver.
her be defiled, and let our eye look 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up
upon Zion. upon thine adversaries, and ail thine
12 But they know not the thoughts enemies shall be eut off.
of the Lord, neither understand they 10 And it shall come to pass in that
his coimsel:for he shall gather them as day, saith the Lord, that I will eut
the sheaves into the floor. off thy horses out of the midst of thee,
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of and I will destroy thy chariots:
Zion: for I will make thine hom iron, 11 And I will eut off the cities of
and 1 will make thy hoofs brass: and thy land, and throw down ail thy
thou shalt beat in pièces many people: strong holds:
and I will consecrate their gain unto 12 And I will eut off witchcrafts
the Lord, and their substance unto out of thine hand; and thou shalt have
the Lord of the whole earth. no moré soothsayers:
13 Thy graven images also will I
CHAPTER 5 eut off, and thy standing images out of
NOW gather thyself in troops, O
daughter of troops: he hath laid
the midst.of thee; and thou shalt no
more worship the work of thine hands.
siege against us: they shall smite the 14 And I will pluck up thy groves
judge of Israël with a rod upon the out of the midst of thee: so will I
cheek. destroy thy cities.
2 But thou, Beth-lehem Eph-ra- 15 And I will execute vengeance
tah, though thou be little among the in anger and fury upon the heathen,
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee such as they have not heard.
shall he come forth unto me that is to
be ruler in Israël; whose goings forth CHAPTER 6
have been from of old,from everlasting. HEAR ye now what the Lord
3 Therefore will he give them up, saith; Arise, contend thou before
until the time that she which travaileth the moimtains, and let the hills hear
hath brought forth: then the remnant thy voice.
of his brethren shall retmm unto the 2 Hear ye,O mountains,the Lord's
children of Israël. controversy, and ye strongr foimda-
4 And he shaU stand and feed in the tions of the earth: for the Lord hath a
strength of the Lord, in the majesty controversy with his people^ and he
of the name of the Lord his God; and will plead with Israël.
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3 O my people, what have I doae that 1 should make thee a désolation,

unto thee? and wherein have I Wearied and the inhabitants thereof an hissing;
thee? testify against me, therefore ye shall bear the reproach of
4 For I brought thee up eut of the my people.
land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out
of the house of servants; and 1 sent CHAPTER 7
before thee Moses, Aaron,and Miriam, WOE is me! for I am as when
5 O my people, remember now they have gathered the summer
what Ba'-lak king of Moab consulted, fruits, as the grapegleanings of the
and what Ba-laam the son of Be-or vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my
answered him from Shif-tim imto soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Gilgal; that ye may know the right- 2 The good man is perished out of
eousness of the Lord. the earth: and there is none upright
6 Wherewith shall 1 come before among men: they ail lie in wait for
the Lord, and bow myself before the blood; they hunt every man his
high Grod? shall 1 come befote him brother with a net.
with bumt offerings, with calves of a 3 That they may do evil with both
year old? hands earnestly, the prince asketh,
7 Will the Lord be pleased with and the judge asketh for a reward; and
thousands of rams, or with ten thou- the great man, he uttereth his mis-
sands of rivers of oil? shall I give my chievous desire: so they wrap it up.
firstborn for my transgression, the 4 The best of them is as a brier:
fruit of my body for the sin of my the most upright is sharper than a
soul? thom hedge: the day of thy watchmen
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, and thy Visitation cometh; now shall
what is good; and what doth the Lord be their perplexity.
require of thee, but to do justly, and 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye
to love mercy, and to walk himibly not confidence in a guide: keep the
with;thy God? doors of thy mouth from her that lieth
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the in thy bosom.
city, and the man of wisdom shall see 6 For the son dishonoureth the
thy name: hear ye the rod, and who father, the daughter riseth up:against
hath appointed it. her mother, the daughter in law
10 Are there yet the treasures of against her mother in law; a man's
wickedness in the house of the wicked, enemies are the men of his own house.
and the séant measure that îs abomi 7 Therefore I will look unto the
nable? Lord; I will wait for the God of my
11 Shall I count them pure with the salvation: my God will hear me.
wicked balginces, and with the bag of 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine
deceitful weights? enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when
12 For the rich men thereof are full I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be
ofviolence,and the inhabitants thereof a light unto me.
have spoken lies, and their tongue is 9 I will bear the indignation of the
deceitful in their mouth. Lord, because I have sinned against
13 Therefore also will I make thee him, untfi he plead my cause, and
sick in smiting thee, in making thee^ execute judgment for me:he will bring
desolate because of thy sins. me forth to the light, and I shall
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satis- behold his righteousness.
fied; and thy casting down shaîl he 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall
in the midst of thee; and thou shalt see it, and shame shall cover her which
take hold^ but shalt not deliver; and said unto me, Where is the Lord thy
that which thou deliverest will I give God? mine eyes shall behold her: now
up to the sword. shall she be trodden down as the mire
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt of the streets.
not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, 11 In the day that thy waUs are to
but thou shalt not anoint thee with be built, in that day shall the decree
oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not be far removed.
diink wine. 12 In that day also he shall come
16 For the statutes of Omri are even to thee from Assyria, and from
kept, and ail the works of the house of the fortified cities, and from the for-
Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; tress even to the river, and from sea
826 NAHUM 1, 2
to sea, and from mountain to moun- serpent, they shall move out of their
tain. holes like worms of the earth: they
13 Notwithstanding the land shall shall be afraid of the Lord our God^
be desolate because of them that dwell and shall fear because of thee.
therein, for the fruit of their doings. 18 Who is a God like unto thee,
14 Feed thy people with thy rod, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth
the flock of thine héritage, which by the transgression of the remnant of
dwell solitarily in the wood, in the his héritage? he retaineth not his anger
midst of Carmel: let them feed in for ever, because he delighteth in
Ba-shan and Gilead, as in the days of mercy.
old. 19 He will tum again, he will
15 According to the days of thy have compassion upon us; he will
coming out of the land of Egypt will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt
I shew unto him marvellous things. cast ail their sins into the depths of
16 The nations shall see and be the sea.
confounded at ail their might: they 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to
shall lay their hand upon their mouth, Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,
their ears shall be deaf. which thou hast swom unto our
17 They shall lick the dust like a fathers from the days of old.

Nahum
affliction shall not tise up the second
CHAPTER I
The burden of Nin'-e-veh. The
book of the vision of Nahum the
time.
10 For while they be folden together
as thorns, and while they are drunken
El'-kosh-ite. as drunkards, they shall be devoured
2 God is jealous, and the Lord as stubble fully dry.
revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and 11 There is one come out of thee,
is furious; the Lord will take ven that imagineth evil against the Lord,
geance on his adversaries, and he a wicked counsellor.
reserveth îvrath for his enemies. 12 Thus saith the Lord; Though
3 The Lord is slow to anger, and they be quiet, and likewise many, yet
great in power, and will not at ail thtis shall they be eut down, when he
acquit the ivicked: the Lord hath his shall pass through. Though I have
way in the whirlwind aiid in the storm, afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no
and the clouds are the dust of his feet. more.
4 He rebuketh the sea, cmd maketh 13 For now will I break his yoke
it dry, and drieth up ail the rivers; from off thee, and will burst thy
Ba-shan languisheth, and Carmel, and bonds in sunder.
the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 14 And the Lord hath given a
5 The mountains quake at him, and commandment conceming thee, that
the hills melt, and the earth is bumed no more of thy name be sown: out of
at his presence, yea, the world, and ail the house of thy gods will I eut off the
that dwell therein. graven image and the molten image: I
6 Who can stand before his indigna will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
tion? and who can abide in the fierce- 15 Behold upon the mountains the
ness of his anger? his fury is poured out feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
like lire, and the rocks are thrown that publisheth peacel O Judah, keep
down by him. thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:
7 The Lord is good,a strong hold in for the wicked shall no more pass
the day of trouble; and he knoweth through thee; he is utterly eut off.
them that trust in him.
CHAPTER 2
8 But with an overrunning flood he
will make an utter end of the place He that dasheth in pièces is come
thereof, and darkness shall pursue his up before thy face: keep the
enemies. munition, watch the way, make thy
9 What do ye imagine against the loins strong,fortify thy power mightily.
Lord? he will make an utter end; 2 For the Lord hath turned away
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the excellency of Jacob, as the excel- 2 The noise of a whip,and the noise
lency of Israël: for the «tnptiers have of the rattling of the wheels,and of the
emptied them out, and marred their pransing horses, and of the jumping
vine branches. chariots.
3 The shield of his mighty men is 3 The horseman lifteth up both the
made red, the valiant men are in bright sword and the glittering spear:
scarlet: the chariots shall be with and there is a multitude of slain, and a
daming torches in the day of his great number of carcases; and there is
préparation, and the fir trees shall be none end of their corpses; they stumble
terribly shaken. upon their corpses:
4 The chariots shall rage in the 4 Because of the multitude of the
streets, they shall justle one against whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot,
another in the broad ways: they shall the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth
seem like torches, they shall run like nations through her whoredoms, and
the lightnings. families through her witchcrafts.
5 He shall recount his worthies: 5 Béhold, I am against thee, saith
they shall stumble in their walk; they the Lord of hosts; and I will discover
shall make haste to the wall thereof, thy skirts upon thy face, and I wUl
and the defence shall be prepared. shew the nations thy nakedness, and
6 The gâtes of the rivers shall be the kingdoms thy shame.
opened, and the palace shall be dis- 6 And I will cast abominable filth
solved. upon thee, ând make thee vile, and
7 And Huz-zab shall be led away will set thee as a gazingstock.
captive, she shall be brought up, and 7 And it shall come to pass, that
her maids shall lead her as with the ail they that look upon thee shall flee
voice of doves, tabering upon their from thee, and say, Nin'-e-veh is laid
breasts. waste: who will bemoan her? whence
8 But Nin'-e-veh is of old like a shall I seek comforters for thee?
pool of water: yet they shall flee away. 8 Art thou better than populous
Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none No,that was situate Eunong the rivers,
shall look back. that had the waters roiind about it,
9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take whose rampart was the sea, and her
the spoil of gold: for there is none end wall was from the sea?
of the store and glory out of ail the 9 E-thi-o-pi-a and Egypt were her
pleasant furniture. strength, and it was infinité; Put and
10 She is empty, and void, and Lu'-bim were thy helpers.
waste: and the heart melteth, and the 10 Yet was she carried away, she
knees smite together, and much pain went into captivity: her young chil-
is in ail loins, and the faces of them ah dren also were dashed in pièces at the
gather blackness. top of ail the streets: and they cast
11 Where is the dwelling of the lots for her honourable men, and ail
lions, and the feedingplace of the her great men were bound in chains.
young lions, where the lion, even the 11 Thou also shalt be drunken:thou
old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek
and none made them afraid? strength because of thé enemy.
12 The lion did tear in pièces 12 AU thy strong holds shall be like
enough for his whelps, and strangled fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they
for his lionesses, and filled his holes be shaken,they shall even faU into the
with prey, and his dens with ravin. mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, I am against thee, saith 13 Behold, thy jpeople in the midst
the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her of thee are wbmen: the gâtes of thy
chariots in the smoke, and the sword land shall be set wide open unto thine
shall devour thy young lions: and I enemies: the fire shaU devour thy
will eut off thy prey from the earth, bars.
and the voice of thy messengers shall 14 Draw thee waters for the siege,
no more be heard. fortify thy strong holds: go into clay,
and tread the morter,.make strong the
CHAPTER 3 brickkiln.
WGE to the bloody city! it is 15 There shall the fire devour thee;
the sword shall eut thee off, it shâll
ail full of lies and robbery; the
prey departeth not; eat thee up like the cankerworm: make
828 HABAKKUK 1, 2
thyself many as the cankerworm,make
thyself many as the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy mer-
chants above the stars of heaven; the
cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
17 Thy crowned are as the locusts,
and thy captains as the great grass-
hoppers, which camp in the hedges in
the cold day, but when the sun ariseth
they flee away, and their place is not
known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king
of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in
the dust: thy people is scattered upon
the mountains, and no man gathereth
them,
19 There is no healing of thy bruise;
thy wound is grievous: ail that
hear the bruit of thee shall clap the
hands over thee; for upon whom hatb
not thy wickedness passed continu-
ally?

Habakkuk
them: they shall deride every strong
CHAPTER I
The burden which Ha-bak'-kuk
the prophet did see.
hold; for they shall heap dust, and
take it.
11 Then shall his mind change, and
2 O Lord, how long shall I he shall pass over, and offend, imput-
cry, and thou wilt not hearl even cry ing this his power unto his god.
out unto thee of violence, and thou 12 Art thou not from everlasting,
wilt not save! O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we
3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, shall not die. O Lord, thou hast or-
and cause me to behold grievance? dained them for judgment; and, O
for spoiling and violence are before mighty God, thou hast established
me: and there are that raise up strife them for correction.
and contention. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and behold evil, and canst not look on
judgment doth never go forth: for the iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon
wicked doth compass about the right- them that deal treacherously, and
eous; therefore wrong judgment pro- holdest thy tongue whén the wicked
ceedeth. devoureth the man that is more right-
5 Behold ye among the heathen, eous than he?
and regard, and wonder marvellously: 14 And makest men as the fishes of
for I will work a work in your days, the sea, as the creeping things, that
which ye will not believe, though it be have no ruler over them?
told you. 15 They take up ail of them with
6 For, lo, I raise up the Chal-de- the angle, they catch them in their
ans,that bitter and hasty nation, which net, and gather them in their drag:
shall march through the breadth of the therefore they rejoice and are glad.
land, to possess the dwelUngplaces 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto
that are not theirs. their net, and bum incense unto their
7 They are terrible and dreadful: drag; because by them their portion
their judgment and their dignity shall is fat, and their meat plenteous.
proceed of themselves. 17 Shall they therefore empty their
8 Their horses also are swifter than net, and not spare continually to slay
the léopards, and are more fierce than the nations?
the evening wolves: and their horse-
CHAPTER 2
men shall spread themselves, and their
horsemen shall come from far; they WILL stand lipon my watch, and
shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to I set me upon the tower, and will
eat. watch to see what he will say unto me,
9 They shall come ail for violence: and what I shall answer when I am
their faces shall sup up as the east reproved.
wind, and they shall gather the cap- 2 And the Lord answered me, and
tivity as the sand. said, Write the vision, and make it
10 And they shall scoff at the kings, plain upon tables, that he may run
and the princes shall be a scom unto that readeth it.
 HABAKKUK 3 829

3 For the vision is yet for an ap imto thee, and shameful spewing shaU
pointée! time, but at the end it shall be on thy glory.
speak, and not lie: though it tarry, 17 For the violence of Lebanon
wait for it; because it will surely come, shall cover thee, and the spoil of
it will not tarry. beasts, which made them afraid, be
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up cause of men*s blood, and for the
is not upright in him: but the just shall violence of the land, of the city, and
live by lus faith. of ail that dwell therein.
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth 18 What profiteth the graven image
by wine, he is a proud man, neither that the maker thereof hath graven
keepeth at home, who enlargeth his it; the molten image, and a teacher of
desire as hell, and is as death, and lies, that the maker of his work trust-
cannot be satisfied, but gathereth eth therein, to make dumb idols?
unto him ail nations,and heapeth unto 19 Woe unto him that saith to the
him ail people: wood, Awake; to the dumb stone,
6 Shall not ail these take up a Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid
parable against him, and a taunting over with gold and silver, and there is
proverb against him, and say, Woe to no breath at ail in the midst of it.
him that increaseth that which is not 20 But the Lord is in his holy
his! how long? and to him that ladeth temple: let ail the earth keep silence
himself with thick clayl before him.
7 Shall they not rlse up suddenly
that shall bite thee, and awake that
CHAPTER 3
shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for A FRAYER of Ha-bak-kuk the
booties unto them? prophet upon Shi-gi'-o-noth.
8 Because thou hast spoiled many 2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech,
nations, ail the remnant of the people and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy
shall spoil thee; because of men's work in the midst of the years, in the
blood, and for the violence of the land, midst of the years make known; in
of the city, and of ail that dwell wrath remember mercy.
therein. 3 God came from Te-man, and the
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil Holy One from mount Pa-ran. Se-lah.
covetousness to his house, that he His glory covered the heavens, and
may set his nest on high, that he may the earth was full of his praise.
be delivered from the power of evil! 4 And his brightness was as the
10 Thou hast consulted shame to light; he had horns coming out of his
thy house by cutting off many people, hand: and there was the hiding of his
and hast sinned against thy soul. power.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the 5 Before him went the pestilence,
wall, and the beam out of the timber and buming coals went forth at his
shall answer it. feet.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town 6 He stood, and mesisured the
with blood, and stablisheth a city by earth: he beheld, and drove asunder
iniquity! the nations; and the everlasting moun-
13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of tains were scattered, the perpétuai
hosts that the people shall labour in hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
the very fire, and the people shall 7 I saw the tents of Cu-shan in
weary themselves for very vanity? affliction: and the curtains of the land
14 For the earth shall be hlled of Mid-i-an did tremble.
with the knowledge of the glory of 8 Was the Lord displeased against
the Lord, as the waters cover the the rivers? was thine anger against the
sea. rivers? was thy wrath against the sea,
15 Woe unto him that giveth his that thou didst ride upon thine horses
neighbour drink, that puttest thy and thy chariots of salvation?
bottle to him,and makest him drunken 9 Thy bow was made quite naked,
also, that thou mayest look on their according to the oaths of the tribes,
nakedness! even thy word. Se-lah. Thou didst
16 Thou art filled with shame for cleave the earth with rivers.
glory: drink thou also, and let thy 10 The mountains saw thee, and
foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the they trembled: the overflowing of the
Lord's right hand shall be tumed water passed by: the deep uttered his
830 ZEPHANIAH 1
voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in
their habitation: at the light of thine
arrows they went, and at the shining
of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou didst march through the
land in indignation, thou didst thresh
the heathen in anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for the
salvation of thy people, even for salva-
tion with thine anointed; thou wound-
edst the head out of the house of the
wicked, by discovering the foundation
unto the neck. Se-lah.
14 Thou didst strike through with
his staves the head of his villages: they
came out as a whirlwind to scatter me:
their rejoicing was as to devour the
poor secretly.
15 Thou didst walk through the
sea with thine horses, through the heap
of great waters»
Zephaniah
CHAPTER I
The Word of the Lord which
came untô Zeph-a-ni-ah the son
of Cu-shi, the son of Ged-a-li-ah,
the son of Am-a-ri'-ah, the son of
Hiz-ki-ah, in the days of Jo-si-ah the
son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume ail ihings
from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 I will consume man and beast;
1 will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stum-
blingblocks with the wicked; and I
will eut off man from off the land,saith
the Lord.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand
upon Judah, and upon ail the inhabit
ants of Jérusalem; and I will eut off
the remuant of Ba-al from this place,
and the name of the Chem'-a-rims with
the priests;
5 And them that worship the host
of heaven upon the housetops; and
them that worship and that swear by
the Lord, and that swear by Mal-
cham;
6 And them that are tumed back
from the Lord; and those that have
not sought the Lord, nor enquired for
him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence
of the Lord God: for the day of the
Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath
16 When I heard, my belly trem-
bled; my lips quivered at the voice:
rottenness entered into my bones, and
I trembled in myself,that I might rest
in the day of trouble: when he cometh
up unto the people, he will invade
them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit he in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall
fail, and the fields shall yield no meat;
the dock shall be eut off from the
fold, and there shall he no herd in the
stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in thé God of my salva
tion.
19 The Lord God is my strength,
and he will make my feet like hinds'
feet, and he will make me to walk upon
mine high places. To the chief singer
on my stringed instruments.
prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his
guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the
day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will
punish the princes, and the king's
children, and ail such as are clothed
with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish
ail those that leap on the threshold,
which fill their masters' houses with
violence and deceit.
10 And it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the Lord, that there shall he
the noise of a cry from the fish gâte,
and an howling from the second, and
a great crashing from the hills.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Mak-
tesh, for ail the merchant people are
eut down; ail they that bear silver are
eut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that
time, that I will search Jérusalem with
candies, and punish the men that are
settled on their lees: that say in their
heart, The Lord will not do good,
neither will he do evil.
13 Therefore their goods shall be-
come a booty, and their houses a
désolation: they shall also build
houses, but not inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, but not
drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the Lord is
near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
 ZEPHANIAH 2, 3
even the voice of the day of the Lord:
the mighty man shall cry there bit-
terly.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a
day of troublé and distress, a day of
wasteness and désolation, a day of
darkness and gloominess, a day of
clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm
against the fenced cities, and against
the high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon
men, that they shall walk like blind
men, because they have sinned against
the Lord: and their blood shall be
poured ont as dust, and their flesh as
the dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their
gold shall be able to deliver them in
the day of the Lord's wrath; but the
whole land shall be devoured by the
fire of his jealousy: for he shall make
even a speedy riddance of ail them
that dwell in the land.
CHAPTER 2
GATHER yourselves together, yea,
gather together, O nation not
desired;
2 Before the decree bring forth,
hefore the day pass as the chafî, before
the fierce anger of the Lord come upon
you, before the day of the Lord's
anger come upon you.
3 Seek ye the Lord, ail ye meek of
the earth, which have wrought ; his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in
the day of the Lord's anger.
4 For Ga-za shall be forsaken, and
Ash-ke-lon a désolation: they shall
drive out Ash-dod at the noon day,
and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the
sea coast, the nation of the Cher-e-
thites! the word of the Lord is against
you; O Canaan, the land of the Philis-
tines, I will even destroy thee, that
there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwell-
ings and cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the
remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of
Ash-ke-lon shall they lie down in fhe
evening: for the Lord their God shall
visit them and tuçn away their cap-
tivity..
8 I have heard the reproach of
Moab,and the revilings of the children
831
of Ammon, whereby they have re-
proached my people, and magnified
themselves against their border.
9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israël, Surely
Moab shall be as Sodom, and the^
children of Ammon as Go-mor-reih,
even the breeding of nettles, and salt-
pits, and a perpétuai désolation: the
residue of my people shall spoil them,
and the remnant of my people shall
possess them.
10 This shall they have for their
pride, because they have reproached
and magnified themselves against the
people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be terrible unto
them: for he will famish ail the gods
of the earth; and men shall worship
him, every one from his place, even
ail the isles of the heathen.
12 Ye E-thi-o-pi-ans also, ye shall
he slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand
against the north,and destroy Assyria;
and will make Nin-e-veh a désolation,
and dry like a wilderness.
14 And fiocks shall lie down in the
midst of her, ail the beasts of the
nations: both the cormorant and the
bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels
of it; their voice shall sing in the Win
dows; désolation shall be in the threshr
olds: for he shall uncover the cedar
work.
15 This is the rejoicing city that
dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart,
I am,and there is none beside me: how
is she become a désolation, a place for
beasts to lie down in! every one that
passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his
hand.
CHAPTER 3
WOE to her that is filthy and
polluted, -to the oppressing
city!
2 She obeyed not the voice; she
received not correction; she trusted
not in the Lord; she drew not near to
her God.
3 Her princes within her are roaring
lions; her judges are evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the
morrow.
4 Her prophets are light and treach-
erous persons: her priests have pol
luted the sanctuary> they have done
violence to the law.
5 The just Lord is in the midst
thereof; he will not do iniquity: every
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moming doth he bring his judgment
to light, he faileth not; but the unjust
knoweth no shame.
6 I have eut off the nations: their
towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that noné passeth by:
their cities are destroyed,so that there
is no man, that there is none inhabit
ant,
7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me,
thou wilt receive instruction; so their
dwelling should nôt be eut off, howso-
ever I punished them: but they rose
early, and corrupted ail their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith
the Lord, until the day that I rise up
to the prey: for my détermination is
to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon
them mine indignation, even ail my
fierce anger: for ail the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9 For then will I tum to the people
a pure language,that they may ail call
upon the name of the Lord, to serve
hhn with one consent.
10 From beyond the rivers of
E-thi-o'-pi-a my suppliants, even the
daughter of my dispersed, shall bring
mine offering.
11 In that day shalt thou not be
ashamed for ail thy doings, wherein
thou hast transgressed against me:
for then I will take away out of the
midst of thee them that rejoice in thy
pride, and thou shalt no more be
hâughty because of my holy mountain.
12 I will also leave in the midst of
thee an afîlicted and poor people, and
they shall trust in the name of the
Lord.
13 The remnsmt ofIsraël shall notdo
iniquityj nor speak lies; neither shall
a deceitful tongue be fôund in their
mouth:for they shallfeéd and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.
14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout,
O Israël; be glad and rejoice with ail
the heart, O daiighter of Jérusalem.
15 The Lord hath taken away thy
judgments, he hath cast out thine
enémy: the king of Israël, even the
Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou
shalt not see evil any more.
16 In that day it shall be said to
Jérusalem, Fear thou not: and to
Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
. 17 The Lord thy God in the midst
of thee is mighty; he will save, he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest
in his love, he will joy over thee with
singing.
18 I will gather them that are sor-
rowful for the solemn assembly, who
are of thee, to whom the reproach of it
was a burden.
19 Behold, at that time I will undo
ail that afïlict thee: and I will save her
that haltéth, and gather her that was
driven out; and I will get them praise
and famé in every land where they
have been put to 5hame.
20 At that time will I bring you
again, even in the time that I gather
you:for I will make you a name and a
praise among ail people of the earth,
when I tum back yoùr captivity before
your eyes, saith the Lord.

Haggai
in your cieled houses, and this house

IN the second year of Darius the

CHAFTER I

king, in the sixth month, in

lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the
Lord of hosts; Gonsider your ways.
the first day of the month, came 6 Ye have sown much, and bring
the Word of the Lord by Hag'-ga-i the in little; ye eat, but ye have not
prophet unto Ze-mb-ba-bel the son of enough; ye drink, but ye are not hlled
She^al-ti-el, govemor of Judah, and to with drink; ye clothe you, but there is
Joshua the son of Jos-e-dech, the none warm;and he that eameth wages
high priest, saying, earneth wages to put it into a bag with
2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, holes.
sàying, This people say, The time is 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
not come, the time that the Lord's Gonsider your ways.
house should be buUt. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring
3 Then came the word of the Lord wood, and build the house; and I will
by Hàg'-ga-i the prophet, saying, take pleasure in it, and I will be
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell glorihed, saith the Lord.
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9 Ye looked for much, and, le, it 5 According to the word ; that I

came to little; and when ye brought if covenanted with you when ye came
home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth
the Lord of hosts. Because of mine among you: fear ye not.
house that is waste, and ye nm every 6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts;
man unto his own house. Yet once, it is a little while, and I will
10 Therefore the heaven over you shake the heavens, and the earth, and
is stayed from dew, and the earth is the sea, and the dry land;
stayed from her fruit. 7 And I will shake ail nations, and
11 And I called for a drought upon the desire of ail nations shall come:
the land,and upon the môuntains,and and I will fill this house with glory,
upon the corn,and upon the new wine, saith the Lord of hosts.
and upon the oil, and upon that which 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is
the ground bringeth forth, and upon mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
men, and upon cattle, and upon ail 9 The glory of this latter house shall
the labour of the hands. be greâter than of the former, saith
12 Then Ze-rub-ba-bel the son of the Lord of hosts: and in this place
She-al-ti-el, and Joshua the son of will I give peace, ssdth the Lord of
Jos-e-dech, the high priest, with ail hosts.
the remnant of the people, obeyed the 10 In the four and twentieth day
voice of the Lord their Qod, and the of the ninth month, in the second year
words of Hag'-ga-i the prophet, as of Darius, came the word of the Lord
the Lord their God had sent him, and by Hag'-ga-i the prophet, saying,
the people did fear before the Lord. 11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
13 Then spake Hag'-ga-i the Lord's Ask now the priests conceming the
messenger in the Lord's message unto law, saying,
the people, saying, I am with you, 12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt
saith the Lord. of his garment, and with his skirt do
14 Anà the Lord stirred up the touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or
spirit of Ze-rub-ba-bel the son of oil, or any meat, shedl it be holy? And
She-al-ti-el, governor of Judah, and the priests answered and said, No.
the spirit of Joshua the son of Jos'-e- 13 Then said Hag'-ga-i, if one that is
dech, the high priest, and the spirit of unclean by a dead body touch any of
ail the remnant of the people; and these, shall it be unclean? And the
they came and did work in the house priests answered and said, It shall be
of the Lord of hosts, their God, unclean.
15 In the four and twentieth day of 14 Then answered Hag'-ga-i, euid
the sixth month,in the second year of said, So is this people, and so is this
Darius the king. nation before me, saith the Lord; and
so is every work of their hands; and
CHAPTER 2 that which they ofîer there is unclean.
IN the seventh month,in the one and 15 And now, I pray you, consider
twentieth day of the month, came from this day and upward,from before
the Word of the Lord by the prophet a stone was laid upon a stone in the
Hag'-ga-i, saying, temple of the Lord:
2 Speak now to Ze-rub'-ba-bel the 16 Since those days were, when one
son of She-al'-ti-el, governor of Judah, came to an heap of twenty measures,
and to Joshua the son of Jos'-e-dech, there were but ten: when one came to
tiie high priest, and to the residue of the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels
the people, saying, out of the press, there were but twenty.
3 Who is left among you that saw 17 I smote you with blasting and
this house in her first glory? and how with mildew and with hail in ail the
do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes labours of your hands; yet ye tumed
in comparison of it as nothing? not to me, saith the Lord.
4 Yet now be strong, O Ze-rub'- 18 Consider now from this day and
ba-bel, saith the Lord; and be strong, upward, from the four and twentieth
O Joshua, son of Jos'-e-dech, the high day of the ninth month, even from the
priest; and be strong, ail ye people pf day that the foundation of thé Lord's
the land, saith the Lord, and work; temple was laid, consider
for I am with you, saith the Lord of 19 Is the seed yet in the bam? yea,
hosts: as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and
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the pomegranate, and the olive tree,
hath net brought forth: from this day
will I bless you.
20 And again the word of the Lord
came unto Hag'-ga-i in the four and
twentieth day of the month, say-
ing,
21 Speak to Ze-rub-ba-bel, gov-
emor of Judah, saying, I will shàke
the heavens and the earth;
22 And I will overthrow the throne
of kingdoms, and I will destroy the
strength of the kingdoms of the
heathen; and I will overthrow the
chariots, and those that ride in them;
and the horses and their riders shall
come down,every one by the sword of
his brother.
23 In that day, saith the Lord of
hosts, will I take thee, O Ze-rub-ba-
bel, my servant,the son of She-al-ti-el,
saith the Lord, and will make thee as
a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith
the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah
these? And the angel that talked with
CHAPTER I
IN the eighth month,in the second
year of Darius, came the word of
me said unto me,I will shew thee what
these be.
10 And the man that stood among
the Lord unto Zech-a-ri-ah, the the myrtle trees answered and said,
son of Ber-e-chi-ah, the son of Id'-do These are they whom the Lord hath
the prophet, saying, sent to walk to and fro through the
2 The Lord hath been sore dis- earth.
pleased with your fathers. 11 And they answered the angel
3 Therefore say thou unto them, of the Lord that stood among the
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Tum ye myrtle trees, and said, We have
unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and walked to and fro through the earth,
I will tum unto you,saith the Lord of and, behold, ail the earth sitteth still,
hosts. and is at rest.
4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto 12 Then the angel of the Lord
whom the former prophets have cried, answered and said, O Lord of hosts,
saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; how long wilt thou not have mercy on
Tum ye now from your evil ways, and Jemsalem and on the cities of Judah,
from your evil doings: but they did against which thou hast had indigna
not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith tion these thrèescore and ten years?
the Lord. 13 And the Lord answered the
5 Your fathers, where are they? and angel that talked with me with good
the prophets, do they live for ever? words and comfortable words.
6 But my words and my statutes, 14 So the angel that communed
which I commanded my servants the with me said unto me, Cry thou, say
prophets, did they not take hold of ing, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I
your fathers? and they retumed and am jealous for Jemsalem and for Zion
said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought with a great jealousy.
to do unto us, according to our ways, 15 And I am very sore displeased
and according to our doings, so hath with the heathen that are at ease: for I
he dealt with us. was but a little displeased, and they
7 Upon the four and twentieth day helped forward the affliction.
of the eleventh month, which is the 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; I
month Se-bat, in the second year of am returned to Jemsalem with mer-
Darius, came the word of the Lord cies: my house shall be built in it, saith
unto Zech-a-ri-ah, the son of Ber-e- the Lord of hosts, and a line shall
chi'-ah, the son of Id-do the prophet, be stretched forth upon Jemsalem.
saying, 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the
8 I saw by night, and behold a man Lord of hosts; My cities through
riding upon a red horse, and he stood prosperity shall yet be spread abroad;
among the myrtle trees that were in and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion,
the bottom; euid behind him were ihere and shall yet choose Jemsalem.
red horses, speckled, and white. 18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and
9 Then said I, O my lord, what are saw, and behold four homs.
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19 And I said unto the angel that 12 And the Lord shall inherit Ju
talked with me, What be these? And dah his portion in the hôly land, and
he answered me, These are the homs shall choose Jemsalem again. :
which have scattered Judah, Israël, 13 Be silent, O ail flesh, before the
and Jérusalem. Lord: for he is raised up out of his
20 And the Lord shewed me four hôly habitation.
carpenters.
21 Then said I, What come these CHAPTER 3
to do? And hespake,saying, These are
the homs which have scattered Judah, AND he shewed me Joshua the high
so that no man did lift up his head: priest standing before the angel
but these are come to fray them, to of the Lord,and Satan standing at his
cast out the homs of the Gentiles, right hand to resist him.
which lifted up their hom over the 2 And the Lord said unto Satan,
land of Judah to scatter iL The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even
the Lord that hath chosen Jemsalem
.CHAPtER 2 rebuke thee:is not this a brand plucked
I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and out of the fire?
looked, and behold a man with a 3 Now. Joshua was clothed with
measuring line in his hand. filthy garments, and stood before the
2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? angel.
And he said unto. me, To measure 4 And he answered and spake unto
Jemsalem, to see what is the breadth those that stood before him,. saying,
thereof, and what is the length thereof. Take away the filthy garments from
3 And,behold,the angel that talked him. And unto him he said, Behold, I
with me went forth, and another suigel have caused thine iniquity to pass
went out to meet him, from thee, and I will clothe thee with
4 And said unto him, Run, speak change of râiment.
to this young man, saying, Jemsalem 5 And I said, Let them set a fair
shall be inhabited as towns without mitre upon his head. So they set a
walls for the multitude of men and fair mitre upon his head, and clothed
cattle therein: him with garments. And the angel of
5 For 1,saith the Lord,will be unto tiie Lord stood by.
her a wall of fire round about, and 6 And the angêl of the Lord pro-
will be the glory in the midst of her. tested unto Joshua, saying,
6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If
the land of the north, saith the Lord: thou wilt walk in my ways,and if thou
for I have spread you abroad as the wilt keep my charge,:^then thou shalt
four winds of the heaven, saith the also judge my house, and shalt also
Lord. keep my courts, and I will give thee
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that places to walk among these that
dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. stand by.
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high
After the glory hath he sent me unto priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit
the nations which spoiled you: for he before thee: for they are men won-
that toucheth you toucheth the apple dered at: for, behold, I will bring forth
of his eye. my servant the BRANCH.
9 For, behold, I will shake mine 9 For behold the stone that I have
hand upon them, and they shall be a laid before Joshua; upon one stone
spoil to their servants: and ye shall shall he seven eyes: behold, I will en-
know that the Lord of hosts hath ^ave the graving thereof, saith the
sent me. Lord of hosts, and I will remove the
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of iniquity of that land in one day.
Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell 10; In that day, saith the Lord of
in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. hosts, shall ye call every man his
11 And many nations shall be neighbour under the vine and under
)omed to the Lord in that day, and the fig tree.
shall be my peuple: and I will dwell in
the midst ofthee, and thou shalt know ; CHAPTER 4
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me AND-the angel that talked with me
unto theei l\ came again, and waked me, as a
836 ZECHARIAH 5,6
man that is wakened ont of his sleep,
2 And said unto me^ What seest
thou? And I said, I have looked, and
bèhold a candlestick ail of gold, with a
bowl upon the top of it, and his seven
lamps thereon, and seveh'pipes to the
seven lamps, which are upon the top
thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it, one
upon the right side of the bowl, and
the other upon the left side thereof.
4 So I answered and spake to the
angel that talked with me, saying,
What are these, my lord?
5 Then the angel that talked with
me answered and said unto me, Know-
est thou not what these be? And I
said. No, my lord.
6 Then he answered and spake unto
me, saying, This is the word of the
Lord unto Ze-rub-ba-bel, saying, Not
by might, nor by power, but by my
spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain?
before Ze-rub-ba-bel thou shalt be-
came a plain: and he shall bring forth
the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying. Grâce, grâce unto it.
8 Moreover the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Ze-rub-ba-bel have
laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou
shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath
sent me unto you.
10 For who hath despised the day
of small things? for they shall rejoice, looked, and, behold, there came out
and shall see the plummet in the hand two women,and the wind was in their
of Ze-rub-ba-bel with those seven; they wings; for they had wings like the
are the eyes of the Lord, which run wings of a stork: and they lifted up the
to and fro through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said unto
him, What are these two olive trees
upon the right side of the candlestick
and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said
unto him, What he these two olive
branches which through the two golden
pipes empty the golden oil out ; of
themselves?
13 And he answered me and said,
Knowest thou not what these he? And
I said, No, my lord.
14 Then said he, These are the two
anointed ones, that stand by the Lord
of the whole earth.
CHAPTER 5
Then I tumed, and lifted up mine
eyes, and looked, and behold a
flying roll.
2 And he said unto me, What seest
thou? And I answered, I see a flying
roll; the length thereof is twenty
cubits, and the breadth thereof ten
cubits.
3 Then said he unto me, This is
the curse that goeth forth over the
face of the whole earth; for every one
that stealeth shall be eut off as on this
side according to it; Euid every one
that sweareth shall be eut off as on
that side according to it.
4 I will bring it forth, saith the
Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into
the house of the thief, and into the
house of him that sweareth falsely
by my name: and it shall remain in
the midst of his house, and shall con
sume it with the timber thereof and
the stones thereof.
5 Then the angel that talked with
me went forth, and said unto me. Lift
up now thine eyes, and see whatis this
that goeth forth.
6 And 1 said, What is it? And he
said, This is an ephah that goeth forth.
He said moreover, This is their re-
semblance through ail the earth.
7 And, behold, there was lifted up a
talent oflead: and this is a woman that
sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
8 And he said, This is wickedness.
And he cast it into the midst of the
ephah; and he cast the weight of lead
upon the mouth thereof.
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and
ephah between the earth and the
heaveii.
10 Then said I to the angel that
talked with me, Whither do these bear
the ephah?
11 And he said unto me, To build
it an house in the land of Shi-nar: and
it shall be established, and set there
upon her own base.
CHAPTER 6
AND I tumed, and lifted up mine
eyes, and looked, and, behold,
there came four chariots out from be
tween two mountains; and the moun-
tains were mountains of brass.
2 In the first chariot were red
horses; and in the second chariot black
horses;
3 And in the third chariot white
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horses; and in the foùrth chariot

grisled and bay horses. CHAPTER7
4 Then I answered and said iinto AND it came to pass in the fourth
the angel that talked with me, What £\ year of king Darius,that the word
are these, my lord? of the Lord came unto Zéch-a-ri-ah in
5 And the angel answered and said the fourth day of the ninth month,
unto me, These are the four spirits of even in Chis-leu;
the heavens, which go forth from 2 When they had sent unto the
standing before the Lord of ail the house of God She-re-zer and Re-gem
earth. me-lech> and their men,to pray before
6 The black horses which are therein the Lord,
go forth into the north country; and 3 And to speak unto the priests
the white go forth after them; and thé which were in the house of the Lord of
grisled go forth toward the south hosts> and to the prophets, saying,
country. Should I weep in the fifth month,
7 And the bay went forth, and separating myself,as I have done these
sought to go that they might walk to so many years?
and fro through the earth: and he 4 Then came the word of the Lord
said, Get you hence, walk to and fro of hosts unto me,saying,
through the earth. Sa they weilked to 5 Speak unto ail the people of the
and fro through the earth. land, and to the priests, saying, When
8 Then cried he upon me,and spake ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and
unto me,saying, Behold,these that go seventh month, even those seventy
toward the north country have quieted years, did ye at ail fast unto me,even
my spirit in the north country. to me?
9 And the word of the Lord came 6 And when ye did eat, and when
unto me, saying, ye did drink, did not ye eat for your--
10 Take of them of the captivity, selves, and drink for yourselves?
even of Hel-da-i, of To-bi-jah, and of 7 Should ye not hear the words
Je-da-iah, which are come from Baby- which the Lord hath cried by the
lon, and coine thou the sâme day, and former prophets, when Jérusalem was
go into the house of Josiah the son of inhabited and in prosperity, and the
Zeph-a-ni-ah; cities thereof round about her, when
11 Then take silver and gold, and men inhabited the south and the plain?
make crowns, and set them upon the 8 And the word of the Lord came
head of Joshua the son of Jos-e-dech, unto Zech-a-ri-ah, saying,
the high priest; 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts,
12 And speak imto him, saying, saying. Exécuté true judgment, and
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, shew mercy and compassions every
saying, Behold the mein whose name man to his brother:
is The BRANCH; and he shall grow 10 And oppress not the widow, nor
up out of his place, and he shall build the fatherless, the stranger, nor the
the temple of the Lord; poor; and let none of you imagine evil
13 Even he shall build thé temple against his brother in your heart.
of the Lord; and he shall bear the 11 But they refused to hearken,
glory, and shall sit and rule upon his and pulled away the shoulder, and
throne; and he shall be a priest upon stopped their ears> that they should
his throne: and the counsel of peace not hear.
shall be between them both. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as
14 And the crowns shall be to He- an adamant stone^ lest they should
lem, and to Tp-bi-jcih, and to Je-da- hear the law,and the words which the
iah, and to Hen thé son of Zeph-a- Lord of hosts hath sentin his spirit by
ni-ah, for a mémorial in the temple the former prophets: thèfefore came
of the Lord. a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
15 And they that are far off shall 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that
cbme and build in the temple of the as he cried, and they would not hear;
Lord, ând ye shall know that the so they cried, and I would not hear,
Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. saith the Lord of hosts:
And this shall come to pass, if ye will 14 But I scattered them with a
diligently obey the voice of the Lord Whirlwind among ail the dations whom
your God. they knew not. Thus the land was
838 ZECHARIAH 8, 9
desolate after tl^em, that no man 13 And it shall come to pass, that
passed through nor retumed: for they as ye were a curse among the heathen,
laid the pleasant land desolate. O house of Judah,and house of Israël;
so will I save you, and ye shall be a
CHAjPTER S blessing: fear not, but let your hands
A GAIN the word of the Lord of be strong. .
hosts came to me, saying, 14 For thûs saith the Lord of hosts;
2 Thus saith .the Lord of hosts; I As I thought to punish you, when your
was jealous for Zion with great fathers provoked me to .wrath, saith
jealousy, and 1 vwas jealous for her the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
with great fury. 15 So again have I thought in these
3 Thus saith the Lord; I am re days to do well unto Jérusalem and to
tumed unto Zion,and will dwell in the the house of Judah: feair ye not.
midst of Jemsalem: and Jérusalem 16 These ure the things that ye
shall be called a city of truth; and the shall do; Speak ye every man the tmth
mountain of the Lord of hosts the to his neighbour; execute the judg-
holy mountain. ment of tmth and peace in your gâtes:
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 17 And let none of you imagine evil
There shall yet old nien and pld women in your hearts against his neighbour;
dwell in the streets bf Jérusalem, and and love no false oath: for ail these are
every man with his staff in his hand things that I hate# saith the Lord.
for very âge. 18 And the word of the Lord of
5 And the streets of the city shall hosts came unto me, saying,
be full pf boys and girls playing in the 19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
streets thereof. The fast of the fourth month, and the
6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If fast of the fifth, and the fast of the
it be marvellous in the eyes of the seventh,and the fast of the tenth,shall
remnant of this pepple in these days, be to the house of Judah joy and glad-
should it alsp be marvellous in mine ness, cund cheerful feasts; therefore
eyes? saith the Lord of hosts. love the tmth and peace. ;
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 20 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
Behold^ I will save my people from the It shall yet come to pass, that there
east country, and from the west shall come people, and the inhabitants
country; pf many cities:
iB And I will bring them, and they 21 And the intiabitants of one city
shall dwell in the midst of Jemsalem: shall go to another, saying, Let us go
and they shall be my people, and I speedily to pray before the Lord, and
wili be their God, in tmth and in to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go
righteousness. alsp.
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 22 Yea, many people and strong
Let your hands be strong, ye that hear nations shall come to seek the Lord
in these days these words by the of; hosts in Jemsalem, and to pray
mouth of the prophets, which were in before the Lord.
the day that the foundation of the 23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
house of the Lord of hosts was laid, In those days it shall come to pass, that
that the temple might be built. ten men shall take hold out of ail
10 For before these days. there was languages of the nations, even shall
no hire for man,nor any hire for beast; take hold of the sklrt of him that is a
neither was there any peace to him that Jew, saying, We will go with you: for
went out or came in because of the we have heard that God is with you.
affliction: for I set ail men every one
against his neighbour. CHAPTER 9
11 But now I will not be unto the The burden of the word of the
residue of this people as in the former Lord in the land of Ha'-drach, and
days, saith the Lord of hosts. Damascus shall be the rest thereof:
12 For the seed shall be prospérons; when the eyes of man, as of ail the
the vine shall give her fruit, and the tribes of Israël, shall be toward the
ground shall give her increase, and the Lord.
heavens shall give their dew; and I 2 And Ha-math also shall. border
will cause the remnant of this people thereby; Ty'-rus, and Zi-don, though
to possess ail these things. it be very wise.
 ZECHARIAH 10 839

3 And Ty'-nis did build herself a them; and they shall devour, and sub-
strong hold, and heaped up silver as due with sling stones; and they shall
the dust, and fine gold as the mire of drink, and make a noise as through
the streets. wine; and they shall be filled like
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
eut, and he will smite her power in the 16 And the Lord their God shall
sea; and she shall be devoured wlth save them in that day as the flock
fire. of his people: for they shall he as the
5 Ash-ke-lon shall see it, and fear; stones of a crown, lifted up as an en-
Ga-za also shall see it, and be very sign Upon his land.
sorrowful, and Ekron;for her expecta- 17 For how great is his goodness,
tion shall be ashamed; and the king and how great is his beauty! corn shall
shall perish from Ga'-za, and Ash-ke- make the young men cheerful, and
lon shall not be inhabited. new wine the maids.
6 And a bastard shall dwell in
Ash-dod, and I will eut off the pride CHAPTER 10
of the Philistines. A SK ye of the Lord rain in the time
7 And I will take away his blood of the latter rain; so the Lord
out of his mouth, and his abomina shall make bright clouds, and give
tions from between his teeth: but he them showers of rain, to every one
that remaineth, even he, shall be for grass in the field.
our God, and he shall be as a govemor 2 For the idols have spoken vanity,
in Judah, and Ekron as a Jeb-u-site. and the diviners have seen a lie, and
S And I will encamp about mine have told false dreams;they comfort in
house because of the army, because of vain: therefore they went their way
him that passeth by, and because of as a flock, they were troubled, because
him that returneth: and no oppressor there was no shepherd.
shall pass through them any more: for 3 Mine anger was kindled against
now have 1 seen with mine eyes. the shepherds, and I punished the
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of goats: for the Lord of hosts hath
Zion; shout, O daughter of Jérusalem: visited his flock the house of Judah,
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: and hath made them as. his goodly
he is just, and having salvation; lowly, horse in the battle.
and riding upon an ass,and upon a colt 4 Out of him came forth the corner,
the foal of an ass. out of him the nail, out of him the
10 And 1 will eut off the chariot battle bow,out of him every oppressor
from E-phra-im, and the horse from together.
Jérusalem, and the battle bow shall 5 And they shall be as mighty men,
be eut off: apd he shall speak peaee wliich tread down their enemies in the
unto the heathen: and his dominion mire of the streets in the battle: and
shall be fiom sea even to sea, and from they shall flght, because the Lord is
the river even to the ends of the earth. with them, and the riders on horses
11 As for thee also, by the blood of shall be confounded.
thy eovenant I have sent forth thy 6 And I will strengthen the house
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no of Judah, and I will save the house of
water. Joseph, and I will bring them again
12 Tum you to the strong hold, ye to place them; for I have mercy upon
prisoners of hope: even to day do I them: and they shall be as though I
déclaré that I will rénder double unto had not cast them off: for 1 am the
thee; Lord their God,and will hear them.
13 When I have bent Judah for me, 7 And they of E-phra-im shall be
fiUed the bow with E-phra-im, and like a mighty man, and their heart
raised up thy sons, O Zion, against shall rejoice as through wine: yea,
thy sons, O Greeee, and made thee as their children shall see it, and be glad;
the sword of a mighty man. their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
14 And the Lord shall be seen over 8 I will hiss for them, and gather
them, and his arrow shall go forth as them; for I have redeemed them: and
the lightning: and the Lord God shall they shall increase as they have in-
blow the trumpet, and shall go with creased.
whirlwinds of the south. 9 And I will sow them among the
15 The Lord of hosts shall defend people: and they shall remember me
840 ZECHARIAH 11, 12
in far countries; and they shall live upon me knew that it was the word of
with their children, and tum again. the Lord.
10 I will bring them again also eut 12 And I said unto them. If ye
of the land of Egypt, and gather them think good, give me my price; and if
eut of Assyria; and I will bring them not, forbear. So they weighed for my
into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; price thirty pièces of silver.
and place shall not be found for them. 13 And the Lord said unto me,
11 And he shall pass through the Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price
sea with affliction, and shall smite the that I was prised at of them. And I
waves in the sea, and ail the deeps of took the tlflrty pièces of silver, and
the river shall dry up: and the pride of cast them to the potter in the house
Assyria shall be brought down, and of the Lord.
the sceptre ofEgypt shall départ away. 14 Then I eut asunder mine other
12 And I will strengthen them in staff, even Bands, that I might break
the Lord; and they shall walk up and the brotherhood between Judah and
down in his name, saith the Lord. Israël.
15 And the Lord said unto me,
CHAPTER II Take unto thee yet the instruments
OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that of a foolish shepherd.
16 For,lo, I will raise up a shepherd
the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is in the land, which shall not visit those
fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: that be eut off, neither shall seek the
howl, O ye oaks of Ba'-shan; for the young one, nor heal that that is
forest- of the vintage is come down. broken, nor feed that that standeth
3 There is a voice of the howling of still: but he shall eat the flesh of the
the shepherds;for their glory is spoiled: fat, and tear their claws in pièces.
a voice of the roaring of young lions; 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that
for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. leaveth the flock! the sword shall be
4 Thus saith the Lord my God; upon his arm, and upon his right eye:
Feed the flock of the slaughter; his arm shall be clean dried up, and
5 Whose possessors slay them, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
hold themselves not guilty: and they
CHAPTER 12
that sell them say, Blessed he the
Lord; for I am rich: and their own The burden of the word of the
shepherds pity them not. Lord for Israël, saith the Lord,
6 For I will no more pity the in which stretcheth forth the heavens,
habitants of the land, saith the Lord: and layeth the foundation of the earth,
but, lo, I will deliver the men every and formeth the spirit of man within
one into his neighbour's hand, and him.
into the hand of his king: and they 2 Behold, I will make Jérusalem a
shall smite the land, and out of their cup of trembling imto ail the people
hand I will not deliver them, round about, when they shall be in the
7 And I will feed the flock of siege both against Judah and against
slaughter, even you, O poor of the Jérusalem.
flock. And I took unto me two staves; 3 And in that day will I make
the one I called Beauty, and the other Jérusalem a burdensome stone for ail
I called Bands; and I fed the flock. people: ail that burden themselves
8 Three shepherds also I eut off in with it shall be eut in pièces, though
one month; and my soul lothed them, ail the people of the earth be gathered
and their soul also abhorred me. together against it.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: 4 In that day, saith the Lord, 1
that that dieth,let it die; and that that will smite every horse with astonish-
is to be eut off, let it be eut off; and let ment, and his rider with madness: and
the rest eat every one the flesh of an- I will open mine eyes upon the house
other. of Judah,and will smite every horse of
10 And I took my staff, even the people with blindness.
Beauty, and eut it asunder, that I 5 And the govemors of Judah shall
might break my covenant which I had say in their heart, The inhabitants of
made with ail the people. Jérusalem shall be my strength in the
11 And it was broken in that day: Lord of hosts their God.
and so the poor ofthe flock that waited 6 In that day will I make the gov*
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emors of Judah like an hearth of fire father and his mother that begat him
among thé wood» and like a torch of shall say unto him, Thou shalt not
fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour livé; for thou speakest lies in the name
ail the people round about, on the of the Lord: and his father and his
right hand and on the left; and Jéru mother that begat him shall thrust him
salem shall be inhabited again in her through when he prophesieth.
own place, even in Jérusalem. 4 And it shall come to pass in that
7 The Lord also shall save the tents day,that the prophets shall be ashamed
of Judah first, that the glory of the every one of his vision, when he hath
house of David and the glory of the prophesied; neither shall they wear a
inhabitants pf Jérusalem do not mag- rough garment to deceive:
nify themsélves against Judah. 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet,
8 In that day shall the Lord defend I am an husbandman; for man taught
the inhabitants of Jérusalem; and he me to keep cattle from my youth.
that is feeble.among them at that day 6 And one shall say unto him, What
shall bé as David; and the house of are these wounds in thine hands?
David shall he as God, as the cuigel Then he shall answer, Those with
of the Lord before them. which I was wounded in the house of
9 And it shall corne to pass in that my friends.
day, that l will seek to destroy ail the 7 Awake, O sword, against my
nations that come against Jérusalem. shepherd, and against the man that is
10 And I will pour upon the house my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts:
of David, and upon the inhabitants of smite the shepherd,and the sheep shaU
Jérusalem, the spirit of grâce and of be scattered: and I wUl tum mine
supplications: and they shall look hand upon the little ones.
upon me whom they have pierced, and 8 And it shall come to pass, that in
they shall moum for him, as one ail the land, saith the Lord,two parts
moumeth for his only son, and shall therein shall be eut off and die; but the
be in bittemess for him, as one that is third shall be left therein.
in bittemess for his firstborn. 9 And I will bring the third part
11 In that day shall there be a through the fire, and will refine them
great mouming in Jérusalem, as the as silver is refined, and wUl try them as
mouming of Ha-dad-rim'rmon in the gold is tried: they shaU call on my
Valley of Me-gid'-don. name, and I will hear them: I will say,
12 And the land shall moum,every It is my people: and they shaU say,
family apart; the family of the house The Lord is my God.
of David apart, and their wives apart;
the family of the house of Nathan CHAPTER 14
apart, and their wives apart; BEHOLD, the day of the Lord
13 The family of the house of Levi cometh, and thy spoil shall be
apart, and their wives apart; the fam divided in the midst of thee.
ily of Shim-eri apart, and their wives 2 For I will gather ail nations
apart; against Jérusalem to battle; and the
14 AU the famUies that remain, city shall be taken, and the houses
every famUy apart, and their wives rifled, and the women ravished; and
apart. half of the city shall go forth into
captivity, and the residue ofthe people
CHAPTER 13 shall not be eut off from the city.
IN that day there shall be a fountain 3 Theh shall the Lord go forth, and
opened to the house of David and fight against those nations, as when
to the inhabitants of Jemsalem for sin he fought in the day of battle.
and for imcleanness. 4 And his feet shall stand in that
2 And it shaU come to pass in that day upon the mount of Olives, which
day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I is before Jérusalem on the east, and
wUl eut off the names of the idols out the mount of Olives shall cleave in the
of the land, and they shaU no more be midst thereof toward the east and
remembered: and also I wiU cause i^e toward the west, and there shall he a
prophets and the unclean spirit to very great valley; and half of the
pass out of the land. mountain shall remove toward the
3 And it shaU come to pass, that north, and half of it toward the south.
when any shaU yet prophesy, then his 5 And ye shall fiee to the valley of
842 MALAGHI 1

the mountains; for the valley of the shall lay hold every one on the hand
mountains shall reach unto A-zal: yea, of his neighbour, and his hand shall
ye shall flee,like as ye fled from before rise up against the hand of his neigh
the earthquake in the days of Uz- bour.
zi-ah king of Judah: and the Lord my 14 And Judah also shall fight at
God shall corne, and ail the saints with Jérusalem; and the wealth of ail the
thée. heathen round about shall be gathered
6 And it shall corne to pass in that together, gold, and silver, and apparel,
day, that the light shall not be clear, in great abundance.
nor dark: 15 And so shall be the plague of the
7 But it shall be one day which horse, of the mule, of the camèl, and
shall be known to the Lord, not day, of the ass, and of ail the beasts that
nor night: but it shall corne to pass, shall be in these tents, as this plague.
that at evening time it shall be light. 16 And it shall come to pass, that
8 And it shall be in that day, that every one that is left of ail the nations
living waters shall go out from Jéru which came against Jérusalem shall
salem; half of them toward the former even go up from year to year to wor-
sea, and half of them toward the ship the King, the Lord of hosts,
hinder sea: in summer and in winter and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
shall it be. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will
9 And the Lord shall be king over not Coiiie up of ail the families of the
ail the earth: in that day shall there earth unto Jérusalem to worship the
be one Lord, and his name one. King, the Lord of hosts, even upon
10 AU the land shall be turned as a them shall be no rain.
plain from Ge-ba to Rimmon south of 18 And if the famUy of Egypt go
Jérusalem: and it shall be lifted up, not up, and come not, that hkve no
and inhabited in her place, from Ben rain; there shall be the plague, where
jamines gâte unto the place of the first with the Lord will smite the heathen
gâte, unto the corner gâte, and from that come not up to keep thé feast of
the tower of Ha-nan'-e-el unto the tabernacles^
king's winepresses. 19 This shall be the punishment of
11 And meh shall dwell in it, and Egypt, and the punishment of ail na
there shall be no more utter destruc tions that come not up to keep the
tion; but Jérusalem shall be safely feast of tabernacles.
inhabited. 20 In that day shall there be upon
12 And this shall be the plague the bells of the horses, HOLINESS
wherewith the Lord will smite ail the UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in
people that have fought against Jéru the Lord's house shall be like the
salem; Their flesh shall consume away bowls before the altar.
while they stand upon their feet, and 21 Yea, every pot in Jérusalem and
their eyes shâll consume away in their in Judah shall be holiness unto the
holes, and their tongue shall consume Lord of hosts: and ail they that sacri
away in their mouth. fice shall come and take of them, and
13 And it shall come to pass in that seethe theréin: and in that day there
day, that a great tumult from the shall be no more the Canaanite in the
Lord shall be among them; and they house of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi
mountains and his héritage waste tor
CHAPTER I
The burden of the word of the
Lord to Israël by Mal-a-chi.
the dragons of the wildemess.
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are
impoverished, but we will retum and
2 I have loved you, saith the build the desolate places; thus saith
Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou the Lord of hosts, They shall build,
Ibved us? Was not Esau Jacob's but I will throw down; and they shall
brother? saith the Lord: yet J loved call them, The border of wickedness,
Jacob, and, The people against whom the
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his Lord hath indignation for ever.
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5 And your eyes shall see, and ye not lay it to heart, to give glory unto
shall say, The Lord will be magnified my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I
from the border of Israël. will even send a curse upon you, and I
6 A son honoureth his father, and a will curse your blessings: yea, I have
servant his master: if then I be a cursed them already, because ye do
father, where is mine honour? and if I not lay it to heart.
be a master, where is my fear? saith 3 Behold, I will comipt your seed,
the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, and spread dung upon your faces,
that despise my name. And ye say, even the dung of your solemn feasts;
Wherein have we despised thy name? and âne shall take you away with it.
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine 4 And ye shall know that I have
altar; and ye say, Wherein have we sent this commandment unto you,
polluted thee? In that ye say, The that my covenant might be with Levi,
table of the Lord is contemptible. saith the Lord of hosts.
8 And if ye offer the blind for 5 My covenant was with him of life
sacrifice, is if not evil? and if ye offer and peace; and I gave them to him
the lame and sick, is if not evil? offer for the fear wherewith he feared me,
it now unto thy govemor; will he be and was afraid before my name.
pleased with thee, or accept thy per- 6 The law of truth was in his mouth,
son? saith the Lord of hosts. and iniquity was not found in his lips:
9 And now, I pray you, beseech he walked with me in peace and equity,
God that he will be gracious unto us: and did tum many away from iniquity.
this hath been by your means: will he 7 For the priest's lips should keep
regard your persons? saith the Lord knowledge, and they should seek the
of hosts. law at his mouth: for he is the mes-
10 Who is fhere even among you senger of the Lord of hosts.
that would shut the doors for nought? S But ye are departed out of the
neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar way; ye have caused many to stumble
for nought. I have no pleasure in you, at the law; ye have corrupted the
saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of
accept an offering at your hand. hosts.
11 For from the rising of the sun 9 Therefore have I also made you
even unto the going down of the same contemptible and base before ail the
my name shall he great among the people, according as ye have not kept
Gentiles; and in every place incense my ways, but have been partial in the
shall he offered unto my name, and a law.
pure offering: for my name shall he 10 Have we not ail one father? hath
great among the heathen, saith the not one God created us? why do we
Lord of hosts. deal treacherously every man against
12 But ye have profaned it, in that his brother, by profaning the covenant
ye say, The table of the Lord is pol of our fathers?
luted; and the fruit thereof, even his 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously,
meat, is contemptible. and an abomination is committed in
13 Ye said also, Behold, what a Israël and in Jérusalem; for Judah
weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at hath profaned the holiness of the Lord
it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye which he loved, and hath married the
brought that which was tom, and the daughter of a strange god.
lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an 12 The Lord will eut off the man
offering: should I accept this of your that doeth this, the master and the
hand? saith the Lord. scholar, out of the tabernacles of
14 But cursed be the deceiver, which Jacob, and him that offereth an offer
hath in his fiock a maie, and voweth, ing unto the Lord of hosts.
and sacrificeth unto the Lord a cor- 13 And this have ye done again,
rupt thing: for I am a great King, covering the altar of the Lord with
saith the Lord of hosts, and my name tears, with weeping, and with cirying
is dreadful among the heathen. out, insomuch that he regardeth not
the offering any more, or receiveth it
CHAPTER 2 with good will at your hand.
AND now, O ye priests, this com- 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because
j[\ mandment is for you. the Lord hath been witness between
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will thee and the wife of thy youth,against
844 MALACHI 3,4
whom thou hast dealt treacherously: you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye
yet is she thy companion, and the wife said, Wherein shall we return?
of thy covenant. 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have
15 And did not he make one? Yet robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have
had he the residue of the spirit. And we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
wherefore one? That he mi^tit seek a 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye
godly seed. Therefore take heed to have robbed me, even this whole na
your spirit, and let none deal treach tion.
erously against the wife of his youth. 10 Bring ye ail the tithes into the
16 For the Lord, the God of Israël, storehouse, that there may be meat in
saith that he hateth putting away: for mine house, and prove me now here-
one covereth violence with his gar- with, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will
ment, saith the Lord of hosts: there not open you the Windows of heaven,
fore take heed to your spirit, that ye and pour you out a blessing, that there
deal not treacherously. shall not be room enough to receive it
17 Ye have wearied the Lord with 11 And I will rebuke the devourer
your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have for your sakes,and he shall not destroy
we wearied him? When ye say, Every the fruits of your ground; neither shall
one that doeth evil is good in the sight your vine cast her fruit before the
of the Lord, and he delighteth in time in the field, saith the Lord of
them; or, Where is the God of judg- hosts.
ment? 12 And ail nations shall call you
blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome
CHAPTER 3 land, saith the Lord of hosts.
BEHOLD, I will send my messen- 13 Your words have been stout
against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye
ger, and he shall préparé the way
before me: and the Lord, whom ye say, What have we spoken so much
seek, shall suddenly come to his tem against thee?
ple, even the messenger of the cove 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve
nant, whom ye delight in: behold, he God: and what profit is it that we have
shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. kept his ordinance, and that we have
2 But who may abide the day of his walked mournfully before the Lord of
coming? and who shall stand when he hosts?
appeareth? for he is like a refiner's 15 And now we call the proud hap-
fire, and like fullers* soap: py; yea, they that work wickedness
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and are set up; yea,they that tempt God are
purifier of silver: and he shall purify even delivered.
the sons of Levi, and purge them as 16 Then they that feared the Lord
gold and silver, that they may offer spake often one to another: and the
unto the Lord an offering in righteous- Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a
ness. book of remembrance was written
4 Then shall the oifering of Judah before him for them that feared the
and Jérusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, and that thought upon his
Lord, as in the days of old, and as in name.
former years. 17 And they shall be mine, saith
5 And I will come near to you to the Lord of hosts, in that day when I
judgment;and I will be a swift witness make up my jewels; and I will spare
against the sorcerers, and against the them, as a man spareth his own son
adulterers, and against false swearers, that serveth him.
and against those that oppress the 18 Then shall ye return, and discem
hireling in his wages, the widow, and between the righteous and the wicked,
the fatherless, and that tum aside the between him that serveth God and
strîinger from his right, and fear not him that serveth him not.
me,saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; CHAPTER 4
therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed. For,behold, the day cometh, that
7 Even from the days of your shall burn as an oven; and ail the
fathers ye are gone away from mine proud, yea, and ail that do wickedly,
ordinances, and have not kept them. shall be stubble: and the day that
Retum unto me,and 1 will retum unto cometh shall bum them up, saith the
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Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name
shall the Sun of righteousness arise
wlth healing in his wings; and ye shall
go forth, and grow up as calves of the
stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the
wicked; for they shall be ashes under
the soles of your feet in the day that
I shall do this, saith the Lord of
hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses
my servant, which I commanded unto
him in Ho-reb for ail Israël, with the
statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you E-li-jah
the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the Lord:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, and the heart
of the children to their fathers, lest
I come and smite the earth with a
curse.

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 849
The Gospel According to
St. Matthew
carrying away into Babylon are four
THE book of the génération of
CHAPTER I teen générations;and from the carrying
away into Babylon unto Christ are
Jésus Christ, the son of David, fourteen générations.
the son of Abraham. 18 Now the birth of Jésus Christ
2 Abrciham begat Isaac; and Isaac was on this wise: When as his mother
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas Mary was espoused to Joseph, before
and his brethren; they came together, she was fouhd
3 And Judas begat Pha-res and with child of the Holy Ghost.
Za-ra of Tha-mar; and Pha'res begat 19 Then Joseph her husband, being
Es-rom; and Es-rom begat A-ram; a just man, and not willing to make
4 And A-ram begat A-min'-a-dab; her a publick example, was minded to
and A-min-a-dab begat Na-as'-son; put her away privily.
and Na-as-son begat Sal-mon; 20 But while he thought on these
5 And Sal'-mon begat Bo-oz of things, behold, the angel of the Lord
Ra-chab; and Bo-oz begat Obed of appeared unto him in a dream,saying,
Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; Joseph, thou son of David,fear not to
6 And Jesse begat David the king; take unto thee Mary thy wife: for
and David the king begat Solomon of that which is conceived in her is of the
her that had been the wife of U-ri'-as; Holy Ghost.
7 And Solomon begat Ro-bo-am; 21 And she shall bring forth a
and Ro-bo-am begat A-bi-a; and son, and thou shalt call his name
A-bi'-a begat Asa; JESUS: for he shall save his people
8 And Asa begat Jos'-a-phat; and from their sins.
Jos'-a-phat begat Joram; and Joram 22 Now ail this was done, that it
begat O-zi-as; might be fuliîlled which was spoken of
9 And O-zi-as begat Jo-a-tham;and the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Jo-a-tham begat A'-chaz; and A-chaz 23 Behold, a vir^ shall be with
begat Ez-e-ki-as; child, and shall bring forth a son, and
10 And Ez-e-ki-as begat Ma-nas- they shall call his name Em-man-u-el,
ses; and Ma-nas'-ses begat Amon; and which being interpreted is, God with
Amon begat Jo-si-as; us.
11 And Jo-si'-as begat Jech-o-ni'-as 24 Then Joseph being raised from
and his brethren, about the time they sleep did as the angel of the Lord had
were carried away to Babylon: bidden him, and took unto him his
12 And after they were brought to wife:
Babylon, Jech-o-ni'-as begat Sa-la- 25 And knew her not till she had
thi-el; and Sa-la-thi-el begat Zo-rob-a- brought forth her firstbom son: and he
bel; called his name JESUS.
13 And Zo-rob-a-bel begat A-bi-ud;
CHAPTER 2
and A-bi-ud begat E-U'-a-kim; and
E-lf-a-kim begat Azor; NOW when Jésus was bom in
14 And Azor begat Sa'-doc; and Betb-lehem of Judœa in the
Sa-doc begat A-chim; and A'-chim days of Herod the king, behold, there
begat E-li-ud; came wise men from the east to Jéru
15 And E-li-ud begat E-le-a-zar; salem,
and E-le^a-zar begat Maf-than; and 2 Saying, Where is he that is bom
Maf-than begat Jacob; King of the Jews? for we have seen
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the his star in the east, and are corne to
husband of Mary, of whom was bom worship him.
Jésus, who is calléd Christ. 3 When Herod the king had heard
17 So ail the générations from these things, he was troubled, and ail
Abraham to David are fourteen gén Jérusalem with him.
érations; and from David until the 4 And when he had gathered ail the
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chief priests and scribes of the people 17 Then was fulfilled that which
together, he demanded of them where was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,
Christ should be born. saying,
5 And they said unto him,In Beth- 18 In Ra-ma was there a voice
lehem of Judaea: for thus it is written heard, lamentation, and weeping, and
by the prophet, great mourning, Rachel weeping for
6 And thou Beth-lehem, in the her children, and would not be com-
land of Juda, art not the least among forted, because they are not.
the princes of Juda: for ont of thee 19 But when Herod was dead, be
shall corne a Governor, that shall rule hold, an angel of the Lord appeareth
my people Israël. in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
7 Then Herod, when he had privily 20 Saying, Arise, and take the
called the wise men, enquired of them young child and his mother, and go
diligently what time the star appeared. into the land of Israël: for they are
8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem, dead which sought the young child's
and said, Go and search diligently for life.
the young child; and when ye have 21 And he arose, and took the
found him, bring me word again, that young child and his mother, and came
I may come and worship him also. into the land of Israël.
9 When they had heard the king, 22 But when he heard that Ar^che-
they departed; and,lo, the star, which la-us did reign in Judaea in the room of
they saw in the east, went before them, his father Herod, he was afraid to go
till it came and stood over where the thither: notwithstanding,being wamed
young child was. of God in a dream,he tumed aside into
10 When they saw the star, they the parts of Galilee:
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city
11 And when they were come into called Nazareth: that it might be ful
the house, they saw the young child filled which was spoken by the
with Mary his mother, and fell down, prophets, He shall be called a Naza-
and worshipped him: and when they rene.
had opened their treasures, they pre-
sented unto him gifts; gold, and frsmk- CHAPTER 3
incense, and myrrh. IN those days came John the Baptist,
12 And being wamed of God in a preaching in the wildemess of
dream that they should not retum to Judaea,
Herod, they departed into their own 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the
country another way. kingdom of heaven is at hand.
13 And when they were departed, 3 For this is he that was spoken of
behold, the angel of the Lord appear- by the prophet E-sa-ias, saying, The
eth to Joseph in a dream,saying, Arise, voice of one crying in the wildemess.
and take the young child and his Préparé ye the way of the Lord, make
mother, and flee into Egypt, and be his paths straight.
thou there until I bring thee word: for 4 And the same John had his
Herod will seek the young child to raiment of camel's hair, and a leathem
destroy him. girdle about his loins; and his meat was
14 When he arose, he took the locusts and wild honey.
young child and his mother by night, 5 Then went out to him Jemsalem,
and departed into Egypt: and ail Judaea,and ail the région round
15 And was there until the death of about Jordan,
Herod: that it might be fulfiUed which 6 And were baptized of him in Jor
was spoken ofthe Lord by the prophet, dan, confessing their sins.
saying, Out of Egypt have I called my 7 But when he saw many of the
son. Pharisees and Sad'-du-cees come to his
16 Then Herod, when he saw that baptism, he said unto them, O généra
he was mocked of the wise men, was tion of vipers, who hath wamed you to
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and fiee from the wrath to come?
slew ail the children that were in Beth- 8 Bring forth therefore fmits meet
lehem, and in ail the coasts thereof, for repentance:
from two years old and under, accord- 9 And think not to say within your-
ing to the time which he had diligently selves, We have Abraham to our
enquired of the wise men. father: for I say unto you, that God is
 ST. MATTHEW 4
able of these stones to raise up children
untd Abraham.
10 And now also the axe is laid linto
the root of the trees: therefore every
tree which bringeth net forth good
fruit is hewh down, and cast into the
fire.
11 I indeed baptize you with water
untô repentance: but he that cometh
after me is mightier than I, whose
shoes 1 am nôt worthy to bear: he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and
with fire:
12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he
will throughly purge his floor, and
gâther his wheat into the gamer; but
he will bufn up the chaff with un-
quenchable fire'.
13 Then cometh Jésus from Galilee
tô Jordan unto John, to be baptized
of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I
have need to be baptized of thee, and
comest thou to me?
15 And Jésus answering said unto
him, Sufïer it to he sa now: for thus it
becometh us to fulfil ail righteousness.
Then he sufïered him.
16 And Jésus, when he was bap
tized, went Up strai^tway out of the
watér: and, lo, the heavens were
opeiiéd unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove>
and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven,
saying, This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
CHAPTER 4
Then was Jesus led up of the
spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty
days atid forty nights, he was after-
ward ari hungred*
3 And when the tempter came to
him, he said, If thou be the Son of
God, command that these stones be
madebread.
4 But he answered and said, It is
written, Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that pro-
ceédeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil tâketh him Up into
the holy city, and setteth him on a pin-
nacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him. If thou be
the Son of God, cast thyself down: for
it is written, He shall give his angels
charge conceming thee: and in their
hands théy shall bear thee up, lest at
851
any time thou dash thy foot against a
stone.r
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
thy God*
8 Again; the devil taketh him up
into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him ail the kingdpms of the
world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, AU these
things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get
thee hence, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and,
behold, angels céune and ministered
unto him.
12 Now when Jesus had heard that
John was cast into prison, he departed
into Galilee;
13 And leaving Nazareth, he Ccune
and dwelt in Ca-per'-na-um, which is
upon the sea coast, in the borders of
Zab-u-lon and Neph'-thaTim:
14 That it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by E-sa-ias the prophet,
saying,
15 The land of Zab'-uTon, and the
land of Neph-tha-lim,^by the way of
the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the
Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness
saw great light; and to them which sat
in the région and shadow of death light
is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to
preach, and to say/ Repent: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea
of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon
called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea: for they
were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow
me,and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left iheir
nets, and followed htm.
21 And going On from thence, he
saw other two brethren, James the
son of Zeb-e-dee,and John his brother,
in a ship with Zeb-e-dèe their father,
mending their nets; and he called
them.
22 And they imrilediatêly left the
ship and their father, and followed
him.
23 And jesUs went about ail Gali
lee, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom.
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and healing ail manner of sickness and and put it under a bushel, but on a
ail manner of disease among the candlestick; and it giveth light unto
people. ail that are in the house.
24 And his famé went throughout 16 Let your light so shine before
ail Syria: and they brought unto him men, that they may see your good
ail sick people that were taken with Works, and glorify your Father which
divers diseases and torments, and is in heaven.
those which were possessed With devils, 17 Think not that I am come to
and those which were lunatick, and destroy the law, or the prophets: I
those that had the palsy; and he am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
healed them. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till
25 And there foUowed him great heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
multitudes of people from Galilee, ànd tittle shall in no wise pass from the
from De-cap-o-lis, and from Jéru law, till ail be fulfilled.
salem, and from Judaea, and from be- 19 Whosoever therefore shall break
yond Jordan. one of these least commandments,and
shall teach men so, he shzdl be called
CHAPTER 5 the least in the kingdom of heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach
AND seeing the multitudes, he went them, the same shall be called great in
Jr\ up into a mountain: and when he the kingdom of heaven.
was set, his disciples Ccime unto him: 20 For I say unto you, That except
2 And he opened his mouth, and your righteousness shall exceed the
taught them, saying, righteousness of the scribes and Phari-
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for sees, ye shall in no case enter into the
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that moum: for 21 Ye have heaxd that it was said
they shall be comforted. by them of old time, Thou shalt not
5 Blessed are the meek: for they kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be
shall inherit the earth. in danger of the judgment:
6 Blessed are they which do hunger 22 But I say unto you, That who
and thirst after righteousness: for they soever is angry with his brother with-
shall be filled. out a cause shall be in danger of the
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they jud^ent: and whosoever shall say
shall obtain mercy. to his brother, Raca,shall be in danger
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for of the council: but whosoever shall
they shall see God. say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for hell tire.
they shall be called the children of 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift
God. to the altar, and there rememberest
10 Blessed are they which are per- that thy brother hath ought against
secuted for righteousness' sake: for thee;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 24 Leave there thy gift before the
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall altar, and go thy way; first be recon-
revile you, and persécute you, and ciled to thy brother, and then come
shall say ail manner of evil against you and ofîer thy gift.
falsely, for my sake. 25 Agree with thine adversary
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: quickly, whiles thou art in the way
for great is your reward in heaven: with him; lest at any ttme the ad
for so persecuted they the prophets versary deliyer thee to the judge, and
which were before you. the judge deliver thee to the officer,
13 Ye are the sait of the earth: but and thou be cast into prison.
if the sait have lost his savour, where- 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou
with shall it be salted? it is thence- shalt by no means come out thence,
forth good for nothing, but to be cast till thou hast paid the uttermost
out, and to be trodden under foot of farthing.
men. 27 Ye have heard that it was said
14 Ye are the light of the world. by them of old time, Thou shalt not
A city that is set on an hill cannot be commit adultery:
hid. 28 But I say unto you, That who
15 Neither do men light a candie. soever looketh on a woman to lust
 ST. MATTHEW 6 853

after her hath committed adultery pray for them which despitefully use
with her already in his heart. you, and persécute you;
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, 45 That ye may be the children of
pluck it out, and cast it from thee: your Father which is in heaven: for he
for it is profitable for thee that one of maketh his sun to rise on the evil and
thy members should perish, and not on the good, and sendeth rain on the
fhat thy whole body should be cast just and on the unjust.
into hell. 46 For if ye love them which love
30 And if thy right hand offend you, what reward have ye? do not
thee, eut it off, and cast it from thee: even the publicans the same?
for it is profitable for thee that one of 47 And if ye salute your brethren
thy members should perish, and not only, what do ye more than others? do
that thy whole body should be cast not even the publicans so?
into hell. 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as
31 It hath been said, Whosoever your Father which is in heaven is
shall put away his wife, let him give perfect.
her a writing of divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That who CHAPTER 6
soever shall put away his wife, saving Take heed that ye do not your
for the cause of fornication, causeth alms before men, to be seen of
her to commit adultery: and whoso them: otherwise ye have no reward of
ever shall marry her that is divorced your Father which is in heaven.
committeth adultery. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine
33 Again, ye have heard that it alms, do not sound a trumpet before
hath been said by them of old time, thee, as the hypocrites do in the
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but synagogues and in the streets, that
shalt perform unto the Lord thine they may have glory of men. Verily I
oaths: say unto you, They have their rewârd.
34 But I say unto you, Swear not 3 But when thou doest alms, let not
at ail; neither by heaven; for it is thy left hand know what thy right
God's throne: hand doèth:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his 4 That thine alms may be in secret:
footstool: neither by Jérusalem; for it and thy Father which seeth in secret
is the city of the great King. himself shall reward thee openly.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy 5 And when thou prayest, thou
head, because thou canst not make one shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for
hair white or black. they love to pray standing in the
37 But let your communication be, synagogues and in the corners of the
Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is streets, that they may be seen of men.
more than these cometh of evil. Verily 1 say unto you, They have their
38 Ye have heard that it hath been reward.
said. An eye for an eye, and a tooth 6 But thou, when thou prayest,
for a tooth: enter into thy closet, and when thou
39 But I say unto you, That ye hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father
resist not evil: but whosoever shall which is in secret; and thy Father
smite thee on thy right cheek, tum to which seeth in secret shall reward thee
him the other also. openly.
40 And if any man will sue thee at 7 But when ye prày, use not vain
the law, and take away thy coat, let répétitions, as the heathen do: for
him have thy cloak also. they think that they shall be heard for
41 And whosoever shall compel thee their much speaking.
to go a mile, go with him twain. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto
42 Giye to him that asketh thee, them: for your Father knoweth what
and from him that would borrow of things ye have need of, before ye ask
thee turn not thou away. him.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been 9 After this manner therefore pray
said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
and hate thine enemy. Hallowed be thy name.
44 But I say unto you. Love your 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
enemies, bless them that curse you, done in earth, as it is in heaven.
do good to them that hate you, and 11 Give us this day our daily bread.
28
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12 And forgive us our debts, as we raiment? Consider the lllies of the

forgive our debtors. field, how they grow; they toil not,
13 And lead us net into temptation, neither do they spin:
but deliver us from evil: For thine is 29 And yet I say unto you, That
the kihgdom, and the power, and the even Solomon in ail his glory was not
glory, for ever. Amen. arrayed like one of these.
14 For if ye forgive men their 30 Wherefore, if God éo clothe the
trespasses, your heavenly Father will grass of the field, which to day is, and
also forgive you: to morrow is cast into the oven, shall
15 But if ye forgive not men theit he not much more clothe you, O ye of
trespasses, neither will your Father Uttlefaith?
forgive your trespasses. 31 Therefore take nô thought, say-
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, ing, What shall we eat? or, What shall
as thé hypocrites, of a sad counte- we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
nance: for they disfigure their faces, clothéd?
that they may appear unto men to 32 (For after ail these things do the
fast. Verily 1 say unto you, They have Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
their reward. Father knoweth that ye havé need of
17 But thou, when thou fastest, ail these things.
anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 33 But séek ye first the kingdom of
18 That thou appear not untp men God, and his righteousness; and ail
to fast, but unto thy Father which is these things shall be added unto you.
in secret: and thy Father, which seeth 34 Take therefore no thought for
in secret, shall reward thee openly. the morrow: for the morrow shall take
19 Lay not up for yourselves treas- thought for the things of itself. Suffi-
ures upon earth, where moth and rust dent unto the day is the evil thereof.
doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal: CHAPTER 7
20 But lây up for yourselves treas-
ures in heaven, where heither moth TUDGE not, that ye be not judged.
nor rust doth corrupt, and where J 2 For with what judgment ye
thieves do not break through nor judge, ye shall be judged: and with
steal: what measure ye mete, it shall be
21 For where your treasure is, there measured to you again.
will your heart be also. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote
22 The light of the body is the eye: that is in thy brother's eye, but con-
if therefore thine eye be single, thy siderest not the beam that is in thine
whole body shall be full of light. own eye?
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy
whole body shall be full of darkness. brother, Let me pull out the mote out
If therefore the light that is in thee be bf thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in
darkness, how great is that darkness! thine own eye?
24 No man can serve two masters: 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
for either he will hate the one,and love beam out of thine own eye; and then
the other; or else he will hold to the shalt thou see clearly to cast out the
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot mote out of thy brother's eye.
serve God and mammon. 6 Give not that which is holy unto
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
no thought for your life, what ye shall before s\dne, lest they trample them
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for under their feet, and tum again and
your body, what ye shall put on. Is not rend you.
the life more than meat, and the body 7 Ask, and it shall be given you;
than raiment? seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for shall be opened unto you:
they sow not, neither do they reap, 8 For every one that asketh re-
nor gather into barns; yet your heav ceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
enly Father feedeth them. Are ye not and to him that knocketh it shall be
much better than they? opened.
27 Which of you by taking thought 9 Or what man is there of you,
can add one cubit unto his stature? whom if his son ask bread, will he give
28 And why take ye thought for him a stone?
 ST. MATTHEW 8 855

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give floods came, and the winds blew, and
him a serpent? beat upon that house; and it fell: and
11 If ye then, belng evil, know how great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when
to give good gifts unto your children, Jésus
how much more shall your Father had ended these sayings, the
people were astonished at his doctrine:
which is in heaven give good things to
them that ask him? 29 For he taught them as one hav-
12 Therefore ail things whatsoever ing authority, and not as the scribes.
ye would that men should do to you, CHAPTER 8
do ye even so to them: for this is the WHEN he was come down from
làw and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gâte: the mountain, great multitudes
followed him.
for wide is the gâte, and.broad is the
2 And, behold, there came a leper
way, that leadeth to destruction, and and
many there be which go in thereat: worshipped him, saying. Lord, if
14 Because strait is the gâte, and thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto 3 And Jésus put forth his hand,and
life, and few there be that find it. touched him, saying, 1 will; be thou
15 Beware of false prophets, which clean. And immediately his leprosy
come to you in sheep's clothing, but was cleansed.
inwardly they are ravening wolves. 4 And Jésus saith uhto him, See
16 Ye shall know them by their thou tell no man; but go thy way,
fruits. Do men gather grapes of shew thyself to the priest, and dffer
thorns, or figs of thistles? the gift that Moses commanded,for a
17 Even so every good tree bringeth testimony unto them.
forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree 5 And when Jésus was entered into
bringeth forth evil fruit. Ca-per-na-um, there came unto him a
18 A good tree cannot bring forth centurion, beseeching him,
evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree 6 And saying. Lord, my servant
bring forth good fruit. lieth at home sick of the palsy, griev-
19 Every tree that bringeth not ously tormented.
forth good fruit is hewn down, and 7 And Jésus saith unto him, I will
cast into the fire. come and heal him.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall 8 The centurion answered and said.
know them. Lord, 1 am not worthy that thou
21 Not every one that saith unto shouldest come under my roof: but
me. Lord, Lord, shall enter into the speak the word only, and my servant
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth shall be healed.
the will of my Father which is in 9 For I am a man under authority,
heaven. . ^^ having soldiers under me: and I say
22 Many will sây to me in that day. to this man. Go, and he goeth; and to
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in another, Come, and he cometh; and to
thy name? and in thy name have cast my servant. Do this, and he doeth iU
out devils? and in thy name done many 10 When Jésus heard it, he mar-
wonderful Works? velled, and said to them that followed,
23 And then will I profess unto Verily I say unto you,I have notfound
them, 1 never knew you: départ from so great faith, no, not in Israël.
me, ye that work iniquity. 11 And I say unto you, That many
24 Therefore whosoevér hearéth shall come from the east and west,and
thesé sayings of mine,and doeth them, shàll sit down with Abraham, and
I will liken him unto a wise man,which Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of
built his house upon a rock: heaven.
25 And the rain descended, and the 12 But the children of the kingdom
floods came, and the winds blew, and shall be cast out into outer darkness:
beat upon that house; and it fell not: there shall be weeping and gnashing
for it was fôunded upon a rock. of teeth.
26 And every one that heareth thesé 13 And Jésus said unto the cen
sayings of mine, and doeth them not, turion, Go thy way; and as thou hast
shall be likened unto a foolish man, believed, so be it done unto thee. And
which built his house upôn the sand: his servant was healed in the selfsame
27 And thé rain descended, and the hour.
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14 And when Jésus was corne into 31 So the devils besought him, say
Peter'sL house, he saw his wife's ing, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go
mother laid, and sick of a fever. away into the herd of swine.
15 And he touched her hand, and 32 And he said unto them. Go. And
the fever left her: and she arose, and when they were come out, they went
ministered unto them. into the herd of swine: and, behold,
16 When the even was corne, they the whole herd of swine ran violently
brought unto him many that were down a steep place into the sea, and
possessed with devils: and he cast eutperished in the waters.
the spirits with hts word, and healed 33 And they that kept them fled,
ail that were sick: and went their ways into the city, and
• 17 That it might be fulhlled which told every thing, and what was be-
was spoken by E-sa-ias the prophet, fallen to the possessed of the devils.
saying, Himself took our infirmities, 34 And,behold,the whole city came
and bare our sicknesses. out to meet Jésus: and when they saw
18 Now when Jésus saw great him, they besought him that he would
multitudes about him, he gave com- départ out of their coasts.
mandment to départ unto the other
side. CHAPTER 9
19 And a certain scribe came, and AND he entered into a ship, and
said unto him, Master, I will follow /\ passed over, and came into his
thee whithersoever thou goest. own city.
20 Ànd Jésus saith unto him, The 2 And, behold, they brought to him
foxes have holes, and the birds of the a man sick of the palsy,lying on a bed:
air have nests; but the Son of man hath and Jésus seeing their faith said unto
not where to lay his head. the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good
21 And another of his disciples cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
said unto him. Lord, suffer me first to 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes
go and bury my father. said within themselves, This man
22 But Jésus said unto him, Follow blasphemeth.
me; and let the dead bury their dead. 4 And Jésus knowing their thoughts
23 And when he was entered into a said, Wherefore think ye evil in your
ship, his disciples followed him, hearts?
24 And, behold, there arose a great 5 For whether is easier, to say,
tempest in the sea, insomuch that the Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
ship was covered with the waves: but Arise, and walk?
he was asleep. 6 But that ye may know that the
25 And his disciples came to him, Son of man hath power on earth to
and awoke him,saying. Lord, save us: forgive sins,(then saith he to the sick
we perish. of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed,
26 And he saith unto them,. Why and go imto thine house.
are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? 7 And he arose, and departed to his
Then he arose, and rebuked the winds house.
and the sea; and there was a great 8 But when the multitudes saw iU
calm. they marvelled, and glorified God,
27 But the men marvelled, saying, which had given such power unto men.
What manner of man is this, that even 9 And as Jésus passed forth from
the winds and the sea obey him! thence, he saw a man,named Matthew,
28 And when he was corne to the sitting at the receipt of custom: and he
other side into the country of the saith unto him, Follow me. And he
Ger'-ge-senes, there met him two pos arose, and followed him.
sessed with devils, coming out of the 10 And it came to pass, as Jésus sat
tombs,exceeding fîerce,so that no man at meat in the house, behold, many
might pass by that way. publicans and sinners came and sat
29 And, behold, they cried out, down with him and his disciples.
saying, What have we to do with thee, 11 And when the Pharisees saw it,
Jésus,thou Son of God? art thou come they said unto his disciples, Why
hither to tonnent us before the time? eateth your Master with publicans and
30 And there was a good way off sinners?
from them an herd of many swine 12 But when Jésus heard that, he
feeding. said unto them, They that be whole
 ST. MATTOEW 10 857

need not a physician, but they that are and saying, Thou son of David, have
sick. mercy on us.
13 But go ye and leam what that 28 And when he was come iiito the
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not house, the blind men came to him:
sacrifice: for I am not corne to call and Jésus saith unto them, Believe ye
the righteous, but sinners to repent- that I am able to do this? They said
ance. unto him, Yea, Lord.
14 Then came to him the disciples 29 Then touched he their eyes, say
of John, saying, Why do we and the ing, Accèrding to your faith bé it unto
Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples you.
fast not? 30 And their eyes were opened;
15 And Jésus said unto them, Can and Jésus straitly charged them, say
the chiidren of the bridechamber ing, See that no man know it.
moum, as long as the bridegroom is 31 But they, when they were de-
with them? but the days will come, parted, spread abroad his famé in ail
when the bridegroom shall be taken that country.
from them, and then shall they fast. 32 As they went out, behold, they
16 No man putteth a piece of new brought to him a dumb man possessed
cloth unto an old garment, for that with a devil.
which is put in to fill it up taketh from 33 And when the devil was cast out,
the garment, and the rent is made the dumb spake: and the multitudes
worse. marvelled, saying, It was never so
17 Neither do men put new wine seen in Israël.
into old bottles: else the bottles break, 34 But the Pharisees said, He
and the wine runneth out, and the casteth out devils through the prince
bottles perish: but they put new wine of the devils.
into new bottles, and both are pre- 35 And Jésus went about ail the
served. cities and villages, teaching in their
18 While he spake these things unto synagogues, and preaching the gospel
them, behold, there came a certain of the kingdom, and healing every
ruler, and worshipped him, saying, sickness and every disease among the
My daughter is even now dead: but people.
come and lay thy hand upon her, and 36 But when he saw the multitudes,
she shall live. he was moved with compassion on
19 And Jésus arose, and followed them, because they fainted, and were
him, and so did his disciples. scattered abroad, as sheep having no
20 And, behold, a woman, which shepherd.
was diseased with an issue of bloôd 37 Then saith he unto his disciples,
twelve years, came behind him, and The harvest truly is plenteous, but the
touched the hem of his garment: labourers are few;
21 For she said within herself. If I 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of
may but touch his garment, 1 shall be the harvest, that he will send forth
whole. labourers into his harvest.
22 But Jésus turned him about,and
when he saw her, he said, Daughter, CHAPTER 10
be of good comfort; thy faith hath AND when he had called unto him
made thee whole. And the woman was l\ his twelve disciples, he gave them
made whole from that hour. power against unclean spirits, to cast
23 And when Jésus came into the them out, and to héal ail manner of
ruler's house, and saw the minstrels sickness and ail manner of disease.
and the people making a noise, 2 Now the names of the twelve
24 He said unto them, Give place: apostles are these; The first, Simon,
for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. who is called Peter, and Andrew his
And they laughed him to scbrn. brother; James the son of Zob-e-dee,
25 But when the people were put and John his brother;
forth, he went in, and took her by the 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thom
hand, and the maid arose. as, and Matthew the publican; James
26 And the famé hereof went the son of Al-phae-us, and Leb-bae'-us
abroad into ail that land. whose surname was Thad-^œ-us;
27 And when Jésus departedthence, 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas
two blind men followed him, crying. Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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5 These twelve Jésus sent forth, and for my name's sake: but he that en-
commanded them, saying. Go net dureth to the end shall be saved.
into the way of the Gentiles, and into 23 But when they persécute you in
any city of the Sa-mar-i-tans enter ye this city, flee ye into another: for
not: verily I say unto you, Ye shall not
6 But; go rather to the lost sheep of have gone over the cities of Israël,
the house of Israël. till the Son of man be come.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The 24 The disciple is not above his
kingdom of heaven is at hand. master, nor the servant above his lord.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, 25 It is enough for the disciple that
raise the dead, cast out devils; freely he be as his master, and the servant
ye have recelved, freely give. as his lord. If they have called the
9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, master of the house Be-el-ze-bub, how
nor brass in your purses, much more shall they call them of his
10 Nor scrip for your joumey, household?
neither two coats, neither shoes, nor 26 Fear them not therefore: for
yet staves: for the workmîui is worthy there is nothing covered, that shall
of his meat. not be revealed; and hid, that shall
11 And into whatsoever city or not be known.
town ye shall enter, enquire who in it 27 What 1 tell you in darkness,
is worthy; and there abide till ye go that speak ye in light: and what ye
thence. hear in the ear, that preach ye upon
12 And when ye corne into an house, the housetops.
salute it. 28 And fear not them which kill
13 And if the house be worthy, let the body, but are not able to kill the
your peace corne upon it: but if it be soul: but rather fear him which is able
not worthy, let your peace return to to destroy both soul and body in hell.
you. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a
14 And whosoever shall not re farthing? and one of them shall not fall
çoive you, nor hear your words, when on the ground without your Father.
ye départ out of that house or city, 30 But the very hairs of your head
shake ofî the dust of your feet. are ail numbered.
15 Verlly I say unto you, It shall 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of
be more tolerable for the land of more value than many sparrows.
Sodom and Go-mor-rha in the day of 32 Whosoever therefore shall con-
judgment, than for that city. fess me before men, him will I confess
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep also before my Father which is in
in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore heaven.
wise as serpents, and harmless as 33 But whosoever shall deny me
doves. before men,him will I also deny before
17 But beware of men:for they will my Father which is in heaven.
deliver you up to the councils, and 34 Think not that I am come to
they will scourge you in their syna send peace on earth: I came not to
gogues; send peace, but a sword.
18 And ye shall be brought before 35 For I am come to set a man at
govemors and kings for my sake,for a variance against his father, and the
testimony against them and the daughter against her mother, and the
Gentiles. daughter in law against her mother in
19 But when they deliver you up, law.
take no thought how or what ye shall 36 And a man's foes shall he they of
speak: for it shall be given you in that his own household.
same hour what ye shall speak. 37 He that loveth father or mother
20 For it is not ye that speak, but more than me is not worthy of me:
the Spirit of your Father which speak- and he that loveth son or daughter
eth in you. more than me is not worthy of me.
21 And the brother shall deliver 38 And he that taketh not his cross,
up the brother to death,and the father and followeth after me, is not worthy
the child: and the children shall rise up of me.
against their parents, and cause them 39 He that findeth his life shall lose
to be put to death. it: and he that loseth his life for my
22 And ye shall be hated of ail men sake shall find it.
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40 He that recelveth you receiyeth heayen sulfereth violence, and the

me,and he that reeeiveth me recelveth violent take It by force.
him that sent me. 13 iFor ali the prophets and the law
; 41 He that recelveth a prophet in prophesled untU John.
the name of a prophet shall recelve a 14 And If ye wUl recelve it, thls Is
prophet*s reward; and he that re E-ll-as, whlch wàs for to come.
celveth a righteous man In the name of 15 He that hath ears to hear, ïet
a righteous man shall recelve a right hlm hear.
eous man*s reward. 16 But whereunto shall I llken thls
42 And whosoever shall glvè to génération? It Is Ilke unto chlldren
drlnk unto one of these llttle ones a slttlng In the markets,and calllng unto
cup of cold water only In the name of a thelr fellows,
disciple, verlly 1 say unto you, he shall 17 And saylng, We have piped unto
In no wlse lose hls reward. you, and ye havé not danced; we have
moumed unto you, and ye have not
CHAPTER II lamented.
18 For John came nelther eating
\ND It came to pass, when Jésus nor drinklng,and they say, He hath a
/\ had made an end of commanding devll.
hls twelve disciples, he departed thence 19 The Son of man came eating and
to teach and to preach In thelr cltles. drinklng, and they say, Behold a man
2 Now when Johii had heard In the gluttonous, and a wlneblbber, a frlend
prison the works of Christ, he sent of publlcans and ^ners. But wlsdom
two of hls disciples, Is justified of her chlldren.
3 And sald unto hlm. Art thou he 20 Then began he to upbrald the
that should come, or do we look for cltles whereln most of hls mighty
another? Works were done, because they re-
4 Jésus answered and sald unto pented not:
them. Go and shew John again those 21 Woe unto thee, Cho-ra'-zinl woe
thlngs whlch ye do hear and see: unto ,thee, Beth-sa-l-da! for If the
5 The blind recelve thelr slght, and mighty Works, whlch were done In you,
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, had been done in Tyre and Sl-don,
and the deaf hear, the dead are ralsed they would have repented long ago In
up, and the pQor have the gospel sackçloth and ashes.
preached to them. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be
6 And blessed Is he, whosoever shall more tolerable for Tyre and Sl-don at
not be offended in me. the day pf judgment, than for you.
7 And as they departed, Jésus 23 And thou, Ca-per-na-um, whlch
began to say unto the multitudes con- art exalted unto heaven, shalt be
cerning John, What went ye out into brought down to hell: for If the mighty
the wilderness to see? A reed shaken Works, whlch have been done In thee,
with the wind? had been dpnein Sodom,it would have
8 But what went yç out for to see? remalned uhtil thls day.
A man clothed In soft raiment? behpld, 24 But I say unto you, That It shall
they that wear soft clothing are In be more tolerable for the land of
klngs* houses. Sodom, In the day of judgment, than
9 But what went ye out for to see? for thee.
A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and 25 At that tlme Jésus answered
more than a prophet. and sald, I thank thee, Ô Father,
10 Fpr this Is he, of whom It Is Lord of heavên and earth, because
written, Behold, I send my messenger thou hast hld these thlngs from the
before thy face, whlch shall préparé wlse and prudent, and hast revealed
thy way before thee, them unto babes.
11 Vèrily I say unto you, Among 26 Even so, Father:for so It seemed
them. that are born of women there gpod in thy.slght.
hath mot rlsen a greater than John 27 Àli thlngs aré dellvéted unto me
the Baptist: notwithstandlng he that of my Father: and no nian khoweth
Is least in the kingdom of heaven Is the Sph, but the Father; nelthèr know-
greater than he. eth any man the Father, sâve the Son,
12 And from the days of John the and he to whomsoevér the Son wlll
Baptist untU now the kingdom of reveal him.
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28 Corne unto me,ail ye that labour and held a council against him, how
and are heavy laden, and 1 will give they might destroy him.
you rest. 15 But when Jésus knew it, he with-
29 Take my yoke upon you, and drew himself from thence: and great
leam of me; for I am meek and lowly multitudes followed him, and he
in heart: and ye shall find rest unto healed them ail;
your soûls. 16 And charged them that they
30 For my yoke is easy, and my should not make him known:
burdeii is light. 17 That it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by E-sa-ias the prophet,
CHAPTER 12 saying,
AT that time Jésus went on the sab- 18 Behold my servant, whom I have
jl\ bath day through the com; and chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul
his disciples were an hungred, and is well pleased: I will put my spirit
began to pluck the éars of corn, and to upon him, and he shall shew judgment
eat. to the Gentiles.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, 19 He shall not strive, nor cry;
they said unto him, Behold, thy dis neither shall any man hear his voice in
ciples dp that which is not lawful to do the streets.
upon the sabbath day. 20 A bruised reed shall he not
3 But he said unto them, Have ye break, ànd smoking flax shall he not
not read what David did, when he was quench, till he send forth judgment
an hungred, and they that were with unto victory.
him; 21 And in his name shall the Gen
4 How he entered into the house of tiles trust.
God,and did eat the shewbread, which 22 Then was brought unto him one
was not lawful for him to eat, neither possessed with a devil, blind, and
for them which were with him; but dumb: and he healed him, insomuch
only for the priests? that the blind and dumb both spake
5 Or have ye not read in the làw, and saw.
how that on the sabbath days the 23 And ail the people were amazed,
priests in the temple profane the sab and said, Is not this the son of David?
bath, and are blameless? 24 But when the Pharisees heard
6 But I say unto you, That in this it, they said, This fellow doth not cast
place is one greater thari the temple. out devils, but by Be-el-ze-bub the
7 But if ye had known what this prince of the devils.
meaneth, 1 will have mercy, and not 25 And Jésus knew their thoughts,
sacrifice, ye would not have con- and said unto them, Every kingdom
demned the guiltless. divided against îtself is brought to
8 For the Son of man is Lord even désolation; and every city or house
of the sabbath day. divided against itself shall not stand:
9 And when he was departed thence, 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he
he went into their synagogue: is divided against himself; how shall
10 And, behold, there was a man then his kingdom stand?
which had his hand withered. And they 27 And if I by Be-el-ze-bub cast out
asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal devils, by whom do your children cast
on the sabbath days? that they might thèm out? therefore they shall be your
accuse him. judges.
11 And he said unto them, What 28 But if I cast out devils by the
man shall there be among you, that Spirit of God, then the kingdom of
shall have one sheep, and if it fall into God is come unto you.
a pit on the sabbath day, will he not 29 Or else how can one enter into a
lay hold on it, and lift it out? strong man's house, and spoil his
12 How much then is a man better gobds, except he first bind the strong
than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to man? and then he will spoil his house.
do well on the sabbath days. 30 He that is not with me is against
13 Then saith he to the man, me; and he that gathereth not with
Stretch forth thine hand. And he me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, AU
stretched it forth; and it was restored
whole, like as the other. manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
14 Then the Pharisees went out. forgiVen unto men: but the blasphemy
 ST. MATTHEW 13
against the Holy Ghost shall not be
forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the world to corne.
33 Either make the tree good, and
his fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the
tree is known by his fruit.
34 O génération of vipers, how.can
ye, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abondance of the heart the
mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth
good things; and an evil man out of
the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things.
36 But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of
judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou shalt
be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and
of the Pharisees answered, saying,
Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto
them. An evil and adultérons généra
tion seeketh after a sign; and there
shall no sign be given to it, but the
sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days and
three nights in the whale's belly; so
shall the Son of man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nin'-e-veh shall rise
in judgment with this génération, and
shall condemn it: because they re-
pented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise
up in the judgment with this généra
tion, and shall condemn it: for she
came from the uttermost parts of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and, behold, a greater than Solomon
is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone
eut of a man, he walketh.through dry
places, seeking rest, and findeth none. unto them in parables?
44 Then he saith, I will retum into
my house from whence 1 came out; them, Because it is given unto you to
and when he is come, he findeth it know the mysteries of the kingdom of
empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh With
himselfseven other spirits more wicked shall be given, and he shall have more
861
than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there: and the last state of that
man is worse than the first. Even so
^all it be also unto this wicked géné
ration.
46 While he yet talked to the peo-
ple, behold, his mother and his breth-
ren stood without, desiring to speak
with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold,
thy mother and thy brethren sftand
without, desiring to speak with thee.
48 But he answered and said unto
him that told him, Who is my mother?
and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand
toward his disciples, and said, Behold
my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will
of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and
mother.
CHAPTER 13
The same day went Jésus out of
the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gath-
ered together unto him^ so that he
went into a ship, and sat; and the
whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto
them in parables,. saying, Behold, a
sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed> some seeds
fell by the way side^ and the fowls
came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places,
where they had not much earth: and
forthwith they sprung up, because
they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they
were scorched; and because they had
no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and
the thorns sprung up, and choked
them:
8 But other fell into good ground,
and brought forth fruit, some an hun-
dredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirty-
fold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
10 And the disciples came, and
said unto him, Why speakest thou
11 He answered and said. unto
heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him
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abundatice: but whosoever hath not, came and sowed tares among the
from him shall be taken away even wheat, and went his way.
that he hath. 26 But when the blade was sprùng
13 Therefore speak 1 to them in up, and brought forth fruit, then ap-
parables; because they seeing see not; peared the tares also*
and hearing they hear not, neither do 27 So the servants of the house-
thèy understand. holder came and said unto him. Sir,
14 And in them is fulfilled the didst not thou sow good seed in thy
prophecy of E-sa-ias, which saith, By fîeld? from whence thén hath it tares?
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not 28 He said unto them. An enerîiy
understand; and seeing ye shall see, hath done this. The servants said unto
and shall not perceive: him, Wilt thou then that we go and
15 For this people's heart is waxed gather them up?
gross, and their eàrs are dull of hearing, 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye
and their eyes they have closed;lest at gather up the tares, ye root up also the
any time they should see with their wheat with them.
eyés, and hear with their ears, and 30 Let both grow together until the
should understand with their heart, harvest: and in the time of harvest I
and should be converted, ànd 1 should will say to the reapers, Gather ye to
heal them. gether first the tares, and bind them in
16 But blessed are your eyes, for bundles to burn them: but gather the
they see: and your ears, for they hear. wheat into my barn.
17 For verily 1 say unto you, That 31 Another parable put he forth
many prophets and* righteous men unto them, saying, The kingdom of
have desired tô see those things which heaven is like to a grain of mustard
ye see, and have not séen them; and to seed, which a man took, and sowed in
hear those things v/hich ye hear, and his iîeld:
have not heard them. 32 Which indeed is the least of ail
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of seeds: but when it is grown, it is the
the sower; greatest among herbs, and becometh
19 When any one heareth the word a tree, so that the birds of the air come
of the kingdom^ and understandeth and lodge in the branches thereof.
it not, then cometh the wicked one, 33 Another parable spake he unto
and catcheth away that which was them; The kingdom of heaven is like
sown in his heart. This is he which unto leaven, which a woman took,and
received seed by the way side. hid in three measures of meal, till the
20 But he that received the seed whole was leavened.
into stony places, the same is he thàt 34 AU these things spake Jésus
heareth the word, and anon with joy unto the multitude in parables; and
receiveth it; without a parable spake he not unto
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, them:
but dureth for a while: for when 35 That it might be fulfilled which
tribulation or persécution ariseth be was spoken by the prophet, saying,
cause of the word, by and by he is 1 will open my mouth in parables; 1
ofFended. will utter things which have been kept
22 He also that received seed among secret from the foundation of the
the thorns is he that heareth the word; world.
and the care of this world, and the 36 Then Jésus sent the multitude
deceitfulness of riches,choke thè word, away, and went into the house: and
and he becometh unfruitful. his disciples came unto him, saying.
23 But he that received seed into Déclaré unto us the parable of the
the good ground is he that heareth the tares of the field.
word, and understandeth it; which 37 He answered and said unto
also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, them, He that soweth the good seed is
some an hundredfold, some sixty, the Son of man;
some thirty. 38 The field is the world; the good
24 Another parable put he forth seed are the children of the kingdom;
unto them, sa'î^ng, The kingdom of but the tares are the children of the
heaven is likened unto a man which wicked one;
sowed good seed in his held: 39 The enemy that sowed them
25 But while men slept, his enemy is the devil; the harvest is the end of
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the world; and the reapers are the his brethren, James, and Joses, and
angels. Simon, and Judas?
40 As therefore the tares are gath- 56 And his sisters, are they not ail
ered and bumed in the fire; so shall it with us? Whence then hath this man
be in the end of this world. ail these things?
41 The Son of man shall send forth 57 And they were offended in him.
his angels, and they shall gather ont of But Jésus said imto them, A prophet
his kingdom ail things that offend,and is not without honour, save in his own
them which do iniquity; country, and in his own house.
42 And shall cast them into a fur- 58 And he did not many mighty
nace of fire: there shall be wailing and Works there because of their unbelief.
gnashing'Of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteons shine CHAPTER 14
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let AT that time Herod the tetrarch
himhear* l\ heard of the famé of Jésus,
44 Again,the kingdom of heaven is 2 And said unto his servants, This
like imto treasure hid in a field; the is John the Baptist; he is risen from
which when a man hath foimd, he the dead; and therefore mighty works
hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and do shew forth themselves in him.
selleth ail that he hath, and buyeth 3 For Herod had laid hold on John,
that field. and bound him, and put him in prison
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven for He-ro-di-as* sake, his brother
is like unto a merchant man, seeking Philip's wife.
goodly pearls: 4 For John said unto him, It is not
46 Who, when he had found one lawful for thee to have her.
pearl of great price, went and sold ail 5 And when he would have put him
that he had, and bought it. to death, he feared the multitude,
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven because they coxmted him as a prophet.
is like unto a net, that was cast into 6 But when Herod's birthday was
the sea, and gathered of every kind: kept, the daughter of He-ro-di-as
48 V^ch, when it was fuU, they danced before them, and pleased
drew to shore, and sat down, and Herod.
gathered the good into vessels, but 7 Whereupon he promised with an
cast the bad away. oath to give her whatsoever she would
49 So shall it be at the end of the ask.
world: the angels shall corne forth, and 8 And she, being before instructed
sever the wicked froin among the just, of her mother, said, Give me here
50 And shall cast them into the John Baptist's head in a charger.
fumace of fire: there shall be wailing 9 And the king was sorry: never-
and gnashing of teeth. theless for the oath's sake, and them
51 Jésus saith unto them, Have ye which sat with him at meat, he com-
uhderstood ail these things? They say manded it to be given her,
irnto him, Yea, Lord. 10 And he sent, and beheaded John
52 Then said he unto them, There in the prison.
fore every scribe which is instructed 11 And his head was brought in à
unto the kingdom of heaven is like charger, and given to the damsel: and
unto a man that is âh householder, she brought it to her mother.
which bringeth forth out of his treas 12 And his disciples caihe, and took
ure things new and old. up the body, and buried it, and went
53 And it came to pass, that when and told Jésus.
Jésus had finished these parables, he 13 When Jésus heard of it, he de-
départed thënce. parted thence by ship into a desert
54 And when he was come into his place apart: and when the people had
own country, he taught them in their heard thereof, they followed him on
synagogue, insomuch that'they were foot out of the cities.
astonished, and said, Whence hath 14 And Jésus went forth, and saw a
this YYian this wisdom, and these great multitude, and was moved with
mighty works? compassion toward them, and he
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? healed their sick.
is not his mother called Mary? and 15 And when it was evening, his
864 ST. MATTHEW 15
disciples came to him,saylng, This is a said unto him, O thou of little faith,
desert place, and the time is now past; wherefore didst thou doubt?
send the multitude away, that they
may go into the villages, and buy the ship, the wind ceased.
themselves victuals.
16 But Jésus said unto them, They
need net départ; give ye them to eat.
17 And they say unto him, We
have here but five loaves, and two
fish'es.
18 He said, Bring them hither to
me.
19 And he commanded the multi
tude to sit down on the grass, and
took the five loaves, and the two
fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the
loaves to his disciples, and the disciples
to the multitude.
20 And they did àll eat, and were
filled: and they took up of the frag
ments that remained twelve baskets
full.
21 And they that had eaten were
about five thousand men, beside
women and children.
22 And straightway Jésus con-
strained his disciples to get ihto a
ship, and to go before him unto the
other side, while he sent the multi
tudes away.
23 And when he had sent the multi
tudes away, he went up into a moun-
tain apart to pray; and when the
evening was come, he was there alone.
24 But the ship was now in the
midst of the sea, tossed with waves;
for the wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the
night Jésus went unto thèm, walking
on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him
walking on the sea, they were trou-
bled, saying, It is a spirit; and they
cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jésus spake
unto them, sàying, Be of good cheer;
it is 1; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and
said. Lord, if it be thou, bid me come
unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when
Peter was come down out of the ship,
he walked on the water, to go to
Jésus.
30 But when he saw the wind
boisterous, he was afraid; and begin-
ning to sink, he cried, saying. Lord,
save me.
31 And immediately Jésus stretched
forth his hand, and caught him, and
32 And when they were come into
33 Then they that were in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of
a truth thou art the Son of God.
34 And when they were gone over,
they came into the land of Gen-nes-a-
ret.
35 Aiid when the men of that place
had knowledge of him, they sent out
into ail that country round about, and
brought unto him àll that were dis-
eased;
36 And besought him that they
might only touch the hem of his gar-
ment: and as many as touched were
made perfectly whole.
CHAPTER 15
Then came to Jésus scribes and
Pharisees, which were of Jéru
salem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress
the tradition of the elders? for they
wash not their hands when they eat
bread.
3 But he answered and said unto
them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradi
tion?
4 For God commanded, saying,
Honour thy father and mother: and,
He that curseth father or mother, let
him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say
to his father or his mother, It is a gift,
by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his
mother, he shall be free, Thus have ye
made the commandment of God of
none effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did E-sa'-ias
prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto
me with their mouth, and honoureth
me with their lips; but their heart is
far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commànd-
ments of men.
10 And he called the multitude, and
said unto them, Hear,and understand:
11 Not that which goeth into the
mouth defileth a man; but that which
cometh out of the mouth, this defileth
a man.
12 Then came his disciples, and
said unto him, Knowest thou that the
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Pharisees were offended, after they him, having with them those that were
heard this saying? lame, blind, dumb,maimed,and many
13 But he answered and said, others, and cast them down at Jésus'
Every plant, which my heavenly feet; and he healed them:
Father hath not planted, shall be 31 Insomuch that the multitude
rooted up. wondered, when they saw the dumb to
14 Let them alone: they be blind speak, the maimed to be whole, the
leaders of the blind. And if the blind lame to walk, and the blind to see:
lead the blind, both shall fall into the and they glorified the God of Israël.
ditch. 32 Then Jésus called his disciples
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, and said, I have compassion
unto him. Déclaré unto us this parable. on the multitude, because they con
16 And Jésus said. Are ye also yet tinue with me now three days, and
without understanding? have nothing to eat: and I will not
17 Do not ye yet understand, that send them away fasting, lest they
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth faint in the way.
goeth into the belly, and is cast out 33 And his disciples say unto him,
into the draught? Whence should we have so much bread
18 But those things which proceed in the wildemess, as to fill so great a
out of the mouth come forth from the multitude? '
heart; and they defile the man. 34 And Jésus saith unto them,
19 For out of the heart proceed How many loaves have ye? And they
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
fornications, thefts, false witness, 35 And he commanded the multi
blasphemies: tude to sit down on the groùnd.
20 These are the things which defile 36 And he tobk the seven loaves and
a man: but to eat with unwashen the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake
hands defileth not a man. them, and gave to his disciples, and the
21 Then Jésus went thence, and disciples to the multitude.
departed into the coasts of Tyre and 37 And they did ail eat, and were
Si-don. filled: and they took up of the broken
22 And,behold,a woman of Canaan meat that was left seven baskets
came out of the same coasts, and cried full.
unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, 38 And they that did eat were four
O Lord, thou son of David; my daugh- thousand men, beside women and
ter is grievously vexed with a devil. children.
23 But he answered her not a word. 39 And he sent away the multitude,
And his disciples came and besought and took ship, and came into the
him, saying, Send her away; for she coasts of Mag-da-la.
crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am ÇHAPTER 16
not sent but unto the lost sheep of the The Pharisees also with the Sad-
house of Israël. du-cees came, and tempting de-
25 Then came she and worshipped sired him that he would shew them a
him, saying. Lord, help me. sign from heaven.
26 But he answered and said, It is 2 He answered and said unto them,
not meet to take the children's bread, When it is evening, ye say, It will be
and to cast if to dogs. fair weather: for the sky is red.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet 3 And in the morning, It will be
the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall foui weather to day: for the Jky is red
from their masters' table. and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can
28 Then Jésus answered and said discern the face of the sky; but can ye
unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: not discem the signs of the times?
be it unto thee even as thou wilt. 4 A wicked and adultérons généra
And her daughter was made whole tion seeketh after a sign; and there
from that very hour. shall no sign be given unto it, but the
29 And Jésus departed from thence, sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left
and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; them, and departed.
and went up into a mountain, and sat 5 And when his disciples were
down there. come to the other side, they had for-
30 And great multitudes came unto gotten tô take bread.
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6 Then Jésus said unto them, Take chief priests and scribes, and be killed,
heed and beware of the leaven of the and be raised again the third day.
Pharisees and of the Sad-du-cees. 22 Then Peter took him, and began
7 And they reasoned among them- to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from
selves, saying, It is because we have thee. Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
taken no bread. 23 But he turned, and said unto
8 Which when Jésus perceived, he Peter, Cet thee behind me, Satan:
said unto them, O ye of little faith, thou art an offence unto me: for thou
why reason ye among yourselves, be savourest not the things that be of
cause ye have brought no bread? God, but those that be of men.
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither 24 Then said Jésus unto his disci
remember the five loaves of the five ples, If any man will come after me,
thousand, and how many baskets ye let him deny himself, and take up his
took up? cross, and follow me.
10 Neither the seven loaves of the 25 For whosoever will save his life
four thousand, and how many baskets shall lose it: and whosoever will lose
ye took up? his life for my sake shall find it.
11 How is it that ye do not under 26 For what is a man profited, if he
stand that 1 spake it not to you con- shall gain the whole world, and lose
ceming bread, that ye should beware his own soul? or what shall a man give
of the leaven of the Pharisees and of in exchange for his soul?
the Sad-du-cees? 27 For the Son of man shall come
12 Then understood they how that in the glory of his Father with his
he bade them not beware of the leaven angels; and then he shall reward every
of bread, but of the doctrine of the man according to his works.
Pharisees and of the Sad'-du-cees. 28 Verily I say unto you, There be
13 When Jésus came into the coasts some standing here, which shall not
of Caes-a-re-a Phi-lip'-pi, he asked his taste of death, till they see the Son of
disciples, saying, Whom do men say man coming in his kingdom.
that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that CHAPTER 17
thou art John the Baptist: some, AND after six days Jésus taketh
E-li-as; and others, Jeremias, or one of jr\ Peter, James, and John his
the prophets. brother, and bringeth them up into an
15 He saith unto them. But whom high mountain apart,
say ye that I am? 2 And was transfigured before them:
16 And Simon Peter answered and and his face did shine as the sun, and
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of his raiment was white as the light.
the living God. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto
17 And Jésus answered and said them Moses and E-li-as talking with
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon him.
Bar-jo-na; for flesh and blood hath 4 Then answered Peter, and said
not revealed it unto thee, but my unto Jésus, Lord, it is good for us to
Father which is in heaven. be here: if thou wilt, let us make here
18 And I sav also unto thee, That three tabernacles; one for thee,and one
thou art Peter, ^nd upon this rock I for Moses, and one for E-li-as.
will build my church; and the gâtes of 5 While he yet spake, behold, a
hell shall not prevail against it. bright cloud overshadowed them: and
19 And I will give unto thee the behold a voice out of the cloud, which
keys of the kingdom of heaven: and said, This is my beloved Son, in whom
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth I am well pleased; hear ye him.
shall be bound in heaven: and whatso 6 And when the disciples heard it,
ever thou shalt loose on earth shall be they fell on their face, and were sore
loosed in heaven. afraid.
20 Then charged he his disciples 7 And Jésus came and touched
that they should tell no man that he them, and said, Arise, and be not
was Jésus the Christ. afraid.
21 From that time forth began 8 And when they had lifted up their
Jésus to shew unto his disciples, how eyes, they saw no man, save Jésus
that hé must go unto Jérusalem, and only.
suffer many things of the elders and 9 And as they came down from the
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mountain, Jésus charged them,saying. come into the house» Jésus prevented
Tell the vision to no man, until the him, saying» What thinkest thou,
Son of man be risen again from the Simon? of whom do the kings of the
dead. earth take custom or tribute? of their
10 And his disciples asked him, own children» or of strangers?
saying» Why then say the scribes that 26 Peter saith unto him» Of stran
E-li'-as must first corne? gers. Jésus saith unto him» Ihen are
11 And Jésus answered and said the children free.
unto them, E-li-as tnily shall first 27 Notwithstanding» lest we should
corne» and restore ail things. offend them» go thou to the sea» and
12 But I say unto you» That E-li-as cast an hook» and take up the fish that
is corne already» and they knew him first cometh up; and when thou hast
not» but have done unto him whatso- opened his mouth» thou shalt find a
ever they listed. Likewise shall also piece of money: that take» and give
the Son of man suffer of them. unto them for me and thee«
13 Then the disciples understood
that he spake unto them of John the CHAPTER 18
Baptist.
14 And when they were come to the AT the same time came the disciples
multitude» there came to him a certain l\ unto Jésus» saying» Who is the
man» kneeling down to him» and say greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
ing» 2 And Jésus called a little child unto
15 Lord» have mercy on my son: him» and set him in the midst of them,
for he is lunatick» and sore vexed: 3 And said» Verily I say unto you»
for ofttimes he falleth into the fire» and Except ye be converted» and become
oft into the water. as little children» ye shall not enter into
16 And I brought him to thy dis the kingdom of heaven.
ciples» and they could not cure him. 4 Whosoever therefore shall hum
17 Then Jésus aiiswered and said, ble himself as this little child» the
O faithless and perverse génération» same is greatest in the kingdom of
how long shall I be with you? how long heaven.
shall 1 suffer you? bring him hither 5 And whoso shall receive one such
to me. little child in my name receiveth me.
18 And Jésus rebuked the devil; 6 But whoso shall offend one of
and he departed out of him: and the these littlé ones which believe in me»
child was cured from that very hour. it were better for him that a millstone
19 Then came the disciples to Jésus were hanged about his neck; and that
apart» and said» Why could not we he were drowned in the depth of the
cast him out? sea.
20 And Jésus said unto them, Be- 7 Woe unto the world because of
cause of your unbelief: for verily 1 say offences! for it must needs be that
unto you» If ye have faith as a grain offences come; but woe to that man
of mustard seed» ye shall say unto this by whom the offence cometh!
mountain» Remove hence to yonder 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy
place; and it shall remove; and nothing foot offend thëe» eut them off» and
shall be impossible unto you. cast them from thee: it is better for
21 HoWbeit'this kind goeth not out thee to enter into life hait or maimed»
but by prayer and fasting. rather than having two hands or two
22 And while they abode in Galilee» feet to be cast into everlasting fire. »
Jésus said unto them» The Son of man 9 And if thine eye offend thee»
shall be betrayed into the hands of pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
men: it is better for thee to enter into life
23 And they shall kill him, and the with one eye» rather than having two
third day he shall be raised again. And eyes to be cast into hell fire.
they were exceeding sorry. 10 Take heed that ye despise not
24 And when they Were come to one of these little ones; for I say unto
Ca-per'-na-um» they that received you, That in heaven their angels do
tribute money came to Peter» and always behold the face of my Father
said» Doth not your master pay trib which is in heaven.
ute? 11 For the Son of man is come to
25 He saith» Yes. And when he was save that which was lost.
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12 How think ye? if a man have an
himdred sheep, and one of them be
gone astray, doth he not leave the
ninety and nine, and goeth into the
mountains, and seeketh that which is
gone astray?
13 And if se be that he find it,
verily 1 say unto you, he rejoiceth
more of that sheep, than of the ninety
and nine which went not astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your
Father which is in heaven, that one of
these little ones should perish.
15 Moreover if thy brother shall
trespass against thee, go and tell him
his fault between thee and him alone:
if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained
thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee, then
take with thee one or two more, that
in the mouth of two or three witnesses
every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear
them, tell it unto the church: but if he
neglect to hear the church, let him be
unto thee as an heathen man and a
publican.
18 Verily 1 say unto you, Whatso-
ever ye shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye
shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven.
19 Again 1 say unto you, That if
two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are
gathered together in my name, there
am 1 in the midst of them.
21 Then came Peter to him, and
said. Lord, how oft shall my brother
sin against me, and 1 forgive him? till
seven times?
22 Jésus saith unto him, I say not
unto thee, Until seven times: but,
Until seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of
heaven likened unto a certain king,
which would take account of his
servants.
24 And when he had begun to
reckon, one was brought unto him,
which owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not to
pay, his lord commanded him to be
sold, and his wife, and children, and
ail that he had, and payment to be
made.
6 Wherefore they are no more
26 The servant therefore fell down,
and worshipped him, saying. Lord, twain, but one flesh. What therefore
have patience with me, and I will pay
thee ail.
27 Then the lord of that servant was
moved with compassion, and loosed
him, and forgave him the debt.
28 But the same servant went ouf,
and found one of his fellowservants,
which owed him an hundred pence:
and he laid hands on him, and took
him by the throat,saying, Pay me that
thou owesf•
29 And his fellowservant fell down
at his feet, and besought him, saying,
Have patience with me, and I will pay
thee ail.
30 And he would not: but went and
cast him into prison, till he should pay
the debt.
31 So when his fellowservants saw
what was done, they were very sorry,
and came and told unto their lord ail
that was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he had
càlled him, said unto him, O thou
wicked servant, 1 forgave thee ail that
debt, because thou desiredst me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had
compassion on thy fellowservant, even
as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and
delivered him to the tormentors, till
he should pay ail that was due unto
him.
35 So likewise shall my heavenly
Father do also unto you, if ye from
your hearts forgive not every one his
brother their trespasses.
CHAPTER 19
AND it came to pass, that when
Jésus had finished these sayings,
he departed from Galilee, and came
into the coasts of Judaea beyond
Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed
him; and he healed them there.
3 The Pharisees also came unto
him, tempting him, and saying unto
him, Is it lawful for a man to put
away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto
them, Have ye not read, that he which
made them at the beginning made
them maie and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a
man leave father. and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife: and they twain
shall be one flesh?
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God hath joined together, let not man hast, and give to the poor, and thou
put asunder. shalt have treasure in heaven; and
7 They say unto him, Why did come and follow me.
Moses then conunand to give a writing 22 But when the young man heard
of divorcement, and to put her away? that saying, he went away sorrowful:
8 He saith unto them, Moses be- for he had great possessions.
cause of the hardness of your hearts 23 Then said Jésus unto his dis
sufïered you to put away your wives: ciples, Verily I say unto you, That a
but from the beginning it was not so. rich man shall hardly enter ihto the
9 And 1 say unto you, Whosoever kingdom of heaven.
shâll put away his wife, except it be 24 And again I say unto you, It is
for fornication, and shall marry an- easier for a camel to go through the
other,committeth adultery: and whoso eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
marrieth her which is put away doth enter into the kingdom of God.
commit adultery. 25 When his disciples heard it, they
10 His disciples say unto him. If were exceedingly amazed, saying,
the case of the man be so with his Who then can be saved?
wife, it is not good to marry. 26 But Jésus beheld them, and said
11 But he said unto them. Ail men unto them, With men this is impos
cannot receive this saying, save they sible; but with God ail things are
to whom it is given. possible.
12 For there are some eunuchs, 27 Then answered Peter and said
which were so born from their mother's unto him, Behold, we have forsaken
womb; and there are some eunuchs, ail, and followed thee; what shall we
which were made eunuchs of men: and have therefore?
there be eunuchs, which have made 28 And Jésus said unto them, Verily
themselves eunuchs for the kingdom I say unto you, That ye which have
of heaven's sake. He that is able to followed me,in the régénération when
receive it, let him receive it, the Son of man shall sit in the throne
13 Then were there brought unto of his glory, ye also shall sit upon
him little children, that he should put twelve thrones, judging the twelve
his hands on them, and pray: and the tribes of Israël.
disciples rebuked them. 29 And every one that hath for
14 But Jésus said, Suffer little saken houses, or brethren, or sisters,
children, and forbid them not, to or father, or mother, or wife^ or chil
come unto me: for of such is the king dren, or lands, for my name's sake,
dom of heaven. shall receive an hundredfold, and shall
15 And he laid his hands on them, inherit everlasting life.
and departed thence. 30 But many that are first shall be
16 And, behold, one came and said last; and the last shall be first.
unto him, Good Master, what good
thing shall I do, that I may have eter- CHAPTER 20
nal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why For the kingdom of heaven is like
callest thou me good? there is none unto a man that is an householder,
good but one, that is, God: but if thouwhich went out early in the morning
wilt enter into life, keep the command-to hire labourers into his vineyard.
ments. 2 And when he had agreed with the
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jésus labourers for a penny a day, he sent
said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou them into his vineyard.
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt 3 And he went out about the third
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false hour, and saw others standing idle in
witness, the marketplace,
19 Honour thy father and thy 4 And said unto them; Go ye also
mother: and,. Thou shalt love thy into the vineyard, and whatsoever is
neighbour as thyself. right I will give you. And they went
20 The young man saith unto him, their way.
AU these things have I kept from my 5 Again he went out about the
youth up: what lack I yet? sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
21 Jésus said unto him. If thou 6 And about the eleventh hour he
wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou went out, and found others standing
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idle, and saith unto them» Why stand
ye here ail the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no
man hath hired us. He saith unto
them. Go ye also into the vineyard; imto him» We are able.
and whatsoever is right, that shall ye 23 And he saith unto them» Ye
receive.
8 So when even was corne» the lord
of the vineyard saith unto his steward»
Call the labourers» and give them tkeir
hire» beginning from the last unto the
first.
9 And when they came that were
hired about the eleventh hour» they
received every man a penny.
10 But when the first came» they
supposed that they should have re
ceived more; and they likewise re
ceived every man a penny.
11 And when they had received if»
they murmured against the goodman
of the house»
12 Saying» These last have wrought
but one hour» and thou hast made
them equal unto us» which have borne
the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them»
and said» Friend, I do thee no wrong:
didst not thou agree with me for a
penny?
14 Take that thine is» and go thy
way: I will give unto this last» even as
unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do
what I will with mine own? Is thine
eye evil» because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first» and the
first last: for many be called» but few
chosen.
17 And Jésus going up to Jéru
salem took the twelve disciples apart
in the way,and said unto them»
18 Behold» we go up to Jérusalem:
and the Son of man shall be betrayed
unto the chief priests and unto thè
scribes» and they shall condemn him to
death»
19 And shall deliver him to the
Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and
to crucify him; and the third day he
shall rise again.
20 Then came to him the mother of
Zeb'-e-dee's children with her sons,
worshipping him» and desiring a cer
tain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her» What wilt
thou? She saith unto him» Grant that
these my two sons may sit» the one on
thy right hand» and the other on the
left, in thy kingdom.
22 But Jésus answered and said»
Ye know not what.ye ask. Are ye able
to drink of the cup that I shall drink
of» and to be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with? Théy say
shall;drink indeed of my cup» and be
baptized with the baptism that 1 am
baptized with: but to sit on my right
hand» and on my left» is not mine? to
give» but it shall be given to them for
whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard if» they
were moved with indignation against
the two brethren.
25 But Jésus called them unfo him»
and said» Ye know that the princes of
the Gentiles exercise dominion over
them» and they that are great exercise
authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you:
but whosoever will be great among
you» let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief
among you» let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came
not to be ministered unto» but to
minister» and to give his life a ransom
for many.
29 And as they departed from Jér
icho, a great multitude followed him.
30 And, behold» two blind men sit-
ting by the way side» when they heard
that Jésus passed by» cried out» say
ing» Have mercy on us» O Lord» thou
son of David.
31 And the multitude rebuked
them» because they should hold their
peace: but they cried the more» saying»
Have mercy on us, O Lotd, thou son of
David.
32 And Jésus stood still» and called
them, and said» What will ye thàt I
shall do unto you?
33 They say unto him» Lord» that
our eyes may be opened.
34 So Jésus had compassion on
fhem, and touched their eyes: and
immediately their eyes received sight,
and they followed him.
CHAPTER 21
AND when they drew nigh unto
/\ Jérusalem, and were come to
Beth-pha-ge» unto the mount of
Olives, then sent Jésus two disciples,
2 Saying unto them» Go into the
village over against you» and straight-
way ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt
with her: loose fhem» and bring fhem
unto me.
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3 And if any man say ought unto way, he came to it, and found nothing
you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need thereon, but leaves only, and said
of them; and straightway he will send unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee
them. henceforward for ever. And presently
4 AU this was done,that it might be the fig tree withered away.
fulfilled which was spoken by the 20 And when the disciples saw it,
prophet, saying, they marvelled, saying, How soon is
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Be- the fig tree withered away!
hold, thy King cometh unto thee, 21 Jésus answered and said unto
meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a them, Verily I say unto you. If ye
colt the foal of an ass. have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not
6 And the disciples went,and did as only do this which is done to the fig
Jésus commanded'them, tree, but also if ye shall say unto this
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, mountain, Be thou removed, and be
and put on them their clothes, and thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
they set him thereon. 22 And ail things, whatsoever ye
8 And a. very great multitude shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
spread their garments in the way; receive.
others eut down branches from the 23 And when he was come into the
trees, and strawed them in the way. temple, the chief priests and the elders
9 And the multitudes that went of the people came unto him as he was
before, and that followed, cried, say teaching, and said, By what authbrity
ing, Hosanna to the son of David: doest thou these things? and who gave
Blessed is he that cometh in the name thee this authority?
of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 24 And Jésus answered and said
10 And when he was come into imto them, 1 also will ask you one
Jérusalem, ail the city was moved, thing, which if ye tell me, I in like
saying, Who is this? wise will tell you by what authority I
11 And the multitude said, This is do these things.
Jésus the prophet of Nazareth of 25 The baptism of John, whence
Galilee. was it? from heaven, or of men? And
12 And Jésus went into the temple they reasoned with themselves,saying.
of God,and cast out ail them that sold If we shall say, From heaven; he will
and bought in the temple, and over- say unto us, \^y did ye not then be-
threw the tables of the moneychangers, lieve him?
and the seats of them that sold 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we
doves, fear the people; for ail hold John as a
13 And said unto them,It is written, prophet.
My house shall be called the house of 27 And they answered Jésus, and
prayer; but ye have made it a den of said, We cannot tell. And he said unto
thieves. them, Neither tell I you by what
14 And the blind and the lame authority I do these things.
came to him in the temple; and he 28 But what think ye? A certain
healed them. man had two sons; and he Ccune to the
15 And when the chief priests and first, and said. Son, go work to day in
scribes saw the wonderful things that my vineyard.
he did, and the children crying in the 29 He answered and said, I will not:
temple, and saying, Hosanna to the but aftèrward he repented, and went.
son of David; they were sore dis- 30 And he came to the second, and
pleased, said likewise. And he answered and
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou said, 1 go, sir: and went not.
what these say? And Jésus saith unto 31 Whether of them twain did the
them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of will of his father? They say unto him,
the mouth of babes and sucklings thou The first. Jésus saith unto them,
hast perfected praise? Verily I say unto you, That the publi-
17 And he left them, and went out cans and the harlots go into the king-
of the city into Bethany; and he dom of God before you.
lodged there. 32 For John came unto you in the
18 Now in the moming as he re- way of righteousness, and ye believed
turned into the city, he hungered. him not; but the publicans and the
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye
872 ST. MATTHEW 22

had seen it, repented not afterward, unto a certain king, which made a
that ye might believe him. marriage for his son,
33 Hear another parable: There was 3 And sent forth his servants to call
a certain householder, which planted a them that were bidden to the wedding:
vineyard, and hedged it round about, and they would not come.
and digged a winepress in it, and built 4 Again, he sent forth other ser
a tower, and letitput to husbandmeii, vants,saying. Tell them which are bid
and went into a far country: den, Behold, 1 have prepared my din-
34 And when the time of the fruit nen my oxen and my fatlings are
drew near, he sent his servants to the killed, and ail things are ready: come
husbandmen, that.they might receive unto the marriage.
the fruits of it. 5 But they made light of it, and
35 And the husbandmen took his went their ways, one to his farm, an
servants, and beat one, and killed an other to his merchandise:
other, and stoned another. 6 And the remnant took his ser
36 Again, he sent other servants vants, and entreated them spitefully,
more than the first: and they did unto and slew them.
them likewise. 7 But when the king heard thereof
37 But last of ail he sent unto them he was wroth: and he sent forth his
his son, saying, They will reverence armies, and destroyed those murder-
my son. ers, and burned up their city.
38 But when.the husbandmen saw 8 Then saith he to his. servants,
the son, they said among themselves, The wedding is ready, but they which
This is the heir; come^ let us kill him, were bidden were not worthy.
and let us seize on his inheritance. 9 Go ye therefore into the high-
39 And they caught him, and cast ways, and as many as ye shcill find, bid
him out of the vineyard, and slew him. to the marriage.
40 When the lord therefore of the 10 So those servants went out into
vineyard cometh, what will he do unto the highways, and gathered together
those husbandmen? ail as many as they found, both bad
41 They say unto him, He will and good: and the wedding was fur-
miserably destroy those wicked men, nished with guests.
and will let out his vineyard unto other 11 And when the king came in to
husbandmen, which shall render him see the guests, he saw there a man
the fruits in their seasons. which had not on a wedding gar-
42 Jésus saith unto them, Did ye ment:
never read in the scriptures, The stone 12 And he saith unto him, Friend,
which the builders rejected, the same how ceunest thou in hither not having
is become the head of the corner; this a wedding garment? And he was
is the Lord's doing, and it is marvel- speechless.
lous in our eyes? 13 Then said the king to the ser
43 Therefore say I unto you, The vants, Bind him hand and foot, and
kingdom of God shall be taken from take him away, ànd cast him into
you, and given to a nation bringing outer darkness; there shall be weeping
forth the fruits thereof. and gnashing of teeth.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this 14 For many are called, but few are
stone shall be broken: but on whom- chosen.
soever it shall fall, it will grind him to 15 Then went the Pharisees, and
powder. took counsel how they might entangle
45 And when the chief priests and him in his talk.
Pharisees had heard his parables, they 16 And they sent out unto him
perceived that he spake of them. their disciples with the He-ro-di-ans,
46 But when they sought to lay saying, Master, we know that thou
hands on him, they feared the multi art true, and teachest the way of God
tude, because they took him for a in truth, neither carest thou for any
prophet. man:for thou regardest not the person
of men.
CHAPTER 22 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest
A ND Jésus answered and spake unto thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto
J\ them again by parables, and said, Caesar, or not?
2 The kingdom of heaven is like 18 But Jésus perceived their wick-
 ST. MATTHEW 23 873

edness, and said, Why tempt ye me, heart, and with ail thy soul, and with
ye hypocrites? ail thy mind.
19 Shew me the tribute money. 38 This is the first and great com-
And they brought unto him a penny. mandment.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose 39 And the second is like unto it,
is this image and superscription? Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
21 They say unto him, Cœsar's. thyself.»
Then saith he unto them, Render 40 On these two commandments
therefore unto CsBsar the things which hang ail the law and the prophets.
are Caesar's; and unto God the things 41 While the Pharisees were gather
that are God*s. ed together, Jésus asked them,
22 When they had heard these 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ?
words, they marvelled, and left him, whose son is he? They say unto him,
and went their way. The son of David.
23 The same day came to him the 43 He saith unto them* How then
Sad'-du-cees, which say that there is doth David in spirit call him Lord,
no résurrection, and asked him, saying,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a 44 The Lord said unto my Lord,
man die, having no children, his Sit thou on my right hand, till I make
brother shall marry his wife, and raise thine enemies thy footstool?
up seed unto his brother. 45 If David then call him. Lord,
25 Now there were with us seven how is he his son?
brethren: and the first, when he had 46 And no man was able to answer
married a wife, deceased, and, having him a word, neither durst any man
no issue, left his wife unto his brother: from that day forth ask him any more
26 Likewise the,second also, and questions,
the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of ail the woman died CHAPTER 23
also. Then spake. Jésus to the multi
28 Therefore in the résurrection tude, and to his disciples,
whose wife shall she be of the seven? 2 Saying, The scribes and the Phari
for they ail had her. sees sit in Moses* seat:
29 Jésus answered and said unto 3 AU therefore whatsoever they bid
them, Ye do err, not knowing the you observe, fhaf observe and do; but
scriptures, nor the power of God. do not ye after their works: for they
30 For in the résurrection they say, and do not.
neither marry, nor are given in mar- 4 For they bind heavy burdens and
riage, but are as the angels of God in grievous to be borne, and lay them on
heaven. men's shoulders; but they themsélves
31 But as touching the résurrection will not move them with one of their
of the dead, have ye not read that fingers.
which was spoken unto you by God, 5 But ail their works they do for to
saying, be seen of men: they make broad their
32 I am the God of Abraham, and phylacteries, and enlarge the borders
the God of Isaac, and the God of of their garments,
Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, 6 And love the uppermost rooms at
but of the living. feasts, and the chief seats in the syna
33 And when the multitude heard gogues,
this, they were astonished at his doc 7 And greetings in the markets, and
trine. to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
34 But when the Pharisees had 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for
heard that he had put the Sad-du-cees one is your Master, even Christ; and ail
to silence, they were gathered to- ye are brethren.
gether. 9 And call no man your father upon
35 Then one of them, which was a the earth: for one is your Father,
lawyer, asked him a question, tempting which is in heaven.
him, and saying, 10 Neither be ye called masters: for
36 Master, which is the great com- one is your Master,-ei»en Christ.
mandment in the law? 11 But he that is greatest among
37 Jésus said unto him, Thou shalt you shall be your servant.
love the Lord thy God with ail thy 12 And whosoever shall exalt him-
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self shall be abased; and he that shall sees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
humble himself shall be exalted. whited sepulchres, which indeed ap-
13 But woe unto you, scribes and pear beautiful outward, but are with
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up in full of dead men*s bones, and of ail
the kingdom of heaven against men; uncleanness.
for ye neither go in yourselves, neither 28 Even so ye also outwardly ap-
suffer ye them that are entering to go pear righteous unto men,but within ye
in. are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
14 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari 29 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari
sees, hypocrites! for ye devour wid- sees, hypocrites! because ye build the
ows' houses, and for a pretence make tombs of the prophets, and gamish
long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the sepulchres of the righteoiis,
the greater damnation. 30 And say, If we had been in the
15 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari days of our fathers, we would not have
sees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea been partakers with them in the blood
and land to make one prosélyte, and of the prophets.
when he is made, ye make him twofold 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto
more the child of hell than yourselves. yourselves, that ye are the children of
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, them which killed the prophets.
which say, Whosoever shall swear by 32 Fill ye up then the measure of
the temple, it is nothing; but whoso your fathers.
ever shall swear by the gold of the tem 33 Ye serpents, ye génération of vi-
ple, he is a debtor! pers, how can ye escape the damnation
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether ofhell?
is greater, the gold, or the temple that 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto
sanctifieth the gold? you prophets, and wise men, and
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by scribes: and somè of them ye shall kill
the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever and crucify; and some of them shall ye
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he scourge in your synagogues, and per
is guilty. sécute them from city to city:
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether 35 That upon you may come âll the
is greater, the gift, or the altar that righteous blood shed upon the earth,
sanctifieth the gift? from the blood of righteous Abel unto
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the blood of Zach-a-ri-as son of Bar-a-
the altar, sweareth by it, and by ail chi-as, whom ye slew between the
things thereon. temple and the altar.
21 And whbso Shall swear by the 36 Verily I say unto you, AU these
temple, sweareth by it, and by him things shall côme iipon this généra
that dwelleth therein. tion.
22 And he that shall swear by heav 37 O Jérusalem, Jérusalem, thou
en, sweareth by the throne of God, that killest the prophets, and stonest
and by him that sitteth thereon. them which are sent unto thee, how
23 woe unto you,scribes and Phari often would I have gathered thy chil
sees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of dren together, even as a hen gathereth
mint and anise and cummin, and have her chickens under her wings, and ye
ornitted the weightier matters of the would notï
law,judgment, mercy,and faith: these 38 Behold, your house is left unto
ought ye to have done, and not to you desolate.
leave the other undone. 39 For 1 say unto you, Ye shall not
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at see me henceforth, till ye shall say,
a gnat, and swallow a camel. Blessed is he that cometh in the name
25 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari of the Lord.
sees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the
outside of the cUp and of the platter, CHAPTER 24
but within they are full of extortion AND JesUs went out, and departed
and excess. /\ from the temple: and his disciples
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse came to him for to shew him the build
first that which is within the cup and ings of the temple.
platter, that the outside of them may 2 And Jésus said unto them, See ye
be clean also. not ail these things? vérily I say unto
27 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari you, There shall not be left here one
 ST. MATTHEW 24 875

stone upon another, that shall not be 21 For then shall be great tribula-
thrown down. tion, such as was not since the begin
3 And as he sat upon the mount of ning of the world to this time, no, nor
Olives, the disciples came unto him ever shall be.
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall 22 And except those days should be
these things be? and what shall he the shortened, there should no flesh be
sign of thy coming, and of the end of saved: but for the elect's sake those
the wofld? days shall be shortened.
4 And Jésus answered and said unto 23 Then if any man shall say unto
them, Take hèed that no man deceive you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; be-
you. lieve it not.
5 For many shall come in my name, 24 For there shall arise false Christs,
saying, 1 am Christ; and shàll deceive and false prophets, and shall shew
many. great signs and wonders; insomuch
6 And ye shall hear of wars and ru- that, if it were possible, they shall de
mours of wars: see that ye be not trou- ceive the very elect.
bled: for ail these things must come to 25 Behold, I have told you before,
pass, but the end is not yet. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto
7 For nation shall rise against na you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not
tion, and kingdom against kingdom: forth: behold, he is in the secret cham-
and there shall be famines, and pesti bers; believe it not.
lences, and earthquakes, in divers 27 For as the lightning cometh out
places. of the east, and shineth even unto the
8 Ail these are the beginning of sor- west; so shall also the coming of the
rows. Son of man be.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to 28 For wheresoever the carcase is,
^ be afîlicted, and shall kill you: and ye there will the eagles be gathered to-
'shall be hated of ail nations for my gether.
name's sake. 29 Immediately after the tribula-
10 And then shall many be offend- tion of those days shall the sun be
ed, and shall betray one another, and darkened, and the moon shall not give
shall hate one another. her light, and the stars shall fall from
11 And many false prophets shall heaven, and the powers of the heavens
rise, and shall deceive many. shall be shaken:
12 And because iniquity shall 30 And then shall appear the sign of
abound, the love of many shall wax the Son of man in heaven: and then
cold. shall ail the tribes of the earth mourn,
13 But he that shall endure unto and they shall see the Son of man com
the end, the same shall be saved. ing in the clouds of heaven with power
14 And this gospel of the kingdom and great glory.
shall be preached in ail the world for a 31 And he shall send his angels with
witness unto ail nations; and then shall a great sound of a trumpet, and they
the end come. shall gather together his elect from the
15 When ye therefore shall see the four winds, from one end of heaven to
abomination of désolation, spôken of the other.
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the 32 Now learn a parable of the fîg
holy place, (whoso readeth, let him tree; When his branch is yet tender,
understand:) and putteth forth leaves, ye know that
16 Then let them which be in Judœa summer is nigh:
flee into the mountains: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see
17 Let him which is on the housetop ail these things, know that it is hear,
not come down to take any thing out even at the doors.
of his house: 34 Verily 1 say unto you, This génér
18 Neither let him which is in the ation shall not pass, till ail these
field retum back to take his clothes. things be fulfilled;
19 And woe unto them that are 35 Heaven and earth shall pass
with child, and to them that give suck away, but my words shall not pass
in those days! away.
20 But pray ye that your flight be 36 But of that day and hour know-
not in the winter, neither on the sab- eth no man,no,not the angels of heav
bath day: en, but my Father only.
876 ST. MATTHEW 25

37 But as the days of No'-e were, so 4 But the wise took oil in their ves-
shall also the coming of the Son of man sels with their lamps.
be. 5 While the bridegroom tarried,
38 For as in the days that were be- they ail slumbered and slept.
fore the flood they were eating and 6 And at midnight there was a cry
drinking, marrying and giving in mar- made,Behold,the bridegroom cometh;
riage, until the day that No'-e entered go ye out to meet him,
into the ark, 7 Then ail those virgins arose, and
39 And knew not until the flood trimmed their lamps.
came,and took them ail away; so shall 8 And the foolish said unto the
also the coming of the Son of man be. wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps
40 Then shall two be in the field; are gone out.
the one shall be taken, and the other 9 But the wise answered, saying,
left. Not so; lest there be not enough for us
41 Two women shall be grinding at and you: but go ye rather to them that
the mill; the one shall be taken, and sell, and buy for yourselves.
the other left. 10 And while they went to buy, the
42 Watch therefore: fOr ye know bridegroom came; and they that were
not what hour your Lord doth come. ready went in with him to the mar-
43 But know this, that if the good- riage: and the door was shut.
man of the house had known in what 11 Afterward came also the other
watch the thief would come, he would virgins, saying.Lord, Lord,open to us.
have watched,and would not have suf- 12 But he answered and said, Verily
fered his house to be broken up. I say unto you, 1 know you,not.
44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in 13 Watch therefore, for ye know
such an hour as ye think not the Son neither the day nor the hour wherein
of man cometh. the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and Wise 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a
servant, whom his lord hath made rul- man travelling into a far country, who
er over his household, to give them called his.own servants, and delivered
meat in due season? unto them his goods.
46 Blessed is that servant, whom 15 And unto one he gave five tal
his lord when he cometh shall find so ents, to ahother two, and to another
doing. one; to every man according to his
47 Verily I say unto you, That he several ability; and straightway took
shall make him ruler over ail his his joumey.
goods. 16 Then he that had received the
48 But and if that evil servant shall five talents went and traded with the
say in his heart, My lord delayeth his same, and made them other five tal
coming; ents.
49 And shall begin to smite his fel- 17 And likewise he that had received
lowservants, and to eat and drink with two, he also gained other two.
the drunken; 18 But he that had received one
50 The lord of that servant shall went and digged in the earth, and hid
come in a day when he looketh liot for his lord's money.
him, and in an hour that he is not 19 After a long time the lord of
aware of, those servants cometh, and reckoneth
51 And shall eut him asunder, and with them.
appoint him his portion with the hypo 20 And so he that had received five
crites: there shall be weeping and talents came and brought other five
gnashing of teeth. talents, saying. Lord, thou deliveredst
unto me five talents: behold, I have
CHAPTER 25 gained beside them five talents more.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven 21 His lord said unto him, Well
be likened unto ten virgins, which done, thou good and faithful servant:
took their lamps, and went forth to thou hast been faithful over a few
meet the bridegroom. things, I will make thee ruler over
2 And five of them were wise, and many things: enter thou into the joy
five were foolish. of thy lord.
3 They that were foolish took their 22 He also that had received two
lamps, and took no oil with them: talents came and said. Lord, thou de-
 ST. MATTHBW 26 877

lîveredst untô me two talents: behold, an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty,
I have gained two other talents beslde and gave thee drink?*
them. 38 When saw we thee a stranger,
23 His lord said unto him, Well and took thee in? or naked,and clothed
done, good and faithful servant; thou thee?
hast been faithful over a few things, I 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in
will make thee ruler over many things: prison, and came untô thee?
enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 40 And the King shall answer and
24 Then he which had received the say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
one talent came and said, Lord, 1 Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
knew thee that thou art an hard man, of the least of these my brethren, ye
reaping wherè thou hast not sown, have done it unto me.
and gathering where thou hast not 41 Then shall he say also unto them
strawed: on the left hand. Départ from me, ye
25 And 1 was afraid> and went and cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared
hid thy talent in the earth: lo, ihere for the devil and his angels:
thou hast that is thine. 42 For I was an hungred, and ye
26 His lord answered and said unto gave me no meat: I was thirsty,and ye
him, Thoû wicked and slothful ser gave me no drink:
vant, thou knewest that I reap where 43 I was a strangér, and ye took me
I sowed not, and gather where 1 have not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:
not strawed: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have not.
put my money to the exchangers, and 44 Then shall they also answer him,
then at my coming 1 should have re saying. Lord, when saw we thee an
ceived mine own with usury. hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or
28 Take therefore the talent from naked, or sick, or in prison, and did
him, and give it unto him which hath not minister unto thee?
ten talents. 45 Then shall he answer them, say
29 For unto every one that hath ing, Verily 1 say unto you, Inasmuch
shall be given, ànd he shall have abon as ye did it not to one of the least of
dance: but from him that hath not these, ye did it not to me.
shall be taken away even that which 46 And these shall go away into
he hath. everlasting punishment: but the right
30 And cast ye the unprofîtable ser eous into life eternal.
vant intô outer darkness: there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAPTER 26
31 When the Son of man shall come
in his glory, and ail the holy angels AND it came to pass, when Jésus had
with him, then shall he sit upon the /\ finished ail these sayings^ he said
throne of his glory: unto his disciples,
32 And before him shall be gathered 2 Ye know that after two days is the
ail nations: and he shall separate them feast of the passover, and the Son of
one from another, as a shepherd divid- man is betrayed to be crucified.
eth his sheep from the goats: 3 Then assembled together the
33 And he shall set the sheep on his chief priests, and the scribes, and the
right hand, but the goats on the left. elders of the people, unto the palace of
34 Then shall the King say unto the high priest, who was called Ca-ia-
them on his right hand, Come, ye phas,
blessed of my Father,inherit the king- 4 And consulted that tliey might
dom prepared for you from the founda- take Jésus by subtilty, and kill him.
tion of the world: 5 But they said, Not on the feast
35 For 1 was an hungred, and ye day,lest there be an uproar àmong the
gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye people.
gave me drink: 1 was a stranger, and 6 Now when Jésus was in Bethany,
ye took nie in:. in the house of Simon the leper,
36 Naked,and ye clothed me:1 was 7 There came unto him a woman
sick, and ye visitéd me:I was in prison, having an alabaster box of very pre-
and ye came untô me. cious ointmènt, apd poured it on his
37 Then shall the righteous answer head, as he sat ai meat.
him, saying. Lord, when saw we thee 8 But when his disciples saw it, they
878 ST. MATTHEW 26
had indignation, saying, To what pur-
pose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have
been sold for much, and given to the
poor.
10 When Jésus understood it, he
said unto them, Why trouble ye the
woman? for she hath wrought a good
work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always
with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this
ointment on my body, she did it for
my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Whereso-
ever this gospel shall be preached in
the whole world, there shall also this,
that this woman hath done, be told for
a mémorial of her.
14 Then one of the twelve, called
Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye
give me,,and I will deliver him unto
you? And they covenanted with him
for thirty pièces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought
opportunity to betray him.
17 Now the first day of the feast of
unleavened bread the disciples came to
Jésus, saying unto him, Where wilt
thou that we préparé for thee to eat
the passover?
18 And he said. Go into the city to
such a man, and say unto him, The
Master saith, My time is at hand; I
will keep the passover at thy house
with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jésus
had appointed them; and they made
ready the passover.
20 Now when the even was çome,
he sat down with the twelve.
21 And as they did èat, he said,
Verily I say unto you, that one 6f you
shall betray me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrow-
ful, and began every one of them to
say unto him. Lord, is it I?
23 And he answered and said, He
that dippeth his hand with me in the
dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is
written of him: but woe unto that man
by whom the Son of man is bçtrayed!
it had been good for that man if he had
not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed
him,answered and said, Master,is it I?
He said unto him, Thou hast said.
26 And as they were eating, jesus ther, if this cup may not pass away
took bread, and blessed and brake
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the çup, and gave
thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye ail of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins,
29 But I say unto you, I will not
drink henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when I drink it
new with you in my Father's king-
dom.
30 And when they had sung an
hymn, they went out into the mount
ot Olives.
31 Then saith Jesus unto them, AU
ye shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
shall be scattered abroadé
32 But after I am risen again, I
will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto
him, Though ail men shall be offended
because of thee, yet will I never be
offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say
unto thee, That this night, before the
cock crpw, thou shalt deny me thrice.
,35 Peter said unto him, Though I
should die with thee, yet will I not
deny thee. Likewise also said ail the
disciples.
36 Then cometh Jesus with them
unto a place called Geth-sem'-a-ne, and
saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here,
while ï go and pray yonder.
37 And he took with him Peter and
the two sons of Zeb-e-dee, and began
to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death: tarry ye here, and watch with
me.
39 And he went a little farther, and
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O
my Father,if it be possible, let this cup
pass from me: nevertheless not as I
will, but as thou wilt*
40 And he cometh unto the disci
ples, and findeth them asleep, and
saith unto Peter, What, could ye not
watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter
not into tpmptation: the spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh.is weak.
42 He went away. again the second
time, and prayed, saying, O my Fa
 ST. MATTHEW 26 879

from me, except 1 drink it, thy will be in,and sat with the servants, to see the
done. end.
43 And he came and found them 59 Now the chief priests, and eld
asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. ers, and ail the council, sought false
44 And he left them,and went away witness against Jésus, to put him to
again, and prayed the third time, say- death;
ing the same words. 60 But found npne: yea, though
45 Then cométh he to his disciples, many false witnesses came, yet found
and saith unto them, Sleep on now, they none. At the last came two false
and take your rest: behold, the hour is witnesses,
at hand, and the Son of man is be- 61 And said, this fellow said, I am
trayed into the hands of sinners. able to destroy the temple of God,and
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he to build it in three days.
is at hand that doth betray me. 62 And the high priest arose, and
47 And while he yet spake, lo. Ju said unto him, Answerest thou noth-
das, one pf the twelve, came, and with ing? what is it which these witness
him a great multitude with swords and against thee?
staves,from the chief priests and eld- 63 But Jésus held his peace. And
ers of the people. the high priest answered and said unto
48 Now he that betrayed him gave him, I adjure thee by the living God,
them a sign, saying, Whomsoever 1 that thou tell us whether thou be the
shall kiss, that same is he: hold him Christ, the Son of God.
fast. 64 Jésus saith unto him, Thou hast
49 And forthwith he came to-Jésus, said: nevertheless I say unto you,
and said, Hail, master; and kissed Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
him. sitting on the right hand of power,and
,50 And Jésus said unto him, Friend, coming in the clouds of heaven.
wherefore art thou come? Then came 65 Then the high priest rent his
they, and laid hands on Jésus, and clothes, saying, He hath spoken blas-
took him. phemy; what further need have we of
51 And, behold, one of them which witnesses? behold, now ye have heard
were with Jésus stretched out his hand, his blasphemy.
and drew his sword, and struck a ser 66 What think ye? They answered
vant of the high priest's, and smote otf and said, He is guilty of death.
his ear. 67 Then did they spit in his face,
52 Then said Jésus unto him, Put and buflfeted him; and others smote
up again thy sword into his place: for him with the palms of their hands,
ail they that take the sword shall per- 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou
ish with the sword. Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now 69 Now Peter sat without in the
pray to my Father, and he shall pres- palace: and a damsel came unto him,
ently give me more than twelve légions saying, Thou also wast with Jésus of
of angels? Galilee.
54 But how then shall the scriptures 70 But he denied before them ail,
be fulfilled, that thus it must be? saying, I know not what thou sayest.
55 In that same hour said Jésus to 71 And when he was gpne out into
the multitudes. Are ye come out as the porch, another maid saw him, and
against a thief with swords and staves said unto them that were there, This
for to take me? I sat daily with you fellow was also with Jésus of Nazareth.
teaching in the temple, and ye laid no 72 And again he denied with an
hold on me. oath, 1 do not know the man.
56 But âll this was done, that the 73 And after a while came unto him
scriptures of the prophets might be ful they that stood by, and said to Peter,
filled. Then ail the disciples forsook Surely thou also art one of them; for
him, and fled. thy speech bewrayeth thee.
57 And they that had laid hold on 74 Then began he to curse and to
Jésus led him away to Ca-ia-phas the swear, saying, I know not the man.
high priest, where the scribes and the And immediately the cock crew.
elders were assembled. 75 And Peter remembered the word
58 But Peter followed him afar oflf of Jésus, which said unto him, Before
unto the high priest's palace, and went the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
 ST. MATTHEW 27

thrice. And he went out, and wept bit- Bà-rab-bas, or Jésus which is called
terly. Christ?
18 For he knew that for envy they
CHAPTER 27 had delivered him.
WHEN the morning was corne, ail 19 When he was set down on the
the chief priests and elders of judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
the people took counsel against Jésus saying, Have thou nothing to do with
to put him to death: that just man: for I have suffered
2 And when they had bound him, many things this day in a dream be
they led him away, and delivered him cause of him.
to Pontius Pilate the governor. 20 But the chief priests and elders
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed persuaded the multitude that they
him, when he saw that he was con- should ask Ba-rab-bas, and destroy
demned, repented himself, and Jésus.
brought again the thirty pièces of sil- 21 The governor answered and said
ver to the chief priests and elders, unto them, Whether of the twain will
4 Saying, I have sinned in that 1 ye that I release unto you? TÎiey said,
have betrayed the innocent blood. And Ba-rab-bas.
they said, Wtiat is that to us? see thou 22 Pilate saith unto them, What
to that, shall I do then with Jésus which is
5 And he cast down the pièces of called Christ? They ail say unto him,
silver in the temple, and departed, and Let him be crucified.
went and hanged himself. 23 And the governor said, Why,
6 And the chief priests took the sil what evil hath he done? But they
ver pièces, and said, It is not làwful for cried out the more, saying, Let him be
to put them into the treasury, because crucified.
it is the price of blood. 24 When Pilate saw that he could
7 And they took counsel, and prevail nothing, but that rather a tu-
bought with them the potter's field, to mult was made, he took water, and
bury strangers in. washed his hands before the multitude,
8 Wherefore that field was called, saying, I am innocent of the blood of
The field of blood, unto this day. this just person: see ye to it,
9 Then was fulfilled that which was 25 Then answered ail the people,
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, say and said, His blood be on us, and on
ing, And they took the thirty pièces of our children.
silver, the price of him that was val- 26 Then released he Ba-rab-bas un
ued, whom they of the children of Is to them: and when he had scourged
raël did value; Jésus, he delivered him to be crucified;
10 And gave them for the potter's 27 Then the soldiers of the governor
field, as the Lord appointed me. took Jésus into the common hall, and
11 And Jésus stood before the gov gathered unto him the whole band of
ernor: and the governor asked him, soldiers,
saying. Art thou the King of thejews? 28 And they stripped him, and put
And Jésus said unto him,Thou sayest. on him a scarlet robe.
12 And when he was accused of the 29 And when they had platted a
chief priests and elders, he answered crown of thorns* they put it upon his
nothiiig. head, and a reed in his right hand: and
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hear- they bowed the knee before him, and
est thou not how many things they mocked him,saying, Hail, King of the
wîtness against thee? Jews! '
14 And he answered him to never a 30 And they spit upon him, and
word; insomuch that the governor took the reed, and smote him on the
mârvelled greatly. head.
15 Now at that feast the governor 31 And after that they had mocked
was wont to release unto the people a him, they took the robe ofF from him,
prisoner, whom they would. and put his own raiment on him, and
16 And they had then a notable led him away to crucify him,
prisoner, called Ba-rab-bas. 32 And as they came out, they
17 Therefore when they were gath- found a man of Gy-re-ne, Simon by
ered together, Pilate said unto them, name: him they compelled to beat his
Whom will ye that I release unto you? cross.
 ST. MATTHEW 27
33 And when they were corne unto
a place called Gor-go-tha, that is to
say, a place of a skull,
34 They gave him vinegar to drink
mingled with gall: and when he had
tasted theroff he would not drink.
35 And they crucified him, and
parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulhlled which was spoken
by the prophet, They parted my gar
ments among them, and upon my ves-
ture did they cast lots.
36 And sitting down they watched
him there;
37 And set up over his head his ac
cusation written, THIS 18 JESUS
THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then were there two thieves cru
cified with him, one on the right hand,
and another on the left.
39 And they that passed by reviled
him, wagging their heads,
40 And saying, Thou that destroy-
est the temple, and buildest it in three
days, save thyself^ If thou be the Son
of God, come down from the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests
mocking him, with the scribes and eld-
ers, said,
42 He saved others; himself he can-
not save. If he be the King of Israël,
let him now come down from the cross,
and we will believe him.
43 He trusted'in God; let him de-
liver him now, if he will have him: for
he said, I am the Son of God.
44 The thieves also, which were
crucified with him,cast the same in his
teeth.
45 Now from the sixth hour there
was darkness over ail the land unto the
ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jésus
cried with a loud voice, saying, E-li,
E-li, la-ma sa-bach-tha-ni? that is to
say, My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?
47 Some of them that stood there,
when they heard that, said, This nuin
calleth for E-li-as.
48 And straightway one of them:
ran, and took a spunge, and filled it
with vinegar,and put it on a reed, and
gave him to drink.
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see
whether E-li-as will come to save him.
50 Jésus, when he had cried again
wfth a loud yôice, yielded up the
ghost.
51 And, beholdi the vail of the tem
ple was rent in twain from the top to
881
the bottom; and the earth did quake,
and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and
many bodies of the saints which slept
arose,
53 And came out of the graves after
his résurrection, and went into the
holy city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and
they that were with him, watching Jé
sus, saw the earthquake, and those
things that were done, they feared
greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son
of God.
55 And many women were there
beholding afar ofî, which followed
Jésus from Galilee, ministering unto
him:
56 Among which was Mary Magda-
lene, and Mary the mother of James
and Joses, and the mother of Zeb-e-
dee's children.
57 When the even was come, there
came a rich man of Ar-i-ma-thae-a,
named Joseph, who also himself was
Jésus' disciple:
58 He went to Pilate, and begged
the body of Jésus. Then Pilate com-
manded the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken the
body, he wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth,
60 And laid it in his own new
tomb, which he had hewn out in the
rock: and he rolled a great stone to
the door of the sepulchre, and de-
parted.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene,
and the other Mary, sitting over
against the sepulchre.
62 Now the next day, that followed
the day of the préparation, the chief
priests and Pharisees came together
unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that
that deceiver said, while he was yet
alive, After three days I will rise
again.
64 Command th<prefore that the se
pulchre be made sure until the third
day, lest his disciples come by night,
and steal him away, and say unto the
people, He is risen from the dead: so
the last error shall be worse than the
fîrst.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have
a watch: go your way, ximke if "as sure
as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the se
pulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a watch.
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they go into GalUee, and there shall

CHAPTER 28 they see me.
IN the end of the sabbath,ais it began 11 Now when they were going, be
hold, some of the watch came into the
to dawn toward the first day of the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the city, and shewed unto the chief priests
other Mary to seè the sepulchre. ail the things that were done.
2 And, behold, there was a great 12 And when they were assembled
earthquake: for the angel of the Lordwith the elders, and had taken coun-
descended from heaven, and came and sel, they gave l£u:ge money unto the
rolled back the stone from the door, soldiers,
and sat upon it. 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples
3 His countenance was like light- came by night, and stole him away
ning, and his raiment white as snow: while we slept.
4 And for fear of him the keepers 14 And if this come to the gover-
did shake, and became as dead men. nor's ears, we will persuade him, and
5 And the angel answered and said secure you.
unto the women, Fear not ye: for I 15 So they took the money,and did
know that ye seek Jésus, which was as they were taught: and this saying is
crucified. commonly reported among the Jews
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as until this day.
he said. Come,see the place where the 16 Then the eleven disciples went
Lord lay. away into Galilee, into a mountain
7 And go quickly, and tell his dis where Jésus had appointed them.
ciples that he is risen from the dead; 17 And when they saw him, they
and, behold, he goeth before you into worshipped him: but some doubted.
Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I 18 And Jésus came and spake unto
have told you. them, saying, AU power is given unto
8 And they departed quickly from me in heaven and in earth.
the sepulchre with fear and great joy; 19 Go ye therefore, and teach ail
and did run to bring his disciples word. nations, baptizing them in the name of
9 And as they went to tell his dis the Father, and of the Son, and of the
ciples, behold, Jésus met them,saying, Holy Ghost:
AU hail. And they came and held him 20 Teaching them to observe ail
by the feet, and worshipped him. things whatsoever I have commanded
10 Then said Jésus unto them, Be you: and, lo, I am with you alway,
not afraid: go tell my brethren that even unto the end of the world. Amen.

The Gospel According to

Saint Mark
CHAPTER I
The beginning of the gospel of
Jésus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the pro-
phets, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall préparé
thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wil-
demess. Préparé ye the way of the
Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilder-
ness, and preach the baptism of re-
pentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him aU
the land of Judaea, and they of Jéru
salem, and were ail baptized of him in
the river of Jordan, confessing their
sins.
6 And John was clothed with cam-
eVs hair, and with a girdle of a skin
about his loins; and he did eat locusts
and wild honey;
7 And preached,saying, There com-
eth one mightier than I after me, the
latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy
to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with
water: but he shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost.
9 And it came to pass in those days,
that Jésus came from Nazareth of
 ST. MARK 1 883

Galilee» and was baptized of John in 27 And they were ail amazed, inso-
Jordan. much that they questioned among
10 And straightway coming up ont themselves,saying, What thing is this?
of the wateij he saw the heavens what new doctrine is this? for with au
opened» and the Spirit like a dove de- thority commandeth he even the un
scendihg upon him: clean spirits, and they do obey him.
11 And there came a voice from 28 And hnmediately his famé
heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved spread abroad thrbughout ail the ré
Son, in whom 1 am well pleased. gion round about Galilee.
12 And immediately the spirit driv- 29 And forthwith, when they were
eth him into the wildemess. come out of the synagogue, they en
13 And he was there in the wilder- tered into the house of Simon and An
ness forty days,tempted of Satan; and drew, with James and John.
was with the wild beasts; and the an- 30 But Simoh's wife's mother lay
gels liiinistered unto him. sick of a fever, and anon they tell him
14 Now after that John was put in of her.
prison, Jésus came into Galilee, 31 And he came and took her by
preaching the gospel of the kingdom the hand, and lifted her up; and im
of God, mediately the fever left her, and she
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, ministered unto them.
and the kingdom of God is at hand: re- 32 And àt even, when the siin did
pent ye, and bélieve the gospel. set, they brought iinto him ail that
16 Now as he walked by the sea of were diseased,and them that were pos-
Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his sessed with devils.
brother casting a net into the sea: for 33 And ail the city was gathered to-
they were fishers. gether at the door.
17 And Jésus said unto them, Gome 34 And he healed many that were
ye after me,and 1 will make you to be- sick of divers diseases, and cast out
coine fishers of men. many devils; and suffered not thé dev
18 And straightway they forsook ils to speak, because they knew him.
their nets, and followed him. 35 And in the moming, rising up a
19 And when he hàd gone a little great while before day, he went out,
farther thence, he saw James the son and departed into a solitary place, and
of Zeb'-e-dee, and John his brother, there prayed.
who also were in the'ship mending 36 And Simon and they that were
their nets. with him followed after him.
20 And straightway he called them: 37 And when they had found him,
and they left their father Zeb'-e-dee in they said unto him, AU men seek for
the ship with the hired servants, and thee.
went after him. 38 And he said unto them, Let us
21 And they went into Ca-per'-na- go into thé next towns, that I may
um; and straightway on the sabbath preach there also: for therefore came I
day he entered into the synagogue, forth.
and taught. 39 And he preached in their syna
22 And they weré astonished at his gogues throughout ali Galilee, and cast
doctrine: for he taught them as one out devils.
that had authority, and not as the 40 And there came a leper to him,
scribes. beseeching him, and kneeling down to
23 And there was in their syna him,and saying unto him.If thou wUt,
gogue a man with an unclean spirit; thou canst make me clean.
and he cried out, 41 And Jésus, moved with compas
24 Saying, Let us alone; what have sion, put forth his hand, and touched
we to do with thee,thou Jésus of Naza him, and saith unto him, 1 will; be
reth? art thou come to destroy us? I thou clean.
know thee who thou art, the Holy One 42 And, as spon as hehad spoken,
of God. immediately the leprosy departed
25 And Jésus rebuked him, saying, from him, and he was cleansed.
Hold thy peace, and come but of him. 43 And he straitly charged him,and
26 And when the unclean spirit had forthwith sent him away;
tom him, and cried with a loud voice, 44 And sàith unto him,See thou say
he came out of him. nothing to any man: but go thy way.
884 ST. MARK 2

shew thyself to the priest, and offer for sea side; and ail the multitude resorted
thy cleansing those things which Moses unto him, and he taught them.
commanded» for a testimony unto 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi
them. the son of Al-pte-us sitting at the re-
45 But he went eut, and began to ceipt of custom, and said unto him,
publish it much, and to blaze abroad Follow me. And he arose and followed
the matter,insomuch that Jésus could him.
no more openly enter into the city, but 15 And it came to pass, that, as
was without in desert places: and they Jésus sat at meat in his house, many
came to him from every quarter. publicans and sinners sat also together
with Jésus and his disciples: for there
CHAPTER 2 were memy, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Phari-
AND again he entered into Ca-per'- sees saw him eat with publicans and
J\ na-um after some days; and it was sinners, they said unto his disciples,
noised that he was in the house. How is it that he eateth and drinketh
2 And straightway many were gath- with publicans and sinners?
ered together, insomuch that there 17 When Jésus heard it, he saith
was no room to receive them, no, not so unto them, They that are whole have
much as about the door: and he no need of the physician, but they that
preached the word unto them. are sick: I came not to call the right-
3 And they come unto him, bring- eous, but sinners to repentance.
ing one sick of the palsy, which was 18 And the disciples of John and of
borne of four. the Pharisees used to fast: and they
4 And when they could not come come and say unto him, Why do the
nigh unto him for the press, they un- disciples of John and of the Pharisees
covered the roof where he was: and fast, but thy disciples fast not?
when they had broken it up, they let 19 And Jésus said unto them, Can
down the bed wherein the sick of the the children of the bridechamber fast,
palsy lay. while the bridegroom is with them? as
5 When Jésus saw their faith, he long as they have the bridegroom with
said unto the sick of the palsy. Son, them, they cannot fast.
thy sins be forgiven thee. 20 But the days will come,when the
6 But there were certain of the bridegroom shall be taken away from
scribes sitting there, and reasoning in them,and then shall they fast in those
their hearts, days.
7 Why doth this man thus speak 21 No man also seweth a piece of
blasphemies? who can forgive sins but new cloth on an old garment: else the
God only? new piece that hlled it up taketh away
8 And immediately when Jésus per- from the old, and the rent is made
ceived in his spirit that they so reason- worse.
ed within themselves, he said unto 22 And no man putteth new wine
them, Why reason ye these things in into old bottles: else the new wine doth
your hearts? burst the bottles, and the wine is
9 Whether is it easier to say to the spilled, and the bottles will be marred:
sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven but new wine must be put into new
thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bottles.
bed, and walk? 23 And it came to pass, that he
10 But that ye may know that the went through the corn fields on the
Son of man hath power on earth to for sabbath day; and his disciples began,
give sins, (he saith to the sick of the as they went, to pluck the ears of com.
palsy,) 24 And the Pharisees said unto him,
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take Behold, why do they on the sabbath
up thy bed, and go thy way into thine day that which is not lawful?
house. 25 And he said unto them, Have ye
12 And immediately he arose, took never read what David did, when he
up the bed, and went forth before had need, and was an hungred,he,and
them ail; insomuch that they were ail they that were with him?
amazed,and glorified God,saying, We 26 How he went into the house of
never saw it on this fashion. God in the days of A-bi-a-thar the
13 And he went forth again by the high priest, and did eat the shewbread.
 ST. MARK 3
88S
whlch is not lawful to eat but for the
15 And to have power to heal sick-
pnests, and gave also to them whlch nesses,
were with him? and to cast out devils:
27 And he said unto them, The sab- 16 And Simon he sumamed Peter^
the son of Zeb'-e-dee,
bath was made for man, and not man and John the brother
for the sabbath; of James;and he
28 Therefore the Son of man is ^rnamed them Bo-a-ner'-ges, which is,
The sons of thunder:
Lord also of the sabbath.
Andrew, and PhiUp, and
CHAPTER 3 ^rtholomew, and Matthew, and
AND he entered agaln Into the syna- Inomas, and James the son of Al-
Thad-dae-us, and Simon
rv gogue; and there was a man there the Canaanite,
which had a wlthered hand.
2 And they watched hlm, whether 19 And Judas Iscariot, which also
betrayed him: and they went into an
on thehlm.
that they mlght accuse sabbath day: house.
20 And the multitude cometh to-
i the wlthered
had he salth hand.
unto the manforth.
Stand whlch gether again, so that they could not so
much as eat bread.
4 And he salth unto them, Is It law 21 And when his friends heard of it,
ful to do good on the sabbath days, or they went out to lay hold on him: fo^
to do evil? to save llfe, or to klU? But they said, He is beside himself,
they held their peace,
5 ^d when he had looked round down 22 And the scribes which came
about on them wlth anger, belng Be-el^ze-bub, from Jérusalem said, He hath
gneved for the hardness of thelr devils and by the prince of the
casteth he out devils.
Jî® ®^'th
forth tlune hand.unto
Andtheheman, Stretch
stretched it 23 And he called them unto him,
out; and hls hand was restored whole and said unto them in parables, How
as the other. can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and against
straightway took counsel with the Hè stand. itself, that kingdom cannot
re-di-ans against him, how they might
destroyhim. if
itself, house
that house be divided
cannot stand.against
7 But Jésus withdrew himself with
his^ disciples to the sea: and a great o 1?^and be divided,
Satan riseheupcannot
againststand,
him-
multitude from Galilee followed him. self,
but hath an end.
and from Judaea,
8 And from Jérusalem, and from 27 No man can enter into a strong
1-du-mae-a, and from beyond Jordan; man s house, and spoil his goods. ex-
and they about Tyre and Si-don, a strong man;
great multitude, when they had heard and then he will spoil his house.
what great things he did^ came unto shall
chon be forgiven unto the sons of men,
sins
him,
and Wasphemies wherewith
9 And he spake to his disciples, that they shall blasphémé: soever
a small ship should wait on him be-
29 But he that shall blasphémé
cause of the multitude, lest thev against
should throng him. the Holy Ghost hath never for-
giveness,
For he had healed many; inso- damnation: but is in danger of eternal
much that they pressed upon him for
30 Because they said, He hath an
to touch him, as many as had plagues. unclean
II And unclean spirits, when thev spirit.
saw him, fell down before him, and and 31 There came then his brethren
cned,saying, Thou art the Son of God. senthis mother,and,standing without,
unto him, calling him.
charged them 32 And the multitude sat about
that they should not make him known. hm, and they said unto him, Behold.
13 And he goeth up into a moun- thy mother and thy brethren without
tain, and calleth unto him whom he seek for thee.
would; and they came unto him.
14 And he ordained twelve, that 33 And he answered them, saying,
they should be with him, and that he Who is my mother, or my brethren?
might send them forth to preach. 34 And he looked round about on
them which sat about him, and said.
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Béhold my mother and my breth- 16 And these are they likewise

renl ' which are sown on stony ground; who,
35 For whosoever shall do thé will when they have heard the word, im-
of God, the same is my brother, and mediately receive it with gladness;
my sister, and mother. 17 And have no root in themselves,
and so endure but for a time: after-
CHAPTER 4 ward, when affliction or persécution
A ND he began again to teach by the ariseth for the word's sake, immedi-
/\ sea slde: and there was gathered ately they are offended.
unto him a great multitude, so that he 18 And these are they which are
entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; sown among thoms; such as hear the
and the whole multitude was by the word,
sea on the land. 19 And the cares of this world, and
2 And he taught them many things the deceitfulness of riches, and the
by parables, and said unto them in his lusts of other things enteiing in, choke
doctrine, the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out 20 And these are they which are
a sower to sow; sown on good ground; such as hear the
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, Word, and receive it, and bring forth
some fell by the way side, and the fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and
fowls of the air came and devoured it some an hundred^
up. 21 And he said unto them, Is a can
5 And some fell on stony ground, die brought to be put under a bushel,
where it had not much earth; and im- or under a bed? and not to be set on a
mediately it sprang up, because it had candlestick?
no depth of earth: 22 For there is nothing hid, which
6 But when the sun was up, it was shall not be manifested; neither was
scorched; and because it had no root, any thing kept secret, but that it
it withered away. should come abroad.
7 And some fell among thoms, and 23 If any man have ears to hear,let
the thorns grew up,and choked it, and him hear.
it yielded no fruit. 24 And he said unto them, Take
8 And other fell on good ground, heed what ye hear: with what measure
and did yield fruit that sprang up and ye mete, it shall be meeisuted toyou:
increased; and brought forth, some and unto you that hear shall more
thirty, and some sixty, and some an be given.
hundred. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be
9 And he sald unto them, He that given: and he that hath not,from him
hath ears to hear, let him hear. shall be taken even that which he hath.
10 And when he was alone, they 26 And he said, So is the kingdom
that were about him with the twelve of God, as if a man should cast seed
asked of him the parable. into the ground;
11 And he said unto them, Unto 27 And should sleep, and rise night
you it is given to know the mystery of and day, and the seed should spring
the kingdom of God: but unto them and grow up, he knoweth not how.
that are without, ail these things are 28 For the earth bringeth forth
done in parables: fmit of herself; first the blade,then the
12 That seeing they may see, and ear, after that the full com in the ear.
not perceive; and hearing they may 29 But when the fruit is brought
hear, and not understand; lest at any forth, immediately he putteth in the
time they should be converted, and sickle, because the harvest is come.
tineir sins should be forgiven them. 30 And he said, Whereunto shall we
13 And he said unto them, Know ye liken the kingdom of God? or with
not this parable? and how then will ye what comparison shall we compare it?
know âll parables? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed,
14 The sower soweth the word. which, when it is sown in the earth, is
15 And these are they by the way less than ail the seeds that be in the
side, where thé word is sown; but when earth:
they havé heard, Satan cometh imme- : 32 But when it is sown, it groweth
diately, and taketh away the word up, and becometh greater than ail
that was sown in their hearts. herbs, and shooteth out great
 ST. MARK 5 887

branches; so that the fowls of the air I adjure thee by God, that thou tor-
may lodge under the shadow of it. ment me not.
33 And with many such parables 8 For he said unto him, Come out
spake he the word unto them, as they of the man, thou unclean spirit.
were able to hear it 9 And he asked him, What is thy
34 But without a parable spake he name? And he answered, saying, My
net unto them: and when they were name is Légion: for we are many.
alone, he expounded ail things to his 10 And he besought him much that
disciples. he would not send them away out of
35 And the same day, when the the country.
even was come, he saith unto them, 11 Now there was there nigh unto
Let us pass over unto the other side. the mountains a great herd of swine
36 And when they had sent away feeding.
the multitude, they took him even as 12 And ail the devils besought him,
he was in the ship. And there were also saying, Send us into the swine, that
with him other little ships. we may enter into them.
37 And there arose a great storm of 13 And forthwith Jésus gave them
wind,and the waves beat into the ship, leave. And the unclean spirits went
so that it was now full. out, and entered into the swine: and
38 And he was in the hinder part of the herd ran violently down a steep
the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they place into the sea, (they were about
awake him, and say unto him, Master, two thousand;)and were choked in the
carest thou not that we perish? sea.
39 And he arose, and rebuked the 14 And they that fed the swine fled,
wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be and told it in the city, and in the coun
still. And the wind ceased, and there try. And they went out to see what it
was a great calm. was that was done.
40 And he said unto them, Why are 15 And they come to Jésus, and see
ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no him that was possessed with the devil,
faith? and had the légion, sitting, and cloth-
41 And they feàred exceedingly, ed, and in his right mind: ând they
and said one to another, What manner were afraid.
of man is this, that even the wind and 16 And they that saw it told them
the sea obey him? how it befell to him that was possessed
with the devil, and also concerning the
CHAPTER 5 swine.
17 And they began to pray him to
AND they came over unto the other départ out of their coasts.
/\ side of the sea, into the country 18 And when he was come into the
of the Gad-a-renes. ship, he that had been possessed with
2 And when he was come out of the the devil prayed him that he might be
ship, immediately there met him out with him.
of the tombs a man with an unclean 19 Howbeit Jésus suffered him not,
spirit, but saith unto him. Go home to thy
3 Who had his dwelling among the friends, and tell them how great things
tombs;and no man could bind him,no, the Lord hath done for thee, and hath
not with chains: had compassion on thee.
4 Because that he had been often 20 And he departed, and began to
bound with fetters and chains, and the publish in De-cap-o-lis how great
chains had been plucked asunder by things Jésus had done for him: and ail
him, and the fetters broken in pièces: men did marvel.
neither could any man tame him. 21 And when Jésus was passed over
5 And always, night and day, he again by ship unto the other side,
was in the moimtains, and in the much people gathered unto him: and
tombs, crying, and cutting himself he was nigh unto the sea.
with stones. 22 And, behold, there cometh one
6 But when he saw Jésus afar off, of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja-i-rus
he ran and worshipped him, by name;zmd when he saw him, he fell
7 And cried with a loud voice, and at his feet,
said, What have I to do with thee, 23 And besought him greatly, say
Jésus, thou Son of the most high God? ing, My little daughter lieth at the
 ST. MARK 6

point of death: I pray thee, corne and the damsel, and them that were with
lay thy hands on her, that she may be him, and entereth in where the damsel
besiled; and she shall live. was lying.
24 And Jésus went with him; and 41 And he took the damsel by the
much people followed him, and hand, and said unto her, Tal-i-tha cu-
thronged him. mi; which is, being interpreted, Dam
25 And a certain woman, which had sel, I say unto thee, arise.
an issue of blood twelve years, 42 And straightway the damsel
26 And had suffered many things of arose, and walked; for she was of the
many physicians, and had spent ail âge of twelve years. And they were as-
that she had, and was nothing bet- tonished^ with a great astonishment.
tered, but rather grew worse, 43 And he charged them straitly
27 When she had heard of Jésus, that no man should know it; and com-
came in the press behind, and touched manded that something should be
his garment. given her to eat.
28 For she said. If I may touch but
his clothes, I shall be whole. CHÀPTER6
29 And straightway the fountain of AND he went out from thence, and
her blood was dried up; and she felt in i\ came into his own country; and
her body that she was healed of that his disciples follow him.
plague. 2 And when the sabbath day was
30 And Jésus, immediately know- come, he began to teach in the syna
ing in himself that virtue had gone out gogue: and many hearing him were as-
of him, tumed him about in the press, tonished, saying, From whence hath
and said, Who touched my clothes? this man these things? and what wis-
31 And his disciples said unto him, dom is this which is given unto him,
Thou seest the multitude thronging that even such mighty works are
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched wrought by his hands?
me? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son
32 And he looked round about to of Mary, the brother of James,, and
see her that had done this thing. Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and
33 But the woman fearing and are not his sisters here with us? And
trembling, knowing what was done in they were ofîended at him.
her, came and fell down before him, 4 But Jésus said unto them, a pro-
and told him ail the truth. phet is not without honour, but in his
34 And he said imto her, Daughter, own country, and among his own kin,
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in and in his own house.
peace, and be whole of thy plague. 5 And he could there do no mighty
35 While he yet spake, there came work, save that he laid his hands upon
from the ruler of the synagogue's house a few sick folk, and healed them.
certain which said, Thy daughter is 6 And he marvelled because of their
dead: why troublest thou the Master unbelief. And he went round about the
any further? villages, teaching.
36 As soon as Jésus heard the word 7 And he called unto him the twelve,
that was spoken, he saith unto the and began to send them forth by two
ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid,and two; and gave them power over
only believe. unclean spirits;
37 And he suffered no man to follow 8 And commanded them that they
him,save Peter, and James, and John should take nothing for their joumey,
the brother of James. save a staff only; no scrip, no bread,
38 And he cometh to the house of no money in their purse:
the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth 9 But he shod with sandals; and not
the tumult, and them that wept and put on two coats.
wailed greatly. 10 And he said unto them. In what
39 And when he was come in, he place soever ye enter into an house,
saith unto them, Why make ye this there abide till ye départ from that
ado,and weep? the damsel is not dead, place.
but sleepeth. 11 And whosoever shall not receive
40 And they laughed him to scom. you, nor hear you, when ye départ
But when he had put,them ail out, he thence, shake off the dust under your
taketh the father and the mother of feet for a testimony against them.
 ST. MARK 6 889

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more ry; yct for his oath's sake, and for their
tolerable for Sodom and Go-mor'-rha in sakes which sat with him,he would not
the day of judgment, than for that reject her.
city. 27 And immediately the king sent
12 And they went out,and preached an executioner, and commanded his
that men should repent. head to be brought: and he went and
13 And they cast out many devils, beheaded him in the prison,
and anointed with oil many that were 28 And brought his head in a
sick» and healed them, charger,and gave it to the damsel: and
14 And king Herod heard of him; the damsel gave it to her mother.
(for his name was spread abroad:) and 29 And when his disciples heard of
he said, That John the Baptist was it, they came and took up his corpse,
risen from the dead, and therefore and laid it in a tomb.
mighty works do shew forth them- 30 And the apostles gathered them-
selves in him. selves together unto Jésus, and told
15 Others said, That it is E-ii'-as. him ail things, both what they had
And others said, That it is a prophet, done, and what they had taught.
or as one of the prophets. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye
16 But when Herod heard thereof, yourselves apart into a desert place,
he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: and rest a while: for there were many
he is risen from the dead. coming and going, and they had no
17 For Herod himself hàd sent forth leisure so much as. to eat.
and laid hold upon John, and bound 32 And they departed into a desert
place by ship privately.
him in prison for He-ro-di-as* sake, his
brother Philip's wife: for he had mar^ 33 And the people saw them depart-
ried her. ing, and many knew him, and ran
18 For John had said untô Herod, afoot thither out of ail cities, and out-
It is not lawful for thee to have thy went them, and came together unto
brother*s wife. him.
19 Therefore He-ro-di-as had a 34 And Jésus, when he came out,
quarrel against him, and would have saw much people, and was moved with
killed him; but she could not; compassion toward them, because
20 For Herod feared John, knowing they were as sheep not having a shep-
that he was a just man and an holy, herd: and he began to teach them
and observed him; and when he heard many things.
him, he did many things, and heard 35 And when the day was now far
him gladly. spentj his disciples came unto him,and
21 And when a convenient day was said, This is a desert place, and now
come, that Herod on his birthday the time is far passed:
made a supper to his lords, high cap- 36 Send them away, that they may
tains, and chief estâtes of Galilee; go into the country round about, and
22 And when the daughter of the into the villages, and buy themselves
said He-ro-di-as came in, and danced, bread: for they have nothing to eat.
and pleased Herod and them that sat 37 He answered and said unto
with him, the king said unto the dam- theni, Give ye them to eat. And they
sel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, say unto him, Shall we go and buy
and 1 will give it thee. two hundred pennyworth of bread,
23 And he sware unto her; Whatso and give them to eàt?
ever thou shalt ask of me, I will give 38 He saith unto them, How mâny
it thee, unto the half of my Mng- loaves have ye? go and see. And when
dom. they knew; they say, Five, and two
24 And she went forth, and said hshes.
unto her mother, What shall I ask? 39 And he commanded them to
And she said, The head of John the make ail sit down by companies upon
Baptist. the green grass.
25 And she came in straightway 40 And they sat down in ranks, by
with haste unto the king, and asked, hundreds, and by fifties.
saying, I will that thou give me by and 41 And when he had taken the fivé
by ima charger the head of John the loavés and the two hshes, he looked up
Baptist. to heaven, and blessed, and brake the
26 And the king was exceeding sor- loaves, and gave them to his disciples
890 ST. MARK 7

to set before them; and the two fishes disciples eat bread with dehled, that is
divided he among them ail. . to say, with unwashen, hands, they
42 And they did ail eat, and were found fault.
mied. 3 For the Pharisees, and ail the
43 And they took up twelve baskets Jews, except they wash their hands
full of the fra^ents,and of the hshes. oft, eat not, holding the tradition of
44 And they that did eat of the the elders.
loaves were about five thousand men. 4 And when they come from the
45 And straightway he constrained market, except they wash, they eat
his disciples to get into the ship, and not. And many other things there be,
to go to the other side before unto which they have received to hold, as
Beth-sa-i-da, while he sent away the the washing of cups, and pots, brasen
people. vessels, and of tables.
46 And when he had sent them 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes
away, he departed into a mountain to asked him, Why walk not thy disciples
pray. according to the tradition of the elders,
47 And when even was come, the but eat bread with unwashen hands?
ship was in the midst of the sea,and he 6 He answered and said unto them,
alone on the land. Well hath E-sa-ias prophesied of you
48 And he saw them toiling in row- hypocrites, as it is written, This people
ing; for the wind was contrary unto honoureth me with their lips, but their
them: and about the fourth watch of heart is far from me.
the night he cometh unto them, walk- 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship
ing upon the sea, and would have me, teaching for doctrines the com-
passed by them. mandments of men.
49 But when they saw him walking 8 For laying aside the command-
upon the sea, they supposed it had ment of God, ye hold the tradition of
been a spirit, and cried out: men, as the washing of pots and cups:
50 For they ail saw him, and were and many other such like things ye do.
troubled. And inunediately he talked 9 And he said unto them, Full well
with them,and saith unto them, Be of ye reject the commandment of God,
good cheer: it is 1; be not afraid. that ye may keep your own tradition.
51 And he went up unto them into 10 For Moses said, Honour thy fa-
the ship; and the wind ceased: and ther and thy mother;and, Whoso curs-
they were sore amazed in themselves eth father or mother, let him die the
beyond measure, and wondered. death:
52 For they considered not the mir 11 But ye say. If a man shall say to
acle of the loaves: for their heart was his father or mother, It is Corban,that
hardened. is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou
53 And when they had passed over, mightest be profited by me; he shall be
they came into the land of Gen-nes-a- free.
ret, and drew to the shore. 12 And ye sufîer him no more to do
54 And when they were come out of ought for his father or his mother;
the ship, straightway they knew him, 13 Making the word of God of none
55 And ran through that whole ré eflfect through your tradition, which ye
gion round about, and began to carry have delivered: and many such like
about in beds those that were sick, things do ye.
where they heard he was. 14 And when he had called ail the
56 And whithersoever he entered, people unto him, he said unto them,
into villages, or cities, or country,they Hearken unto me every one of you,and
laid the sick in the streetSj and ber understand:
sought him that they might touch if it 15 There is nothing from without a
were but the border of his garment: man, that entering into him can defile
and as many as touched him were him: but the things which come out of
made whole. him, those are they that defîle the
man.
CHAPTER 7 16 If any man have ears to hear^ let
THEN came together unto him the him hear.
Pharisees, and certain of the 17 And when he was entered into
scribes, which came from Jérusalem. the house from the people, his disciples
2 And when they saw some of his asked him conceming the parable.
 ST. MARK 8 891

18 And he saith unto them, Are ye opened, and the string of his tongue
so without understanding also? Do ye was loosed, and he spake plain.
net perceive, that whatsoever thing 36 And he charged them that they
from without entereth Into the man, should tell no man: but the more he
it caimot defile him; charged them, so much the more a
19 Because it entereth not into his great deal they published it;
heart, but into the beîly, and goeth 37 And were beyondmeasure aston-
Qut into the draught, purging ail ished, saying, He hath done ail things
méats? well: he maketh both the deaf to hear,
20 And he said, That which cometh and the dumb to speak.
out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart CHAPTER 8
of men, proceed evil thoughts, adul-
teries, fornications, murders, IN those days the multitude being
22 Thefts, covetpusness, wicked- very great, and having nothing to
ness, deceit,lasciviousness, an evil eye, eat, Jésus called his disciples unto him,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness; and saith unto them,
23 AU these evil things come from 2 1 have compassion on the multi
within, and defile the man. tude, because they have now been
24 And from thence he arose, and with me three days, and have nothing
went into the borders of Tyre and Si- to eat:
don, and entered into an house, and 3 Ànd if I send them away fasting
would have no man know it, but he tb their own houses, they will faint by
could not be hid. the way: for divers of them came from
25 For a certain woman, whose far^
young daughter had an unclean spirit, 4 And his disciples answered him,
heard of him, and came and fell at his From whence can a man satisfy these
feet: men with bread here in the wildemess?
26 The woman was a Greek, a Sy- 5 And he asked them, Hbw many
ro-phe-ni-cian by nation; and she be- loaves haye ye? And they said, Seven.
sought him that he would cast forth 6 And he commanded the people to
the devil out of her daughter. sit down on the ground: and he took
27 But Jésus said unto her, Let the the seven loaves,and gave thanks,and
children first be filled; for it is not brake, aiîd gave to his disciples to set
meet to take the children*s bread, and before them; and they did set them be-
to cast it unto the dogs. fore the people.
28 And she answered and said unto 7 And they had a few small fishes:
him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the and he blessed, and commanded to set
table eat of the children's crumbs. them also before them.
29 And he said unto her. For this 8 So they did eat, and were filled:
saying go thy way; the devil is gone and they took up of the broken meat
out of thy daughter. that was left seven baskets.
30 And when she was come to her 9 And they that had eaten were
house, she found the devil gone out, about four thousand: and he sent them
and her daughter laid upon the bed. away.
31 And again, departing from the 10 And straightway he entered into
coasts of Tyre and Si-don, he czime a ship with his disciples,and came into
unto the sea of Galilee, through the the parts of Daî-ima-nu-thà,
midst of the coasts of De-cap-o-lis. 11 And the Pharisees came forth,
32 And they bring unto him one and began to question with him,seek-
that was deaf, and had an impediment ing of him à sign from heaven, tempt-
in his speech; and they beseech him to ing him.
put his hand upon him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his
33 And he took him aside from,ttie spirit, and saith, Why doth this génér
multitude, and put his fingers into his ation seek after a sign? verily I say
ears, and he spit, and touched his unto you, There shall no sign be given
tongue; unto this génération.
34 And looking up to heaven, he 13 And he left them, and entering
sighed, and saith unto him, Eph'-pha- into the ship again departed to the
tha, that is, Be opened. other side.
35 And straightway his e^s were 14 Now the disciples had forgotten
892 ST. MARK 9

to take bread» neither had they in the and be killed, and after three days
ship with them more than one loaf. lise again.
15 And he charged them, saying, 32 And he spake that saying open-
Take heed, beware of the leaven of the ly. And Peter took him, and began to
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. rebuke him.
16 And they reasoned among them- 33 But when he had tumed about
selves, saying;It is because we have no and looked on his disciples, he rebuked
bread. Peter, saying, Get thee behind me,
17 And when Jésus knew it, he saith Satan: for thou savourest not the
unto them, Why reason ye, because ye things that be of God, but the things
have no bread? perceive ye not yet, that be of men.
neither understand? have ye your 34 And when he had called the peo-
heart yet hardened? ple unto him with his disciples also, he
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and said unto them, Whosoever will come
having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not after me, let him deny himself, and
remember? take up his cross, and follow me.
19 When I brake the five loaves 35 For whosoever will save his life
among five thousand, how many bas shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose
kets full offragments toôk ye up? They his life for my sake and the gospel's,
say urito him, Twelve. the same shall save it.
20 And when the seven among four 36 For what shall it profit a man,if
thousand, how many baskets full of he shall gain the whole world, and lose
fragments took ye up? And they said, his own soul?
Seven. 37 Or what shall a man give in ex
21 And he said unto them, How is change for his soul?
it that ye do not understand? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be
22 And he cometh to Beth-saM-da: ashamed of me and of my words in
and they bring a blind man unto him, this adultérons and sinful génération;
and besought him to touch him. of him also shall the Son of man be
23 And he took the blind man by ashamed, when he cometh in the glory
the hand, and led him out of the of his Father with the holy angels.
town; and when he had spit on his
eyes, and put his hands upon him, he CHAPTER 9
asked him if he saw ought. AND he said unto them, Verily I say
24 And he looked up,and said, I see unto you, That there be some of
men as trees, walking. them that stand here, which shall not
25 After that he put his hands again taste of deàth, till they have seen the
upon his eyes, and made him look up: kingdom of God corne with power.
and he was restored, and saw every 2 And after six days Jésus taketh
man clearly. with him Peter, and James, and John,
26 And he sent him away to his and leadeth them up into an high
house, saying, Neither go into the mountain apart by themselves: and he
town,hor tell it to any in the town. was transfigured before them.
27 And Jésus went but, and his dis 3 And his raiment became shining,
ciples, into the towns of Caes-a-re-a exceeding white as snow;so as no fuller
Phi-lip'-pi: and by the way he asked on earth can white them.
his disciples, saying unto them, Whoin 4 And there appeared unto them
do men say that I ami? E-li-as with Moses: and they were talk-
28 And they answered, John the ing with Jésus.
Baptist: but some say, E-li-as; and 5 And Peter answered and said to
otherS, One of the prophets. Jésus, Master, it is good for us to be
29 And he saith unto them. But here: and let us make three taber
whom say ye that I am? And Peter nacles; one for thee, and one for Moses,
answereth and saith unto him, Thou and one for E-li-as.
art the Christ. 6 For he wist not what to say; for
30 And he charged them that they they were sore afraid.
should tell no man of him. 7 And there was a cloud that over-
31 And he began to teach them, shadowed them: and a voice came out
of the cloud, saying, This is my be-
that the Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders, loved Son: hear him,
and of the chief priests, and scribes. 8 And suddenly, when they had
 ST. MARK 9 893

looked round about, they saw no man canst believe, ail things are possible to
any more, save Jésus only with them- him that believeth.
selves. 24 And straightway the father of
9 And as they came down from the the child cried out, and said with
mountain, he charged them that they tears. Lord, I believe; help thou mine
should tell no man what things they unbelief.
had seen,till the Son of man were risen25 When Jésus saw that the people
from the dead. came running together, he rebuked the
10 And they kept that saying with foui spirit, saying unto him, Thou
themselves, questioning one with an- dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee,
other what the rising from the dead come out of him, and enter no more
should mean. into him.
11 And they asked him, saying, 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him
Why say the scribes that E-U-as must sore, and came out of him: and he was
first come? as one dead;insomuch that many ssdd,
12 And he answered and told them, He is dead.
E-li-as verily cometh first, and restor- 27 But Jésus took him by the hand,
eth ail things; and how it is written of and lifted him up; and he arose.
the Son of man, that he must suffer 28 And when he was come into the
many things, and be set at nought. house, his disciples asked him private-
13 But 1 say unto you, That E-li-as ly, Why could not we cast him out?
is indeed come, and they have done 29 And he said unto them, This
unto him whatsoever they listed, as it kind can come forth by nothing, but
is written of him. by prayer and fasting.
14 And when he came to his disci 30 And they departed thence, and
ples, he saw a great multitude about passed through Galilee; and he would
them,and the scribes questioning with not that any man should know it.
them. 31 For he taught his disciples, and
15 And straightway ail the people, said unto them, The Son of man is de-
when they beheld him, were greatly livered into the heuids of men, and
amazed, and running to him saluted they shall kill him; and after that he
him. is killed, he shall rise the third day.
16 And he asked the scribes, What 32 But they understood not that
question ye with them? saying, and were afraid to ask him.
17 And one of the multitude an 33 And he came to Ca-per-na-um:
swered and said, Master, I have and being in the house he asked them,
brought unto thee my son, which hath What was it that ye disputed among
a dumb spirit; yourselves by the way?
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, 34 But they held their peace:for by
he teareth him: and he foameth, and the way they had disputed among
gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth themselves, who should be the greatest.
away: and I spake to thy disciples that 35 And he sat down, and called the
they should cast him out; and they twelve, and saith unto them. If any
could not. man desire to be first, the same shall be
19 He answereth him, and saith, O last of ail, and servant of ail.
faithless génération, how long shall I 36 And he took a child, and set him
be with you? how long shall I suffer in the midst of them: and when he had
you? bring him unto me. taken him in his arms, he said unto
20 And they brought him unto him: them,
and when he saw him,straightway the 37 Whosoever shall receive one of
spirit taré him; and he fell on the such children in my name, receiveth
ground, and wallowed fo£uning. me: and whosoever shall receive me,
21 And he asked his father, How receiveth not me, but him that sent
long is it ago since this came unto me;
him? And hè said, Of a child.
' 38 And John answered him,saying,
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him Master, we saw one casting out devils
into the fire, and into the waters, to in thy name, and he followeth not us:
destroy him: but if thou canst do any and we forbad him, because he follow
thing, have compassion on us, and eth not us.
help us. 39 But Jésus said, Forbid him not:
23 Jésus said unto him. If thou for thêre is no man which shall do a
894 ST. MARK 10

miracle in my name» that can lightiy création God made them maie and fe-
speak evil of me. male.
40 Fôr he that is not against us is 7 For this cause shall a man leave
on our part. his father and mother, and cleave to
41 For whosoever shall give you a his wife:
cup of water to drink in my name, be- 8 And théy twain shall be bne flesh:
cause ye belông to Christ, verily I say so then they are no more twain, but
unto you, he shall not lose his reward. one flesh.
42 And whosoever shall offend one 9 What therefore God hath joined
of these little ones that believe in me, together, let not man put asunder.
it is better for him that a millstone 10 And in the house his disciples
were hanged about his neck, and he asked him again of the same matter.
were cast into the sea. 11 And he saith unto them, Who
43 And if thy hand offend thee, eut soever shall put away his wife, and
it ofî: it is better for thee to enter into marry another, committeth adultery
life maimed,than having two hands to against her.
go into hell, into the fire that never 12 And if a woman shall put away
shall be quenched: her husband, and be married to an
44 Where their worm dieth not,and other, she committeth adultery.
the fire is not quenched. 13 And they brought young chil-
45 And if thy foot offend thee, eut dren to him, that he should touch
it off: it is better for thee to enter hait them: and his disciples rebuked those
into life, than having two feet to be that brought them,
cast into hell, into the fire that never 14 But when Jésus siaw if, he was
shall be quenched: much displeased, and said unto them,
46 Where their worm dieth not,and Suffer the little children to come unto
the fire is not quenched. me,and forbid them not:for of such is
47 And if thine eye offend thee, the kingdom of God.
pluck it out: it is better for thee to en 15 Verily I say unto you, Whoso
ter into the kingdom of God with one ever shall not receive the kingdom of
eye, than having two eyes to be cast God as a little child, he shall not enter
into fiell fire: therein.
48 Where their worm dieth not,and 16 And he took them up in his
the fire is not quenched. arms, put his hands upon them, anrf
49 For every one shall be salted blessed them.
with fire, and every sacrifice shall be 17 And when he was gone forth into
salted with sait. thé way, there came one running, and
50 Sait is good: but if the sait have kneeled to him, and asked him, Good
lost his saltness, wherewith will ye Master, what shall I do that I may in-
season it? Have sait in yourselves, and herit eternal life?,
have peace one with another» 18 And Jésus said unto him, Why
callest thou me good? fhere is none
CHAPTER 10 good but one, thai is, God.
19 Thou knowest the command-
AND he arose from thence, and com- ments. Do not commit adultery. Do
jf\ eth into the coasts of Judaea by not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear false
the farther side of Jordan:and the peo- witness, Defraud not, Honour thy fa
ple resort unto him again; and, as he ther and mother.
was wont, he taught them again. 20 And he answered and said unto
2 And the Pharisees came to him, him, Master, ail these have I observed
and asked him, Is it lawful for a man from my youth.
to put away his wife? tempting him. 21 Then Jésus beholding him loved
3 And he aiiswered and said unto him, and said unto him, One thing
them, Wtiat did Moses command you? thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatso-
4 And they said, Moses suffered to ever thbu hast, and give to the poor,
Write a bill of divorcement, and to put and thou shalt have treasure in heav-
her away. en: and come, take up the cross, and
5 And Jésus answered and said unto follow me.
them. For the hardness of your heart 22 And he was sad at that saying,
he wrote you this precepti and went away grieved: for he had
6 But from the beginning of the great possessions.
 ST. MARK 10 895

23 And Jésus looked round about, us that we may sit, one on thy right
and saith unto his disciples, How hard- hand, and the other on thy left hand,
ly shall they that have riches enter in thy glory.
into the kingdom of God! 38 But Jésus said unto them, Ye
24 And the disciples were aston- know not what ye ask: can ye drink of
ished at his words. But Jésus answer- the cup that I drink of? and be bap-
eth again, and saith unto them, Chil- tized with the baptism that I am bap-
dren, how hard is it for them that trust tized with?
in riches to enter into the kingdom of 39 And they said unto him, We can.
God! And Jésus said unto them, Ye shall in-
25 It is easier for a camel to go deed drink of the cup that I drink of;
and with the baptism that I am bap-
through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of tized withal shall ye be baptized:
God. 40 But to sit on my right hand and
26 And they wère astonished out of on my left hand is not mine to give;
measure, saying among themselves, but it shall be given to them for whom it
Whô then can be saved? is prepared.
27 And Jésus looking upon them 41 And when the ten heard it, they
saith, With men it is impossible, but began to be much displeased with
not with God: for with God ail things James and John.
are possible. 42 But Jésus called them to him,and
28 Then Peter began to say unto saith unto them, Ye know that they
him, Lo, we have left ail, and have fol- which arè accounted to rule over
lowed thee. the Gentiles exercise lordship over
29 And Jésus answered and said, them;cmd their great ones exercise au-
Verily I say unto you,There is no man thority upon them.
that hath left house, or brethren, or 43 But so shall it not be among you:
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or but whosoever will be great among
children, or lands,for my sake,and the you, shall be your minister:
gospers, 44 And whosoever of you will be the
30 But he shall receive an hundred- chiefest, shall be servant of ail.
fold now in this time, houses, and 45 For even the Son of man came
brethren,and sisters, and mothers,and not to be ministered unto, but to min
children, and lands, with persécutions; ister, and to give his life a ransom for
and in the world to come etemal life. many.
31 But many that are first shall be 46 And they camé to Jéricho: and
last; and the last first. as he went out of Jéricho with his dis
32 And they were in the way going ciples ànd a great number of people,
up to Jérusalem; and Jésus went be- blind Bar-ti-mae-us, the son of Ti-mae'-
fore them: and they were amazed; and us, sat by the highway side begging.
as they followed, they were afraid. 47 And when he heard that it was
And he took again the twelve, and be Jésus of Nazareth, he began to cry
gan to tell them what things should out, aiid say, Jésus,thou son of David,
happen unto him, have mercy on me.
33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jér 48 And many charged him that he
usalem; and the Son of man shall be should hold his peace: but he cried the
delivered unto the chief priests, and more a great deal, Thou son of David,
unto the scribes; and they shall con- have mercy on me.
demn him to death, and shall deliver 49 And Jésus stood still, and com-
him to the Gentiles: mahded him to be called. And they
34 And they shall mock him, and call the blind man, saying unto him,
shall scourge him, and shall spit upon Be of good comfôrt^ rise; he calleth
him, and shall kill hiiiï: and the third thee.
day he shall rise agâin. 50 And he, casting away his gar-
35 And James ând John, the sons ment, rose, and came to Jésus.
of Zeb-e-dee, come unto him, saying, 51 And Jésus answered and said
Master, we would that thou shouldest unto him, What wilt thou that I
do for us whatsoever we shall desire. should do unto thee? The blind man
36 And he said unto themi, What said unto him. Lord, that I might re
woiild ye that I should do for you? ceive my sight.
37 They said unto him, Grant unto 52 And Jésus said unto him. Go thy
896 ST. MARK 11

way; thy falth hath made thee whole. and Jésus went info the temple, and
And immediately he recelved his sight, began to cast out them that sold zuid
and followed Jésus in the way. bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the moneychangers, and
CHAPTER II the seats of them that sold doves;
AND when they came nigh to Jeni- 16 And would not suffer that any
jr\ salem, unto Beth-pha-ge and man should carry any vessel through
Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he the temple.
sendeth forth two of his disciples, 17 And he taught, saying unto
2 And.saith unto them, Go your them, Is it not written, My house shall
way into the village over against you: be called of ail nations the house of
and as soon as ye be entered irito it, ye prayer? but ye have made it a den of
shall find a colt tied, whereon never thieves.
man sat;loose him, and bring him. 18 And the scribes and chief priests
3 And if any man say unto you, heard it, and sought how they might
Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord destroy him: for they feared him, be-
hath need of him; and straightway he cause ail the people was astonished at
will send him hither. his doctrine.
4 And they went their way, and 19 And when even was come, he
found the colt tied by the door without went out of the city.
in a place where two ways met; and 20 And in the moming, as they
they loose him. passed by, they saw the fig tree dried
5 And certain of them that stood up from the roots.
there said unto them, What do ye, 21 And Peter calling to remem-
loosing the colt? brance saith imto him, Master, behold,
6 And they said unto them even as the fig tree which thpu cursedst is
Jésus had commanded: and they let withered away.
them go. 22 And Jésus answering saith unto
7 And they brought the colt to them, Have faith in God.
Jésus, and cast their garments on him; 23 For verily I say unto you, That
and he sat upon him. whosoever shall say unto this moun-
S And many spread their garments tain, Be thou removed, and be thou
in the way; and others eut down cast into the sea; and sh^l not doubt
branches oif the trees, and strawed in his heart, but shall believe that
them in the way. those things which he saith shall come
9 And they that went before, and to pass; he shall have whatsoever he
they that followed, cried, saying, Ho- saith.
sanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the 24 Therefore I say unto you, What
name of the Lord: things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
10 Blesed he the kingdom of our believe that ye receive them, and ye
father David,that cometh in the name shall have them.
of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 25 And when ye stand praying,for-
11 And Jésus entered into Jérusa give, if ye have ought against any:
lem, and into the temple: and when he that your Father also which is in heav-
had looked round about upon ail en may forgive you your trespasses.
things, and now the eventide was 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither
come,lie went out unto Bethany with will your Father which is in heaven
the twelve. forgive your trespasses.
12 And on the morrow, when they 27 And they come again to Jérusa
were come from Bethany, he was hun- lem: and as he was walking in the tem
gry: ple,there come to him the chief priests,
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off hav- and the scribes, and the elders,
ing leaves, he came, if haply he might 28 And say unto him, By what au-
find anything thereon: and when he thority doest thou these things? and
came to it, he found nothing but who gave thee this authority to do
leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. these things?
14 And Jésus answered and said un 29 And Jésus answered and said
to it. No man eat fruit of thee here- imto them, I will also ask of you one
after for ever. And his disciples heard question, and answer me, and I will
it, tell you by what authority î do these
15 And they come to Jérusalem: things.
 ST. MARK 12 897

30 The baptism of John, was it against them: and they left him, and
from heaven, ôr of meh? answer me. went their way.
31 And they reasoned with them- 13 And they send unto him certain
selves, saying, If we shall say, From of the Pharisees and of the He-ro-di-
heaven; he will say, Whythen did ye ans, to catch him in his words.
nbt believe him? 14 And when they were come, they
32 But if we shall say, Of men;they say unto him, Master, we know that
feared the people: for ail men counted thou art true, and carest for no man:
John, that he was a prophet indeed. for thou regardest not the person of
33 And they answered and said un- men, but teachest the way of God in
to Jésus, We canhot tell. And Jésus truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to
answering saith unto them, Neither do Cœsar, or not?
I teU you by what authority I do these 15 Shall we give, or shall we not
things. give? But he, knowing their hypoc-
risy, said unto them, Why tempt ye
CHAPTER 12 me? bring me a penny, that I may see
AND he began to speak unto them it.
/\ by parables. A certain man plant- 16 And they brought it. And he
ed a vineyard, and set an hedgé about saith unto them, Whose is this image
it, and digged a place for the wlnefat, and superscription? And they said un
and built a tower, and let it out to to him, Caesar's.
husbandmen, àhd went into a far 17 And Jésus answering said unto
country. them, Render to Caesar the things that
2 And at the season he sent to the are Cœsar's, and to God the things
husbandmen a servant, that he might that are God's. And they marvelled at
receive from the husbandmen of the him.
fruit of the vineyard. 18 Then come unto him the Sad'-du-
3 And they caught him, and beat cees, which say. there is no résurrec
him, and sent him away empty. tion; and they asked him, saying,
4 And again he sent unto them an- 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us. If
other servant; and at him they cast a man's brother die, and leave his wife
stones, and wounded him in the head, behind him,and leave no children, that
and sent him away shamefully han- his brother should take his wife, and
dled. raise up seed unto his brother.
5 And again he sent another; and 20 Now there were severt brethren:
him they killed, and many others; and the first took a wife, and dying
beating some, and killing some. left no seed.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his 21 And the second took her, and
wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto died, neither left he any seed: and the
them, saying, They will reverence my third likewise.
son. 22 And the seven had her, and left
7 But those husbandmen said no seed: last of ail the woman died
among themselves, This is the heir; also.
come, let us kill him, and the inherit- 23 In the résurrection therefore,
ance shall be ours. when they shall rise, whose wife shall
8 And they took him, and killed she be of them? for the seven had her
Him, and cast him out of the vine to wife.
yard. 24 And Jésus answering said unto
9 What shall therefore the lord of them. Do ye not therefore err, because
the vineyard do? he will come and de- ye know not the scriptures, neither the
stroy the husbandmen, and will give power of God?
the vineyard unto others. 25 For when they shzdl rise from the
10 And have ye not read this scrip- dead, they neither marry, nor are
ture; The stone which the builders re- given in marriage; but are as the an-
jected is become the head of the cor gels which are in heaven.
ner: 26 And as touching the dead/that
11 This was thé Lord's doing, and they rise: hâve ye not read in the book
it is marvellous in our eyes? of Moses, how in the bush God spake
12 And they sought to lay hold on unto him, saying, I am the God of
him, but feared the people: for they Abraham; and the God of Isaac, and
knew that he had spoken the parable the God of Jacob?
898 ST. MARK 13

27 He is not the God of the dead, cast money into the treasury: and
but the God of the living: ye therefore many that were rich cast in much.
do greatly err. 42 And there came a certain poor
28 And one of the scribes came,and widow, and she threw in two mites,
having heard them reasoning together, which make a farthing.
and perceiving that he had answered 43 And he called unto him his dis
them well, asked him, Which is the ciples, and saith unto them, Verily I
first commandment of ail? say unto you, That this poor widow
29 And Jésus answered him, The hath cast more in, than ail they which
first of ail the commandments is, Hear, have cast into the treasury:
O Israël; The Lord oiu: God is one 44 For ail they did cast in of their
Lord; abundance; but she of her want did
30 And thou shalt love the Lord cast in ail that she had, even ail her
thy God with ail thy heart, and with living.
ail thy soul,and with ail thy mind,and
with ail thy strength: this is the first CHAPTER 13
commandment. AND as he went out of the temple,
31 And the second is like, namely jl\ one of his disciples saith unto
this, Thou shalt love thy neig^bour as him, Master, see what manner of
thyself. There is none other command stones and what buildings are hereî
ment greater than these. 2 And Jésus answering said unto
32 And the scribe said unto him, him, Seest thou these great buildings?
Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: there shall not be left one stone upon
for there is one God; and there is none another, that shall not be thrown
other but he: down.
33 And to love him with ail the 3 And as he sat upon the mount of
heart and with ail the understanding, Olives over against the temple. Peter
and with ail the soul, and with ail the and James and John and Andrew
strength, and to love his neighbour as asked him privately,
himself, is more than ail whole bumt 4 Tell us, when shall these things
offerings and sacrifices. be? and what shall he the sign when ail
34 And when Jésus saw that he an these things shall be fulfilled?
swered discreetly, he said unto him, 5 And Jésus answering them began
Thou art not far from the kingdom of to say, Take heed lest any man deceive
God. And no man after that durst ask you:
him any question* 6 For many shall come in my name,
35 And Jésus answered and said, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
while he taught in the temple, How many.
say the scribes that Christ is the son 7 And when ye shall hear of wars
of David? and rumours of wars, be ye not trou-
36 For David himself said by the bled:for such things must needs be; but
Holy Ghost, the Lord said to my the end shall not he yet.
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I 8 For nation shall rise against na
make thine enemies thy footstool. tion, and kingdom against kingdom:
37 David therefore himself calleth and there shall be earthquakes in di
him Lord; and whence is he then his vers places, and there shall be famines
son? And the common people heard and troubles: these are the beginnings
him gladly. of sorrows.
38 And he said unto them in his 9 But take heed to yourselves: for
doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which they shall deliver you up to councils;
love to go in long clothing, and love and in the synagogues ye shall be
salutations in the marketplaces, beaten: and ye shall be brought before
39 And the chief seats in the syna rulers and kings for my sake,for a tes-
gogues, and the uppermost rooms at timony against them.
feasts: 10 And the gospel must first be pub-
40 Which devour widows' houses, lished among ail nations.
and for a pretence make long prayers: 11 But when they shall lead you,
these shaU receive greater damna and deliver you up, take no thought
tion. beforehand what ye shall speak, nei-
41 And Jésus sat over against the ther do ye premeditate: but whatso-
treasury, and beheld how the people ever shall be given you in that hour.
 ST. MARK 14 899

that speak ye: for It is net ye that 28 Now leam a parable of the fig
speak, but the Holy Ghost. tree; When her branch is yet tender,
12 New the brother siiall betray the and putteth forth leaves, ye know that
brother to death, and the father the simuner is near:
son; and chlldren shall rise up against 29 So ye in like manner, when ye
their parents, and shall cause them to shall see these things come to pass,
be put to death* know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
13 And ye shall be hated of ail men , 30 Verily I say unto you, that this
for my name's sake: but he that shall génération shall not pass» tUl ail these
endure unto the end,the same shall be things be done.
saved. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass
14 But when ye shall see the abomi away: but my words shall not pass
nation of désolation, spoken of by away.
Daniel the prophet, standing where It 32 But of that day ^d that hour
ought not,(let him that readeth under- knoweth no man, no, not the angels
stand,)then let them that be in Judœa which are in heaven, neither the Son,
dee to the mountains: but the Father.
15 And let him that is on the house- 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray:
top not go down into the house, nei- for ye know not when the time is.
ther enter therein, to take any thing 34 For the Son of man is as a man
out of his house: taking a far joumey, who left his
16 And let him that is in the deld house, and gave authority to his ser
not turn back again for to take up his vants, and to every man his wôrk,and
garment. commanded the porter to watch.
17 But woe to them that are with 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know
child, and to them that give suck in not when the master of the house com-
those daysl eth, at even, or at midnight, or at the
18 And pray ye that your flight be cockcrowing, or in the morning:
not in the winter. 36 Lest coming suddenly he find
19 For in those days shall be afflic you sleeping.
tion, such as was not from the begin- 37 And what I say unto you I say
ning of the création which God created unto ail, Watch.
unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had CHAPTER 14
shortened those days, no flesh should AFTER two days was the feast of the
be saved: but for the elect's sake, l\ passover, and of unleavened
whom he hath chosen, he hath short bread: and the chief priests and the
ened the days. scribes sought how they might take
21 And then if any man shall say him by craft, and put him to death.
to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is 2 But they said, Not on the feast
there; believe him not: day,lest there be an uproar pf the peo-
22 For false Christs and false pro- ple.
phets shall rise, and shall shew signs 3 And being in Bethany in the
and wonders, to seduce, if it were pos house of Simon the leper, as he sat at
sible, even the elect. meat, there came a woman having an
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have alabaster box of ointment of spikenard
foretold you ail things. very precious; ahd she brake the box,
24 But in those days, after that and poured it on his head.
tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, 4 And there were some that had in
and the moon shall not give her light, dignation within themselvps, and said,
25 And the stars of heaven shall Wliy was this waste of the ointment
fall, and the powers that are in heaven made?
shall be shaken. 5 For it might have been sold for
26 And then shall they see the Son more than three hundred pence, and
of man coming in the clouds with have been given to the poor. And they
great power and glory. murmured against her.
27 And then shall he send his an- 6 And Jésus said, Let her alone;
gels, and shall gather together his elect why trouble ye her?;she hath wrought
from the four winds, from the utter- a good work on me.
most part of. the earth to the utter- 7 For ye have the poor with you
most part of heaven. always, and whensœver ye will ye
900 ST. MARK 14

may do them good: but me ye bave net he had given thanks, he gave it to
always. them: and they ail drank of it.
8 She hath done what she could: 24 And he said unto them, This is
she is come aforehand to anoint my my blood of the new testament, which
body to the burying. is shed for many.
9 Verily 1 say unto yoû, Whereso- 25 Verily I say unto you, I will
ever tbis gospel sball be preached drink no more of the fruit of the vine,
tbroughout the wbole world, tbis aiso ùntil that day that I drink it new in
tbat she batb done sball be spoken ot the kingdom of God.
for a mémorial of ber. 26 And when they had sung an
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the hymn, they went out into the mount
twelve, went unto the cbief priests, to of Olives.
betray him unto them, 27 And Jésus saith unto them, AU
11 And wben they beard it, tbey ye shall be offended because of me this
were glad, and promised to give him night: for it is written, I will smite the
money. And he sougbt bow he migbt shepherd, and the sheep shaU be scat-
conveniently betray him. tered.
12 And the first day of unleavened 28 But after that I am risén, I wiU
bread, wbèn they killed the passover, go before you into Galilee.
bis disciples said unto him» Where wilt 29 But Peter said unto him, Al-
thou that we go and préparé tbat thou though aU shaU be offended, yet will
mayest eat the passover? not I.
13 And he sendeth forth two of bis 30 And Jésus saith unto him, Verily
disciples, and saith unto them. Go ye I say unto thee, That this day,even in
into the city, and there sball meet youthis night, before the cock crow twice,
a man bearing a pitcher of water; fol- thou shalt deny me thrice.
low him. 31 But he spake the more vehe-
14 And wheresoever he sball go in, mently. If I should die with thee,I wiU
say ye to the goodman of the house, not deny thee in any wise. Likewise
The Master saith, Where is the guest- also said they ail.
chamber, where I shall eat the pass 32 And they came to a place which
over with my disciples? was named Geth-sem'-a-ne: and he
15 And he will shew you a large saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while
upper room fumished and prepared: I shall pray.
there make ready for us. 33 And he taketh with him Peter
16 And his disciples went forth, and and James and John, and began to be
came into the city, and found as he sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
had said unto them: and they made 34 And saith unto them, My soul is
ready the passover. exceeding sorrowful imto death: tarry
17 And in the evening he cometh ye here, and watch.
with the twelve. 35 And he went forward a little, and
18 And as they sat and did eat, Jé fell on the ground, and prayed that, if
sus said, Verily I say unto you, One of it were possible, the hour might pass
you which eateth with me shall betray from him.
me. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, aU
19 And they began to be sorrowful, things are possible unto thee; take
and to say unto him one by one, Is it away this cup from me: nevertheless
1? and another said, Is it I? not what I will, but what thou wilt.
20 And he answered and said unto 37 And he cometh, and findeth
them, It is one of the twelve, that dip- them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,
péth with me in the dish. Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not
21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as thou watch one hour?
it is written of him: but woe to that 38 Watch ye and pray,lest ye enter
man by whom the Son of man is be- into temptation. The spirit truly is
trayed! good were it for that man if he ready, but the flesh is weak.
had never been born. 39 And again he went away, and
22 And as they did eat, Jésus took prayed, and spake the same words.
bread, and blessed, and brake it, and 40 And when he returned, he found
gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this them asleep again,(for their eyes were
is my body. heavy,) neither wist they what to an-
23 And he took the cup, and when swer him.
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41 And he cometh the third time, 59 But neither 80 dld their witness
and saith unto them, Sleep on now, agree together.
and take your rest: it is enough, the 60 And the high priest stood up in
hour is corne; behold, the Son of the midst, and asked Jésus, sa^g,
mail is betrayed into the hahds of Answerest thou nothing? what is it
sinners. which these witness against thee?
42 Rise up,let us go;lo, he that be- 61 But he held his peace, and an
trayeth me is at hand. swered nothing. Again the high priest
43 And immediately, while he yet asked him, and sàid unto him. Art
spake» cometh Judas, one of the thou the Christ, the Son of the
twelve, and with him a great multi Blessed?
tude with swords and staves,from the 62 And Jésus said, I am: and ye
chief priests and the scribes and the shall see the Son of man sitting on the
elders. right hand of power,and comihg in the
44 And he that betrayed him had clôuds of heaveii.
given them a token, saying, Whomso- 63 Then the high priest rent his
ever I shall kiss, that saine is he; take clothes, and saith, What need we any
him, and lead him away safely. further witnesses?
45 And as soon as he was come, he 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy:
goeth straightway to him, and saith, what think ye? And they ail con-
Master, master; and kissed him. demned him to be guilty of death.
46 And they laid their hands on 65 And some began to spit on him,
him, and took him. ând to cover his face, and to buffet
47 And one of them that stood by him, and to say unto him, Prophesy:
drew a sword, and smote a servant of and the servants did strike him with
the high priest, and eut ofî his ear. the palms of their hands.
48 And Jésus answered and said 66 And as Peter was beneath in the
unto them,Are ye come out,as against palace, there cometh one of the maids
a thief, with swords and with staves to of the high priest:
take me? 67 And when she saw Peter warm-
49 I was daily with you in the tem ing himself, she looked upon him, and
ple teaching, and ye took me not; but said, And thou also wast with Jésus of
the scriptures must be fulfilled. Nazareth.
50 And they ail forsook him, and 68 But he denied,saying,I know not,
fled. neither understand 1 whàt thou say-
51 And there followed him a certain est. And he went out into the porch;
young man, having a linen cloth cast and the cock crew.
about his naked body; and the young 69 And a maid saw him again, and
men laid hold on him: began to say to them that stood by,
52 And he left the linen cloth, and This is one of them.
fled from them naked. 70 And he denied it again. And a
53 And they led Jésus away to the little after, they that stood by said
high priest: and with him were as- again to Peter, Surely thou art one of
sembled ail the chief priests and the them:for thou art a GaUlsean, and thy
elders and the scribes. speech agreeth thereto.
54 And Peter followed him afar off, 71 But he began to curse and to
even into the palace of the high priest: swear, saying, I know not this man of
and he sat with the servants, and whom ye speak.
warmed himself at the fire. 72 And the second time the cock
55 And the chief priests and ail the crew. And Peter called to mind the
council soughtfor witness against Jésus Word that Jésus said unto him,Before
to put him to death; and found none. the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
56 For many bare false witness me thrice. And when he thought there-
against him, but their witness agreed on, he wept.
not together.
57 And there arose certain, and CHAPTER 15
bare false witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy AND straightway in the momihg the
this temple that is made with hands, chief priests held a consultation
and within three days I will build an- with the elders and scribes and the
other made without hands. whole coundl, and bound Jésus, and
902 ST. MARK 15

carried him away» and deliveredltim to put his own clpthes on him, and led
PUate. him out to crucify him.
2 And PUate asked hlm, Art thou 21 And tliey compel one Simon , a
the King of the Jews? And he answer- Cy-re-ni-an, who passed by, coming
ing said unto him, Thou sayest it out of the country, the father of Alex-
3 Ajid the chief priests accused hlm ander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
of many things: but he answered noth- 22 And they bring him unto the
ing. place Gol-go-tha, which is, being hi-
4 And PUate asked him again, say- terpreted, The place of a skuU.
ing, Answerest thou nothing? behold 23 And they gave him to drink
how many things they witness against wine mingled with myrrh: but he re-
thee. ceiyed it not.
5 But Jésus yet answered nothing; 24 And when they had crucified
so that PUate maryelled. him,they parted his garments, casting
6 Now at that feast he released unto lots upon them, what every man
them one prisoner^ whomsoever they should take. ,
desired. 25 And it was the third hour, and
7 And there was one named Ba-rab- they crucified him.
bas, which lay bound with them that 26 And the superscription of his ac
had màde insurrection with him, who cusation was written over, THE
had committed murder in the insur KING ÔF THE JEWS.
rection. 27 And with him they crucify two
8 And the multitude crying aloud thieves; the one on his right hand, and
began to desire him to do as he ba4 the other on his left.
eyer done unto them. 28 And the scripture was fulfiUed,
9 But PUate answered them, say- which saith, And he was numbered
ing, WUl ye that 1 release unto you the with the transgressors.
King of the Jewç? 29 And they that passed by raUed
10 For he knew that the chief on him, wagging their heads, and
priests had delivered him for envy. saying. Ah, thou that destroyest
11 But the chief priests moved the the temple, and buUdest it in three
people, that he should rather release days,
Ba-rab-bas unto thém. 30 Saye thyself, and come down
12 And PUate answered and said from the cross.
again unto tib^em, What wiU ye then 31 Likèwise also the chief priests
that I shaU do unto htm whom ye call mocking çaid among themselves wiih
the King of the jéws? the scribes, He saved others; bimself
13 And they cried out again, Cru- he cannot saye.
cify him. 32 Let Christ the King of Israël de
14 Then PUate said imto them, scend now from thé cross, that we may
Why, what evU hath he done? And see and believe. And they that were
they cried oùt the more exceedingly, crucified with him revUed him.
Crucify him. 33 And wheh the sixth hour was
15 And so Pilàte, willing to content come, there was darknèss over the
the people, released Ba-ràb-bas unto whole land imtU the ninth hour.
them, and delivered Jésus, when he 34 And at thé ninth hour Jésus
had scôurgéd htm, tô be crucified. cried with a loud voice, sayiiig, E-lo-i,
16 And the soldiers led him away E-lo-i, la-ma sa-bach-tha-ni? which is,
into the hall, caUed Prae-to-ri-um; and being interpreted, My God, my God,
they caU together the whole band. why hast thou forsaken me?
17 And they dothed him with pur- 35 And some of them that stood by,
pie,and platted a crown of thoms,and when they heard it, said, Behold, he
put it about his head, calleth E-li'-as.
18 And began tô salute him, HaU, 36 And one ran and filled a spunge
King of the Jews! full of vinegàr, and put it on a reed,
19 And they smote him on the head and gave him to drink, saying, Let
with a reed, and did spit upon him, alone; let us see whether E-U-as wUl
and bowing their knees worshipped come to take hiîn down.
him. 37 And Jésus cried with a loud
20 And whén they had mocked him, vpice, and gave tip the ghost.
they took off the purple frôm hUn,and 38 And Uie vail ôf the teîmple was
 ST. MARK 16 903

rent in twain from the top to the bot- 6 And he saith unto them, Be not
tom. affrighted: Ye seek Jésus of Nazareth,
39 And when the centurion, which which was crucified: he is risen; he is
stood over against him,saw that he so not here: behold the place where they
cried ont, and gave up the ghost, he laid him.
said, Truly this man was the Son of 7 But go your way, tell his disciples
God. and Peter that he goeth before you
40 There were also women looking into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as
on afar off: among whom was Mary he said unto you.
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 8 And they went out quickly, and
James the less and of Joses, and Sa- fled from the sepulchre; for they trem-
lo'-me; bled and were amazed: neither said
41 (Who also, when he was in Gali they any thing to any man; for they
lée, followed him,and ministered unto were afraid.
him;) and many other women which 9 Now when Jésus was risen early
came up with him unto Jérusalem. the first day of the week, he appeared
42 And now when the even was first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom
come, because it was the préparation, he had cast seven devils.
that is, the day before the sabbath, 10 And she went and told them that
43 Joseph of Ar-i-ma-thae'-a, an had been with him, as they moumed
honourable counsellor, which also and wept.
waited for the kingdom of God, came, 11 And they, when they had heard
and went in boldly unto Pilate, and that he was alive, and had been seen of
craved the body of Jésus. her, believed not.
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were 12 After that he appeared in an-
already dead: and calling unto him the other form unto two of them, as they
centurion, he asked him whether he walked, and went into the country.
had been any while dead. 13 And they went and told it unto
45 And when he knew it of the cen the residue: neither believed they
turion, he gave the body to Joseph. them.
46 And he bought fine linen, and 14 Afterward he appeared unto the
took him down, and wrapped him in eleven as they sat at meat, and up-
the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre braided them with their unbelief and
which was hewn out of a rock, and hardness of heart, because they be
rolled a stone unto the door of the lieved not them which had seen him
sepulchre. after he was risen.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary 15 And he said unto them. Go ye
the mother of Joses beheld where he into ail the world, and preach the gos
was laid. pel to every créature.
16 He that believeth and is bap-
CHAPTER 16 tized shall be saved; but he that be
AND when the sabbath was past, lieveth not shall be damned.
/v Mary Magdalene, and Mary the 17 And these signs shall follow them
mother of James, and Sa-lo'-me, had that believe; In my name shall they
bought sweet spices, that they might cast out devils; they shall speak with
come and anoint him. new tongues;
2 And very early in the moming the 18 They shall take up serpents;
first day of the week, they came unto and if they drink any deadly thing,
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. it shall not hurt them; they shall lay
3 And they said among.themselves, hands on the sick, and they shall re-
Who shcill roll us away the stone from cover.
the door of the sepulchre? 19 So then after the Lord had spo-
4 And when they looked, they saw ken unto them,he was received up into
that the stone was rolled away: for it heaven, and sat on the right hand of
was very great. God.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, 20 And they went forth, and
they saw a young man sitting on the preached every where, the Lord work-
right side, clothed in a long white gar- ing with them, and confirming the
ment; and they were affrighted. Word with signs following. Amen.
904

The Gospel According to

Saint Luke
of the Lord, and shall drink neither
CHAPTER I
FORASMUCH as many have tak-
en in hand to set forth in order a
wine nor strong drink; and he shall be
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from
his mothér*s womb.
déclaration of those things which 16 And many of the children of Is
are most sùrely believed among us, raël shall he tum to the Lord their
2 Even as they delivered them unto God.
us, which from the begirihing were eye- 17 And he shall go beforeliim in the
witnesses, and ministers of the word; spirit and power of E-li-as,to tum the
3 It seemed goôd tô me also, having hearts of the fathers to the children,
had perfect understanding of ail things ând the disobedient to the wisdom of
from the very first, to write unto thee the just; to make ready a people pre-
in order, most excellent The-oph-i-lus, pared for the Lord.
4 That thou mightest know the cer- 18 And Zach-a-ri-as said unto the
tainty of those things, wherein thou angel, Whereby shall I know this? for
hast been instrùcted. I am an old man and my wife well
5 '^HERE was ih the days of stricken in years.
X Herod, the king of Judaea, a 19 And the angel answering said
certain priest named Zach-a-ri-as, of unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in
the course of A-bi-a: and his wife was the présence of God; and am sent to
of the daughters of Aaron, and her speak unto thee, and to shew thee
name was Elisabeth. these glad tidings.
6 And they were both righteous be- 20 And, behpld, thou shalt be
fore God, walking in ail the command- dumb,and not able to speak, until the
ments and ordinances of the Lord day that these things shall be per-
blameless. formed, because thou believest not
7 And they had no child, because my words, which shall be fulfîlled in
that Elisabeth was barren, and they their season.
both were now well stricken in years. 21 And the people waited for Zach-a-
8 And it came to pass, that while he ri-as, and marvelled that he tarried
executed the priest's office before God so long in the temple.
in the order of his course, 22 And when he came out, he could
9 According to the custom of the not speak unto them: and they per-
priest's office, his lot was to bum in- ceived that he had seen a vision in the
cense when he went into the temple of temple: for he beckoned unto them,
the Lord. and rémained speechless.
10 And the whole multitude of the 23 And it came to pass, that, as
peoplé were praying without at the soon as the days of his ministration
time of incense. were accomplished, he departed to his
11 And there appeared unto him an own house.
angel of the Lord standing on the 24 And after those days his wife
right side of the altar of incense. Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself
12 And when Zach-a-ri-as saw him, five months, saying,
he was troubled, and fear fell upon 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with
him. me in the days wherein he looked on
13 But the angel said unto him, me, to take away my reproach among
Fear not, Zach-a-ri-as: for thy prayer men.
is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall 26 And in the sixth month the angel
bear thee a son,and thou shalt call his Gabriel was sent from God unto a city
name John. of Galileej named Nazareth,
14 And thou shalt have joy and 27 To a virgin espoused to a man
gladness; and many shall rejoice at his whose name was Joseph, of the house
birth. of David; and the virgin's name was
15 For he shall be great in the sight Mary.
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28 And the angel came in unto her, 45 And blessed is she that believed:
and said» Hall, fhou that art highly fa- for there shall be a performance of
voured, the Lord is with thee: blessed those things which were told her from
art thou among women.. the Lord.
29 And when she saw him, she was 46 And Mary said, My soul doth
troubled at his saying» and cast in her magnify the Lord,
mind whât manner of salutation this 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in
should be. God my Saviour.
30 And the angel said unto her, 48 For he hath regarded the low
Fear hot, Mary: for thôu hast found estate of his handmaiden: for, behold,
favour with God. from henceforth ail générations shall
31 And, behold,thou shalt conceive call me blessed.
in thy womb, and bring forth a son, 49 For he that is mighty hath done
and shalt call his name JESUS. to me great things; and holy is his
32 He shall be great, and shall be name.
caUed the Son of the Highest: and the 50 And his mercy is on them that
Lord God shall give unto him the fear him from génération to généra
throne of his father David: tion.
33 And he shall reign over the house 51 He hath shewed strength with
of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom his ârm; he hath scattered the proud
there shall be no end. in the imagination of their hearts.
34 Then said Mary imto the angel, 52 He hath put down the mighty
How shall this be, seeing I know not a from their seats, and exalted them of
man? low degree.
35 And the angel answered and said 53 He hath filled the hungry with
unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come good things; and the rich he hath sent
upon thee, and the power of the High empty away.
est shall overshadow thee: therefore 54 He hath holpen his servant Is
also that holy thing which shall be raël, in remembrance of his mercy;
bom of thee shall be called the Son of 55 As he spake to our fathers, to
God. Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisa 56 And Mary abode with her about
beth, she hath also conceived a son in three months, and retumed to her
her old âge: and this is the sixth month own house.
with her, who was called barren. 57 Now Elisabeth*s full time came
37 For with God nothing shall be that she should be delivered; and she
impossible. brought forth a son.
38 And Mary said, Behold the 58 And her neighbours and her
handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me cousins heard how the Lord had
according to thy word. And the angel shewed great mercy upon her; and
departed from her. they rejoiced with her. «
39 And Mary arose in those days, 59 And it came to pass, that on the
and went into the hill country with eighth day they came to circumcise
haste, into a city of Juda; the child; and they called him Zach-a-
40 And entered into the house of ri-as, after the name of his father.
Zach-a-ri-as, and saluted Elisabeth. 60 And his mother answered and
41 And it came to pass, that, when said, Not so; but he shall be called
Elisabeth heard the salutation of John.
Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; 61 And they said unto her, There is
and Elisabeth was fiUed with the Holy none of thy kindred that is called by
Ghost: this name.
42 And she spake out with a loud 62 And they made signs to his fa
voice, and said, Blessed art thou ther, how he would have him called.
among women,and blessed is the fruit 63 And he asked for a writing table,
of thy womb. and wrote, saying, His name is John.
43 And whence is this to me, that And they marvelled ail.
the mother of my Lord should come to 64 And his mouth was opened im-
me? mediately, and his tongue loosed, and
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of he spake, and praised God.
thy salutation sôunded in mine ears, 65 And fear came on ail that dwelt
the babe leaped in my womb for joy. round about them:and ail these sayings
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were noised abroad throughout ail the Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
hill country of Judsea. into Judsa, unto the city of David,
66 AUd ail they that heard them which is called Bethlehem;(because he
laid them up in their hearts, saying, was of the house and lineage of Da
What manner of child shall this be! vid:)
And the hand of the Lord was with 5 To be taxed with Mary his es-
him. poused wife, being great with child.
67 And his father Zach-a-ri-as was 6 And so it was, that, while they
filled with the Holy Ghost, and pro- were there, the days, were accomplish-
phesied, saying, ed that she should be delivered.
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Is 7 And she brought forth her first-
raël; for he hath visited and redeemed bom son, and wrapped him in swad-
his peoplé, dling clothes, and laid him in a man
69 And hath raised up an hom of ger; because there was no room for
salvation for us in the house of his ser them in the inn.
vant David; 8 And there were in the same coun
70 As he spake by the mouth of his try shepherds abiding in the field,
holy prophète, which have been since keeping watch over their flock by
the world began: night.
71 That we should be saved front 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord
our enemies, and from the hand of ail came upon them, and the glory of the
that hate us; Lord shone round about them: and
72 To perform the mercy promised they were sore afraid.
to our fathers, and to remember his 10 And the angel said unto them,
holy covenant; Fear not:for, behold,I bring you good
73 The oath which he sware to our tidings of great joy, which shall be to
father Abraham, ail people.
74 That he would grant unto us, 11 For imto you is bom this day in
that we being delivered out of the the city of David a Saviour, which is
hand of our enemies might serve him Christ the Lord.
without fear, 12 And this shall be a sign unto you;
75 In holiness and righteousness be- Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
fore him, ail the days of our life. swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called 13 And suddenly there was with the
the prophet of the Highest: for thou angel a multitude of the heavenly host
shalt go before the face of the Lord to praising God, and saying,
préparé his ways; 14 Glory to God in the highest, and
77 To give knowledge of salvation on earth peace, good will toward men.
unto his people by the remission of 15 And it came to pass, as the an-
their sins, gels were gone away from them into
78 Through the tender mercy of our heaven, the shepherds said one to an-
God; whereby the dayspring from on other, Let us now go even unto Beth
high hath visited us, lehem, and see this thing which is
79 To give light to them that sit in come to pass, which the Lord hath
darkness and in the shadow of death, made known unto us.
to guide our feet into the way of peace. 16 And they came with haste, and
80 And the child grew, and weixed found Mary,and Joseph, and the babe
strong in spirit, and was in the deserts lying in a manger.
till the day of his shewing unto Israël. 17 And when they had seen it, they
made known abroad the saying which
CHAPTER 2 was told them concerning this child.
AND it came to pass in those days, 18 And ail they that heard it won-
that there went out a decree from dered at those things which were told
Caôsar Augustus, that ail the world them by the shepherds.
should be taxed. 19 But Mary kept ail these things,
2 (And this taxing was first made and pondered them in her heart.
when Cy-re-ni-us was govemor of 20 And the shepherds retumed,
Syria.) glorifying and praising God for ail the
3 And ail went to be taxed, every things that they had heard and seen,
one into his own city. as it was told unto them.
4 And Joseph also went up from 21 And when eight days were ac-
 ST. LUKE 3 907

complished for the circumcising of the parted not from the temple, but
child, his name was called JESUS, servéd God with fâstings and prayers
which was se named of the angel be- night and day.
fôire he was conceived in the womb. 38 And she coming in that instant
22 And when the days of her purifi- gave thanks likewise imto the Lord,
câtion according to the law of Moses and spake of him to ail them that
were accomplished, they brought him looked for rédemption in Jérusalem.
to Jérusalem, to présent him to the 39 And when they had performed
Lord; ail things according to the law of the
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to
Lord, Every malè that openeth the their own city Nazareth.
womb shali be called holy to the 40 And the child grew, and waxed
Lord;) strong in spirit, filled with wisdonu
24 And to offer a sacrifice according and the grâce of God was upon him.
to that which is said in the law of the 41 Now his parents went to Jérusa
Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two lem every year at the feast of the pass-
young pigeons. over.
25 And, behold, there was a man in 42 And when he was twelve years
Jérusalem, whose name was Simeon; old, they went up to Jérusalem after
and the same man was just and de- the custom of the feast.
vout, waiting for the consolation of 43 And when they had fulfilled the
Israël: and the Holy Ghost was upon days, as they retumed, the child Jésus
him, tarried behind in Jérusalem; and Jo
26 And it was revealed unto him by seph and his mother knew not of it
the Holy Ghost,that he should not see 44 But they, supposing him to have
death, before he had seen the Lord's been in thecompany, went a day's
Christ. joumey; and they sought him àmong
27 And he came by the Spirit into iheir kinsfolk and acquaintance.
the temple: and when the parents 45 And when they found him not,
brought in the child Jésus, to do for they tumed back again to Jérusalem,
him after the custom of the law, seekihg him.
28 Then took he him up in his arms, 46 And it came to pass, that after
and blessed God, and said, three days they found him in the tem
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy ser ple, sitting in the midst of the doctors,
vant départ in peace, according to thy both hearing them, and asking them
Word: questions.
30 For mine eyes have seen thy sal- 47 And ail that heard him were as-
vation, tonished at his understanding and an-
31 Which thou hast prepared before swers.
the face of ail people; 48 And when they saw him, they
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, were amazed:and his mother said unto
and the glory of thy people Israël. him. Son, why hast thou thus dealt
33 And Joseph and his mother with us? behold,thy father and I have
marvelled at those things which were sought thee sorrowing.
spoken of him. 49 And he said unto them, How is
34 And Simeon blessed them, and it that ye sought me? wist ye not that
said unto Mary his mother, Behold, 1 must be about my Father's business?
this child is set for the fall and rising 50 And they understood not the
again of many in Israël; and for a sign saying which he spake unto them.
which shall be spoken against; 51 And he went down with them,
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce and came to Nazareth, and was sub-
through thy own soul also,) that the ject unto them: but his mother kept
thôughts of many hearts may be re ail these sayings in her heart.
vealed. 52 And Jésus increased in wisdom
36 And there was one Anna, a pro- and stature, and in favour with God
phetess, the daughter of Pha-nu-el, of and man.
the tribe of A-ser: she was of a great
âge, and had lived with an husband CHAPTER 3
seven years from her virginity; NOW in the fifteenth year of the
37 And she was a widow of about reign of Ti-be-ri-us Caesar, Pon-
fourscore and four years, which de- tius Pilate being governor of Judaea,
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and Herod being tetrarch of Oalilee» hearts of John, whether he were the
and his brother Philip tetrarch of I-tu- Christ, or not;
rse-a and of the région of Trach-o-ni- 16 John answered, saying unto
tis, and Ly-sa-ni-as the tetrarch of them ail, I indeed baptize you with
Ab-i-le-ne, water; but one mightier than I com-
2 An-nas and Ca-ia-phas being the eth, the latchet of whose shoes I am
high priests, the word of God'came not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize
pnto John the son of Zach-a-ri-as in you with the Holy Ghost and with fîre;
the wilderhess. 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he
3 And he came into ail the country will throughly purge his flpor, and will
about Jordan, preaching the baptism gather the wheat into his gamer; but
of repentance for the remission of the chaff he will bum with fire un-
sins; quenchable.
4 As it is written in the book of the 18 And many other things in his ex
words of E-sa-ias the.prophet, saying, hortation preached he unto the peo
The voice of onë crying in the wilder- ple.
ness, Préparé ye the way of the Lord, 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being
make his paths straight. reproved by him for He-ro-di-as his
5 Every vzilley shall be hlled, and brother Philip's wife, and for ail the
every mountain and hill shall be evils which Herod had done,
brought low; and the crooked shall be 20 Added yet this above ail, that he
made straight, and the rough ways shut up John in prison.
shall be made smooth; 21 Now when ail the people were
6 And ail flesh shall see the salva- baptized, it came to pass, that Jésus
tion of God. also being baptized, and praying, the
7 Then said he to the multitude heaven was opened,
that came forth to be baptized of him, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended
O génération of vipers, who hath in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,
wamed you to flee from the wrath to and a voice came from heaven, which
come? said, Thou art my beloved Son;in thee
8 Bring forth therefore fruits I am well pleased.
worthy of repentance, and begin not 23 And Jésus himself began to be
to say within yourselves, We have about thirty years of âge, being (as
Abraham to our father: for I say unto was supposed) the son of Joseph,
you, That God is able of these stones which was the son of He-li,
to raise up children unto Abraham. 24 Which was the son of Maf-that,
9 And now also the axe is laid unto which was the son of Levi, which was
the root of the trees: every tree there the son of Mel-chi, which was the son of
fore which bringeth not forth good Jan'-na, which was the son of Joseph,
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the 25 Which was the son of Mat-ta-thi-
fife. as, which was the son of Amos, which
10 And the people asked him, say was the son of Na-um, which was the
ing, What shall we do then? son of Es'-li, which was the son of
11 He answereth and saith unto Nag'-ge,
them, He that hath two coats, let him 26 Which was the son of Ma'-ath,
impart to him that hath none; and he which was the son of Mat-ta-thi-as,
that hath meat, let him do likewise. which was the son of Sem-e-i, which
12 Then came also publicans to be was the son of Joseph, which was the
baptized, and said unto him, Master, son of Juda,
what shall we do? 27 Which was the son of Jo-an-na,
13 And he said unto them. Exact which was the son of Rhe-sa, which
no more than that which is appointed was the son of Zo-rob-a-bel, which was
you. fhe son of Sa-la-thi-el, which was the
14 And the soldiers likewise de- son of Ne-ri,
manded of him,saying, And what shall 28 Which was fhe son of Mel-chi,
we do? And he said unto them. Do vio which was the son of Ad-di, which was
lence to no man, neither accuse any fhe son of Co-sam, which was fhe son of
falsely; and be content with your El-mo-dam, which was fhe son of Er,
wages. 29 Which was fhe son of Jo-se,
,15 And as the people were in expec- which was fhe son of E-li-e-zer, which
tation, and ail men mused in their was fhe son of Jo-rim, which was fhe
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son of Maf-that> which was the son of by bread alone^ but by every word of
Levi, •God.
30 Whlch was the son of Simeon, 5 And the devil, taking him up into
which was the son of Juda, which was an high mountain, shewed unto him
the son of Joseph, which was the son of ail the kingdoms of the world in a mo
Jo-nan, which was the son of E-li-a- ment of time.
kim, 6 And the devil said unto him, AU
31 Which was the son of Me-le-a, this power will I give thee, and the
which was the son of Me-nan, which gloiy of them:for that is delivered un
was the son of Mat-ta-tha, which was to me; and to whomsoever I will I
the son of Nathan, which was the son give it.
of David, 7 If thoû therefore wilt worship me,
32 Which was the son of Jesse, ail shall be thine.
which was the son of O-bed, which was 8 And Jésus answered and said unto
the son of Bo-oz, which was the son of him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it
Sar-mon, which was the son of Na-as' is written, Thou shalt worship the
son, Lord thy God,and him bnly shalt thou
33 Which was the son of A-min-a- serve.
dab,which was the son of A-ram,which 9 And he brought him to Jérusalem,
was the son of Es-rom, which was the and set him on a pinnacle of the tem
son of Pha-res, which was the son of ple, and said unto him, If thou be the
Juda, Son of God, cast thyself down from
34 Which was the son of Jacob, hence:
which was the son of Isaac, which was 10 For it is written, He shall give
the son of Abraham, which was the son his angels charge over thee, to keep
of Tha-ra, which was the son of Na- thee:
chor, 11 And in their hands they shall
35 Which was the son of Sa-ruch, bear thee up, lest at any time thou
which was the son of Ra-gau, which dash thy foot against a stone.
was the son of Pha'-lec, which was the 12 And Jésus answering said unto
son of He-ber, which was the son of him, It is said, Thou sheilt not tempt
Sa-la, the Lord thy God.
36 Which was the son of Ca-i-nan, 13 And when the devil had ended
which was the son of Ar-phax'-ad, ail the temptation, he departed from
which was the son of Sem, which was him for a season.
the son of No-e, which was the son of 14 And Jésus retumed in the power
La'-mech, of the Spirit into Galilee: and there
37 Which was the son of Ma-thu'sa weht out a famé of him through ail the
la, which was the son of E'-noch, which région round about.
was the son of Ja-red, which was the 15 And he taught in their syna
son of Ma-le-le-el, which was the son of gogues, being glorified of ail.
Ca-i-nan, 16 And he came to Nazareth, where
38 Which was thé son of Enos, he had been brought up: and, as his
which was the son of Seth, which was custom was, he went into the syna
the son of Adam, which was the son of gogue on the sabbath day, and stood
God. up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto
CHAPTER 4 him the book of the prophet E-sa-ias.
4ND Jésus being full of the Holy And when he had opened the book, he
/\ Ghost retumed from Jordan, and found the place where it was written,
was led by the Spirit into the wilder- 18 The Spirit of the Lbrd is upon
ness, me, because he hath anointed me to
2 Being forty days tempted of the preach the gospel to the poor; he hath
devil. And in those days he did eat sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
nothing: and when they were ended, preach deliverance to the captives,and
he afterward hungered. reçovering of sight to the blind, to set
3 And the devil said unto him. If at liberty them that are bruised,
thou be the Son of Gôd,command this 19 To preach the acceptable year of
stone that it be made bread. the Lord.
4 And Jésus answered him, saying, 20 And he closed the book, and he
It is written, That man shall not live gave it again to the minister, and sat
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down. And the eyes of aU them that spake among themselves, saying.
were in the synagogue were fastened What a Word is this!for with authority
on him. and power he conunandeth the un-
21 And he began to say unto them, dean spirits, and they come out.
This day is this scripture fulfilled in ^ 37 And the famé of him went ont
your ears. "intp every place of the country round
22 And ail bare hini witness, and about.
wondered at the graeious.words which 38 And he arose out of the syna
prpceeded eut of his môuth. And they gogue,and entered into Simon's house.
said, Is net this Joseph's son? And Simon's wife's mother was taken
23 And he said unto them, Ye will with a great fever; and they besought
surely say unto me this proverb, Phy- him for her.
sician, heal thyself: whatsoever we 39 And he stood over her, and re
have heard done in Ca-per'-na-um, do buked the fever; and it left her: and
also here in thvœuntry. immediately she arose and ministered
24 And he /sS^ Verily I say unto unto them.
youj No prophetjs aecepted in his own 40 Now when the sun was setting,
country. ail they that had any sick with divers
25 But I tell you of a tnith, many diseases brought them unto him; and
widpws were in Israël in the days of he laid his hands on every one ofthem,
E-li-as, when the heayen was shut up and healed them.
three years and six months, when 41 And devils also came out of
great famine was throughout ail the many, crying out, and saying, Thou
land;. art Christ the Son of God. And he re-
26 But unto none of them was E-li- buking them sufîered them not to
as sent, save unto Sar-ep-ta, a city of speak: for they knew that he was
Si-don, unto a woman that was a Christ.
widow. 42 And when it was day, he depart-
27 And many lepers were in Israël ed and went into a desert place: and
in the time of El-i-se-us the prophet; the people sought him, and came unto
and none of them was cleansed, saving him, and stayed him, that he should
Na-a-man the Syrian. not départ from them.
28 And ail they in the synagogue, 43 And he said unto them, I must
when they heard these things, were preach the kingdom of God to other
filled with wrath, cities also: for therefore am I sent.
29 And rose up, and thrust him out 44 And he preached in the syna*-
of the city, and led him unto the brow gogues of Galilee.
of the hill whereon their city was built,
that they might cast him down head- CHAPtER. 5
long, AND it came to pass, that, as the
30 But he passing through the jlV people pressed upon hhn to hear
midst of them went his way, the Word of God, he stood by the lake
31 And came down tp Ca-per'-na- of Gen-nes-a-ret,
um,a city of Galilee, and taught them 2 And saw two ships standing by
on the sabbath dâys. the lake: but the fishermien were gpne
32 And they were astonished at his out of them, and were washing their
doctrine: for his word was with power. nets.
33 And in the synagogue there was 3 And he entered into one of the
a man,which had a spirit of an unclean ships, which was Simon's, and prayed
devil, and cried out with a loud voice, him that he would thrust out a little
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have from the land. And he sat down, and
we to do with thee, thou Jésus of Naz taught the people out of the ship.
areth? art thou corne to destroy us? 1 4 Now when he had left speaking,
know thee who thou art; the Holy One he said unto Simon, Launch out into
ofGod. the deep, and let down your;nets for a
35 And Jésus rebuked him, saying, draught.
Hold thy peace, and corne out of him. 5 And Simon answering said unto
And when the devil had thrown him in him, Master, we have toiled ail the
the midst, he came out of him, and night, and have taken nothing: never-
hurt him not. theless at thy word I will let down the
36 And they were ail amazed, and net.
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6 And when they had this donc, said unto him, Man, thy sins are for-
they inclosed a great multitudé of given thee.
fishes: and their net brake. 21 And the scribes and the Phari
7 And they beçkoned unto their sees began to reason, saying, Who is
partners, which were in the other ship, this which speaketh blasphemies? Who
that they should corne and help them. can forgive sins, but Gôd alone?
And they came, and fiUed both'the 22 But when Jésus perceived their
ships, se that they began to sink. thoughts, he answering said unto
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell them, What reason ye in your hearts?
down at Jésus' knees, saying. Départ 23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy
from me; for 1 am a sinful man, O sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise
Lord. up and walk?
9 For he was astonished, and ail 24 But that ye may know that the
that were with him, at the draught of Son of man hath power upon earth to
the fishes which they had taken: forgive sins,(he said unto the sick of
10 And so was also James, and the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and
John, the sons of Zeb-e-dee^ which take up thy couch, and go into thine
were partners with Simon. And Jésus house.
said unto Simon,Fear not;from hence- 25 And immediately he rose up be
forth thou shalt catch men. fore them, and took up that whereon
11 And when they had brought he lay, and departed to his own house,
their ships to land, they forsook ail, glorifying God.
and followed him. 26 And they were ail amazed, and
12 And it came to pass, when he they glorified God, and were filled
was in a certain city, behold a man full with fear, saying, We have seen
of leprosy: who seeing Jésus fell on his strange things to day.
face, and besought him, saying. Lord, 27 And Eifter these things he went
if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. forth, and saw a publican, named Levi,
13 And he put forth his hand, and sitting at the receipt of custom: and he
touched him, saying, I will: be thou said unto him, Follow me.
dean. And immediately the leprosy 28 And he left ail, rose up, and fol
departed from him. lowed him.
14 And he charged him to tell no 29 And Levi made him a great feast
man: but go, and shew thyself to the in his own house: and there was a
priest, and offer for thy cleansing, ac- great company of publicans and of
cording as Moses commanded, for a others that sat down with them.
testimony unto them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees
15 But so much the more went murmured against his disciples, say
there a famé abroad of him: and great ing, Why do ye eat and drink with
multitudes came together to hear, and publicans and sinners?
to be healed by him of their infirmities. 31 And Jésus answering said unto
16 And he withdrew himself into them, They that are whole need nota
the wildemess, and prayed. physician: but they that are sick.
17 And it came to pass on a certain 32 I came not to call the righteous,
day, as he was teaching, that there but sinners to repentance.
were Pharisees and doctors of the law 33 And they said unto him, Why do
sitting by, which were come out of the disciples of John fast often, and
every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples
Jérusalem: and the power of the Lord of the Pharisees; but thine eat and
was présent to heal them. drink?
18 And, beihold, men brought in a 34 And he said unto them, Can ye
bed a man which was taken with a make the children of the bridechamber
palsy: and they sought means to bring fast, whilé the bridegroom is with
him in, and to lay him before him. them?
19 And when they could not find by 35 But the days will come, when
what way they might bring him in be- the bridegroom shall be taken away
cause of the multitude, they went from them, and then shall they fast in
upon the housetop, and let him down those days.
through the tiling with his couch into 36 And he spake also a parable unto
the midst before Jesus^ them; No man putteth a piece of a
20 And when he saw their faith, he new garment upon an old; if otherwise.
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then both the new maketh a rent, and
the piece that was taken out of the new
agreeth not with the oldv
37 And no man putteth new wine
into old bottles; else the new wine will
burst the bottles, and be spilled, and
the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into
new bottles; and both are pteserved;
39 No man also having drunk old
wine straightway desireth new: for he
saith, The old is better.
CHAPTER 6
AND it came to pass on the second
sabbath after the first, that he
went through the com fields; and his
disciples plucked the ears of corn, and
did eat, rubbing ihem in their hands.
2 And certain of the Pharisees said
unto them, Why do ye that which is
not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3 And Jésus answering them said,
Have ye not read so much as this,
what David did, when himself was an
hungred, and they which were with
him;
4 How he went into the house of
God, and did take and eat the shew-
bread, and gave also to them that
were with him; which it is not lawful
to eat but for the priests alone?
5 And he said unto them, That the
Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6 And it came to pass also on an-
other sabbath,that he entered into the
synagogue and taught: and there was
a man whose right hand was withered.
7 And the scribes and Pharisees
watched him, whether he would heal
on the sabbath day; that they might
find an accusation against him.
8 But he knew their thoughts, and
said to the man which had the with
ered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in
the midst. And he arose and stood
forth.
9 Then said Jésus unto them, I will
ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the shall speak well of you!for so did their
sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? fathers to the false prophëts.
to save life, or to destroy it?
10 And lookirig round about upon
them ail, he said unto the man,Stretch
forth thy hand. And he did so: and his
hand was restored whole as the other.
. II And they were filled with mad-
ness; and communed one with another
what they might do to Jésus.
12 And it came to pass in those
days,that he went out into a mountain
to prayr and continued ail night in
prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called
unto him his disciples: and of them he
chose twelve, whom also he named
apostles;
14 Simon, (whom he also named
Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James
and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James
the son of Al-phœ-us,and Simon called
Ze-lo-tes,
16 And Judas the brother of James,
and Judas Iscariot, which also was the
traitor.
17 And he came down with them,
and stood in the plain, and the Com
pany of his disciples, and a great mul
titude of people out of ail Judaea and
Jérusalem, and from the sea coast of
Tyre and Si-don, which came to hear
him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18 And they that were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 And the whole multitude sought
to touch him:for there wènt virtue out
of him, and healed them ail.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his
disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor:
for yours is the kingdôm of God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now:
for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye
that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall
hate you, and when they shall sepa-
rate you from their company, and shall
reproach you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that dây, and leap
for joy: for, behold, your reward is
great in heaven: for in the like manner
did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But woe Unto you that are rich!
for ye have received your consolation.
25 Woe unto you that arè full! for
ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that
laugh nowl for ye shall moum and
weep.
26 Woe unto yoU, when ail men
27 But I say unto you which hear.
Love your enemies, do good to them
which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and
pray for them which despitefully Use
you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee
on the one cheek offer also the other;
and him that taketh away thy cloak
forbid not to take thy coat alsb.
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30 Give to every man that asketh 45 A good man out pf the good
of thee; and of him that taketh away treasure of his heart bringeth forth
thy goods ask them not again. that which is good; and an eyil man
31 And as ye would that men out of the evil treasure of his heart
should do to you, do ye also to them bringeth forth that which is evil:for of
likewise, the abondance of the heart his mouth
32 For if ye love them which love speaketh.
you, what thank have ye? for sinners 46 And why call ye me. Lord, Lord,
also love those that love them. and do not the things which I say?
33 And if ye do good to them which 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and
do good to you, what thank have ye? heareth my sayings, and doeth them,
for sinners also do even the same. I will shew you to whom he is like:
34 And if ye lend to them of whom 48 He is like a man wlûch built an
ye hope to receive, what thank have house, and digged deep, and laid the
ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to foundation on a rock: and when the
receive as much again. flood arose, the stream beat vehement-
35 Butlove ye your enemies,and do ly upon that house, and cpuld not
good, and lend, hoping for nothing shake it: for it was founded upon a
again; and your reward shall be great, rock.
and ye shall be the children of the 49 But he that heareth, and doetii
Highest: for he is kind unto the un- not, is like a man that without a foun
thankful and ta the evil. dation built an house upon the eârth;
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your against which the stream did beat ve-
Father also is merciful. hemently, and imihediately it fell; and
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be the min of that house was great.
judged: condemn not, and ye shall not
be condemned:forgive, and ye shall be CHAPTER 7
forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto NOW when he had ended ail his
you; good measure, pressed down,and sayings in the audience of the
shaken together, and running over, peopie, he entered into Ca-per'-na-um.
shall men give into your bosom. For < 2 And a certain centiuion's servant,
with the same measure that ye mete who was dear imto him, was sick, and
withal it shall be measured to you ready to die.
again. 3 And when he heard of Jésus, he
39 And he spake a parable unto sent unto him the elders of the Jews,
them, Can the blind lead the blind? beseeçhing him that he would come
shall they not both falï into the ditch? and heal his servant.
40 The disciple is not above his 4 And when they came to Jésus,
master: but every one that is perfect they besought him instantly, saying,
shall be as his master. That he was worthy for whom he
41 And why beholdest thou the should do this:
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 5 For he loveth our nation, and he
perceivest not the beam that is in hath built us a synagogue.
thine own eye? 6 Then Jésus went with them. And
42 Either how canst thou say to thy when he was now not far from Ihe
brother, Brother, let me p\Ul out the house, the centurion sent fiiends to
mote that is in thine eye, when thou him, saying unto him,.Lord, trouble
thyself beholdest not the beain that is pot thyself: for 1 am not worthy that
in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast thou shouldest enter under my roof:
out first the beam out of thine oym 7 Wherefore neither thought 1 my-
eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to self worthy tp corne imto thee: but say
pull out the mote that is in thy broth- in a Word, ând my servant shall be
er's eye. healed.
43 For a good tree bringeth not 8 For I also am a man set ùnder au-
forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a cor- thority, having under me soldiers, and
rupt tree bring forth good fruit. 1 say unto onè. Go,and he.goeth; and
44 For every tree is known by his to another, Come,and he comeih; and
own fruit. For of thorps men do not to my sérvant. Do this, and he doeth
gather figs, nor of a bramble bush it.
gather they grapes. 9 When Jésus heard these things,he
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marvelled at îiim, and tumed him for to see? A reed shaken with the
àbout, and said unto the people that wind?
followed him, I say unto you, I have 25 But what went ye out for to see?
net found so great faith, no, not in A man clothed in soft raiment? Be
Israël. hold, they which are gorgeously ap-
10 And they that were sent, retum- parelled, and live delicately, are in
ing to the house, found the servant kings' courts.
whole that had been sick. 26 But what went ye out for to see?
11 And it came to pass the day A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and
after, that he went into a city called much more than a prophet.
Nain; and many of his disciples went 27 This is he, of whom it is written,
with him, and much people. Behold, I send my messenger before
12 Now when he came nigh to the thy face, which shall préparé thy way
gâte of the city, behold, there was a before thee.
dead nlan carried out, the only son of 28 For I say unto you, Among those
his mother, and she was a widow: and that are bom of women there is not a
much people of the city was with her. greater prophet than John the Baptist:
13 And when the Lord saw her, he but he that is least in the kingdom of
had compassion on her, and said unto God is greater than he.
her, Weep not. 29 And ail the people that heard
14 And he came and touched the him, and the publicans, justified God,
hier: and they that bare him stood still. being baptized with the baptism of
And he said, Yoimg man, I say unto John.
thee, Arise. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers
15 And he that was dead sat up, rejected the counsel of God against
and began to speak. And he delivered themselves, being not baptized of him.
him to his mother. 31 And the Lord said, Whereunto
16 And there came a fear on ail: and then shall I liken the men of this gén
they glorified God, saying, That a ération? and to what are they like?
great prophet is risen up among us; 32 They are like unto children sitr
and, That God hath visited his people. ting in the marketplace, and calling
17 And this rumour of him went one to another, and saying, We have
forth throughout ail Judaea, and piped unto you, and ye have not
throughout ail the région round about. danced; we haVe mourned to you, and
18 And the disciples of John shewed ye have not wept.
him of ail these things. 33 For John the Baptist came nei-
19 And John calling unto him two ther eating bread nor drinking wine;
of his disciples sent ihem to Jésus, say and ye say, He hath a devil.
ing, Art thou he that should come? or 34 The Son of man is come eating
look we for another? and drinking; and ye say, Behold a
20 When the men were come unto gluttonous man, and a winebibber^ a
him,they said, John Baptist hath sent friend of publicans and sinners!
us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that 35 But wisdom is justified of ail her
should come? or look we for another? children.
21 And in that same hour he cured 36 And one of the Pharisees desired
many of their infirmities and plagues, him that he would eat with him. And
and of evil spirits; and unto many that he went into the Pharisee's house, and
were blind he gave sight. sat down to meat.
22 Then Jésus answering said unto 37 And, behold, a woman in the
them. Go your way, and tell John city, which was a sinner, when she
what things ye have seen and heard; knew that Jésus sat at meat in the
how that the blind see, the lame walk, Pharisee*s house, brought an alabaster
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, box of ointment,
the dead are raised, to the poor the 38 And stood at his feet behind him
gospel is preached. weeping, and began to wash his feet
23 And blessed îs he, whosoever with tears, and did wipe them with the
shall not be offended in me. hairs of her head, and kissed his feet,
24 And when the messengers of and anointed them with the ointment.
John were departed,he began to speak 39 Now when the Pharisee which
unto the people concerning John, had bidden him saw it, he spake within
What went ye out iiito the wildemess himself, saying, This man,if he were a
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propliet, would hâve known who and 5 A sower went out to sow his seed:
what manner of woman this is that and as he sowed, some feîl by the way
toucheth him: for she is a sinner. side; and it was troddeii down,and the
40 And Jésus answering said imto fowls of the air devoured it.
him, Simon, I have somewhat to say 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as
unto thee. And he saith, Master, say soon as it was sprung up, it withered
on. away, because it lacked moisture.
41 There was a certain creditor 7 And some fell among thoms; and
which had two debtors: the one owed the thoms sprang up with it, and
fiviB hundred pénce,and the other fifty. choked it.
42 And wheii they had nothing to 8 And other fell on good ground,
pay, he frankly for^ve them both. and sprang up, and bare fruit an hun-
Tell me therefore, which of them will dredfold. And when he had said these
loveliimmost? things, he criedj He that hath ears to
43 Simon answèred and said, I sup hear, let him hear.
pose that he,to whom he forgave most. 9 And his disciples asked him, say-
And he said unto him, Thou hast ing, What might thiS parable be?
rightly judged. 10 And he said, Unto you it is given
44 And he tumed tô the woman, to know the mysteries of the kingdom
arid said unto Simon, Seest thou thisof God: but to others in parables; that
woman? 1 entered into thîne house, seeing they might not sèe, and hearihg
thou gavest me no water for my feet: they might not understând.
but she hath washed my feet with 11 Now the parable is this: The
tears, and wiped them with the hairs séed is the word of Gôd.
of her head. 12 Those by the way side are they
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this that hear; then coiheth the devilj and
woman since the time I came In hath taketh awây the word out of their
not ceâsed to kiss my feet. hearts, lest they should believe and be
46 My head with oil thou didst not saved.
anoint: but this woman hath anointed 13 They on the rock are they, which,
my feet with ointment. when they hear, receivé the word with
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her joy; and these have no root, which for
sins, which are many, are forgiven; for a whîle believe, and in time of tempta-
she loved much; but to whom little is tion fàll away.
forgiven, the same loveth little. 14 And that which fell among
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins thoms are they, which, when they
are forgiven. have heard, go forthj and are choked
49 And they that sat at meat with with cares and riches and plèasures of
him began to say within theihselves, this life, and bring no fruit to perfec-^
Who is this that forgiveth sins also? tion.
50 And he said to thè woman, Thy 15 But that on the good ground are
faith hath saved thee; go in peace. they, which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it,
CHAPTER 8 and bring forth fmit with patience.
AND it came to pass afterward, that 16 No man, when he hath lighted a
/\ he went throughout every city candie, covereth it with a vessel, or
and village^ preadiing and shéwing the putteth it under à bed; but setteth it
glad tidings of the kingdom of God: on a candlestick,that they which enter
and the twelve ivere with him, in may see the light.
2 And certain women, which had 17 For nothing is sedret, that shall
been healéd of evil spirits and infirmi- not be made manifest; neither ahy
ties; Mary called Magdalene, out of thing hid, that shall not be known and
whom went seven devils, come abroad.
3 And Joanna the wife of Chu-2sa 18 Take heed therefore how ye hean
Herod's steward, and Susanna, and for whosoever hath, to him shall be
many others, which mihistered unto given; and whosoever hath not, from
him of their substance. him shall be taken even that which he
4 And when thuch people were séemeth to have.
gàthéred tbgether, and were come to 19 Then came to him his mother
him out of every dty, he spake by a and his brethren, and could not come
pàrable: at him for the press.
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20 And it was told hlm by certain man, and entered into the swine: and
which said, Thy mother and thy breth- the herd ran. violently down a steep
ren stand without, desiring to see place into the lake, and were choked.
thee. 34 When they that fed them saw
21 And he answered and said unto what was done, they fled, and went
them, My mother and my brethren are and told it in the city and in the coun-
these which hear the word of God,and try.
do it. 35 Then they went out tp see what
22 Now it came to pass on a certain was done; and came to Jésus, and
day, that he went into a ship with his found the man,out of whom the devils
disciples: and he said unto them, Let were departed, sitting at the feet of
us go over unto the other side of the Jésus, clothed, and in his right mind:
lake. And they launched forth. amd they were afraid.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: 36 They also which saw it told them
and there came down a storm of wind by what means he that was possessed
on the lake; and they were filled with of the devils was healed.
water, and were in jeopardy. 37 Then the whole multitude of the
24 And they came to him, and country of the Gad-a-renes round
awoke him,saying, Master, master, we about besought him to départ from
perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the them; for they were taken with great
wind and the raging of the water: and fear: and he went up into the ship, and
they ceased, and there was a calm. returned back again.
25 And he said unto them, Where is 38 Now the man out of whom the
your falth? And they being afraid devils were departed besought him
wondered, saying one to another, that he might be with him: but Jésus
What manner of man is this! for he sent him away, saying,
commandeth eyen the winds and wa 39 Return to thine own house, and
ter, and they obey him. shew how great things God hath done
26 And they arrived at the coimtry unto thee. And he went his way and
of the Gad'-a-renes, which is over published throughout the whole city
against Galilee. how great things Jésus had done unto
27 And when he went forth to land, him.
there met him out of the city a certain 40 And it came to pass, that, when
man, which had devils long time, and Jésus was returned, the people gladly
ware no clothes, neither abode in any received him:for they were ail waiting
house, but in the tombs. for him.
28 When he saw Jésus, he cried out, 41 And, behold, there came a man
and fell down before him, and with a named Ja-i-rus, and he was a ruler of
loud volce said, What have I to do the synagogue: and he fell down at
with thee, Jésus, thou Son of God most Jésus' feet, and besought him that he
high? 1 beseech thee, tonnent me not. would come into his house:
29 (For he had commanded the un- 42 For he had one only daughter,
clean spirit to come out of the man. about twelve years of âge, and she lay
For oftentimes it had caught him: and a dying. But as he went the people
he was kept bound with chains and in thronged him.
fetters; and he brake the bands, and 43 And a woman having an issue of
was driven of the devil into the wllder- blood twelve years, which had spent
ness.) ail her living upon physicians, neither
30 And Jésus asked him, saying, could be healed of any,
What is thy name? And he Scdd, Lé 44 Came behind him, and touched
gion: because many devils were enter- the border of his garment: and im-
ed into him. mediately her issue of blood stanched.
31 And they besought him that he 45 And Jésus said, Who touched
would not command them to go out me? When ail denied. Peter and they
into the deep. that were with him said, Master, the
32 And there was there an herd of multitude throng thee and press thee,
many swine feeding on the mountain: and sayest thou, Who touched me?
and they besought him that he wôuld 46 And Jésus said, Somebody hath
suffer them to enter into them. And he touched me: for I perceive that virtue
suffered them. is gone out of me.
33 Then went the devils out of the 47 And when the woman saw that
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she was not hid, she came trembling, some, that John was risen from the
and falling down before him, she de- dead;
clared unto him before ail the people 8 And of some, that E-li-as had ap-
for what cause she had touched him, peared; and of others, that one of the
and how she was healed immediately. old prophets was risen again.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, 9 And Herod said, John have I be-
be of good comfort: thy faith hath headed: but who is this, of whom I
made thee whole; go in peace. hear such things? And he desired to see
49 While he yet spake, there com- him.
eth one from the ruler of the syna- 10 And the apostles, when they
gogue's house, saying to him, Thy were retumed, told him ail that they
daughter is dead; trouble not the Mas- had done. And he took them,and went
ter. aside privately into a desert place be-
50 But when Jésus heard it, he an- longing to the city called Beth-sa-i-da.
swered him, saying, Fear not: believe 11 And the people, when they knew
only, and she shall be made whole. U,foUowed him: and he received them,
51 And when he came into the and spake unto them of the kingdom
house, he suffered no man to go in, of God,and healed them that had need
save Peter, and James, and John, and of healing.
the father and the mother of the 12 And when the day began to
maiden. wear away,then came the twelve, and
52 And ail wept, and bewailed her: said unto him, Send the multitude
but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, away, that they may go into the
but sleepeth. towns and countay round about, and
53 And they laughed him to scom, lodge, and get victuals: for we are here
knowing that she was dead. in a desert place.
54 And he put them ail out, and 13 But he said unto them, Give ye
took her by the hand, and called, say them to eat. And they said, We have
ing, Maid, arise. no more but five loaves and two fishes;
55 And her spirit came again, and except we should go and buy meat for
she arose straightway: and he com- ail this people.
manded to give her meat. 14 For they were about five thou-
56 And her parents were aston- sand men. And he said to his disciples,
ished: but he charged them that they Make them sit down by fifties in a
should tell no man what was done. Company.
15 And they did so, and made them
CHAPTER 9 ail sit down.
16 Then he took the five loaves and
THEN he called his twelve disciples the two fishes,and looking up to heav-
together, and gave them power en, he blessed them, and brake, and
and authority over ail devils, and to gave to the disciples to set before the
cure diseases. multitude.
2 And he sent them to preach the 17 And they did eat, and were ail
kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. filled: and there was taken up of frag
3 And he said unto them, Take ments that remained to them twelve
nothing for your joumey, neither baskets.
staves, nor scrip, neither bread, nei 18 And it came to pass, as he was
ther money; neither have two coats alone praying, his disciples were with
apiece. him: and he asked them, saying,
4 And whatsoever house ye enter Whom say the people that I am?
into, there abide, and thence départ. 19 They answering said, John the
5 And whosoever will not receive Baptist; but some say, E-li-as; and
you,when ye go out of that city, shake others say,that one of the old prophets
off the very dust from your feet for a is risen again.
testimony against them. 20 He said unto them. But whom
6 And they departed, and went say ye that I am? Peter answering
through the towns, preaching the gos said, The Christ of God.
pel, and healing every where. 21 And he straitly charged them,
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of and commanded them to tell no man
ail that was done by him: and he was that thing;
perplexed, because that it was said of 22 Saying, The Son of man must
30
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suffer many things, and be rejected of from the hill, much people met him.
the elders and chief priests and scribes, 38 And, behold, a man of the Com
and be slain, and be raised the third pany cried out, saying, Master, I be-
day. seedi thee,look upon my son:for he is
23 And he said to them ail. If any mine only child.
man will corne after me,let him deny 39 And,lo, a spirit taketh him, and
himself, and take up his cross daily, he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth
and follow me. him that he foameth again, and bruis-
24 For whosoever will save his life ing him hardly departeth from him.
shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his 40 And I besought thy disciples to
life for my sake,the same shall save it. cast him out; and they could not.
25 For what is a man advantaged, 41 And Jésus answering said, O
if he gain the whole world, and lose faithless and perverse génération, how
himself, or be cast away? long shall I be with you, and suffer
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed you? Bring thy son hither.
of me and of my words, of him shall 42 And as he was yet a coming, the
the Son of man be ashamed, when he devil threw him down, and tare him,
shall come in his own glory, and in his And Jésus rebuked the unclean spirit,
Father's, and of the holy angels. and healed the child, and delivered
27 But I tell you of a truth, there him agàin to his father.
be somé standing here, which shall not 43 And they were ail amazed at the
taste of death, till they see the king- mighty power of God. But while they
dom of God. wondered every one at ail things which
28 And it came to pass about an Jésus did, he said unto his disciples,
eight days after these sayings, he took 44 Let these sayings sink down into
Peter and John and James, and went your ears: for the Son of man shall be
up into a mountain to pray. delivered into the hands of men.
29 And as he prayed, the fashion of 45 But they understood not this
his countenance was altered, and his sa'^ng, and it was hid from them,that
raiment was white and glistering. they perceived it not: and they feared
30 And, behold, there talked with to ask him of that saying.
him two men, which were Moses and 46 Then there arose a reasoning
E-U'-as: among them, which of them should be
31 Who appeared in glory, and greatest.
spake of his decease which he should 47 And Jesils, perceiving the
accomplish at Jérusalem. thought of their heart, took a child,
32 But Peter and they that were and set him by him,
with him were heavy with sleep: and 48 And said unto them, Whosoever
when they were awake, they saw his shall receive this child in my name re-
glory^ ând the two men that stood ceiveth me: and whosoever shall re
with him. ceive me receiveth him that sent me:
33 And it came to pass, as they de- for he that is least among you ail, the
parted from him. Peter said unto Jé same shàll be great.
sus, Master,it is good for us to be here: 49 And John answered and said,
and let us make three tabernacles; one Master, we saw one casting out devils
for thee, and one for Moses, and one in thy name; and we forbad him, be-
for E-li'-as: not knowing what he said. cause he followeth not with us.
34 While he thus spake, there came 50 And Jésus said unto him, Forbid
a cloud, and overshadowed them: and him not: for he that is not against us is
they feared as they entered into the for us.
cloud. 51 And it came to pass, when the
35 And there came a voice out of time was come that he should be re-
the cloud, saying, This is my beloved ceived up, he stedfastly set his face to
Son: hear him. go to Jérusalem,
36 And when the voice was past, 52 And sent messengers before his
Jésus was found alone. And they kept face: and they went, and entered into
it close, and told no man in those days a village of the Samaritans, to make
any of those things which they had readyforhim.
seen. 53 And they did not receive him,
37 And it came to pass, that on the because his face was as though he
next day, when they were come down would go to Jérusalem.
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54 And when his disciples James ter, and they receiye you, eat such
and John Saw this, they said, Lord, things as are set before you:
wUt thou that we command fire to 9 And heal the siçk that are therein,
come down from heaven, and consume and say unto them, The kingdom of
them,even as E-li-as did? ^d is come nigh unto you.
55 But he tumed, and rebuked 10 But into whatsoever city ye en
them, and said, Ye know not what ter, and they receive you not, go your
manner of spirit ye are où ways out into the streets of the same,
56 For the Son of man is not come and say,
to destroy men's lives, but to save 11 Even the very dust of your city,
them. And they went to another vil which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
lage. against you: notwithstanding be ye
57 And it came to pass, that, as sure of this, that the kingdom of God
they went in the way, a certain man is come nigh unto you.
said imto him, Lord, 1 will follow thee 12 But I say unto you, that it shall
whithersoever thou goest. be more tolerable in that day for Sod-
58 And Jésus said unto him, Foxes om, than for that city.
have holes, and birds of the air have 13 Woe unto thee^ Cho-ra-zin! woe
nests; but the Son of man hath not unto thee, Beth-sa-i-da! for if the
where to lay his head. mighty works had been done in Tyre
59 And he said unto another, Fol and Si-don, which have been done in
low me. But he said. Lord, suffer me you, they had a great while ago re-
first to go and bury my father. pented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
60 Jésus said unto him, Let the 14 But it shall be more tolerable for
dead bury their dead: but go thou and Tyre zind Si-don at the judgment,than
preach the kingdom of Godv for you.
61 And another also said. Lord, I 15 And thou, Ca-peiz-na-um, which
will follow thee; but let me first go bid art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust
them farewell, which are at home at down to hell.
my house. 16 He that heareth. you heareth me;
62 And Jésus said unto him. No and he that despiseth you despiseth
man, having put his hand to the me;and he that despiseth me despiseth
plough, and looking back, is fit for the him that sent me.
kingdom of God. 17 And the seventy retumed again
with joy, saying. Lord, even the devils
CHAPTER 10 are subject unto us through thy name.
AFTER these things the Lord ap- 18 And he said unto them, I beheld
/\ pointed other seventy also, and Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
sent them two and two before his face 19 Behold, I give unto you power
into every city and place, whither he to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
himself would come. over ail the power of the enemy: and
2 Therefore said he unto them, The nothing shall by any means hurt
harvest truly is great, but the labour- you.
ers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice
of the harvest, that he would send not, that the spirits are subject unto
fbrth labourérs iiito his harvest. you; but rather rejoice, because your
3 Gro your ways: behold, I send you names are written in heaven.
forth as lambs among wolves. 21 In that hour Jésus rejoiced in
4 Carry neither purse,nor scrip, nor spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Fa
shoes: and salute no man by the ther, Lord of heaven and earth, that
way. thou hast hid these things from the
5 And into whatsoever house ye en wise and prudent, and hast revealed
ter, first say, Peace be to this house. them unto babes: even so, Fattier; for
6 And if the son of peace be there, so it seemed good in thy sight.
your peace shall rest upon it: if not,it 22 Ali things are delivered to me of
shall tum to you again. my Father: and no man knoweth who
7 And in the same house rèmain, the Son is, but the Father; and who
eating and drinking such things as the Father is, but the Son, and he to
they give: for the labourer is worthy of whom the Son will reveal him.
his hire. Go not from house to house. 23 And he tumed him unto his dis
8 And into whatsoever city ye en ciples, and said privately, Blessed are
920 ST. LUKE 11
the eyes whidi see the things that ye
see:
'24 For I tell yoii, that many pro-
phets and kings hâve* desired to see
those things which see, and have
not seen them;and to hear those things
which ye hear, and have not heard
them.
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer sister hath left me to serve alone? bid
stood up, and teihpted him, saying, her therefore that she help me.
Master,^ what shall I do to inherit
etemal life?
26 He said unto him, What is writ-
ten in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with ail
thy heart, and with ail thy soul, and
with ail thy strength, and with ail thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him,Thou hast
answered right: this do,and thou shalt
Uve.
29 But he, willing to justify him-
self, said tmto Jésus, And who is my
neighbour?
30 And Jésus answering said, A cer
tain man went down from Jérusalem
to Jéricho, and fell among thieves,
which stripped him of his raiment,and
wounded him, and departed, leaving
him half dead.
31 And by chance theré came down
a certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other
side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he
was at the place, came and looked on
him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samàritan, as lie
joumeyed, came where he was: and
when he saw him, he had compassion
on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up
his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
and set him on his own beast, and
brought him to an inn, and took care
of him.
35 And on the morrow when he de
parted, he took out two pence, and
gave thèm to the host, and said unto
him,Take care of him;and whatsoever
thou spendest more, when 1 come
again, 1 will repay thee.
36 Which now of these three,think-
est thou, was neighbour unto him that
fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed
mercy on him. Then said Jésus unto
him. Go, and do thoii likewise.
38 Now 4t came to pass, as they
went, that he entered into a certain
village: and a certâin woman named
Marâia received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary,
which also sat at JesusVfeet,and heard
his Word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about
much serving, ând came to him, and
said. Lord, dost thou not care that my
41 And Jésus answered and said
imto her, Martha, Martha, thou art
careful and troubled about many
things:
42 But one thing is needful: and
Mary hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from
her.
CHAPTER II
A ND it came to pass, that, as he was
jC\ praying in a certain place^ when
he ceased,one of his disciples said unto
him. Lord, teach us to pray, as John
also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye
pray, say, Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name.;Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be donc, as in
heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily
bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we
also forgive every one that is indebted
to us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us froin evil.
5 And he said unto them, Which of
you shall have a friend, and shall go
unto him at midnight, and say unto
him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his joumey
is come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer
and say. Trouble me not: the door is
now shut, and my diildren are with
me in bed; I cannot rise and g^ve thee.
S I say unto you, Though he will
not rise and give him, because he is his
friend, yet because of his importunity
he will rise and give him as many as he
needeth.
9 And I say imto you, Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you.
10 For every one that asketh re-
ceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of
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you that is a father, will he give him a bare theé, and the paps which thou
stone? or if he ask a fish, wfil he for a hast sucked.
fish give him a serpent? 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he are they that hear the word of God,
offer him a scorpion? and keep it.
13 If ye then, being evil, know how 29 And when the people were gath-
to give good gifts unto your children: ered thick together, he began to say,
how much more shall your heavenly This is an evil génération: they seek a
Father give the Holy Spirit to them sign; and there shall ho sign be given
that ask him? it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
14 And he was casting ont a devil, 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the
and it was dumb. And it came to pass, Nin'e-vités, so shall also the Son of
when the devil was gone ont,the dumb man be to this génération.
spake; and the people wondered. 31 The queen of the south shall rise
15 But some of them said, He cast- up in the judgment with the men of
eth out devils through Be-el-ze-bub this génération, and condemn them:
the chief of the devils. for she came from the utmost parts of
16 And others, tempting him, the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo-
sought of him a sign from heaven. mon; and, behold, a greater than Solo-
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, monishere.
said unto them, Every kingdom divid- 32 The men of Nin'e-ve shall rise up
ed against itself is brought to désola in the judgment with this génération,
tion; and a house divided against a and shall condemn it: for they re-
house falleth. pented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
18 If Satan also be divided against behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
himself, how shall his kingdom stand? 33 No man, when he hath lighted a
because ye say that I cast out devils candie^ putteth it in a secret place,
through Be-el'-ze-bub. neither under a bushel, but on a can-
19 And if I by Be-el'-ze-bub cast out dlestick, that they which come in may
devils, by whom do your sons cast see the light.
them out? therefore shall they be your 34 The light of the body is the eye:
judges. therefore when thine eye is single, thy
20 But if I with the finger of God whole body also is full of light; but
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom when thine eye is evil, thy body also is
of God is come upon you. full of darkness.
21 When a strong man armed keep- 35 Take heed therefore that the
eth his palace, his goods are in peace; light which is in thee be not darkness.
22 But when a stronger than he 36 If thy whole body therefore be
shall come upon him, and overcome full of light, having no part dark, the
him,he taketh from him ail his armour whole shall be full of light, as when the
wherein he trusted, and divideth his bright shining of a candie doth give
spoils. thee light.
23 He that is not with me is against 37 And as he spake, a certain Phari-
me: and he that gathereth not with me see besought him to dine with him:
scattereth. and he went in, and sat down to meat.
24 When the unclean spirit is gone 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he
out of a man, he walketh through dry marvelled that he had not first washed
places, seekihg rest; and fiiiding none, before dinner.
he saith, I Will retum imto my house 39 And the Lord said unto him,
whence I came but. Now do ye Pharisees make clean the
25 And when he cometh, he findeth outside of the cup and the platter; but
it swept and gamished. your inward part is full of ravening
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to and wickedness.
him seven other spirits more wicked 40 Ye fools, did not he that made
than himself; and they enter in, and that which is without make that whidi
dwell there: arid the last state of that is within also?
man is worse than the first. 41 But rather give alms of such
27 And it came to pass, as he spake things as ye have; and, behold, ail
these tMngs, a certain woman of the things are clean unto you.
Company lifted up her voice, and said 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees!
unto him, Blessed is the womb that for ye tithe mint and rue and ail man-
30
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ner of herbs, and pass over judgment
and the love of God: these ought ye to
have done, and not to leave the other
undone.
43 Woe unto you, Phariseesl for ye spoken in darkness shall be heard in
love the uppermost seats in the syna the light; and that which ye have spo
gogues, and greetlngs in the markets. ken in the ear in closets shall be pro-
44 Woe unto you,scribes and Phari- claimed upon the housetops.
sees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves
which appear not, and the men that Be not afraid of them that kill the
walk over them are not aware of them.
45 Then answered one of the law-
yers, and said unto him, Master, thus
saying thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also,
ye lawyers! for ye lade men with bur-
dens grievous to be borne, and ye
yourselves touch not the burdens with
one of your fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the
sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness that ye
allow the deeds of your fathers: for
they indeed killed them, and ye build
their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom
of God, 1 will send them prophets and
apostles, and some of them they shall
slay and persécute:
50 That the blood of ail the pro
phets, which was shed from the foun-
dation of the world, may be required
of this génération;
51 From the blood of Abel unto the
blood of Zach-a-ri'-as, which perished
between the altar and the temple: veri-
ly I say unto you, It shall be required
of this génération.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye
have taken away the key of knowl-
edge: ye entered not in yourselves, and
them that were entering in ye hin-
dered.
53 And as he said these things unto
them,the scribes and the Pharisees be-
gan to urge him vehemently, and to
provoke him to speak of many things:
54 Laying wait for him,and seeking
to catch something out of his mouth,
that they might accuse him.
CHAPTER 12
INgathered
the meantogether
time, when there were
an innumerable
multitude of people, insomuch that
they trode one upon another, he began
to say unto his disciples first of ail, Be-saying, What shall I do, because I
ware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that
shall not be revealed; neither hid, that
shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have
4 And I say imto you my friends,
body, and after that have no more
that they can do.
5 But I will forwam you whom ye
shall fear: Fear him, which after he
hath killed hath power to cast into
hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two
farthings, and not one of them is for-
gotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your
head are ail numbered. Fear not there
fore: ye are of more value than many
sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever
shall confess me before men,him shall
the Son of man also confess before the
angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before
men shall be denied before the angels
of God.
10 And whosoever shall speak a
Word against the Son of man, it shall
be forgiven him: but unto him that
blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost
it shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you imto
the synagogues, and unto magistrates,
and powers, take ye no thought how
or what thing ye shall answer, or what
ye shall say:
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach
you in the same hour what ye ought
to say.
13 And one of the company said
unto him, Master, speak to my broth-
er, that he divide the inheritance with
me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who
made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take
heed, and beware of covetousness: for
a man's life consisteth not in the abon
dance of the things which he possess-
eth.
16 And he spake a parable unto
them, saying, The groimd of a certain
rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself,
have no room where to bestow my
fruits?
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18 And he said, This will I do: I 34 For where your treasure is, there
will puU down my baras, and build will your heàrt be also. .
greater; and there will I bestow ail my 35 Let your loins be girded about,
fruits and my goods. and your lights buming;
19 And I will say to my seul, Seul, 36 And ye yourselves like untp men
thou hast mucîi;goods laid up for many that wait for iheir lord, when he will
years; take thîne ease, eat, drink, and return frpm Ihe weddiiig; that when
be merry. he cometh and knocketh, they may
20 But God said unto him, Thou open unto him immediately.
fool, this night thy soul shall be re- 37 Blessed are those servants, whom
quired of thee: then whose shall those the lord when he cometh shall find
things be, which thou hast prpvided? watching: verily I say unto you, that
21 So is he that layeth up treasure he shall gird himiself, and make them
for himself, and is not rich toward to sit down to meat, and will come
Godi. fprth and serve them.
22 And he said unto his disciples, 38 And if he shall cpme in the sec
Therefore I say unto you, Take no ond watch,or come in the third watch,
thought for your life, what ye shall and find thern so, blessed are those ser
eat; neither for the body, what ye shall vants.
put on. 39 And this know, that if thé good-
23 The life is more than meat, and man of the house had known what
the body is more than raiment. hour the t^iisf wbùld come, heiwould
24 Consider the ravens: for thpy have watchpd, ând not have suffere;d
neither sow nor reap; which neither his house to be broken through.
have storehpuse nor bam; and God 40 Be ye fiierefore rèady also: for
feedeth them: how much more are ye the Son of man cometh at an hpur
better than the fowls? when ye think not.
25 And which of you with taking 41 Then Peter said unto him. Lord,
thought can add to his stature one speakest thou this parable unto us, or
cubit? even to ail?
26 If ye then be not able to do that 42 And the Lord said, Who then is
thing which is least, why take ye that faithful and wise steward, whom
thought for the rest? his lord shall make ruler over hiis
27 Consider the lilies how they household, to give them their portion of
grow: they toil not, they spin not; and meat in due season?
yet I say unto you, that Solomon in 43 Blessed is that servant, whom
ail his glory was not arrayed like one his lord when he cometh shall find so
oif these. doing.
28 If then,God so clothe the grass, 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that
which is to day in the field,and to mor- he will make him rulér over ail that he
row is cast into the oven; how much hath.
more will he clothe you, Ô ye of little 45 But and if that servant say in
faith? his heart, My lord delayeth his çom-
29 And seek not ye what ye shall ing; and shall begin to beat the meh-
eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be servants and maidens, and to eat and
ye of doùbtful mind. drink, and to be drunken;
30 For ali these things do the na 46 The lord of that servant will
tions of the world seek after: and your come in a day when he looketh not for
Father knoweth that ye have need of him, and at an hour when hé is nôt
these things. awàre, and will eut him in sunder, and
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom will appoint him his portion with the
of God; and àll thèse things shall be unbelievers. '
added unto you. 47 And that servant, which knéw
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is his lord*s will, and prepared not him
your Fathèr's Igood pleasiu:e to give self, neither did according tb his will,
you the kihgdbm. shall be beaten with many stripes,
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; 48 But he that knew not, arid did
provide yourselves bags which waxnot commit things worthy of stripes, shaîl
pid, a treasiire in the heavens that be beaten with few stripes, Fbr unto
faileth not, where no thief approachr whpmsoever much is giveh, bf him
eth, neither mbth cprrupteth. shall be much rèquired: and to whom
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men have committed much» of him 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye
they will ask the more. repent, ye shall ail likewise perish.
49 1 am corne to send fire on the 6 He spake also this parable; A cer
earth; and what will 1, if it be already tain man had a fig tree planted in his
kindled? vineyard; and he came and sought
50 But I have a baptism to be bap- fruit thereon, and found none.
tized with; ahd hOw am I straitened 7 Then said he unto the dresser of
tdll it be accomplished! his vineyard, Behold, these three
51 Suppose ye that I am come to years I come seeking fruit on this fig
give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; tree, and find none: eut it down; why
but rathêr division: cumbereth it the ground?
52 For from henceforth there sliall 8 And he answering said unto him.
be five in one house divided, three Lord, let it alone this year also, tUl I
agatost two and two against three. shall dig about it, and dung it:
53 The father shall be divided 9 And if it bear fruit, weU: and if
against the son, and the son against not, then after that thou shalt eut it
the father; the mother against the down.
dau^ter, and the daughter against 10 And he was teaching in one of
the mother; the mother in law against the synagogues on the sabbath.
her daughter in law, and the daughter 11 And, behold, there was a woman
in law against her mother in law. which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen
54 And he said also tô the people, years, and was bowed together, and
When ye see a cloud rise out of the could in no wise lift up herself.
west, strai^tway ye say, There com- 12 And when Jésus saw her, he
eth a shower; and so it is. called her to him, and said unto her,
55 And when ye see the south wind Woman, thou art loosed from thine
blow, ye say, There will be beat; and infirmity.
it cometh to pass. 13 And he laid his hands on hen
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discem the and immediately she was made
face of the sky and of the earth; but straight, and glorified God.
how is it that ye do not discem this 14 And the mler of the synagogue
time? answered with indignation, because
57 Yea,and why even of yourselves that Jésus had healed on the sabbath
judge ye not what is right? day, and said unto the people, There
58 When thou goest with thine ad- are six days in which men ought to
versary to the magistrate, as thou art work: in them therefore come and
in the way, give diligence that thou be healed, and not on the sabbath
mayest be delivered from him; lest he day.
haie thee to the judge, and the judge 15 The Lord then answered him,
deliver thee to the ofRcer, and the offi- and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not
cer cast thee into prison. each one of you on the sabbath loose
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not départ his ox or his ass from the stall, and
thence, till thou hast paid the very lead him away to watering?
last mite. 16 And ought not this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham, whom
CHAPTER 13 Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen
There were présent at that season years, be loosed from this bond on the
sabbath day?
some that told him of the Galilœ-
ans, whose blood Pilate had mingled 17 And when he had said these
with their sacrifices. things, ail his adversaries were asham-
2 And Jésus answering said unto ed: and ail the people rejoiced for aU
them. Suppose ye that these Galilœans the glorious things that were done by
were sinners above ail the Galilseans, him.
because they suffered such things? 18 Then said he, Unto what is the
3 1 tell you, Nay: but, except ye kingdom of God like? and whereunto
repent, ye shall ail likewise perish. shall I resemble it?
4 Or those eighteeen, upon whom 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed,
the tower in Si-lo-am fell, and slew which a man took, and cast into his
them, think ye that they were sinners garden; and it grew, and waxed a
above ail men that dwelt in Jérusa great tree; and the fowls of the air
lem? lodged in the branches of it.
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20 And again he said, Whereunto tinte come when ye shall say, Blessed
shall I liken the kingdom of God? is he that cometh in the name of the
21 It is like leaven, which a woman Lord,
took and hid in three measures of
meal, till the whole was leavened.
CHAPTER 14
22 And he went through the cities AND it came to pass, as he went into
and villages, teaching, and joumeying /\ the house of one ofthe chief Phari
toward Jérusalem. sees to eat bread on the sabbath day,
23 Then said one unto him. Lord, that they watched him.
are there few that be saved? And he 2 And, behold, there was a certain
said unto them, man before him which had the dropsy.
24 Strive to enter in at the strait 3 And Jésus answering spake unto
gâte: for many, I say unto you, will the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is
seek to enter in, and shall not be able. it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
25 When once the master of the 4 And they held their peace. And
house is risen up, and hath shut to the he took him, and healed him, and let
door, and ye begin to stand without, him go;
and to knock at the door, saying. 5 And answered them, saying,
Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall Which of you shall have an ass or an
answer and say unto you, I know you ox fallen into a pit, and will not
not whence ye are: straightway pull him out on the sab
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We bath day?
have eaten and drunk in thy presence, 6 And they could not answer him
and thou hast taught in our streets. again to these things.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I 7 And he put forth a parable to
know you not whence ye are; départ those which were bidden, when he
from me, ail ye workers of iniquity. marked how they chose out the chief
28 There shall be weeping and rooms; saying unto them,
gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see 8 When thou art bidden of any man
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and to a wedding, sit not down in the high-
ail the prophets, in the kingdom of est room; lest a more honourable man
God, and you yourselves thrust out. than thou be bidden of him;
29 And they shall come from the 9 And he that bade thee and him
east, and from the west, and from the come and say to thee, Give this man
north, and from the south, and shall place; and thou begin with shame to
sit down in the kingdom of God. take the lowest room.
30 And,behold,there are last which 10 But when thou art bidden, go
shall be first, and there are first which and sit down in the lowest room; that
shall be last. when he that bade thee cometh, he
31 The same day there came certain may say unto thee, Friend, go up
of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get higher: then shalt thou have worship
thee out, and départ hence: for Herod in the presence of them that sit at
will kill thee. meat with thee.
32 And he said unto them. Go ye, 11 For whosoever exalteth himself
and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out shall be abased; and he that humbleth
devils, and I do cures to day and to himself shall be exalted.
morrow, and the third day 1 shall be 12 Then said he also to him that
perfected. bade him, When thou makest a dinner
33 Nêvertheless I must walk to day, or a supper, call not thy friends, nor
and to morrow, and the day following: thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor
for it cannot be that a prophet perish thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid
out of Jérusalem. thee again, and a recompence be made
34 O Jérusalem, Jérusalem, which thee.
killest the prophets, and stonest them 13 But when thou makest a feast,
that are sent unto thee; how often call the poor, the maimed, the lame,
would I have gathered thy children the blind:
together, as a hen doth gather her brood 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for
under her wings, and ye would not! they cannot recompense thee: for thou
35 Behold, your house is left unto shalt be recompensed at the résurrec
you desolate: and verily I say unto tion of the just.
you, Ye shall not see me, until the 15 And when one of them that sat
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at meat with him heard these things, that cometh against him with twenty
he said unto him, Blessed is he that thousand?
shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 32 Or else, while the other is yet a
16 Then said he unto him, A certain great way off, he sendeth an ambas-
man made a great supper, and bade sage, and desireth conditions of peace.
many; 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of
17 And sent his servant at supper you that forsaketh not ail that he
time to say to them that were bidden, hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Come; for ail things are now ready. 34 Sait is good: but if the sait have
18 And they ail with one consent be- lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
gan to make excuse. Thèiirst said unto seasoned?
him, I have bought a piece of ground, 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor
and I must needs go and see it: I pray yet for the dunghill; but men cast it
thee have me excused. out. He that hath ears to hear, let him
19 And another said, I have bought hear.
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prbve
them: 1 pray thee have me excused. CHAPTER 15
20 And another sàid, I have mar- Then drew near unto him ail the
ried a wife, and therefore 1 cannot publicans and sinners for to hear
come. him.
21 So that serva;nt came,and shew- 2 And the Pharisees and scribes
ed his lord these things. Then the mas- murmured,saying, This man receiveth
ter of the house being an^ said to his sinners, and eateth with them.
servant. Go out qùickly into the 3 And he spake this parable unto
streets and lanes of the city, and bring them, saying,
in hither the pbor, and the maimed, 4 What man of you,having an hun-
and the hait, and the blind. dred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth
22 And the servant said. Lord, it is not leave the ninety and nine in the
dône as thou hast commanded, and wilderness, and go after that which is
yet there is room. lost, until he find it?
23 And the lord said unto the ser 5 And when he hath found it, he
vant, Go out into the highways and layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
hedges, and compel them to come in, 6 And When he cometh home, he
that my house may be filled. calleth together his friends and neigh-
24 Fbr I say unto you, That none bours, saying unto them, Rejoice with
of those men which were bidden shall me; for I have found my sheep which
taste of my supper. was lost.
25 And there went great multitudes 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy
with him:and he tumed,and said unto shall be in heaven over one sinner that
them, repenteth, more than over ninety and
26 If any man come to me,and hate nine just persons, which need no re-
not his father, and mother, and wife, pentance.
and children, and brethren, and sis- 8 Either what woman having ten
ters, yeai and his own life also, he can pièces of silver, if she lose one piece,
not be my disciple. doth not light a candie, and sweep the
27 And whosoever doth not bear house, and seek diligently till she find
his cross, and come after me,cannot be it?
my disciple. 9 And when she hath found it, she
28 For which of you, intending to calleth her friends and her neighbours
build a tower, sitteth not down first, together, saying, Rejoice with me; for
and counteth the cost, whether he I have found the piece which I had
have sufflcient to finish it? lost.
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the 10 Likewise, I say unto you there is
foundation, and is not able to finish it, joy in the presence of the angels of
ail that behold it begin to mock him, God over one sinner that repenteth.
30 Saying, This man began tô 11 And he said, A certain man had
build, and was not able to finish. two sons:
31 Or what king, going to make war 12 And the yoimger of them said to
against another king, sitteth not down his father, Father, give me the portion
first, and consulteth whether he be of goods that falleth to me. And he di-
able with ten thousand to meet him vided unto them his living.
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13 And not many days after the time thy commandment: and yet thou
younger son gathered ail together, andnever gavest me a kid, that I might
took his joumey into a far country, make merry with my friends:
and there wasted 'his substance with 30 But as soon as this thy son was
riotous living. come, which hath devoured thy living
14 And when he had spent ail, there with harlots, thou hast killed for him
arose a mighty famine in that land; the fatted calf.
and he began to be in want. 31 And he said unto him. Son, thou
15 And he went and joined himself art ever with me, and ail that I have
to a citizen of that country; and he is thine.
sent him into his fields to feed swine. 32 It was meet that we should make
16 And he would fain have filled merry, and be glad:for this thy broth-
his belly with the husks that the swine er was dead, and is alive again; and
did eat: and no man gave unto him. was lost, and is found.
17 And when he came to himself,he
CHAPTER 16
said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to AND he said also unto his disciples,
spare, and I perish with hunger! jl\ There was a certain rich man,
18 I will arise and go to my father, which had a steward; and the same
and will say unto him, Father, I have was accused unto him that he had
sinned against heaven, and before wasted his goods.
thee, 2 And he called him, and said unto
19 And am no more worthy to be him, How is it that I hear this of thee?
called thy son: make me as one of thy give an account of thy stewardship;
hired servants. for thou mayest be no longer steward.
20 And he arose, and came to his 3 Then the steward said within him
father. But when he was yet a great self, What shall I do? for my lord tak-
way off, his father saw him, and had eth away from me the stewardship: I
compassion, and ran, and fell on his cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
neck, and kissed him. 4 I am resolved what to do, that,
21 And the son said unto him, Fa when I am put out of the stewardship,
ther, I have sinned against heaven, they may receive me into their houses.
and in thy sight, and am no more 5 So he called every one of his
worthy to be called thy son. lord's debtors unto him, and said unto
22 But the father said to his ser the first, how much owest thou unto
vants, Bring forth the best robe, and my lord?
put it on him; and put a ring on his 6 And he said. An hundred mea-
hand> and shoes on his feet: sures of oil. And he said unto him,
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly,
and kill U; and let us eat, and be and Write fifty.
merry: 7 Then said he to another, And how
24 For this my son was dead, and much owest thou? And he said. An
is alive again; he was lost, and is hundred measures of wheat. And he
found. And they began to be merry. said Unto him,Take thy bill, and Write
25 Now his elder son was in the fourscore.
field: and as he came and drew nigh to 8 And the lord commended the un^
the housé/he heard musick and danc just steward, because he had done
ing. wisely: for the children of this world
26 And he called one of the ser are in their génération wiser than the
vants, and asked what these things children of light.
meant. 9 And I say unto you, Make to
27 And he said unto him,Thy broth- yourselves friends of the mammon of
er is come; and thy father hath killed unrighteousness; that, when ye fail,
the fatted calf, bécause he hath re- they may receive you into everlasting
ceived him safe and sound. habitations.
28 And he was angry, and would ro He that is faithful in that which
not go in: thérefore came his father is least is faithful also in much: and he
put, and intreated him. that is unjust in the least is unjust also
29 And he ânswering said to His fa in much.
ther, Lo, these many years do I serve Il If therefore ye have not been
thee^ neither transgressed 1 at any faithful in the unrighteous mammon.
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who will commit toyour trust the true that they which would pass from hence
riches? to you cannot; neither can they pass
12 And if ye hâve net been faithful to us, that would:corne from thence.
in that which is another man's, who 27 Then he said, I pray thee there-
shall give you that which is your own? fore, father, that thou wouldest send
13 No servant can serve two mas- him to my father's house:
ters:for either he will hate the one,and 28 For I have five brethren; that he
love the other; or else he will hold to may testify unto them, lest they also
the one, and despise the other. Ye can- come into this place of torment.
not serve God and mammon. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They
14 And the Pharisees also, who have Moses and the prophets;let them
were covetous, heard ail these things: heàr them.
and they derided him. 30 And he said, Nay,.father Abra
15 And he said unto them, Ye are ham: but if one went unto. them from
they which justify yourselves before the dead, they will repent.
men; but God knoweth your hearts: 31 And he said unto him. If they
for that which is highly esteemed hear not Moses and the prophetsj nei
among men is abomination in the sight ther will they be persuaded, though
of God. one rose from the dead.
16 The law and the prophets were
until John: since that time the king- CHAPTER 17
dom of God is preached, and every
man presseth into it. Then said he unto the disciples, It
17 And it is easier for heaven and is impossible but that offençes will
earth to pass,than one tittle of the law come: but woe unto him, through
to fail. whom they come!
18 Whosoever putteth away his 2 It were better for him that a mill-
wife,and marrieth another,committeth stone were hanged about his neck, and
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her he cast into the sea, thao that he
that is put away from her husband should offend one of these Utile ones.
committeth adultery. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy
19 There was a certain rich man, brother trespass against thee, rebuke
which was clothed in purple and fine him; and if he repent, fprgive him.
linen, and tfared sumptuously every 4 And if he trespass against thee
day: seven times in a day, and seven times
20 And there was a certain beggar in a day tum again to thee, saying, I
named Lazarus, which w£is laid at his repent; thou shalt fprgive him.
gâte, full of sores, 5 And the apostles said unto the
21 And desiring to be fed with the Lord, Increase our faith.
crumbs which fell from the rich man's 6 And the Lord said. If ye had faith
table: moreover the dogs came and as a grain of mustard seed, ye might
licked his sores. say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou
22 And it came to pass, that the plucked up by the root,,and be thou
beggar died, and was carried by the planted in the sea; and it should obey
angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich you.
man also died, and was buried; 7 But which of you, having a ser
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, vait plowing or feeding cattle, will say
being in torments, and seeth Abraham unto htm by and by, when he is come
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. from the field. Go and sit down to
24 And he cried and said, Father meat?
Abraham,have mercy on me,and send 8 And will not rather say unto him,
Lazarus,that he may dip the tip of his Make ready wherewith I may sup, and
finger in water, and cool my tongue; gird thyself, and serve me, till I have
for 1 am tormented in this fiame. eaten and drunken; and afterward
25 But Abrahcun said. Son,,remem- thou shalt eat and drink?
ber that thou in thy lifetime receivedst 9 Poth he thank that servant be-
tiiy good things, and likewise Lazarus cause he did the things that were com-
evil things: but now he is comforted^ manded him? I trow npt^
and thou art tormented. 10 So likewise ye, when ye shaU
26 And beside ail this, between us have done ail those things which are
and you there is a great gulf fbced: so commanded you,sayj We are unprofit-
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able servants: we have doncthat which 28 Likewise also as it was in the,

was OUI duty to do. days of Lot; they did eat, they drank,;
11 And it came to pass, as he went they bought, they sold, they planted,
to Jérusalem, that he passed through they builded;
the midst of Sa-ma-ri-a and Galilee. 29 But the same day that Lot went
12 And as he entered into a certain out of Sodom it rained fire and brim-
village, there met him ten men that stone from heaven, and destroyed
were lepers, which stood afar off: them ail.
13 And they lifted up their voices^ 30 Even thus shall it be in the day
and said, Jésus, Master,have mercy on when the Son of man is revealéd.
us. 31 In. that day, he which shall be
14 And when he saw them, he said upon the housetop,and his stutf in the
unto them. Go shew yourselves unto house, let him not come down to take
the priests. And it came to pass, that, it away: and he that is in the field, let
as they went, they were cleansed. him likewise not retum back.
15 And one of them, when he saw 32 Remember Lot's wife.
that he was healed, tumed back, and 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his
with a loud voice glorified God, life shall lose it; and whosoever shall
16 And fell down on his face at his lose his life shall presôrve it. .
feet, giving him thanks: and he was a 34 I tell you, in that night there
Samaritan. shall be two men in one bed; the one
17 And Jésus answering said, Were shall be taken, and the other shall be
there not ten cleansed? but where are left.
the nine? 35 Two women shall be grinding to-
18 There are not found that re- gether; the one shall be taken, and the
tumed to give glory to God, save this other left.
stranger. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go one shall be taken, and the.other left.
thy way: thy faith hath made thee 37 And they answered and said im-
whole. to him, Where,Lord? And he said unto
20 And when he was demanded of them,Wheresoever the body is, thither
the Pharisees, when the kingdom of will the eagles be gathered together.
God should come, he answered them
CHAPTER 18
and sàid, The kingdom of God cometh
not with observation: AND he spake a parable unto them
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! jt\ to this end,that men ought always
or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom to pray, and not to faint;
of God is within you. 2 Saying, There was in a dty a
22 And he said unto the disciples, judge, which feared not God, neither
The days will come, when ye shall de- regarded man:
sire to see one of the days of the Son of 3 And there was a widow in that
man, and ye shall not see it city; and she came unto him, saying,
23 And they shall say to you, See Avenge me of mine adversary.
here; or, see there: go not after them, 4 And he would not for a while: but
nor follow them. afterward he said within himself,
24 For as the lightning> that Ught- Though I fear not God, nor regard
eneth eut of the one part under heav- man;
en, shineth unto the other part under 5 Yet because this widow troubleth
heaven; so shall also the Son of man me, I will avenge her, lest by her con
bein hisday. . tinuai coming she weary me.
25 But first must he suffer many 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the
things, and be rejected of this généra imjust judge saithi
tion. 7 And shall not God avenge his own
26 And as it was in the days of elect,. which çry day and night unto
No-e, so shall it be also in the days of him, though he bear long with them?
the Son of man. ,8 I teU you that he will avenge
27 They did eat, they drank, they them speedily. Nevertheless when the
married wiyes,they were given in mar- Son of man cometh,shall he find faith
riage, until the day that No-e entered on the earth?
into the àrk, and the tlooct came, and 9 And he spake this parable unto
destroyed them ail.. certain which trusted in themselves
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that they were righteous».and despised man to enter into the kingdom of
others: God.
10 Two men went up Into the tem 26 And they that heard it said, Who
ple to pray;the one a Pharisee,and the then can be saved?
other a publican, 27 And he said, The things which
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed are impossible with men are possible
thus with himself, God, I thank thee, with God.
that I am net as other men are, extor- 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have
tioners, unjnst, adulterers, or even as left ail, and followed thee,
this publican. 29 And he said unto them, Verily I
12 I fast twice in the week, I give say imto you, There is no man that
tithes of ail that I possess. hath left house, or parents, or breth-
13 And thé publican, standing afar ren, or wife, or children, for the king
off, would not lift up so much as his dom of God's sake,
eyes imto heaven, but smote upon his 30 Who shall not receive manifold
breast, saying, God be merciful to me more in this présent time, and in the
a sinner. world to come life everlasting.
14 1 tell you, this man went down 31 Then he took unto him the
to his house justified ratifier than the twelve, and said unto them, Behold,
other:for every one that exalteth him we go up to Jérusalem, and ail things
self shall be abased; and he that hum- that are written by the prophets con-
bleth himself shall be exalted. ceming the Son of man shaU be accom-
15 And they brought unto him also plished.
infants,that he would touch them: but 32 For he shall be delivered unto
when his disciples saw it, they rebuked the Gentiles, and shall be mocked,and
them. spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
'I6 But Jésus called them unto him, 33 And they shall scourge him, and
and said, Suffer little children to come put him to death: and the third day he
unto me, and forbid them not: for of shall rise again.
such is the kingdom of God. 34 And they understood none of
17 Verily I say unto you, Whoso- these things: and this saying was hid
ever shall not receive the kingdom of from them, neither knew they the
God as a little child shall in no wise things which were spoken.
enter therein. 35 And it came to pass, that as he
18 And a certain ruler asked him, was come nigh unto Jéricho, a certain
saying, Good Master, what shall I do blind man sat by the way side beg-
to inherit etemal life? ging:
19 And Jésus said unto him, Why 36 And hearing the multitude pass
callest thou me good? none is good, by, he asked what it meîuit.
save one, that is, God. 37 And they told him,thât Jésus of
20 Thou knowest the command- Nazareth passeth by.
ments. Do not commit adultery. Do 38 And he cried, saying, Jésus,fhou
not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear son of David, have mercy on me.
false witness, Honour thy father and 39 And they which went before re
thy mother. buked him, that he should hold his
21 And he said, AU these have I peace: but he cried so much the more,
kept from my youth up. Thou son of David, have mercy on
22 Now when Jésus heard these me.
things, he said unto him, Yet lackest 40 And Jésus stood, and command-
thou one thing: sell ail that thou hast, ed him to be brought unto him: and
and distribute unto the poor, and thou when he was come near, he asked him,
shalt have treasure in heaven: and 41 Saying, What wilt thou that 1
come,follow me. shall do unto thee? And he said. Lord,
23 And when he heard this, he was that I may receive my sight.
very sorrowful: for he was very rich. 42 And Jésus said unto him, Re
24 And when Jésus saw that he was ceive thy sight: thy faith hath saved
very sorrowful, he said, How hardly thee.
shaU they that have riches enter into 43 And immediately he received his
the kingdom of God! sight, and followed him, glorifying
25 For it is easier for a camel to go God: and ail the people, when they
through a needlé's eye, than for a rich saw it, gave praise unto God.
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good servant: because thou hast been

CHAPTER 19 faithful in a very little, have thou iau-
AND Jésus entered and thority over ten cities.
J\ through Jéricho. 18 And the second came, saying.
2 And, behold, there was a man Lord, thy pound hath gained five
named Zac-chae-ùs, which was the pounds.
dUef among the publicans, and he was 19 And he said likewise to him, Be
rich. thou also over five citiés.
3 And he sought to see Jésus who 20 And another came,saying. Lord,
he was;and could net for the press, be- behold, here is thy pound,which 1 have
cause he was little of stature. kept laid up in a napkin:
4 And he ran before, and climbed 21 For I feared thee, because thou
up into a sycomore tree to see him:for art an austere man: thou takest up
he was to pass that way. that thou layedst not down,and reap-
5 And when Jésus came to the est that thou didst not sow.
place, he looked up, and saw him,and 22 And he saith unto him, Out of
said unto him, Zac-chœ-us, make thine own mouth will I judge thee,
haste, and come down; for to day I thou wicked servant. Thou knewest
must abide at thy house. that I was an austere man, taking up
6 And he made haste, and came that I laid hot down,and reaping that
down, and received him joyfuUy. I did not sow:
7 And when they saw it, they ail 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou
murmured, saying, That he was gone my money into the bank, that at my
to be guest with a man that is a sinner. coming I might have required mine
8 And Zac-chœ-us stood, and said own with usury?
unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half 24 And he said unto them that
of my goods I give to the poor; and if stood by, Take from him the pound,
I have taken any thing from any man and give U to him that hath ten
by false accusation, I restore him four- pounds.
fold. 25 (And they said unto him. Lord,
9 And Jésus said unto him, This he hath ten pounds.)
day is salvation come to this house for- 26 For I say unto you, That unto
somuch as he also is a son of Abraham. every one which hath shall be given;
10 For the Spn of man is come to and from him that hath not, even that
seek and to save that which was lost. he hath shall be taken away from
11 And as they heard these things, him.
he added and spake a parable, because 27 But those mine enemies, which
he was nigh to Jérusalem, and because would not that I should reign over
they thought that the kingdom of God them, bring hither, and slay them be-
should immediately appear. fore me.
12 He said therefore, A certain 28 And when he had thus spoken,
nobleman went into a far country to he went before, ascending up to Jéru
receive for himself a kingdom, and to salem.
retum. 29 And it came to pass, when he
13 And he called his ten servants, was come nigh to Beth-pha-ge and
and delivered them ten pounds, and Bethany, at the mount called the
said unto them, Occupy till I come. mount of Olives, he sent two of his dis
14 But his citizens hated him, and ciples,
sent a message after him, saying, We 30 Saying, Go ye into the village
will not have this man to reign over us. over agcdnst you; in the which at your
15 And it came to pass, that when entering ye shall find a colt tied,
he was returned, having received the whereon yet never man sat: loose him,
kingdom, then he commanded these and bring him hither*
servants to be called unto him, to 31 And if any man ask you, Why do
whom he had given the money,that he ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto
might know how miich every man had him, Because the Lord hath need of
gained by trading. him.
16 Then came the first, saying. 32 And they that were sent went
Lord, thy poimd hath gained ten their way, and found even as he had
poimds. said unto them.
17 And he said unto him, Well,thou 33 And as they were loosing the
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coït» the owners thereof said unto 2 And spake unto him, saying. Tell
them» Why loose ye the colt? us, by what authority doest thou these
34 And they said, The Lord hath things? or who is he that gave thee
need of him. this authority?
35 And they brought him to Jésus: 3 And he emswered and said unto
and they cast their garments upon the them, I will also, ask you one thing,
colt, and they set Jésus thereon. and answer me:
36 And as he went, they spread 4 The baptism of John, was it from
their clothes in the way; heaven, or of men?
37 And when he was come nigh, 5 And they reasoned with them-
even now at the desçent of the mount selves, saying. If we shall say, From
of Olives, the whole multitude of the heaven; he will say, Why then believed
(hsciples began to rejoice and praise ye him not?
6od with a loud voice for ail the 6 But and if we say, Of men; ail the
mighty works that they had seen; people will stone us: for they be per-
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that suaded that John was a prophet.
cometh in the name of the Lord: peace 7 And they smswered, that they
in heaven, and glory in the highest. could not tell whence it was.
39 And some of the Pharisees from 8 And Jésus said unto them, Nei-
among the multitude said imto him, ther tell I you by what authority I do
Master, rebuke thy disciples. these things.
40 And he answered and said unto 9 Then began he to speak to the
them, I tell you that, if these should people this parable; A certain man
hold their peace, the stones would im- , planted a vineyard, and let it forth to
mediately cry out. husbandmen, and went into a far
41 And when he was come near, he country for a long time.
beheld the city, and wept over it, 10 And at the season he sent a ser
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, vant to the husbandmen, that they
even thou, at least in this thy day,the should give him of the fruit of the
things which beZong unto thy peace! but vineyard: but the husbandmen beat
now they are hid from thine eyes. him, and sent him âway empty.
43 For the days shall come upon 11 And again he sent another ser
thee, that thine enemies shall cast a vant: and they beat him also, eind en-
trench about thee, and compass thee treated him shamefully, and sent him
round, and keep thee in on eveiy side, away empty.
44 And shall lay thee even with the 12 And again he sent a third: and
ground, and thy children within thee; they wounded him also, and cast him
and they shall not leave in thee one out.
stone upon another; because thou 13 Then said the lord of the vine
totiewest not the time of thy Visitation. yard, What shall I do? I will send my
45 And he went into the temple, beloved son: it may be they will rever-
and began to cast out them that sold ence him when they see him.
therein, and them that bought; 14 But when the husbandmen saw
46 Saying unto them, It is written, him,they reasoned among themselves,
My house is the house of prayer: but saying, This is the heir: come, let us
ye have made it a den of thieves. kill him, that the inheritcuice may be
47 And he taught daily in the tem ours.

ple. But the chief priests and the 15 So they cast him out of the vine
scribes and the chief of the people yard, and killed him. What therefore
sought to destroy him, shall the lord of the vineyard do unto
48 And could not find what they them?
might do: for ail the people were very 16 He shall come and destroy these
attentive to hear him. husbandmen, and shall give the vine
yard to others. And when they heard
CHAPTER 20 it, they said, God forbid.
17 And he beheld them, and said,
AND it came to pass, that on one of What is this then that is written, The
jl\ those days, as he taught the peo stone which the builders rejected, the
ple in the temple, and preached the same is become the head of the corner?
gospel, the chief priests and the scribes 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that
came upon him with the elders. stone shall be broken; but on whomso-
 ST. LUKE 21 933

ever it shall fall, it will grind him to neither marry, nor are given in mar
powder. riage:
19 And the chief priests and the 36 Neither can they die any more:
scribes the same hour sought to lay for they are equal unto the angels; and
hands on him;and they feared the peo- are the children of God, being the chil
ple: for tiiey perceived that he had dren of the résurrection.
spoken this parable against them. 37 Now that the dead are raised,
20 And they watched him, and sent even Moses shewed at the bush, when
forth spies, which should fei^ them- he calleth the Lord the God of Abra
selves just men, that they might take ham, and the God of Isaac, and the
hold of his words, that so they might God of Jacob.
deliver him unto the power and au- 38 For he is not a God of the dead,
thority of the governor. but of the living: for ail live unto him.
21 And they asked him, saying, 39 Then certain of the scribes an
Master, we know that thou sayest and swering said, Master, thou hast well
teachest rightly, neither acçeptest said.
thou the person of any, but teachest 40 And after that they durst not
the way of God truly: ask him any question at ail.
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute 41 And he said unto them, How say
unto Caesar, or no? they that Christ is David-s son?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, 42 And David himself saith in the
and said unto them, Why tempt ye book of Psalms, The Lord said unto
me? my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image 43 Till I make thine enemies thy
and superscription hath it? They an- footstool.
swered and said, Caesar's. 44 David therefore calleth him
25 And he said unto them, Render Lord, how is he then his son?
therefore unto Cœsar the things which 45 Then in the audience of ail the
be Cœsar's, and unto God the things people he said unto his disciples,
which be God's. 46 Beware of the scribes, which de-
26 And they could not take hold of sire to walk in long robes, and love
his words before the people: and they greetings in the markets,and the high-
marvelled at his answer, and held est seats in the synagogues, and the
their peace. chief rooms at feasts;
27 Then came to him certain of the 47 Which devour widows* houses,
Sad-du-cees, which deny that there and for a shew make long prayers: the
is any résurrection: and they asked same shall receive greater damnation.
him,
28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote un CHAPTER 21
to us, If any man's brother die, having AND he looked up, and saw the rich
a wife, and he die without children, Jl\ men casting their gifts into the
that his brother should take his wife, treasury.
and raise up seed unto his brother. 2 And he saw also a certain poor
29 There were therefore seven widow casting in thither two mites.
brethren: and the first took a wife, and 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto
died without children. you, that this poor widow hath cast in
30 And the second took her to wife, more than they ail:
and he died childless. 4 For ail these have of their abon
31 And the third took her; and in dance cast in unto the offerings of
like manner the seven also: and they God: but she of her penury hath cast
left no children, and died. in ail the living that she had.
32 Last of ail the woman died also. 5 And as some spake of the temple,
33 Therefore in the résurrection how it was adomed with goodly stones
whose wife of them is she? for seven and gifts, he said,
had her to wife. 6 As for these things which ye be-
34 And Jésus answering said unto hold, the days will come,in the which
them, The children of this world mar-there shall not be left one stone upon
ry, and are given in marriage: another, that shall not be thrown
35 But they which shall be ac- down.
counted wôrthy to obtain that world, 7 And they asked him,saying, Mas
and the résurrection from the dead. ter, but when shall these things be?
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and what sign wîU there be when these lem shall be trbdden down of the Gen-
things shall corne to pass? tiles, until the times of the Gentiles be
8 And' he said> Take heed that ye fulfilled.
be net dec^ved: for many shall corne 25 And there shall be signs in the
in my name, saying, I âm Christ; and Sun, and in the moon,and in the stars;
the time draweth hean go ye not there- and upon the earth distress of nations,
fore after them. with perplexity; the sea and the waves
9 But when ye shall hear of wars roaring;
and commotions, be not terriiied: for 26 Men's héarts failing them for
these things must first come to pass; fear, and for looking after those t^gs
but the end is not by and by. which are coming on the earth: for the
10 Then said he unto them. Nation powers of heaven shall be shaken.
shall rise against nation, and kingdom 27 And then shall they see the Son
agiain^t kingdom: of man coming in a cloud with power
11 And great earthquakes shall be and great glory.
in divers places, and famines, and pes 28 And when these things begin to
tilences; and fearfiil sights and great come to pass, then look up, and Uft up
signs shall there be from heaven. your heads;for your rédemption draw
12 But before ail these, they shall eth nigh.
lay their hands on you, and persécute 29 And he spake to them a parable;
you, delivering you up to the syna Behbld the fig tree, and ail the trees;
gogues, and into prisons, being 30 When they now shoot forth, ye
brought bêfore kings and rulers for see and know of your own selves that
my name's sake. summer is now nigh at hand.
13 And it shall tum to you for a 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these
testimony. things come to pass, know ye that the
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
not to meditate before what ye shall 32 Verily I say unto you, This gén
answer: ération shall not pass away, till aU be
15 For I will give you a mouth and fulfiUed.
wisdom, which ail your adversaries 33 Heaven and earth shall pass
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. away: but my words shall not pass
16 And ye shall be betrâyed both by away.
parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, 34 And take heed to yourselves,
lest at any time your hearts be over-
and friends; and some of you shall they
cause to be put tb death. charged with surfeiting, and drunken-
17 And ye shall be hated of ail men
ness, and cares of this Ufe, and so that
for my neune's sake. day come upon you unawares.
18 But there shall not an hair of 35 For as a snare shall it come on
your head perish. ail them that dwell on the face of the
19 In your patience possess ye your whole earth.
soûls. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray
20 And when ye shall see Jérusalem always, that ye may be accounted
compassed with armies, then know worthy to escape ail these things that
that the désolation thereof is nigh. shall come to pass, and to stand before
21 Then let them which are in Ju- the Son of man.
daea fiee to the mountains; and let 37 And in the day time he was
them which are in the midst of it de- teaching in the temple; and at night he
part out; and let not them that are in went out,and abode in the mount that
the countries enter thereinto. is called the mount of Olives.
22 For these be the days of ven 38 And ail the people came early in
geance, that ail things which are writ- the moming to him in the temple,for
ten liiày be fulfilled. to hear him.
23 But woe unto them thàt are
with child,and to them that give suck, CHAPTER 22
in those daysl for there shall be great NOW the feast of unleavened bread
distress in the land, and wrath upon drew nigh, which is called the
this people. Passover.
24 And they shall fall by the edge 2 And the chief priests and scribes
of the sword, and shall be led away sought how they might kill him; for
captive into ail nations: and Jérusa they feared the people.
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3 Then entered Satan into Judas that betrayeth me is with me on tiie

sumamed Iscariot, being of the num- table.
bèr of the twelvCi 22 And truly the Son of man goeth,
4 And he went his way, and eom- as it was determined: but woe unto
muned with the chief priests and cap- that man by whom he is betrayedi
tains» how he might betrây him unto 23 And they began to eiiquire
them. among themselves, which of them it
5 And they were glad, and cove- was that should do this thing.
nanted to give him money. 24 And there was also a strife
6 And he promised» and sought op- among them, which of them should be
portunity to betrày him uhto them in accounted the greatest.
the absence of the multitude. 25 And he said unto them, The
7 Then came the day of unleavened kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship
bread, when the passover must be over them; and they that exercise au-
killed. ^ thority upon them are called benefac-
8 And he sent Peter and John, say- tors.
ing. Go and préparé us the passover, 26 But ye shall not he so: but he
that we may eat. that is greatest among you,let him be
9 And they said unto him, Where as the younger; and he that is chief, as
wilt thou that we préparé? he that doth serve.
10 And he said unto them, Behold, 27 For whether is greater, he that
when ye are entered into the city, sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is
theré shall a man meet you, bearing a not he that sitteth at meat? but 1 am
pitcher of water; follow him into the among you as he that serveth.
house where he entereth in. 28 Ye are they which have con-
11 And ye shall say unto the good- tinued with me in my temptations.
man of the house, The Master saith un 29 And I appoint unto you a king
to thee, Where is the guestchamber, dom, as my Father hath appointed
where I shall eat the passover with my unto me;
disciples? 30 That ye may eat and drink at
12 And he shall shew you a large my table in my kingdom, and sit on
upper room fumished: there make thrones judging the twelve tribes of
ready. Israël.
13 And they went, and found as he 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Si
had said unto them: and they made mon, behold, Satan hath desired to
ready the passover. have you, that he may sift you as
14 And when the hour was come,he wheat:
sat down,and the twelve apostles with 32 But I have prayed for thee, that
him. thy faith fail not: and when thou art
15 And he said unto them, With de- converted, strengthen thy brethren.
sire I have desired to eat this passover 33 And he said unto him. Lord, I
with you before 1 suffer: am ready to go with thee, both into
16 For I say unto you, I will not prison, and to death.
any more eat thereof, until it be ful- 34 And he said, I tell thee. Peter,
filled in the kingdom of God. the cock shall not crow this day, before
17 And he took the cup, and gave that thou shalt thrice deny that thou
thanks, and said, Take this, and divide knowest me.
it among yourselves: 35 And he said unto them, When I
18 For 1 say unto you, I will not sent you without purse, and scripj and
drink of the fruit of the vine, until the shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they
kingdom of God shall come. said, Nothing.
19 And he took bread, and gave 36 Then said he unto them. But
thanks, £ind brake it, and gave unto now,he that hàth a purse,let him take
them, saying, Thlis is my body which it, and likewise his scrip: and he that
is givett for you: this do in remem- hath no sword, let him sell his gar-
brance of me. ment, and buy one.
20 Likewise also the cup after sup- 37 For I say unto you, that this
per, saying, This cup is the new testa that is written must yet be accom-
ment in my blood, which is shed for plished in me, And he was reckoned
you. among the transgressors: for the
21 But, behold, the hand of him things conceming me have an end.
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38 And they said, Lord, behold, set down together. Peter sat do^
here are two swords. And he said unto among them. ,
them, It te enough. 56 But a certain maid beheld him
39 And he came eut, and went; as as he sat by the fire^ and eamestly
he was wont, to the mount of Olives; looked upon him, and said, This man
and hte disciples aiso foUowed him. was also with him.
40 And when he was at the place, 57 And he denied him,saying,Wom-
he said unto them, Pray that ye enter an, I know bim not.
not into temptation. 58 And after a little while another
41 And he was withdrawn from saw him, and said,: Thou art also of
them about a stonete cast, and kneeled them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
down, and prayed, 59 And about the space of pne hour
42 Saying, Father, if thou be will- after another confidently afiirmed,
ing, remove this cup from me: never^ saying, Of a truth this.fellœv also was
theless not my will, but thine, be done. with him: for he is a Galilaean.
43 And there appeared an angel un 60 And Peter said, Man» 1 know
to him from heaven, strengtiening not what thou sayest> And immedi-
him.. ately, while he yet spake, the cock
44 And being in an agony he prayed crew.
more eamestly: and his sweat was as 61 And the Lord tumed,and looked
it were great drops of blood falling upon Peter. And Peter remembered
down to the ground. the Word of the Lord, how he had said
45 And when he rose up from pray- unto him, Before the cock crow, thou
er, and was come to his disciples, he shalt deny me thrice.
found them sleeping for sorrow, 62 And Peter went out and wept
46 And said unto them, Why sleep bitterly.
ye? rise and pray; lest ye enter into 63 And the men that held Jésus,
temptation. mocked him, and smote him.
47 And while he yet spake, behold 64 And when they had. blindfolded
a multitude, and he that was called him, they stmck him on the face, and
Judas, one of the twelve, went before asked himj saying, Prophesy, who is
them,and drew near unto Jésus to kiss it that smote thee?
him. 65 And meuiy other things blasphe-
48 But Jésus S2iid unto him. Judas, mously spake they against him.
betrayest thou the Son of man with a 66 And as soon as it was day, the
kiss? :' > elders of the people and the chief
49 When they which were about priests and the scribes came together,
him saw what would follow, they said and led him into their council, saying,
unto him. Lord, shall we smite with 67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And
the sword? he SEiid unto them. If I tell you, ye
50 And one of them smote the ser will not believe:
vant of the high prlest, and eut off hte 68 And if I also ask you, ye will not
right ear. answer me, nor let me go.
51 And Jésus answered and said, 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man
Suffer ye thus far. And he touched hte sit on the right hand of the power of
ear, and healed him. God.
52 Then Jésus said unto the chief 70 Then said they ail. Art thou then
priests, and captains of the temple, the Son of God? And he said unto
and the elders, which were come to them, Ye say that I am.
him, Be ye come out, as against a 71 And they said, What need we
thief, with swords and staves? any further witness? for we ourselves
53 When I was daily with you in have heard of his own mouth.
the temple, ye stretdlied foith no CHAPTBR 23
hands against me: but this is your
hour, and the power of darkness. AND the whole multitude of^ them
54 Then took they him, and led arose, and led him unto Pilate.
him, and brought him into the high 2 And they began to accuse him,
priest's house. And Peter foUowed afar saying, We found tiiis fellow perverting
off. the nation, and forbidding to give trib-
55 And when they had kindled a ute to Caesar, saying that he himself is
fire in the midst of the hall, and were Christ a King.
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3 And Pilate asked him, saylng. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify
Art thou the King of the Jews? And he him, crucify him.
answered him and said, Thou sayest 22 And he said unto them the third
U. time, Why, what evil hath he done? I
4 Then said Pilate to the chief have found no cause of death in him:
priests and to the people, I find no I will therefore chastise him, and let
fault in this man. him go.
5 And they were the more fierce, 23 And they were instant with loud
saying, He stirreth up the people, voices, requiring that he might be cru-
teaching throughout ail Jewry, begin- cified. And the voices of them and of
ning from Galilee to this place. the chief priests prevailed.
6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it
asked whether the man were a Gali- should be as they required.
lœan. 25 And he released unto them him
7 And as soon as he knew that he that for sédition and murder was cast
belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he into prison, whom they had desired;
sent him to Herod, who himself also but he delivered Jésus to their will.
was at Jérusalem at that time. 26 And^as they led him away, they
8 And when Herod saw Jésus, he laid hold upon one Simon, a Cy-re-ni-
was exceeding glad: for he was desir- an, coming out of the country, and on
ous to see him of a long seoson, be- him they laid the cross, that he might
cause he had heard many things of bear it after Jésus.
him; and he hoped to have seen some 27 And there followed him a great
miracle done by him. Company of people, and of women,
9 Then he questioned with him in which also bewailed and lamented
many words; but he answered him him.
nothing. 28 But Jésus tuming unto them
10 And the chief priests and scribes said, Daughters of Jérusalem, weep
stood and vehemently accused him. not for me, but weep for yourselves,
11 And Herod with his men of war and for your children.
set him at nought, and mocked him, 29 For, behold, the days are com
and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, ing, in the which they shall say, Bless-
and sent him.again to Pilate. ed are the barren, and the wombs that
12 And the same day Pilate and never bare, and the paps which never
Herod were made friends together: for gave suck.
before they were at enmity between 30 Then shall they begin to say to
themselves. the mountains, Fall on us; and to the
13 And Pilate, when he had called hills, Cover us.
together the chief priests and the rul- 31 For if they do these things in a
ers and the people, green tree, what shall be done in the
14 Said unto them,Ye have brought dry?
this man unto me,as one that pervert- 32 And there were also two other,
eth the people: and, behold, I, having malefactors, led with him to be put to
examined him before you, have found death.
no fault in this man touching those 33 And when they were corne to the
things whereof ye accuse him: place, which is called Calvary, there
15 No,nor yet Herod:for I sent you they crucifîed him, and the malefac
to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of tors, one on the right hand, and the
death is done unto him. other on the left.
16 I will therefore chastise him,and 34 Then said Jésus, Father, forgive
release him. them;for they know not what they do.
17 (For of necessity he must release And they parted his raiment, and cast
one unto them at the feast.) lots.
18 And they cried out ail at once, 35 And the people stood beholding.
saying, Away with this man, and re And the rulers also with them derided
lease unto us Ba-rab-bas: him, saying, He saved others; let him
19 (Who for a certain sédition made save himself,if he be Christ, the chos-
in the city, and for murder, was cast en of God.
into prison.) 36 And the soldiers also mocked
20 Pilate therefore, willing to re him, coming to him, and offering him
lease Jésus, spaké again to them. vinegar.
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37 And saying. If thou be the king 55 And the women also, which
of the Jews, save thyself. came with him from Galilee, followed
38 And a superscription also was after, and beheld the sepulchre, and
written over him in letters of Greek, how his body was laid.
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS 18 56 And they retumed,and prepared
THE KING OF THE JEWS. spices and ointments; and rested the
39 And one of the malefactors sabbath day according to the com-
which were hanged railed on him,say- mandment.
ing. If thou be Christ, save thyself
CHAPTER 24
and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked NOW upon the first day of the
him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, week, very early in the mom-
seeing thou art in the same condem- ing, they came unto the sepulchre,
nation? bmiging the spices which they had
41 And we indeed justly; for we re prepared, and certain others with
çoive the due reward of our deeds: but them.
this man hath done nothing amiss. 2 And they found the stone rolled
42 And he said unto Jésus, Lord, away from the sepulchre.
remember me when thou comest into 3 And they entered in, and found
thy kingdom. not the body of the Lord Jésus.
43 And Jésus said unto him, Verily 4 And it came to pass, as they were
I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be much perplexed thereabout, behold,
with me in paradise. two men stood by them in shining gar-
44 And it was about the sixth hour, ments:
and there was a darkness over ail the 5 And as they were afraid, and
earth until the ninth hour. bowed down fheir faces to the earth,
45 And the sun was darkened, and they said unto them, Why seek ye the
the vail of the temple was rent in the living among the dead?
midst. 6 He is not here, but is risen: re
46 And when Jésus had cried with member how he spake unto you when
a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy he was yet in Galilee,
hands I commend my spirit: and hav- 7 Saying, the Son of man must be
ing said thus, he gave up the ghost. delivered into the hands of sinfiil men,
47 Now when the centurion saw and be cmcified, and the third day
what was done, he glorified God, say rise again.
ing, Certainly this was a righteous 8 And they remembered his words,
man. 9 And retumed from the sepulchre,
48 And ail the people that came to- and told ail these things unto the
gether to that sight, beholding the eleven, and to ail the rest.
things which were done, smote their 10 It was Mary Magdalene, and
breasts, and retumed. Joanna,and Mary the mother of James,
49 And ail his acquaintance, and and other women that were with them,
the women that foUowed him from which told these things unto the apos-
Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these tles.
things. 11 And their words seemed to them
50 And, behold, there was a man as idle taies, and they believed them
named Joseph, a counsellor; and he not.
was a good man, and a just: 12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto
51 (The same had not consented to the sepulchre; and stooping down, he
the coimsel and deed of them;) he was beheld the linen clothes laid by them-
of Ar-i-ma-thae-a, a city of the Jews: selves, and departed, wondering in
who also himself waited for the king himself at that which was come to
dom of God. pass.
52 This man went unto Pilate, and 13 And, behold, two of them went
begged the body of Jésus. that same day to a village caîled Em-
53 And he took it down, and ma-us, which was from Jérusalem
wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a dbout threescore furlongs.
sepulchre that was hewn in stone, 14 And they talked together of ail
wherein never man before was laid. these things which had happened.
54 And that day was the prépara 15 And it came to pass, that, while
tion, and the sabbath drew on. they communed together and reasoned.
 ST. LUKE 24 939

Jésus himself drew near, and went they knew him; and he vanished out
with them. of their sight.
16 But their eyes were holden that 32 And they said one to another,
they should not know him. Did not our heart bum within us,
17 And he said unto them, What while he talked with iis by the way,
manner of communications are these and while he opened tb us the scrip
that ye have one to another, as ye tures?
walk, and are sad? 33 And they rose up the same hour,
18 And the one of them, whose and returned to Jérusalem, and found
name was Cle'-o-pas, answering said the eleven gathered together, and
unto him. Art thou only a strànger in them that were with them,
Jérusalem, and hast not known the 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed,
things which are come to pass there in and hath appeared to Simon.
these days? 35 And they told what things were
19 And he said unto them, What done in the way, and hôw he was
things? And they said unto him, Con- known of them in breaking of bread.
cerning Jésus of Nazareth, which was 36 And as they thiis spake, Jésus
a prophet mighty in deed and word himself stôod in the midst of them,
before God and ail the people: and Scdth unto them, Peace he unto
20 And how the chief priests and you.
our rulers delivered him to be çon- 37 But they were terrified and af-
demned to death, and hayè crucified frighted, and supppséd that they had
him. seen a spirit.
21 But we trusted that it had been 38 And he said unto them, Why are
he which should have redeemed Israël: ye troubled? ànd why do thoughts
and beside ail this, to day is the third arise in your hearts?
day since these things were done. 39 Behold my hands and my feet,
22 Yea, and certain women also of that it is 1 myself: handle me,and see;
our Company made us astonished, for a spirit hath not flesh and bories,
which were early at the sepulchre; as ye see me have.
23 And when they found not his 40 And when he had thus spoken,
body, they C2une, saying, that they he shewed them his hands and his feet.
had also seen a vision pf angels, which 41 And while they yet believed liot
said that he was alive. for joy, and wondered, he said unto
24 And certain pf them which were them, Have ye here ahy meat?
with us went to the sepulchre, and 42 And they gave him a piece of a
found it even so as the woipen had broiled fish, and of an honeycômb.
said: but him they saw not. 43 And he took it, and did eat be
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, fore them.
and slow of heart to belieye ail that 44 And he said unto thêm, These
the prophets have sppken: are the wprds which I spake unto you,
26 Ought not Christ to have suf- while I was yet with you, that ail
fered these things^ and to enter into things must be fulfllléd, which were
his glory? written in the law of Moses, and in the
27 And beginning at Moses and ail prophets, and in the psalms, concem-
the prophets, he expounded untP them ing me.
in alî the scriptures the things cpnçem- 45 Then opened he their under-
ing himself. ; standing, that they might understand
28 And they drew nigh unto the the scriptures,
village, whither they went: and he 46 And said unto them, Thus it is
made as though he would have gohe written, and thus it behoved Christ to
further. sufîer, and to hse from the dead the
29 But they constrained hipfi, say third day:
ing, Abide with us: for it ^ toward 47 And that répehtance and remis
evening, and the dày is far sperit. And sion of sins shpuld be preached in his
he went in to tarry with them. name among ail nations, beginning at
36 And it came to pass, as he sat at Jérusalem.
meat with theni, he took bread, and 48 And ye are witnesses of these
blessed it, and brake, and gave to things.
them. 49 And, behold, I send the promise
31 And their eyes were opened, and of my Father upon you: but tarry ye
940 ST. JOHN 1
în the city of Jérusalem, until ye bè blessed them, he was parted from
endued with power from on high. them, and carried up into heaven.
50 And he led them eut as far as to 52 And they worshipped him, and
Bethaiïyj and he lifted up his hands, retumed to Jérusalem with great joy:
and blessed thein. 53 And were continually in the tem
51 And it came to pass, while he ple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

The Gospel According to

Saint
CHAPTER I
IN the beginning was the Word,and
the Word was with God, and the
Word was Gk)d.
2 The same was in the beginning
with God.
3 AU things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made
that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was
the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 Tliere was a man sent from God,
whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to
beat witness of the Light, that ail men
through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was
sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which
lighteth every man that cometh into
the world.
10 He was in the world, and the
world was made by him, and the
world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his
own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to
them gave hé power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe
on his name:
13 Which were bom, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, chet I am not worthy to unloose.
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only be-
gotten of the Father,)full of grâce and
truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and
cried, saying, This was he of whom I
spake, He that cometh after me is pre-
ferred before me:for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have ail we
received, and grâce for grâce.
17 For the law was given by Moses,
but grâce and truth came by Jésus
Christ.
18 No man hath seen God àt any
time; the only begotten Son, which is
in the bosom of the Father, he hath
declared him.
19 And this is the record of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites
from Jérusalem to ask him, Who art
thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied
not; but confessed, I am not the
Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then?
Art thou E-li'-as? And he saith, I am
not. Art thou that prophet? And he
answered. No.
22 Then said they uiito him, Who
art thou? that we may give an answer
to them that sent us. What sayest thou
of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one
crying in the wildemess, Make straight
the way of the Lord, as said the
prophet E-sa'-ias.
24 And they which were sent were
of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said
unto him, Why baptizest thou then,
if thou be not that Christ, nor E-li-as,
neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I
baptize with water: but there standeth
oné among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is
preferred before me, whose shoe's lat-
28 These things were done in Beth-
ab-a-ra beyond Jordan, where John
was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jésus
coming unto him, and saith, Behold
the Lamb of God, which taketh away
the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After
me cometh a man which is preferred
before me: for he was before me.
31 Aiid I knew him not: but that he
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should be made manifest to Israël, swered and said unto him,Before that
therefore am I corne baptizing with Philip called thee, when thou wast un-
water. der the fig tree, I saw thee.
32 And John bare record, saying, I 49 Nathanael answered and saith
saw the Spirit descending from heaveû unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of
like a dove, and it abode upon him. God; thou art the King.of Israël.
33 And I knew him not: but he that 50 Jésus answered and said unto
sent me to baptize with water, the him, Because I said unto thee, I saw
same said unto me, Upon whom thon thee under the fig tree, believest thou?
shalt see the Spirit descending, and re- thou shalt see greater things than
maining on him, the same is he which these.
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 51 And he saith unto him, Verily,
34 And I saw, and bare record that verily, I say unto yoii, Hereafter ye
this is the Son of God. shall see heaven open, and the angels
35 Again the next day after John of God ascending and descending upon
stood, and two of his disciples; the Son of man.
36 And looking upon Jésus as he
walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of CHAPTER 2
Godl AND the third day there was a mar-
37 And the two disciples heard him l\ riage in Cana of Galilee; and the
speak, and they followed Jésus. mother of Jésus was there:
38 Then Jésus tumed, and saw 2 And both Jésus was called, and
them following, and saith unto them, his disciples, to the marriage.
What seek ye? They said unto him, 3 And when they wanted wine, the
Rabbi,(which is to say, being inter- mother of Jésus saith unto him, They
preted, Master,) where dwellest thou? have no wine.
39 He saith unto them, Come and 4 Jésus saith unto her, Woman,
see. They came and saw where he what have 1 to do with thee? mine
dwelt, and abode with him that day: hour is not yet come.
for it was about the tenth hour. 5 His mother saith unto the ser-
40 One of the two which heard John vantSi Whatsoever he saith imto you,
speak, and followed him,was Andrew, do it.
Simon Peter's brother. 6 And there were set there six wa-
41 He first findeth his own brother terpots of stone, after the manner of
Simon, and saith unto him, We have the purifying of the Jews, containing
found the Mes-si-as, which is, being in- two or three firkins apiece.
terpreted, the Christ. 7 Jésus saith unto them, Fill the
42 And he brought him to Jésus. waterpots with water. And they filled
And when Jésus beheld him, he said, them up to the brim.
Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou 8 And he saith unto them, Draw
shalt be called Ce'-phas, which is by out now, and bear unto the govemor
interprétation, A stone. of the feast. And they bare if.
43 The day following Jésus would 9 When the ruler of the feast had
go forth into Galilee, and findeth Phil tasted the water that was made wine,
ip, and saith unto him, Follow me. and knew not whence it was:(but the
44 Now Philip was of Beth-sa-i^da, servants which drew the water knew;)
the city of Andrew and Peter. the govemor of the feast called the
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and bridegroom,
saith unto him, We have foimd him, 10 And saith imto him, Every mân
of whom Moses in the law, and the at the beginning doth set forth good
prophets,did write, Jésus of Nazareth, wine; and when men have well drunk,
the son of Joseph. then that which is worse: butthou hast
46 And Nathanael said unto him^ kept the good wine until now.
Can there any good thing come out of 11 This beginning of miracles did
Nazareth? Phhip saith unto him, Jésus in Cana of Galilee, and mani-
Come and see. fested forth his glory; and his disciples
47 Jésus saw Nathanael coming to believed on him.
him, and saith of him, Behold an Is 12 After this he went down to Ca-
raélite indeed, in whom is no guile! per'-na-um, he, and his mother, and
48 Nathanael saith unto him, his brethren, and his disciples: and
Whence knowest thou me? Jésus an- they continued there not many days.
942 ST. JOHN 3
13 And the Jews' passover was at old? can he enter the second time into
hand,and Jésus went up to Jerusaleini his mother's, womb, and be bom?
14 And found in the temple those 5 Jésus answered, Verily, verily, I
that sold oxen and sheep and doves, say unto thee, Except a man be bom
and the changers of money sitting: of wateri and of the Spirit, he cannot
15 And when he had made a scourge enter into the kingdom of God.
of small eords, he drove them ail eut 6 That which is bom of the flesh is
of the temple, and the sheep, ahd the hesh; and that. which is bom of the
oxen; and poured out the changers' Spirit is spirit.
monéy, ahd overthrew the tables; 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
16 And said unto them that sold Ye must be born again.
doves, Take these things hence; make 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
not my Father-s house an house of and thou hearest the sound thereof,
merchandlse. but canst not tell whence it cometh>
17 And his disciples remembered and whither it goeth: so is every one
that it was written, The zecil of thine that is born of the Spirit.
house hath eaten me up. 9 Nic-o-de-mus answered and said
18 Then answered the Jews and unto him, How can these things be?
said unto him, What sign shewest thou 10 Jésus answered and said unto
unto us, seeing that thou doest these him. Art thou a master of Israël, and
things? knowest not these things?
19 Jésus answered and said unto 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
them, Destroy this temple, and in We speak that we do know,and testify
three days I will raise it up. that we have seen; and ye receive not
20 Thén said the Jews, Forty and our witness.
six years was this temple in building, 12 IfI have told you earthly things,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days? and ye believe not, how shall ye be-
21 But he spake of the temple of lieve, if I tell you of heavenly things?
his body. 13 And no man hath ascended up to
22 When therefore he was risen heaveUj but he that came down from
from the dead, his disciples remember-- heàven, even the Son of man which is
ed that he had said this unto them; in heaven.
and they believed the scripture, and 14 And as Moses lifted up the ser
the Word which Jésus had said. pent in the wilderness, even so must
23 Now when he was in Jérusalem the Son of man be lifted up:
at the passover,in the feast day, many 15 That-whosoever believeth in him
believed in his name, when they saw should not perish,- but have etemal
the miracles which he did. life.
24 But Jésus did not commit him- 16 For God so loved the world, that
self unto them^ because he knew ail he gave his only begotten Son, that
men, whosoever believeth in him should not
25 And needed not that any shôuld perish, but have everlasting life.
testify of man: for he knew what was 17 For God sent not his Son into
in man. the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through him might be
CHAPTER 3 saved.
TheRE was a man ofthe Pharisees, 18 He that believeth on him is not
named Nic-o-de-mus, a ruler of the condemned: but he that believeth not
Jews: is condemned already, because he hath
2 The same came to Jésus by night, not believed in the name of the only
and said unto him, Rabbi, we know begotten Son of God.
that thou art a teacher come from 19 And this is the condemnation,
God: for no man can do these miracles that light is come into the world, and
that thou doést, except God be with men loved darkness rather than light,
him. because their deeds were evil.
3 Jésus answered and said unto 20 For every one that doeth evil
him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, hateth the light, neither cometh to
Except a man be born again, he can- the light, lest his deeds should be re-
not see the kingdom of God. proved.
4 Nic-o-de-mus saith unto him, 21 But he that doeth tmth cometh
How can a man be born when he is to the light, that his deeds may be
 ST. JOHN 4
made manlfest, that they are wrought
in God.
22 After these things came Jésus
and his disciples into the land of Ju- again into Galilee.
dœa; and there he tarried with them,
and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in
non near to Sa-lim, because there ma-ri-a, which is called Sy'-char, near
was much water there: and they came, to the parcel of ground that Jacob
and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into
prison.
25 Then there arose a question be- ney, sat thus on the well: and it was
tween some of John*s disciples and the
Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and
said unto him, Rabbi, he that was
with thee beyond Jordan, to whom
thou barest witness, behold, the same
baptizeth, and ail men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man
can receive nothing, except it be given
him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness,
that I said, 1 am not the Christ, but
that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the
bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and hear-
eth him, rejoiceth greatly because of
the bridegroom's voice: this my joy
therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must thou hast nothing to draw with, and
decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is
above ail: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he
that cometh from heaven is above ail.
32 And what he hath seen and
heard, that he testifieth; and no man
receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testi
mony hath set to his seal that God is
true.
34 For he whom God hath sent
speaketh the words of God: for God
giveth not the Spirit by measure unto
him,
35 The Father loveth the Son, and
hath given ail things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life: and he that be
lieveth not the Son shall not see lifé;
but the wrath of God abideth on him.
CHAPTER 4
WHEN therefore the Lord knew
how the Pharisees had heard
that Jésus made and baptized more
disciples than John,
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2 (Though Jésus himself baptized
not, but his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea, and departed
4 And he must needs go through
Sa-ma-ri-a.
5 Then cometh he to a city of Sa-
gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jésus
therefore, being wearied with his jour-
about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Sa-ma-
ri-a to draw water: Jésus saith unto
her, Give me to drink.
S"(For his disciples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Sa-ma-
ri-a unto him, How is it that thou,
being a Jew, askest drink of me, which
am a woman of Sa-ma-ri-a? for the
Jews have na dealings with the Sa-
maritans.
10 Jésus answered and said unto
her, If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give
me to drink; thou wouldest have asked
of him, and he would have given thee
living water.
11 The woman saith unto him. Sir,
the well is deep: from whence then
hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his chil-
dren, and his cattle?
13 Jésus answered and said unto
her, Whosoever drinketh of this water
shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the
water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give
him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him. Sir,
give me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
16 Jésus saith unto her. Go,call thy
husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said,
I have no husband. Jésus said imto
her, Thou hast well said, I have no
husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands;
and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith unto him. Sir,
I perceive that thou art a prophet.
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20 Our fathers worshipped in this
mountain; and ye say, that in Jérusa
lem is the place where men ought to
worship.
21 Jésus saith unto her, Woman,
believe me, the hour cometh, when ye
shall neither in this mountain, nor yet
at Jérusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what:
we know what we worship: for salva-
tion is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now
is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith imto him, I
know that Mes-si-as cometh, which is
called Christ: when he is come, he will
tell us ail things.
26 Jésus saith unto her, I that
speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples,
and marvelled that he talked with the
woman: yet no man said, What seek-
est thou? or, Why talkest thou with
her?
28 The woman then left her water-
pot, and went her way into the city,
and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me
ail things that ever I did: is not this
the Christ?
30 Then they went out of the city,
and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples
prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have
meat to eat that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one
to another, Hath any man brought
him ought to eat? way; thy son liveth. And the man be
34 Jésus saith unto them, My meat lieved the word that Jésus had spoken
is to do the will of him that sent me, unto him, and he went his way.
and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest? be-
hold, I say unto you. Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they
are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and
he that reapeth may rejoice to-
gether.
37 And herein is that saying true,
One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon
ye bestowed no labour: other men la-
boured, and ye are entered into their
labours.
39 And many of the Scunaritans of
that city believed on him for the say
ing of the woman, which testified, He
told me ail that ever I did.
40 So when the Samaritans were
come unto him, they besought him
that he would tarry with them: and he
abode there two days.
41 And many more believed be-
cause of his own word;
42 And said unto the woman, Now
we believe, not because of thy saying:
for we have heard him ourselves, and
know that this is indeed the Christ,
the Saviour of the world.
43 Now after two days he departed
thence, and went into Galilee.
44 For Jésus himself testified, that
a prophet hath no honour in his own
country.
45 Then when he was come into
Galilee, the Galilœans received him,
having seen ail the things that he did
at Jérusalem at the feast: for they aiso
went unto the feast.
46 So Jésus came again into Cana
of Galilee, where he made the water
wine. And there was a certain noble-
man, whose son was sick at Ca-peri-
na-um.
47 When he heard that Jésus was
come out of Judaea into Galilee, he
went unto him,and besought him that
he would come down,and heal his son:
for he was at the point of death.
48 Then said Jésus unto him, Ex-
cept ye see signs and wonders, ye will
not believe,
49 The nobleman saith unto him.
Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jésus saith unto him. Go thy
51 And as he was now going down,
his servants met him, and told him,
saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then enquired he of them the
hour when he began to amend. And
they said unto him, Yesterday at the
seventh hour the fever left him.
53 So the father knew that it was
at the same hour, in the which Jésus
said unto him, Thy son liveth: and
himself believed, and his whole house.
54 This is again the second miracle
that Jésus did, when he was come out
of Judœa into Galilee.
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CHAPTER 5
AFTER this therë was a feast of the
Jews; and Jésus went up to Jéru
salem.
2 Now there is at Jérusalem by the
sheep market a pool, which is called in
the Hebrew tongue Be-thes-da,having
five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude
of impotent folk, of blind, hait, with-
ered, waiting for the moving of the
water.
4 For an angel went down at a cer
tain season into the pool, and troubled
the water: whosoever thén first after
thé troubling of the water stepped in
was made whole of whatsoever disease
he had.
5 And a certain man was there,
which had an infirmity thirty and
eight years. dead, and quickeneth them; even so
6 When Jésus saw hîm lie, and thé Son quickeneth whom he will.
knew that he had been now a long
time in that case, he saith imto him, but hath conmiitted ail judgment unto
Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him.
Sir, I have no man, when the water is
troubled, to put me into the pool: but
while I am coming, another steppeth
down before me.
8 Jésus saith unto him, Rise, take
up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediateiy the man was
made whole, and took up his bed, and
walked: and.on the same day was the
sabbath.
10 The Jews theréfore said unto
him that was cured, It is the sabbath
day: it is not lawful for thee to carry
fhy bed.
11 He answered them, He that
made me whole, the same S£dd unto
me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man
ts tbat wMch unto thee, Take up
thy bed, and walk?
13 And hé tilat wâs healed wist hôt
who it was: fpr Jésus had coiiveyed
himself away, a niultitude being in
that place.
14 Afterward Jésus findeth him in
the tèm^e, and said unto him, Be- of life; and they that have doiié evil,
hold, thqu art made whole: sin no
more, 1^ à wprse thiûg come unto
thee.
15 The man departed, and told thé
Jewis that it was Jésus, Which had
made him whole.
16 And thetéfbre did the Jews per
sécute Jésus, and sought to slay him,
945
because he had done these things on
the sabbath day.
17 But Jésus answered them, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
ÏS Therefore the Jews sought the
more to kill hirti, because he not only
had broken thé sabbath, but said also
that God was'MS Fathèr, makihg him
self equal with God.
19 Theiî answered Jesùs and said
unto them, Verily, verily, I sày unto
you, The Son can do nothing of him
self, but what he seeth the Father do:
for what things soever he dôeth, these
also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son;
and sheweth him ail things that him
self doeth: and hé will shew him great-
er Works than these, that ye may mar-
vel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the
22 For the Father judgeth no man,
the Son:
23 That àll men should hônour the
Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth liot the Sbh hon-
oùtéth not tïie Fathér which hath sent
him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that héareth my word, and be-
lievéth on him that sent me,hath ever-
lasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life.
25 Venlyj verily, I say unto you,
The hour is coming, and now is, when
the dead shall hear the voice of tiie Son
of God: aïid they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to
execute judgment also, because he is
the Son of man.
28 Marvel nôt at this: for the hour
is coming, iii the which àll that are in
the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that
have done g^ood, unto the résurrection
unto the resuprection of damnation.
30 I can of.mine own sejf do noth
ing: as I hear, I.judgé: and my judg
ment is just; becâuse I séék not mine
own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my
witness is not true.
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32 There is another that beareth
witness of me; and I know that the
witness which he witnesseth of me is
true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare
witness unto the truth»
34 But I receive not testimony
from man: but these things I say, that
ye might be saved^
35 He was a buming and a shining
light: and ye were willing for a season
to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have greater witness than
that of John: for the works which the
Father hath given me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness of
me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which
hath sent me, hath borne witness of
me. Ye have neither heard his voice at
any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abid-
ing in you:for whom he hath sent, him
ye believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in
them ye think ye have etemal life: and
they are they which testify of me.
40 ^d ye will not come to me,that
ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have
not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, lost.
and ye receive me not: if another shall 13 Therefore they gathered them to-
come in his pwn name, him ye will gether, and filled twelve baskets with
receive.
44 How can ye believe, which re
ceive honour one of another, and seek
not the honour that cometh from God
only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse
you to the Father: there is one that ac-
cuseth you, even Mbses in whom ye
trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye
would have believed me: for he wrote
of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writ-
ings, how shall ye believe my words?
CHAPTER 6
AFTER these things Jésus went over
the sea of Galilee, which is the sea
of Ti-be-ri-as.
2 And a great multitude followed
him, becaiise they saw his miracles
which he did on them that were dis-
eased.
3 And Jésus went up into a moun-
tain, and there he sat with his dis
ciples.
4 And the passover, a feast of the
Jews, was nigh.
5 When Jésus then lifted up his
eyes, and saw a great company come
unto him,he saith unto Philip, Whence
shall we buy bread, that these may
eat?
6 And this he said to prove him:for
he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hun-
dred pennyworth of bread is not suiffi-
cient for them,that every one of them
may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Si
mon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath
five barley loaves, and two small
fishes: but what are they among so
many?
ip And Jésus said, Make the men
sit down. Now there was much grass
in the place. So the men sat down, in
number about five thousand.
11 And Jésus took the loaves; and
when he had given thanks, he distribu-
ted to the disciples, and the disciples
to them that were set down; and like-
wise of the fishes as much as they
would.
12 When they were filled, he said
unto his disciples, Gather up the frag
ments that remain, that nothing be
the fragments of the five barley loaves,
which remained over and above unto
them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had
seen the miracle that Jésus did, said,
This is of a truth that prophet that
should come into the world.
15 When Jésus therefore perceived
that they would come and take him by
force, to make him a king, he departed
again into a mountain himself alone.
16 And when even was now come,
his disciples went down unto the sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and
went over the sea toward Ca-per'-na-
um. And it was now dark, and Jésus
was not come to them.
18 And the sea arose by reason of a
great wind that blew.
19 So when they had rowed about
five and twenty or thirty furlongs,
they see Jésus walking on the sea, and
drawing nigh imto the ship: and they
were afraid.
20 But he saith unto them, It is I;
be not afraid.
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21 Then they willingly received him me shall never hunger; and he that be-
into the slûp: and immediately the lieveth on me shall never thirst.
ship was at the land whither they 36 But I said unto you, That ye
went. also have seen me, and believe not.
22 The dayfollowlng, whenthepeo- 37 AU that the Father giveth me
ple which stood on the other side of shall come to me;and him that cometh
the sea saw that there was none other to me I wiU in no wise cast ont.
boat there, save that one whereinto 38 For 1 came down from heaven,
his disciples were entered, and ^at not to do mine own wiU, but the wiU
Jésus went not with his disciples into of him that sent me.
the boat, but that his disciples were 39 And this is the Father's wUl
gone away alone; which hath sent me, that of aU Which
23 (Howbeit there came other boats he hath given me 1 should losé noth-
from Ti-be-ri-as nigh unto the place ing, but should raise it up again at the
where they did eat bread, after that last day.
the Lord had given thanks:) 40 And this is the wiU of him that
24 When the people tiierefore saw sent me, that every one which seeth
that Jésus was not there, neither his the Son, and believeth on him, may
disciples, they also took shipping, and have everlasting life: and I wiU raise
came to Ga-per'-na-um, seeking for him up at the last day.
Jésus. 41 The Jews then murmured at
25 And when they had found him him, because he said, I am the bread
on the other side of the sea, they said which came down from heaven.
unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou 42 And they said, Is not this Jésus,
hither? the son of Joseph, whose father and
26 Jésus answered them and said, mother we know? how is it then that
Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, Ye seek he saith, 1 came down from heaven?
me, not because ye saw the miracles, 43 Jésus therefore answered and
but because ye did eat of the loaves, said unto them, Murmur not among
and were hlled. yourselves.
27 Labour not for the meat which 44 No man can come to me,except
perisheth, but for that meat which en- the Father which hath sent me draw
dureth unto everlasting life, which the him: and I will raise him up at the last
Son of man shall give unto you: for day.
him hath God the Father sealed. 45 It is written in the prophets,
28 Then said they unto him, What And they shall be ail taught of God.
shall we do, that we might work the Every man therefore that hath heard,
Works of God? and hath leamed of the Father, com
29 Jésus answered and said un eth unto me.
to them, This is the work of God, 46 Not that.any man hath seen the
that ye believe on him whom he hath Father, save he which is of God, he
sent. hath seen the Father.
30 They said therefore unto him, 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
What sign shewest thou then, that we He that believeth on me hath ever
may see, and believe thee? what dost lasting life.
thou work? 48 I am that bread of life.
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the 49 Your fathers did eat manna in
desert; as it is written, He gave them the wUdemess, and are dead.
bread from heaven to eat. 50 This îs the bread which cometh
32 Then Jésus saidunto them,Veri down from heaven, that a man may
ly, verily, 1 say imto you, Moses gave eat thereofj and not die.
you not that bread from heaven; but 51 I am the Uving bread which
my Father giveth you the true bread came down from heaven: if any man
from heaven. eat of this bread, he shall live for even
33 For the bread of God is he which and the bread that I wiU give is my
cometh down from heaven,and giveth Uesh, which I wiU give for the Ufe of
hfe imto the world. the world.
34 Then said they unto him. Lord, 52 The Jews therefore strove among
evermore give us this bread. themselves, saying, How can this man
35 And Jésus said unto them, I am give us his fiesh to eat?
the bread of life: he that cometh to 53 Then Jésus said ùnto them,Veri-
948 ST. JOHN 7
ly, verily, I say unto you, Except ye
eat the flesh of the Son of man» and CHAPTER 7
drink his blood, ye have no life in you. AFTER these things Jésus walked in
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and /\ Galilee: for he would not walk in
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill
and I will raise him up at the last him.
day. 2 Now the Jews' feast of taber
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and nacles was at hand.
my blood is drink indeed. 3 His brethren therefore said unto
56 He that eateth my flesh, and him. Départ hence,and go into Judaea,
drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, that thy disciples also may see the
and 1 in him. Works that thou doest.
57 As the living Father hath sent 4 For there is no man fhat doeth any
me, and I live by the Father: so he thing in secret, and he himself seeketh
that eateth me, even he shall live by to be known openly. If thou do these
me. things, shew thyself to the world.
58 This is that bread which came 5 For neither did his brethren be
down from heaven: not as your fathers lieve in him.
did eat manna, and are dead: he 6 Then Jésus said unto them, My
that eateth of this bread shall live for time is not yet come: but your time is
ever. alway ready.
59 These things said he in the syna 7 The world cannot hate you; but
gogue, as he taught in Ca-peri-na-um. me it hateth, because I testify of it,
60 Many therefore of his disciples, that the works thereof are evil.
when they had heard this, said, This is 8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not
an hard saying; who can hear it? up yet unto this feast; for my time is
61 When Jésus knew in himself that not yet full come.
his disciples murmured at it, he said 9 When he had said these words un
unto them, Doth this ofîend you? to them, he abode stiil in Galilee.
62 What and if ye shall see the Son 10 But when his brethren were gone
of man ascend up where he was be- up, then went he also up unto the
fore? feast, not openly, but as it were in
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; secret.
the flesh proflteth nothing: the words 11 Then the Jews sought him at the
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, feast, and said, Where is he?
and they are life. 12 And there was much murmuring
64 But there are some of you that among the people concerning him: for
believe not. For Jésus knew from the some said, He is a good man: others
beginning who they were that believed said, Nay; but he deceiveth the peo
not, and who should betray him. ple.
65 And he said, Therefore said I un 13 Howbeit no man spake openly
to you, that no man can come unto of him for fear of the Jews.
me, except it were given unto him of 14 Now about the midst of the
my Father. feast Jésus went up into the temple,
66 From that time many of his dis and taught.
ciples went back, and walked no more 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying,
with him. How knoweth this man letters, having
67 Then said Jésus unto the twelve, never learned?
Will ye also go away? 16 Jésus answered them, and said,
68 Then Simon Peter answered him. My doctrine is not mine, but his that
Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast sent me.
the words of eternal life. 17 If any man will do his will, he
69 And we believe and are sure that shall know of the doctrine, whether it
thou art that Christ, the Son of the be of God, or whether I speak of my-
Uving God. self.
70 Jésus answered them, Have not 18 He that speaketh of himself seek
I chosen you twelve, and one of you eth his own glory: but he that seeketh
is a devil? his glory that sent him, the same is
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the true, and no unrighteousness is in
son of Simon:for he it was that should him.
betray him, being one of the twelve. 19 Did not Moses give you the law.
 ST. JOHN 8 949

and yet none of you keepeth the law? shall not find me: and where I am,
Why go ye about to kill me? thither ye cannot come?
20 The people answered and said, 37 In the last day,that great day of
Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to the feast, Jésus stood and cried, say
kill thee? ing, If any man thirst, let him come
21 Jésus answered and said unto unto me, and drink.
them, I have done one work, and ye 38 He that believeth on me, as the
ail marvel. scripture hath said, out of his belly
22 Moses therefôre gave unto you shall flow rivers of living water.
circumcision;(not because it is of Mo 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit,
ses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the which they that belie\ e on him should
sabbath day circumcise a man. receive: for the Holy Ghost was not
23 If a man on the sabbath day re- yet given; because that Jésus was not
ceive circumcision, that the law of Mo yet glorified.)
ses should not be broken; are ye angry 40 Many of the people therefôre,
at me, because I have made a man when they heard this saying, said, Of
every whit whole on the sabbath day? a truth this is the Prophet.
24 Judge not according to the ap- 41 Others said, This is the Christ.
pearance, but judge righteous judg- But some said, Shall Christ come out
ment. of Galilee?
25 Then said some of them of Jéru 42 Hath not the scripture said,
salem, Is not this he, whom they seek That Christ cometh of the seed of Da
to kill? vid, and out of the town of Bethlehem,
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and where David was?
they say nothing unto him. Do the 43 So there was a division among
rulers know indeed that this is the very the people because of him.
Christ? 44 And some of them would have
27 Howbeit we know this man taken him; but no man laid hands on
whence he is: but when Christ cometh, him.
no man knoweth whence he is. 45 Then came the officers to the
28 Then cried Jésus in the temple chief priests and Pharisees; and they
as he taught, saying, Ye both know said unto them, Why have ye not
me, and ye know whence I am: and I brought him?
am not come of myself, but he that 46 The officers answered, Never
sent me is true, whom ye know not. man spake like this man.
29 But I know him: for I âm from 47 Then answered them the Phari
him, and he hath sent me. sees, Are ye also deceived?
30 Then they sought to take him: 48 Have any of the rulers or of the
but no man laid hands on him,because Pharisees believed on him?
his hour was not yet come. 49 But this people who knoweth not
31 And many of the people believed the law are cursed.
on him,and said, When Christ cometh, 50 Nic-o-de-mus saith unto them,
will he do more miracles than these (he that came to Jésus by night, being
which this man hath done? one of them,)
32 The Pharisees heard that the 51 Doth our law judge any man,be-
people murmured such things concem- fore it hear him, and know what he
ing him; and the Pharisees and the doeth?
chief priests sent officers to take him. 52 They answered and said unto
33 Then said Jésus unto them, Yet him. Art thou also of Galilee? Search,
a little while am I wîth you, and then and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no
I go unto him that sent me. prophet.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not 53 And every man went unto his
find me; and where I am, thither ye own house.
cannot come.
CHAPTER 8
35 Then said the Jews among them-
selves, Whither will he go, that we JESUS went unto the mount of
Olives.
shall not find him? will he go unto the
dispersed among the Gentiles, and 2 And early in the moming he came
teach the Gentiles? again into the temple, and ail the peo
36 What manner of saying is this ple came unto him; and he sat down,
that he said, Ye shall seek me, and and taught them.
950 ST. JOHN 8
3 And the scribes ând Pharisees ther know me, nor my Fathen if ye
brought unto him a woman taken in had known me, ye should have known
adultery; and when they had set her my Father also.
in the midst, 20 These words spake Jésus in the
4 They say unto him, Master, this treasury, as he taught in the temple:
woman was taken in adultery, in the and no man laid hands on him;for his
very act. hour was not yet come.
5 NowMosesinthelawcommanded 21 Then said Jésus again unto
us, that such should be stoned: but them, I go my way, and ye shall seek
what sayest thou? me,and shall die in your sins: whither
6 This they said, tempting him, I go, ye cannot come.
that they might have to accuse him. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill
But Jésus stooped down, and with his himself? because he saith, Whither 1
finger wrote on the groimd, as though go, ye cannot come.
he heard them not 23 And he said unto them, Ye are
7 So when they continued asking from beneath; I am from above: ye are
him,he lifted up himself,and said unto of this world; I am not of this world.
them, He that is without sin among 24 I said therefore imto you, that
you, let him first cast a stone at her. ye shall die in your sins: for if ye be-
8 And again he stooped down, and Ûeve not that I am he, ye shall die in
wrote on the ground. your sins.
9 And they which heard it, being 25 Then said they imto him, Who
convicted by their own conscience, art thou? And Jésus saith unto them,
went out one by one, beginning at the Even the same that 1 said unto you
eldest, even unto the last: and Jésus from the beginning.
was left alone, and the woman stand 26 I have many things to say and
ing in the midst. to judge of you: but he that sent me is
10 When Jésus had lifted up him true; and I speak to the world those
self, and saw none but the womanj he things which I have heard of him.
said imto her, Woman,where are those 27 They understood not that he
thine accusers? hath no man con- spake to them of the Father.
denrned thee? 28 Then said Jésus unto them,
11 She said. No man. Lord. And When ye have lifted up the Son of
Jésus said unto her, Neither do I con- man, then shall ye know that I am
demn thee: go, and sin no more. he, and that I do nothing of myself; but
12 Then spake Jésus again unto as my Father hath tau^t me, I speak
them, saying, I am the light of the these things.
world: he that foUoweth me shall not 29 And he that sent me is with me:
walk in darkness, but shall have the the Father hath not left me alone; for
Ught of Ufe. I do always those things that please
13 The Pharisees therefore said im- him.
to him,Thou bearest record of thyself; 30 As he spake these words, many
thy record is not true. believed on him. \
14 Jésus answered and said unto 31 Then said Jésus to those Jews
them,Ihou^ I bear record of myself, which believed on him, If ye continue
yet my record is true: for I know in my word, then are ye my disciples
whence I came, and whither 1 go; but indeed;
ye cannot tell whence I come, and 32 And ye shall know the truth,and
whither I go. the truth shall make you free.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge 33 They answered him, We be
no man. Abraham's seed, and were never in
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment bondage to any man: how sayest thou,
is true: for I am not alone, but I and Ye shalî be made free?
the Father that sent me. 34 Jésus answered them, Verily,
17 It is also written in your law, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
that the testimony of two men is true. committeth sin is the servant of sin.
18 I am one that bear witness of 35 And the servant abideth not in
myself, and the Father that sent me the house for ever: but the Son abideth
beareth witness of me. ever.
19 Then said they unto him, Where 36 If the Son therefore shall make
is thy Father? Jésus answered, Ye nei you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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37 I know that ye are Abraham's prophets are dead: whom makest thou
seed; but ye seek to kill me, because thyself?
my word hath no place in you. 54 Jésus answered. If I honour my
38 I speak that which I have seen self, my honour is nothing: it is my
with my Father: and ye do that which Father that honoureth me; of whom
ye have seen with your father. ye say, that he is your God:
39 They answered and said unto 55 Yet ye have not known him; but
him, Abraham is our father. Jésus I know him: and if I should say, I
saith unto them. If ye were Abraham's know him not, I shall be a liar like
children, ye would do the works of unto you: but I know him, and keep
Abraham. his saying.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to
man that hath told you the truth, see my day: and he saw it, and was
which I have heard of God: this did glad.
not Abraham. 57 Then said the Jews unto him,
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Thou art not yet fifty years old, and
Then said they to him, We be not bom hast thou seen Abraham?
of fornication; we have one Father, 58 Jésus said unto them, Verily,
even God. verily, I say unto you, Before Abra
42 Jésus said unto them. If God ham was, I am.
were your Father, ye would love me: 59 Then took they up stones to cast
for I proceeded forth and came from at him: but Jésus hid himself, and
God; neither came I of myself, but he went out of the temple, going through
sent me. the midst of them, and so passed by.
43 Why do ye not understand my CHAPTER 9
speech? even because ye cannot hear
my word. AND as Jésus passed by, he saw a
44 Ye are of your father the devil, man which was blind from his
and the lusts of your father ye will do. birth.
He was a murderer from the begin- 2 And his disciples asked him, say
ning, and abode not in the truth, be ing, M^ter, who did sin, this man, or
cause there is no truth in him. When his parents, that he was born blind?
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh olf his 3 Jésus answered, Neither hath this
own: for he is a liar, and the father of man sinned, nor his parents: but that
it. the Works of God should be made
45 And because I tell you the truth, manifest in him.
ye believe me not. 4 I must work the works of him that
46 Which of you convinceth me of sent me,while it is day:the night com-
sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye eth, when no man can work.
not believe me? 5 As long as I am in the world,I am
47 He that is of God heareth Gpd's the light of the world.
words: ye therefore hear them not, be 6 When he had thus spoken,he spat
cause ye are not of God. on the ground, and made clay pf the
48 Then answered the Jews, and spittle,and he anointed the eyes bf the
said unto him, Say we not well that blind man with the clay,
thou art a Samaritan,and hast a devil? 7 And said unto him. Go, wash in
49 Jésus answered, I have not a the pool of Si-lo'-am, (which is by in
devil; but I honour my Father,and ye terprétation, Sent.) He went his way
do dishonour me. therefore, and washed, and came see-
50 And I seek not mine own glory: ing.
there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 8 The neîghbours. therefore, and
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you. If they which before had seen him that
a man keep my saying, he.sh^ never he was blind, said» Is not this he that
see death. sat and begged?
52 Then said the Jews imto him, 9 Some said, This is he:dthers said,
Now we know that thou hast a devil. He is like him: but he said, I am he.
Abraham is dead, and Ihe prophets; 10 Therefore said they unto him,
and thou sayest. If a man keep my How were thine eyes opened?
saying, he shaXL never taste of death. 11 Hé answered and said, A man
53 Art thou greater than our father that is called Jésus made clay, and
Abi^am, which is dead? and the anointed mine eyes, and said imto me.
952 ST. JOHN 10
G6 to the pool of Si4o-am, and waish:
and I went and washed,and I received
sight.
12 Then said they unto him, Where
is he? He said, I knbw not.
13 They brought to the Pharisees
him that aforetimé was blind.
14 And it was the sabbath day
when Jesiis made the clay, and opéned
his eyes.
15 Then again the Pharisees also
asked him how he had received his
sight. He said unto them, He put clay
upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do
see.
16 Therefore said some of the Phari
sees, This man is not of God, because
he keepeth hot the sabbath day. Oth-
ers said, How can a man that is a sin-
ner do such miracles? And there was a
division among them.
17 They say unto the blind man
again> What sayest thou of him, that
he hath opéned thine eyes? He said,
He is a prophet.
18 But the Jews did not believe
conceming him, that he had been
blind,and received his sight, until they
called the parents of him that had re
ceived his sight.'
19 And they asked them, saying, Is
this your son, who ye say was bom
blind? how then doth he now see?
20 His parents answered them and
said, We know that this is our son, and
that he was bom blind:
21 But by what means he now
seeth, we know not; or who hath
opened his eyes, we know not: he is of
âge; ask him: he shall speak for him-
self.
22 These words spake his pareiits,
because they feared the Jews: for the
Jews had agreed already, thât if àny
man did confess that he was Christ, he
should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is
of âge; ask him.
24 Then again called they the man
that was blind, and said unto him,
Give God the praise: we know that
this man is a sinner.
25 He answered ànd said, Whether
he be a sinner or no, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was
blind, now I see.
26 Then said they to him again, door is the shepherd of the sheep.
What did he to thee? how opened he 3 To him the porter openeth; and
thine eyes? the sheep hear his voicé: and he calleth
27 He answered them, I have told his own sheep by name, and leadeth
you already, and ye did hot hear: them out.
wherefore would ye hear U again? will
ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said,
Thou art his disciple; but we are Mo-
ses' disciples^
29 We know that Grod spake imto
Moses: as for this feUow, we know not
from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto
them, Why herein is a marvellous
thing, that ye know not from whence
he is, and yet he hath opened mine
eyes.
31 Now we know that God heareth
not sinners: but if any man be a wor-
shipper of God,and doeth his will, him
he heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not
heard that any man opened the eyes of
one that was bom blind.
33 If this man were not of God, he
could do nothing.
34 Théy answered and said unto
him, Thou wast altogether bom in
sins, and dost thou teaçh us? And they
cast him out.
35 Jésus heard that they had cast
him out; and when he had found him,
he said unto him, Dost thou believe on
thé Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is
he. Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jésus said imto him, Thou
hast both seen him, and it is he that
talketh with thee.
38 And he said. Lord, I believe.
And he worshipped him.
39 And Jésus said. For judgment I
am come into this world, that they
which see not might see; and that they
wWch see miglit be made blind.
- 40 And some of the Pharisees which
were with him heard these words, and
sâid lintô him. Are we blind also?
41 Jésus said unto them. If ye were
blind, ye should have no sin: but now
ye say, We see; therefore your sin re-
maineth.
CHAPTER 10
ERILY, verily, I say unto you.
V He that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up
some other way,the same is a thief and
a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the
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4 And when he putteth forth his 21 Others said, These are not the
own sheep, he goeth before them, and words of him that hath a devil. Can a
the sheep follow him: for they know devil open the eyes of the blind?
his voice. 22 And it was at Jérusalem the
5 And a stranger will they not fol feast of the dedication, and it was
low, but will flee from him: for they winter.
know not the voice of strangers. 23 And Jésus walked in the temple
6 This parable spake Jésus unto in Solomon's porch.
them: but they understood not what 24 Then came the Jews round about
things they were which he spake unto him, and said unto him, How long
them. dost thou make us to doubt? If thou
7 Then said Jésus unto them again, be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the 25 Jésus answered them,I told you,
door of the sheep. and ye believed not: the works that I
8 AU that ever came before me are do in my Father's name, they bear
thieves and robbers: but the sheep did witness of me.
not hear them. 26 But ye believe not, because ye
9 I am thé door: by me if any man are not of my sheep,as I said unto you.
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I
go in and out, and find pasture. know them, and they foUow me:
10 The thief cometh not, but for to 28 And I give unto them etemal
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am life; and they shall never perish, nei-
come that they might have life, and ther shaU any man pluck them out of
that they might have it more abun- my hand.
dantly. 29 My Father, which gave them
11 I am the good shepherd: the me, is greater than ail; and no man is
good shepherd giveth his life for the able to pluck them out of my Father's
sheep. hand.
12 But he that is an hireling, and 30 I and my Father are one.
not the shepherd, whose own the sheep 31 Then the Jews took up stones
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and again to stone him.
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the 32 Jésus answered them, Many
wolf catcheth them,and scattereth the good Works have I shewed you from
sheep. my Father; for which of those works
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is do ye stone me?
an hireling, and careth not for the 33 The Jews answered him, saying.
sheep. For a good work we stone thee not; but
14 I am the good shepherd, and for blasphemy; and because that thou,
know my sheep, and am known of being a man, makest thyself God.
mine. 34 Jésus answered them, Is it not
15 As the Father knoweth me,even written in your law, I said, Ye are
so know I the Father: and I lay down gods?
my life for the sheep. 35 If he called them gods, unto
16 And other sheep I have, which whom the word of God came, and the
are not of this fold: them also 1 must scripture cannot be broken;
bring, and they shall hear my voice; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father
and there shall be one fold, and one hath sanctifled, and sent into the
shepherd. world, Thou blasphemest; because I
17 Therefore doth my Father love said, 1 am the Son of God?
me, because I lay down my life, that I 37 If I do not the works of my Fa
might take it again. ther, believe me not.
18 No man taketh it from me, but 38 But if I do, though ye believe
I lay it down of myself. 1 have power not me,believe the works: that ye may
to lay it down, and 1 have power to know, and believe, that the Father is
take it again. This commandment in me, and I in him.
have I received of my Father. 39 Therefore they sought again to
19 There was a division therefore take him: but he escaped out of their
again among the Jews for these say- hand,
ings. 40 And went away again beyond
20 And many of them said, He hath Jordan into the place where John at
a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? first baptized; and there he abode.
954 ST. JOHN 11
41 And many resorted unto him,
and said, John did no miracle: but ail
things that John spake of this man
were true.
42 And many believed on him
there.
CHAPTER II
New a certain man was sick,
named Lazarus, of Bethany, the
town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed
the Lord with ointment,and wiped his
feet with her hair, whose brother Laza-
nis was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto
him, saying. Lord, behold, he whom
thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jésus heard that, he said,
This sickness is not unto death, but for
the glory of God, that the Son of God
might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jésus loved Martha, and her
sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that
he was sick, he abode two days still in
the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his dis
ciples, Let us go into Judsea again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Mas-
ter, the Jews of late sought to stone
thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jésus answered. Are there not
twelve hours in the day? If any man
walk in the day, he stumbleth not, be-
cause he seeth the light of this world.
lô But if a man walk in the night,
he stumbleth, because there is no light
in him.
11 These things said he: and after
that he saith unto them. Dur friend
Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that 1 may
awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples. Lord, if
he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jésus spake of his
death: but they thought that he had
spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jésus unto them plain-
ly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes
that I was not there, to the intent ye
may believe; nevertheless let us go un
to him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is
called Did-y-mus, unto his fellowdis-
ciples, Let us also go, that we may die
with him.
17 Then when Jésus came, he found
that he had lain in the grave four days
already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto
Jérusalem, about hfteen furlongs ofî:
19 And many of the Jews came to
Martha and Mary, to comfort them
concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she
heard that Jésus was coming, went
and met him: but Mary sat stUl in the
house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jésus,
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now,
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God
will give it thee.
23 Jésus saith imto her, Thy broth
er shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know
that he shall rise again in the résurrec
tion at the last day.
25 Jésus said unto her, I am the
résurrection, and the life: he that be-
lieveth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and be-
lieveth in me shall never die. Believest
thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:
I believe that thou art the Christ, the
Son of God, which should come into
the world.
28 And when she had so said, she
went her way, and called Mary her
sister secretly, saying, The Master is
come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she
arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jésus was not yet come into
the town, but was in that place where
Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with
her in the house, and comforted her,
when they saw Mary, that she rose up
hastily and went out, followed her,
saying, She goeth unto the grave to
weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come
where Jésus was, and saw him,she feU
down at his feet, saying unto him.
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother had not died.
33 When Jésus therefore saw her
weeping, and the Jews also weeping
which came with her, he groaned in
the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid
him? They said unto him. Lord, come
and see.
35 Jésus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how
he loved him!
 ST. JOHN 12
37 And some of them saidj Could
not this man» which opened the eyes
of the blind, have caused; that even
this maa should not have died?
38 Jésus therefore again groaning in
himseif cométhi to the grave..It was a
cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jésus ^aid, Take ye away the
stone. Martha,-ttie sister of him that
was dead, saith unto him. Lord, by
this time he stinketh: for he hath been
dead four days.
40 Jésus saith unto her, Said I not
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest be-
lieve, thou shouldest. çee the gloiy of
God?
41 Then they took away the stone
from the place where the dead was laid.
And Jésus lifted up his eyes, and said,
Father, I thank thee that thou hast
heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest
me always: but because of the people
which stand by I said it, that they may
believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken,
he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
corne forth.
44 And he that was dead came
forth, bound hand and foot with
graveclothes: and his face was bound
about with a napkin. Jésus saith unto
them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews which
came to Mary,ànd had seen the things
which Jésus did, believed on him.
46 But some of them went their
ways to the Pharisees, and told them
what things Jésus had done.
47 Then gathered the chief priests
and the Pharisees a council, and said,
What do we? for this man doeth many
miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, ail. men
will believe on him: and the Romans
shall come and take away both our
place and nation.
49 And one of them, named Ca-ia-
phas, being the high priest that same
year^ said unto than,Ye know nothing
ataïl,
,50 Nor consider that it is e^edient against the day of my burying hath
for us, that one man should die for the she kept this.
people, ^d that the whole nation
perish not.
51 And this spake he not of himseif:
but being high priest that year, he fore knew that he was there: and they
prophesied that Jésus should die for came not for Jésus* sake only, but that
that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, had raised from the dead.
but that aisp he shpuid gather together
955
in one the children of God that werè
scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they
took icounsel'together.for to put him
to death.
.54 Jésus therefore walked no more
openly :among the Jews; but went
tihence imto a country near to the wil-
demess, into a city called E-phra-imj
and there continued with his disciples.
55 And the Jews* passover was nigh
at hand: and many went ont of the
country up to Jérusalem before the
passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then sought they for Jésus, and
spake among themselves,as they stood
in the temple, What think ye, that he
will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief priests and
the Pharisees had given a command-
ment, that, if any man knew where he
were, he should shew it, that they
might take him.
CHAPTER 12
Then Jesus six days before the
passover came to Bethany, where
Lazarus was which had been dead,
whom he raised from the dead.
2 There they made him a supper;
and Martha served: but Lazarus was
one of them that sat at the table with
him.
3 Then took Mary a pound of oint-
ment of spikenard, very costly, and
anointed the feet of Jésus, and wiped
his feet with her hair: and the house
was filled with the odour of the oint-
ment.
4 Then saith one of his disciples.
Judas Iscariot, Simon*s son, which
should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold
for three hundred pence, and given to
the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for
the popr; but because he was a thief,
and had the bag, and bare what was
put therein.
7 Then said Jésus, Let her alone:
8 For the poor always ye have with
you; but me ye have not always.
9 Much people of the Jews there
they might see Lazarus also, whom he
10 But the ddef priests consulted
956 ST. JOHN 12
that ihey might put Lazanis also to what shall I say? Father,save me from
death; this hour: but for this cause came I un
11 Because that by reason of him to this hour.
many of the Jews went away, and be- '28 Father, glorify thy name. Then
lieved on Jésus. came there a voice from heaven, say
12 On the next day much people ing, I have both gloriâed it, and will
that were corne to the feast, when they glorify it again.
heard that Jésus was coming to Jéru 29 The people therefore, that stood
salem, by, and heard it, sedd that it thunder-
13 Took branches of palm trees,iand ed: others said. An angel spake to him.
went forth to meet him, and cried, 30 Jésus answered and said, This
Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israël voice came not because of me, but for
that cometh in the name of the Lord. your sakes.
14 And Jésus, when he had found 31 Now is the judgment of this
a young ass, sat thereon; as it is writ- world: now shall the prince of this
ten, world be cast out.
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion; be- 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the
hold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ea^, will draw ail men unto me.
ass's colt. 33 This he said, signifying what
16 These things understood not his death he should die.
disciples at the first: but when Jésus 34 The people answered him, We
was glorified, then remembered they have heard out of the law that Christ
that these things were written of him, abideth forever: and how sayest thou,
and that they had done these things The Son of man must be lifted up? who
unto him. is this Son of man?
17 The people therefore that was 35 Then Jésus said unto them, Yet
with him when he callëd Lazarus out a little while is the light with you.
of his grave, and raised him from the Walk while ye have the light, lest
dead, bare record. darkness come upon you: for he that
18 For this cause the people also walketh in darkness knoweth not
met him, for that they heard that he whither he goeth.
had done this miracle. 36 WhUe ye have light, believe in
19 The Pharisees therefore said the light, that ye inay be the children
among themselves, Perceive ye how ye of light. These things spake Jésus, and
prevail nothing? behold, the world is departed, and did hide himself from
gone after him< them.
20 And there were certain Greeks 37 But though he had done so many
among them that came up to worship miracles before them, yet they be-
at the feast: lieved not on him:
21 The same came therefore to Phil 38 That the saying of E-sa-ias the
ip, which was of Beth-sa-i-da of Gali prophet might be fulfilled, which he
lée, and desired him, saying. Sir, we spake. Lord, who hath believed our re
would see Jésus. port? and to whom hath the arm of the
22 Philip cometh and telleth An Lord been revealed?
drew: and again Andrew and Philip 39 Therefore they could not be
tell Jésus. lieve, because that E-sa'-ias said again,
23 And Jésus answered them, say 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and
ing, The hour is come, that the Son of hardened their heart; that they should
man should be glorified. not see with their eyes, nor understand
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, with their heart, and be converted,and
Except à com of wheat fall into the I should heal them.
ground and die, it abideth alone: but 41 These things said E-sa'-ias, when
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. he saw his glory, and spake of him.
25 He that loveth his life shall lose 42 Nevertheless among the chief
it; and he that hateth his life in this rulers also many believed on him; but
world shall keep it unto life etemal. because of the Pharisees they did not
26 If any man serve me,let him fol- confess him, lest they should be put
low me; and where I am, there shall out of the synagogue:
also my servant be: if any man serve 43 For they loved the pralse of men
me, him will my Father honour. more than the praise of God.
27 Now is my soùl troubled; and 44 Jésus cried and said, He that be-
 ST. JOHN 13 957

Ueveth on me, belleveth net on me, feet, but is clean every whit: and ye
but on him that sent me.
45 And he that seeth me seeth him
that sent me.
46 I am come a light into the world,
that whosoever belleveth on me should
not abide in darkness.
47 And if any man hear my words,
and believe not, I judge him not: for
I came not to judge the world, but to
save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and re-
ceiveth not my words, hath one that
judgeth him: the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in
the last day.
49 For I have not spoken of myself;
but thè Father which sent me,he gave
me a commandment, what I should
say, and what 1 should speak.
50 And I know that his command
ment is life everlasting: whatsoever I
speak therefore, even as the Father
said imto me,so 1 speak.
CHAPTER 13
New before the feast of the pass-
over, when Jésus knew that his
hour was come that he should départ
out of this world unto the Father, hav-
ing loved his own which were in the
world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended,the devil He that receiveth whomsoever I send
having now put into the heart of Judas receiveth me; and he that receiveth
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; me receiveth him that sent me.
3 Jésus knowing that the Father
had given ail things into his hands, was troubled in spirit, and testified,
and that he was come from God, and and Scdd, Verily, verily, I say unto
went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid
aside his garments; and took a towel
and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a
bason/ and began to wash the dis
ciples* feet, and to wipè them with the
towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter:
and Peter saith unto him. Lord, dost
thou wash my feet?
7 Jésus answered and said imto
him, What I do thou knowest not
now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt
never wash my feet. Jésus answered
him. If I wash thee not, thou hast no
part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him.
Lord, not my feet only, but also my
hands and my head.
10 Jésus saith to him, He that is
washed needeth not save to wash his
are clean, but not ail.
11 For he knew who should betray
him; therefore said he, Ye are not aU
clean.
12 So after he had washed their
feet, and had taken his garments, and
was set down again,he sidd unto them,
Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and
ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet; ye also ought
to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an exam
ple, that ye should do as I have done
to you.
16 Yerily, verily, I say unto you,
The servant is not greater than his
lord; neither he that is sent greater
than he that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy
are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you ail: I know
whom I have chosen: but that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eat-
eth bread with me hath lifted up his
heel agcdnst me.
19 Now I tell you before it come,
that, when it is come to pass, ye may
believe that I am he.
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
21 When Jésus had thus said, he
you, that one of you shall betray
me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on
another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now there was leaning on Jésus'
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jésus
loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned
to him, that he should ask who it
shoUld be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jésus' breast
saith unto him. Lord, who is it?
26 Jésus answered, He it is, to
whom I shall give a sop, when I have
dipped it And when he had dipped
the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon.
27 And after the sop Satan entered
into him. Then said Jésus unto him,
That thou doest, do quickly.
28 Now no man at the table knew
for what intent he spake this unto
him.
958 ST. JOHN 14
29 For some of them thought, be- henceforth ye know him, and have
cause Judas had the bag, tbat Jésus seen him.
had said unto him, Buy those things 8 Philip saith unto him. Lord,shew
that we have need of against the feast; us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
or, that he should give something to 9 Jésus saitii.imto him,Have I been
the poôr. so long time with you, and yet hast
30 He then having received the sop thou not known me, Philip? he that
went immediately out: and it was hath seen me hath seen the Father;
night. and how sayest thou then, Shew uis the
31 Therefore, when he was gone Father?
out, Jésus said, Now is the Son of man 10 Believest thou not that I am in
glorified, and God is glorified in him. the Father, and the Father in me? the
32 If God be glorified in him, God words that I speak unto you I speak
shall also glorify him in himself, and not of myself: but the Father that
shall straightway glorify him. dwelléth in me,he doeth the works.
33 Little children, yet a little while 11 Believe me that I am in the Fa
I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and ther, and -the Father in me: or else be
as I said imto the Jews, Whither I go, lieve me for the very works* sake;
ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
34 A new commandment I give un He that believeth on me, the. works
to you, That ye love one another; as I that I do shall he do also; and greater
have loved you, that ye also love one Works than these shall he dot because
another. I go unto my Father.
35 By this shall ail men know that 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in
ye are my disciples, if ye have love one my name, that will I do, that the Fa
to.another. ther may be glorified in the Son.
36 Simon Peter said unto him. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my
Lord, whither goest thou? Jésus an- name, I will do it.
swered him, Whither 1 go, thou canst 15 If ye love me, keep my com-
not follow me now; but thou shalt fol- mandments.
low me afterwards. 16 And I will pray the Father, and
37 Peter said unto him. Lord, why he shall give you another Comforter,
cannot 1 follow thee now? 1 will lay that he may abide with you for ever;
down my life for thy sake. 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom
38 Jésus answered him, Wilt thou the world cannot receive, because it
lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, seeth him not, neither knoweth him:
verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall but ye know him;for he dwelleth with
not crow, till thou hast dehied me you, and shall be in you»
thrice. 18 I will not leave you comfortless:
I will come to you.
CHAPTER 14 19 Yet a little while, and the world
1ET not your heart be troubled: ye
^ believe in God, believe also in me.
seeth me no more; but ye see me: be
cause I live, ye shall live also.
2 In my Father's hoùse are many 20 At that day ye shall know that
mansions: if it were not so, I would I am in my Father, and ye in me^ and
have told you. I go to préparé a place I in you.
for you. 21 He that hath: my command-
3 And if I go and préparé a place ments, and keepeth them, he it is that
for you, 1 will come again, ànd receive loveth me: and he that loveth me shall
you unto myself; that where I am, be loved of my Father, and I will love
fhere ye may be also. him, and will manifest myself to him.
4 And whither I go ye know, and 22 Judas saith unto him, not Is-
the way ye know. cariot. Lord, how is it that thou wilt
5 Thomas saith unto him. Lord, we manifest thyself unto us, and not unto
know not whither thou goest; and how the world?
can we know the way? 23 Jésus answered and said unto
6 Jésus saith unto him, I am the him. If a man love me, he will keep
way, the .truth, and the Ufe: no man my words: and my Father will lové
cometh unto the Father, but by me. him, and we will come unto him, and
7 If ye had known me, ye should make our abode with him.
have known my Father also: and from 24 He that loveth me not keepeth
 ST. JOHN 15 959

not my sayings: and the word which have I loved you: continue ye in my
ye hear is not mine, but the Father's love.
which sent me. 10 If ye keep my commandinents»
25 These things have I spoken unto ye shall abide.in my love; even as I
you, being yet présent with you. have kept my Father's command-
26 But the Comforter, which is the ments» and abide in his love.
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 11 These things have I spoken unto
send in my name, he shall teach you you» that my joy might remain in you»
ail things» and bring ail things to your and that your joy might be full.
remembrance» whatsoever I have said 12 This is my commandment,That
unto you. ye love one another, as 1 have loved
27 Peace I leave with you» my peace you.
I give unto you: not as the world giv- 13 Greater love hath no man than
eth» give I unto you. Let not your this» that a man lay down his life for
heart be troubled» neither let it be his friends.
afraid. 14 Ye are my friends,if ye do what
28 Ye have heard how I said unto soever I command you.
you» 1 go away» and come again unto 15 Henceforth I call you not ser
you. If ye loved me» ye would rejoice, vants; for the servant knoweth not
because I said» I go unto the Father: what his lord doeth: but I have called
for my Father is greater than I. you friends; for ail things that I have
29 And now I have told you before heard of my Father I have made
it come to pass» that» when it is come known unto you.
to pass» ye might believe. 16 Ye have not chosen me» but I
30 Hereafter I will not talk much have chosen you, and ordained you»
with you: for the prince of this world that ye should go and bring forth
cometh» and hath nothing in me. fruit» and that your fruit should re
31 But that the world may know main: that whatsoever ye shall ask of
that I love the Father; and as the Fa the Father in my name» he may give
ther gave me commandment» even so it you.
I do. Arise» let us go hence. 17 These things I command you»
that ye love one another.
CHAPTER 15 18 If the world hate you» ye know
that it hated me before it hated you.
IAM the true vine» and my Father 19 If ye were of the world, the
is the husbandman. world would love his own: but because
2 Every branch in me that beareth ye are not of the world» but I have
not fruit he taketh away: and every chosen you out of the world» therefore
branch that beareth fruit» he purgeth the world hateth you.
it» that it may bring forth more fruit. 20 Remember the word that I said
3 Now ye are clean through the imto you» The servant is not greater
word which I have spoken unto you. than his lord. If they have persecuted
4 Abide in me» and I in you. As the me» they will also persécute you; if
branch cannot bear fruit of itself» ex- they have kept my saying» they will
cept it abide in the vine; no more can keep yours also.
ye» except ye abide in me. 21 But ail these things will they do
5 I am the vine» ye are the branches: unto you for my name's sake» because
He that abideth in me» and I in him» they know not him that sent me.
the same bringeth forth much fruit: 22 If I had not come and spoken
for without me ye can do nothing. unto them» they had not had sin: but
6 If a man abide not in me» he is now they have no cloak for their
cast forth as a branch» and is withered; sin.
and men gather them» and cast them 23 He that hateth me hateth my
into the fire» and they are bumed. Father also.
7 If ye abide in me» and my words 24 If I had not done among them
abide in you» ye shall ask what ye will, the Works which none other man did»
and it shall be doné unto you. they had not had sin: but now have
8 Herein is my Father glorified, they both seen and hated both me and
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my Father.
my disciples. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the
9 As ttie Father hath loved me» so word might be fulfilled that is written
960 ST. JOHN 16
in their law, They hated me without a are mine: therefore said I,that he shaU
cause. take of mine, and shaU shew it unto
26 But when the Comforter is come, you.
whom I will send unto you from the 16 A little while, and ye shaU iiot
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which see me: and again, a little while, and
proceedeth from the Father, he shall ye shaU see me, because I go to the
testify of me: Father.
27 And ye also shall bear witness, 17 Then said some of hls disciples
because ye have been with me from among themselves, What is this that
the begiiming. he saith unto us, A little while, and ye
shall not see me: and again, a Uttle
CHAPTER 16 while, and ye shaU see me: and, Be
THESE things have I spoken unto cause 1 go to the Father?
you, that ye should not be offend- 18 They said therefore, What is this
ed. that he saith,A little while? we cannot
2 They shall put you out of the tell what he saith.
synagogues: yea, the time cometh, 19 Now Jésus knew that they were
that whosoever killeth you will think desirous to ask him, and said unto
that he doeth God service. them. Do ye enquire among your-
3 And these things will they do unto selves of that I said, A little while, and
you, because they have not known the ye ShaU not see me: and again, a Uttle
Father, nor me. whUe, and ye shall see me?
4 But these things have I told you, 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
that when the time shall come, ye may That ye shaU weep and lament, but
remember that 1 told you of them. the world shaU rejoice: and ye shaU be
And these things I said not unto you sorrowful, but your sorrow shaU be
at the beginning, because I was with turned into joy.
you. 21 A woman when she is in travaU
5 But now I go my way to him that hath sorrow, because her hour is come:
sent me; and none of you asketh me, but as soon as she is deUvered of the
Whither goest thou? child, she remembereth no more the
6 But because I have said these anguish, for joy that a man is bom
things unto you, sorrow hath filled into the world.
your heart. 22 And ye now therefore have sor
7 Nevertheless I teU you the truth; row: but I wUl see you again,and your
It is expédient for you that I go away: heart shall rejoice, and your joy no
for if I go not away, the Comforter man taketh from you.
will not come unto you; but if I de- 23 And in that day ye shaU ask me
part, I will send him unto you. nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
8 And when he is come, he will re- Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
prove the world of sin, and of right- my name, he will give it you.
eousness, and of judgment: 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing
9 Of sin, because they believe not in my name: ask, and ye shaU receive,
on me; that your joy may be full.
10 Of righteousness, because I go to 25 These things have I spoken unto
my Father, and ye see me no more; you in proverbs: but the time cometh,
11 Of judgment, because the prince when I shall no more speak unto you
of this world is judged. in proverbs, but I shaU shew you
12 I have yet many things to say plainly of the Father.
unto you, but ye cannot bear them 26 At that day ye shaU ask in my
now. name: and I say not unto you, that 1
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of will pray the Father for you:
truth, is come, he will guide you into 27 For the Father himself loveth
ail truth: for he shall not speak of him- you, because ye have loved me, and
self; but whatsoever he shall hear, that have believed that I came out from
shall he speak: and he will shew you God.
things to come. 28 I came forth from the Father,
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall and am come into the world: again,
receive of mine, and shall shew it unto I leave the world, and go to the
you. Father.
15 AU things that the Father hath 29 Hls disciples said unto him, Lo,
 ST. JOHN 17
now speakest thou plainly, and speak-
est no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou know-
est ail things» and needest not that any
man should ask thee: by this we be-
lieve that thou camestforth from Go(L
31 Jésus answered. them, T>o ye
now believe? ;
32 Behold,the hour cometh, yea,is
now corné» ttot ye shaU be scattered»
every man to his own, and shall leave
me alone: and yet I am not alone» be-
cause the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto
you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shah have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.
CHAPTER 17
THESE words spake Jésus» and
lifted up his eyes to heaven, and
said, Father» the hour is come; glorify
thy Son» that thy Son also may glorify
thee:
2 As thou hast given him power
over ail flesh» that he should give eter-
nal life to as many as thou hast given
him.
3 And this is life etemal» that they
might know thee the only true God»
and Jésus Christ» whom thou hast
sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth:
I have finished the work which thou
gavestme to do.
5 And tiow» G Father» glorify thou
me with thine own self with the glory
which I had with thee before the
world was.
6 I have manifested thy name unto
the men which thou gavest me out of
the world: thine they were» and thou
gavest them me; and they have kept
thy Word.
7 Now they have known that ail
things whatsoevei thou hast given me
are of thee. = hast sent,me» and hast loved them» as
8 For I have given unto them the
words which thou gavest me;and they
have received them,- and have known
surely that I came out from thee» and
they have believed that thou didst
send me. i :; v thou lovedst me before the foundation
9 I pray forthem:I pray not for the
world» but for them which thou hast
given me;for they are thine.
10 And ail mine are thine» and
thine are mine; and I am glorified in
them.
11 And now I am no more in the
961
world, but these are in the world» and
I come to thee. Holy Father» keep
through thine own name those whom
thou hast given me, that they may be
one» as we are.
12 While I was with them in the
world, I kept them in thy name: thôse
that thou gavest me I have kept» and
none ôf themis lost» but the son of per
dition; that the scripture might be fui-,
fiUed.
13 And now come I to thee; and
these things I speak in the world» that
they might have my joy fulfilled in
themselves.
14 I have given them thy word;and
the world hath hatéd them» because
they are not of the world, even as I
am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world» but that
thou shouldest keep them from the
evil.
16 They are not of the world, even
as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy
truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent meinto the
world, even so have I also sent them
into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify
myself» that they also might be sancti^
fied through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone»
but for them also which shall believe
on me through their word;
21 That they ail may be one; as
thou» Father» art in me» and I;in thee»
that they also may be one in us: that
the world may believe that thou hast
sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest
me I have given them; that they may
be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them» and thou in me» that
they may be made perfect in one; and
that the world may know that thou
thou'hast loved me.;
24 Father» I will that they also»
whom thou hast given me»: be with me
where I am;that they may hehpld my
glory» which thou hast given me: for
of the world.
25 O righteous Father» the world
hath not known thee: but I have
known thee» and these have kpown
that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them
thy name» and will déclaré iti that the
962 ST. JOHN 18
love wherewith thou hast loved me and went in with Jésus into the palace
may be in them, and 1 in them. of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood at the door
CHAPTER 18 without. Then went out that other
disciple, which was known imto the
WHEN Jesùs had spoken these high priest, and spake imto her that
words, he went forth with his kept the door, and brought in Peter.
disciples over the brook Ce'-dron, 17 Then saith the damsel that kept
where was a garden,into the which he the door unto Peter, Art not thou also
entered, and his disciples. one of this man's disciples? He saith, I
2 And Judas also, which betrayed am not.
him, knew the place; for Jésus oft- 18 And the servants and officers
times resorted thither with his dis stood there, who had madë a fire of
ciples. coals;for it was cold: and they warmed
3 Judas then, having received a themselves: and Peter stood with
band of men and officers from the them, and warmed himself.
chief priests and Pharisees, cometh 19 The high priest then asked Jésus
thither with lantems and torches and of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
weapons. 20 Jésus answered him, I spake
4 Jésus therefore, knowing ail openly to the world; I ever taught in
things that should come upon him, the synagogue, and in the temple,
wentforth,and said imto them,Whom whither the Jews always resort; and in
seek ye? secret have I said nothlng.
5 They answered him, Jésus of 21 Why askest thou me? ask them
Nazareth. Jésus saith unto them,I am which heard me,what I have said unto
he, And Judas also, which betrayed them: behold, they know what I said.
him, stood with them. 22 And when he had thus spoken,
6 As soon then as he had said unto one of the officers which stood by
them, 1 am he, they went backward, struck Jésus with the palm of his hand,
and fell to the ground. saying, Answerest thou the high priest
7 Then asked he them again, Whom so?
seek ye? And they said, Jésus of Naz 23 Jésus answered him. If I have
areth. spoken evil, bear witness of the evil:
8 Jésus answered, I have told you but if well, why smitest thou me?
that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, 24 Now Annas had sent him boimd
let these go their way: imto Ca-ia-phas the high priest.
9 That the saying might be fulfilled, 25 And Simon Peter stood and
which he spake, Of them which thou warmed himself. They said therefore
gavest me have I lost none. unto him. Art not thou also one of his
10 Then Simon Peter having a disciples? He denied it, and said, I am
sword drew it, and smote the high not.
priest's servant, and eut ofî his right 26 One of the servants of the high
ear. The servantes name was Mal'chus. priest, being his kinsman whose ear
11 Then said Jésus unto Peter, Put Peter eut off, saith, Did not I see thee
up thy sword into the sheath: the cup in the garden with him?
which my Father hath given me, shall 27 Peter then denied again: and im-
I not drink it? mediately the cock crew.
12 Then the band and the captain 28 Then led they Jésus from Ca-ia-
and officers of the Jews took Jésus, phas unto the hall of judgment: and it
and bound him, was early; and they themselves went
13 And led him away to Annas not into the judgment hall, lest they
first; for he was father in law to Ca-ia- should be defiled; but that they might
phas, which was the high priest that eat the passover.
same year. 29 Pilate then went out unto them,
14 Now Ca-ia-phas was he, which and said, What accusation bring ye
gave counsel to the Jews, that it was against this man?
expédient that one man should die for 30 They answered and said unto
the people. him. If he were not a malefactor, we
15 And Simon Peter followed Jésus, would not have delivered him up unto
and so did another disciple: that dis thee.
ciple was known unto the high priest. 31 Then said Pilate imto them.
 ST. JOHN 15 963

Take ye him,and judge him âccording 6 When the chiéf priests therefore
to yoUr law. Thé Jews therefore said and officers saw him, they cried out,
unto hiih, It is not lawful for us to put saying, Gracify him, crucify him. Pi
any man to death: late saith unto thein,Take ye him,and
32 That the saying of Jésus mîght cmcify him:fôr I find no fault in him.
be fulfûlédi which he spake, signifying 7 The Jews answered himj We have
what déath he should die. a law, and by our law he ought to die,
33 Then Pilate entered into the because he made himself the Son of
jùdgment hall again, and called Jésus/ God.
and said unto him. Art thou the King 8 When Pilate therefore heard that
of the Jews? saying, he was the more afraid;
34 Jésus answered him,Sayest thou 9 And went again into the judg-
this thing of thyself, or did others tell rhent hall, and saith unto Jésus,
it thee of me? Whence art thou? But Jésus gavé him
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? no answér.
HÎine own nation ahd the chief priests 10 Then saith Pilate unto him,
haye delivered thee unto me: what Speâkest thou not unto me? knowest
hast thôu doné? thou nOt that I have power to cmcify
36 Jésus ahswerèd, My kingdom is thee, ahd have power to release thee?
not of this world: if my kingdom were 11 Jésus answered, Thou couldest
of this world, then would my servants have no power at ail against me, ex-
fight,that I should not be delivered to cept it were given thee from àbôve:
the Jews: but now is my kingdom not therefore he that delivered me ùhto
from hence^, thee hath the greater sin.
37 Pilate therefore sàid unto him. 12 And from thencefotth Pilate
Art thou a king then? Jésus answered, sought to release him: but the Jews
Thou sayëst that I am a king. To this cried out, saying. If thou lét this man
end was I born, and for this cause go, thou art not Cœsar's friehd: who-
came 1 into the world, that I should soever maketh himsélf a king speakèth
bear witness unto the truth. Every one against Caesar.
that is of the truth heareth my voice. 13 When Pilate therefore heard
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is that saying, he brought Jésus forth,
truth? And when he had said this, hè and sat down in the jùdgment seat in
went out again unto the Jews, and a place that is calléd the Pavement,
saith unto them,1 fînd in him no fault but in the Hebrew, Gab^bâ-tha.
atalU 14 And it was the préparation ôf
39 But ye have a custoni, that I the passover, and about the sixth
should release luito you one at the hôur: and hè saith uhto thé Jews, Be
passover: will ye therefore that I re- hold your King!
lease uhto you the King ôf the Jews? 15 But they cried out, Away with
. 40 Then cried they ail again, say him, away with him, cmcify him. Pi
ing, Not this man, but Ba-rab-bas. late saith unto them, Shall I cmcify
Now Ba-rab'-bas was a robber. your King? The chief priests answered,
We have no king but Csesar.
CHÀPTER 19 16 Then delivered he him therefore
unto them to be crucified. Ànd they
Then PUate therefore took Jésus, took Jésus, and led him away.
and scourged him. 17 And he beating his cross went
2 And the soldiers platted a crown forth into a place called thé place of a
of thoms, and put it on his héad, and skull, which ià called in the Hebrew
they put bh him a purplfe robe, Gol-go-tha:
3 And sàid, Hail, King of the Jews! 18 Where they cnicified him, ahd
and they smote him with tlieir hands. two other li^th him,on either side one,
4 Pilate therefore went fôrth again, and Jésus:in thé ihidst.
arid saith unto theih, Behold, 1 bring 19 Arid Pîlaté wrote a title, and put
him forth to you, that ye may know it on thé cross. Arid the yrriting was,
that I fihd no fàult in him. JESUS O# NAZARETH THE KIN^G
5 Then came J[esus fôrth, wéaring OF THE JEWS.
the crowh of thoms, and the pùrpié 20 Tilis title then read many ôf the
robe. And Pilôte s^th unto thèm, Be Jews: fOr the placé wliere Jésus was
hold thèmah!" cmcifiéd was nigh to the city: ànd it
964 ST. JOHN 20
was written in Hebrew,and Greek,and 35 And he that saw it bare record,
Latin. and his record is true: and he knoweth
21 Then said the chief priests of the that he saith true, that ye might be-
Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King lieve.
of the Jews; but that he said, I am 36 For these things were done, that
King of the Jews. the scripture should be fulfilled, A
22 Pilate answered, What I have bone of him shall not be broken.
written 1 have written. 37 And again another scripture
23 Then the soldiers, when they had saith, They shall look on him whom
cnicified Jésus, took his gannents, and they pierced.
made four parts, to every soldier a 38 And after this Joseph of Ar-i-
part; and also his coat: now the coat ma-thœ-a, being a disciple of Jésus,
was without seam, woven from the top but secretly for fear of the Jews, be
throughout. sought Pilate that he might take away
24 They said therefore among them- the body of Jésus: and Pilate gave him
selves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots leave. He came therefore,and took the
for it, whose it shall be: that the scrip- body of Jésus.
ture might be fulhlled, which saith, 39 And there came also Nic-o-de-
They parted my raiment among them, mus, which at the first came to Jésus
and for my vesture they did cast lots. by night, and brought a mixture of
These things therefore the soldiers did. myrrh and aloes, about an hundred
25 Now there stood by the cross of pound weight.
Jésus his mother, and his mother's sis- 40 Then took they the body of Jé
ter, Mary the wife of Cle-o-phas, and sus, and wound it in linen clothes with
Mary Magdalene. the spices, as the manner of the Jews
26 When Jésus therefore saw his is to bury.
mother, and the disciple standing by, 41 Now in the place where he was
whom he loved, he saith unto his crucified there was a garden;and in the
mother, Woman, behold thy son! garden a new sepulchre, wherein was
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Be never man yet laid.
hold thy mother! And from that hour 42 There laid they Jésus therefore
that disciple took her unto his own because of the Jews' préparation day;
home. for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
28 After this, Jésus knowing that
ail things were now accomplished,that CHAPTER 20
the scripture might be fulfilled, saith,
Ithirst. The first day of the week cometh
29 Now there was set a vessel full Mary Magdalene early, when it
of vinegar: and they iilled a spunge was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and
with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, seeth the stone taken away from the
and put it to his mouth. sepulchre.
30 When Jésus therefore had re- 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to
ceived the vinegar, he said, It is fin- Simon Peter, and to the other disciple,
ished; and he bowed his head,and gave whom Jésus loved, and saith unto
up the ghost. them, They have taken away the Lord
31 The Jews therefore, because it out of the sepulchre, and we know not
was the préparation, that the bodies where they have laid him.
should not remain upon the cross on 3 Peter therefore wènt forth, and
the sabbath day,(for that sabbath day that other disciple, and came to the
was an high day,) besought Pilate that sepulchre.
their legs might be broken, and that 4 So they ran both togethen and
they might be taken away. the other disciple did outrun Peter,
32 Then came the soldiers, and and came first to the sepulchre.
brake the legs of the first, and of the 5 And he stooping down, and look-
other which was crucified with him. ing in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet
33 But when they came to Jésus, went he not in.
and saw that he was dead already, 6 Then cometh Simon Peter follow-
they brake not his legs: ing him, and went into the sepulchre,
34 But one of the soldiers with a and seeth the linen clothes lie,
spear pierced his side, and forthwith 7 And the napkin, that was about
came there out blood and water. his head, not lying with the linen
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clothes, but wrapped together in a breathed on them, and saith unto

place by itself. them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
8 Then went in also that other dis?- 23 Whose soever sins ye r«nit,they
ciple, which came first to the sepul- are;rémitted unto them;and whose so^
chre, and he saw, and believed. ever sins ye retain, they are retained.
9 For as yet they knew net the 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve,
scripture, that he must lise again from called Did-y-mus, was not with them
the dead. when Jésus came.
10 Then the disciples went away 25 The other disciples therefore
again unto their own home. said unto him, We have seen the Lord.
11 But Mary stood without at the But he said unto them, Except 1 shall
sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, see in his hands the print of the nails,
she stooped down, and looked into the and put my finger into the print of the
sepulchre, nails, and thmst my hand into his side,
12 And seeth two angels in white 1 will not believe.
sitting, the one at the head, and the 26 And after eight days again his
other at the feet, where the body of disciples were within, and Thomas
Jésus had lain. with them: then came Jésus, the doors
13 And they say unto her, Woman, being shut,and stood in the nûdst,and
why weepest thou? She saith unto said, Peace be unto you.
them, Because they have taken away 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach
my Lord, and 1 know not where they hither thy finger, and behold my
have Icdd him. hands; and reach hither thy hand,and
14 And when she had thus said, she thrust it into my side: and be not
tumed herself back, and saw Jésus fal^ess, but believing.
standing, and knew not that it was àfe And Thomas answered and said
Jésus. unto him, My Lord and my God.
15 Jésus saith unto her, Woman, 29 Jésus saith unto him, Thomas,
why weepest thou? whom seekest because thou hast seen me, thou hast
thou? She, supposing him to be the believed: blessed are they that have
gardener, saith unto him. Sir, if thou not seen, and yet have believed.
have borne him hence, tell me where 30 And many other signs truly did
thou hast laid him,and 1 will take him Jésus in the presence of his disciples,
away. which are not written in this book:
16 Jésus saith unto her, Mary. She 31 But these are written, that ye
tumed herself, and saith unto him, might believe that Jésus is the Christ,
Rab-bo-ni; which is to say, Master. the Son of God; and that believing ye
17 Jésus saith unto her, Touch me might have life through his name.
not; for I am not yet ascended to my
Father: but go to my brethren, and CHAPTER 21
say unto them, I ascend unto my Fa AFTER these things Jésus shewed
ther, and your Father; and to my God, himself again to the disciples at
and your God. the sea of Ti-be-ri-as; and on this wise
18 Mary Magdalene came and told shewed he himself.
the disciples that she had seen the 2 There were together Simon Peter,
Lord, and that he had spoken these and Thomas called Did-y-mus, and
thmgs unto her. Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the
19 Then the same day at evening, sons of Zeb-e-dee, and two other of his
being the first day of the week, when disciples.
the doors were shut where the disciples 3 Simon Peter saith unto them,I go
were assembled for fear of the Jews, a fishing. They say unto him, We also
came Jésus and stood in the midst,and go with thee. Thëy went forth, and en-
saith unto them, Peace be unto you. tered into a ship immediately: and
20 And when he had so said, he that night they caught nothing.
shewed unto them his hands and his 4 But when the moming was now
side. Then were the disciples glad, come, Jésus stood on the shore: but
when they saw the Lord. the disciples knew not that it was
21 Then said Jésus to them again, Jésus.
Peace be unto you; as my Father hath 5 Then Jésus saith imto them, Chil-
sent me,even so send ï you. dren, have ye any méat? They answer
22 And when he had said this, he ed him. No.
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6 And he said imto them, Cast the 17 He saith unto him the third
net on the right side of the ship, and time, Simon,son of Jonas, lovest thou
ye shall find. They cast therefore, and me? Peter was grieved because he said
now they were not hble to draw It for unto him the third thne, Lovest thou
the multitude of iishes. me? And he said unto him. Lord,thou
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jé knowest ail things; thou knowest that
sus loved saith unto Peter, It is the I love thee. Jésus saith unto him,Feed
Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard my sheep.
that it was the Lord,he girt his fisher's 18 Verily, verily, I say uiito thee,
coat unto htm,(for he was naked,} and When thou wast young, thou girdedst
did cast himself into the sea. thyself, and walkedst whlther thou
8 And the other disciples came in a wouldest: but when thou shalt be
little ship;(for they were not far from old, thou shalt strêtch forth thy
land, but as it were two hundred cu- hands, and another shall gird thee,
bits,) dragging the net with fishes. and carry fhee whither thou wouldest
9 As soon then as they were come not.
to land, they saw a tire of coals there, 19 This spake he, signifying by
and fish laid thereon, and bread. what death he should glorify C>od. And
10 Jésus saith unto them, Bring of when he had spôken this, he saith unto
the fish which ye have now caught. him, Follow me.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew 20 Then Peter,tuming about,seeth
the net to land full of great fishes, an the disciple whom Jésus loved foliow-
hundred and fifty and three: and for ing; which also leaned on his breast at
ail there were so many,yet was not the supper, and said. Lord, which is he
net broken. if that betrayeth thee?
12 Jésus saith unto them,Come and 21 Peter seeing him saith to Jésus,
dine. And none of the disciples durst Lord, and what shaU t^ man do?
ask him, Who art thou? knowing that 22 Jésus saith unto him. If I will
it was the Lord. that he tarry till I come, what is that
13 Jésus then cometh, and taketh to thee? follôw thou me.
bread, and giveth them, and fish like- 23 Then went this saying abroad
wise. among the brethren, that that disciple
14 This is now the third time that should not die: yet Jésus said not unto
Jésus shewed himself to his disciples, him, He shall not die; but. If I will that
after that he was risen from the dead. he tarry till I come, what is that to
15 So when they had dined, Jésus thee?
saith to Simon Peter^ Simon, son of 24 This is the disciple which testi-
Jonas, lovest thou me more than fieth of these things, and wrote these
these? He saith pnto him, Yea, Lord; things: and we know that his testi-
thou knowest that I love thee. He mony is true.
saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 25 And there are also many other
16 He saith to him again the second things which Jésus did, the which, if
time, Simon,son of Jonas, lovest thou they should be written every one, I
me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; suppose that even the world itself
thou knowest that I love thee. He could not contain the books that
saith unto him, Feed my sheep. should be written. Amen*

The

Acts of tKe Apostles

CHAPTER I
Theformer treatise have I made,
O The-oph-i-lus, of ail that Jésus
began both to do and teach,
2 Until the day in Which he was
taken up, after that he through the
Holy Ghost had given commandments
unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he shewed himself
alive after his passion by many infal-
lible proofs, being seen of them forty
days, and speaking of the things per-
taining to the kingdom of Cod:
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4 And, being assembled together 17 For he was numbered with us,

with them,commanded them that they and had obtained i)art of this ministry.
should not départ from Jérusalem, but 18 Now this man purchased a field
wait for the promise of the Father, with the reward of iniquity; arid falling
which, saith he, ye bave heard of me» headlong, he burst asunder in the
5 For John truly baptized with wa- midst, and ail his bowels gushed out.
ter; but ye shall be baptized with the 19 And it was known unto ail the
Holy Ghost not many days hence. dwellers at Jérusalem; insomuch as
6 When they therefore were come that field is called in their proper
together, they asked of him, saying. tongue, A-cel-da-ma, that is to say,
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore The field of blood.
again the kingdom to Israël? 20 For it is written in the book of
7 And he said unto them, It is not Pscilms, Let his habitation bé desolate,
for you to know the times or the sea- and let no man dwell therein: and his
sons, which the Father hath put in his bishoprick let another take.
own power. 21 Wherefore of these men which
8 But ye shall receive power, after have cbmpanied with us ail the time
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: that the Lord Jésus went in and out
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both among us,
in Jérusalem, and in ail Judaea, and in 22 Beginning from the baptism of
Sa-ma-ri-a, and unto the uttermost John, unto that same day that he was
part of the earth. taken up from us, must ône be or-
9 And when he had spoken these dained to be a witness with us of his
things, while they beheld, he was résurrection.
taken up;and a cloud received him out 23 And they appointed twp; Joseph
of their sight» called Bar'-sa-bas, who was surnamed
10 And while they looked stedfastly Justus, and Mat-thi-as.
toward heaven as he went up, behold, 24 And they prâyed, and said,
two men stood by them in white ap- Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts
parel; of ail men, shew whether of these two
11 Which also said, Ye men of Gali thou hast Chosen,
lée, why stand ye gazing up into heav 25 That he may take part of this
en? this same Jésus, which is taken ministry and apostleship, from which
up from you into heaven, shall so Judas by transgression fell, that he
come in like manner as ye have seen might go to his own place.
him go into heaven. 26 And they gave forth their lots;
12 Then retumed they unto Jéru and the lot fell upon Mat-thi-as; and he
salem from the mount called Olivet, was numbered with the eleven apos-
which is from Jérusalem a sabbath tles.
day's joumey.
13 And when they were come in, CHAPTER2
they went up into an upper room, AND when the day ôf Pentecost was
where abode both Peter, and J^es, /\ fully come,they were ail with one
and John, and Andrew, Philip, and accord in one place.
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, 2 And suddenly there came a sound
James the son of Al-phœ-us, and Simon from heaven as of a rushing mighty
Ze-lo'-tes, and Judas the brother of wind, and it filled ail the house where
James. they were sitting.
14 These ail continued with one ac 3 And there appeared unto them
cord in prayer and supplication, with doven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
the women, and Mary the mother of upon each ôf them.
Jésus, and vdth his brethren. 4 And they were ail filled with the
15 And in those days Peter stood Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
up in the midst of the disciples, and other tongues, as the Spiiît gave them
said, (the number 6f néunes together utterance.
were about an hundred and twenty,) 5 And there were dwelling at Jéru
16 Men and brethren, this scripture salem Jews, devoiit men, out of every
must needs have been fulfilled, which nation under heavén.
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David 6 Now whèn this was noised abroad,
spake before.conceming Judas, which the multitude Ccune together, and were
was guide to them that took Jésus. confounded, because that every man
968 THE ACTS 2
heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were ail amazed and
marvelled, saying one to another, Be-
hold, are not ail these which speak
Galllaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in
our own tongue, wherein we were
bom?
9 Par'-thi-ans, and Medes, and
E-lam-ites, and the dwellers in Mes-o-
po-ta-mi-a,and in Judaea,and Cap-pa-
do-ci-a, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phryg^-i-a, and Pam-phyr-ir-a, in
Egypt,and in the parts of Libya about
Cy-re-ne,and strangers of Rome, Jews
and prosélytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear
them speak in our tongues the wonder-
ful Works of God.
12 And they were ail amazed, and
were in doubt, saying one to another^
What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men
are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the
eleven,lifted up his voice, and said un-
to them, Ye men of Judaea, cuid ail ye
that dwell at Jérusalem, be this known
unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye
suppose, seeing it is but the third hour
of the day.
16 But this is that which was spo-
ken by the prophet J o-el;
17 And it shall come to pass in the
last days, saith God, I will pour out of flesh did see corruption.
my Spirit upon ail flesh: and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, whereof we ail are witnesses.
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams: hand of God exalted, and having re-
18 And on my servants and on my ceived of the Father the promise of the
handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall
prophesy;
19 And I will shew wonders in heav-
en above, and signs in the earth be-
neath; blood, and tire, and vapour of
smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of
the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israël, hear these
words; Jésus pf Nazareth, a man ap-
proved of God ampng you by miracles
and wonders and signs, which God did
by him in the midst of youi as ye your-
selves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the de-
terminate counsel and foreknowledge
of God, ye haye taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, hav-
ing loosed the pains of death: because
it was not possible that he should be
holden of it.
25 For David speaketh concerning
him,1 foresaw the Lord always before
my face, for he is on my right hand,
that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice,
and my tongue was glad; moreover
also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me
the ways of life; thou shalt make me
full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely
speak unto you of the patriarch Da
vid, that he is both dead and buried,
and his sepulchre is with us unto this
day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and
knowing that God had swom with an
oath to him, that of the fruit of
his loins, according to the flesh, he
would raise up Christ to sit on his
throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of
the résurrection of Christ, that his
soul was not left in hell, neither his
32 This Jésus hath God raiSed up,
33 Therefore being by the right
Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this,
which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into
the heavens: but he saith himself, The
Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on
my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy foot-
stool.
36 Therefore let ail the house of Is
raël know assuredly, that God hath
made that same Jésus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they
were pricked in their heart, and said
unto Peter and to the rest of the apos-
tles, Men and brethren, what shall we
do?
. 38 Then Peter said unto them, Re-
pent, and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jésus Christ for the re-
 THE ACTS 3 969

mission of sins, and ye shall reçoive the walked, and entered with them into
gift of the Holy Ghost. the temple, walking, and leaping, and
39 For the promise is unto you, and praising God.
to your children, and to ail that are 9 And ail the people saw him walk
afar off, even as many as the Lord our ing and praising God:
God shall call. 10 And they knew that it was he
40 And with many other words did which sat for alms at the Beautiful
he testify and exhort, saying, Save gâte of the temple: and they were
yourselves from this untoward gén filled with wonder and amazement at
ération. that which had happened unto him.
41 Then they that gladly received 11 And as the lame man which was
his Word were baptized: and the same healed held Peter and John, ail the
day there were added unto them about people ran together unto them in the
three thousand soûls. porch that is called Solomon's, greatly
42 And they continued stedfastly wondering.
in the apostles' doctrine and fellow- 12 And when Peter saw it, he an-
ship, and in breaking of bread, and in swered unto the people, Ye men of Isr
prayers. rael, why marvel ye at this? or why
43 And fear came upon every soul: look ye so eamestly on us, as though
and many wonders and signs were by our own power or holiness we had
done by the apostles. made this man to walk?
44 And ail that believed were to- 13 The God of Abraham, and of
gether, and had ail things common; Isaac, and of Jacob, the God ôf our
45 And sold their possessions and fathers, hath glorified his Son Jésus;
goods, and parted them to ail men, as whom ye delivered up, and denied him
every man had need. in the presénce of Pilate, when he was
46 And they, continuing daily with determined to let him go.
one accord in the temple, and breaking 14 But ye denied the Holy One and
bread from house to house, did eat the Just, and desired a murderer to be
their meat with gladness and single- granted unto you;
ness of heart, 15 And killed the Prince of life,
47 Praising God, and having favour whom God hath raised froin the dead;
with ail the people. And the Lord whereof we are witnesses.
added to the church daily such as 16 And his n2une through faith in
should be saved. his name hath made this man strong,
whom ye see and know: yea, the faith
CHAPTER 3 which is by him hath given him this
NOW Peter and John went up to- perfect soundness in the presence of
gether into the temple at the you ail.
hour of prayer, being thé ninth hour. 17 And now, brethren, I wot that
2 And a certain m2in lame from his through ignorance ye did it, as did also
mother's womb was carried, whom your rulers.
they laid daily at the gâte of the tem 18 But those things, which God be-
ple which is called Beautiful, to ask fore had shewed by the mouth of ail
alms of them that entered into the his prophets, that Christ should suffer,
temple; he hath so fulfilled.
3 Who seeing Peter and John about 19 Repent ye therefore, and bé con-
to go into the temple asked an alms. verted, that your sins may be blotted
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes up out, when the times of refreshing shall
on him with John, said. Look on us. come from the presence of the Lord;
5 And he gave heed unto them, ex- 20 And he shall send Jésus Christ,
pecting to receive something of them. which before was preached unto you:
6 Then Peter saidj Silver and gold 21 Whom the heaven must receive
have I none; but such as I have give until the 'times of restitution of ail
1 thee: In theoaame of Jésus Christ of things, which God hàth spoken by the
Nazareth rise up and walk. mouth of ail his holy prophets since
7 And he took him by the right the world'began.
hand, and lifted f^im up: and immédi-^ 22 For Moses truly said unto the
ately his feet and ancle bones received fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your
strength. God raise up imto you of your breth
8 And he leaping up stood, and ren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in
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ail things whatsoever he shall say unto 12 Neither is there salvation in any
you» other: for there is none other name un-
23 And it shall corne to pass, that der heaven given among men,whereby
every seul, which will net hear that we must be saved.
prophet, shall be destroyed from 13 Now when they saw the bold-
among the people. ness of Peter and John, and perceived
24 Yea, and ail the prophets from that they were unleamed and ignorant
Samuel and those that follow after, as men, they marvelled; and they took
many as have spoken, have likewise knowledge of them^ that they had been
foretold of these days» with Jésus.
25 Ye are the children of the pro 14 And beholding the man which
phets, and of the covenant which God was healed standing with them, they
made with our fathers, saying unto could say nothing against it.
Abraham, And in thy seed shall ail the 15 But when they had commanded
kindreds of the earth be blessed, them to go aside out of the coimcil,
26 Unto you first God, having they conferred among themselves,
raised up his Son Jésus, sent him to 16 Saying, What shall we do to
bless you, in tuming away every one these men? for that indeed a notable
of you from his iniquities. miracle hath been done by them is
manifest to ail them that dwellin Jéru
CHAPTER 4 salem; and we cannot deny it.
AND as they spake unto the people, 17 But that it spread no further
/V the priests, and the captain of the among the people, let us straitly
temple, and the Sad-du-cees, came threaten them,that they speak hence-
upon them, forth to no man in this name.
2 Being grieved that they taught 18 And they called them, and com
the people, and preached through Jé manded them not to speak at ail nor
sus the résurrection from the dead. teach in the name of Jésus.
3 And they laid hands on them,and 19 But Peter and John answered
put them in hold unto the next day: and said unto them, Whether it be
for it was now eventide. right in the sight of God to hearken
4 Howbeit many of them which unto you more than unto God, judge
heard the word believed; and the num- ye.
ber of the men was about five thou- 20 For we cannot but speak the
sand. things which we have seen and heard.
5 And it came to pass on the mor- 21 So when they had further threat-
row, that their rulers, and elders, and ened them, they let them go, finding
scribes, nothing how they might punish them,
6 And Annas the high priest, and because of the people:for ail men glori-
Ca-ia-phas, and John, and Alexander, fied God for that which was done.
and as many as were of the kindred of 22 For the man was above forty
the high priest, were gathered together years old, on whom this miracle of
at Jérusalem.. healing was shewed.
7 And when they had set them in 23 And being let go, they went to
the midst,they asked,By what power, their own company, and reported ail
or by what name, have ye done this? that the chief priests and elders had
8 Then Peter, fiUed with the Holy said unto them.
Ghost,said unto them,Ye rulers of the 24 And when they heard that, they
people, and elders of Israël, lifted up their voice to God with one
9 If we this day be examined of the accord, and said. Lord, thou art God,
good deed done to the impotent man, which hast made heaven, and earth,
by what means he is made whole; and the sea, and ail that in them is:
10 Be it known unto you ail, and to 25 Who by the mouth of thy ser
ail the people of Israël, that by the vant David hast said, Why did the
name of Jésus Christ of Nazareth, heathen rage, and the people imagine
whom ye crucified, whom God raised vain things?
from the dead, even by him doth this 26 The kings of the earth stood up,
man stand here before you whole. and the rulers were gathered together
11 This is the stone which was set against the Lord, and against his
at nought of you builders, which is be- Christ.
come the head of the corner. 27 For of a truth against thy holy
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child Jésus, whom thou hast anointed; thine own? and after it was sold, was
both Herod, and Pontius PUate, with it not in thine own power? why hast
the Gentiles, and the people of Israël, thou conceived thiS: thing in thine
were gathered together, heart? thou hast not lied unto men,
28 For to do whatsoeyer thy hand but unto God.
and thy counsel determined before to 5 And An-a-ni-as hearing these
be done. words fell down, and gave up the
29 And now. Lord, behold their ghost: and greatfear came on all tiiem
threatenings: and grant unto thy ser that heard these things.
vants, that with ail boldness they may . 6 And the young men arosé, wouhd
speak thy Word, him up,and carried Him out, and bur-
30 By stretching forth thine hand led him.
to heal; and that signs and wonders 7 And it was about the space of
may be done by the name of thy holy three hours after, when his tdfe, not
child Jésus. knowing what was done, came in.
31 And when they had prayed, the 8 And Peter answered unto her.
place was shaken where they were as- Tell me whether ye sold the land for
sembled,together; and they were ail so much? And she said, Yea, for so
fiUed with the Holy Ghost, and they much.
spake the word of God with boldness. 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is
32 And the multitude pf them that it that ye have agreed together to
believed were of one heart and of one tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold,
soul; neither said any of them that the feet of them which have buried thy
ought of the things which he possessed husband are at the door, and shaU
was his own; but they had ail things carry thee out.
common. 10 Then fell she down straightway
; 33 And with great power gave the at his feet, and yielded up the ghost:
apostles witness of the résurrection pf and the young men camein,and found
the Lord Jésus: and great grâce was her dead, and, carrying her forth, bur
upon them ail. ied her by her husband,
34 Neither was there any ampng II/And great fear came upon ail the
them that lacked: for as many as were church, and upon as many as heard
possessors of lands or houses sold these things.
them, and brought the prices of the 12 And by the hands of the apostles
things that were sold, were many signs and wonders wrought
35 And laid them down at the apos among the people;(and they were ail
tles' feet: and distribution was made with one accord in Solompp's porch.
unto every man according as he had 13 And of the rest durst no man
need. join himself to them:, but the people
36 And Joses, who by the apostles magnified them.
was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, 14 And believers were the more
being interpreted, The son of consola added to the Lord, multitudes both bf
tion,) a Levite, and of the country of men and women.)
Gyprus, 15 Insomuch that they brought
37 Having land,sold it, and brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid
the money^ and laid U at the apostles' them on beds and couches, that at the
feet. least the shadow of Peter p^sing by
might overshadow soiné of them.
CHAPTER5 16 There came also a multitude out
But a certain man named An-a-ni-
as, with Sap-phi-ra his wife, sold
of the cities round about unto Jérusa
lem, bringing sick fqlks, and thèm
a possession, which were vexed with unclean spirit^
2 And kept back part of the price, and they were healed eyery one.
his wife also being privy to it, and 17 Then the high priest rose ùp,and
brought a certain part, and laid ii at ail they that were with him,(which is
the apostles* feet. the sect of the Sad-du-cèes,) and were
3 But Peter said, An-a-ni-^s, why filled with indignation, - ,
hath Satan hlled thine heart to lie to 18 And laid tîieir ha^ds on the apos
the Holy Ghost,iand to keep back part tles, and put them in the common
of the pricé of the land? prison.
4 >^niiles it remained, was it not 19 But the angel of the Lord by
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night opened ihe prison doors, and el, a doctor of the law, had in rq)uta-
brought them forth, and said, tion among ail the people, and com-
20 Go, stand and speak in the tem manded to put the apostles forth a
ple to the people ail âie words of this little space;
life. 35 And said unto them, Ye men of
21 And when they heard fhat, they Israël, take heed to yourselves what ye
entered into the temple early in the intend to do as touching these men.
moming, and taught. But the high 36 For before these days rose up
priest came, and they that were with Theu'-das, boasting himself to be
him, and c^ed the council together, somebody; to whom a number of men,
and ail the senate of the children of Is about four hundred, joined them-
raël, and sent to the prison to have selves: who was slàin; and ail, as many
them brought. as obeyed him, were scattered, and
22 But when the officers came, and brought to nought.
found them not in the prison, they re- 37 After this man rose up Judas of
tumed, and told, Galilee in the days of the taxing, and
23 Saying, The prison truly found drew away much people after him: he
we shut with ail safety, and the keep- also perished; and ail, even as many as
ers standing without before the doors: obeyed him, were dispersed.
but when we had opened, we foimd no 38 And now I say unto you. Re
man within. frain from these men, and let them
24 Now when the high priest and alone: for if this counsel or this work
the captain of the temple and the chief be of men, it will come to nought:
priests heard these things, they doubt- 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot
ed of them whereunto this would overthrow it; lest haply ye be found
grow. even to hght against God.
25 Then came one and told them, 40 And to him they agreed: and
saying, Behold, the men whom ye put when they had called the apostles, and
in prison are standing in the temple, beaten fhem, they commanded that
and teaching the people. they should not speak in the name of
26 Then went the captain with the Jésus, and let them go.
officers, and brought them without 41 And they departed from the
violence: for they feared the people, presence of the council, rejoicing that
lest they should have been stoned. they were counted worthy to suffer
27 And when they had brought shame for his name.
tliem, they set them before the council: 42 And daily in the temple, and in
and the hig:h priest asked them, every house, they ceased not to teach
28 Saying, Did not we straitly com- and preach Jésus Christ.
mand you that ye should not teach in
this name? and, behold, ye have filled CHAPTER 6
Jérusalem with your doctrine, and in
tend to bring this man*s blood upon us. AND in those days, when the number
29 Then Peter and the other apos- of the disciples was multiplied,
tles answered and said, We ought to there arose a murmuring of the Gre-
obey God rather than men. cians against the Hebrews, because
30 The God of our fathers raised up their widows were neglected in the
Jésus, whom ye slew and hanged on a daily ministration.
tree. 2 Then the twelve called the multi
31 Him hath God exalted with his tude of the disciples unto them, and
ri^t hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, said, It is not reason that we should
for to give repentance to Israël, and leave the word of God, and serve
forgiveness of sins. tables.
32 And we are his witnesses of these 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, among you seven men of honest re
whom God hath given to them that port, full of the Holy Ghost and wis-
obey him. dom, whom we may appoint over this
33 When they heard that, they were business.
eut to the heart, and took coimsel to 4 But we will give ourselves con-
slay them. tinually to prayer, and to the ministry
34 Then stood there up one in the of the word.
coimcil, a Pharisee, named Ga-ma-li- 5 And the saying pleased the whole
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multitude: and they chose Stephen, a ran: and from thence, when his father
man full of faith and of the Holy was dead, he removed him into this
Ghost, and Philip, and Proch-o-nis, land, wherein ye now dwell.
and Ni-ca-nor, and Ti-mon, and Par'- 5 And he gave him none inheritance
me-nas, and Nicolas a prosélyte of in it, no, not so much as to set his foot
Antioch: on: yet he promised that he would give
6 Whom they set before the apos- it to him for a possession, and to his
tles: and when they had prayed, Ûiey seed after him, when as yet he had no
laid thdr liands on them. child.
7 And the word of God increased; 6 And God spake on this wise, That
and the number of the disciples multi- his seed should sojoum in a strange
plied in Jérusalem greàtly; and a great land; and that they should bring them
Company of the priests were obedient into bondage, and entreat them evil
to the faith. four hundred years.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and 7 And the nation to whom they
power, did great wonders and miracles shall be in bondage will I judge, said
among the people. God: and after that shall they come
9 Then there arose certain of the forth, and serve me in this place.
synagogue, which is called the syna 8 And he gave him the covenant of
gogue of the Lib-er-tines, and Cy-re- circumcision: and so Abraham begat
ni-ans, and Alexandrians, and of them Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth
of Ci-li'-cia and of Asia, disputing with day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob
Stephen. begat the twelve patriarchs.
10 And they were not able to resist 9 And the patriarchs, moved with
the wiisdom aiid the spirit by which hé envy,sold Joseph into Egypt: but God
spake. was with him,
11 Then they subomed men, which 10 And delivered him out of ail his
said, Wè have heard him speak blas afflictions, and gave him favour and
phémons words against Moses, and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of
againsi God. Egypt; and he made him govemor
12 And they stirred up the people, over Egypt and ail his house.
and the elders, and the scribes, and 11 Now there came a dearth over
came upon him, and caught him, and ail the land of Egypt and Cha'naan,
brought him to the council, and great affliction: and our fathers
13 And set up false witnesses, which found no sustenance.
said, This man ceaseth not to speak 12 But when Jacob heard that there
blasphemous words against this holy was com in Egypt, he sent out our fa
place, and the law: thers fîrst.
14 For we have heard him say, that 13 And at the second time Joseph
this Jésus of Nazareth shall destroy was made known to his brethren; and
this place, and shall change the cus- Joseph's kindred was made known un
toms which Moses delivered us. to Pharaoh.
15 And ail that sat in the council, 14 Then sent Joseph, and called his
looking stedfastly on him,saw his face father Jacob to him, and ail his kin
as it had been the face of an angel* dred, threescore and fifteen soûls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt,
CHAPTER 7 and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Sy'-
Then said the high priest. Are chem, and laid in the sepulchre that
these things so? Abraham bought for a sum of money
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and pf the sons of Em'-mor the father of
fathers, hearken; The God of glory ap- Sy'-chem.
peared unto our father Abraham, 17 But when the time of the prom
when he was in Mes-o-po-ta-mi-a, be ise drew nigh, which God had swom to
fore he dwelt in Char'-ran, Abraham, the people grew and multi-
3 And said unto him, Get thee out plied in Egypt,
of thy country, and from thy kindred, 18 Till another king arose, which
and come into the land which I shall knew not Joseph.
shew thee. 19 The same dealt subtilly with our
4 Then came he out of the land of kindred, and evil entreated our fa
the Chal-d»-ans, and dwelt in Char^- thers,so that they cast out their young
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children, to the end they might not ruler and a djeliverer by the hand of
live. the angel which appeared to him in the
20 In which time Moses was bom, bush.
and was exceeding fair, and nourished 36 He brought them out, after that
up in his father's house three months: he had shewed wonders and signs in
21 And when he was cast eut, Phar'- the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea,
aoh's daughter took him up, and and in the wildemess forty years.
nourished him for her own son. 37 This is that Moses, which said
22 And Moses was learned in all the unto the children of Israël, A prophet
wisdom of the Egyptians, and was shall the Lord your God raise up unto
mighty in words and in deeds. you of your brethren, like unto me;
23 And when he was full forty years him shall ye hear.
old, it came into his heart to visit his 38 This is he,that was in the church
brethren the children of Israël. in the wildemess with the angel which
24 And seeing one of them suffer spake to him in the mount Si-na, and
wrong, he defehded him, and avenged with our fathers: who received tiie
him that was oppressed, and smote the lively oracles to give unto us:
Egyptian: 39 To whom our fathers would not
25 For he supposed his brethren obey, but thmst him from them, and
would have understood how that God in their hearts tumed back again into
by his hand would deliver them: but Egypt,
they understood not. 40 Saying unto Aaron, Màke us
26 And the next day he shewed gods to go before us: for as for this
himself unto them as they strove, and Moses, which brought us out of the
would have set them at one again,say- land of Egypt, we wot not what is be-
ing, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye come of him.
wrong one to another? 41 And they made a calf in those
27 But he that did his neighbour days, and offered sacrifice unto the
wrong thrust him away, saying, Who idol, and rejoiced in the works of their
made thee a ruler and a judge over us? own hands.
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou did- 42 Then Grod turned,and gave them
dest the Egyptian yesterday? up to worship the host of heaven; as it
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, is written in the book of the prophets,
and was a stranger in the land of Ma- O ye house of Israël, have ye offered
di-an, where he begat two sons. to me sledn beasts and sacrifices by
30 And when forty years were ex- the space of forty years in the wilder-
pired, there appeared to him in the ness?
wildemess of mount Si-na an ahgel of 43 Yea, ye took up the tabemacle
the Lord in a fleime of fire in a bush. of Mo-loch, and the star of your god
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered Rem-phan, figures which ye made to
at the sight: and as he drew near to worship them: and I will carry you
behold it, the voice of the Lord came away beyond Babylop.
unto him, 44 Our fathers had the tabemacle
32 Sayingf I am the God of thy fa- of witness in the wildemess, as he had
thers, the God of Abraham, and the appointed, speaking unto Moses, that
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. he should make it according to the
Then Moses trembled, and durst not fashion that he had seen.
behold. 45 Which also our fathers that
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put came after brought in with Jésus into
ofF thy shoes from thy feet: for the the possession of the Gentiles, whom
place where thou standest is holy God drave out before the face of our
ground. fathers, unto the days of David;
34 I have seen, I have seen the af 46 Who found favour before God,
fliction of my people which is in and desired to find a tabemacle for the
Egypt» and I have heard their groan- God of Jacob.
ing, and am come down to deliver 47 But Solomon built him an house.
them. And now come, I will send thee 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth
into Egypt. not in temples made with hands; as
35 This Moses whom they refused, saith the prophet,
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth
judge? the same did God send to he a is my footstool: what house will ye
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build me? saith the Lord: or what is 5 Then Philip went down to the
the place of my rest? city of Sa-ma-ri-a,and preàched Christ
50 Hath net my hand made ail imto them.
these things? 6 And the people with one accord
51 Ye stlffnecked and uncircum- gave heed unto those things which
cised in heart and ears, ye do always Philip spake, hearing and seeing the
resist the Holy Ghôst: as your fathers miracles which he did.
did, so do ye. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with
52 Which of the prophets have not loud voice, came out of many that
your fathers persecuted? and they were possessed with them: and many,
have slain them which shewed before taken with palsies, and that were
of the coming of the Just One; of lame, were healed.
whom ye have been now the betrayers 8 And there was great joy in that
and murderers: city.
53 Who have received the law by 9 But there was a certain man,
the disposition of angels, and have not called Simon, which beforetime in the
kept it. same city used sorcery, and bewitched
54 When they heard these things, the people of Sa-ma'-ri-a, giving out
they were eut to the heart, and they that himself was some great one:
gnashed on him with their teeth. 10 To whom they ail gave heed,
55 But he, being full of the Holy from the least to the greatest, say
Ghost,looked up stedfastly into heav- ing, This man is the great power of
en, and saw the glory of God, and God.
Jésus standing on the right hand of 11 And to him they had regard, be-
Gk)d, cause that of long time he had be
56 And said, Behold,I see the heav- witched them with sorceries.
ens opened, and the Son of man stand 12 But when they believed Philip
ing on the right hand of God. preaching the things conceming the
57 Then they cried out with a loud kingdom of God, and the name of Jé
voice, and stopped their ears, and ran sus Christ, they were baptized, both
upon him with one accord, men and women.
58 And cast him out of the city, and 13 Then Simon himself believed al-
stoned him: and the witnesses laid so: and when he was baptized, he con-
down their clothes at a young man's tinued with Philip, and wondered, be-
feet, whose name was Saul. holding the miracles and signs which
59 And they stoned Stephen,calling were done.
upon God, and saying. Lord Jésus, re- 14 Now when the apostles which
ceive my spirit. were at Jérusalem heard that Sa-ma-
60 And he kneeled down, and cried ri-a had received the word of God,they
with a loud voice. Lord, lay not this sent unto them Peter and John:
sin to their charge. And when he had 15 Whô, when they were come
said this, he fell asleep. down, prayed for them, that they
might receive the Holy Ghost:
CHAPTER 8 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon
AND Saul was consenting unto his none of them: only they were baptized
death. And at that time there was in the name of the Lofd Jésus.)
a great persécution against the church 17 Then laid they their hands on
which was at Jérusalem; and they them, and they received the Holy
were ail scattered abroad throughout Ghost.
the régions of Judsea and Sa-ma-ri-a, 18 And when Simon saw that
except the apostles. through laying on of the apostles'
2 And devout mén carried Stephen hands the Holy Ghost was given, he
to his hurial, and made great lamenta ofFered them money,
tion over him. 19 Saying, Give me also this power,
3 As for Saul, he made havock of that on whomsoever I lay hands, he
the diurch, entering into every house, may receive the Holy Ghost.
and haling men and women committed 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy
them to prison. money perish with thee, because thou
4 Therefore they that were scatter hast thought that the gift of God may
ed abroad went every where preaching be purchased with money.
the Word. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in
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this matter: for thy heart is net right what doth hinder me to be baptized?
in the sight of God, 37 And Philip szdd. If thou believest
22 Repent therefore of this thy with ail thine heart, thou mayest. And
wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps he answered and said, I believe that
the thought of thine heart may be for- Jésus Christ is the Son of God.
given thee. 38 And he commanded the chariot
23 For I perceive that thou art in to stand still: and they went down
the gall of bittemess, and in the bond both into the water, both Philip and
pf iniquity» the eunuch; and he baptized him.
24 Then answered Simon, and said, 39 And when they were cpme up
Pray ye to the Lord for me,that none out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
of these things which ye have spoken caught away Philip, that the eunuch
come upon me, saw him no more: and he went on his
25 And they, when they had testi- way rejoicing.
fied and preached the word of the 40 But Philip was found at A-zo-
Lord, returned to Jérusalem, and tus: and passing through he preached
preached the gospel in many villages in ail the cities, till he came to Cœs-a-
of the Samaritans, re-a.
26 And the angel of the Lord spake
unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go to- CHAPTER 9
ward the south unto the way that go- AND Saul, yet breathing out threat-
eth down from Jérusalem unto Ga'-za, J\ enings and slaughter against the
which is desert. disciples of the Lord, went unto the
27 And he arose and went: and, be- high priest,
hold, a man of E-thi-o-pi-a, an eunuch 2 And desired of him letters to Da-
of great authority undçr Can-da-ce mascus to the synagogues, that if he
queen of the E-thi-o-pi-ans, who had found any of this way, whether they
the charge of ail her treasure, and had were men or women, he might bring
come to Jérusalem for to worship, them bound unto Jérusalem.
28 Was returning, and sitting in his 3 And as he joumeyed, he came
chariot read E-sa-ias the prophet. near Damascus: and suddenly there
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, shined round about him a light from
Go near, and join thyself to this heaven:
chariot. 4 And he fell to the earth, and
30 And Philip ran thither to htm, heard a voice saying unto him, Saul,
and heard him read the prophet E-sa- Saul, why persecutest thou me?
ias, and said, Understandest thou 5 And he said, Who art thou. Lord?
what thou readest? And the Lord said, I am Jésus whom
31 And he said, How can I, except thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to
some man should guide me? And he kick against the pricks.
desired Philip that he would come up 6 And he trembling and astonished
2Uid sit with him. said. Lord, what wilt thou have me to
32 The place of the scripture which do? And the Lord said unto him,Arise,
he read was this, He was led as a sheep and go into the city, and it shall be
to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb told thee what thou must do.
before his shearer, so opened he not 7 And the men which joumeyed
his mouth: with him stood speechless, hearing a
33 In his humiliation his judgment voice, but seeing no man.
was taken away: and who shall déclaré 8 And Saul arose from the earth;
hds génération? for his life is taken and when his eyes were opened, he
from the earth. saw no man: but they led him by the
34 And the eimuch answered Philip, hcuid, and brought him into Damas
and said, I pray thee, of whom speak- cus.
eth the prophet this? of himself, or of 9 And he was three days without
some other man? sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, 10 And there was a certain disciple
and began at the same scripture, and at Damascus, named An-a-ni'-as; and
preached unto him Jésus. to him said the Lord in a vision, An-a-
36 And as they went on their way, ni-as. And he said, Behold, I am here.
they came imto a certain water: and Lord.
the eunuch said, See, here is water; 11 And the Lord said imto him.
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Arise, and go Into the street which is 26 And when Saul was come to
càlled Straight, and enquire in the Jérusalem, he assayed to join himself
house of Judas for one called Saul of to the dis^ciples: ^biut they were ail
Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, afraid of him,^ and believed not that he
12 And hath seen in â vision a man was a disciple.
named An-a-ni-as comiiig in, and put- 27 But Bàmabas took him, and
ting his hand on him,that he might re- brought him to the- apostles, and de-
ceive his sight, clared tmto them how he had seen the
13 Then An-a-ni'as answered.Lord, Lord in the way,and that he had spo-
I have heard by many ôf this man, ken to him, and how he had preached
how much évil he hath done to thy boldly at Damascus in the name of
saints at Jérusalem: Jésus.
14 And here he hath authority from 28 And he was with them coming in
the chief priests to bind ail that call and going out at Jérusalem.
on thy name. 29 And he spake boldly in the name
15 But the Lord said unto him. Go of the Lord Jésus, and disputed
thy way:for he is a chosen vessel unto against the Grecians: but they went
me, to bear my name befôre the Gen- about to slay him.
tiles, and kings, and the children of 30 Which when the brethren knew,
Israël: théy brought him down to Caes-à-re-a,
16 For I will shew him how great and sent him forth to Tarsus.
things he must suffer for my name's 31 Then had the churches rest
sake. tiiroughout ail Judœa and Galilee and
17 And An-a-ni-as went his way, Sà-ma-ri-a, and were' edified; and
and entered into the house; and put- walking in the fear of the Lord, and in
ting his hands on him said, Brother the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were
Saul, the Lord, even Jésus, that ap- multiplied.
peared unto thee in the way as thou 32 And it came to pass, as Peter
caméstfhath sent me;that thôu might- passed throughout ail quarters, he
est receive thy sight, aûd be filled with came down also to the saints which
the Holy Ghost. dwelt at Lyd'-da.
18 And immediâtely there fell from 33 And thére he foimd a certain
his eyes as it had been scales: and he man named ^-he-as, which hâd kept
received sight forthwith, and arose, his bed eight years, and was sick of the
and was baptized. palsy.
19 And when he had received meat, 34 And Peter said unto him,^-ne-
he was strengthened. Then was Saul as, Jésus Christ maketh thee whole:
certain days with the disciples which arise, and make thy bed. And he arose
were at Damascus, immediâtely.
20 And straightway he preached 35 And ail that dwelt at Lyd'-da
Christin the synagogues,that he is the and Sa'-ron saw him^ and tumed to the
Son of God. Lord.
21 .But ail that heard him were 36 Now there was at joppa a cer
amazed, and said; Is not this he that tain disciple named Tabitha, which by
destroyed them whic^i called on this interprétation is called Dorcas: this
name in Jérusalem; and came hither womah was full of good works and
for that intent, that he might bring almsdeeds which she did.
them boimd unto the chief priests? 37 And it came to pass in those
22 But Saul increased the- more in days, that she was sick, and died:
strength, ànd confounded the Jews whom when they had washed, they
which dwelt at Damascus, proving laid her in an upper chamber.
that this is very Christ. 38 And forasmùdi as Lyd-da was
23 And after that many days were nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had
fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill heard that Péter Was there, they sent
liim: unto him two men, desiring him that
24 But their laying await was he would not delay to come to theiii.
known of Saul. And they watched the 39 Then Peter arose ànd went with
gâtes day and night to kill him. them. When he Was come, they
25 Then the disciples took him by brought him into the upjper chamben
night, and let him down by the wall in and ail the widows stood by him weep-
a basket. ing, and shewing the coats and gar-
978 THE ACTS 10
ments which Dorcas made, whlle she
was with them.
40 But Peter put them ail forth, beasts, and creeping things, and fowls
and kneeled down, and prayed; and
tuming him to the body said, Tabitha, 13 And there came a voice to him,
arise. And she opened her eyes: and Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
when she sàw Peter, she sat up.
41 And he gave her his hand, and
lifted her up, and when he had called
the saints and widows, presented her
alive.
42 And it was known throughout
ail Joppa; and many believed in the
Lord.
43 And it came to pass,that he tar-
ried many days in Joppa with one Si
mon a tanner.
CHAPTER 10
TheRE was a certain manin Cœs-a-
re-a called Cornélius, a centurion
of the band called the Italian hand,
2 A devout man, and one that
feared God with ail his house, which
gave much alms to the people, and
prayed to God alway.
3 He saw in a vision evidently about
the ninth hour of the day an angel of
God coming in to him,and saying unto
him, Cornélius.
4 And when he looked on him, he
was afraid, and Scdd, What is it. Lord?
And he said unto him, Thy prayers
and thine alms are come up for a mé
morial before God.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and
call for one Simon, whose sumame is
Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tan
ner, whose house is by the sea side: he
shall tell theç what thou oughtest to
do.
7 And when the angel which spake
unto Cornélius was departed, he called
two of his household servants, and a
devout soldier of them that waited on
him continually;
8 And when he had declared ail
these things unto them, he sent them
to Joppa.
9 On the morrow, as they went on
their joumey, and drew nigh unto the
çity. Peter went up upon the housetop
to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry,and
would have eaten: but while they
made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a
certain vessel desçending unto him, as
it had been a great sheet knit at the
four corners,and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were ail manner offour-
footed beasts of the earth, and wild
of the air.
14 But Peter said, Not so. Lord;for
I have never eaten any thing that is
common or imclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him
again the second time, What God hath
cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the
vessel was received up again into heav
en.
17 Now while Peter doubted in
himself what this vision which he had
seen should mean, behold, the men
which were sent from Cornélius had
made enquiry for Simon's house, and
stood before the gâte,
18 And called, and asked whether
Simon, which was sumamed Peter,
were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the vi
sion, the Spirit said unto him, Behold,
three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee
down, and go with them, doubting
nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the ,
men which were sent unto him from
Cornélius; and said, Behold, I am he
whom ye seek: what is the cause
wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, Cornélius the
centurion, a just man, and one that
feareth God,and of good report among
ail the nation of the Jews, was wamed
from God by an holy angel to send for
thee into his house, and to hear words
of thee.
23 Then called he them in, and
lodged them. And on the morrow Peter
went away with them, and certain
brethren from Joppa accompanied
him.
24 And the morrow after they en-
tered into Caes-a-re-a. And Cornélius
waited for them, and had called to-
gether his kinsmen and near friends.
25 And as Peter was coming in,
Cornélius met him, and fell down at
his feet, and worshipped htm.
26 But Peter took him up, saying.
Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked with him, he
went in, and foimd many that were
come together.
28 And he said imtb them,Ye know
how that it is an unlawful thing for a
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man that is a Jew to keep company, ness,that through his name whosoever
or come unto one of anotiier nation; believeth in him shall receive remission
but God hath shewed me that I should of sins.
net call any man common or unclean. 44 While Peter yet spake these
29 Iherefore came I unto you with- words,the Holy Ghost fell on aU them
out gainsaying, as soon as I was sent which heard the word.
for: I ask therefore for what intent ye 45 And they of the circumcision
have sent for me? which believed were astonished, as
30 And Cornélius said. Foin: days many as came with Peter,because that
ago I was fasting until thds hotir; and on the Gentiles also was poured out
at the ninth hour I prayed in my the gift of the Holy Ghost.
house, and, behold, a man stood be- 46 For they heard them speak with
fore me in bright clothing, tongues, and magnify God. Then an-
31 And said, Cornélius, thy prayer swered Peter,
is heard, and thine alms are had in re- 47 Can any man forbid water, that
membrance in the sight of God. these should not be baptized, which
32 Send therefore to Joppa,and call have received the Holy Ghost as well
hither Simon, whose sumame is Peter; as we?
he is lodgedin the houçe of one Simon 48 And he commanded them to be
a tanner by the sea side: who, when he baptized in the name of the Lord.
cometh, shall speak unto thee. Then prayed they him to tarry certain
33 Immediately thérefore I sent to days.
thee; and thou hast well done that
CHAPTER II
thou art come. Now therefore are we
ail here présent before God,to hear ail AND the apostles and brethren that
things that are commanded thee of jr\ were in Judaea heard that the
God. Gentiles had also received the Word of
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, God.
and said, Of a truth I perceive that 2 And when Peter was come up to
God is no respecter of persons: Jérusalem, they that were of the cir
35 But in every nation he that fear- cumcision contended with him,
eth him,and worketh righteousness,is 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men
accepted with him. uncircumcised, and didst eat with
36 The Word which God sent imto them.
the children of Israël, preaching peace 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter
by Jésus Christ:(he is Lord of ail:) from the beginning, and expounded it
37 That Word,I say, ye know,which by order unto them, saying,
was published throughout ail Judœa, 5 I was in the city of Joppa pray-
and began from Galilee, after the bap- ing: and in a treince I saw a vision, A
tism which John preached; certain vessel descend, as it had been
38 How God anointed Jésus of a great sheet,let down from heaven by
Neizareth with the Holy Ghost and four corners; and it came even to
with power: who went about doing me:
good, and healing ail that were op- 6 Upon the which when I had fast-
pressed of the devil; for God was with ened mine eyes, I considered, and saw
him. fourfooted beasts of the earth, and
39 And we are witnesses of ail wild beasts, and creeping things, and
things which he did both in the land fowls of the air.
of the Jews, and in Jérusalem; whom 7 And I heard a voice saying unto
they slew and hanged on à tree: me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
40 Him God raised up the third 8 But I said, Not so. Lord:for noth-
day, and shewed him openly; ing common or imclean hath at any
41 Not to ail the people, but imto time entered into my mouth.
witnesses chosen before of God, even 9 But the voice answered me again
to us, who did eat and drink with him from heaven, What God hath deansed,
after he rose from the dead. that call not thou common.
42 And he commanded us to preach 10 And this was done three times:
unto the people, and to testify that it and ail were drawn up again into heav
is he which was ordained of(^od to be en.
the Judge of quick and dead. 11 And, behold, immediately there
43 To him ^ve aU the prophets wit- were three men already come imto the
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house where I was, sent from Css-a- brought him unto Antioch. And it
re-a unto me. came to pass, that a whole year they
12 And the spirit bade me go wlth assembled themselves with the church,
them, nothing doubting. Moreover and taught much people. And the dis
theSe six brethren accompanied me, ciples were called Christians first in
and we entered into the man's hoiise: Antioch.
13 And he shewed us how he had 27 And in these days came prophets
seen an angel in his house, which stood from Jemsalem unto Antioch.
and said unto him,Send men to Joppa, 28 And there stood up one of them
and call for Simon, whose sumame is named Ag'-a-bus, and signified by the
Peter; spirit that there should be great dearth
14 Who shall tell thee words, where- throughout ail the world: which came
by thou and ail thy house shall be to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
saved. 29 Then the disciples, every man
15 And as I began to speak, the according to his ability, determined to
Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at send relief unto the brethren which
the beginning. dwelt in Judaea:
16 Then remembered I the word of 30 Which also they did, and sent it
the Lord, how that he said, John in- to the elders by the hands of Bamabas
deed baptized with water; but ye shall and Saul.
be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17 Forasmuch then as God gave CHAPTER 12
them the like gift as he did unto us, NOW about that time Herod the
who believed on the Lord Jésus Christ; king stretched forth his hands to
what was 1, that 1 could withstand vex certain of the church.
God? 2 And he killed James the brother
18 When they heard these things, of John with the sword.
they held their peace, and glorified 3 And because he saw it pleased the
God, saying, Then hath God also to Jews, he proceeded further to take
the Gentiles granted repentance unto Peter also.(Then were the days of un-
life, leavened bread.)
19 Now they which were scattered 4 And when he had apprehended
abroad upon the persécution that him, he put him in prison, and deliv-
arose about Stephen travelled as far as ered him to four quartemions of sol-
Phe-ni-ce, and Cyprus, and Antioch, diers to keep him; intending after
preaching the word to none but unto Easter to bring him forth to the peo
the Jews only. ple.
20 And some of them were men of 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison:
Cyprus and Cy-re-ne, which, when but prayer was made without ceasing
they were come to Antioch,spake unto of the church unto God for him.
the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jé 6 And when Herod would have
sus. brought him forth, the same night
21 And the hand of the Lord was Peter was sleeping between two sol-
with them: and a great number be diers, bound with two chains: and the
lieved, and turned unto the Lord. keepers before the door kept the pris
22 Then tidings of these things on.
came unto the ears of the church which 7 And, behold, the angel of the
was in Jérusalem: and they sent forth Lord came upon him, and a light
Bamabas, that he should go as far as shined in the prison: and he smote
Antioch. Peter on the side^ and raised him up,
23 Who, when he came, and had saying, Arise up quickly. And his
seen the grâce of God, was glad, and chains fell ofï from his hands,
exhorted them ail, that with purpose 8 And the angel said unto him,
of heart they would cleave unto the Gird thyself, and bind on thy Scindals.
Lord. And so he did. And he saith unto him,
24 For he was a good man, and full Cast thy garment about thee, and fol-
of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and low me.
much people was added unto the Lord. 9 And he went out, and followed
25 Then departed Bamabas to Tar- him; and wist not that it was tme
sus, for to seek Saul: which was done by the angel; but
26 And when he had found him, he thought he saw a vision.
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10 When they were past the first sayingf It is the voice of a god,and not
and the second ward, they came unto of a man.
the iron gâte that leadeth unto the 23 And immediately the angel of
city; which opened to them of his own the Lord smote him, because he gave
not God the glory:' and he was eaten
accord: and they went out, and passed
on through one street; and forthwithof worms, and gave up the ghost.
the angel departed from him. 24 But the Word of God grew and
11 And when Peter was come to multiplied.
himself» he said, Now I know of a 25 And Bamabas and Saul retumed
surety, that the Lord hath sent his from Jérusalem, when they had ful-
angel, and hath delivered me out of filled their ministry, and took with
the hand of Herod, and from ail the them John, whose surname was Mark.
expectation of the people of the CHAPTER 13
Jews.
12 And when he had considered the NOW there were in the church that
thing, he came to the house of Mary was at Antioch certain prophets
the mother of John, whose surname and teachers; as Bamabas,and Simeon
was Mark; where many were gathered that was called Ni-ger, and Lucius of
together praying. Cy-re-ne, and Man-a-en, which had
13 And as Peter knocked at the been brought up with Herod the te-
door of the gâte, a damsel came to trarch, and Saul.
hearken, named Rhoda* 2 As they ministered to the Lord,
14 And when she knew Peter's and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Sepa-
voice,she opened not the gâte for glad- rate me Bamabas and Saul for the
ness, but ran in, and told how Peter work whereunto I have called them.
stood before the gâte. 3 And when they had fasted and
15 And they said imto her, Thou prayed, and laid their hands on them,
art mad. But she constantly affirmed they sent them away.
that it was even so. Thén said they, It 4 So they, being sent forth by the
is his angel. Holy Ghost,departed unto Se-leu-ci-a;
16 But Peter continued knocking: and from thence they sailed to Gypms.
and when they had opened the door, 5 And when they were at Sal-a-mis,
and saw him, they were astonished. they preached the word of God in the
17 But he, beckoning unto them synagogues of the Jews: and they had
with the hand to hold their peace, de- also John to their minister.
clared unto them how the Lord had 6 And when they had gone through
brought him out of the prison. And he the isle unto Pa-phos, they found a
said. Go shew these things Unto James, certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a
and to the brethren. And he departed, Jew, whose name luas Bar-je-sus:
and went into another place. 7 Which was with the deputy of the
18 Now as soon as it was day, there country, Sergius Paulus, a pmdent
was no small stir among the soldiers, man; who called for Bamabas and
what was become of Peter. Saul, and desired to hear the word of
19 And when Herod had sought for God.
him, and found him not, he examined 8 But El-y-mas the sorcerer (for so
the keepers, and commanded that they is his name by interprétation) with-
should be put to death. And he went stood them, seeking to tum away the
down from Judaea to; Caes-a-re-a, and deputy from the faith. ,
there abode. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called
20 And Herod was highly displeased Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set
with them of Tyre and Si-don: but his eyes on him,
they came with one accord to him, 10 And said, O full of ail subtilty
and, having made Blas'-tus the king's and ail mischief,thou child of the devil,
Chamberlain their friend, desired thou enemy of ail righteousness, wUt
thou not cease to pervert the right
peace; because their country was nour-
ished by the king's country. ways of the Lord?
21 And upon a set day Herod, ar- 11 And now, behold, the hand of
rayed in royal apparel, sat upon his the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt
throne, and made an oration unto be blind, not seeing the sun for a sea-
them. son. And immediately there fell on
22 And the people gave a shout, him a mist and a darkness; and he
32
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wênt about seeking some to lead him among you feareth God, to you is the
by the hand. word of this salvation sent.
12 Then the deputy, when he saw 27 For they that dwell at Jérusa
what was done, believed, being aston- lem, and their rulers, because they
Ished at the doctrine of the Lord. knew him not, nor yet the voices of the
13 Now when Paul and his Com prophets which are read every sabbath
pany loosed from Pa'-phos, they came day, they have fulfiUed them in con-
to Per-ga in Pam-phyl'-i-a: and John demning Him.
departing from them retumed to Jéru 28 And though they found no cause
salem. of death in him, yet desired they Pilate
14 But when they departed from that he should be slain.
Per'-ga, they came to Antioch in Pi- 29 And whén they had fulhlled ail
sid-i-a, and went into the synagogue that was written of him, they took
on the sabbath day, and sat down. Him down from the tree, and laid Him
15 And after the reading of the law in a sepulchre.
and the prophets the rulers of the 30 But God raised him from the
synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye dead:
men and brethren,if ye have any word 31 And he was seen many days of
of exhortation for the people, say them which came up with. him from
on. Galilee to Jérusalem, who are his wit-
16 Then Paul stood up,and beckon- nesses unto the people.
ing with his hand ^aid, Men of Israël, 32 And we déclaré unto you glad
and ye that fear God, give audience. tidings, how that the promise which
17 The God of this people of Israël was made unto the fathers,
chose ouir fathers, and exalted the peo 33- God hath fulfilled the same imto
ple when they dwelt às strangers in the us their children,in that he hath raised
land of Egypt, and with an high arm up Jésus again; as it is also written in
brought he them out of it. the second psalm, Thôu art my Son,
18 And about the time of forty this day have I begotten thee.
years suffered he their manners in the 34 And as concerning that he raised
wildemess. him up from the dead, now no more to
19 And when he had destroyed sev- retum to corruption, he said on this
en nations iii the land of Cha-naan, he wise, I will give you the sure mercies
divided their land to them by lot. of David.
20 And after that he gave unto 35 Wherefore he saith also in an-
them judges about the space ôf four other psalm, Thou shalt not suffer
himdred and fifty years, until Samuel thine Holy One to see corruption.
the prophet. 36 For David, after he had served
21 And afterward they desired a his own génération by the will of God,
king: and God gavé unto them Saul fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fa
the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of thers, and saw corruption:
Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 37 But he, whom God raised again,
22 And when he had removed him, saw no corruption.
he raised up unto them David to be 38 Be it known unto you therefore,
their king; to whom also he gave testi- men and brethren, that through this
mony, and said, I have found David man is preached unto you the forgive-
the son of Jesse, a man after mine own ness of sins:
heart, which shall fulfil ail ihy will. 39 And by him ail that believe are
23 Of this man's seed hath God ac- justified from ail things, from which
cording to his promise raised unto Is ye could not be justified by the law of
raël a Saviour, Jésus; Moses.
24 When John had first preached 40 Beware therefore, lest that come
before his coming the baptism of re- upon you, which is spoken of in the
pentance to ail the people of Israël. prophets;
25 And as John fàlfiUed his course, 41 Behold, ye despisers, and won-
he said, Whom think ye that I am? I der, and perish: for I work a work in
am not He. But, behold, there cometh your days, a work which ye shall in no
one after mé, whose shoes of his feet I wise believe^ though a man déclaré it
am not worthy to loose. unto you.
26 Men and brethren, children of 42 And when the Jews were gone
the stock of Abraham, and whosoever out of the synagogue, the Gentiles be-
 THE AGTS 14 983

sought that these words might be divided: and part held with the Jews,
preached to them the next sabbath. and part with the apostles.
43 Now when the congrégation was 5 And when therè was an assault
broken up, many of the Jews and re- made both of the Gentiles, and also of
ligious prosélytes followed Paul and the Jews with their rulers, tô use ihem
Bamabas: who,speaking to them,per- despitefully, and to stone them,
suaded them to continue in the grâce 6 They were ware of it, and fied
of God. unto Lys'-tra and Der'-be, cities of
44 And the next sabbath day came Lyc-a-o-ni-a, and unto the région that
almost the whole city together to hear lieth round about:
the Word of God, 7 And there they preached the gos
45 But when the Jews saw the mul pel.
titudes,they were filled with envy,and 8 And there sat a certain man at
spake against those things which were Lys-tra, impotent in his feet, being a
spoken by Paul, contradicting and cripple from his mother's womb, who
blaspheming, never had walked:
46 Then Paul and Bamabas Wcixed 9 The same heard Paul speak: who
bold, and said, It was necessary that stedfastly beholding him, and perceiv-
the word of God should first have been ing that he had faith to be healed,
spoken to you; but seeing ye put it 10 Said with a loud voice. Stand up-
from you, and judge yourselves un- right on thy feet. And he leaped and
worthy of everlasting life, lo, we tum walked.
to the Gentiles. 11 And when the people saw what
47 For so hath the Lord command- Paul had done, they lifted up their
ed us, sayingt I have set thee to be a voices, saying in the speech of Lyc-a-
light of the Gentiles, that thou should- o-ni-a, The gods are come down to us
est be for salvation unto the ends of in the likeness of men.
the earth. 12 And they called Bamabas, Jupi
48 And when the Gentiles heard ter; and Paul, Mer-cu-ri-us, becàuse he
this, they were glad, and glorified the was the chief speaker.
word of the Lord: and as many as were 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which
ordained to eternal life believed. was before their city, brought oxen
49 And the word of the Lord was and garlands unto the gâtes, and
published throughout ail the région. would have done sacrifice with the
50 But the Jews stirred up the de- people.
vout and honourable women, and the 14 Which when the apostles, Bama
chief men of the city, and raised per bas and Paul, heard of, they rent their
sécution against Paul and Bamabas, clothes, and ran in among the people,
and expelled them out of their coasts. crying out,
51 But they shook off the dust of 15 And saying. Sirs, why do ye
their feet against them,and came unto these things? We also are men of like
I-co-ni-um. passions with you, and preach unto
52 And the disciples were filled with you that ye shôuld tum from thèse
joy, and wii±L the Holy Ghost. vanities unto the living God, which
made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
CHAPTER 14 and ail things that are therein:
AND it came to pass in I-co-ni-um, 16 Who in times past suffered ail
l\ that they went both together into nations to walk in their own ways.
the synagogue of the Jews, and so 17 Nevertheless he left not himself
spake, that a great multitude both of without witness, in that he did good,
the Jews and.also of the Greeks be and gave us rain from heaven, and
lieved. fmitful seasons, filling our hearts with
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred food and gladness.
up the Gentiles, and made their minds 18 And with these sayings scarce
evil affected against the brethren. restrained they the people, that they
3 Long time therefore abode they had not done sacrifice unto them.
speaking boldly in the Lord, which 19 And there came thither certain
gave testimony unto the word of his Jews from Antioch and l-co'-ni-um,
grâce, and granted signs and wonders who persuaded the people,and,having
to be done by their hands. stoned Paul, drew him out of the city,
4 But the multitude of the city was supposing he had been dead^
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20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood sect of the Pharisees which believed,

round about him, he rose up, and saying, That it was needful to circum-
came into the city: and the next day cise them, and to command them to
he departed with Bamabas to Der'-be. keep the law of Moses.
21 And when tiiey had preached the 6 And the apostles and elders came
gospel to that city, and had taught together for to consider of this matter.
many,they retumed again to Lys-tra, 7 And when there had been much
and to I-co-ni-um, ând Antioch, disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto
22 Confirming the soûls of the dis them, Men and brethren, ye know how
ciples, and exhorting them to continue that a good while ago God made
in the faith, and that we must through choice among us, that the Gentiles by
much tribulation enter into the king- my mouth should hear the word of the
dom of God, gospel, and believe.
23 And when they had ordained 8 And God, which knoweth the
them elders in every church, and had hearts, bare them withess, giving them
prayed with fasting, they conunended the Holy Ghost,even as he did unto us;
them to the Lord, on whom they be- 9 And put no différence between us
lieved, and them, purifying their hearts by
24 And after they had passed faith.
throughout Pi-sid-i^a, they came to 10 Now therefore why tempt ye
Pam-phyr4-a. God, to put a yoke upon the neck of
25 And when they had preached the disciples, which neither our fathers
the Word in Per'-ga, they went down nor we were able to bear?
into At-ta-U-a: 11 But we believe that through the
26 And thence sailed to Antioch, grâce of the Lord Jésus Christ we shall
from whence they had been recom- be saved, even as they.
mended to the grâce of God for the 12 Then ail the multitude kept si
work which they fulfilled. lence, and gave audience to Bamabas
27 And when they were come, and and Paul, declaring what miracles and
had gathered the church together, wonders God had wrought among the
they rehearsed ail that God had done Gentiles by them.
with them,and how he had opened the 13 And after they had held their
door of faith unto the Gentiles. peace, James answered, saying, Men
28 And there they abode long time and brethren, hearken unto me:
with the disciples. 14 Simeon hath declared how God
at the first did visit the Gentiles, to
CHAPTER 15 take out of them a people for his name.
AND certain men which came down 15 And to this agree the words of
/\ from Judaea taught the brethren, the prophets; as it is written,
and said, Except ye be circumcised 16 After this 1 will retum, and wiU
after the manner of Moses^ ye cannot build again the tabemacle of David,
be save(L which is fallen down; and I will build
2 When therefore Paul and Bama again the mins thereof, and I will set
bas had no small dissension and dis- itup:
putation with them, they determined 17 That the residue of men might
that Paul and Bamabas, and certain seek after the Lord, and ail the Gen
other of them,should go up to Jemsa- tiles, upon whom my name is called,
lem unto the apostles and elders about saith the Lord, who doeth ail these
this question. things.
3 And being brought on their way 18 Known unto God are ail his
by the chmrch, they passed through Works from the beginning of the
Phe-ni'-ce and Sa-ma-ri-a, declaring world.
the conversion of the Gentiles: and 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that
they caused great joy unto ail the we trouble not them, which from
brethren. among the Gentiles are tumed to God;
4 And when they were come to 20 But that we write unto them,
Jemsalem, they were received of the that they abstain from pollutions of
church, and of the apostles and elders, idols, and from fornication, and from
and they declared ail things that God things strangled, and from blood.
had done with them. 21 For Moses of old time hath in
5 But there rose up certain of the every city them that preach him.
 THE ACTS 16
beîng read în the synagogues every
sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and
elders, with the whole ehurch, to send take with them John, whose sumame
chosen men of their own company to was Mark.
Antioch with? Paul and Barnabas;
nameZy,. Judas surnamed. Barsabas» takè him with them, who departed
and Silas, chief men among the breth- from them from Pam-phyl'd-a, and
ren:
23 And they wrote letters by them
after this manner; The apostles and
elders and brethren send greeting unto
the brethren which are of the Gentiles
in Antioch and Syria and Ci-li'-cia.
24 Forasmuch as we have heardv
that certain which went out from us
have troubled you with words, sub-
verting your soûls, saying, Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law: to
whom we gave no such commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being
assembled with one accord, to send
chosen men unto you with our beloved
Bamabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their
lives for the;name of our Lord Jésus
Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas
and Silas, who shall also tell you the
same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no
greater burden than these necessary
things;
29 That ye abstain from méats of-
fered to idols, and from blood, and
from things strangled, and from forni
cation; from which if ye keep your-
selves, ye shall do welL Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed,
they came to Antioch: and when they
had gathered the multitude together,
they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read, they
rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being
prophets also themselves, exhorted
the- brethren with many words, and
confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried there
a space, they were let go in peace from
the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwittistanding it pleased Silas
to abide there still.
35 Paul also and Bamabas con-
toued in Antioch, teaching and
preaching theJvord of the Lord, with
many-others also.
36 And some days after Paul said
unto Barnabas, Let us go again and
visit our brethren in every city where
32
985
we have pfeached the word of the
Lord, and see how they do.
37 And Bamabas determined to
38 But Paul thought not good to
went not with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp
between them, that they departed
asunder one from the other: and so
Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto
Cypms;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and de
parted, being recommended by the
brethren unto the grâce of God.
41 And he went through Syria and
CWr-cia, confirming the churches.
CHAPTER 16
Then came he to Der'-be and Lys-
tra: and, behold, a certain disciple
was there, named Ti-mo-the-us, the
son of a certain woman, which was a
Jewess, and believed; but his father
was a Greek:
2 Which was well reported of by the
brethren that were at Lys-tra and
I-co-ni-um.
3 Him would Paul have to go forth
with him; and took and circumcised
him because of the Jews which were in
those quarters: for they knew ail that
his father-was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the
cities, they delivered them the decrees
for to keep, that were ordained qf the
apostles and elders which werèat Jéru
salem.
5 And so were the churches estab-
lished in the faith, and increased in
number daily.
6 Now when they had gone
throughout Phryg'-i-a and the région
of Ga-la^tia, and were forbidden of the
Holy Ghost to preach the word in
Asia,
7 After they were come to Mys-ia,
they assayed to go into Bi-thyn-i-a:
but the Spirit suffered them not.
8 And they passing by Mys-ia came
down to. Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in
the night; there stood a man of Mace-
donia, and prayed him, saying, Come
over into Macédonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the vision,
inunediately we endeavoured to go in
to Macédonia^ assuredly gathering
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titiat ihe Lord had called us for to prison, and made their feet fast in the
preach the gospel unto them. stocks.
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas
we came with a straight course to prayed, and sang praises unto God:
Sam-o-thra'-cia, and the next day to and the prisoners heard them.
Ne-ap'-o-lis; 26 And suddenly there was a great
12 And from thence to Phi-lip'pi, earthquake, so that the foundations of
which Is the chief clty of that part of the prison were shaken: and inunedi-
Macedonia, and a colony: and we were ately ail the doors were opened, and
in that city abiding certain days. every one's bands were loosed.
13 And on the sabbath we went out 27 And the keeper of the prison
of the city: by a river side, where awaking out of his sleep, and seeing
prayer was wont to be made; and we the prison doors open, he drew out his
sat down, and spake unto the women sword, and would have killed himself^
which resorted ihither, supposing that the prisoners had been
14 And a certain woman named fled.
Lyd-i-a, a seller of pufple, of the city 28 But Paul CTied with a loud voice,
of Thy-a^ti-ra, which worshipped God, saying. Do thyself no harm: for we are
heard us: whose heart the Lord open- ail here.
ed, that she attended unto the things 29 Then he called for a light, and
which were spoken of PauL sprang in, and came trembling, and
15 And when she was baptized, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
her household» she besought ws, say- 30 And brought them out, and said.
ing, If ye have judged me to be faith- Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
ful to the Lord, come into my house, 31 And they said, Believe on the
and abide there. And she constrained Lord Jésus Christ, and thou shalt be
us. saved, and thy house.
16 And it came to pass, as we went 32 And they spake unto him the
to prayer, a certain damsel possessèd Word of the Lord, and to ail that were
with a spirit of divination met us, in his house.
which brought her masters much gain 33 And he took them the same hour
by soothsa>^g: of the night, and washed their stripes;
17 The same followed Paul and us^ and was baptized, he and ail his,
and cried, saying, These men are the straightway.
servants of the most high God, which 34 And when he had brought them
shew unto us the way of salvation. into his house, he set meat before
18 And this did she many days. But them, and rejoiced, believing in God
Paul, being grieved,tumed and said to with ail his house.
the spirit^ I command thee in the name 35 And when it was day,the magis-
of Jésus Christ to come out of her. And trates sent the serjeants, saying, Let
he came out the same hour. those men go.
19 And when her masters saw that 36 And the keeper of the prison
the hope of their gains was gone, they told this saying to Paul, The magis-
caught Paul and Silas, and drew them trates have sent to let you go: now
into the marketplâce unto the rulers, therefore dep£irt, and go in peace.
20 And brought them to the magis- 37 But Paul said unto them, They
trates, saying, These men, being Jews, have beaten us openly imcondemned,
do exceedingly trouble our city, being Romans, and have cast tes into
21 And teach customs, which are prison; and now do they thrust us out
not lawful for us to receive, neither to privUy? nay verily; but let them come
observe, being Romans. themselves and fetch us out.
22 And the multitude rose up to- 38 And the serjeants told these
gether against them: and the magis- words unto the magistrates: and they
trates rent off their clothes, and com- feared, when they heard that they
manded to beat them. were Romans.
23 And when they had laid many 39 And they came and besought
stripes upon them, they cast them into them, and brought them out, and
prison, charging the jailor to keep desired them to départ out of the
them safely: city.
24 Who, having received such a 40 And they went out of the prison,
charge, thrust them into the inner and entered into the house of Lyd-i-a:
 THE AGTS 17 987

aiid when they had seen the brethren, re-a, they came thither also, and
they comforted them> and departed. stirred up the people.
14 And then immediately the breth
CHAPTER 17 ren sent away Paul to go as it were to
the sea: but Silas and Ti-mo'-^the-us
NOW when they had passed
through Amrphip^o-lis cind Ap-ol-
abode there still.
15 And they that conducted Paul
lo'ni-a, they came to Thes-sa-lo-ni-ca, brought him unto Athens: and receiv-
where was a synagogue of the ing a commandment unto Silas and
Jews: Ti-mo'-the-us for to come to him with
2 And Paul, as his manner was, ail speed, they departed.
went in imto them, and three sabbath 16 Now while Paul waited for them
days reasoned witii them eut of the at Athens, his spirit was stirred in
scriptures, him, when he saw the city whôlly
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ given to idolatry.
must needs have sufîered, and risen 17 Therefore disputed he in the
again from the dead; and that this Jé synagogue with the Jews, and with
sus, whom I preach unto you, is the devout persons, and in the market
Christ. daily with them that met with him.
4 And some of them believed, and 18 Then certain philosophers of the
consorted with Paul and Silas; and of Ep-i-cu-re-ans, and of the Sto-icks,
the devout Greeks a great multitude, encountered him. And some sàid,
and of the chief women not a few. What will this babbler say? other
5 But the Jews which believed not, some, He seemeth to be a setter fortii
moved with envy,took unto them cer of strange gods: because he preached
tain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and unto them Jésus, and the résurrection.
gathered a company, and set ail the 19 And they took him, and brought
city on an uproar, and assaulted the him unto Ar-e-op-a-gus, saying, May
house of Jason, and sought to bring we know what this new doctrine,
them out to the people. whereof thou speakest, is?
6 And when they found them not, 20 For thou bringest certain strange
they drew Jason and certain brethren things to our ears: we would know
unto the rulers of the city, crying, therefore what these things mean.
These that have turned the world up- 21 (For ail the Athenians and stran-
side down are come hither also; gers which were there spent their time
7 Whom Jason hath received: and in nothing else, but either to tell, or
these ail do contrary to the decrees of to hear some new thing.)
Gœsar, saying that there is another 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of
khig, one Jésus. Mars* hill, and said, Ye men of Athens,
8 And they troubled the people and I perceive that in ail things ye are too
the rulers of the city, when they heard superstitions.
these things. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld
9 And when they had taken securi- your dévotions, I found an altar with
ty of Jason, and of the other, they let this inscription, TO THE UN-
them go. KNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye
10 And the brethren immediately ignorantly worship, him déclaré I unto
sent away Paul and Silas by night imto you.
Be-re'-a: who coming thither went into 24 God that made the world and ail
the synagogue of the Jews. things therein, seeing that he is Lord
11 These were more noble than of heaven ànd earth, dwelleth not in
those in Thes-sa4o^ni-ca, in that they temples made with hands;
received the word with ail readiness of 25 Neither is worshipped with
mind, and searched the scriptures men*s hands, as though he needed any
daily, whether those things were so. thing, seeing he giveth to ail life, and
12 Therefore many bf them be breath, and ail things;
lieved; also of honourable women 26 And hath made of one blood ail
which were Greeks, and of men, not a nations of men for to dwell on ail the
few. face of theoarth, and hath determined
13 But when the Jews of Thes-sa- the times before appointed, and the
lo-ni-ca had knowledge that the word bounds of their habitation;
of God was preached of Paul at Be^ 27 That they should seek the Lord,
988 THE ACTS 18

if haply they might feel after him, and named Justus, <me that worshipped
find him, though he be not far from God, whose house joined hard to the
every one of us: synagogue.
28 For in him we live, and move, 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the
and have our being; as certain also of synagogue, believed on the Lord with
your own poets have sisdd. For we are ail his house; and many of the Corin-
also his offspring. thians hearing believed, and were bap-»
29 Forasmuch then as we are the tized.
offspring of God, we ought not to 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in
think that the Godhead is like unto the night by a vision, Be not afraid,
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art but speak, and hold not thy peace:
and man's device. 10 For I am with thee, and no man
30 And the times of this ignorance shall set on thee to hurt thee: for 1
God winked at; but now commandeth have much people in this city.
ail men every where to repent: 11 And he continued there a year
31 Because he hath appointed a and six months, teaching the word of
day, in the which he will judge the God among them.
world in righteousness by that man 12 And when Gal-li-o was the depu-
whom he hath ordained; whereof he ty of A-cha-ia, the Jews made insur
hath given assurance unto ail men, in rection with one accord against Paul,
and brought him to the judgment seat,
that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the rés 13 Saying, This feïlow persuadeth
urrection of the dead, some mocked: men to worship God contrary to the
and others said, We will hear thee law.
again of this matter. 14 And when Paul was now about
33 So Paul departed from among to open his mouth, Gal-li-o said unto
them. the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong
34 Howbeit certain men clave unto or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason
him, and believed: among the which would that I should bear with you:
was Di-o-nys-i-us the Ar-e-op'-a-gite, 15 But if it be a question of words
and a woman named Dam'-a-ris, and and names, and of your law, look ye
others with them. to it; for I will be no judge of such
matters,
CHAPTER 18
16 And he drave them from the
AFTER these things Paul departed judgment seat.
jC\ from Athens and came to Corinth; 17 Then ail the Greeks took Sos-
2 And found a certain Jew named the-nes, the chief ruler of the syna
Aq-ui-la, bom in Pontus, lately come gogue, and beat him before the judg
from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;(be ment seat. And Gal-li-o cared for none
cause that Claudius had commanded of those things.
ail Jews to départ from Rome:) and 18 And Paul after this tarried there
came unto them. yet a good while, and then took his
3 And because he was of the same leave of the brethren, and sailed thence
craft, he abode with them, and into Syria, cind with him Priscilla and
wrought: for by their occupation they Aq-ui-la; having shorn his head in
were tentmakers. Cen-chre-a: for he had a vow.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue 19 And he came to Eph-e-sus, and
every sabbath, and persuaded the left them there: but he himself entered
Jews and the Greeks. into the synagogue, and reasoned with
5 And when Silas and Ti-mo-the-us the Jews.
were come from Macedonia, Paul was 20 When they desired him to tarry
pressed in the spirit, and testified to longer time with them, he consented
the Jews that Jésus was Christ. not;
6 And when they opposed them- 21 But bade them farewell, saying,
Belves, and blasphemed, he shook his I must by ail means keep this feast
raiment, and said unto them, Your that cometh in Jérusalem: but I will
blood he upon your own heads; I am retum again unto youi if God will. And
clean: from henceforth I will go unto he sailed from Eph-e-sus.
the Gentiles. 22 And when he had landed at
7 And he departed thence, and en- Cœs-a-re-a, and gone up, and saluted
tered into a certain man's house. the church, he went down to Antioch.
 THE ACTS 19
23 And after he had spent some
tlme there, he departed, and went over
ail the country of Ga-la-tia and Phryg'-
i-a in order, strengthening ail the dis
ciples.
24 And a certain Jew named Apol-
los, bom at Alexandria, an éloquent
man, and mighty in the scriptures,
came to Eph'-e-sus.
•25 This man was instructed in the
way of the Lord; and being fervent in
the spirit, he spake and taught dili-
gently the things of the Lord, knowing
only the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in
the synagogue: whom when Aq-ui-la
and Priscilla had heard, they took him
unto them, and expounded unto him
the way of God more perfectly.
27 And when he was disposed to
pass into A-cha'-ia, the brethren wrote,
exhorting the disciples to receive him:
who, when he was come, helped them
much which had believed through
grâce:
28 For he mightily convinced the
Jews, and that publickly, shewing by
the scriptures that Jésus was Christ.
CHAPTER 19
AND it came to pass, that, while
/V ApoUos was at Corinth, Paul hav- spirit was leaped on them, and over-
ing passed through the upper coasts
came to Eph-e-sus: and hnding certain
disciples,
2 He said unto them. Rave ye re-
ceived the Holy Ghost since ye be
lieved? And they said unto him, We
have not so much as heard whether
there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto
what then were ye baptized? And they
said, Unto John*s baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily bap
tized with the baptism of repentance,
saying unto the people, that they
should believe on him which should
come after him, that is, on Christ Jé
sus.
5 When they heard this, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord
Jésus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on
them; and they spake with tongues,
and prophesied.
7 And ail the men were about
twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue,
and spake boldly for the space of three
989
months, disputing and persuading the
things conceming the kingdom of God.
9 But when divers were hardened,
and believed not, but spake evil of
that way before the multitude, he de
parted from them, and separated the
disciples, disputing daily in the school
of one Ty-ran-nus.
10 And this continued by the space
of two years; so that ail they whidi
dwelt in Asia heard the word of the
Lord Jésus, both Jews and Greeks,
11 And God wrought spécial mir
acles by the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were
brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or
aprons, and the diseases departed
from them, and the evil spirits went
out of them.
13 Then certain of the vagabond
Jews,exorcists, took upon them to call
over them which had evil spirits the
name of the Lord Jésus, saying, We
adjure you by Jésus whom Paul
preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one
Sce-va, a Jew, and chief of the priests,
which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and
said, Jésus I know, and Paul I know;
but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil
came them, and prevailed against
them, so that they fled out of that
house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to ail the
Jews and Greeks also dwelling at
Eph'-e-sus; and fear fell on them ail,
and the name of the Lord Jésus was
magnihed.
18 And many that believed came,
and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many of them also which used
curious arts brought their books to-
gether, and burned them before ail
men: and they counted the price of
them, and found it ûfty thousand
pièces of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of
God and prevailed.
21 After these things were ended,
Paul purposed in the spirit, when he
had passed through Macedonia and
A-cha'-ia, to go to Jérusalem, saying,
After I have been there, I must also
see Rome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of
them that ministered unto him, Ti-
mo'-the-us and E-ras'-tus; but he him-
self stayed in Asia for a season.
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23 And the same time there arose 36 Seeing then that these things
no small stir about that way. cannot be spoken against, ye ought to
24 For a certain man named De- be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
me-tri-us, a silversmith, which made 37 For ye have brought hither these
silver shrines for Diana, brought no men, which are neither robbers of
sm£ill gain unto the craftsmen; churches, nor yet blasphemers of your
25 Whom he called together with goddess.
the workmen of like occupation, and 38 Wherefore if De-me-tri-us, and
said. Sirs, ye know that by this craft the craftsmen which are with him,
we have our wealth, have a matter against any man, the
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that law is open, and there are deputies: let
not alone at Eph'-e-sus, but almost them implead one another.
throughout ail Asia, this Paul hath 39 But if ye enquire any thing con-
persuaded and tumed away much peu cerning other matters, it shall be de-
ple, saying that they be no gods, which termined in a lawful assembly.
are made with hands: 40 For we are in danger to be called
27 So that not only this our craft is in question for this day's uproar, there
in danger to be set at nought; but also being no cause whereby we may give
that the temple of the great goddess an account of this concourse.
Diana should be despised, and her 41 And when he had thus spoken,
magnificence should be destroyed, he dismissed the assembly.
whom ail Asia and the World worship-
peth» CHAPTER 20
28 And when they heard these say-
ings, they were full of wrath, and cried AND after the uproar was ceased,
out, saying, Great is Diana of the /x. Paul called unto him the dis
E-phe-sians. ciples, and embraced fhem, and de-
29 And the whole city was filled parted for to go into Macedonia.
with confusion: and having caught 2 And when he had gone over those
Gaius and Ar-is-tar'-chus, men of Ma- parts, and had given them much ex
cedonia, PauPs companions in travel, hortation, he came into Greece,
they rushed with one accord into the 3 And there abode three months.
theatre. And when the Jews laid wait for him,
30 And when Paul would have en- as he was about to sail into Syria, he
tered in unto the peuple, the disciples purposed to return through Macedo
suffered him not. nia.
31 And certain of the chief of Asia, 4 And there accompanied him into
which were his friends, sent unto him, Asia Sop-a-ter of Be-re-a; and of the
desiring him that he would not adven- Thes-sa-lo-ni-ans, Ar-is-tar'-chus and
ture himself into the theatre. Se-cun'-dus; and Gaius of Der'-be, and
32 Some therefore cried one thing, Ti-mo-the-us; and of Asia, Tych-i-cus
and some another: for the assembly and Troph'-i-mus.
was confused; and the more part knew 5 These going before tarried for us
not wherefore they were come to at Troas.
gether. 6 And we sailed away from Phi-lip-
33 And they drew Alexander out of pi after the days of unleavened bread,
the multitude, the Jews putting him and came unto them to Troas in iive
forward. And Alexander beckoned days; where we abode seven days.
with the hand, and would have made 7 And upon the first. day of the
his defence unto the peuple. week, when the disciples came togeth
34 But when they knew that he was er to break bread, Paul preached unto
a Jew, ail with one voice about the them, ready to départ on the morrow;
space of two hours cried out, Great is and continued his speech until mid-
Diana of the E-phe-sians. night.
35 And when the townclerk had ap- 8 And there were many lights in the
peased tiie peuple, he said, Ye men of upper chamber, where they were gath-
Eph-e-sus, what man is there that ered together.
knoweth not how thiat the city of the 9 And there sat in a window a cer
E-phe'-sians is a worshipper of the tain young man named Eu'-ty-chus,
great goddêss Diana, and of the image bèing fallen into a deep sleep: and as
which fell down from Jupiter? Paul was long preaching, he sunk
 THE ACTS 21 991

down with sleep, and fell down from sus,to testify the gospel of the grâce of
the third loft, and was t^en up deacL God.
10 And Paul went down,and fell on 25 And now, behold, I know that ye
him, and embradng him said. Trouble ail, among whom I have gone preach-
net yourselves; for bis life is in him. ing the kingdom of God, shall see my
11 When he therefore was come up face no more.
again, and had broken bread, and eat- 26 Wherefore I take you to record
en, and talked a long while, even till this day, that I am pure from the
break of day, so he departed. blood of ail men.
12 And they brought the young 27 For 1 have not shunned to dé
man alive, and were not a little comr claré unto you ail the counsel of God.
forted. 28 Take heed therefore unto your
13 And we went before to ship, and selves, and to ail the flock, over the
sailed unto As'-gos, there intending to which tbe Holy Ghost hath made you
take in Paul: for so had he appointed, overseers, to feed the church of God,
minding himself to go afoot. which he hath purchased with his own
14 And when he met with us at As'- blood.
sos, we took him in, and came to 29 For I know this, that after my
Mit-y-le-ne. departing shall grievous wolves enter
15 And we sailed thence, and came in among you, not sparing the fiock.
the next day over against Chi-os; and 30 Also of your own selves shall
the next day we arrived at Sa'-mos, and men arise, speaking perverse things, to
tarried at Tro-gyr-li-um; and the next draw away disciples after them.
day we came to Mi-le'-tus. 31 Therefore watch, and remember,
16 For Paul had determined to sail that by the space of three years I
by Eph-e-sus, because he would not ceased not to wam every one night and
spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, day with tears.
if it were possible for him, tô be at 32 And now, brethren, I commend
Jérusalem the day of Pentecost. you to God, and to the word of his
17 And from Mi-le-tus he sent to grâce, which is able to build you up,
Eph-e-sus, and called the elders of the and to give you an inheritance among
church. ail them which are sanctified.
18 And when they were come to 33 I have coveted no man's silver,
him,he said imto them,Ye know,from or gold, or apparel.
the first day that I came into Asia, 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that
after what manner I have been with these hands have ministered unto my
you at ail seasons, necessities, and to them that were
19 Serving the Lord with ail humili- with me.
ty of mind, and with many tears, and 35 I have shewed you ail things,
temptations, which befell me by the how that so labouring ye ought to sup
lying in wait of the Jews: port the wéak, and tp remember the
20 And how I kept back nothing words of the Lord Jésus, how he said,
that was profitable unto you, but have It. is more blessed to give than to rer
shewed you,and have taught you pub- ceive.
lickly, and from house to house, 36 And when he had thus spoken,
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and he kneeled down, and prayed with
also to the Greeks, repentance toward them ail.
God, and faith toward our Lord Jésus 37 And they ail wept sore, and fell
Christ. on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
22 And now, behold, I go bound in 38 Sorrowing most of ail for the
the spirit unto Jérusalem, not know- wbrds which he spake, that they
ing fhe things that shall befall me should see his face no:\more. And they
there: accompanied him unto the ship.
23 Save that the Holy Ghost wit-
nesseth in every dty, saying that CHAPTER 21
bonds and afflictions abide me. AND it came to pass, that after we
24 But none of these things move /\ were gotten from them, and had
me, neither count I my life dear unto launched, we came with a straight
myself, so that I might finish my course unto Co'-os, and the day foUow-
course with joy, and the ministry, ing imto Rhodes, and from thence un
which I have received of the Lord Jé to Paf-a-ra:
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2 And linding a ship sâiling over Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we
imto Phe-ni'-cia, we went aboard, and should lodge.
set forth. 17 And when we were come to Jéru
3 Now when we had discovered Cy- salem, the brethren received us gladly.
prus, we left it on the left hand, and 18 And thé day following Paul went
sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: in with us unto James; and ail the
for there the ship was to nnlade her elders were présent.
burden. 19 And when he had saluted them,
4 And hnding disciples, we tarried he declared particularly what things
there seven days: who said to Paul God had wrought àmong the Gentiles
through the Spirit, that he should not by his ministry.
go up to Jérusalem. 20 And when they heard it, they
5 And when we had accomplished glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
those days, we departed and went our Thou seest, brother, how many thou-
way; and they ail brought us on our sands of Jews there are which believe;
way, with wives and children, till we and they are ail zealous of the law:
were out of the city: and we kneeled 21 And they are informed of thee,
down on the shore, and prayed. that thou teachest ail the Jews which
6 And when we had taken our leave are among the Gentiles to forsake Mo-
one of another, we took ship; and they ses, saying that they ought not to cir-
retumed home again. cumcise their children, neither to walk
7 And when we had finished our after the customs.
course from Tyre, we came to Ptol-e- 22 What is it therefore? the multi
ma-ls, and saluted the brethren, and tude must needs come together: for
abode with them one day. they will hèàr that thou art come.
8 And the next day we that were of 23 Do therefore this that we say to
Paul's Company departed, and came thee; We have four men which have a
unto Caes-a-re-a: and we entered into vow on them;
the house of Philip the evangelist, 24 Them take, and purify thyself
which was one of the seven; and abode with them, and be at charges with
with him. them,that they may shave their heads:
9 And the same man had four and ail may know that those things,
daughters, virgins, which did proph- whereof they were informed concem-
esy. ing thee, are nothing; but that thou
10 And as we tarried there many thyself also walkest orderly, and keep-
days, there came down from Judœa a est the law.
certain prophet, named Ag'-a-bus. 25 As touching the Gentiles which
11 And when he was come unto us, believe, we have written and concluded
he took Paul's girdle, and bound his that they observe no such thing, save
own hands and feet, and said, Thus only that they keep themselves from
saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the things offered to idols, and from blood,
Jews at Jérusalem bind the man that and from strangled, and from fornica
owneth this girdle, and shall deliver tion.
him into the hands of the Gentiles. 26 Then Paul took the men,and the
12 And when we heard these things, next day purifying himself with them
both we, and they of that place, be- entered into the temple, to signify the
sought him not to go up to Jérusalem. accomplishment of the days of puri
13 Then Paul answered, What mean fication, until that an oflfering should
ye to weep and to break mine heart? be offered for every one of them.
for I am ready not to be bound only, 27 And when the seven days were
but also to die at Jérusalem for the ahnost ended, the Jews which were of
name ofthe Lord Jésus. Asia, when they saw him in the tem
14 And when he would not be per- ple, stirred up ail the people, and laid
suaded, we ceased, saying, The will of hands on him,
the Lord be done. 28 Crying out, Men of Israël, help:
15 And after those days we took up This is the man, that teacheth ail men
our carnages, and went up to Jérusa every where against the people, and
lem. the law, and this place: and further
16 There went with us also certain brought Greeks also into the temple,
of the disciples of Caes-a-re-aj and and hath polluted this holy place.
brought with them one Mna-son of 29 (For they had seen before with
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hîm in the cîty Troph-î-mus an E-phe- 31 am verily a man whkh am a

sian, whom tiiey suppbsed that Paul Jew, bom in Tarsus, a dty in Gi-li-cia,
had brought into the temple.) yet brought up in this city at the feet
30 And ail the city was movedv and of Ga-ma'-li-el, and taught accorchng
the people ran together: and they took to the perfect manner of the law of the
Paul, and drew him out bf the temple: fathers, and was zealous toward Gbd,
and forthwith the doors were shut. as ye ail are this day.
31 And as they went about to klll 4 And I persecuted this way unto
him, tidings came unto the chief cap- the death, binding and delivering into
tain of the band^ that ail Jérusalem prisons both men and women.
was in an uproar. 5 As also the high priest doth bear
32 Who immediately took soldiers me witness, and ail the estate of the
and centurions, and ran down unto elders: from whom also I received let-
them: and when they saw the chief ters imto the brethren, and went to
captain and the soldiers, they left Damascus, to bring them which were
beating of Paul. there bound unto Jérusalem, for to be
33 Then the chief captain came punished.
near, and took him, and commanded 6 And it came to pass, that, as I
him to be bound with two chains; and made my joumey, and was come nigh
demanded who he was, and what he unto Damascus about noon, suddenly
had done. there shone from heaven a great light
34 And some cried one thing, some round about me.
another, among the multitude: and 7 And 1 fell unto the ground, and
when he could not know the certainty heard a voice saying unto me, Saul,
for the tumult, he commanded him to Saul, why persecutest thou me?
be carried into the castle. 8 And I answered, Who art thou.
35 And when he came upon the Lord? And he said unto me,1 am Jésus
stairs, so it was, that he was borne of of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
the soldiers for the violence of the peo 9 And they that were with me saw
ple. indeed the light, and were afraid; but
36 For the multitude of the people they heard not the voice of him that
followed after, crying, Away with him. spake to me.
37 And as Paul was to be led into 10 And I said, What shall I do.
the castle, he said unto the chief cap Lord? And the Lord said unto me,
tain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Arise, and go into Damascus; and
Canst thou speak Greek? there it shall be told thee of ail things
38 Art not thou that E-gyp-tian, which are appointed for thee to do.
which before these days madest an up 11 And when I could not see for
roar, and leddest out into the wilder- the glory of that light, being led by
ness four thousand men that were the hand of them that were with me,
murderers? I came into Damascus.
39 But Paul said, I am a man which 12 And one An-a-ni-as, a devout
am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Ci-li'-cia, man according to the law, having a
a citizen of no meaîi city: and, 1 be- good report of ail the Jews which
seech thee, suffer me to speak unto the dwelt there,
people. 13 Came unto me, and stood, and
40 And when he had given him li said unto me, Brother Saul, receive
cence, Paul stood on the stairs, and thy sight. And the same hour I looked
beckoned with the hand unto the peo up upon him.
ple. And when there was made a great 14 And he said, The God of our fa
silence, he spake unto them in the He- thers hath chosen thee, that thou
brew tongue, saying, shouldest know his will, and see that
Just One,and shouldest hear the voice
CHAPTER 22 of his mouth.
MEN> brethreui and fathers, hear 15 For thou shalt be his witness un
ye my defence which I make now to ail men of what thou hast seen and
untoyou. , heard.
2 (And when they heard that he 16 And now why tarriest thou?
spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, arise, and be baptised, and wash away
they kept the more silence: and he thy sins, calling on the name of the
saith,) Lord.
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17 And it came to pass, that, when

I wais come again to Jérusalem, even CHAPTER 23
while 1 prayed in the temple, I was in AND Paul, eamestly beholding the
a trance; Jt\ council, said, Men anà brethren,
18 And saw him saying imto me, I have lived in ail good conscience be
Make haste, and get thee quickly eut fore God until this day.
of Jérusalem: for they will not receive 2 And the high priest An-a-ni-as
thy testimony conceming me. commanded them that stood by him
19 And I said, Lord^ they know to smite him on the mouth.
that I imprisoned and beat in every 3 Then said Paul unto him, God
synagogue them that believed on thee: shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for
20 And when the blood of thy mar sittest thou to judge me after the law,
tyr Stephen was shed, I also was and commandest me to be smitten
standing by, and consenting unto his contrary to the law?
death, and kept the raiment of them 4 And they that stood by said, Re-
that slew him. vilest thou God's high priest?
21 And he said unto me. Départ: 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, breth
for 1 will send thee far hence imto the ren, that he was the high priest: for it
Gentiles. is written, Thou shalt not speak evil
22 And they gave him audience un of the ruler of thy people.
to this Word, and then lifted up thelr 6 But when Paul perceived that the
voices, and said, Away with such a one part were Sad-du-cees, and the
fellow from the earth: for it is not fit other Pharisees, he cried out in the
that he should live. council, Men and brethren, I am a
23 And as they cried out, and cast Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the
ofî their clothes, and threw dust into hope and résurrection of the dead I
the air, am called in question.
24 The chief captain commanded 7 And when he had so said, there
him to be brought into the castle, and arose a dissension between the Phari
bade that he should be examined by sees and the Sad-du-cees: and the mul
scourging; that he might know where- titude was divided.
fore they cried so against him. 8 For the Sad'-du-cees say that
25 And as they bound him with there is no résurrection, neither angel,
thongs, Paul said unto the centurion nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess
that stood by, Is it lawful for you to both.
scourge a man that is a Roman, and 9 And there arose a great cry: and
uncondemned? the scribes that were of the Pharisees'
26 When the centurion heard thai, part arose, and strove, saying, We find
he went and told the chief captain, no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an
saying, Take heed what thou doest: angel hath spoken to him, let us not
for this man is a Roman. fight against God.
27 Then the chief captain came,and 10 And when there arose a great
said unto him. Tell me,art thou a Ro dissension, the chief captain, fearing
man? He said, Yea. lest Paul should have been pulled in
28 And the chief captain answered, pièces of them, commanded the sol-
With a great sum obtained I this free- diers to go down, and to take him by
dom. And Paul said. But I was free force from among them, and to bring
borri. him into the castle.
29 Then straightway they departed 11 And the night following the Lord
from him which should have examined stood by him, and said, Be of good
him: and the chief captain also was cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified
afraid, after he knew that he was a of me in Jérusalem, so must thou bear
Roman, and because he had bound witness also at Rome.
htm. 12 And when it was day, certain of
30 On the morrow, because he the Jews banded together, and bound
would have known the certainty themselves under a Curse, saying that
wherefore he was accused of the Jews, they would neither eat nor drink till
he loosed him from his bands, and they had killed Paul.
commanded the chief priests and ail 13 And they were more than forty
their council to appear, and brought which had made this conspiracy.
Paul down, and set him before them. 14 And they came to the chief
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priests and elders, and said, We have then came I with an army,and rescued
bound ourselves under a great curse, him, having understoôd that he was a
that we will eat nothing until we have Roman.
slain Paul, 28 And when I would have known
15 Now therefore ye with the coun^ the cause wherefore they accused him,
cil signify to the chief captain that he I brought him forth into their coun
bring him down imto you to môrrow, cil:
as though ye would enquire something 29 Whom I perceived to be accused
more perfectly conceming him: and of questions of their law, but to hâve
we, or ever he come near, are ready to nothing laid to his charge worthy of
km him. death or of bonds.
16 And when PauPs sister's son 30 And when it was told me how
heard of their lying in wait, he went that the Jews laid wait for the man,I
and entered into the castle, and told sent straightway to thee, and gave
Paul. commandment to his accusers also to
17 Then Paul called one of thé cen say before thee what they had agsdnst
turions imto him, and said, Bring this him. Farewell.
young man unto the chief captain:for 31 Then the soldiers, as it was com-
he hath a certain thing to tell him. manded them,took Paul, and brought
18 So he took him, and brought Him by night to Ah-tip-a-tris.
him to the chief captain, and said, 32 On the morrow they left the
Paul the prisoner called me unto him, horsemen to go with him,and retumed
and prayed me to bring this young to the castle:
man unto thee, who hath something to 33 Who, when they came to Cœs-a-
say unto thee. re-a, and delivered the epistle to the
19 Then the chief captain took him govemor, presented Paul also before
by the hand, and went with him aside him.
privately, and asked him, What is that 34 And when the govemor had read
thou hast to tell me? the letter, he asked of what province he
20 And he said, The Jews have was. And when he understood that he
agreed to desire thee that thou would- was of Ci-li-cia;
est bring down Paul to morrow into 35 I will hear thee, said he, when
the council, as though they would en thine accusers are also come. And he
quire somewhat of him more perfectly. commanded him to be kept in Herod's
21 But do not thou.yield unto them: judgment hall.
for there lie in wait for him of them
more than forty men, which have CHAPTER 24
boimd themselves with an oath, that AND after five days An-a-ni-as the
they wm neither eat nor drink till they /\ high priest descended with the
have Idlled him: and now are they elders, and with a certain orator named
ready,lookhig for a promise froih thee. Ter-tul-lus, who informed the gover-
22 So the chief captain then let the nor against Paul.
yoimg man départ, and charged Him, 2 And when he was called forth,
See âum teVL no man that thou hast Ter-tul-lus began to accuse Him, say
shewed these things to me. ing, Seeing that by thee we enjoy
23 And he called unto Him two cen great quietness, and that very worthy
turions, saying, Make ready two hun- deeds are.done unto this nation by thy
dred soldiers to go to Cœs-a-re-a, and providence,
horsemen threescore and ten, and 3 We accept it always, and in ail
spearmen two hundred, at the third places, most noble Félix» with ail
hour of the night; thankfulness.
24 And provide them beasts, that 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not
they may set Paul on, and bring Him further tedious unto thee, I pray thee
safe unto Félix the govemor. that thou wouldest hear us of thy
25 And he wrote a letter after this clemency a few words*
manner: 5 For we have fpund this man a
26 Claudius ly'-si'^as unto the most pestilent féUow, and a mover of sédi
excellent govemor Félix sendeth grèet- tion among ail the Jews throughout
ing. the world, and a ringleader of the sect
27 This man was tâken of the Jews, of the Nazarenes:
and should have been killed of them: 6 Who also hath gone about to pro-
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fane the temple: whom we took, and shall come down, I will know the ut-
would have judged according to our termost of your matter.
law. 23 And he commanded a centurion
7 But the dbief captain Ly-si-as to keep Paul, and to let him have hb-
came upon us, and with great violence erty, and that he should forbid none of
took him away eut of our hands» his acquaintance to minister or come
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto him.
unto thee: by examining of whom thy- 24 And after certain days, when
self mayest take knowledge of ail these Félix came with his wife Dru-sil'-la,
things, whereof we accuse him. which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul,
9 And the Jews also assented, say- and heard him conceming the faith in
ing tiiat these things were so. Christ.
10 Then Paul, after that the gover- 25 And as he reasoned of righteousr
nor had beckoned xmto him to speak, ness, tempérance, and judgment to
answered, Forasmuch as I know that come, Félix trembled, and answered.
thou hast been of many years a judge Go thy way for this time; when I have
unto this nation, I do the more cheer- a convenieiit season,I will call for thee.
fully answer for myself: 26 He hoped also that money
11 Because that thou mayest un- should have been given him of Paul,
derstand,that there are yet but twelve that he might loose him: wherefore he
days since I went up to Jérusalem for sent for him ihe oftener, and com-
toworship. muned with him.
12 And they neither found me ih 27 But after two years Por'-ci-us
the temple di^uting with any man, Fes-tus came into Félix' room: and
neither raising up the people, neither Félix, willing to shew the Jews a pleas-
in the synagogues, nor in the city: , ure, left Paul bound.
13 Neither can they prove the
things whereof they now accuse me. ÇHAPTER 25
14 Biat this 1 confess imto thee, that NOW when Fes-tus was come into
after the way which they call heresy, the province, after three days he
so worship I the God of my fathers, ascended from Caes-a-re'^-a to Jérusa
believing ail things which are written lem.
in the law and in the prophets: 2 Then the high priest and the chief
15 And have hope toward God, of the Jews informed him against
which they themselves also allow, that Paul, and besought him,
there shall be a résurrection of the 3 And desired favour against him,
dead, both of the just and unjust. that he would send for him to Jérusa
16 And herein do I exercise myself, lem,laying wait in the way to kill him.
to have always a conscience void of 4 But Fes'-tus answered, that Paul
offence toward God, and toward men. should be kept at Cœs-a-re-a, and that
17 Now after many years I came to he himself would départ shortly
bring alms to my nation, and offerings. thither.
18 Whereupon certain Jews from 5 Let them therefore, said he, which
Asia found me purified in the temple, among you are able, go down with me,
neither with multitude, npr with tu- and accuse this man, if there be any
mult. wickedness in him.
19 Who ought to have been here 6 And when he had tarried among
before thee, and object, if they had them more than ten days, he went
ought against me. down unto Gaes-a-re-a; and the next
day sitting on the judgment seat com
20 Or else let these same here say, if
they have found any evil doing in me, manded Paul to be brought.
while I stood before the council, 7 And when he was come, the Jews
21 Except it be for this one voice, which came down from Jérusalem
that I cried standing among them, stood round about, and laid many and
Touching the résurrection of the dead grievous complaints against Paul,
I am called in question by you this which they could not prove.
day. 8 While he answered for himself,
22 And when Félix heard these Neither against the law of the Jews,
things, having more perfect knowledge neither against the temple, nor yet
of that way, he deferred them, and against Cssar, have I offended any
said, When Ly'-si-as the chief captain thing at ail.
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9 But Fes-tuSj willing to do the 23 And on the morrow, when

Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and A-grip-pa was come, and Bemice,
said, Wilt tiiou go up to Jérusalem, with great pomp,and was entered into
and there be judged of these things be- the place of hearing, with the chief
fore me? captains, and principal men of the
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cae- city, at Fes-tus' commandment Paul
sar's judgment seat, where I ought to was brought forth.
be judged: to the Jews have I done no 24 And Fes-tus said, King A-grip-
wrong, as thou very well knowest. pa,and ail men which are here présent
11 For if I be an offender, or have with us, ye see this man, about whom
committed any thing worthy of death, ail the multitude of the Jews have
1 refuse not to die: but if there be none dealt with me, both at Jérusalem, and
of these things whereof these accuse also here, çrying that he ought not tp
me, no man may deliver me unto live any longer.
them. I appeal unto Cœsar, 25 But when 1 found that he had
12 Then Fes-tus, when he had con- committed nothing worthy of death,
ferred with the council,answered,Hast and that he hin^elf ha^h appealed to
thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Cœsar Augustus, 1 have determined to send
shalt thou go. him.
13 And after certain days king 26 Of whom 1 have no certain thing
A-grip'-pa 2uid Bemice came unto to Write imto my lord. Wherefore I
Caes-a-re'-a to salute Fes-tus. have brought him forth before you,
14 And when they had been there and specially befpre thee, G king
many days, Fes-tus declared PauTs A-grip'-pa, that, after examination
cause unto the king, saying, There is a had, 1 might have somewhat to write.
certain man left in bonds by Félix: 27 For it seemeth to me unreason-
15 About whom, when I was at able to send a prisoner, and not withal
Jerus^em, the chief priests and the to signify the crimes laid against him.
elders of the Jews informed me, desir-
ing to have judgment against him. CHAPTER 26
16 To whom I answered, It is not
the manner of the Romans to deliver Then A^grip-pa said unto Paul,
any man to die, before that he which Thou art permitted to speak for
is accused have the accusers face to thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the
façej and have licence to answer for hand, and answered for himself:
himself concerning the crime laid 2 1 think myself happy,king A-grip-
against him. pa, because I shall answer for myself
17 Therefore, when they were come this day before thee touching ail the
hither, without any delay on the mor- things whereof I am accused of the
row 1 sat on the judgment seat, and Jews:
commanded the man , to be brought 3 Especially because I know thee to
forth. be expert in ail çustoms and questions
18 Against whom when the accusers which are amonjg the Jews: wherefore
stood up, they brought none accusa I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
tion of such things as 1 supposed: 4 My manner of life from my youth,
19 But had certain questions which was at the first among mine own
against him of their own superstition, nation at Jérusalem, know ail the
and of one Jésus, which was dead, Jews;
whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 5 Which knew me from the begin-
20 And because I doubted of such ning, if they wpuld testify, that after
manner of questions, I asked him the mpst straitest sect of pur religion 1
whether he would go to Jérusalem,and lived a Pharisee.
there be judged of these matters. 6 And now I stand and am judged
21 But when Paul had appealed to for the hope of the promise made of
be reserved unto the hearing of Augus- God unto our fathers:
tus, I commanded him to be kept till 7 Unto which promise our twelve
I might send him to Caesar. tribes, instantly serving God day and
22 Then A-grip-pa said unto Fes- night, hope tp come. For whiçh hope's
tus, I would also hear the man myseïf. sake, king A-grip-pa, I âm accused of
To morrpw, said he, thqu shalt hear the Jews.
him. 8 Why should it be thought a thing
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încredible with you, that God should 22 Having therefore obtained help
raise the dead? of God, I continue unto this day, wit-
9 I verily thought with myself, that nessing both to small and great,saying
I bught to do many things contrary to none other things than thosé Which the
the name of Jésus of Nazareth. prophets and Moses did say should
10 Which thing I also did in Jéru come:
salem: and many of the saints did I 23 That Christ should suffer, and
shut up in prison, having received au- that he should be the first that should
thority Trom the chief priests; and rise from the dead, and shoûld shew
when they were put to death, I gave light unto the people, and to the Gen
my Voice against them, tiles.
11 And I punished them oft in 24 And as he thus spake for him-
every synagogue, and compelled them self, Fes-tus said with :a loud voice,
to blasphémé; and being exceedingly Paul, thou art beside thyself; much
mad against them, I persecùted them leaming doth make thee mad.
even unto strange cities. 25 But he said, l am not mad, most
12 Whereupon as I went to Damas- noble Fes-tiïs; but speak forth the
cus with authority and commission words of tmth and sobemess.
from the chief priests, 26 For the king knoweth of these
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the things, before whom alsO I speak free-
way a light from heaven, above the ly: for I am persuaded that none of
brightness of the sun, shining round these things are hidden from him; for
about me and them which joiumeyed this thing was not done in a corner.
with me. 27 King A-grip-pa, believest thou
14 And when we were ail fallen to the prophets? I know that thou be
the earth, I heard a voice speaking un lievest.
to me, and saying in the Hebrew 28 Then A-grip-pa said unto Paul,
tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest AlmOst thou persuadest me to be a
thou me? it is hard for thee to kick Christian.
against the pricks. 29 And Paul said, I would to God,
15 And I said, Who art thou. Lord? that not only thou, but also ail that
And he said, I am Jésus whom thou hear me this day, were both almost,
persecutest. and altogether such as I àm, except
16 But rise, and stand upon thy these bonds.
feet: for I have appeared unto thee for 30 And when he had thus spoken,
this purpose, to make thee a minister the king rose up, and the goverhor,
and a witness both of these things and Bemice, and they that sat with
which thou hast seen, and of those them:
things in the which I will appear unto 31 And when they were gone aside,
thee; they talked between themselves, say
17 Delivering thee from the people, ing, This mail dOeth nothing wOrthy of
and from the GeritUes, unto whom now death or of bonds.
I send thee, 32 Then said A-grip'-pa unto Fes'-
18 To open their eyes, and to tum tus, This man mighf have been set at
them from darkness to light, and from liberty, if he had not appealed untO
the power of Satan unto God, that Caesar.
they may receive forgivêness of sins,
and inheritance among them which are CHAPTER 27
sanctihed by faith that is in me. AND when it was determined that
19 Whereupon, O king A-grip-pâ, I /\ we should sail into Italy, they de-
was not disobedient unto the heavenly livered Paul and certain other prison-
vision: ers unto one named Julius a centurion
20 But shewed first unto them of of Augustus' band.
Damascus, and àt Jeruisalem, and 2 And etitering into a ship of Ad-ra-
throughout ail the coasts of Judaea, myf-ti-um, we lauhched, meahing to
and then to the Gentiles, that they sail by the coasts of Asia; one Ar-iî^
should repent and tum to God,and do tar'-chus, a Macedonian of Thes-sa-lo-
Works meet for repentance. ni-ca, being with us.
21 For thèse causes the Jews caught 3 And. the next day we touched at
me in the temple, and went about to Si-don. And Juliùs courteously eh-
kill me. treated Paul, and gave him liberty to
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go unto his friends to refresh himself. with our own hands the tackling of the
4 And when we had launched from ship.
thence, we sailed under Cyprus, be- 20 And when neither sim nor stars
cause tiie winds were contrary. in many days appeared, and no small
5 And when we had sailed over the tempest lay on ics, ail hope that we
sea of Ci-li-cia and Pam-phyl-i-a, we should be saved was then taken away,
came to My'-ra, a city of Ly'-cia. 21 But after long abstinence Paul
6 And there the centurion found a stood forth in the midst of them, and
ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; said. Sirs, ye should have hearkened
and he put us therein. unto me, and not have loosed from
7 And when we had sailed slowly Crete, and to have gained this harm
many days, and scarce were come over and loss.
against Cni-dus, the wind not sufîer- 22 And now I exhort you to be of
ing us, we sailed imder Crete, over good cheer: for there shall be no loss
against Sal-mo-ne; of any man*s life among you,but of the
8 And, hardly passing it, came unto ship.
a place which is called The fair havens; 23 For there stood by me this night
nigh whereunto was the city of La- the angel of C^d, whose 1 am, and
se-a. whom I serve,
9 Now when much time was spent, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou
and when sailing was now dangerous, must be brought before Caesar: and,
because the fast was now already past, lo, God hath given thee ail them that
Paul admonished them, sail with thee.
10 And said unto them. Sirs, I per- 25 Wherefore,sirs, be of good cheer:
ceive that this voyage will be with for I believe God, that it shall be even
hurt and much damage, not only of as it was told me.
the lading and ship, but also of our 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a
lives, certain island.
11 Nevertheless the centurion be- 27 But when the fourteenth night
lieved the master and the owner of the was come, as we were driven up and
ship, more than those things which down in A-dri-a, about midnight the
were spoken by Paul. shipmen deemed that they drew near
12 And because the haven was not to sôme country;
commodious to winter in, the more 28 And sounded, and found it
part advised to départ thence also, if twenty fathoms: and when they had
by any means they might attain to gone a little further, they sounded
Phe-ni-ce, and there to winter; which is again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
an haven of Crete, and lieth toward 29 Then fearing lest we should have
ihe south west and north west. fallen upon rocks, they cast four an-
13 And when the south wind blew chors out of the stem, and wished for
softly, supposing that they had ob- the day.
tained their purpose, loosing thence, 30 And as the shipmen were about
they sailed close by Crete. to flee out of the ship, when they had
14 But not long after there arose let down the boat into the sea, under
against it a tempestuous wind, called colour as though they would have cast
Eu-roc-ly-don. anchors out of the foreship,
15 And when the ship was caught, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to
and could not bear up into the wind, the soldiers, Except these abide in the
we let her drive. ship, ye cannot be saved.
16 And running under a certain 32 Then the soldiers eut ofî the
island which is called Clau'-da, we had ropes of the boat, and let her fall ofî.
much work to come by the boat; 33 And while the day was çoming
17 Which when they had taken up, on, Paul besought them ail to itake
they used helpSj imdergirding the ship; meat, saying, This day is the four
and, fearing lest they should fall into teenth day that ye have tarried and
the quicksands, strake sail, and so continued fasting, having taken noth-
were driven. ing.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed 34 Wherefore 1 pray you to take
with a tempest, the next day they some meat: for this is for your health:
lightened the ship; for there shall not an hair fall from the
19 And the third day we cast out head of any of you.
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35 And when he had thus spoken,
he took bread, and gave thanks to God
in presencé of them ail: and when he
had brokén it, he began to eat.
36 Then were they ail of good cheer,
and they also took some ïneat.
37 And we were in ail in the ship
two himdred threescore and sbcteen
soûls»
38 And when they had eaten
enough, they lightened the ship, and
cast ont the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day,they knew
not the land: but they discovered a
certain creek with a shore, into the
which they were minded,if it were pos
sible, to thrust in the ship.
40 And when they had taken up thé
anchors, they conunitted themsélves
unto the sea, and loosed the rudder
bands, and hoised up the mainsail to
the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where
two seas met, they ran the ship
aground; ànd the forepart stuck fast,
and remained unmoveable, but the
hinder part was broken with the vio
lence of the waves.
42 And the soldièrs' counsel was to
kill the prisoners, lest any of them
should swim but, and escape.
43 But the centurion, willing to
save Paul, kept them from their pur-
pose; and commanded that they which
could swim should cast themsélves first we came the next day to Pu-te-o-li:
into the sea, and get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards, were desired to tarry with them seven
and some on broken pièces of the ship. days: and so we went toward Rome.
And so it came to pass, that they es-
caped ail safe to land.
CHAPTER 28
AND when they were escaped, then
they knew that the island was
called Mel-i-ta.
2 And the barbarous people shewed
us no little kindness: for they kindled
a fire, and received us every one, be-
cause of the présent rain, and because
of the cold.
3 And when Paul had gathered a
bundle of sticks, and laid them on the
fire, there came a viper out of the
heat, and fastened on his hand.
4 And when the barbarians saw the
venomous beast hang on his hand, they
said among themselves, No doubt this
man is a murderer, whom, though he
hath escapéd the sea, yet vengeance
suffereth not to live.
5 And he shook off the beast into
the fire, and felt no harm.
6 Howbeit they looked when he
should have swoUen, or fallen down
dead suddenly: but after they had
looked a great while, and saw no harm
come to him, they changed their
minds, and said that he was a god.
7 In the same quàrters were posses
sions of the chief man of the island,
whose name was Publius; who received
us, and lodged us three days courte-
ously.
8 And it came to pass, that the fa-
ther of Publius lay sick of a fever and
of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered
in, and prayed, and laid his hands on
him, and healed him.
9 So when this was done, others
also, which hàd diseases in the island,
came, and were healed:
10 Who also honoured us with
many honours; and when we departed,
they laded us with such things as were
necessary.
11 And after three months we de
parted in a ship of Alexandria, which
had wintered in the isle, whose sign
was Castor and Pollux.
12 And landiiig at Syracuse, we tar-
ried there three days.
13 And from thence we fetched a
compass, and came to Rhe-gi-um: and
after one day the south wind blew,and
14 Where we found brethren, and
15 And from thence, when the
brethren heard of us, they came to
meet us as far as Ap-pi-i fo-rum, and
The three tavems: whom when Paul
saw, he thanked God, and took cour
age.
16 And when we came to Rome,the
centurion delivered the prisoners to
the captain of the guard: but Paul was
suffered to dwell by himself with a
soldier that kept him.
17 And it came to pass, that after
three days Paul called the chief of the
Jews together: and when they were
come together, he said unto them,
Men and brethren, though I have com-
mitted nothing against the people, or
customs of our fathers, yet was I de
livered prisoner from Jérusalem into
the hands of the Romans.
18 Who, when they had examined
me, would have let me go, because
there was no cause of death in me.
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19 But when the Jews spake against among themselves, they departed,
U, I was constrained to appeal unto after that Paul had spoken one word^
Gsesar; not that I had ought to accuse Well spake thè Holy Ghost by E-sa-ias
my nation cf. the prophet unto our fathers,
20 For this cause therefore have I 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and
called for you,to see you, and to speak say, Hearing ye shall hear^ and shall
with you: because that for the hope of not understand; and seeing ye shall
Israël I am bound with this chain. see, and not perceive:
21 And they said unto him, We nei- 27 For the heart of this people is
ther received letters but of Judaea con^ waxed gross", and their ears are dull of
ceming thee, neither any of the breth- hearing, and their eyes have they
ren that came shewed or spake any closed; lest they should see with their
harm of thee. eyes, and hear with their earSj and un
22 But we desire to hear of thee derstand with their heart» and should
what thou thinkest: for as conceming be converted, and 1 should heal them.
this sect, we know that every where it 28 Be it known therefore unto you,
is spoken against. that the salvation of God is sent unto
23 And when they had appointed the Gentiles, and that they will hear
him a day, there came many to him it.
into his lodging; to whom he expound- 29 And when he had said these
ed and testified the kingdom of God, words, the Jews departed, and had
persuading them conceming Jésus, great reasohing^ among themselves.
both out of the law of Moses, and oui 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years
of the prophets,from moming till eve- in his own hired house, and received
ning. ail that came in unto him,
24 And some believed the things 31 Preaching the kingdom of God,
which were spoken, and some believed and teaching those things which con-
not. cem the Lord Jésus Christ, with ail
25 And when they agreed not confidence, no man forbidding him.

The Eplstle of Paul the Apostle to the

Romans
ÇHAPTER I
PAUL,a servant of Jésus Christ,
called to he an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised àfore by
his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Conceming his Son Jésus Christ
our Lord, which was màde of tiie seed
of David according to the flesh;
4 And declared to he the Son of God
with power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the résurrection from the
dead:
5 By whom we have rèceived grâce
and apostleship, for obedience to the
faith among ail nations, for his name;
6 Among whom are ye also the
called of Jésus Christ:
7 To ail that be in Rome, beloved
of God,called tohé saints: Grâce to you
and péace from <5od our Father, and
the Lord Jésus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through
Jésus Christ for you ail, that your
faith is spoken of throughout the whole
world.
9 FOr God is my witness, whom
1 serve with my spirit in the gospel
of his' Soh, that withoUt céasing I
make mention of you always in my
prayers;
10 Making request,if by any means
now at lengfh I might have a prospér
ons joumey by the will of God tO come
unto youi
11 For I long to see you,that I may
impart unto you sOmé spiritual gift, to
the end ye may be established;
12 That is, that I may be comforted
together with you by the mutual fcdth
both of you and me.
13 Now 1 wOuld not have you ig
norant, brethren, that oftentimes 1
purposed to come unto you,(but was
let hitherto,) that I might have sOme
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fruit among you also, even as among 28 And even as they did not like to
other Gentiles. retain God in their knowledge, God
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, gave them over to a reprobate mind,
and to the Barbarians; both to the to do those things which are not con-
wise, and to the unwise. venient;
15 So, as much as in me is, I am 29 Being filled with ail unrighteous
ready to preach the gospel to you that ness, fornication, wickedness, covet-
are at Rome also. ousness, maliciousness; full of envy,
16 For I am not ashamed of the murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
gospel of Christ: for it is the power of whisperers,'
God unto salvation to every one that 30 Backbiters, haters of God, de-
believeth; to the Jew first, and also to spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
the Greek, evil things, disobedient to parents,
17 For therein is the righteousness 31 Without imderstanding, cove-
of God revealed from faith to faith: as nant breakers, without natural affec
it is written. The just shall live by tion, implacable, unmerciful:
faith. 32 Who knowing the judgment of
18 For the wrath of God is revealed God, that they which commit such
from heaven against ail ungodliness things are worthy of death, not only
and unrighteousness of men, who hold do the same, but have pleasure in
the truth in unrighteousness; them that do them.
19 Because that which may be
known of God is manifest in them;for CHAPTER 2
God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him TheREFORE thou art inexcus
from the création of the world are able, G man, whosoever thou art
clearly seen, being imderstood by the that judgest: for wherein thou judgest
things that are made, even his etemal another, thou condemnest thyself; for
power and Godhead; so that they are thou that judgest doest the same
without excuse: things.
21 Because that, when they knew 2 But we are sure that the judg
God, they glorified him not as God, ment of God is according to truth
neither were thankful; but became against them which commit such
vain in their imaginations, and their things.
foolish heart was darkened. 3 And thinkest thou this, G man,
22 Professing themselves to be wise, that judgest them which do such
they became fools, things, and doest the same, that thou
23 And changed the glory of the un- shalt escape the judgment of God?
corruptible God into an image made 4 Gr despisest thou the riches of his
like to corruptible man, and to birds, goodness and forbearance and long-
and fourfooted beasts, and creeping suffering; not knowing that the good
things. ness of God leadeth thee to repent-
24 Wherefore God also gave them ance?
up to uncleanness through the lusts of 5 But after thy hardness and im
their own hearts, to dishonour their pénitent heart treasurest up unto thy
own bodies between themselves: self wrath against the day of wrath
25 Who changed the truth of God and révélation of the righteous judg
into a lie, and worshipped and served ment of God;
the créature more than the Creator, 6 Who will render to every man ac
who is blessed for ever. Amen. cording to his deeds:
26 For this cause God gave them up 7 To them who by patient continu-
unto vUe affections: for even their ance in well doing seek for glory and
women did change the natural use into honour and hnmortalityi etemal life:
that which is ag^nst nature: 8 But unto them that are conten
27 And likewise also the men, leav- tions, and do not obey the truth, but
ing the natural use of the woman, obey unrighteousness, indignation and
bumed in their lust one toward an- wrath,
other; men with men working that 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon
which is unseemly, and receiving in every soul of man that doeth evil, of
themselves that recompence of their the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
error which was meet. 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to
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every man that worketh good, to the which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,
Jew first, and also to the Gentile: judge thee, who by the letter and cir
11 For there is no respect of persons cumcision dost transgress the law?
with God. 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one
12 For as many as haye sinned outwardly; neither is that circumcision,
without law shaU also perish without which is outward in the flesh:
law: and as many as have sinned in the 29 But he is a Jew, which is one in-
law shall be judged by the law; wardly; and circumcision is that of the
13 (For not the hearers of tiie law heart, in the spirit, and not in the let
are just before God, but the doers of ter; whose praise is not of men, but of
the law shall be justified. God.
14 For when the Gentiles, which
have not the law, do by nature the CHAPTER3
things contained in the law, these, WHAT advantage then hath the
having not the law, are a law unto Jew? or what profit is there of
themselves: circumcision?
15 Which shew the work of the law 2 Much every way: chiefly, because
yndtten in their hearts, their con- that unto tiiem were committed the
iscience also bearing witness, and their oracles of.God.
thoughts the mean while accusing or 3 For what if some did not believe?
else excusing one another;) shall their unbelief make the faith of
16 In the day when God shall judge (God without effect?
the secrets of men by Jésus Christ ac- 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true,
cording to my gospel. but every man a liar; as it is written,
17 Behold, thou art caJled a Jew, Tliat thou mightest be justified in thy
and restest in the law, and makest thy sayings, and mightest overcome when
boast pf God, thou art judged.
18 And knowest his will, and ap- 5 But if our unrighteousness com-
provest the things that are more ex mend the righteousness of God, what
cellent, being instructed out of the shall we say? Is God unrighteous who
law; taketh vengeance? (I speak as a
19 And art confident that thou thy- man.)
self art a guide of the blind, a light of 6 God forbid; for then how shall
them which are in darkness, God judge the world?
20 An instructor of the foolish, a 7 For if the truth of God hath more
teacher of babes, which hast the form abounded through my lie unto his
of knowledge and of the truth in the glpry; why yet am I also judged as a
law. 'sinner?
21 Thou therefore which teachest 8 And not rafher,(as we be slander-
another, teachest thou not thyself? ously reported, and as some afhrm
thou that preachest a man should not that we say,) tet us do evil, that good
steal, dost thou steal? may come? whose damnation is just.
22 Thou that sayest a man should 9 What then? are we better than
not commit adultery, dost thou com they? No,in no wise:for we have before
mit adultery? thou that abhorrest proved-both Jews and Gentiles, that
idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? they are ail under sin;
23 Thou that makest thy boast of 10 As it is written, There is none
the law,thxough breaking the law dis- rightepus, opp, npt one;
honourest thou God? 11 There is none that understand-
24 For the name of God is bias- eth, there is none that seeketh after
phemed among, the Gentiles through God.
you, as it is written. 12 They are ail gone put of the way,
25 For circumcision verily profit- they are together become improfitable;
eth, if thou keep the law: but if thou there is none that doeth good, ho, not
be a breaker of the law, thy circum one.
cision is made luiçircumcision. 13 Their throat is an opén sepui-
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision chre; with their tongues they have
keep the righteousness of the law,shall ùsed deceit; the poison of asps is under
not lus uncircumcision be counted for their lips:
cbrcumcision? 14 Whose moùthi is full of cursing
27 And shadl not uncircumcision and bittemess:
1004 ROMANS 4
15 Theîr feet are swîft to shed
blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in
their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they
net known:
18 There is no fear of God before
their eyes.
19 Now we know that what things
soever the law saith, it saith to them
who are under the law: that every
mouth may be stopped, and ail the
world may become guilty before
God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the
law there shall no flesh be justified in
his sight: for by the law is the knowl-
edge of sin*
21 But now the righteousness of
God without the law is manifested,
being witnessed by the law and the
prophets;
22 Even the righteoiisness of God
whiài is by faith of Jésus Christ unto
ail and upon ail them that believe: for
there is no différence:
23 For ail have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his
grâce through the rédemption that is
hi Christ Jésus:
25 Whom God hath set forth tobea cumcision, a seal of the righteousness
propitiation through faith in his blood, of the faith which he had yet being un-
to déclaré his righteousness for the re
mission of sins that are past, through
the forbearance of God;
26 To déclaré, I say,at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just,'
and the justifier of him which believ-
eth in Jésus.
27 Where is boasting then? It is ex- cision only, but who also walk in the
cluded. By what law? of works? Nay: steps of that faith of our father Abra
but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a
man is justified by faith without the
deeds of the law.
29 Is he the God of the Jews only?
is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes^ of
the Gentiles also:
30 Seelng it is one God, which shall
justlfy the circumcision by faith, and
uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law
through faith? God forbid: yea, we es-
tablish the law.
CHAPTER 4
WHAT shall we say then that
Abraham our father, as pertain-
îhg to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by
Works, he hath îvherèof to glory; but
not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it was
counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the
reward not reckoned of grâce, but of
debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifieth the un-
godly, his faith is counted for right
eousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the
blessedness of the man, unto whom
God imputeth righteousness without
Works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven, îmd whose sins
are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon
the circumcision only, or upon the un
circumcision also? for we say that faith
was reckoned to Abraham for right
eousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when
he was in circumcision, or in uncircum
cision? Not in circumcision, but in un
circumcision.
11 And he received the sign of cir
circumcised: that he might be the fa
ther of ail them that believe, though
they be not circumcised; that right
eousness might be imputed unto them
also:
12 And the father of circumcision
to them who are not of the circum
ham, which he had being yet uncir-
cumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should
be the heir of the world, was not to
Abrahaim, or to his seed, through the
law, but through the righteousness of
faith.
14 For if they which are of the law
he heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath:
for where no law is, there is no trans
gression.
16 Therefore it is bf faith, that U
might he by grâce; to the end the prom
ise might be sure to ail the seed; not
to that only which is of the law, but
to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who is the father of us ail.
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17 (As it îs written, I have made fied by his blood, we shall be saved

thee a father of many nations,) before from wrath through him,
him whom he believed, even God, who 10 For if, when we were enemies,
quickeneth the dead, and calleth those we were reconciled to God by the deàth
things which be net as though they of his Son, much more, being recon-
were. dled, we shall be saved by his life,
18 Who against hope believed in 11 And not only so, but we a^o joy
hope, that he might become the father in God through our Lord Jésus Christ,
of many nations, according to that by whom we have now receiv^ the
which was spoken, So shall thy seed atonement,
be, 12 Wherefore, as by pne man sin
19 And being not weak in faith, he entered into the world, and death by
considered not his own body now dead, sin; and so death passed upon ail men,
when he was about an hundred years for that ail have sinned:
old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's 13 (For until the law sin was in the
womb: world: but sin is not imputed when
20 He staggered not at the promise there is no law,
of God through unbelief; but was 14 Nevertheless death reigned from
strong in faith, giving glory to God; Adam to Moses, even over them that
21 And being fully persuaded that, had not sinned after the similitude of
what he had promised,he was able also Adam's transgression, who is the figure
to perforai. of him that was to come,
22 And therefore it was imputed to 15 But not as the ofîence, so also is
him for righteousness. the free gift. For if through the offence
23 Now it was not written for his of one many be dead, much more the
sake alone, that it was imputed to grâce of God, and the gift by grâce,
him? which is by one man, Jésus Christ,hath
24 But for us also, to whom it shall aboimded unto many,
be imputed, if we believe on him that 16 And not as it was by one that
raised up Jésus our Lord from the sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment
dead; was by one to condemnation, but the
25 Who was delivered for our of- free gift is of many oifences unto justi
fences, and was raised again for our fication,
justification. 17 For if by one man's offence
death reigned by one; much more they
CHAPTER 5 which receive abundance of grâce and
Therefore being justmed by of the gift of righteousness shcdl reign
faith, we have peace with God in life by one, Jésus Christ,)
through our Lord Jésus Christ: 18 Therefore as by the offence of
2 By whom also we have access by one judgment came upon ail men to
faith into this grâce wherein we stand, condemnation; even so by the right
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God, eousness of one the free gift came upon
3 And not only so, but we glory in ail men unto justification of life.
tribulations also: knowing that tribu- 19 For as by one mah's disobedi-
iation worketh patience; ence many were made sinners, so by
4 And patience, experience; and ex the obedience of one shall many be
périence, hope: made righteous,
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; 20 Moreover the law entered, that
because the love of God is shed abroad the offence might abôund. But wheré
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which sin aboimded, grâce did miich more
is given unto us, abound:
6 For when we were yet without 21 That as sin hath reigned unto
strength, in due time Christ died for death, even so might grâce reign
the ungodly, through righteousness unto eternal life
7 For scarcely for a righteous man by Jésus Christ our Lord,
will one die: yet peradventure for a
good man some would even dare to die, CHAPTER 6
8 But God commendeth his love to- WHAT shall we say then? Shall
ward us, in that, while we were yet we continue in sin, that grâce
sinners. Christ died for us, may aboimd?
9 Much more then, being now justi- 2 God forbid, How shall we, that
1006 ROMANS 7

are deàd to sîn, live any longer there- because of the infirmity of your flesh:
in? for as ye have yielded your members
3 Know ye net, tliat se many of us servants to uncleanness and to in-
as were baptizéd into Jésus Ghrist iquity unto iniquity; eveh so now
Wére baptizéd irito bis death? yield your members servants to right
4 llierefore wé are buried with him eousness unto holiness.
by baptism kito death: that like as 20 For when ye were the servants of
Christ wàs raised ùp from the deâd by sin, ye were free from righteousness.
the glory of the Father, even so we also 21 What fruit had ye then in those
should walk in newness of life. things whereof ye are now ashamed?
5 For if we have been planted to- for the end of those things is death.
gether in the likeness of his death, we 22 But now being made free from
shaïi be also in the likeness of his résur sin, and become servants to God, ye
rection: have your fruit unto holiness, and the
6 Knowing this, that our old man is end eVerlasting life.
crucified with him, that the body of 23 For the wages of sin is death; but
sin might be destroyed, that hence- the gift of God is etemal life through
forth we should not serve sin. Jésus Christ our Lord.
7 For he that is dead is freed froin
sin.
CHAPTER 7
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, Know ye not^ brethren, (for I
we believe that We shall also hve with speak to them that know the
him: law,) how that the law hath dominion
9 Knowing that Christ being ràised over a man as long as he liveth?
from the dead dieth no more; death 2 For the womgui which hath an
hath no more doininion over him. husband is bound by the law to her
10 For in that he died, he died unto husband so long as he liveth; but if the
sin once: but in that he livetii, he liv- husband be dead, she is loosed froin
eth unto God. the law of her husband.
11 Likewise reckon ye also your- 3 So theii if, while her husband liv
selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but eth, she be married to another man,
alive unto God through Jésus Christ she shall be called an adulteress: but
our Lord. .' if her husband be dead, she is free
12 Let not sin therefore reign in from that law; so that she is no adul
your mortal body, that ye should obey teress, though she be married to an
it in the lusts thereof. other man.
13 Neither yield ye your members 4 Wherefore, iny brethren, ye also
as instruments of unrighteousness un are become dead to the law by the
to sin: but yield yoUrselves unto God, body of Christ; that ye should be mar
as those that are alive from the dead, ried to another, even to him who is
and your members as instruments of raised from thé dead, that we should
righteousness unto God. bring forth fruit unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion 5 For when we were in the flesh,the
over you: for ye are not under the law, motions of sins, which were by the
but under grâce. law, did work in our members to bring
15 What then? shall we sin, because forth fruit unto death;
we are not under the law, but under 6 But now we are delivered from
grâce? God forbid. the law, that being dead wherein we
16 Know ye not, that tô whom ye were held; that we should sërve in
yield yourselves servants to obey, his newness of spirit, and not in the old-
servants ye are to whom yé obey; ness of the letter.
whether of sin unto deàth, or of obédi 7 What shall we say then? Is the
ence u«!ito righteousness? law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not
17 But God be thanked, that ye known sin, but by thelaw:for I had not
were the servants of sin, but ye have known lust, except the law had said,
obeyed from the heart that form of Thou shalt not covet.
doctrine which was delivered you. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the
18 Being then made free from sin, commandment, wrought in me ail
ye became the servants of righteous manner of concupiscence. For withbut
ness. the law sin was dead.
19 I speak after the manner of men 9 For I was alive without the law
 ROMANS 8 1007

once: but when the commandment 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in
came, sin revived, and I died. Christ Jésus hath made me free from
10 And the commandment, whlch the law of sin and death.
was ordained to life, I found to he unto 3 For what the law could not do,in
death. that it was weak through the flesh,
11 For sin, taking occasion by the GfOd sending his own Son in the like-
commandment, deceived me, and by ness of sinful flesh, and for sin, con-
it slew me. demned sin in the flesh:
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and 4 That the righteousness of the law
the commandment holy, and just, and might be fulfllled in us, who walk not
good. after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
13 Was then that which is good 5 For they that are after the flesh
made death imto me? God forbid. But do mind the things of the flesh; but
sin, that it might appear sin, working they that are after the Spirit the
death in me by that which is good; things of the Spirit.
that sin by the commandment might 6 For to be camally minded is
become exceeding sinful. death; but to be spiritually minded is
14 For we know that the law is life and peace.
spiritual: but I am camal^ sold imder 7 Because the camal mind is en-
sin. mity against God: for it is not sûbject
15 For that which I do I allow not: to ihe law of God, neither indeed can
for what I would, that do I iiot; but be.
what I hate, that do I. 8 So then they that are in the flesh
16 If then I do that which I would cannot please God.
not, I consent unto the law that it is 9 But ye are not iii the flesh, but in
good. the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
17 Now then it is no more I that do God dwell in you. Now if any man
it, but sin that dwelleth in me. have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none
18 For I know that in me (that is, of his.
in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: 10 And if Christ be in you,the body
is dead because of sin; but the Spirit
for to will is présent with me; but hoiv
to perform that which is good I find is life because of righteousness^
not. 11 But if the Spirit of him that
19 For the good that I would I do raised up Jésus from the dead dwell in
not: but the evil which I would not, you, he that raised up Christ from the
that I do. dead shall also quicken your mdrtal
20 Now if I do that I would not, it bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in
is no more I that do it, but sin that you.
dwelleth in me. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debt-
21 I find then a law, that, when I ors, not to the flesh, to live after the
would do good, evil is présent with me. flesh.
22 For I delight in the law of God 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye
after the inward man: shall die: but if ye through the Spirit
23 But I see another law in my do mortify the deeds of the body, ye
members, warring against the law of shall live.
my mind, and brin^ng me into cap- 14 For as many as are led by the
Uvity to the law of sin which is in my Spirit of God, they are the sons of
members. God.
24 O wretched man that I am! who 15 For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fçar; but ye
shall deliver me froih the body of this
death? have received the Spirit of adoption,
25 I thank God through Jésus whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Christ our Lord. So then with the 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness
mind I myself serve the law of God; with our spirit, that we are the dfli-
but with the flesh the law of sin. dren of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs
CHAPTER8 of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
rHERE is therefore now no con-^ so be that we suffer with him, that we
demnation to them which are in may be also glorifled together.
Christ Jésus, who walk not after the 18 For I reckon that the sufferings
flesh, but after the Spirit. of this présent time are not worthy to
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he compared vdth the glory whlch shall 34 Who is he that condemneth? It

be revealed in us. is Christ that died, yea rather, that is
19 For the eamest expectation of risen again, who is even at the right
the créature waiteth for the manifesta hand of God, who also maketh inter
tion of the sons of God. cession for us.
20 For the créature was made sub- 35 Who shall separate us from the
ject to vanity, not willingly, but by love of Christ? shaU Mbulation, or dis-
reason of him who hath subjected the tress, or persécution, or famine^ or
same in hope, nakedriess, or péril, or sword?
21 Becaiise the créature itself also 36 As it is writtèn, For thy sake we
shall be delivered from the bondage of are killed ail the day long; we are ac-
corruption into the glorious libérty of counted as sheep for the slaughter.
the children of God. 37 Nay, in ail these things we are
22 For we know that the whole cré more than conquerors through him
ation groaneth and travaileth in pain that loved us.
together until nowi 38 For I am persuaded,that neither
23 And not only they, but ourselves death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi-
also, which have the firstfruits of the palities, nor powers, nor things prés
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ent,"nor things to come,
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any
wit, the rédemption of our body. other créature, shall be able to sepa
24 For we are saved by hope: but rate us from the love of God, which is
hope that is seen is not hope: for what in Christ Jésus our Lord.
a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see CHAPTER 9
not, then do we with patience wait ISAY the truth in Christ, I lie not,
for it. my conscience also bearing me wit-
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth ness in the Holy Ghost,
our infirmities: for we know not what 2 That I havie great heaviness and
we should pray for as we ought: but continuai sorrow in my heart.
the Spirit itself maketh intercession 3 For I could wish that myself were
for us with groanings which cannot be accursed from Christ for my brethren,
uttered. my kinsmen according to the flesh:
27 And he that searcheth the hearts 4 Who are Israélites; to whom per-
knoweth what is the mind of the taineth the adoption, and the glory,
Spirit, because he maketh intercession and the covenants, and the giving of
for the saints according to the will of the law, and the service of God, and
God. the promises;
28 And we know that ail things 5 Whose are the fathers, and of
work together for good to them that whom as concerning the flesh Christ
love God, to them who are the called came; who is over ail, God blessed for
according to his purpose. ever. Amen.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he 6 Not as though the word of God
also did predestinate to be conformed hath taken none effect. For they are
to the image of his Son, that he might not ail Israël, which are of Israël:
be the firstborn among many brethren. 7 Neither, because they are the seed
30 Moreover whom he did predes of Abraham, are they ail children: but.
tinate, them he also called: and whom In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
he called, them he also justified: and 8 That is, They which are the chil
whom he justified, them he also glori- dren of the flesh, these are not the chil
fied. dren of God: but the children of the
31 What shall we then say to these promise are counted for the seed.
things? If God be for us^ who can he 9 For this is the word of promise,
against us? : At this timè will I come, and Sarah
32 He that spared not his own Son, shall have a son.
but delivered him up for us ail, how 10 And not only this; but when Re-
shall he not with him also freely give becca also had cônceived by one, even
us ail things? by our father Isaac;
33 Who shall lay any thing to the 11 (For the children being not yét
charge of God's elect? It is God that bom, neither having done any good or
justiôeth. evil, that the purpose of God according
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to élection might stand, not of works, short work will the Lord make. upon
but of him that calleth;) the earth.
12 It was said unto her, The elder 29 And as E-sa-te said before, Ex-
shall serve the younger, cept the Lord of Sab'-a-oth had left us
13 As it is written, Jacob have I a seed, we had been as Sod-o-ma, and
loved, but Esau have I hated. been made like unto Go-mor'-rha.
14 What shall we say then? Is ihere 30 What shall we say then? That
unrighteousness with God? God forbid, the Gentiles, which followed not after
15 For he saith to Moses,I will have ri^teousness, have attained to right
mercy on whom I will have mercy,and eousness, evèn the righteousness which
I will have compassion on whom I will is of faith.
have compassion. 31 But Israël, which followed after
16 So then it is not of him that will- the law of righteousness, hath not at
eth, nor of him; that runneth, but of tained to the law of righteousness.
God that sheweth mercy. 32 Wheréfore? Becaiise they sought
17 For the scripture saith unto it not by faith, but as it were by the
Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose Works of the law. For they stumbled
have I raised thee up, that I might at that stumblingstone;
shew my power in thee, and that my 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in
name might be declared throughout Sion a stumblingstone and rock of of-
ail the earth. fence: and whosoever believeth on him
18 Therefore hath he mercy on shall not be ashamed.
whom he will have mercy, and whom
CHAPTER 10
he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, BRETHREN,my heart's desire and
Why doth he yet find fault? For who prayer to God for Israël is, that
hath resisted his will? they might be saved.
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou 2 For I bear them record that they
that repliest against God? Shall the have a zeal of God, but not according
thing formed say to him that formed to knowledge.
it, Why hast thou made me thus? 3 For they being ignorant of God's
21 Hath not the potter power over righteousness, and going about to es-
the clay, of the same lump to mafce one tablish their own righteousness, have
vessel unto honour, and another unto not submitted themselves unto the
dishonour? righteousness of God.
22 What if God, willing to shew his 4 For Christ is the end of the law
wrath, and to make his power known, for righteousness to e^jery one that be
endured with much longsuffering the lieveth.
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 5 For Moses describeth the right
23 And that he might make known eousness which is of the law, That the
the riches of his glory on the vessels of man which doeth those things shall
mercyj which he had afore prepared live by them.
unto glory, 6 But the righteousness which is of
24 Even us, whom he hath called, faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in
not of the Jews only, but also of the thine heart, Who shall ascend into
Gentiles? heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down
25 As he saith also in O'-see, I will firom àbove:}
call them my people, which were not 7 Or, Who shall descend into the
my people; and her beloved, which deep?(that is, to bring up Christ again
was not beloved. from the dead.)
26 And it shall come to pass, that in 8 But what saith it? The word is
the place where it was said unto them, nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in
Ye are not my people; there shall they thy heart: that is, the word of faith,
be called the chUdren of the living which we preach;
God. 9 That if thou shalt confess with
27 E-sa-ias also crieth concerning thy mouth the Lord Jésus, and shalt
Israël, Though the number of the chil- believe in thine heart that God hath
dren of Israël be as the sand of the sea, raised him from the dead, thou shalt
a remnant shall be saved: be saved.
28 For he will finish the work, and 10 For with the heart man believeth
eut it short in righteousness: because a imto righteousness; and with the
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mouth confession is made unto salva- 5 Even so then at this présent time
tion. also there is a remnant according to
11 Fot the scrlpture saith, Whoso- the élection of grâce.
ever believeth on him shall not be 6 And if by grâce, then is it no more
ashamed* of Works: otherwise grâce is no more
12 For there is no différence be- grâce. But if if be of works, then is it no
tween the Jew and the Greek: for the more grâce: otherwise work is no more
same Lord over £ill is richunto all that work.
call upon him. 7 What then? Israël hath not ob-
13 For whosoever shall call upon tained that which he seeketh for; but
the ncime of the Lord shall be saved. the élection hath obtained it, and the
14 How then shall they call on him rest were blinded
in whom théy have not believed? and 8 (According as it is written, God
how shall they believe in him of whom hath given them the spirit of slumber,
they have not heard? and how shall eyes that they should not see, and ears
they hear without a preacher? that they should not hear;) unto this
15 And how shall they preach, ex- day.
cept they be sent? as it is written, 9 And David saith, Let their table
How beautiful are the feet of them be made a snare, and a trap, and a
that preadi the gospel of peace, and stumblingblock, and a recompence im-
bring glad tidings of good things! to them:
16 But they have not all obeyed the 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that
gospel. For E-sa-ias saith, Lord, who they may not see, and bow down their
hath believed our report? back alway.
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, 11 I say then, Have they stumbled
and hearing by the word of God. that they should fall? God forbid: but
18 But I say, Have they not heard? rather through their fall salvation is
Yes verUy, tiielr sound went into all corne unto the Gentiles, for to provoke
the earth, and their words imto the them to jealousy.
ends of the world. 12 Now if the fall of them be the
19 But I say, Did not Israël know? riches of the world, and the diminish-
First Moses saith, I will provoke you ing of them the riches of the Gentiles;
to jealousy by them that are no people, how much more their fulness?
and by a foolish nation I will anger 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, in-
you. asmuch as I am the apostle of the
20 But E-sa-ias is very bold, and Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
saith, I was fou*d of them that sought 14 If by any means I may provoke
me not; I was made manifest xmto to émulation them which are my hesh,
them that asked not after me. and might save some of them.
21 But to Israël he saith, All day 15 For if the casting away of them
long I have stretched forth my hands be the reconciling of the world, what
imto a disobedient and gainsaying shall the receiving of them be, but life
people. from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the
CHAPTER II lump fs also holy: and if the root be
ISAY then, Hath God cast away his holy, so are the branches.
people? God forbid. For I also am 17 And if some of the branches be
an Israélite, of the seed of Abraham, broken off, and thou, being a wild olive
of the tribe of Benjamin. tree, wert grafîed in among them, and
2 God hath not cast away his people with them partakest of the root and
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what fatness of the olive tree;
the scripture saith of E-li-as? how he 18 Boast not against the breinches.
maketh intercession to God against But if thou boast, thou bearest not the
Israël, saying, root, but the root thee.
3 Lord, they have killed thy proph- 19 Thou wilt say then, The branch
ets, and digged down thine altars; and es were broken off, that I might be
I am left alone, and they seek my life. graffed in.
4 But what saith the answer of God 20 Well; because of unbelief they
unto him? I have reserved to myself were broken off, and thou standest by
seven thousand men, who have not faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
bowed the knee to the image of Ba-al« 21 For if God spared not the natural
 ROMANS 12 1011

branches» iake heed lest he also spare présent yopr bodies a living sacrifice,
not thee. holy, acceptable unto God, which is
22 Behold therefore the gpodness yoUr rëasbhable service.
and severity of God: on them whlch 2 And be not conformed to this
fell, severity; but towaid thee, good- wprld: but be ye transformed by the
ness» if thoù continue in his goodness: renewifig pf your nfind, that ye niay
otherwise thou alsp shalt be eut oiff. prove What is that good, and accepta
23 And they also, if they abide not able, and perfect, will of God;
stiU in unbelief, shall be gi^fféd in: for 3 For I say, through the gi^ce
God is able to graff them in again. given unto me, to every man that is
24 For if thou wert eut out of the among you, not to think of himsélf
olive tree which is wild by nature, and more highly than he ought to think;
wert graffed contrary to nature into a but to think soberly, açcprding as God
good olive tree: how mùch itnore shah hath dealt to every màn thé measure
these, which be the hatural branches, of faith.
be graffed into their own olive tree? 4 For as we have many members in
25 For I wôuld not, brethren, that one body, and ail members hàvè not
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, the same office:
lest ye should be wise in your own con- 5 So we, heirig many, are one body
ceits; that blindness in part is hap- in Christ, and every oné members one
pened to Israël, unth the fulness of the of another.
Gentiies be conie in. 6 Hadng then gifts differing ac-
26 And so ail Israël shall be saved: çording to the grâce that is given to us,
as it is written, There shah cônle out of whèther prophecy, let us prophesy ac-
Sion the Deliverer, and shah tum cording tp the proportion of faith;
away imgodliness from Jacob: 7 Gr ministry, let us wait on our
27 For this is niy covénaht unto ministering: or he that teacheth, on
them, when I shah take away their teadh^g;
sins. 8 Qr he that exhorteth, Pn exhorta
28 As conceming the gospel, they tion: he that giveth, let him do it with
are enemies for your sakes: but as simplidty; he that ruleth, with dili
touching the èléction, they are beloved gence; he that sheweth mercy» with
for the fathers' sakes. cheerfulnesis.
29 For the gifts ànd cahing of God 9 Let love be without dissimulation.
are Withoùt repehtance. AbhPr that which is evil; cleave tp that
30 For as ye in timés past have not which is good.
believed God, yet have now obtained ïo Be kindly affectioned one to an
mercy through their unbelief: other with brotherly love; in honpur
31 Èven so have these also now not preferring Pne another;
believed, that through your inercy 11 Npt sloihful in business; fervent
they also mày Pbtain inercy. in spirit; serving the Lord;
32 Fpr God hath conduded thein 12 Rejpicing in hope; patient in
ah in unbelief, that he might have tribulation; continuing instant in
mercy upon ail. prayer;
33 Ô the depth of the riches both of 13 Distributing to the necessity of
the wisdom and knowledge of God! saints; given to hospitality.
how unsearchable are hte judgments, 14 Bless them which persécute you:
and his ways past fîndto^ oiit! bless, and curse not.
34 For who hath khôwn the'mind 15 Rejoice with them that dP
of ihe Lord? pr who hath been his rejoice, and weep with them that
cdunsellor? weep.
35 Or who hath fîrst given to him, 16 Be of the same mind one toward
and it shall be recompensèd unto him another. Mind not high things, but
again? condescend to mén of loiv esâte. Be
36 For Pf him, and through him, not wise in your own conceits.
and to him, are ail things: to whom be 17 Recompense to no man eyil for
glory for ever. Amen. evil. Provide.things honest in the sight
of ail mén.
CHAPTER 12 18 if it be possible, as much as lieth
I BESÉECH you therefore, breth
ren, by the merdes of God, that ye
in you, live peàceably with ail men.
19 Deàrly beloved,avenge not your-
1012 ROMANS 13, 14
selves,but ràther glve place unto wrath: Works of darkness, and let us put on
for it is wrltten. Vengeance is mine; I the armour of light.
will repay, saith the Lord. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the
20 Therefore if thine enemy hiïnger, day; not in rioting and drunkenness,
feèd him; if he thirst, give him drink: not in chambering and wantonness,
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of hot in stiife ahd envying.
fire on his head. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jésus
21 Be not overcome of evil^ but Christ, aiid make nôt provision for the
overcome evil with good. flesh, to fidfil the lusts thereof.
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
tET every soul be subject imto the
^higher powers. For there is no Him that is weak in the faith re
power but of God: the powers that be ceive ye, but not to doubtful dis-
are ordained of God. putations.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the 2 For one believeth that he may eat
power, resisteth the ordinance of God: ail things: another, who is weak,eateth
and they that resist shall receive to herbs.
themselves damnation. 3 Let not him that eateth despise
3 For rulers are not a terror to good him that eateth not; and let not him
Works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then which eateth not judge him that eat
not be afraid pf the power? do that eth: for God hath réceived him.
which is good, and thou shalt have 4 Who art thou that judgest anoth
praise of &e same: er man*s servant? to his own master he
4 For he is the minister of God to standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be
thee for good. But if thou do that holden up:for God is able to make him
which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth stand.
not the sword in vain: for he is the 5 One man esteemeth one day
minister of God, a revenger to execute above another: another esteemeth
wrath upon him that doeth evil. every day alike. Let every man be fully
5 Wherefore ye must needs be sub persuaded in his own mind.
ject, not only for wrath, but also for 6 He that regardeth the day, re-
conscience sake. gardeth it unto the Lord; and he that
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute regardeth not the day, t:o the Lord he
also: for they are God's ministers, at- doth not regard it He that eateth,
tending continually upon this very eateth to the Lord, fot he giveth God
thing. thanks; and he that eateth not, to the
7 Render therefore to ail their dues: Lord he eateth not, and giveth God
tribute to whom tribute is due; cus- thanks.
tom to whom custom; fear to whom 7 For none of us liveth to himself,
fear; honour to whom honour. and no man dieth to himself.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to S For whether we live, we live imto
love one another: for he that loveth the Lord; ahd whether we die, we die
another hath fulfilled the law. unto the Lord: whether we live there
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit fore, or die, we are the Lord's.
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou 9 For to this end Christ both died,
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear and rose, and revived, that he might
false witness, Thou shalt not covet; be Lord both of the dead and liying.
and if there he any other command- 10 But why dost thou judge thy
ment, it is briefly comprehended in brother? or why dost thou set at
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love nought thy brother? for we shall ail
thy neighbour as thyself. stand before the judgment seat of
10 Love worketh no ill to his neigh Christ.
bour: therefore love is the fulfilling of 11 For it is written. As I live, saith
the law. the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
11 And tiiat, knowing the time, and every tongue shall confess to God.
that now it is high time to awake out 12 So then every one of us shàll give
of sleep:for now is our salvation nearer account of himself to God.
than wheh we believed. 13 Let us not therefore judge one
12 The night is far spent, the day is another any more: but judge this
at hand: let us therefore cast off the rather, that no man put a stumbling-
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block or an occasion to fall in fUs 7 Wherefore receive ye one another,

brother's way. as Christ also received us to the glory
14 I know, and anp. persuaded by of God.
the Lord Jésus, that there is nothing 8 Now I say that Jésus Christ was
unclean of itself: but to him that es- a minister of the circumcision for the
teemeth any thing to be unclean, to truth of God, to confirm the promises
bim it is unclean. made unto the fathers:
15 But if thy brother be grieved 9 And that the GehtUes might glo^
with thy meat, now walkest thou not rify God for his mèrcy; as it is written.
charitâbly. Destroy not him with thy For this cause 1 wiU confess to thee
meat, for whom Christ died. among the GentUes, and sing unto thy
16 Let not then your good be evil name.
spoken of: 10 And again he saith, Rejoice; ye
17 For the kingdom of God is not GentUes, with his people.
meat and drink; but righteousness, 11 Ahd again, Pra&e the Lord, aU
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. ye GentUes; and laud him, aU ye peo
18 For he that in these things ser^ ple.
veth Christ is acceptable to God, and 12 And again, E-sa-ias saith, There
approved of men. shaU be a root of Jesse, and he that
19 Let us therefore follow after the shaU rise to reign over the GentUes; ih
things which make for peace, and him ShaU thé GéntUes trust.
things wherewith one may edify an- 13 Now the God of hope fiU you
other. with ail joy and peace in beUeving,
20 For meat destroy not the work that ye may abound in hope, throu^
of God. AU things indeed are pure; but the power of the Holy Ghost.
it is evU for that màn who eateth with 14 And I myself also ain persuaded
offence. of you, my brethrên, that ye also are
21 It is good neither to eat Uesh, nor fuU of goodness, fUled with aU knowl-
to drink wine, npr any thing whereby edge, able also to admonish one an
thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, other.
or is made weak. 15 Nevertheless, brethreh, I have
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thy- written the more boldly unto you ih
self befpre God. Happy is he that con- some sort, as putting you in mihd, be
démnetti not himself in that thing caùse of the grâce that is given to me
which he alloweth. of God,
23 And he that doubteth is damned 16 That I should be thè minister of
if he eat, becaùse he eateth not of faith: Jésus Christ to the GentUes, minister-
for yrliatsoever is not of faith is sin. iiag the gpspel of God,that the offering
up of the(jentUes might be acceptable,
CHAPTER 15 being sanctified by ttie Holy Ghost.
WE then that are strong ought to 17 I have therefore whereof I may
bear the infirmities of the weak, glory through Jésus Christ in those
and not to please ourselves. things which pertain to God.
2 Let every one of us please his 18 For I wUl not dare to speak of
neighbour for his good to édification, any of those things which Christ hath
3 For even Christ pleased not him not wrought by me, to make the Gen
self: but, as it is written, The reproach- tUes obedient, by word and deed,
es of theïn that reproached theé feîl 19 Through mighty signs ahd won-
on me. ders, by the' power of the Spirit of
4 For whatsoever things were writ God; so that from Jérusalem, and
ten aforetlme were written for our round about unto ll-lyr^-i-cum, I have
leaming,that we througli patience and fuUy preached the gospel of Christ.
cpmfôrt of the scripturés might have 20 Yea, so have I striVed to preach
hope. the gospel, not where Christ was
5 Now the God of patience and con named, lest I should buUd upon an
solation grant you to be likeminded other man's foundatioii:
one tPwàrd another accprding to 21 But as it is written, To whom he
Christ Jésus: was not spoken pf, they shall see: and
6 That ye may with one mind and they that hàye hot heard shaU under-
one mouth glorify God, even the Fâ- stànd.
ther of our Lord Jésus Christ. 22 For which cause also I have
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been mucb hindered from coming to 5 Likewise greei the church that is
you; in their house. Salute my well beloved
23 But now having no more place E-paen-e-tus, who is the firstfruits of
in these parts, and having a great de- A-cha-ia unto Christ.
sire tiiese many years to come unto 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much
you; labour on us.
24 Whensoever I take my joumey 7 Salute An-dro-ni-cùs and Junia,
into Spain, 1 will corne to you: for I my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners,
trust to see you in my joumey, and to who are of note among the apostles,
be brought on my way thitherward by who also were in Christ before me.
you, if first 1 be somewhat filled with 8 Greet Am-pli-as my beloved in
your Company, the Lord.
25 But now I go unto Jemsalem to 9 Salute Ur'-banè, our helper in
minister unto the saints. Christ, and Sta-chys my beloved.
26 For it hath pleased them of 10 Salute A-pel-les approved in
Macedonia and A-cha-ia to make a Christ. Salute them which are of
certain contribution for the poor saints A-ris-to-bu-lus* houséhold,
which are at Jérusalem. 11 Salute He-ro-di-bn my kinsman.
27 It hath pleased them verily; and Greet them that be of the houséhold of
their debtors they are. For if the Gen- Nar-ds-sus, which are in the Lord.
tiles have been made partakers bf their 12 Salute Try-phe-na and Try-pho-
spiritual things, théir duty is also to sa, who labour in the Lord. Salute tiie
minister unto them in carnal things. belovéd Persis, which laboured much
28 When therefore I have perform- in the Lord.
ed this, and have sealed to them this 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord,
fruit, I will come by you into Spain. and his mother and mine.
29 And I am sure that, when I 14 Salute A-syn'-cri-tus, Phle-gon,
come unto you,I shall come in the ful- Her'-mas, Paf-ro-bas, Her'-més, and
ness of the blessihg of the gospel of the brethren which are with them.
Christ. 15 Salute Phi-lol'-o-gus, and Julia,
30 Now I beseech you, brethren,for Ne-re-us, and his sister, and O-lym-
the Lord Jésus Christ's sake, and for pas, and ail the saints which are with
the love of the Spirit, that ye strive to^ them.
gether with me in your prayers to God 16 Salute one another with an holy
for me; kiss. The churches of Christ salute
31 That I may be delivered from you.
them that do liot believe in Judœa; 17 Now I beseech you, brethren,
and that my service which I have for mark them which cause divisions and
Jemsalem may be accejpted of the offences contrâry to the doctrine
saints; which ye have leamed; and avoid
32 That I may come unto you with them.
joy by Ihe will of God, and may with 18 For they that are such serve not
you be refte?hed. our Lord Jésus Christ, but their own
33 Now the Gôd of peace be with belly; and by good words and fair
you ail. Amen. speeches deceive the heàrts of the
simple.
CHAPTER 16 19 For your obedience is come
ICOMMEND unto you Phebe our abroâd unto ail men, I am glad there
sister, which is a servant of the fore on your behalf: but yet I would
church which is at Cen^-chre-a: have you wise unto that which is good,
2 That ye rçceive her in the Lord, and simple conceming evil.
as becometh saints, and that ye assist 20 And the God of peace shall
her in whatsoever business she hath bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
need of you: for she hath been a suc- The grâce of our Lord Jésus Christ be
courer of many, and of myself also. with you. Amen.
3 Greet Priscilla and Aq-ui-la my 21 Ti-mo-the-us my workfellow,
helpers in Christ Jésus: and Lucius, and Jason, and So-sip-a-
4 Who have for my life laid down ter, my kinsmen, saltite you.
their own hecks: imtb whom not only 22 I Ter'-tius, who wrote fhis epistle,
I give thanks, but also ail the churches salute you in the Lord.
of the GentUes. 23 Gains mine host, and of the
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whole church, saluteth you. E-ras-tus
the Chamberlain of the clty saluteth
you, and Quartus a brother.
24 The grâce of our Lord Jésus
Christ be with you ail. Amen.
25 Now to him that is of power to
stablish you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jésus Christ, ac
cording to the révélation of the mys-
tery, which was kept secret since.the
world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and
by the scriptures of the prophets, ac
cording to the commandment of the
everlâsting God, made known to ail
nations for the obedience of faith:
27 To God only wise, be glory
through Jésus Christ for ever. Amen.

Tke First Epistle of Paul the Apostle

to the

Corinthians
me of you, my brethren, by them
CHAPTER I
PAUL, called to be an apostle of
Jésus Christ through the will of
which are of the house of Chlo-e, that
there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one
God, and Sos-the-nes our brother, of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of
2 Unto the church of God which is Apollos; and I of Ce-phas; and I of
at Corinth, to them that are sanctified Christ.
in Christ Jésus, called to be saints, 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul cru-
with ail that in every place call upon cified for you? or were ye baptized in
the name of Jésus Christ our Lord, the name of Paul?
both theirs and ours: 14 I thank God that I baptized
3 Grâce be unto you, and peace, none of you, but Crispus and Gains;
from God our Father, and from the 15 Lest any should say that I had
Lord Jésus Christ. baptized in mine own name.
4 I thank my God always on your 16 And I baptized also the house-
behalf, for the grâce of God which is hold of Steph-a-nas: besides, I know
given you by Jésus Christ; not whether I baptized any other.
5 That in every thing ye are en- 17 For Christ sent me not to bap-
riched by him, in ail utteremce, and in tize, but to preach the gospel: not with
ail knowledge; wisdom of words, lest the cross of
6 Even as the testimony of Christ Christ should be made of none effect.
was confirmed in you: 18 For the preaching of the cross is
7 So that ye come behind in no to them that perish foolishness; but
gift; waiting for the coming of our unto us which are saved it is the power
Lord Jésus Christ: of God.
8 Who shall also confirm you unto 19 For it is written, I will destroy
the end,that ye may be blameless in the the wisdom of the wise, and will bring
day of our Lord Jésus Christ. to nothing the understanding pf the
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were prudent.
called unto the fellowship of his Son 20 Where is the wise? where is the
Jésus Christ our Lord. scribe? where is the disputer of this
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by world? hath not God made foolish the
the name of our Lord Jésus Christ, wisdom of this world?
that ye ail speak the same thing, and 21 For after that in the wisdom of
that there be no divisions among you; God the world by wisdom knew not
but that ye be perfectiy joined together God,it pleased God by the foolishness
in the same mind and in the same of preaching to save them that believe.
judgment. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and
11 For it hath been declared unto the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1016 I CORINTHIANS 2, 3
23 Bût we predch Christ cnicified,
imto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
24 But tmto them which are called^
both Jews ahd Greeks, Christ the
power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
wiser than men; and the weakness of searcheth ail things, yea, the deep
God is stronger than men.
26 For ye see your calling, brethren,
how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mlghty, not many
noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish
thlngs of the world to confound the
wise; and God hath chosen the weak
thlngs of the world to confound the
things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world,
and things which are despised, hath
God chosen, yea, and things which are
not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his
presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jé
sus, who of God is made imto us wis
dom, and righteousness, and sanctifi
cation, and rédemption;
31 That, according as it is written,
He that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord*
CHAPTER 2
AND I, brethren, when I came to
/\ you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom, declaring unto
you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any
thing among you, save Jésus Christ,
and him cnicified.
3 And I was with you in weakness,
and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preach-
ing was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in démonstration
of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand
in the wisdom of men,but in the power
of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among
them that are perfect: yet not the wis
dom of this world, nor of the princes
of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God Apollos, but ministers by whom ye be-
in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, lieved, even as the Lord gave to every
which God ordained before the world
unto our glory:
8 Which lione of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known it,
they would not have cnicified the
Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have en-
tered into the heart of man,the things
which God hath prepared for them
that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them un
things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the
things of a man,save the spirit of man
which is in him? even so the things of
God knoweth no man, but the Spirit
of God.
12 Now we have received, not the
spirit of the world, but the spirit which
is of God; that we might know the
things that are freely ^ven to us of
God.
13 Which things also we speak, not
in the words which man's wisdom
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth; comparing spiritual things
with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth
not the things pf the Spirit of God:for
they are foolishness imto him: neither
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discemed.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth
ail things, yet he himself is judged of
no man.
16 For who hath known the mind
of the Lord, that he may instruct him?
But we have the mind of Christ.
CHAPTER 3
AND I, brethren, could not speak
/\ imto you as unto spiritual, but as
imto camal, even as unto babes in
Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not
with meat: for hitherto ye were not
able to bear it, neither yet now are ye
able.
3 For ye are yet camal: for whereas
there is among you envying, and strife,
and divisions, are ye not camal, and
walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul;
and another, I am of Apollos; are ye
not camal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is
man?
6 I have planted, ApoUos watered;
but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth
any thing, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase.
 I CORINTHIANS 4
8 Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man shall
receive his own reward according to
his own laboun
9 For we are labourers together
with God: ye are God*s husbandry, ye
are God*s building.
10 According to the grâce of God
wbich is given unto me,as a wise mas-
terbuilder, I have lîiid the foundation,
and another buildeth thereon. But let
every man take heed how he buildeth
thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man
lay than that is laid, which is Jésus
Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this
foundation gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man*s work shall be made
manifest: for the dày shall déclaré it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and
the fire shall try every man*s work of
what sort it is.
14 If any man*s work abide which
he hath built thereupon, he shall re
ceive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be
bumed, he shall suffer loss: but he
himself shall be saved; yet sp as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and that the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you?
17 If any maïi defile the temple of
God, him shall God destroy; for the
temple of God is holy^ which temple ye
are.
18 Let no man dèceive himself. If
any man among you seemeth to bé
wise in this world, let him becomP a
fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God. For it is written,
He taketh the wisé in their own crafti-
ness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth
the thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in
men. For ail things are yours;
22 Whether Paul, or ApoUos, or
Ce-phas, or the world, or life, or death,
or things présent, or~ things to come;
aU are yours;
23 And ye are Christ^s; and Christ
is Gtod's*
GHAPTER 4
1ET a man so account of us, as of the
■j ministers of Christ, and stewards
of the mysteries of God. * pel;
1017
2 Moreover it is required in stew
ards, that a man be found faithful.
3 But with me it is a very small
thing that I should be judged of you,
or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not
mine own self.
4 For I know nothing by myself;
yet am I not hereby justified: but he
that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing before
the time, until the Lord come, who
both will bring to light the hidden
things of ' darkness, and will make
manifest the counsels of the hearts:
and then shall every man have praise
of God.
6 And these things, brethren, I have
in a figure transferred to myself and
to Apollos for your sakes; that ye
might leam in us not to think of men
above that which is written, that no
one of you be puffed up for one against
another.
7 For who maketh theé to differ
from another? and what hast thou
that thou didst not receive? now if
thou didst receive it, why dost thou
glory, as if thoti hadst not received
it?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich,
ye have reigned as kings without us:
and I would to God ye did reign, that
we alsP might reign with you.
9 For I think that God hath set
forth us the apostles last, as it were
appointed to death: for we are made a
spectacle unto the world, and to an-
gels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ*s sake,
but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,
but ye are strong; ye are honourable,
but we are despised.
11 Even unto this présent hour we
both hunger, and thirst, and are
naked, and are buffeted, and have no
certain dwellingplace;
12 And labour, working with our
own hands: being reviled, we bless;
being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being défamed, we intreat: we
are made as thé filth of the world, and
are the offscouring of air things unto
this day;
14 I Write not these things to shame
you, but as my beloved sons I wam
you.
15 For though ye have ten thou-
sand instructots in Christ, yet have ye
not many fathers: for in Christ Jésus
I have bégotten you riirPugh the gos
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16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye aters; for then must ye needs go out of
followers of me. the world.
17 For this cause have I sent unto 11 But now I have written unto you
you Ti-mo-the-us, who is my beloved not to keep company,if any man that
son,and faithful in the Lord, who shall is called a brother be a fomicator, or
bring you into remembrance of my covetous, or an idolater, or a raHer, or
ways which be in Christ, as I teach a drunkard, or an extortioner; with
every Where in every church. such an one no not to eat.
18 Now some are puffed up, as 12 For what have I to do to judge
though I would not come to you. them also that are without? do not ye
19 But I will come to you shortly, judge them that are within?
if the Lord will, and will know, not the 13 But them that are without God
speech of them which are puffed up, judgeth, Therefore put away from
but the power* among yourselves that wicked person.
20 For the kingdom of God is not
CHAPTER 6
in Word, but in power.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto DARE any of you, having a matter
you with a rod, or in love, and in the against another, go to law before
spirit of meekness? the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints
CHAPTER 5 shall judge the world? and if the world
shall be judged by you, are ye un-
IT is reported commonly that there is worthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge
fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not so much as named angels? how much more things that
among the Grentiles, that one should pertain to this life?
have his father's wife. 4 If then ye have judgments of
2 And ye are puffed up, and have things pertaining to this life, set them
not rather moumed,that he that hath to judge who are least esteemed in the
done this deed mi^t be taken away church.
from among you. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so,
3 For I verily, as absent in body, that there is not a wise man among
but présent in spirit, have judged al- you? no, not one that shall be able to
ready, as though I were présent, con- judge between his brethren?
ceming him that hath so done this 6 But brother goeth to law with
deed, brother, and that before the unbe-
4 In the name of our Lord Jésus lievers.
Christ, when ye are gathered together, 7 Now therefore there is utterly a
and my spirit, with the power of our fault among you, because ye go to law
Lord Jésus Christ, one with another. Why do ye not
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan rather take wrong? why do ye not
for the destruction of the flesh, that rather suffer yourselves ta be de-
the spirit may be saved in the day of frauded?
the Lord Jésus. 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud,
6 your glorying is not good. Know and that your brethren.
ye not that a little leaven leaveneth 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous
the whole lump? shcdl not inherit the kingdom of God?
7 Purge out therefore the old leav Be not deceived: neither fomicators,
en, that ye may be a new lump, as ye nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ef-
are unleavened. For even Christ our feminate, nor abusers of themselves
passover te sacrificed for us: with mankind,
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
not with old leaven, neither with the drunkards, nor revûers, nor extortion
leaven of malice and wickedness; but ers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
with the unleavened bread of sincerity 11 And such were some of you: but
and truth. ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not but ye are justified in the name of the
to Company with fomicators: Lord Jésus, and by the Spirit of our
10 Yet not altogether with the for- God.
nicators of this world, or with the 12 Ail things are lawful unto me,
covetous, or extortioners, or with idolr but ail things are not expédient: aU
 I CORINTHIANS 7 1019

things are lawful for me,but I will not 8 1 say fherefore to the unmarried
be brought utider the power of àny. and widows,It is good for them if they
13 Méats for the belly, and the belly abide even as I.
for méats: but God shall destrôy both 9 But if they cannot cdntain, let
it and them. Now the body is not for them marry: for it is better to marry
fornication, but for the Lord; and the than to burn.
Lord for the body» 10 And unto the married I com-
14 And God hath both raised up the mand, yet not I, bût the Lord, Let not
Lord, and will also raise up us by his the wife départ from her husband:
own power. 11 But and if she départ, let her re
15 Know ye not that your bodies main unmarried, or be reconciled to
are the members of Christ? shall I then her husband: and let not the hûsband
take the members of Christ, and make put away his wife.
them the members of an harlot? God 12 But to the rest speak I, not the
forbid. Lord: If any brother hath a wife that
16 What? know ye not that he believeth not, and she be pleased to
which is joined to an harlot is one dwell with him, let him not put her
body? for two, saith he, shall be one away.
flesh. 13 And the woman which hath an
17 But he that is joined imto the husband that believeth not, arid if he
Lord is one spiiit. be pleased to dwell with her, let her
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that not leave him.
a man doeth is without the body; but 14 For the unbelieving husband is
he that committeth fornication sin- sanctihed by the wife, and the unbe
neth against his own body. lieving wife is sanctified by the hus
19 What? know ye not that yôur band: else were your children un-
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost clean; but now are they holy.
which is in you, which ye have of God, 15 But if the unbelieving départ,
and ye are not your own? iet him départ. A brother or a sister is
20 For ye are bought with a price: not under bondage in such cases: but
therefore glorify God in your body, God hath called us to peace.
and in your spirit, which are God's. 16 For what knowest thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt save ihy husband?
CHAPTER 7 or how knowest thôu, O man, whether
thou shalt save thy wife?
NOW conceming the things where- 17 But as God hath distributed to
of ye wrote unto me: It is good every man, as the Lord hath called
for a man not to touch a woman. every one, so let him walk. And so or-
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, dain I in ail churches.
let every man have his own wife, and 18 Is any man called being circum-
let every woman have her own hus- cised? let him not become uncircum-
band. cised. Is any called in uncircumcision?
3 Let the husband render unto the let him not be circumcised.
wife due benevolence: and likewise 19 Circumcision is nothing, and un
also the wife unto the husband. circumcision is nothing, but the keep-
4 The wife hath not power of her ing of the commandments of God.
own body, but the husband: and like ^ 20 Let every man abide in the same
wise also the husband hath not power calling wherein he was called.
of his own body, but the wife. 21 Art thou called being a servant?
5 Defraud ye not one the other, ex- care not for it: but if thou mayest be
cept it he with consent for a time, that made free, use it rather.
ye may give yourselves to fasting and 22 For he that is called in thé Lord,
prayer; and come tôgether again, that heing a servant, is the Lord's freëman:
Satan tempt you not for your incon- likewise also he that is called, being
tinency. free, is Christ's servant.
6 But I speak this by permission, 23 Ye are bought with a price; be
and not of commandment. not ye the servants of men.
7 For I woûld that ail men were 24 Brethren,let every man,wherein
even as I myself. But every man hath he is called, therein abide with God.
his proper ^t of God, one after this 25 Nbw conceming virgins I have
manner, and another after that. no commandment bf the Lord: yet I
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give my judgment, as one that hath husband be dead, she is at liberty to

obtained mercy of the Lord to be be married to whom she will; only in
faithful. the Lord.
26 1 suppose therefore that this is 40 But she is happier if she so abide,
good for the présent distress, I say, after my judgment: and I think also
that it is good for a man so to be. that 1 have the Spirit of God.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek
not to be lopsed. Art thou loosed from CHAPTER 8
a wife? seek not a wife.
28 But and if thou marry,thou hast NOW as touching things offered im-
not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she to idols, we know that we ail
hath not sinned. Nevertheless such have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth
shall have trouble in the ilesh: but I up, but charity edifieth.
spare you. 2 And if any man think that he
29 But this I say, brethren, the knoweth any thing, he knoweth noth-
time is short: it remaineth, that both ing yet as he ought to know.
they that have wives be as though 3 But if any méin love God, the
they had none; same is known of him.
30 And they that weep, as though 4 As concerning therefore the eat-
they wept not; and they that rejoice, ing of those things that are offered in
as though they rejoiced not; and they sacrifice unto idols, we know that an
that buy, as though they possessed idol is nothing in the world, and that
not; there is none other God but one.
31 Ànd they that use this world, as 5 For though there be that are
not abusing it: for tlie fashion of this called gods, whether in heaven or in
world passeth away. earth, (as there be gods many, and
32 But I would have you without lords many,)
carefulness. He that is unmarried car- 6 But to us there is but one God,the
eth for the things that belong to the Father, of whom are aU things, and we
Lord, how he may please the Lord: in him; and one Lord Jésus Christ,
33 But he that is married careth for by whom are ail things, and we by
the things that are of the world, how him.
he may please his wife. 7 Howbeit there is not in every man
34 There is différence also between that knowledge: for some with con
a wife and a virgin. The unmarried science of the idol unto this hour eat
woman careth for the things of the it as a thing offered unto an idol;
Lord, that she may be holy both in and their conscience being weak is de-
body and in spirit: but she that is mar filed.
ried careth for the things of the world, 8 But meat commendeth us not to
how she may please her husband. God: for neither, if we eat, are we the
35 And this I speak for your own better; neither, if we eat not, are we
profit; not that I may cast a snare the worse.
upon you, but for that which is come- 9 But take heed lest by any means
ly, and that ye may attend upon the this liberty of yours become a stum-
Lord without distraction. blingblock to them that are weak.
36 But if any man think that he be- 10 For if any man see thee which
haveth himself uncomely toward his hast knowledge sit at meat in the
virgin, if she pass the flower of her âge, idors temple, shall not the conscience
and need so require, let him do what of him which is weak be emboldened
he will, he sinneth not:let them marry. to eat those things which are offered
37 Nevertheless he that standeth to idols;
stedfast in his heart, having no neces- 11 And through thy knowledge
sity, but hath power over his own will, shall the weak brother perish, for
and hath so decreed in his heart that whom Christ died?
he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 12 But when ye sin so against the
38 So then he that giveth her in brethren, and wound their weak con
marriage doeth well; but he that science, ye sin against Christ.
giveth her not in marriage doeth bet- 13 Wherefore, if meat makè my
ter. brother to offend, I will eat no flesh
39 The wife is boimd by the law as while the world standeth, lest I make
long as her husband liveth; but if her my brother to offend.
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sity is laid upon me; yea, woe îs unto

CHAPTER 9 me, if I preach not the gospel!
AM I not an apostle? am I not free? 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I
/\ have I not seen Jésus Christ dut have a reward: but if àgainst my wûl,
Lord? are not ye my work in the a dispensatioii of the gospel is com-
Lord? mitted unto me.
2 If 1 be not an apostle unto others, 18 What is my reward then? Verily
yet doubtless I am to you: for the seàl that, when I preach the gospeh ï may
of mine apostleship are ye in the make the gospel of Christ without
Lord. charge, that I abuse not my power in
3 Mine answer to them that do ex the gospel.
amine me is this, 19 For though I be free from ail
4 Have we not power to eat and to men, yet have I made myself servant
drink? unto ail, that I might gain the moré.
5 Have we not power to lead about 20 And unto the Jews I became as
a sister, a wife, as well as other apos- a Jew, that I might gain thé Jews; to
tles, and as the brethren of the Lord, them that are under the law, as under
and Ce-phas? the law, that I might gain them that
6 Or I only and Bamabas, have not are under the law;
we power to forbear working? 21 To them that are without law, as
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at without law,(being not without law to
his own chargés? who planteth a vine- God, but under the law to Christ,)that
yard, and eateth not of the fruit there- I might gain them that are without
of? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth law.
not of the milk of the flock? 22 To thé weak became I as weak,
8 Say I these things as a man? or that I might gain the weak: I am made
saith not the law the S2ime also? ail things to ail men, that I might by
9 For it is written in the law of Mo- ail méans save some.
ses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth 23 And this I do for the gospel's
of the ox that treadeth out the com. sake, that I might be partaker thereof
Doth God take care for oxen? with you.
10 Or saith he it altogether for our 24 Know ye not that they which
sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is run in a race run ail, but one receiveth
written: that he that ploweth should the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
plow in hope; and that he that thresh- 25 And every man that striveth for
eth in hope should be partaker of his the mastery is temperate in ail things.
hope. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible
11 If we have sown unto you spirit crown; but we an incorruptible.
ual things, isit a great thing if we shall 26 î therefore so run, not as uncer-
reap your camal things? tainly; so fight I, not as one that beat-
12 If others be partakers of this eth the air:
power over you, are not we rather? 27 But I keep under my body, and
Nevertheless we have not used this bring it into subjection: lest that by
power; but suffer ail things, lest we any means, when I have preached to
should hinder the gospel of Christ. others, X myself should be a casta-
13 Do ye not know that they which way.
minister about holy things live of the
things of the temple? and they which CHAPTER 10
wait at the altàr are partakers with MOREOVER, brethren, I would
the altàr? not thât ye should be ignorant,
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained hbw that ail our fathers were under the
that they which preach the gospel cloud, and ail passed through the
should live of the gospel. sea;
15 But I have used none of these 2 And were ail baptized unto Moses
things: neither have I written these in the cloud and in the sea;
things, that it should be so done unto 3 And did ail eat the same spiritual
me: for it wére better for me to die, meat;
thah that any man should make my 4 And did ail drink the same spirit
glorying void. ual drink:for they drank of that spirit
16 For though I preach the gospel, ual Rock that foUowed them: and that
I havé nothing to glory of: for nece&- Rock was Christ.
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5 But with many of them God was 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jeal-
not well pleased: for they were over- ousy? are we strongér than he?
thrown in the wildemess. 23 AU things are lawful for me, but
6 Now these things were our ex ail things are not expédient: aU things
amples, to the intent we should not are lawful for me, but aU things edify
lust after evil things, as they also not.
lusted. 24 Let no man seek Ms own, but
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were every man another's wealtlu
some of them; as it is written, The peo- 25 Whatsoever is sold in the sham-
ple sat down to eat and drink, and rose bles, that eat, asking no question for
up to play. conscience sake:
8 Neither let us commit fornica 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and
tion, as some of them committed, and the fulness thereof.
fellhi one day three and twenty thou- 27 If any of them that beUeve not
sand. bid you fo a feast, and ye be disposed
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as to go; whatsoever is set before you,
some of them also tempted, and were eat, asking no question for conscience
destroyed of serpents. sake.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of 28 But if any man say unto you,
them also murmured, and were de This is offered in sacrifice imto idols,
stroyed of the destroyer. eat not for his sake that shewed it, and
11 Now ail these things happened for conscience sake: for the earth is the
unto them for ensamples: and they are Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
written for our admonition, upon 29 Conscience, I say, not thine
whom the ends of the world are come. own, but of the other: for why is my
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh Uberty judged of another man'^ con
he standeth take heed lest he fall. science?
13 There hath no temptation taken 30 For if I by grâce be a partaker,
you but such as is common to man: but why am I evil spoken of for that for
God is faithful, who will not suffer you which I give thanks?
to be tempted above that ye are able; 31 Whether therefore ye éat, or
but will with the temptation also make drink, or whatsoever. ye do, do aU to
a way to escape, that ye may be able the glory of God.
to bear it 32 Give none offence, neither to the
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloyed, Jews, nor to the GentUes, nor to the
flee from idolatry. church of God:
15 I speak as to wise men;judge ye 33 Even as I please ail men in aU
what I say. things, not seeking mine own profit,
16 The cup of blessing which we but the profit of many, that they may
bless, is it not the communion of the be saved.
blood of Christ? The bread which we
CHAPTER II
break, is it not the communion of the
body of Christ? Be ye foUowers of me,even as I also
17 For we heing many are one am of Christ.
bread,and one body:for we are ail par- 2 Now 1 praise you, brethren, that
takers of that one bread. ye remember me in ail things, and keep
18 Behold Israël after the flesh: are the ordinançes, as I deUvered them to
not they which eat of the sacrifices you.
partakejrs of the altar? ,3 But I would have you know,that
19 What say I then? that the idpl is the head of every man is Christ; and
any thing, or that which is offered in the head of the woman is the man;and
sacrifice to idols is any thing? the head of Christ is God.
20 But I say, that the things which 4 Every man praying pr prophesy-
the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to ing, having his head covered, dishon-
devils, and not to God: and 1 would oureth his head.
not that ye should have fellowship 5 But every woman that prayeth or
with devils. prophesieth with her head uncovered
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the dishonoureth her head:for that is even
Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot ail one as if she were shaven.
be partakers of the Lord's table, and 6 For if the woman be not covered,
of the table of devils. let her also be shom: but if it be a
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shame for a woman to be shom or he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is
shaven, let her be covered. my body,; which is broken for you: this
7 For a man indeed ought not to do in remembrance of me.
cover his head, forasmuch as he is the 25 After the same manner also he
image and glory of God: but the wom took the cup, when he had supped,say-
an is the glory of the man. ing, This cup is the new testament in
8 For the man is not of the woman; my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink
but the woman of the man. it, in remembrance of me.
9 Neither was the man created for 26 For as often as ye eat this bread,
the woman; but the woman for the and drink this cup, ye do shew the
man. Lord's death till he come.
10 For this cause ought the woman 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat
to have power on her head because of this bread, and drink this cup of the
the angels. Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of
11 Nevertheless neither is the man the body and blood of the Lord.
without the woman, neither the wom 28 But let a man examine himself,
an without the man, in the Lord. and so let him eat of that bread, and
12 For as the woman is of the man, drink of that cup.
even so is the mcin also by the woman; 29 For he that eateth and drinketh
but ail things of God. imworthily, eateth and drinketh dam
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely nation to himself, not disceming the
that a woman pray unto God uncov- Lord's body.
ered? 30 For this cause many are weak
14 Doth not even nature itself and sickly cunong you, and many
teach you, that, if a man have long sleep.
hair, it is a shame unto him? 31 For if we would judge ourselyes,
15 But if a woman have long hair, we should not be judged.
it is a glory to her: for her hair is given 32 But when we are judged, we are
her for a covering. chastened of the Lord, that we should
16 But if any man seem to be con not be condemned with the world.
tentions, we have no such custom, 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when
neither the churches of God. ye come together to eat, tarry one for
17 Now in this that I déclaré unto another.
you I praise you not, that ye come to- 34 And if any man hunger, let him
gether not for the better, but for the eat at home;that ye come not together
worse. unto condemnation. And the rest will
IS For first of ail, when ye come to- I set in order when I come.
gether in the church, I hear that there
CHAPTER 12
be divisions among you; and I partly
believe it. ^TOW conceming spiritual gifts,
19 For there must be also heresies i\| brethren, I would not have you
among you, that they which are ap- ignorant.
proved may be made manifest among 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles,
you. carried away unto these dumb idols,
20 When ye come together there- even as ye were led.
fore into one place, this is not to eat 3 Wherefore I give you to under-
the Lord's supper. stand, that no man speaking by the
21 For in eating eve^ one taketh Spirit of God calleth Jésus accursed:
before other his own supper: and one is and that no man can say that Jésus is
hungry, and another is drunken. the Lprd, but by the Holy GhosL
22 What? have ye not houses to eat 4 Now there are diversities of gifts,
and to drink in? or despise ye the but the same Spirit.
church of God, and shame them that 5 And there are différences of ad
have not? What shall I say to you? ministrations, but the same Lord.
shall I praise you in this? I praise you 6 And there are diversities of opéra
not. tions, but it is the same God which
23 For I have received of the Lord worketh ail in ail.
that which also I delivered xmto you, 7 But the manifestation of the Spir
Thdit the Lord Jésus the same night in it is given to every man to profit
which he was betrayed took bread: withal.
24 And when he had given thanks. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit
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the Word of wisdom; to another the ail the members suffer with it; or one
Word of knowledge by the same Spirit; member be honoured, ail the members
9 To another faith by the same rejoice with it.
Spirit; to another the gifts of healing 27 Now ye are the body of Christ,
by the same Spirit; and members in particular.
10 To another the working of mir 28 And God hath set some in the
acles; to another prophecy; tô another church, first apostles, secondarily
disceming of spirits; to another divers prophets, thirdly teachers, after that
kinds of tongues; to another the inter miracles, thén gifts of healings, helps,
prétation of tongues: govemments, diversifies of tongues.
11 But ail these wbrketh that one 29 Are ail apostles? are ail prophets?
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to are ail teachers? are ail workers of
every man severally as he will. miracles?
12 For as the body is one, and hath 30 Have ail the gifts of healing? do
many members, and ail the members ail speak with tongues? do ail inter-
of that one body, being many, are one pret?
body: so âlso is Christ. 31 But covet eamestly the best
13 For by one Spirit are we ail bap- gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more
tized into one body, whether we be excellent way.
Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond
or free; and bave been ail made to CHAPTER 13
drink into one Spirit. THOUGH I speak with the tongues
14 For the body is not one member, of men and of angels, and have not
but many. charity, I am become as sounding
15 If the foot shall say, Because I brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
am not the hand,I am not of the body; 2 And though' I have the ^ft of
is it therefore not of the body? prophecy, and understand ail mys-
16 And if the ear shall say, Because teries, and ail knowledge; and though
I am not the eye, I am not of the body; I have ail faith, so that 1 could remove
is it therefore not of the body? mountainis, and have not charity, I
17 If the whole body were an eye, am nothing.
where were the hearing? If the whole 3 And though I bestow ail my goods
were hearing, where were the smelling? to feed the poor, and though I give my
18 But now hath God set the mem body to be bumed, and have not char
bers every one of them in the body, as ity, it profiteth me nothing.
it hath pleased him. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is
19 And if they were ail one member, kind; charity envieth not; charity
where were the body? vaunteth not itself, is not pufîed up,
20 But now are they many members, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly,
yet but one body. seeketh not her own, is not easily pro-
21 And the eye cannot say unto the voked, thinketh no èvil;
hand, I have no need of thee: nor 6 Rejoiceth not in hiiquity, but re-
again the head to the feet, I have no joiceth in the truth;
need of you. 7 Beareth ail things, believeth ail
22 Nay, much more those members things, hopeth ail things, endureth ail
of the body, which seem to be more things.
feeble, are necessary: 8 Charity never faileth: but whether
23 And those members of the body, there be prophecieè, they shall fail;
which we think to be less honourable, whether there be tongues, they shall
upon these we bestow more abundant cease; whether there be knowledge, it
honour; and our uncomely parts have shall vanish away.
more abundant comeiiness. 9 For we know in part, and we
24 For our comely parts have no prophesy in part.
need: but God hath tempered the body 10 But when that which is perfect
together, having given more abundant is come, then that which is in part
honour to that part which lacked: shall be done away.
25 That there should be no schism 11 When I was a child, I spake as a
in the body; but that the members (diild, I understood as a child, I
should have the same care one for an thought as a child: but when I became
other. a man, I put away chiidish things.
26 And whether one member sùtfer. 12 For now we see through a glass.
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darkly; but then face to face: now I tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my un-
knoW in part; but then shall I know derstanding is unfruitful.
even as also I am known. 15 What is it then? I will prây with
13 And now abideth fcdth, hope> the spirit, and 1 will pray with the un-
charity, these three; but the greatest derstanding also: I will sing with the
of these is charity, spirit, and I will sing with the under-
standing also.
CHAPTER 14 16 Else when thou shalt bless with
FOLLOW after charity, and desire the spirit, how shall he that occupieth
spiritual gifts, but rather that ye the room of the imleamed say Amen
may prophesy. at thy giving of thanks, seeing he im-
2 For he that speaketh in an un- derstandeth not what thou sayest?
known tongue speaketh not unto men, 17 For thou verily givest thanks
but unto God:for no man understand- well, but the other is not edified.
eth him;howbeit in the spirit he speak 18 I thank my God, I speak with
eth mysteries. tongues more than ye ail:
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh 19 Yet in the church I had rather
unto men to édification, and exhorta speak five words with my imderstand-
tion, and comfort. ing, that by my voice I might teach
4 He that speaketh in an unknown others also, than ten thousand words
tongue edifieth himself; but he that in an uhknoîvn tongue.
prophesieth edifieth the church, 20 Brethren, be not children in un-
5 I would that ye ail spake with derstanding: howbéit in malice be ye
tongues, but rathér that ye prophesied: children, but in understanding be men.
for greater is he that prophesieth than 21 In the law it is written, With
he that speaketh with tongues, except men of other tongues and other lips
he interpret, that the church may re- will I speak unto this people; and yet
ceive edifying. for ail that will they not hear me,
6 Now,brethren,if I come unto you saith the Lord.
speaking with tongues, what shall I 22 Wherefore tongues are for a Sign,
profit you, except I shall speak to you not to them that believe, but to them
either by révélation, or by knowledge, that believe not: but prophesying ser-
or by prophesying, or by doctrine? veth not for them that believe not, but
7 And evén things without life giv- for them which believe.
ing Sound, whether pipe or harp, ex 23 If therefore the whole church be
cept they give a (fistinction in the come together into one place, and ail
soimds, how shall it be known what is speak with tongues, and there come in
piped or harped? those that are unleari^ed, or unbeliev-
8 For if the trumpet give an uncer- ers, will they not say that ye are mad?
tain Sound, who shall préparé himself 24 But if ail prophesy, and there
to the battle? come in one that believeth not, ôr one
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by unlearned, he is convinced of ail, he is
the tongue words easy to be under- judged of ail:
stood, how shall it be known what is 25 And thus are the secrets of his
spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. heart made manifest; and so falling
10 There are, it may be, so many down on his face he will worship God,
kinds of voices in the world, and none and report that God is in you of a
of them is without signification. truth.
11 Thêrefore if 1 know not the 26 How is it then, brethren? when
meaning of the voice, I shall be unto ye come together, every one of you
him that speaketh a barbarian, and he hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a
that speaketh shall he a barbarian unto tongue, hath a révélation, hath an in
me. - . terprétation. Let ail things be done
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are imto edifying.
zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye 27 If any man speak in an unknoum
may excel to the edifying of the tonguej let it be by two, or at the most
church. by three, and that by course; and let
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh one interpret.
in an unknown tongue pray that he 28 But if there be no interpréter,
may interpret. let him keep silence in the church; and
14 For if r pray in an unknown let him speak to himself, ahd to God.
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29 Let the prophets speak two or S And last of ail he was seen of me
three, and let the other judge. also, as of one bom out of due time.
30 If any thing be revealed to an- 9 For I am the least of the apostles,
other that sitteth by,let the first hold that am not meet to be called an apos-
hls peace. tle, because I persecuted the church of
31 For ye may ail prophesy one by God.
one, that ail may leam, and ail may 10 But by the grâce of God I am
be comforted. what I am: and his grâce which was
32 And the spirits of the prophets hestowed upon me Was not in vain; but
are subject to the prophets, I laboured more abundantly than they
33 For God is not the aidhor of con ail: yet not I, but the grâce of God
fusion, but of peace, as in ail churches which was with me.
of the saints. 11 Therefore whether it were I or
34 Let your women keep silence in they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
the churches: for it is not permitted 12 Now if Christ be preached that
unto them to speak; but they are corn- he rose from the dead, how say some
manded to be imder obedience, as also among you that there is no résurrec
saith the law. tion of the dead?
35 And if they wUl leam any thing, 13 But if there be no résurrection of
let them ask their husbands at home: the dead, then is Christ not risen:
for it is a shame for women to speak 14 And if Christ be not risen, then
in the church. is our preaching vain, and your faith
36 What? came the word of God ont is also vain.
from you? or came it unto you only? 15 Yea, and we are found false wit-
37 If any man think himself to be nesses of God; because we have testi-
a prophet, or spiritual, let him ac- fied of God that he raised up Christ:
knowledge that the things that I write whom he raised not up, if so be that
unto you are the commandments of the dead rise not.
the Lord. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is
38 But if any man be ignorant, let not Christ raised:
him be ignorant. 17 And if Christ be not raised, your
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to faith is vain; ye are yet in your
prophesy,and forbid not to speak with sins.
tongues. 18 Then they also which are fallen
40 Let ail things be done decently asleep in Christ are perished.
and in order. 19 If in this life only we have hope
in Christ, we are of ail men most mis
CHAPTER 15 érable.
MOREOVER, brethren, I déclaré 20 But now is Christ risen from the
dead, and become the firstfmits of
unto you the gospel which I
preached unto you, which also ye have them that slept.
received, and wherein ye stand; 21 For since by man came death, by
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye man came also the résurrection of the
keep in memory what I preached unto dead.
you, unless ye have believed in vain. 22 For as in Adam ail die, even so
3 For I deUvered unto you first of in Christ shall ail be made alive.
ail that which I also received, how 23 But every man in his own orden
that Christ died for our sins according Christ the firstfmits; afterward they
to the scriptures; that are Christ's at his coming.
4 And that he was buried, and that 24 Then cometh the end, when he
he rose again the third day according shall have delivered up the kingdom
to the scriptures: to God,even the Father; when he shall
5 And that he was seen of Ce-phas, have put down ail mie and aU author-
then of the twelve: ity and power.
6 After that, he was seen of above 25 For he must reign, till he hath
five hundred brethren at once; of put ail enemies under his feet.
whom the greater part remain unto 26 The last enemy that shall be de-
this présent, but some are fallen stroyed is death.
asleep. 27 For he hath put ail things imder
7 After that, he was seen of James; his feet. But when he saith ail things
then of ail the apostles. are put under him, it is manifest that
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he is excepted, which did put ail man Adam was made a Uving soul; the
things under him» last Adam was mode a quickenihg
28 And when aU things shall be sub- spirit.
dued unto him» then shàdl the Son also 46 Howbeît that was not flrst which
himself be subject unto him that put is spiritual, but that which is naturàl;
ail things undér Wm,that God may be and afterward thàt which is spiritual.
ail in aU. 47 The flrst man is of the earth,
29 Else what shall they do which earihy: the. second man is the Lord
are baptized for thé dead» if the dead from heaven.
rise not at ail? why are they then bap 48 As is the earthy, such are they
tized for the dead? also that are earthy: and as is the
30 And why stand we in jeopardy heavenly, such are they also that are
everyhour? heavenly.
31 I protest by your rejolcing whichi 49 And as we have home the image
1 have in Christ Jésus oiu: Lord^ I die of the earthy, we shaU also bear the
daily. image of the heavenly.
32 If after the manner of men I 50 Now this I say, brethren, that
have fought with beasts at Eph-e-sus, flesh and blood cannot inherit the
what advantageth it me, if the dead kingdom of God; neither doth corrup
rise not? let us eat and drink; for to tion inherit incorruption.
morrow we die. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystéry;
33 Be not deceived: evil communi- We shaU not aU sleep^ but we shall àU
caUons corrupt good manners. be changed,
34 Awake to righteousness, ànd sin 52 In a moment,in the twinkling of
not; for some have not the knowledge an eye, at the last trump: for the
of God: I speak this to your shame. trumpet shaU soimd, and the dead
35 But some man will say, How are ShaU be raised incorruptible, and we
the dead raised up? and with what shall be changed.
body do they come? 53 For this corruptible must put on
36 TKou fool, that which thou sow- incorruption, and this mortal must put
est is not quickened, except it die: on immortaUty.
37 And that which thou sowest, 54 So when this corruptible shaU
thou sowest not that body that shall have put on incorruption, and this
be, but bare grain, it may chanœ of mortal shall have put on immortaUty,
wheat, or of some other grain: then shall be brought to pass the say-
38 But God giveth it a body as it ing that is written, Death is swallowed
hath pleased him, and to every seed up in victory.
his own body. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O
39 AU flesh is not the same Uesh: grave, where is thy victory?
but there is one kind of flesh of men, 56 The sting of death is sin; and the
another flesh of beasts, anothér of srirength of sin is the law.
flshes, and another of birds. 57 But thanks he to God, which giv
40 There are also celestial bodies, eth us the victory through our Lord
and bodies terrestrial: but the giory of Jésus Christ.
the celestial is one, and the giory of the 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren,
terrestrial is another. be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
41 There is one glory of the sim,and abounding in the work of the Lord,
another glory of the moon, and an forasmuch as y<e know that your la
other glbry of thé stars: for one star bour is not in vâin in the Lord.
differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the résurrection Of the , CHAPTER 16
dead. It is sowii in corruption; it is
raised in incorruption: NOW côncémiïlg thé coUection for
43 It is sown in dishohour; it is the saints, as I have given order
raised in glory: it is sown in weâkness; to the diurches of Ga-la-tia, even so
it is raised in powér: do ye.
44 It is sown a naturai body; it is 2 ypon the flrst day of the week let
raised a spiritual body. There is à every otie of you lay by him in store,
naturai body, and there is a spiritual as God hath prospered hiin, that there
body. be no gatherihgs when I come.
45 And so it is written, Hie flrst 3 And when I come, whomséever ye
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shall approve by your letters, them 13 Watdiye,stand fast in the faith,

will 1 send to bring your liberality untoquit you like men, be strong.
Jérusalem. 14 Let ail your things be done with
4 And if it be meet tbat I go aiso, charity.
they shall go with me. 15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye
5 Now I will come unto you, when know the house of Steph-a-nas, that it
I shall pass through Macedonia: for 1 is the firstfruits of A-cha-ia, and that
do pass through Macedonia. they have addicted themselves to the
6 And it may be that I will abide» ministry of the saints,)
yeaj and winter with you, that ye may 16 That ye submit yourselves unto
bring me on my joumey whithersoever such, and to every one that helpeth
I go. with us, and laboureth.
7 For I will not see you now by the 17 I am glad of the coming of
way; but I trust to tarry a while with Steph'-a-nas and For-tu-na-tus and
you, if the Lord permit. A-cha-i-cus: for that which was lack-
8 But I will tarry at Eph-e-sus until ing on your part they have supplied.
Pentecost. 18 For they have refreshed my
9 For a great door and effectuai is spirit and yours: therefore acknowl-
opened unto me, and ihere are many edge ye thém that are such.
adversaries. 19 The churches of Asia salute you.
10 Now if Ti-mo-the-us come, see Aq-ui-la and Priscilla salute you much
that he may be with you without fear: in the Lord, with the church that is in
for he worketh the work of the Lord, their house.
as 1 also do. - 20 Ail the bréthren greet you.
11 Let no man therefore despise Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
him: but conduct him forth in peace, 21 The salutation of me Paul with
that he may come unto me: for I look mine own hand.
for him with the brethren. 22 If any man love not the Lord
12 As touching our brother Apollos, Jésus Christ, let him be A-nath-e-ma
I greatly desired him to come unto you Mar'-an-a-tha.
with the brethren: but his will was not 23 The grâce of our Lord Jésus
at ail to come at this tlme; but he will Christ he with you.
come when he shall have convenient 24 My love he with you ail in Christ
time. Jésus. Amen.

Tke Second Epistle of Paul the Âpostle

to the

Corinthians
CHAPTER I
PAUL,an apostle of Jésus Christ
by the will of God, and Timothy
our brother, unto the church of
God which is at Corinth, with ail the
saints which are in ail A-cha-ia:
2 Grâce be to you and peace from
God our Father, and from the Lord
Jésus Christ.
"3 Blessed he God, even the Father
of our Lord Jésus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of ail comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in ail our
tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trou
ble, by the comfort wherewith we our-
selves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our consolation also
aboundeth by Christ.
6 And whether we be afïlicted, it is
for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectuai in the enduring of
the same sufferings which we also suf-
fer: or whether we be comforted, it is
for your consolation and Scdvation.
7 And our hope of you is stedfast.
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knowing, that as ye are partakers of 22 Who hath also sealed us, and
the sufferings» so shall ye be also of the given the eamest of the Spirit in our
consolation. hearts.
8 For we would not, brethren, have 23 Moreover I call God for a record
you ignorant of our trouble which upon my soul, that to spare you I
came to us in Asia, that we were came not as yet unto Corinth.
pressed out of measure, above 24 Not for that we have dominion
strength, insomuch that we despaired over your faith, but are helpers of your
even of life: joy: for by faith ye stand.
9 But we had the sentence of death
in ourselves, that we should not trust CHAPTER2
in ourselves, but in God which raiseth
the dead: But I determined this with myself^
10 Who delivered us from so great that I would not come again to
a death, and doth deliver: in whom we you in heaviness.
trust that he will yet deliver us; 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he
11 Ye also helping together by then that maketh me glad, but the
prayer for us, that for the gift be- same which is made sorry by me?
stowed upon us by the means of many 3 And I wrote this same imto you,
persons thanks may be given by many lest, when 1 came, I should have sor-
on our behalf. row from them of whom I ought to re-
12 For our rejoicing is this, the joice; having confidence in you ail,
testimony of our conscience, that in that my joy is the joy of you ail.
simpUcity and godly sincerity, not 4 For out of much affliction and
with fleshly wisdom, but by the grâce anguish of heart I wrote unto you with
of God, we have had our conversation many tears; not that ye should be
in the world, and more abundantly to grieved, but that ye might know the
you-Wcird. love which I have more abundantly
13 For we write none other things unto you.
unto you, than what ye read or ac- 5 But if any have caused grief, he
knowledge; and 1 trust ye shall ac- hath not grieved me, but in part; that
knowledge even to the end; 1 may not overcharge you ail.
14 As also ye have acknowledged us 6 Suflficient to such a man is this
in partj that we are your rejoicing, punishment, which was inflicted of
even as yè also are ours in the day of many.
the Lord Jésus. 7 So that contrarlwise ye ought
15 And in this confidence I was rather to forgive him, and comfort
minded to come unto you before, that him, lest perhaps such a one should be
ye might have a second benefit; swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
16 And to pass by you into Mace- 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye
donia, and to come again out of Mace- would confirm your love toward him.
donia imto you, and of you to be 9 For to this end also did I write,
brought on my way toward Judaea. that I might know the proof of you,
17 When 1 therefore was thus whether ye be obedient in ail things.
minded, did 1 use lightness? or the 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I
things that I purpose, do I purpose ac- forgive also: for if 1 forgave any thing,
cording to the flesh,that with me there to whom I forgave ii, for your sakes
should be yea yea, and nay nay? forgave 1 it in the person of Christ;
18 But as God is true, our word to 11 Lest Satan should get an advan-
ward you was not yea and nay. tage of us: for we are not ignorant of
19 For the Son of God, Jésus Christ, his devices.
who was preached among you by us, 12 Furthermore, when I came to
even by me and Sil-va-nus and Ti-mo- Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a
the-us, was not yea and nay, but in door was opened unto me of the Lord,
him was yea. 13 I had no rest in my spirit, be-
20 For ail the promises of God in cause 1 found not Titus my brother:
him are yea, and in him Amen, unto but taking my leave of them, I went
the glory of God by us. from thence into Macedonia.
21 Now he which stablisheth us 14 Now thanks be unto God, which
with you in Christ, and hath anointed always causeth us to triumph in
us,is God; Christ, and maketh manifest the sa-
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vour of hîs knowledge by us in every 14 But their minds were blinded:
place, ' j for imtil this day remaineth the same
15 For we are unto God a sweét sa-p vail untaken away in the reading of
vour of Christ, in them that arè saved, the old testament; which vail is done
and in them that perish: ^ away in Christ.
16 To the one we are the savour of 15 But even unto this day, when
death unto death; and to the other the Mosès is read, the vail is upon their
savour of life unto life. And who is heart.
sufiicient for these things? 16 Nevertheless when it shall tum
17 For we are not as many, which to the Lord, the vail shall be taken
corrupt the word of God: but as of sin- away.
cerity, but as of God, in the sight of 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and
God speak we in Christ. where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty.
CHAPTER 3 18 But we ail, with open face be-
DO we begln again to conunend dur- holding as in a glass the glory of the
selves? or need we, as some others, Lord, are changed into the same image
eplstles of commendation to you, or from glory to glory, even as by the
letters of commendation from you? Spirit of the Lord.
2 Ye âre our epistle written in our
hearts, known and read of ail men: CHAPTER4
3 Farasmuch as ye are manifestly THEREFORE seeing we have this
declared to be the epistle of Christ ministry, as we have received
ministered by us, written not with ink, mercy, we faint not;
but with the Spirit of the living God; 2 But have renoimced the hidden
not in tables of stone, but in fleshy things of dishonesty, not walking in
tables of the heart. craftiness, nor handling the word of
4 And such trust have we through God deceitfuUy; but by manifestation
Christ to God-ward: of the truth commending ourselves to
5 Not that we are sufficient of our- every man's conscience in the sight of
selves to think any thing as of our- God.
selves; but our sufficiency is of God; 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid
6 Who also hath made us able min- to them that are lost:
isters of the new testament; not of the 4 In whom the god of this world
letter, but of the spirit: for the letter hath blinded the minds of them which
killeth, but the spirit giveth life. believe not, lest the light of the glori
7 But if the ministration of death, ous gospel of Christ, who is the image
Written and engraven in stones, was of God, should shine unto them.
glorious, so that the children of Israël 5 For we preach not ourselves, but
could not stedfastly behold the face of Christ Jésus the Lord; and ourselves
Moses for the glory of his countenance; your servants for Jésus' sake.
which glory was to be done away: 6 For God, who commanded the
8 How shall not the ministration of light to shine out of darkness, hath
the spirit be rather glorious? shined in our hearts, to give the light
9 For if the ministration of con- of the knowledge of the glory of God
demnation he glory, much more doth in the face of Jésus Christ.
the ministration of righteousness ex- 7 But we have this treasure in
ceed in glory. earthen vessels, that the excellency of
10 For even that which was made the power may be of God, and not of
glorious had no glory in this respect, us.
by reason of the glory that excell- 8 We are troubled on every side, yet
eth. not distressed; we are perplexed, but
11 For if that which is done away not in despedr;
was glorious, much more that which 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast
remaineth is glorious. down, but not destroyed;
12 Seeing then that we have such 10 Always bearing about in the
hope, we use great plainness of speech: body the dying of the Lord Jésus, that
13 And not as Moses, which put a the life also of Jésus might be made
vail over his face, that the children of manifest in our body.
Israël could not stedfaistly look to the 11 For we which live are alway de-
end of that which is abolished: livered unto death for Jésus'sake,that
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the life also of Jésus might be made 10 For we must aU appear before
manifest in our mortal flesh. the judgment seat of Christ;that every
12 So tiien death worketh in us, but one may receive the things done in his
life in you. body, according to that he hath done,
13 We having the same spirit of whether it be good or bad.
faith, according as it is written, I be- 11 Knowing therefore the terror of
lieved, and therefore have I spoken; the Lord, we persuade men; but we are
we âlso believe, and therefore speak; made manifest unto God; and I trust
14 Knowing that he which raised up also are made manifest in your con
the Lord Jésus shall raise up us also by sciences.
Jésus, and shall présent us with you. 12 For we commend not ourselves
15 For ail things are for your sakes, again unto you, but give you occasion
that the abimdant grâce might to glory on our behalf, that ye may
through the thanksgiving of many re- have somewhat to answer them which
dound to the glory of God. glory in appearance, and not in heart.
16 For which cause we faint not; 13 For whether we be beside our
but though our outward man perish, selves, it is to God: or whether we be
yet the inward wian is renewed day by sober, it is for your cause.
day. 14 For the love of Christ constrain-
17 For our light affliction, which is eth us; because we thus judge, that if
but for a moment, worketh for us a far one died for ail, then were ^1 dead:
more exceeding and eternal weight of 15 And that he died for ail, that they
glory; which live should not henceforth live
18 While we look not at the things unto themselves, but unto him which
which are seen, but at the things died for them, and rose again.
which are not seeii: for the things 16 Wherefore henceforth know we
which are seen are temporal; but the no mein after the flesh: yea, though we
things which are not seen are eternal. have known Christ after the flesh, yet
now henceforth know we him no more.
CHAPTER 5 17 Therefore if any man be in
For we know that if our earthly Christ, heis 3. new créature: old things
are passed away; behold, ciU things are
house of this tabernacle were dis-
solved, we have a building of God, an become newv
house not made with hands, etemal in 18 And ail things are of God, who
the heavens. hath reconciled us to himself by Jésus
2 For in this we groan,eamestly de- Christ, and hath given to us the min-
siring to be clothed upon with our istry of reconciliation;
house which is from heaven: 19 To wit, that God was in Christ,
3 If so be that being clothed we reconciling the world unto himself, not
shall not be found naked. imputing their trespasses unto them;
4 For we that are in this tabernacle and hath committed unto us the word
do groan, being burdened: not for that of reconciliation.
we would be unclothed, but clothed 20 Now then we are ambassadors
upon, that mortality might be swal- for Christ, as though God did beseech
lowed up of life. you by us: we pray you in Christ*s
5 Now he that hath wrought us for stead, be ye reconciled to God.
the selfsame thing is God, who also 21 For he hath made him ta be sin
hath given imto us the eamest of the for us, who knew no sin; that we might
Spirit. be made the righteousness of God in
6 Therefore we are always confident, him.
knowing that, whilst we are at home
CHAPTER 6
in the body, we are absent from the
Lord: WE then, as workers together
7 (For we walk by faith, not by with him, beseech you also that
sight:) ye receive not the grâce of God in
8 We are confident, I say, and will- vain.
ing rather to be absent from the body, 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee
and to be présent with the Lord. in a time accepted, and in the day of
9 Wherefore we labour, that, salvation have I succoured thee: be
whether présent or absent, we may be hold, now is the accepted time; behold,
accepted of him. now is the day of salvation.)
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3 Givlng ûo offence in any thing, man, we have comipted no man, we

that the ministry bie not blamed: have defrauded no man.
4 But in ail things approving our- 3 I speak nôt this to condemn you:
selves as the ministers of God,in mùch for I have said before, that ye are in
patience, in afflictions, in necessities, our hearts to die and live with you.
ih distresses^ 4 Great is my boldness of speech
5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in toward you, great is my glorying of
tumults, in labours, in watchings, in you: I am fflled with comfort, I am ex-
fastings; ceeding joyful in ail our tribulation.
6 By pureness, by knowledge, by 5 For, when we were come into
longsuffering, by kindness, by the Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but
Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, we were troubled on every side; with-
7 By the word of truth, by the pow- out «;ere flghtings, within were fears.
er of God, by the armour of righteous- 6 Nevertheless God, that comfort-
ness on the right hand and on the left, eth those that are cast down, com-
8 By honour and dishonour, by evil forted us by the coming of Titus;
report and good report; as deceivers, 7 And not by his coming only, but
and yet true; by the consolation wherewith he was
9 As unkhown, and yet well known; comforted in you, when he told us your
as dying, and, behold, we live; as eamest desire, your mouming, yoiu*
chastened, and not killed; fervent mind toward me; so that I
10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoic- rejoiced the more.
ing; as poor, yet making many rich; as 8 For though I made you sorry
having nothing, and yet possessing ail with a letter, I do not repent, though
things. I did repent: for I perceive that the
11 O ye Co-rinth-i-ans, our mouth same epistle hath made you sorry,
is open unto you,our heaft is enlarged. though it were but for a season.
12 Ye are not straitened in us, but 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were
ye are straitened in your own bowels. made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to
13 Now for a recompence in the repentance: for ye were made sorry
samej (I speak as unto my children,) after a godly manner, that ye might
be ye also enlarged. receive damage by us in nothing.
14 Be ye not unequally yoked to- 10 For godly sorrow worketh re
gether with unbelievers: for what fel- pentance tp salvation not to be re-
lowship hath righteousness with un- pented of: but the sorrow of the world
righteousness? and what communion worketh death.
hath light with darkness? 11 For behold this selfsame iiiing,
15 And what concord hath Christ that ye sorrowed after a godly sort,
with Be-li-al? or what part hath he what carefulness it wrought ih you,
that believeth with an infidel? yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea,
16 And what agreement hath the what indignation, yea, what fear^ yea,
temple of God with idols? for ye are what vehement desire,. yea, what zeal,
the temple of the living God; as God yea, what revenge! In ail things ye have
hath said, I will dwell in them, and approved yourselves to be dear in this
walk in them; and I will be their God, matter.
and they shall be my people. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto
17 Wherefore çome out from among you, I did it not for his cause that had
them, and be ye separate, saith the dohe the wrong, nor for his cause that
Lord; and touch not the unclean suffered wrong, but that our care for
thing; and I will receive you, you in the sight of God might appear
18 And will be a Father unto you, imto you.
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 13 Therefore we were comforted in
saith the Lord Almighty. your comfort: yea, and exceedingly
the more joyed we for the joy of Titus,
CHAPTER 7 because his spirit was refreshed by you
Having therefore these promises, ail.
dearly beloved, let us cleanse 14 For if I have boasted any thing
ourselves from ail fflthiness of the flesh to him of you, I am not ashamed; but
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the as we spake ail things to you in truth,
fear ôf God. even so our boasting, which I mode be
2 Receive us; we have wronged no fore Titus, is found a truth.
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15 Attd his inward affection is more dance also may be a supply lot your
abundant toward you, whilst he re- want: that there may be equality:
membereth the obedience of you ail, 15 As it is written, He that hod
how with fear and trembUng ye re- gafkered much had nothing over; and
ceived him. he that had gathered little had no lack.
16 I rejoice therefore that I bave 16 But thanks be to God, which put
confidence In you in ail things* the same earnest care into ihe heart of
Titus for you.
CHAPTER 8 17 For indeed he accepted the ex
MOREOVER,brethren, we do you hortation; but being more forward, of
to wit of the grâce of God be- his own accord he went unto you.
stowed on the churches of Macedonia; 18 Apd we have sent with him the
2 How that in a great trial of afflic brother, whose praise is in the gospel
tion the abondance of fheir jpy and throughout ail the chUrches;
their deep poverty aboimded unto the 19 And not that only, but who was
riches of their liberality. also chosen of the churches to travel
3 For to their power, I bear record, with us with this grâce, which is ad-
yea, and beyond their power they were ministered by us to the glory of the
willing of themselves; same Lord, and declaraUon of your
4 Praying us with much intreaty ready mind:
that we would receive the gift, and 20 Avoiding this, that no man
take upon us the fellowship of the min- should blâme us in this abimdance
istering to the saints. which is administered by us:
5 And this they did, not as we hoped, 21 Providing for honest things, not
but first gavé their own selves to the only in the sight of the Lord, but also
Lord, and unto us by the will of in the sight of men.
God. 22 And we have sent with them our
6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, brother, whom we have oftentimes
that as he had begun* so he would also proved diligent in many things, but
finish in you the same grâce also. now much more diligent, upon the
7 Therefore, as ye abound in every great confidence which I have in
thing, in faith, and utterance, and you.
knowledge, and in ail diligence, and in 23 Whether any do enquire of Titus,
your love to us, see that ye abound in he is my partner and fellowhelper con-
this grâce also. ceming you: or our brethren be en-
8 I speak not by commandment, quired of, they are the messengers of the
but by occasion of the forwardness of churches, and the glory of Christ.
others, and to prove the sincerity of 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and
your love. before the churches, the proof of your
9 For ye know the grâce of our Lord love, arid of our boasting on your be-
Jésus Christ, that, though he was rich, half.
yet for your sakes he became poor,
tilat ye through his poverty might be CHAPTER 9
rich. For as touching the ministering to
10 And herein 1 give my advice: for the saints, it is superfluous for me
this is expédient for you, who have be- to Write to you:
gun before, not only to do, but also to 2 For I know the forwardness of
be forward a year ago. , your mind,for which I boast of you to
11 Now therefore perform the doing them of Macedonia, that A-cha-la was
of it; that as there was a readiness to ready a year ago;< and your zeal hath
will, so theremay be a performance provoked very many.
also out of that which ye have» 3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest
12 For if there be first a willing our boasting of you should be in vain
mind, it is accepted according to that in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may
a man hath, and not according to that be ready:
he hath not. 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia
13 For I mean not that other men come with me, and find you unpre-
be eased, and ye burdened: pared, we (that we say not, ye) should
14 But by an equality, ihat now at be ashamed in this same confident
this time your abundance may be a boasting.
supply for their want, that their abun 5 Therefore I thought it necessary
1034 II CORINTHIANS 10

to exhort the brethren, that they God to the pulling down of strong
would go before unto you, and make holds;)
up beforehand your bounty, whereof 5 Casting down imaginations, and
ye had notice before, that the same every high thing that exalteth itself
might be ready, as a matter of bounty, against the knowledge of God, and
and not as of covetousness. bringihg into captivity every thought
6 But this I say, He which soweth to the obedience of Christ;
sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and 6 Ajid having in a readiness to re
he which soweth bountifully shall reap venge' ail disobedience, when your
also bountifully. obedience is fulfiUed.
7 Every man according as he pur- 7 Do ye look on things after the
poseth in his heart, sa let him give; not outward appearance? If any man trust
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God to himself that he is Christ's, let him
loveth a cheerful giver. of himself think this again, that, as he
8 And God is able to make ail grâce is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
abound toward you; that ye, always 8 For though I should boast some-
having âll sufficiency in ail things, may what more of our authority, which the
abound to every good work: Lord hath given us for édification, and
9 (As it is written, He hath dis- not for your destruction, I should not
persed abroad; he hath given to the be ashamed:
poor: his righteousness remaineth for 9 That I may not seem as if I would
ever. terrify you by letters.
10 Now he that ministereth seed to 10 For his letters, say they, are
the sower both minister bread for your weighty and powerful; but his bodily
food, and multiply your seed sown, presence is weak, and his speech con-
and increase the fruits of your right temptible.
eousness;) 11 Let such an one think this, that,
11 Being enriched in every thing to such as we are in word by letters when
ail bountifulness, whiçh causeth we are absent, such will we be also in
through us thanksgiving to God. deed when we are présent.
12 For the administration of this 12 For we dare not make ourselves
service not only suppUeth the want of of the number, or compare ourselves
the saints, but is abundant also by with some that commend themselves:
many thanksgivings unto God; but they measuring themselves by
13 Whiles by the experiment of this themselves, and comparing themselves
ministration they glorify God for your among themselves, are not wise.
professed subjectibn unto the gospel of 13 But we will not boast of things
Christ, and for your libéral distribu without our measure, but according to
tion unto them, and unto ail men; the measure of the rule which God
14 And by their prayer for you, hath distributed to us^ a measure to
which long after you for the exceeding reach even unto you.
grâce of God in you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves be-
15 Thanks be unto God for his un- yond our measure, as though we reach-
speakable gift. ed not unto you: for we are come as
far as to you also in preaxMng the gos
CHAPTER 10 pel of Christ:
NOW I Paul myself beseech you by 15 Not boasting of things without
the meekness and gentleness of our measure, that is, of other men*s la
Christ, who in presence am base bours; but having hope, when your
among you, but being absent am bold faith is increased, that we shall be en-
toward you; larged by you according to our rule
2 But I beseech you, that I may not abundantly,
be bold when I am présent with that 16 To preach the gospel in the ré
confidence, wherewith I think to be gions beyond you, and not to bocist in
bold against some, which think of us another man's line of things made
as if we walked according to the ready to our hand.
flesh. 17 But he that glorieth, let him
3 For though we walk in the flesh, glory in the Lord.
we do not war after the flesh: 18 For not he that commendeth
4 (For the weapons of our warfare himself is approved, but whom the
are not camal, but mighty through Lord commendeth.
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me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool

CttAPTER II receive me, that I may boast myself
WOULD to God ye eould bear alittle.
17 That which I speak, I speak it
with me a Uttle in my folly: and
indeed bear with me. not after the Lord, but as jt were fool-
2 For I am jealous over you with ishly, in this confidence of boasting.
godly jealousy: for I have espoused 18 Seeing that many glory after the
you to one husband, that I may pré flesh, I will glory also.
sent you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing
3 But I fear, lest by any means^ as ye yourselves are wise.
the serpent beguiled Eve through bis 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you
subtilty, so your minds should be cor- into bondage, if a man devour you,
rupted from the simplicity that is in if a man take of you, if a man exalt
Christ. himself, if a man smite you on ihe
4 For if he that cometh preacheth face.
another Jésus, whom we have not 21 I speak as conceming reproaçh,
preached, or if ye receive another es though we hed been weak. Howbeit
spirit, which ye have not received, or whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak
another gospel, which ye have not foolishly,) I am bold also.
accepted, ye might well bear with 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are
him, they Israélites? so am I. Are they the
5 For I suppose I was not a whit seed of Abraham? so am I.
behind the very chiefest.apostles. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I
6 But though I be rude in speech, speak as a fool) I am more; in labours
yet not in knowledge; but we have more abundant,in stripes above meas-
been throughly made manifest among ure, in prisons more fréquent, in
you in ail things. deaths oft.
7 Have I committed an offence in 24 Of the Jews five times received
abasing myself that ye might be exalt- I forty stripes save one.
ed, because I have preached to you the 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods,
gospel of God freely? once was I stoned, thrice X suffered
8 I robbed other churches, taking shipwreck, a night and a day I have
wages of them, to do you service. been in the deep;
9 And when I was présent with you, 26 In journeyings often,in périls of
and wanted, I was chargeable to no waters, m périls of robbers, in périls by
man: for that which was lacking to mine own countrymen, in périls by the
me the brethren which camefrom Mace- heathen, in périls in the city, in périls
donia supplied: and in ail things 1 have in the wilderness;;in périls in the sea,
kept myself from being burdensome in périls among false brethren;
imto you, and so will I keep myself^. 27 In weariness and painfulness, in
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, watchings often, in hunger and thirst,
no man shall stop me of this boasting in fastings often, in cold and naked-
in the régions of A-cha-ia. ness.
11 Wherefore? because I love you 28 Beside those things that are
not? God knoweth. withoutj that which cometh upon me
•12 But what I do, that I will do, daily, the care of ail the churches.
that I may eut off occasion from them 29 Who is weak, and I am not
which desire occasion; that wherein weak? who is offended, and I bum not?
they glory, they may be foimd even as 30 If I must needs glory, I will
we. glory of the things which concem
13 For such are falsé apostles, de- miné infirmities.
ceitful workers, transforming them- 31 The God and Father of our Lord
selves into the apostles of Christ. Jésus Christ, which is blessed for ever-
14 And no marvel; for Satan him- more, knoweth that I lie not.
sélf is transformed into an angel of 32 In Damascus the govemor under
Ught. Ar'-e-tas the king kept the city of the
15 Therefore U is no great thing if Dam-as-cenes with a garrison, désir
his ministers also be transformed as ons to apprehend me:
the ministers of righteousness; whose 33 And through a window in a
end shall be according to their works. basket was I let down by the wall, and
16 I say again, Let no man think escaped his hands.
1036 n CORINTHIANS 12, 13
ready to come to you; and I will not
CHAPTER 12 be burdensome to you: for I seek not
IT is not expédient for me doubtless yours, but you: for the children ought
to glory. I will corne to visions Md not to lay up for the parents, but the
révélations of the Lôrd. parents for the children.
2 I knew a man in Christ above 15 And I will very gladly spend and
fonrteen years agô, (whether in the be spent for you; though the more
body, I cannot tell; or whether ont of abundantly I love you, the less I be
the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) loved.
such an one caught up to the third 16 But be it so, I did not burden
heaven. you: nevertheless, being crafty, I
3 And I knew such a man,(whether caught you with guile.
in the body, or out of the body, I can 17 Did I make a gain of you by any
not tell: God knoweth;) of them whom I sent unto you?
4 How that he was caught up into 18 I desired Titus, and with him I
paradise, and heard unspeakable sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain
words, which it is not lawful for a man ôf you? walked we liot in the same
to utter» spirit? walked we not in the same
5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of steps?
myself I will not glory, but in mine in- 19 Again, think ye that we excuse
firmities. ourselves unto you? we speak before
6 For though I would desire to God in Christ: but we do ail things,
glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will dearly beloved, for your edifying.
say the truth: but now I forbear, lest 20 For I fear, lest when I come, I
any man should think of me above shall not find you such as I would, and
that which he seeth me to he, or that that I shall be found unto you such as
he heareth of me. ye would not: lest there be debates, en-
7 And lest I should be exalted vyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings,
above measure through the abundance whisperings, swellings, tumults:
of the révélations, there was given to 21 And lest, when I come again, my
me a thom in the flesh, the messenger God will humble me among you, and
of Satan to buffet me,lest I should be that I shall bewail many which have
exalted above measure. sinned already, and have not repented
8 For this thing I besought the of the uncleanness and fornication and
Lord thrice, that it might départ from lasciviousness which they have com-
me. mitted.
9 And he said unto me, My grâce is
sufficient for thee: for my strength is CHAPTER 13
made perféct in weakness. Most gladly This ts the tWrd time I am condng
therefore will I rather glory in my in- to you. In the mouth of two or
firmities, that the power of Christ may three witnesses shciU every word be
rest upon me. established.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in in- 2 I told you before,and foretell you,
firmities, in reproaches, in necessities, as if I were présent, the second time;
in persécutions, in distresses for and being absent now I write to them
Christ's sake: for when I am weak, which heretofore have sinned, and to
then am I strong. ail other, that, if I come again, I will
11 I am becomé a fool in glorying; not spare:
ye have compelled me: for I ought to 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ
have been commended of you: for in speaking in me, which to you-ward is
nothing am I behind the very chiefest not weak, but is mighty in you.
apostles, though I be nothing. 4 For though he was crucified
12 Truly the signs of an apostle through weakness, yet he liveth by the
were wrought among you in ail pa power of God. For we also are weak in
tience, in signs, and wonders, and him, but we shall Uve with him by the
mighty deeds. power of God toward you.
13 For what is it wherein ye were 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye
inferior to other churches, except it be be in the faith; prove your own selves.
that I myself was not burdensome to Know ye not your own selves, how
you? forgive me this wrong. that Jésus Christ is in you, except ye
14 Behold, the third time 1 am be reprobates?
 GALATIANS 1
6 But I trust that ye shall know
that we are not reprobates.
7 Now I pray to God that ye do no
evù; not that we should appear ap-
proved, but that ye should do that
which Is honest, though we be as rep
robates.
8 For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth.
9 For we are glad, when we are
weak, and ye are strong: and this also
we wish, even your perfection.
10 Therefore I write these things
being absent, lest being présent I
The Epîstle of Paul the Apostle to the
Galatians
CHAPTER I
PAUL, an apostle, (not of men,
neither by man, but by Jésus
Christ, and God the Father, who
raised him from the dead;)
2 And cill the brethren which are
with me, unto the churches of Ga-la-
tia:
3 Grâce be to you and peace from
Gk)d the Father, and from our Lord
Jésus Christ,
4 Who gave himself for our sins,
that he might deliver us from this
présent evil world, àccording to the
wiU of God and our Father:
5 To whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon re-
moved from him that caUed you into
the grâce of Christ imto another gos
pel:
7 Which is not another; but there
be some that trouble you, and would
pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached
^ unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now
again, if any man preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have re-
ceived, let him be accursed.
10 For do 1 now persuade men, pr
God? or do I seek to please men? for if
I yet pleased men, I should not be the
servant of Christ.
1037
should use sharpness, àccording to the
power which the Lord hath given me
to édification, and not to destruction.
11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be
perfect, be of good comfort, be of one
mind, live in peace; and the God of
love and peace shall be with you.
12 Greet one another with an holy
kiss.
13 AU the saints salute you.
14 The grâce of the Lord Jésus
Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you ail. Amen.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that
the gospel which was preached of me
is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man,
neither was l taught it, but by the
révélation of Jésus Christ.
13 For ye have hecird of my con
versation dn time past in the Jews' re
ligion, how that beyond measure I per-
secuted the church of God,and wasted
it:
14 And profited in the Jews* re
ligion above many my equals in mine
own nation, being more exceeding-
ly zealous of the traditions of my
fathers.
15 But when it pleased God, who
separated me from my mother*s womb,
and called me by his grâce,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the heathen;
immediately I conferred not with flesh
and blood:
17 Neither went I up to Jérusalem
to them which were apostles before
me; but I went into Arabia, and re-
tumed again unto Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up
to Jérusalem to see Peter, and abode
with him fifteen days.
19 But other of the apostles saw I
none, save James the Lord's brother.
20 Now the things which I write
unto you, behold, before God,I lie not.
21 Afterwards I came into the ré
gions of Syria and Ci-li-çia;
22 And was unknown by face unto
1038 GALATIANS 2, 3
the chtirches of Judœa which were în ing them which were of the circum
Christ; cision.
23 But they had heard only, That 13 And the other Jews dissèmbled
he which persecuted us in times past likewise with him; insomuch that Bar
now preacheth the faith which once he nabas also was carried away with
destroyed. their dissimulation.
24 And they glorified God in me. 14 But when I saw that they walked
not uprightly according to the truth
CHAPTER 2 of the gospel, I said unto Peter before
THEN fourteen years after I went them ail. If thou, being a Jew, livest
up again to Jérusalem with Barna- after the manner of Gentiles, and not
bas, and took Titus with me also* as do the Jews, why compellest thou
2 And I went up by révélation, aiid the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
communicated unto them that gospel 15 We who are Jews by nature, and
which I preach among the Gentiles, not sinners of the Gentiles,
but privately to them which were of 16 Knowing that a man is not justi-
réputation,lest by any mesins I should fied by the works of the law, but by
run, or had run, in vain. the faith of Jésus Christ, even we have
3 But neither Titus, who was with believed in Jésus Christ,that we might
me,beingn Greek, was compelled to be be justified by the faith of Christ, and
circumdsed: not by the works of the law: for by the
4 And that because of false brethren Works of the law shall no flesh be justi
unawares brought in, who came in fied.
privily to spy out our liberty which we 17 But if, while we seek to be justi
have in Christ Jésus, that they might fied by Christ, we ourselves also are
bring us into bondage: found sinners, is therefore Christ the
5 To whom we gave place by sub- minister of sin? God forbid.
jection, no, not for an hour; that the 18 For if I build again the things
truth of the gospel might continue which I destroyed, I make myself a
with you. transgresser.
6 But of these who seemed to be 19 For I through the law am dead
somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it to the law, that I might live unto God.
maketh no matter to me: God accept- 20 I am crucified with Christ: nev-
eth no man's person:) for they who ertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
seemed to be somewhat in conférence liveth in me: and the life which I now
added nothing to me: live in the flesh I live by the faith of
7 But contrariwise, when they saw the Son of God, who loved me, and
that the gospel of the uncircumcision gave himself for me.
was committed unto me, as the gospel 21 I do not frustrate the grâce of
of the circumcision was unto Peter; God: for if righteousness come by the
8 (For he that wrought effectually law, then Christ is dead in vain.
in Peter to the apostleship of thé cir
cumcision, the same was mighty in me CHAPTER 3
toward the Gentiles:) OFOOLISH Ga-la-tians, who hath
9 And when James, Ce'-phas, and bewitched you, that ye should
John, who seemed to be pillars, per-not obey the truth, before whose eyes
ceived the grâce that was given untoJésus Christ hath been evidently set
me,they gave to me and Barnabas the forth, crucified among you?
right hands of fellowship; that we 2 This only would I leam of you,
should go unto the heathen, and theyReceived ye the Spirit by the works of
unto the circumcision. the law, or by the hearing of faith?
10 Only they woutd that we should 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in
remember the poor; the same which I the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by
also was forward to do. the flesh?
11 But whén Peter was come to 4 Have ye suffered so many things
Antioch, I withstood him to the face, in vain? if it be yet in vain.
because he was to be blamed. 5 He therefore that ministereth to
12 For before that certain came you the Spirit, and worketh miracles
from James, he did eat with the Gen among you, doeth he it by the v/orks of
tiles: but when they were come, he the law, or by the hearing of faith?
withdrew and sèparated himself, fear- 6 Even as Abraham believed God,
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and it was accounted to him for right- 22 But the scripture hath concluded
eousness. ail under sin, that the promise by faith
7 Know ye therefore that they of Jésus Christ might be given to them
whicdi are of faith, the same are the that believe.
children of Abraham. 23 But before faith came, we were
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that kept under the law, shut up imto the
God would justify the heathen through faith which should afterwards be re-
faith, preached before the gospel unto vealed.
Abraham, saying^ In thee shall ail na 24 Wherefore the law was our
tions be blessed. schoolmaster to bring ils unto Christ,
9 So then they which be of faith are that we might be justiiied by faith.
blessed with faithful Abraham> 25 But after that faith is come, we
10 For as many as are of the works are no longer under a schoolmaster.
of the law are under the curse: for it is 26 For ye are ail the children of God
written, Cursed is every one that con- by faith in Christ Jésus.
tinueth not in ail things which are 27 For as many of you as have been
written in the book of the law to do baptized into Christ have put on
them. Christ.
11 But that no man is justified by 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek,
the law in the sight of God, it is évi there is neither bond nor free, there is
dent: for, The just shall live by faith. neither maie nor female: for ye are ail
12 And the law is not of faith: but, one in Christ Jésus.
The man that doeth them shall live in 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye
them. Abraham's seed, and heirs according
13 Christ hath redeemed us from to the promise.
the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is CHAPTER 4
every one that hangeth on a tree: NOW I say, That the heir, as long
14 That the blessing of Abraham as he is a child, differeth nothing
might come on the Gentiles through from a servant, though he be lord of
Jésus Christ; that we might receive the ail;
promise of the Spirit through faith. 2 But is under tutors and govemors
15 Brethren, I speak after the man- until the time appointed of the father.
ner of men; Though it be but a man's 3 Even so we, when we were chil
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no dren, were in bondage under the élé
man disannuUeth, or addeth thereto. ments of the world:
16 Now to Abraham and his seed 4 But when the fulness of the time
were the promises made. He saith not, was come, God sent forth his Son,
And to seeds, as of many; but as of made of a woman, made under the
one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. law,
17 And this I say, that the covenant, 5 To redeem them that were under
that was confirmed before of God in the law, that we might receive the
Christ, the law, which was four hun- adoption of sons.
dred and thirty years after, cannot 6 And because ye are sons, God
disannul, that it should make the hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son
promise of none effect. into your hearts, crying, Abba,Father.
18 For if the inheritance be of the 7 Wherefore thou art no more a
law, it is no more of promise: but God servant, but a son; and if a son, then
gave if to Abraham by promise. an heir of God through Christ.
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not
It was added because of transgressions, God, ye did service unto them which
till the seed should come to whom the by nature are no gods.
promise was made;and it was ordained 9 But now, after that ye have
by angels in the hand of a mediator. known God, or rather are known of
20 Now a mediator is not a media God, how turh ye again to the wéak
tor of one, but God is one. and beggarly elements, whereunto ye
21 Is the law then against the prom desire again to be in bondage?
ises of God? God forbid:for if there had 10 Ye observe days, and months,
been a law given which could have and times, and years.
given life; verily righteousness should 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have
have been by the law. bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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12 Brethrenj I beseech you, be as I woman shall not be heir with the son
am;for I am as ye are: ye have net in- of the freewoman.
jured me at ail. 31 So thenj brethren, we are not
13 Ye know how through infirmity children of the bondwoman, but of the
of the flesh I preached the gospel unto free.
you at the first.
14 And my temptation which was CHAPTER5
in my flesh ye despised not, nor re- STAND fast therefore in the liberty
jected; but received me as an angel of wherewith Christ hath made us
God, even as Christ Jésus. free, cuid be not entangled again with
15 Whete is then the blessedness ye the yoke of bondage.
spake.of? for I bear you record, that, 2 Behold, I Paul say untô you, that
if it had been possible, ye would have if ye be circumcised. Christ shall profit
plucked out your own eyes, and have you nothing.
given them to me. 3 For I testify again to every man
16 Am I therefore become your ene- that is circumcised, that he is a debtor
my, because I tell you the truth? to do the whole law.
17 They zealously affect you, but 4 Christ is become of no effect unto
not well; yea, they would exdude you, you, whosoever of you are justified by
that ye might affect them. the law; ye are fallen from grâce.
18 But it is good to be zealously af- 5 For we through the Spirit wait
fected always in a good thing^, and not for the hope of righteousness by faith.
only when I am présent with you. 6 For in Jésus Christ neither cir-
19 My little children, of whom I cumcision availeth any thing, nor un-
travail in birth again until Christ be circumcision; but faith which worketh
formed in you, by love.
20 I desire to be présent with you 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder
now, and to change; my voice; for I you that ye should not obey the truth?
stand in doubt of you. 8 This persuasion cometh not of him
21 Tell me, ye thât desire to be un- that calleth you.
der the law, do ye not hear the law? ! 9 A little leaven leaveneth the
22 For it is written, that Abraham whole himp.
had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, 10 I have confidence in you through
the other by a freewoman. the Lord, that ye will be none other-
23 But he who was of the bond- wise minded: but he that troubleth
woman was born after the flesh; but you shall bear his judgment, whoso
he of the freewoman ii;as by promise. ever he be.
24 Which things are an allegory: 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach
for these are the two covenants; the circumcision, why do I yet sufîer per
one from the mount Si-nai, which gen- sécution? then is the offence of the
dereth to bondage, which is A'-gar. cross ceased.
25 For this A'-gar is mount Si-nai in 12 I would they were even eut off
Arabia, and answereth to Jérusalem which trouble you.
which now is, and is in bondage with 13 For, brethren, ye have been
her children. called imto liberty; only ttse not liberty
26 But Jérusalem which is above is for an occasion to the flesh, but by love
free, which is the mother of us ail. serve one another.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou 14 For ail the law is fulfiUed in one
barren that bearest not; break forth Word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy
and cry, thou that travailest not: for neighbour as thyself.
the desolate hath many more children 15 But if ye bite and devour one
than she which hath an husband. another, take heed that ye be not con-
28 Now.we, brethren, as Isaac was, sumed one of another.
are the children of promise. 16 This I say then, Walk in the
29 But as then he that was bom Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust
after the flesh persecuted him that was of the flesh.
bom after the Spirit> even so it is 17 For the flesh lusteth against the
now. Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh:
30 Nevertheless what saith the and these are contrary the one to the
scripture? Cast out the bondwoman other: so that ye cannot do the things
and her son: for the son of the bond that ye would.
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18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye 6 Let him that.is taught in the

are not imder the law. Word communicate unto him that
19 Now the Works of the flesh are teacheth in ail good things.
manifest» which are these; Adultery, 7 Be not deceived; God is not
fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- mocked:for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reiap.
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, va- 8 For he that soweth to his flesh
riance, émulations, wrath, strife, sédi shall of the flesh reap corruption; but
tions, heresies, he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the
21 Envyings, murders, drunken- Spirit reap life everlasting.
ness, revellings, and such like: of the 9 And let us not be weary in well
which I tell you before, as l have also doing: for in due season we shall reap,
told you in time past, that they which if we faint not.
do such things shall not inherit the 10 As we have therefore opportu-
khigdom of God. nity, let us dô good unto ail men,èspe-
. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, cially unto them who are of the hbuse-
loy, peace, longsutfering, gentleness, holdof faith.
goodness, faith, 11 Ye see how large a letter I have
23 Meekness, tempérance: against written unto you with mine own hand.
such there is no law. 12 As many as desire to make a fair
24 And they that are Christ's have shew in the flesh, they constrain you
crucified tiie flesh with the affections to be circumcised; only lest they
and lusts. should suffer persécution for the cross
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us of Christ.
also walk in the Spirit. 13 For neither they themselves who
26 Let us not be desirous of vain are circumcised keep the law; but de
glory, provoking one another, envying sire to have you circumcised,that they
one another. mày glory in your flesh.
14 But God forbid that I should
CHAPTER 6 glory, save in the cross of our Lord
BRETHREN,if a man be overtaken Jésus Christ, by whom the world is
in a fault, ye which are spiritual, crucified unto me, and I unto the
restore such an one in the spirit of world.
meekness; considering thysetf, lest 15 For in Christ Jésus neither cir-
thou also be tempted. cumcision availeth any thing, nor un-
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, circumcision, but a new créature.
and so fulfll the law of Christ. 16 And as many as walk according
3 For if a man think himself to be to this rule, peace be on them, and
something, when he is nothing, he de- mercy, and upon the Israël of Gtod.
celveth himself. 17 From henceforth let no man
4 But let every man prove his own trouble me: for I bear in my body the
work, and then shall he have rejoicing marks of the Lord Jésus.
in himself alone, and not in another. 18 Brethren, the grâce of our Lord
5 For every man shall bear his own Jésus Christ be with your spirit.
burden. Amen.

The Epistle of Paul tKe Apostle to the

Lcsians
CHAPTER I
PAUL,an apostle of Jésus Christ
by the will of God, to the saints
which are at Eph-e-sus,and to the
faithful in Christ Jésus:
2 Grâce be to yoU, and peace, from
God our Father, and from the Lord
Jésus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jésus Christ, who hath bless
ed us with ail spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in
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Mm before the ^ foundation of the set him at his own right hand in the
world, that we should be holy and heavenly places,
without blâme before him in love: 21 Far above ail principality, and
5 Having predestlnated us imto the power, and might, and dominion, and
adoption of dbdldren by Jésus Christ to every name that is named, not only in
himself, according to the good pleasure this world, but also in that which is to
of his will, come: ^
6 To the praise of the glory of his 22 And hath put aU things under his
grâce, wherein he hath made us ac- feet, and gave him to be the head over
cepted in the beloved. ail things to the church,
7 In whom we have rédemption 23 Which is his body, the fulness of
through his blood, the forgiveness of him that filleth ail in ail,
sins, according to the riches of his
CHAPTER 2
grâce;
8 Wherein he hath aboimded to- AND you hath he ijuickened, who
ward us in ail wisdom and prudence; were dead in trespasses and sins;
9 Having made known unto us the 2 Wherein in time past ye walked
mystery of his wiU, according to his according to the course of this world,
good pleasure which he hath purposed according to the prince of the power of
fil himself: the cdr, the spirit that now worketh in
10 That in the dispensation of the the children of disobedience:
fulness of times he might gather to- 3 Among whom also we ail had our
gether in one ail things in Christ, both conversation in times past in the lusts
which are in heaven, and which are on of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
earth; even in him: flesh and of the mind; and were by
11 In whom also we have obtained nature the children of wrath, even as
an inheritance, being predestinated ac others,
cording to the purpose of him who 4 But God, who is rich in mercy,
worketh aU things after the counsel of for his great love wherewith he loved
his own will: us,
12 That we should be to the praise 5 Even when we were dead in sins,
of his glory, who first trusted in Christ, hath quickened us together with
13 In whom ye also trusted, after Christ,(by grâce ye are saved;)
that ye heard the word of truth, the 6 And hath raised us up together,
gospel of your salvation: in whom also and made us sit together in heavenly
after that ye believed, ye were sealed places in Christ Jésus:
with that holy Spirit of promise, 7 That in the âges to come he might
14 Which is the eamest of our in shew the exceeding riches of his grâce
heritance until the rédemption of the in his kindness toward us through
purchased possession, imto the praise Christ Jésus.
of his glory. 8 For by grâce are ye saved through
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard faith; and that not of yourselves: U is
of your faith in the Lord Jésus, and the ^t of Grod:
love unto ail the saints, 9 Not of Works,lest anyman should
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, boast,
making mention of you in my prayers, 10 For we are his workmanship,
17 That the God of our Lord Jésus created in Christ Jésus unto good
Christ, the Father of glory, may give Works, which God hath before or-
unto you the spirit of wisdom and dained that we should walk in them.
révélation in the knowledge of him: 11 Wherefore remember, that ye
18 The eyes of your understanding being in time past Gentiles in the flesh,
being enlightened; that ye may know who are ceilled Uncircumcision by that
what is the hope of his calling, and which is callèd the Circumcision in the
what the riches of the glory of his in flesh made by hands;
heritance in the scdnts, 12 That at that time ye were with
19 And what is the exceeding great- out Christ, being aliens from the com-
ness of his power to us-ward who be- monwealth of Israël, and strangers
lieve, according to the working of his from the covenants of promise, having
mighty power, no hope, and without Gk>d in the
20 Which he wrought in Christ^ world:
when he raised him from the dead,and 13 But now in Christ Jésus ye who
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sometimes were far pfî are made nigh 9 And to inakp ail men see what is
by the blood of Christ. the fellowship of the mystery, which
14 For he is our peace, who hath from the begimdng. of the world hath
made both one, and hath broken dpwn bec^ hid in God,whb created ail things
the middle wall of partition hetween t^; by Jésus Christ:
15 Having abplished in his flesh the 10 To the intent that now unto the
enmity, even th^ law of commcind- principalities and ppwers in heavenly
ments coniained in ordinances; for to places might be known by the church
make in himself of twain one new man, the manifold wisdom of Gpd,
so making peace; 11 According tp the etem^ purpose
16 And that he might reconcile both which he pui^osed in Christ Jésus our
imto God in one body by the cross, Lord;
having slain the enmity thereby: 12 In whom we have boldness and
17 And came and preached peace to access with confidence by the faith of
you which were afar off, and to them hirh,
that were nigh. 13 Wherefpre I desire that ye faint
18 For through him we both have not at my tribulations for you, which
access by one Spirit unto the Father. is your ^ory.
19 Now theréfore ye are no more 14 For this cause I bow my knees
strangers and foreigners, but feilow- unto the Father of our Lord Jésus
citizens with the saints, and of the Christ, ,
household of God; 15 Of whom the whole family in
20 And are built upon the founda- heaven and earth is named,
tion of the apostlès and prophets, Jé 16 That he would grant you, ac
sus Christ himself bping the chief cor cording to the riches of his giory, to be
ner stone; strepgûiened with might by his Spirit
21 In whom ail the building fitly in the inner man;
framed together groweth unto an holy 17 That Christ may dwell in your
temple in the Lord: heaits by fàith; i^at ye, béing rooted
22 In whom ye also are builded to and grounded in love,
gether for an habitation of God 18 May be able to comprehend with
through the Spirit. ail saints what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
CHAPTER3 19 And to know the love of Christ,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner which passeth knowledge, that ye
of Jésus Christ for you Gentiles, might be filled with ail the fulness of
2 If ye have héard of the dispensa- God.
tion pf the grâce of Gpd which is given 20 Nôw unto him that is able to do
nie to you-ward: exceeding abimdantly above àll that
3 How that by révélation he made we ask or tiiink, according to the
known unto me the mystery; (as I power that worketh in us,
wrote afore in few words, 21 Unto him he glory in the church
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may by Christ Jésus throu^out ail âges,
understand my knowledge in the mys world without end. Amen.
tery of Christ)
5 Which in other âges was not made CHAPTER 4
known unto the sons of men, as it is
how revealed unto his holy apostles I THEREFORE,the prisoner of the
and prophets by the Spirit; Lord, bésééch you that ye walk
6 That the Gentiles should be fel- worthy of thé vocation wherewith ye
lowheirs, and of the same body, and are called,
partakers pf his promise in Christ by 2 With ail lowhness and meekness,
the gospel: with longsuftéiing, forbearing ohé an-
7 Whéreof I was made a minister, other in love;
according to the gift of the grâce of3 Endeavouring to kpep the unity
God given unto mé by thé effectuai ôf thé Spirit in the bond of peace.
working of his power. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit,
8 Unto me, whô am less thah the evén aè ye are called in one hope of
leastpf ail saints, is this grâce given, your calling;
that I should preach among the Gen 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
tiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 6 One God and Father of ail, who is
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above ail, and throûgh ail, and in you which is comipt accôrding to the de-
aU. ceitful lusts;
7 But unta every ône of us is given 23 And be renewed ih the spirit of
grâce accôrding to thé measure ôf the your mind;
gift of Christ. 24 And that ye put on the new man,
8 Wherefore he saith, When he as- which after God is created in right-
cended up on high, he led captivity eousness and true holiness.
captive, arid gave gifts unto men. 25 Wherefore putting away lying,
9 (Now that he asceiided, what is it speak evèry man truth with his neigh-
but that hé also descended first into bour: for we are muhbers one of an-
the lower parts of the éarth? other.
10 He that descended is the same 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not
also that ascended up faf above ail the sun go down upon your wrath:
heavens, that he might fîll ail things.) 27 Neither give place to thé devil.
11 And he gave spme, apostles; and 28 Let him that stole steal no more:
some, prophets; and soiiie, evangelists; but rather let him labour, working
and some, pastors and teachers; with his hands the thing which is good,
12 For the perfecting of the saints, that he may have to give to him that
for the work of the ministry, for the néëdeth.
edifying of the body of Christ: 29 Let no comipt communication
13 Till we ail come in the unity of proceed out of your mouth, but that
the faith, and of the knôwledge of the which is good to the use of edifying,
Son of God, linto a perfect man, unto that it may minister grâce unto the
the measure of the stature of the ful- hearers.
ness of Christ: 30 And grievé not the hôly Spirit of
14 That we kenceforth be no more God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
children, tossed to and fro, and càrrîed day of rédemption.
about with every wind of doctrine, by 31 Let ail bittemess, and wrath,
the sleight of men,and cunning crafti- and anger, and clamour, and evil
ness, whereby they lié ih wait to de- speaking, be put away from you, with
céive; ail malice:
15 But speaking the truth in love, 32 And be ye kind one to another,
may grow up into him in ail things, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
which is the head, everi Christ: even as God for Christ's sake hath for-
16 From whom the whole body fitly given you.
joined together and compacted by
that which every joint supplieth, ac- CHAPTER5
cordinig to the effectuai working in the E ye thereforé foUowers of God as
measure of every part, makéth'ih- dear children:
crease of the body unto the edifying of 2 And walk in love, as Christ also
itself in love. hath loved us, and haài given himself
17 Thls I say therefdre, and testify for us an offering and a sacrifice to
in the Lord, thàt ye hehceforth walk God for a swéetsmelling savour.
not as other Gentiles walk,in the vani- 3 But fornication, and ail unclean-
ty of their mind, ness, or covetousness,let it not be once
18 Having the understanding dark- named among you,as becometh saints;
ened, being alienated from the life of 4 Neither filtluness, nor foolish
God through the ignorance that is in talking, nor jestihg, which are not con-
them, becaiise of the blindness of their venient: but rather giving of thanks.
heart: 5 For this ye knôw, that no whore-
19 Who being past feeling have monger, nor unclean person, nor cov-
givén themselves over unto lascivious- etous man, who is an idolater, hath
ness, to work ail uhcleanness with any inheritance in the kingdom of
greediness. Christ and of God.
20 But ye have not so leamed 6 Let np man deceive you with vain
Christ; wôrds:for because of these things com-
21 If SO be that ye have heard him, eth the wrath of God upon the children
and have been taught by him, as the of disobedience.
truth is in Jésus: 7 Be not ye therefore t)artakers
22 That ye put off conceming the with them.
former conversation the old man. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness.
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but now are ye light in the Lord: walk 29 For no man ever yet hated his
as chUdren of light: own flesh; but npurisheth and cherish-
9 (For the fruit oif the Spirit is in ail eth it, even as the Lord the.church:
goodness and righteousness and truth;) 30 For we are members of his body,
10 Proving what is acceptable unto of his desh, and of his bones.
the Lord. 31 For this cause shall a man leave
11 And have no fellowship with the his father and mother, and shall be
unfruitful works of darkness» but joined imto his wife, and they two
rather reprove them. shall be one flesh.
12 For it is a shame even to speak 32 This is a great mystery: but I
of those things which are done of them speak conceming Christ and the
in secret. church.
13 But ail things that are reproved 33 Neyertheless let every one of you
are màde manifest by the light: for in particular so love his vrife even as
whatsoever doth make manifest is himself; and the wife see that riie rev-
light. erence her husband.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou
that sleepest, and arise frpm the dead* CHAPTER 6
and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk cirçum* CHILDREN,obey your parents in
spectly, not as fools, but as wise, the Lord: for this is right.
16 Redeeming the time, because 2 Honour thy father and mother;
the days are evil. which is the first commandment with
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but promise;
understanding what the will of the 3 That it may be well with thee,and
Lord is. thou mayest live long on the earth.
18 And be not drunk with wine^ 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your
wherein is excess; but be fiUed with the dtiildren to wrath: but bring them up
Spirit; in the nurture and admonition of the
19 Speaking to yourselves in ps£ilms Lord.
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing 5 Servants, be obedient to them
and making melody in your heart to that are your masters according to the
the Lord; desh, with fear and trembling, in sin-
20 Giving thanks always for ail gleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
things unto Gpd and the Father in the 6 Not with eyeseryice, as menpleas-
name pf our Lord Jésus Christ; ers; but as the servants of Christ, doing
21 Submitting yourselves one to an- the will of God from the heart;
other in the fear of God. 7 With good will doing sendce/^as
22 Wives, submit yourselves imto to the Lord, and not to men:
your own husbands» as unto the Lord. 8 Knowing that whatsoever good
23 For the husband is the head of thing any man doeth,the same shall he
the wife, even as Christ is the head of receive of the Lord, whether he be
the church: and he is the saviour of the bond pr free.
body. 9 And, ye masters, do the same
24 Therefore as the church is sub- things unto them,forbearing threatèn-
ject unto Christ, so let the wives he to ing: knowing that your Master also is
their own husbands in every thing. in heayen; neither is there respect of
25 Husbahds,love your wives, even persons with him.
as Christ aiso loved the church, and 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong
gave himself for it; in the Lord, and in the power of his
26 ^at he might sanctify and might.
cleanse it with the washing of water by 11 Put on the whole armour of God,
the Word, that ye may be able to stand against
27 That hè might présent it to him the wiles of the devil.
self a giorious church, not having spot, 12 For we wrestle not against desh
or wrii^e, or any such thing; but that and blood, but against principalities,
it should.be.holy and withoùt blem- against powers, against the rulers of
ish: the darkness of this world, against
28 So ought men to love their wives spiritual wickedness in high places.
as their oi^n bodies. He that loveth his 13 Wherefore takè unto you the
wife lovèih himself. whole armour of God, that ye may be
34
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able to withstand în the evil day, and mouth boldly, to make known the
having donc ail, to stand, mystery of the gospel,
14 Stand therefore, having your 20 For which I am an ambassador
loins g^rt about with truth, and having in bonds: that therein I may speak
on the breastplate of righteousness; boldly, as I ought to speak.
15 And your feet shod with .the 21 But that ye also may know my
préparation of the gospel of peacé; affàirs, and how I do, Tych'i-cus, a be-
16 Above ail, taking the shield of loved brother and faithful minister in
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to the Lord, shall make known to you ail
quench ail the flery darts of the tliings:
'\^cked. 22 Whom I have sent unto you for
17 And take the helmet of salva- the same purpose, that ye might know
tion, and the sword of the Spirit, which our affairsi and that he might comfort
is the Word of God: your hearts.
18 Praying always with ail prayer 23 Peace be to the brethren, and
and supplication in the Spirit, and love with faith, from God the Father
watching thereunto with ail persévér and the Lord Jésus Christ.
ance and supplication for ail saints; 24 Grâce be with ail them that love
19 And for me, that utterance may our Lord Jésus Christ in sincerity.
be ^veh unto me,that I may open my Amen.

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the

dans
10 That ye may âpprove things that
CHAPTER I
PAUL and Ti-mo'-the-us, thé ser
vants of Jésus Christ, to ail the
are excellent; that ye riiay be sincère
and withoiit offence till the day of
Christ;
saints in Christ Jésus which are 11 Being fiUed with the fruits of
at Phi-lip'-pi, with the bishops and righteousness, which are by Jésus
deacons: Christ, unto the glory and praise of
2 Grâce be unto you, and peace, Gôd.
from God oùr Fattiér, and from the 12 But I wbuld ye should under-
Lord JesUs Christ. stand, brethren, that the things which
3 I thàûk my God upon every re- happened unto me have fallén but
membrance of you, rather imto the furtherance of the gos
4 Always in every prayer of mine pel;
for you ail making request with joy, 13 So thait my bonds in Christ are
5 For your fellbwship in thé gospel manifest in ail the palace, and in ail
from the first day until now; other places;
6 Being confident of this very thing, 14 And many of the brethren in the
that he which hath bégun a good work Lord, waxing confident by my bonds,
in you will perform ii until the day of Bte much more bold to speak the word
Jésus Christ: Without fear.
7 Evén as it is meet for me to think 15 Some indeed preach Christ even
this of you ail, because I have you in of envy and strifé; and some also of
my heart; inasmuch as both in my good will:
bonds, and in the defence and con 16 The one preach Christ of con
firmation of the gospel, ye ail are par- tention, not sincerély, supposing to
takers of my grace. add affliction to my bonds:
S For God is my record, how greatly î7 Biit thé other bf love, kiio^;^g
I long after you ail in the bbwels of that I am sèt for the deféncé of the
Jésus Christ. gospel.
9 And this I pray, that your love 18 What then? notwithstanding,
may abound yet more and more in every Way> whéther in prétencé, or
knowledge and in ail juc|gment; in truth. Christ is preachèd; and I
 PHILIPPIANS 2 1047

therein do rejoîce, y^, and will re- things, but every man also on the
joice. things of others.
19 For I know that this shall tum 5 Let this mind be in you, which
to my salvation through your prayer, was also in Christ Jésus:
and the supply of the Spirit of Jésus 6 Who, being in the form of God,
Christ, thought it not robbery to be equal
20 According to my eamest expec- with God:
tation and my hope, that in nothing I 7 But made himself of no réputa
shall be ashamed, but that with ail tion, and took upon him the form of a
boldness, as always, so now also Christ servant, and was made in the hkeness
shall be magnified in my body, wheth- of men:
er U be by life, or by death. 8 And being foimd in fashion as a
21 For to me to live is Christ, and man, he humbled himself, and became
to die is gain» obedient unto death,even the death of
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the cross.
the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall 9 Wherefore God also hath highly
choose I wot not. exalted him, and given him a name
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, which is abpve every name:
having a desire to départ, and to be 10 That at the name of Jésus every
with Christ; which is far better: knee should bow, of things in heaven,
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh and things in earth, and things under
is more needful for you» the earth;
25 And having this confldence, I 11 And that every tongue should
know that I shall abide and continue confess that Jésus Christ is Lord, to
with you ail for your furtherance and the glory of God the Father.
joy of faith; 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye
26 That your rejoicing may be more have always obeyed, not as in my
abundant in Jésus Christ for me by presence only, but now much more in
my coming to you again. my absence, work out your own salva
27 Only let your conversation be as tion with fear and trembling.
it becometh the gospel of Christ: that 13 For it is God which worketh in
whether I come and see you, or else be you both to will and to do of his good
absent, I may hear of your affairs, pleasure.
that ye stand fast in one spirit, with 14 Do ail things without murmur-
one nflnd striving together for the ings and disputings:
faith of the gospel; 15 That ye may be blameless and
28 And in nothing terrified by your harmless, the sons of God, without re-
adversaries: which is to them an évi buke, in the midst of a crooked and
dent token of perdition, but to you of perverse nation, among whom ye shine
salvation, and that of God» as lights in the world;
29 For imto you it is given in 16 Holding forth the word of life;
the behalf of Christ, not only to be- that I may rejoice in the day 01 Christ,
lieve on him, but also to suffer for his that I have not rua in vain, neither
sake; laboured in vain.
30 Having the same conflict which 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the
ye saw in me, and now hear to be in sacrifice and service of your faith, I
me. joy, and rejoice with you ail.
18 For the same cause also do ye
CHAPTER 2 joy, and rgoice with me.
IF fhere be therefore any consolation 19 But I trust in the Lord Jésus to
in Christ, if any comfort of love, if send Ti-ino-the-us shortly unto you,
any fellowship of the Spirit, if any that I also may be of good comfort,
bowels and mercies, when I know your state.
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like- 20 For I have no man likeminded,
minded, having the same love, being of who will naturally care for your state.
one accord, of one mind. 21 For ail seek their own, not the
3 Let nothing be done through strife things which are Jésus Christ's.
or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind 22 But ye know the proof of him,
let each esteem other better than that, as a son with the father, he hath
themselves. served with me in the gospel.
4 Look not every man on his own 23 BLim therefore 1 hope to send
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presently, so soon as I shall see how it
will go with me.
24 But I trust in the Lord that I
also myself shall come shortly.
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to
send to you E-paph-ro-di-tus, my
brother, and companion in labour, and
fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and
he that ministered to my wants.
26 For he longed after you ail, and
was fuU of heaviness, because that ye
had heard that he had been sick.
27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto
death: but God had mercy on him; and
not on him only, but on me also, lest I
should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I sent him therefore the more
carefully, that, when ye see him again, things which are before,
ye may rejoice, ând that I may be the
less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in the Christ Jésus.
Lord with ail gladness; and hold such
in réputation:
30 Because for the work of Christ thing ye be otherwise minded, God
he was nigh unto déath, not regarding shall reveal even this unto you.
his life, to supply your lack of service
toward me.
CHAPTER 3
FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in
the Lord.To Write the same things
to you, to me indeed is not grievous,
but for you it is safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil
workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision,
wldch worship God in the spirit, and
rejoice in Christ Jésus, and have no
confidence in the fiesh.
4 Though I might also have con
fidence in the fiesh. If any other man
thinketh that he hath whereofhe might
trust in the fiesh,-1 more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day,of the
stock of Israël, of the tribe of Benja
min, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as
touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the
church; touching the righteousness
which is in the law, blameless.
faith of Christ,the righteousness which
is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the
power of his résurrection, and the fel-
lowship of his sufferings, being made
conformable imto his death;
11 If by any meahs I might attain
unto the résurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already at-
tained, either were already perfect: but
I follow after, if that I may apprehend
that for which also I am apprehended
of Christ Jésus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to
have apprehended: but ihis one thing
I do, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those
14 I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
15 Let us therefore, as many as be
perfect, be thus minded: and if in any
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have
already attained, let us walk by the
same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be foUowers together
of me, and mark them which walk so
as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have
told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that they are the enemies of
the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose
God is their belly, and whose glory is
in their shame, who mind earthly
things.)
20 For our conversation is in heav-
en; from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jésus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body,
that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the work-
ing whereby he is able even to subdue
ail things unto himself.
CHAPTER 4
I

7 But what things were gain to me, Therefore,my brethren dearly

those I counted loss for Christ. beloved and longed for, my joy and
8 Yea doubtless, and I count ail crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my
things but loss for the excellency of the d.early beloved.
knowledge of Christ Jésus my Lord: 2 I beseech Eu-o'-di-as, and beseech
for whom I have suffered the loss of ail Syn-ty-che, that they be of the same
things, and do count them but dung, mind in the Lord.
that I may win Christ, 3 And I intreat thee also, true yoke-
9 And be found in him, not having fellow, help those women which la-
mine own righteousness, which is of boured with me in the gospel, with
the law, but that which is through the Clement also, and with other my fel-
 COLOSSIANS 1 1049

lowlaboiirers, whose names are in the where and in ail things I am instmcted
book of life. both to be full and to be hungry, both
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and to abound and to suffer need.
again I say, Rejoice» 13 I can do ail things through
5 Let your modération be known Christ which strengtheneth me.
unto ail men» The Lord is at hand» 14 Notwithstanding ye have well
6 Be careful for nothing; but in done, that ye did communicate with
every thlng by prayer and supplica my affliction.
tion with thanksgiving let your re- 15 Now ye Phl-lip-pi-ans know
quests be made known unto God» also, that in the beginning of the gos
7 And the peace of God, which pel, when I departed from Macedonia,
passeth ail understanding, shall keep no diurch communicated with me as
your hearts and minds through Christ conceming giving and receiving, but
Jésus. ye only.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever 16 For even in Thes-sa-lo-ni'-ca ye
things are true, whatsoever things are sent once and again unto my neces-
honest, whatsoever things are just, sity.
whatsoever things are pure, whatso 17 Not because I desire a gift: but
ever things are lovely, whatsoever 1 desire fruit that may abound to your
things are of good report;iffhere be any account.
virtue, and if there be any praise, think 18 But 1 have ail, and abound:1 am
on these thin^. full, haying received of E-paph-ro-di^
9 Those things, which ye have both tus the things which were sentfrom you,
leamed, and received, and heard, and an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice
seen in me, do: and the God of peace acceptable, wellpleaslng to God.
shall be with you. 19 But my God shall supply aU your
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord great- need according to his riches in glory by
ly, that now at the last your care of Christ Jésus.
me hath flourished again; wherein ye 20 Now unto God and our Father
were also careful, but ye lacked oppor- be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
tunity. 21 Sainte every saint in Christ Jé
11 Not that I speak in respect of sus. The brethren which are with me
want: for I have leamed, in whatso greet you.
ever state I am, iherewUh to be con 22 AU the saints sainte you, chiefly
tent. they that are of Cœsar's household.
12 I know both how to be abased, 23 The grâce of our Lord Jésus
and 1 know how to abound: every Christ be with you aU. Amen.

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the

Colossians
CHAPTER I
PAUL,an apostle of Jésus Christ
by the will of God, and Ti-mo-
the-us our brother,
2 To the saints and faithful breth
ren in Christ which are at Co-los-se:
Grâce be unto you, and peace, from
God OUI Father and the Lord Jésus
Christ.
3 We give thanks to God and the
Father of our Lord Jesùs Christ, pray-
ing always for you,
4 Since we heard of your faith in
Christ Jésus, and of the love which ye
have to aU the saints,
84
5 For the hope which is laid up for
you in heaven, whereof ye heard be-
fore in the word of the truth of the
gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is
in aU the world; and bringeth forth
fruit, as it dofh also in you, since the
day ye heard of it, and knew the grâce
of God in truth:
7 As ye also leamed of Ep-a-phras
our dear feUowservant, who is for you
a faithful minister of Christ;
8 Who also dedared unto us your
love in the Spirit.
9 For this cause we also, since the
day we heard tt, do not cease to pray
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for you, and to deslre that ye might be behind of the afflictions of Obrist in
filled with the knowledge of his will in my flesh for his body's sake, which is
ail wisdom and spiritual understand- the church:
ing; 25 Whereof I am made a minister,
10 That ye might walk worthy of according to the dispensation of God
the Lord unto ail pleasing, being fniit- which is given to me for you, to fulffl
ful in every good work, and increasing the Word of God;
in the knowledge of God; 26 Even the mystery whicdi hath
11 Strengthened with ail might, ac- been hid from âges and from généra
cording to his glorious power, imto ail tions, but now is made manifest to his
patience and longsuffering with joy- saints:
fulness; 27 To whom God would make
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, known what is the riches of the glory
which hath made us meet to be par- of this mystery among the Gentiles;
takers of the inheritance of the saints which is Christ in you, the hope of
in light: glory:
13 Who hath delivered us from the 28 Whom we preach, waming every
power of darkness, and hath trans- man, and teaching every man in ail
lated us into the kingdom of his dear wisdom; that we may présent every
Son: man perfect in Christ Jésus:
14 In whom we have rédemption 29 Whereunto I also labour, striv-
through his blood, even the forgiveness ing according to his working, which
of sins: worketh in me mightily.
15 Who is the image of the invisible
God, the firstbom of every créature: CHAPTER 2
16 For by him were ail things cre-
ated, that are in heaven, and that are For I would that ye knew what
in earth, visible and invisible, whether great confflct I have for you, and
(hey be thrones, or dominions, or prin- for tiiem at La-od-i-ce-a, and for as
cipalities, or powers: ail things were many as have not seen my face in the
created by him, and for him: flesh;
17 And he is before ail things, and 2 That their hearts might be com-
by him ail things consist. forted, being knit together in love,and
18 And he is the head of the body, unto ail riches of the full assurance of
the churclu who is the beginning, the understanding, to the acknowledge-
firstbom from the dead; that in ail ment of the mystery of God,and of tiie
things he might have the preeminence. Father, and of Christ;
19 For it pleased the Father that in 3 In whom are hid ail the treasures
him should ail fulness dwell; of wisdom and knowledge.
20 And,having made peace through 4 And this I say, lest any man
the blood of his cross, by him to recon should beguile you with ehticing
cile ail things unto himself; by him, I words.
say, whether they he things in earth, or 5 For though I be absent in the
things in heaven. flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,
21 And you, that were sometime joying and beholding your order, and
alienated and enemies in your mind by the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
wicked works, yet now hath he recon- 6 As ye have therefore received
ciled Christ Jésus the Lord, so walk ye in
22 In the body of his flesh through him;
death, to présent you holy and un- 7 Rooted and bullt up in him, and
blameable and unreproveable in his stablished in the faith, as ye have been
sight: taught, aboimding therein with
23 If ye continue in the faith thanksgiving.
grounded and settled, and be not 8 Beware lest any man spoil you
moved away from the hope of the gos through philosophy and vain deceit,
pel, which ye have heard, and which after the tradition of men, after the
was preached to every créature which rudiments of the world, and not after
is under heaven; whereof I Paul am Christ.
made a minister; 9 For in him dwelleth ail the fulness
24 Who now rejoice in my suffer- of the Godhead bodily.
ings for you, and fill up that which is 10 And ye are complété in him.
 COLOSSIANS 3 1051

whidi is the head of aU prindpaliiy 3 For ye are dead, and your life is
andpowen hld with Christ in God.
11 In whom also ye are drcumcised 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall
with the drcumcision made without appeat, then shall ye also appear with
hands» in putting off the body of the him in glory.
sins of the flesh by the drcumcision of 5 Mortify therefore your members
Christ: which are upon the earth; fornication,
12 Buried with him in baptism, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evll
wherein ailso ye; are risen with him concupiscence, and covetousness,
through the faith of the opération of which is idolatry:
God, who hath raised him from the 6 For which things' sake the wrath
dead, bf God cometh on the children of dis-
13 And you, being dead in your sins obedience:
and the undrcumdsion of your flesh, 7 In the whichye also walked some
hath he quickened together with him, time, when ye lived in them.
having forgiven you ail trespasses; 8 But now ye also put off ail these;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,
ordinances that was against us, which filthy communication out of your
was contrary to us, and took it out of mouth.
the way, liailing it to his cross; 9 Lie hot one to another, seeing
15 And havingiSpoiled principalities that ye have put off the old man with
and powers, he made a shew of them his deeds;
openly, triumphing over them in it» 10 And have put on the new man,
16 Let no man therefore judge you which is renewed in knowledge after
in meat,or in drink, or in respect of an the image of him that creatèd hiûi:
holyday, or of the new moon^ or of the 11 Where there is neither Greek nor
sabbath days: Jew, drcumcision nor imcircumcision,
17 Which are a shadow of things to Barbarian, Scyth-i-an, bond nor free:
come; but the body is of Christ, but Christ is ail, and in ail.
18 Let no man beguile you of your 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of
reward in a voluntary humility and God, holy and beloved,^ bowels of mer
worshipping of ahgels, intruding into des, kindness, humbleness of mind,
those things which he hath not seen, meekness, longsuffering;
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 13 Forbearing one another, and for-
19 And not holding the Head,from giving one another, if any man have a
which ail the body by joints and bands quarrel against any: even as Christ for-
having nourishment ministered, and gave you, so àlso do ye.
knit together, increaseth with the in- 14 And above ail these things put on
crease of God. charity, which is the bond of perfect-
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with ness.
Christ from the rudiments of the 15 And let the peace of God rule in
world, why, as though living in the your hearts, to the which also ye are
world, are ye subject to ordinances, called in one body; and be ye thank-
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle ful,
not; 16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in
22 Which ail are to perish with the you richly in ail wisdom; teaching and
using;) after the commandments and admonishing one another in psalms
doctrines of men? and hymns and spiritusil songs, singing
23 Which things have indeed a with grâce in your hearts to the Lord.
shew of wisdom in will worship, and 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or
humility, and neglecting of the body; deed, do ail in the name of the Lord
not in any honour to the satisfying of Jésus, giving thanks to God and the
the flesh. Father by him.
18 Wives, submit yourselves imto
CHAPTER 3 your own husbands, as it is fit in the
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek Lord.
those things which are above,where 19 Husbands, love your wives, and
Christ sitteth on the right hand of be not bitter against them.
God. 20 Children, obey your parents in
2 Set your affection on things all things: for this is well pleasing unto
above, not on things on the earth* the Lord.
1052 I THESSALONIANS 1

21 Fathers, provoke not your chll- your estate, and comfort your hearts;
dren to anger,lest they be discouraged. 9 With O-nes-i-mus, a faithful and
22 Servants, obey in ail things your beloved brother, who is one of you.
masters according to the flesh; not They shaU make known imto you aU
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but things which are done here.
in singleness of heart, fearing Grod: 10 Ar-is-tar'-chus my feUowprisoner
23 And whatsoever ye do,do U heart- saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son
ily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; to Bamabas, (touching whom ye re-
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye ceived commandments: if he come im-
shall receive the reward of the inherit- to you, receive him;)
ance: for ye serve the Lord Christ, 11 And Jésus, which is caUed Jus-
25 But he that doeth wrong shaU tus, who are of the circumcision. These
receive for the wrong which he hath only are my fellowworkers unto the
done: and there is no respect of per- kingdom of God, which have been a
sons, comfort unto me.
12 Ep-a-phras, who is one of you, a
CHAPTER 4 servant of Christ, saluteth you, al-
Masters, give unto your ser ways labourihg fervently for you in
vants that which is just and prayers, that ye may stand perfect and
equal; knowing that ye also have a complété in aU the wiU of God.
Master in heaven, 13 For I bear him record, that he
2 Continue in prayer, and watch in hath a great zeal for you, and them
the same with thanksgiving; that are in La-od-i-ce-a, and them in
3 Withal praying also for us, that Hi-e-rap-o-lis.
God would open unto us a door of ut- 14 Luke,the beloved physician,and
terance, to speak the mystery of Demas, greet you.
Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 15 Salute the brethren which are in
4 That 1 may make it manifest, as La-od-i-ce-a, and Nym-phas, and the
I ought to speak. church which is in his house.
5 Walk in wisdom toward them 16 And when this epistle is read
that are without, redeeming the time. among you, cause that it be read also
6 Let your speech he alway with in the church of the La-od-i-ce-ans;
grâce, seasoned with sait, that ye may and that ye Ukewise read the episOe
know how ye ought to answer every from La-od-i-ce'-a.
man. 17 And say to Ar-chip-pus, Take
7 AU my state shaU Tych-i-cus dé heed to the ministry which thou hast
claré unto you, who is a beloved broth- received in the Lord, that thou fulfil
er, and a faithful minister and feUow- it.
servant in the Lord: 18 The salutation by the hand of
8 Whom I have sent unto you for me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grâce
the same purpose, that he might know he with you. Amen.

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle

to the

Tkessalonians
CHAPTER I
PAUL,and SU-va-nus, and Ti-mo-
the-us, unto the church of the
Thes-sa-lo'-ni-ans which is in God
the Father and in the Lord Jésus
Christ: Grâce he unto you, and peace,
from God our Father, and the Lord
Jésus Christ.
2 We give thanks to God eilways for
you ail, making mention of you in our
prayers;
 I THESSALONIANS 2, 3 1053

3 Rememberîng without ceasing 8 So being affectionately desirous

your work of faith, and labour of love, of you, we were willing to have im-
and patience of hope in our Lord Jésus parted unto you, not the gospel of God
Christ, in the sight of God and our only, but also our own soûls, because
Father; ye were dear unto us.
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your 9 For ye remember, brethren, our
élection of God. labour and travail: for labouring night
5 For our gospel came not unto you and day, because we would not be
in Word only, but also in power,and in chargeable unto any of you,we preach-
the Holy Ghost, and in much assur ed unto you the gospel of God.
ance; as ye know what manner of men 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also,
we were among you for your sake. how holily and justly and unblame-
6 And ye became followers of us, ably we behaved ourselves among you
and of the Lord, having received the that believe:
Word in much affliction, with joy of the 11 As ye know how we exhorted
Holy Ghost: and comforted and charged every one
7 So that ye were ensamples to ail of you, as a father doth his cMldren,
that believe in Macedonia and A-cha- 12 That ye would walk worthy of
ia. God, who hath called you unto his
8 For from you sounded out the kingdom and glory.
Word of the Lord not only in Macedo 13 For this cause also thank we
nia and A-cha-ia, but also in every God without ceasing, because, when
place your faith to God-ward is spread ye received the word of God which ye
abroad; so that we need not to speak heard of ûs, ye received it not as the
any thing. word of men, but as it is in truth, the
9 For they themselves shew of us word of God, which effectually work-
what manner of entering in we had eth also in you that believe.
imto you, and how ye tumed to God 14 For ye, brethren, became follow
from idols to serve the living and true ers of the churches of God which in
God; Judsea are in Christ Jésus: for ye also
10 And to wait for his Son from have suffered like things of your own
heaven, whom he raised from the dead, countrymen, even as they have of the
even Jésus, whdch delivered us from the Jews: > .
wrath to come. 15 Who both killed the Lord Jésus,
and their own prophets, and have per-
CHAPTER 2 secuted us; and they please not God,
For yourselves, brethren, know our and are contrary to ail men:
entrance in unto you, that it was 16 Forbidding us to speak to the
not in vain: Gentiles that they might be saved,
2 But even after that we had suf- to ffll up their sins alway: for the
fered before, and were shamefully en- wrath is come upon them to the utter-
treated, as ye know, at Phî-lip-pi, we most.
were bold in our God to speak unto 17 But we, brethren, being taken
you the gospel of God with much con from you for a short time in presence,
tention. not in heart, endeavoured the more
3 For our exhortation wos not of de- abundantly to see your face with great
ceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: desire.
4 But as we were allowed of God to 18 Wherefore we would have come
be put in trust with the gospel, even unto you, even I Paul, once and again;
so we speak; not as pleasing men, but but Satan hindered us.
God, which trieth our hearts. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or
5 For neither at any time used we crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in
flattering words, as ye know, nor a the presence of our Lord Jésus Christ
cloak of covetousness; God is witness: at his coming?
6 Nor of men sought we glory, nei 20 For ye are our glory and joy.
ther of you, nor yet of others, when we
might have been burdensome, as the CHAPTER 3
apostles of Christ. WHEREFORE wheii we could no
7 But we were gentle among you, longer forbear, we thought it
even as a nurse cherisheth her chil- good to be left at Athens alone;
dren: 2 And sçnt Ti-mo-the-us, our broth-
1054 I THESSALONIANS 4, 5
er, and minlster of God, and our fel-
lowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to
establish you, and to comfort you con-
ceming your faith:
3 That no man should be moved by
these afflictions: for yourselves know
that we are appointed thereunto.
'4 For verily, when we were with
you, we told you before that we should
suflfer tribulation; even as it came to
pass, and ye know^
5 For this cause, when I could no
longer forbear, I sent to know your
faith, lest by some means the tempter
have tempted you, and our labour be
in vain.
6 But how when Ti-mô-the-us came
from you unto us,and brought us good
tidings of your faith and charity, and
that ye have good remembrance of us
always, desiring greatly to see us, as
we also to see you:
7 Therefore, brethren, we were com-
forted over you in ail our affliction and
distress by your faith:
8 For now we live, if ye stand fast
in the Lord.
9 For what thanks can we render to
God again for you, for ail the joy
wherewith we joy for your sakes be
fore our God;
10 Night and day praying exceed-
ingly that we might see your face, and
might perfect that which is lacking in
your faith?
11 Now God himself and our Fa-
ther, and our Lord Jésus Christ, direct
our way unto you.
12 And the Lord make you to in-
crease and abound In love one toward
another, and toward ail men, even as
we do toward you:
13 To the end he may stablish your
hearts unblameable in holiness before
God, even our Father, at the coming
of our Lord Jésus Christ with ail his
saints.
CHAPTER4
FURTHERMORE then we beseech
you, brethren, and exhort you by
the Lord Jésus, that as ye have re-
ceived of us how ye ought to walk and
to please God, so ye would abound
more and more.
2 For ye know what command-
ments we gave you by the Lord Jésus.
3 For this is the will of God, even
your sanctification, that ye should ab-
stain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should
know how to possess his vessel in sanc
tification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence,
even as the Gentiles which know not
God:
6 That no man go beyond and de-
fraud his brother in any matter: be-
cause that the Lord is ihe avenget of
ail such, as we also have forewamed
you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto
uncleahness, but unto holiness.
8 He tiierefore. that despiseih, des-
piseth not man, but God, who hath
also given imto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye
need not that I write imto you: for ye
yourselves are taught of God to love
one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward ail
the brethren which are in ail Macedo-
nia: but we beseech you, brethren,
that ye increase morè and more;
11 And that ye study to be quiet,
and to do your own business, and to
work with your own hands,as we com-
manded you;
12 That ye may walk honestly to
ward them that are without, and fhat
ye may have lack of nothing.
13 But I would not have you to be
ignorant, brethren, conceming them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jésus died
and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jésus will God bring
with him.
15 For this we say imto you by the
Word of the Lord, ttiat we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of
the Lord shall not prevent them which
are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall de
scend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and re
main shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another
with these words.
CHAPTER 5
But of the times and the seasons,
' brethren, ye have no need that I
write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly
 n THESSALONIANS 1
that the day of the Lord se cometh as in love for their work's sake. And be at
a thlef in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace
and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a
woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in dark-
ness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief.
5 Ye are ail the children of light,
and the children of the day: we are not
of the night, nor of darkness»
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the
ni^t; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of
faith and love; and for an helmet, the
hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jésus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether
we wake or sleep, we should live to-
gether with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves
together, and edify one another, even
asalsoyedo*
12 And we beseech you, brethren,
to know them which labour among
you,and are over yoii in the Lord,and
admonish you;
13 And to esteem them very highly
The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle
to the
Thessalonians
CHAPTER I
PAUL,and Sil-va-nus, and Ti-mo-
the-us, imto the church of the
Thes-sa-lo-ni-ans in God our Fa-
ther and the Lord Jésus Christ:
2 Grâce uiito you, and peace, from
God our Father and the Lord Jésus
Christ.
3 We are boimd to thank God al*-
ways for you, brethren, as it is meet.
1055
peace among yourselves.
14 Now we exhort you, brethren,
wam them that are unruly, comfort
the feebleminded, support the weak,
be patient toward ail mm.
15 See that none render evil for evil
unto any man; but ever foUow that
which is good, both among yourselves,
and to ail mm.
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing glve thanks: for
this is the will of God in Christ Jésus
conceming you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophésyings.
21 Prove ail things; hold fast that
which is good.
22 Abstain from ail appearance of
evil.
23 And the very God of peace
sanctify you whoUy; and I pray God
your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jésus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you,
who also will do it.
25 Brethren, pray for us.
26 Greet ail the brethren with an
holy kiss.
27 I charge you by the Lord that
this epistle be read imto ail the holy
brethren.
28 The grâce of our Lord Jésus
Christ be with you. Amen.
because that your faith groweth ex-
ceedingly, and the charity of every one
of you ail toward each other abound-
eth;
4 So that we ourselves glory in you
in the churches of God for your pa
tience and faith in ail your persécu
tions and tribulations that ye endure:
5 Which is a manifest token of the
righteous judgment of God, that ye
may be counted worthy of the king-
1056 n THESSALONIANS 2, 3
dom of God» for whlch ye also suffen
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with
God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest
with us, when the Lord Jésus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance
on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jésus
Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with ever-
lasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of his
power;
10 When he shall come to be glori-
fied in his saints, and to be admired in
ail them that believe (because our tes-
timony among you was believed) in
that day,
11 Wlierefore also we pray always
for you,that our God would count you
worthy of this calling, and fuhil ail the
good pleasure of his goodness, and the
work of faith with powen
12 That the nàme of our Lord Jésus
Christ may be glorified in you, and ye
in him, according to the grâce of our
God and the Lord Jésus Christ*
CHAPTER 2
NOW we beseech you, brethren, by
the coming of our Lord Jésus
Christ, and hy our gathering together
unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in
mind,or be troubled, neither by spirit,
nor by word, nor by letter as from us,
as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not cornet ex-
cept there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the
son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth him-
self above ail that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I
was yet with you, I told you these
things?
6 And now ye know what withhold-
eth that he might be revealed in his
time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth
already work: only he who now letteth
wUl let, imtil he be taken out of the
way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be re
vealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after
the wôrking of Satan with ail power
and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with ail deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of
the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie:
12 That they ail might be damned
who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks
alway to God for you, brethren be-
loved of the Lord, because God hath
from the beginning chosen you to sal-
vation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereimto he called you by our
gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of
our Lord Jesiis Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast,
and hold the traditions which ye have
been taught, whether by word, or our
epistle.
16 Now our Lord Jésus Christ him
self, and God, even our Father, which
hath loved us, and hath given us ever-
lasting consolation and good hope
through grâce,
17 Comfort your hearts, and stab-
lish you in every good word and work.
CHAPTER 3
FINALLY, brethren, pray for us,
that the word of the Lord may
have free course, and be glorified, even
as itis with you:
2 And that we may be delivered
from unreasonable and wicked men:
for ail men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shaU
stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the
Lord touching you, that ye both do
and will do the things which we com-
mand you.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts
into the love of God, and into the pa
tient waiting for Christ.
6 Now we command you, brethren,
in the name of our Lord Jésus Christ,
that ye withdraw yourselves from
every brother that walketh disorderly,
and not after the tradition which he
received of us.
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7 For yourselves know how ye mand and exhort by our Lord Jésus
ought to follow us: for we behaved not Christ, that with quiethess they work,
ourselves disorderly among you; and ^t their own bread.
8 Neither did we eat any man's 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary
bread for nought; but wrought with in well doing.
labour and travail night and.day, that 14 And tf any man obey not our
we might not be chargeable to any of Word by this epistle, note that man,
you: and have no company with him, that
9 Not because we have not power, he may be ashamed.
but to make ourselves an ensample 15 Yet count him not as an enemy,
unto you to follow us, but admonish him as a brother.
10 For even when we were with 16 Now the Lord of peace himself
you, this we commanded you, that if give you peace always by ail means.
any would not work, neither should he The Lord he with you ail.
eat. 17 The salutation of Paul with mine
11 For we hear that there are some own hand, which is the token in every
which walk among you disorderly, epistle: so I write.
working not at ail, but are busybodies. 18 The grâce of oùr Lord Jésus
12 Now them that are suchwecom- Christ he with you alL Amen.

Tke First Epistle of Paul the Apostle

to

Timothy
CHAPTER I
PAUL, an apostle of Jésus Christ
by the commandment of God our
Saviour, and Lord Jésus Christ,
which is our hope;
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the
faith: Grâce, mercy, and peace, from
God our Father and Jésus Christ our
Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still
at Eph-e-sus, when I went into Mace-
donia, that thou mightest charge some
that they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give heed to fables and
endless généalogies, which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying
which is in faith: so do.
5 Now the end of the command
ment is charity out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience, and of faith
unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved
have tumed aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law;
understanding neither what they say,
nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good,
if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not
made for a righteous man, but for the
lawless and disobedient, for the un-
godly and for sinners, for unholy and
profane, for murderers of fathers and
murderers of mothers, for manslay-
ers,
10 For whoremongers, for them
that defile themselves with mankind,
for menstealers, for liarç, for perjured
persons, and if there be any other
thing that is contrary to sound doc
trine;
11 According to the glorious gospel
of the blessed God, which was com-
mitted to my trust.
12 And I thank Christ Jésus our
Lord, who hath enabled me, for that
he counted me faithful, putting me in
to the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer,
and a persecutor, and injurions: but I
obtained mercy, becaùse I did it igno-
rantly in unbelief.
14 And the grâce of our Lord was
exceeding abundant with faith and
love which is in Christ Jésus.
15 This is a faithful saying, and
worthy of ail acceptation, that Christ
1058 I TIMOTHY 2, 3
Jésus came into the world to save sin- 12 But I sufifer not a woman to
ners; of whom 1 am chief» teach, nor to usurp authority over the
16 Howbeit for thls cause I ob- man, but to be in silence.
tained mercy, that in me first Jésus 13 For Adam was first formed,then
Christ might shew forth ail longsuffer- Eve.
ing,for a pattem to them which should 14 And Adam was not deceived, biit
hereafter believe on him to life ever- the woman being deceived was in the
lasting. transgression.
17 Now unto the King etemal, im- 15 Notwithstanding she shall be
mortal,invisible, the only wise God, be saved in childbearing, if they continue
honour and glory for ever and even in faith and charity and holiness with
Amen. sobriety.
18 This charge I commit unto thee,
son Tim-o-thy, according to the proph- CHAPTER3
ecies which went before on thee, that This ts a tme saying. If a man de-
thou by them mightest war a good sire the ofiice of a bishop, he de-
warfare; sireth a good work.
19 Holding faith, and a good con 2 A bishop then must be blameless,
science; whidb some having put away the husband of one wife, vigilsuit, so-
conceming faith have made ship- ber, of good behaviour, given to hos-
wreck; pitality, apt to teach;
20 Of whom is Hy-me-nae'-us and 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not
Alexander; whom I have delivered un greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not
to Satan, that they may leam not to a brawler, not covetous;
blasphémé. 4 One that mleth well his own
house, having his children in subjec
CHAPTER 2 tion with ail gravity;
EXHORT therefore, that, first of 5 (For if a man know not how to
ail, supplications, prayers, interces rule his own house, how shall he take
sions, and giving of thanks, be made care of the church of God?)
for ail men; 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up
2 For kings, and for ail that are in with pride he fall into the condenma-
authority; that we may lead a quiet tion of the devil.
and peaceable life in ail godliness and 7 Moreover he must have a good re
honesty. port of them which are without;:lest
3 For this is good aiid acceptable in he fall into reprôach and the snare of
the sight of God our Saviour; the devil.
4 Who will have ail men to be 8 Likewise must the deacons be
saved, and to come unto the knowl- grave, not doubletongued, not given to
edge of the truth. much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
5 For there is one God, and one me- 9 Holding the mystery of the faith
diator between God and men, the man in a pure conscience.
Christ Jésus; 10 And let these also first be proved;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for then let them use the office of a dea-
aU, to be testified in due time. con, being found blameless.
7 Whereunto I am ordzdned a 11 Even so mwst their wives be
preacher, and an apostle,(I speak the grave, not slanderers, sober,faithful in
truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher ^1 things.
of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 12 Let the deacons be the husbsinds
8 I will therefore that men pray of one wife, ruling their children 2ind
every where, lifting up holy hands, their own houses well.
without wrath and doubting. 13 For they that have used the
9 In like manner also, that women office of a deacon well purchase to
adom themselves in modest apparel, themselves a good degree, and great
with shamefacedness and sobriety; not boldness in the faith which is in Christ
with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or Jésus.
costly array. 14 These things write I unto thee,
10 But (which becometh women hoping to come unto thee shortly:
professing godliness) with good works. 15 But if I tarry long, that thou
11 Let the woman leam in silence mayest know how thou oughtest to be-
with ail subjection. have thyself in the house of God,
 I TIMOTHY 4, 5 1059

which is the church of the living God, 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto
the piûar and ground of the truth. the doctrine; continue in them: for in
I6 And without controversy great doing this thou shcilt both save thy
is the mystery of godliness: God was self, and them that hear thee.
manifest in the flesh, justified in the CHAPTER 5
Spirit, seen of angels, preaehed imto
the Gentiles, believed on in the world, REBUKE not an elder, but in-
received up into glory, . treat him as a father; and the
younger men às brethren;
CHAPTER 4 2 The elder women as mothers; the
NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some
younger as sisters, with ail purity.
3 Honour widows that are widows
shall départ from the faith, giving indeed.
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines 4 But if any widow have childrçn or
of devils; nephews, let them leam first to shew
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having piety at home, and to requite their
their conscience seared with a hot iron; parents: for that is good and accept
3 Forbidding to marry, and corn- able before God.
manding to abstain from méats, which 5 Now she that is a widow indeed,
God hath created to be received with and desolate, trusteth in God,and con-
thanksgiving of them which believe tinueth in supplications and prayers
and know the truth. night and day.
4 For every créature of God is good, 6 But she that liveth in pleasiîre is
and nothing to be refused, if it be re dead while she liveth.
ceived with theinksgiving: 7 And these things give in charge,
5 For it is sanctified by the word of that they may be blameless.
God and prayer. 8 But if any provide not for his
6 If thou put the brethren in re- own,and specially for those of his own
membrance of these things, thou shalt house, he hath denied the faith, and is
be a good minister of Jésus Christ, worse than an infidel.
nourished up in the words of faith and 9 Let not a widow be taken into the
of good doctrine, whereimto thou hast number under threescore years old,
attained. having been the wife of one man,
7 But refuse profane and old wives* 10 Well reported of for good works;
fables, and exercise thyself rather unto if she have brought up children, if she
godliness. have lodged strangers, if she have
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: washed the saints* feet, if she have re-
but godliness is profitable imto ail lieved the afflicted, if she have dili-
things, having promise of the life that gently followed every good work.
now is, and of that which is to come. 11 But the younger widows refuse:
9 This is a faithful saying and for when they have begun to wax
worthy of ail acceptation. wanton against Christ, they will mar
10 For therefore we both labour and ry;
suffer reproach, because we trust in 12 Having damnation, because they
the living God, who is the Saviour of have cast off their first faith.
ail men,specially of those that believe. 13 And withal they leam to he idle,
11 These things command and wandering about from house to house;
teach. and not only idle, but tattlers also and
12 Let no man despise thy youth; busybodies, speaking things which
but be thou an example^of the believ- they ought not.
ers, in word, in conversation, in chari- 14 I will therefore that the younger
ty, in spirit, in faith, in purity. women marry, bear children, guide the
13 Till I come, give attendance to house, give none occasion to the ad-
rea^g, to exhortation, to doctrine. versary to speak reproachfully.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in 15 For some are already tumed
thee, which was given thee by proph- aside after Satem.
ecy, with the laying on of the hands of 16 If Einy man or woman that be-
the presbytery. lieveth have widows, let them reUeve
15 Meditate upon these things; give them, and let not the church be
thyself wholly to them;that thy profit- charged; that it may relieve them that
ing may appear to ail. are widows indeed.
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17 Let the elders that rule well be 7 For we brought nothing îoto fhîs
counted ivorthy of double honour, es- world, and it is certain we can carry
pecially they who labour in the word nothing out.
and doctrine. 8 And having food and raiment let
18 For the scripture saith, Thou us be therewith content.
shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth 9 But they that will be rich fall into
out the côm. And, The labourer is temptation and a snare, and into many
worthy of his reward, foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
19 Against an elder receive not an men in destruction and perdition.
accusation, but before two or three 10 For the love of money is the root
witnesses. of ail evil: which whilê some coveted
20 Them that sin rebuke before ail, after, they have erred from the faith,
that others also may fear. and pierced themsdives through with
21 I charge ihee before God,and the many sorrows.
Lord Jésus Christ, and the elect an- 11 But thou, O man of God, flee
gels, that thou observe these things these things; and follow after right-
without preferring one before another, éousness, godliness, faith, love, pa
doing nothing by partiality. tience, meekness.
22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay
neither be partaker of other men's hold on etemal life, whereunto thou
sins; keep thyself pure. art also called, and hast professed
23 Drink no longer water, but use a a good profession before many wit
little wine for thy stomach*s sake and nesses.
thine often infinnities. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of
24 Some men's sins are open before- God, who quickeneth ail things, ànd
hand, going before to judgment; and before Christ Jésus, who before Pontius
some men they follow after. Pilate witnessed a good confession;
25 Likewise also the good works of 14 That thou keep ihis command-
some are manifest beforehand; and ment without spot, unrebukeable, un-
they that are otherwise cannot be hid. til the appearing of our Lord Jésus
Christ:
CHAPTER 6 15 Which in his times he shall shew,
1ET as many servants as are under who is the blessed and only Poten-
j the yoke count their own masters tate, the King of kings, and Lord of
worthy of ail honour, that the name of lords;
God and his doctrine be not blas- 16 Who only hath immortality,
phemed. dwelling in the light which no man can
2 And they that have believing approach unto; whom no man hath
masters, let them not despise tkem, seen, nor can see: to whom he honour
because they are brethreh; but ra- and power everlasting. Amen.
ther do them service, because they 17 Charge them that are rich in this
are fcdthful and beloved, partakers of world, that they be not highminded,
the benefit. These things teach and ex- nor trust in uncertain riches, butin
hort. the living God, who giveth us richly ail
3 If any man teach otherwise, and things to enjoy;
consent not to wholesome words, even 18 That they do good, that they be
the words of our Lord Jésus Christ, rich in good works, ready to distribute,
and to the doctrine which is according willing to communicate;
to godliness; 19 Laying up in store for them-
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, selves a good foundation against the
but dpting about questions and strifes time to come, that they may lay hold
of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, on etemal life.
railings, evil surmisings. 20 O Timothy, keep that which is
5 Perverse disputings of men of cor- committed to thy tmst, avoiding pro
rupt minds, and destitute of the truth, fane and vain babblings, and opposi
supposing that gain is godliness: from tions of science falsely so called:
such withdraw Ôiyself. 21 Which some professing have
6 But godliness with contentment is erred conceming the faith* Grâce be
great gain. with thee. Amen.
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The Second Epistde of Paul the Apostle

to

Timothy
12 For the which cause I also suffer
CHAPTER I
PAUL,an apostle of Jésus Christ these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I know whom I have be-
by the will of God,according to lieved, and am persuaded that he is
the promise of life which is in able to keep that which I have com-
Christ Jésus, mitted unto him against that day»
2 To Tlmothy, my dearly beloved 13 Hold fast the form of sound
son: Grâce, mercy, and peace, from words, which thou hast heard of me,
God the Father and Christ Jésus our in faith and love which is in Christ
Lord» Jésus»
3 I thank God, whom I serve from 14 That good thing which was com-
my forefathers with pure conscience, mitted unto thee keep by the Holy
that without ceasing I have remem- Ghost which dwelleth in us»
brance of thee in my prayers night and 15 This thou knowest, that ail they
day; which are in Asia be tumed away from
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being me; of whom are Phy-ger-lus and Her-
mindful of thy tears, that I may be mog'-e-nes»
filled with joy; 16 The Lord give mercy unto the
5 When I call to remembrance the house of On-e-siph-o-rus; for he oft
unfeigned faith that is in thee, which refreshed me, and was not ashamed of
dweit first in thy grandmother Loi^ my chain:
and thy mother Eunice; and I am per- 17 But, when he was in Rome, he
suaded that in thee also» sought me out very diligently, and
6 Wherefore I put thee in remem foimd me.
brance that thou stir up the gift of 18 The Lord grant imto him that he
God, which is in thee by the putting may find mercy of the Lord in that
on of my hands. day: and in how many things he min-
7 For God hath not given us the istered unto me at Eph-e-sus, thou
spirit offear; but of power,and of love, knowest very well»
and of a sound mind»
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of CHAPTER 2
the testimony of our Lord, nor of me Thou therefore, my son, be strong
his prisoner: but be thou partaker of in the grâce that is in Christ Jésus»
the afflictions of the gospel according 2 And the things that thou hast
to the power of God; he^d of me among mcuiy witnesses,
9 Who hath saved us, and called us the same commit thou to faithful men,
with an holy caUing, not according to who shall be able to teach others also»
our Works, but according to his own 3 Thou therefore endure hardness,
purpose and grâce, which was given us as a good soldier of Jésus Christ.
in Christ Jésus before the world began, 4 No man that warreth entangleth
10 But is now made manifest by the himself with the affairs of this life; that
appearing of our Saviour Jésus Christ, he may please him who hath chosen
who hath abolished deaôi, and hath him to be a soldier»
brought life zind immortality to light 5 And if a m£in also strive for mas-
through the gospeU teries, yet is he not crowned, except he
11 Whereunto I am appointed a strive lawfuUy»
preacher,and an apostle,and a teacher 6 The husbandman that laboureth
of the Gentiles. must be first partaker of the fruits»
1062 II TIMOTHY 3

7 Consider what I say; and the tions avoid, knowing that they do gen-
Lord give thee understanding in ail der strifes.
things. 24 And the servant of the Lord
8 Remember that Jésus Christ of must not strive; but be gentle unto ail
the seed of David was raised from the men, apt to teach, patient,
dead according to my gospel: 25 In meekness instructing those
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an that oppose themselves; if God perad-
evil doer, even unto bonds; but the venture will give them repenteince to
Word of God is not bound. the acknowledging of the truth;
10 Therefore I endure ail things for 26 And that they may recover them
the elect's sakes, that they may also selves out of the snare of the devil,
obtain the salvation which is in Christ who are taken captive by him at his
Jésus with etemal glory, will.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we
be dead with htm, we shaU also live CHAPTER 3
with him: This know also, that in the last
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign days perilous times shall come.
with him: if we deny him, he also will 2 For men shall be lovers of their
deny us: own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
faithful: he cannot deny himself. imthankful, unholy,
14 Of these things put ihem in re- 3 Without natural affection, truce-
membrance, charging fhem before the breakers, false accusers, incontinent,
Lord that they strive not about words fierce, despisers of those that are good,
to no profit, but to the subverting of 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lov
the hearers. ers of pleasures more than lovers of
15 Study to shew thyself approved God;
unto God,a workman that needeth not 5 Having a form of godliness, but
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the denying the power thereof: from such
Word of truth, tum away.
16 But shun profane and vain bab- 6 For of this sort are they which
blings: for they will increase unto more creep into houses, and lead captive
ungodliness. silly women laden with sins, led away
17 And their word will eat as doth %itii divers lusts,
a canker: of whom is Hy-me-nae-us and 7 Ever leaming, and never able to
Phi-le-tus; come to the knowledge of the truth.
18 Who conceming the truth have 8 Now as Jan'-nes and Jam-bres
erred, saying that the résurrection is withstood Moses, so do these also re-
past already; and overthrow the faith sist the truth: men of corrupt minds,
of some. reprobate concerning the faith.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of 9 But they shall proceed no furthen
God standeth sure, having this seal, for their folly shall be manifest unto
The Lord knoweth them that are ail men, as theirs also was.
his. And, Let every one that nameth 10 But thou hast fuUy known my
the name of Christ départ from in- doctrine, manner of life, purpose,
iquity. faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
20 But in a great house there are 11 Persécutions, afflictions, which
not only vessels of gold and of silver, came unto me at Antioch, at l-co'-ni-
but also of wood and of earth; and um, at Lys-tra; what persécutions I
some to honoiu:, and some to dishon- endured: but out of them ail the Lord
our. delivered me.
21 If a man therefore purge himself 12 Yea, and ail that will live godly
from these, he shall be a vessel unto in Christ Jésus shall suffer persécu
honour, sanctified, and meet for the tion.
master's use, and prepared unto every 13 But evil men and seducers shall
good work. wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but fol- being deceived.
low righteousness, faith, charity, 14 But continue thou in the things
peace, with them that call on the Lord which thou hast leamed and hast been
out of a pure heart. assured of, knowing of whom thou
23 But foolish and unleamed ques hast leamed fhem;
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15 And that from a child thou hast 10 For Demas hath forsaken me,
known the holy scriptures, which are having loved this présent world, and is
able to make thee wise unto salvation departed unto Thes-sa-lo-ni-ca; Cres-
through fciith which is in Christ Jésus. cens to Gala-tia, Titus unto Dal-ma-
16 Ail scripture is given by inspira ti-a.
tion of God, and is profitable for doc 11 Only Luke is with me. Take
trine,for reproof,for correction,for in Mark, and bring him with thee: for he
struction in righteousness: is profitable to me for the ministry.
17 That the man of God may be 12 And Tych'-i-cus have I sent to
perfect, throughly fumished unto ail Eph-e-sus.
good Works. 13 The cloak that I left at Troas
with Carpus, when thou comest, bring
CHAPTER 4 with thee, and thé books, but especially
I CHARGE thee therefore before the parchments.
14 Alexander the coppersmith did
God, and the Lord Jésus Christ,
who shall judge the quick and the dead me much evil: the Lord reward him ac-
at his appearihg and his kingdom; cording to his works:
2 Preach the word; be instant in 15 Of whom be thou ware also;
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, for he hath greatly withstood our
exhort with ail longsufîering and doc words.
trine. 16 At my first answer no man stood
3 For the time will corne when they with me, but ail men forsook me: I
will not endure souiid doctrine; but pray God that it may not be laid to
after their own lusts shall they heap to their charge.
themselves teachers, having itching 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood
ears; with me,and strengthened me;that by
4 And they shall tum away their me the preaching might be fully
ears from the truth, and shall be known,and that ail the Gentiles might
tumed unto fables. hear: and I was delivered out of the
5 But watch thou in ail things, en mouth of the lion.
dure afflictions, do the work of an 18 And the Lord shall deliver me
evangelist, make full proof of thy min- from every evil work, and will pré
istry. serve me unto his heavenly kingdom:
6 For I am now ready to be offered, to whom be glory for ever and ever.
and the time of my departure is at Amen.
hand. 19 Sainte Pris-ca and Aq-ui-la, and
7 I have fought a good fight, I have the hoùsehold of On-e-siph-o-rus.
finished my course, I have kept the 20 E-ras-tus abode at Corinth: but
faith: Troph'-i-mus have I left at Mi-le'-tum
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me sick.
a crown of righteousness, which the 21 Do thy diligence to come before
Lord, the righteous judge, shall give winter. Eu-bu-lus greeteth thee and
me at that day: and not to me only, Pudens, and Li-nus, and Clau-di-a,
but unto ail them also that love his and ail the brethren.
appearing. 22 The Lord Jésus Christ be with
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly thy spirit. Grâce be with you.
unto me: Amen.
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The Epistle of Paul to

Titus
15 Unto the pure ail things are
CHAPTER I
PAUL,a servant of God, and an
apostle of Jésus Christ,according
pure: but unto them that are defiled
and unbelieving is nothing pure; but
even their mind and conscience is de
to the faith of God's elect. and the filed.
acknowledging of the truth which is 16 They profess that they know
after godliness; God; but in works, they deny htm,
2 In hope of etemàl life, which God, being abominable, and disobédient,
that cannot lie, promised before the and imto every good work reprobate.
world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested CHAPTER 2
his Word through preaching, which is But speak thou the things which
committed unto me accordOing to the become sound doctrine:
commandment of God our Sa^our; 2 That the aged men be sober,
4 To Titus, mine own son after the grave, tempêrate, soimd in faith, in
common faith: Grâce, mercy, and charity, in patience.
peace, from God the Father and the 3 The aged women likewise, that
Lord Jésus Christ our Saviour» they he in behaviour as becometh holi-
5 For this cause left 1 thee in Crete, ness, not falsé accusers, not given to
that thou shouldest set in order the much wine, teachers of good things;
things that are wanting, and ordain 4 That they may teach the young
elders in every city, as I had appointed women to be sober, to love their hus-
thee: bands, to love their children,
6 If any be blameless, the husband 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at
of one wife, having faithful children home,good, obedient to their own hus-
not accused of riot or unruly. bands, that the word of God be not
7 For a bishop must be blameless, blasphemed.
as the steward of God; not selfwilled, 6 Young men likewise exhort to be
not soon angry, not given to wine, no sober minded.
striker, not given to filthy lucre; 7 In ail things shewing thyself a
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover pattern of good works: in doctrine
of good men, sober, just, holy, tem- shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sin-
perate; cerity,
9 Holding fast the faithful word as 8 Sound speech, that cannot be con-
he hath been taught, that he may be demned;that he that is of the contrary
able by sound doctrine both to exhort part may be ashamed, having no evû
and to convince the gainsayers. thing to say of you.
10 For there are many unruly and 9 Eodiort servants to be obedient un
vain talkers and deceivers, specially to their own méisters, and to please
they of the circumcision: fhem well in ail things; not answering
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, again;
who subvert whole houses, teaching 10 Not purloining, but shewing ail
things which they ought not,for filthy good fidelity; that they may adom the
lucre's sake. doctrine of God our Saviour in ail
12 One of themselves, even a proph- things.
et of their own, said, The Cretians are 11 For the grâce of God that bring-
alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. eth salvation hath appeared to ail
13 This witness is true. Wherefore men,
rebuke them sharply, that they may 12 Teaching us that, denying un-
be Sound in the faith; godliness and worldly lusts, we should
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, live soberly, righteously, and godly, in
and commandments of men, that tum this présent world;
from the truth. 13 Looking for that blessed hope.
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and the glorious appearing of the great through Jésus Christ our Saviour;
God and our Saviour Jésus Christ; 7 That being justified by his grâce,
14 Who gave himself for us, that he we should be made heirs according to
mi^t redeem us from ail iniquity, and the hope of etemal life.
pimfy unto himself a peculiar people, 8 This is a faithful saying, and
2;ealous of good works. these things 1 will that thou affirm con-
15 These things speak, and exhort, stantly, that they which have beUeved
and rebuke with ail authority* Let no in God inight be eareful to maintain
man despise thee. good Works. These things are good and
profitable unto men.
CHAPTER 3 9 But avoid foolish questions, and
PUT them in mind to be subject to genealogies, and contentions, and
principalities and powers, to obey strivings about the law; for they are
ma^trates, to be ready to every good unprofitable and vain.
work, 10 A man that is an heretick after
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no the first and second admonition reject;
brawlers, hut gentle, shewing ail meek- 11 Knowing that he that is such is
ness imto ail men. subverted, and sinneth, being con-
3 For we ourselves also were some- demned of himself.
times foolish, disobedient, deceived, 12 When I shall send Artemas unto
serving divers lusts and pleasures, liv- thee,or Tych-i-cus, be diligent to come
ing in malice and envy, hateful, and imto me to Ni-cop-o-lis: for I have de-
hating one another. termined there to winter.
4 But after that the kindness and 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and
love of God our Saviour toward man Apollos on their joumey diligently,
appeared, that nothing be wanting unto them.
5 Not by Works of righteousness 14 And let ours also leam to main
which we have done, but according to tain good Works for necessary uses,
his mercy he saved us, by the washing that they be not unfruitful.
of régénération, and renewing of the 15 AU that are with me sainte thee.
Holy Ghost; Greet them that love us in the faith.
6 Which he shed on us abundantly Grâce be with you aU. Amen.

The Epistle of Paul to

Philemon
PAUL,a prisoner of Jésus Christ, knowledging of every good thing
and Timothy our brother, unto which is in you in Christ Jésus.
Phi-le-mon our dearly beloved, 7 For we have great joy and con
and feUowlabourer, solation in thy love, because the bow-
2 And to our beloved Ap-phi-a, and els of the saints are refreshed by thee,
Ar-chip-pus our feUowsoldiér, and to brothér.
the church in thy house: 8 Wherefpre, though I might be
3 Grâce to you, and peace, from much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that
God our Father and the Lord Jésus which is convenient,
Ohirist. 9 Yet for love's sake I rafher be-
4 I thank my God, making mention seech thee, being such an one as Paul
of thee always in my prayers, the aged, and now also a prisoner of
5 Hearing of thy love and faith, Jésus Christ.
which thou hast toward the Lord Jé 10 I beseech thee for my son O-nes'-
sus, and toward aU saints; i-mus, whom 1 have begotten in my
6 That the communication of thy bonds:
faith may become effectuai by the ac- 11 Which in time past was to thee
1066 HEBREWS 1

improfitable, but now profitable to 18 If he hath wronged thee, or ow-

thee and to me: eth fhee ought, put that on mine ac-
12 Whom I bave sent agaim thou count;
therefore receive him, that is, mine 19 I Paul have written it with mine
own bowels: own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do
13 Whom I would have retained not say to thee how thou owest unto
with me, that in thy stead he might me even thine own self besides.
have ministered imto me in the bonds 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of
of the gospel: thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in
14 But without thy mind would I the Lord.
do nothing; that thy benefit should not 21 Having confidence In thy obédi
be as it were of necessity, but willingly. ence I wrote imto thee, knowing that
15 For perhaps he therefore de- thou wilt also do more than I say.
parted for a season, that thou shduld- 22 But withal préparé me also a
est receive him for ever; lodging: for I trust that through your
16 Not now as a servant, but above prayers I shall be given unto you.
a servant, a brother beloved, special- 23 There sainte thee Ep-a-phras,
ly to me, but how much more unto my fellowprisoner in Christ Jésus;
thee, both in the flesh, and in the 24 Marcus, Ar-is-tar'-chus, Demas,
Lord? Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
17 If thou count me therefore a 25 The grâce of our Lord Jésus
partner, receive him as myself. Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the

Hebrews
saith, And let ail the angels of God
CHAPTER I
GOD,who at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in time
worship him.
7 And of the angels he saith, Who
maketh his angels spirits, and his min-
past unto the fathers by the isters a flame of fire.
prophets, S But unto the Son he saith, Thy
2 Hath in these last days spoken throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a
unto us by his Son, whom he hath ap- sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre
pointed heir of ail things, by whom of thy kingdom.
also he made the worlds; 9 Thou hast loved righteousness,
3 Who being the brightness of his and hated iniquity; therefore God,
glory, and the express image of his even thy God, hath anointed thee
person, and upholding ail things by with the oil of gladness above thy fel-
the Word of his power, when he had by lows.
himself purged our sins, sat down on 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the begin-
the right hand of the Majesty on high; ning hast laid the foundation of the
4 Being made so much better than earth; and the heavens are the Works
the angels, as he hath by inheritance of thine hands:
obtained a more excellent name than 11 They shall perish; but thou re-
they. mainest; and they ail shall wax old as
5 For unto which of the angels said doth a garment;
he at any time, Thou art my son, this 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold
day have I begotten thee? And again, them up, and they shall be changed:
I be to him a Father, and he shall but thou art the same, and thy years
be to me a Son? shall not fail.
6 And again, when he bringeth in 13 But to which of the angels said
the firstbegotten into the world, he he at any time, Sit on my right hand.
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until 1 make thine enemies thy foot- .14 Fprasmuch then as the çhildren
stool? are partakers of flesh and blood, he
14 Are they not ail ministerlng ajso himself likewise took part of the
spiiits, seixt forth to minister for thém sàme; thàt through death he riiight de-
who shall be heks of salvation? stroy him that had theppwer of death#
thàtis, the devil; ;.
CHAPTER 2 15 And deliyer them who through
THEREFORE we oûght to give the
more eamest beed to the things
fear of death were ail their lifetime
subject to bondage.
whidi we hâve heard, lest at any time 16 For verily he took not on him
we should let them slip. the nature of angels; but he took on
2 For if the word spoken by wgels him the seed of Abraham.
was stedfast, and every transgression 17 Wherefore in aû things it be-
and disobedience received a just rec- hoved him to be made like unto his
ompence of reward; brethren, that he might be a merdful
3 How shall we escape,if we neglect and faithful high pripst in things per-
so great salvation; wMch at the first iaining to God, to make reconciliation
began to be spoken by the Lord, and for the sins of the people.
was confirmed unto us by them that 18 For in that he himself haih suf-
heard him; fered being tempted, he is able to suc-
4 God also bearing them witness, cour them that are tempted.
both with signs and wonders, and with
divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy CHAPTER 3
Ghost, according to his own \yill? WHEREFORE, holy brethren#
5 For unto the angels hath he not partakers of tiie heavenly call-
put in subjection the world tp come, ing, consider the Apostle and High
whereof we speak. Priest of our profession. Christ Jésus;
6 But one in a certain place testi- 2 Who was faithful tp him that ap-
fied, saying, What is m;m, that thou ppinted him, as also Moses was faithful
3it mindful of him? or the son of man, in ail his house.
that thou visitest him? 3 For this man was counted worthy
7 Thou madest him a little lower of more glory than Moses,inasmuch as
than the angels; thou crownedst him he who,hath builded the house hath
with glory and honour, and didst set more honour than the house. .
him over the works of thy hands: 4 For every house is builded by
8 Thou hast put ail things in sub some man; but he that built ail things
jection under his feet. For in that he is God.
put ail in subjection under him, he left 5 And Moses verily was faithful in
nothing that is not put under him. But ail his house, as a servant, for a testi-
now we see not yet ail things putimder mony of those things which were tp be
Win. ' i^oken after;
9 But we see Jésus, who was made 6 But Christ as a son over his own
a little lower than the angels for the house; whose house are we, if we hold
suffering of death, crowned with glory fast the confidence and the rejoicing
and honour; that he by the grâce pf of the hope firm unto the end.
God should taste death for every man. 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost
10 For it became him,for whom are saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
ail things, and by whom are ail things, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the
in bringing many sons unto glory, to provocation, in the day of temptation
make &e captain of their salvatipn in the wildemess:
perfect through sufîerings. 9 When your fathers tempted me#
11 For both he that sanctifieth and proved me, and saw my works forty
they who are sanctified are ail of one: years.
for which cause he is not ashamed to 10 Wherefore I, was grieved with
call them brethren, that génération, and said, They do al-
12 Saying, I will déclaré thy name way err in their heart; and they.have
unto my brethren> in the midst of the not known my ways.
diurch will I sing praise imto thee» 11 So I sware in my wrath, They
13 And again, I will put my trust in shall not enter into my rest.)
him. And again, Behold 1 and the chil- 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there
dren which God hath given me* be in any of you an evil heart of un-
1068 HEBREWS 4, 5
belief, în departing from the living 10 For he that is entered into his
God. rest, he also hath ceased from his own
13 But e^diort one another daily^ Works, as God did from his.
while it is called To day; lest any of 11 Let us labour therefore to enter
you be hardened thrdu^ the deceit- into that rest, lest any man fall after
fulness of sin. the same example of imbelief.
14 For we are made partakers of 12 For the word of God is quick,
Christ, if we hold the beginning of our and powerful, and sharper than any
confidence stedfast unto the end; twoedgéd sword, piêrcing even to the
15 While it is said, To day if ye will dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
hear his voice, harden net your hearts, of the joints and marrow, and is a dis
as in the provocation^ cerner of the thoughts and intents of
16 For some, when they had heard, the heart.
did provoke: howbeit not ail that came 13 Neither is there any créature
ont of Egypt by Moses. that is not manifest in his sight: but
17 But vdth whom was he grieved ail things are naked and opened unto
forty years? was it not with them that the eyes of him with whom we have
had sinned, whose carcases fell in the to do.
wilderness? 14 Seeing then that we have a
18 And to whom sware he that they great high priest, that is passed into
should not enter into his rest, but to the heaveiis, Jésus the Son of God,let
them that believed not? us hold fast our profession.
19 So we see that they could not 15 For we havé not an high priest
enter ih because of unbelief* which cannôt be touched with thé feel-
ing of our infirmities; but was in ail
CHÀPTER 4 points tempted like as we are, yet with-
out sin.
1ET us therefore fear, lest, a promise 16 Let us therefore come boldly un
j being left us of entering into his to the throne of grâce, that we may
rest, any of you should seem to come obtain mercy, and find grâce to help
short of it. in time of need.
2 For unto us was the gospel
preachêd, as well as unto them: but CHAPTER 5
the Word preachêd did not profit them, For every high priest taken from
not being mixed with faith in them among men is ordained for men in
that heard it. things pertaining to God, that he
3 For we whlch have believed dO may offer both ^ts and sacrifices for
enter into rest, as he said. As I have sins:
sworin in my wrath, if they shall enter 2 Who can have compassion on the
into my rest: although the works were ignorant, and on them that are out of
finished from the foundation of the the way; for that he himself also is
world. compassed with infirmity.
4 For he spake in a certain place of 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as
the seventh day on this wise, And God for the people, so also for himself, to
did rest the seventh day from ail his offer for sins.
Works. 4 And no man taketh this honour
5 And in this place again. If they unto himself, but he that is called of
shall enter into my rest. God, as was Aaron.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that 5 So also Christ glorified not him
some must enter therein, and they to self to be made an high priest; but he
whom it was first preached entered not that said unto him, Thou art my Son,
in because of linbelief: to day have I begotten thee.
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, 6 As he saith also in another place,
saying in David, To day, after so long Thou art a priest for ever after the or-
a time; as it is said, To day if ye will der of Mel-chis-e-dec.
hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when
8 For if Jésus had given them rest, he had offered up prayers and suppli
then woùld he not afterward have spo- cations with strong crying and tears
ken of another day. unto him that was able to save him
9 There remaineth therefore a rest from death, and was heard in that he
to the péople of God. feared;
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8 ThoughliewereaSon,yetleamed accompany salvation, though we thus

he obediençe by the things whicb he speak.
suffered; 10 For God is not unrighteous to
9 And being made perfect, he be- forget your work and labour of love,
came the authôr of etemal salvation which ye have shewed toward his
unto ail them that obey him; name, in that ye have ministered to
10 Calledof Godanhighpriestafter the saints, and do minister.
the order of Mel-chis'-e-dec. 11 And we desire that every pne of
11 Of whom we have many things you do shew the same diligence to the
to say, and hard to be uttered» seein^ full assurance of hope unto the end:
ye are diiU of hearing* 12 That ye be not slothful, but fol-
12 For when for ttie time ye ought lowers of them who through faith and
to be teachers, ye have need that one patience inherit the promises.
teach yoii agahi which be the first 13 For when God made promise to
principles of the oracles of God; and Abraham, because he could swear by
are become such as have need of milk» no greater, he sware by himself,
and hot of strong meat. 14 Saying, Surely blessing 1 will
13 For every one that useth milk is bless thee, aiid multiplying 1 will mul-
unskilful in the word of righteousness: tiply thee.
for he is a babe. 15 And so, after he had patiently
14 But strong meat belongeth to endured, he obtained the promise.
them that are of full âge, even those 16 For men verily swear by the
who by reason of use have their senses greater: and an oath for confirmation
exercised to discem both good and is to them an end of ail strife.
eviL 17 Wherein God,willing more abun-
dantly to shew unto the heirs of prom
CHAPTER 6 ise the immutability of his counsel,
THEREFORE leaving the prin confirmed it by an oath:
ciples ôf the doctrine of Christ, let 18 That by two immutable things,
us go on unto perfection; not laying in which it was impossible for God to
again the foimdation of repentance lie, we might have a strong consola
from dead works, and of faith toward tion, who have fled for refuge to lay
God, hold upon the hope set before us:
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and 19 Which hope we have as an an-
of laying on of hands, and of résurrec chor of the soul, both sure and sted-
tion of the dead, and of etemal judg- fast, and which entereth into that
ment. within the vail;
3 And this will we do, if God per 20 Whither the foremnner is for us
mit. entered, even Jésus, made an high
4 For it is impossible for those Who priest for ever after the order of Mèl-
were once enlightened, zmd have tast- chis-e-dec.
ed of the heavenly gift, and were ioiade
partakers of the Holy Ghost, CHAPTER 7
5 And have tasted the good word of For this Mel-chis'-e-dec, king of Sa-
God, and the powers of the world to lem, priest of the most high God,
come, who met Abraham retuming from the
6 If they shall fall away, to renew slaughter of the kings, and blessed
them again imto repentance; seeing him;
they cmcify to themselves the Son of . 2 To whom also Abraham gave a
God afresh, and put him to an open tënth part of ail; first being by inter
shame. prétation King of righteousness, and
7 For the earth which drinketh in after that zilso King of Salem, which
the rain that cometh oft upon it, and is, King of peace;
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by 3 Without father, without mother,
whom it is dressed, receiyeth blessing without descent, having neither begin-
from God: ning of days, nor end of life; but made
8 But that which beareth thorûs like unto the Son of God; abideth a
and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto priest contthually^
cursing; whose end is to be burned. 4 Now consider how great this man
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded was, unto whom even the patriarch
better things of you, and things that Abraham gave the tenth of the^oils.
1070 HEBREWS 8

5 And verily they that are of the sware and will not repént, Thou art a
sons of Levi, who reçoive the office of priest for ever after the order of Mel-
the priesthood, have a commandment chis-e-dec:)
to take tithes of the people according 22 By SO much was Jésus made a
to the law, that is, of their brethren, surety of a better testament.
though they corne oùt of the loins of 23 And they truly were many
Abraham; priests, because they were not suffered
6 But he whose descent is not to continue by reason of death:
counted from them received tithes of 24 But this man, because he con-
Abraham, and bleésed him that had tinueth ever, hath an unchangeable
the promises. priesthood.
7 Aiid without ail contradiction the 25 Wherefore he is able also to save
less is blessed of the better. thém to thé uttermost that come unto
8 And here men that die reçoive God by him, seeing he ever liveth to
tithës; but there he receiveth them, of make intercession for them.
whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 26 For such an high priest became
9 And as I may so say, Lévi also, us, who is holy, hanhless, undeffied,
who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in separate from sinnets, and made high-
Abraham. ef than the heavens;
10 Eor he was yet in the loins of his 27 Who needeth not daily, as those
father, when Mel-chis-e-dec met him. high priests, to offer up sacrifice, fiirst
11 îf thereforè perfection were by for his own sins, and thén for the peo-
the Le-vif-i-cal priesthood,(for under ple's: for this he did once, when he of-
it the people received the law,) wliat fered up himself.
further need was there that another 28 For the law maketh men high
priest should rise after the ordér of priests which have infirmity; but the
Mel-dbis-e^dec, and nôt be called ^ter Word of the oath, which was since the
the order of Aaron? law, maketh ,the Son, who is conse-
12 For the priesthood being crated for evérmoré.
changed, there is made of necessity a
change also of the law. ÇHAPTER s
13 For he of whom these things are
spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of NOW of the things which we have
which no man gave attendance at the spoken this is the sum: We have
altar. such an high priest, vdio is set on the
14 For it is évident that dur Lord right hahd of the throne of the Majesty
sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Mo- in the heavens;
ses spaké nothing conceming priest 2 A minîster of the sanctuary, and
hood. of the true tabernacle, which the Lord
15 And it is yet far more évident: pitched, cUid not man.
for that after the similitude of Mel- 3 For every high priest is ordainéd
chis-e-dec there ariseth another priest, to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore
16 Who is made, not after the law it is of neçèssity that this man have
of a carnal commandment, but after somewhat also to offer.
the power of an endless life. 4 For if he were on earth, he should
17 For he testifieth, Thoii art a not be a priest, seeing that there are
priest for ever after the order of Mel- priests that offer gifts according to the
chis-e-dec. law:
18 For there is verily a disannulling 5 Who serve unto the example and
of the commandment going before for shadow of heavenly things, as Moses
the weakness and unprofitableness was admonished of God when he was
thereof. about to make the tabernacle:for, See,
19 For the law made nothing per- saith he, that thou make ail things ac
fect, but the bringing in of a better cording to the pattèm shèwed to thee
hope did; by the which we draw nigh in the mount.
unto God. 6 But now hath he obtained a more
20 And inasmuch as not without an excellent ministry, by how much also
oath he was made priest: he is the mediator ôf a better cove-
21 (For those priests were made nant, which was estàblished upon bet
without an oath; but this with an oath ter promises.
by him that said unto him, The Lord 7 For if that first œvenant had been
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faiiltless, then should no place have
been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with them, he
saith> Behold,the days corne, saith the
Lord, when I will make a new cove-
nant with the house of Israël and with
the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in the
day when I took them by the hand to
lead them out of the land of Egypt;be-
cause they continued not in my cove
nant, and I regarded them not, saith
the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israël
after those days, saith the Lord; I will
put my laws into their mind,and write
them in their hearts: and I will be to
them a God, and they shall be to me a
people:
11 And they shall not teach every
man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for
ail shall know me,from the least to the
greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and
their iniquities will I remember no
more.
13 In that he saith, A new covenant,
he hath made the first old. Now that
which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.
CHAPTER 9
Then verlly the first covenant had
also ordinances of divine service,
and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made;
the first, wherein was the candlestick,
and the table, and the shewbread;
which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second vail, the
tabernacle which is csdled the Holiest
ofall;
4 Which had the golden censer, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid roimd
about with gold, wherein was the gold
en pot that had manna, and Aaron's
rod that budded, and the tables of the
covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory every precept to ail the people accord
shadowing the mercy seat; of which we ing tô the law, he took the blood of
cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprin-
ordained, the priests went always into kled both the book, and ail the people,
the first tabernacle, accomplishing the
service of God.
7 But into tne second went the high unto you.
priest alone once every year, not with-
out blood, which he offered for him-
self, and for the errors of the people:
S The Holy Ghost this signify-
ing, that the way into the holiest of
ail was not yet made manifest, while
as the first tabernacle was yet stand
ing:
9 Which was à figure for the time
then présent, in wÉdch were offered
both ^ts and sacrifices, that could not
make him that did the service perfect,
as pertaining to the conscience;
10 Which stood only in méats and
drinks, and divers washings, and car-
nal ordinances, imposed on them until
the time of reformation.
11 But Christ beihg come an high
priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say,
not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained etemal rédemption
for 1ÂS.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of
goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprin-
kling the imclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the fiesh:
14 How much more shall the blood
of Christ, who through the etemal
Spirit offered himself without spot to
God, purge your conscience from dead
Works to serve the living God?
15 And for this c^use he is the medi-
ator of the new testament, that by
means of death, for the rédemption of
the transgressions that were imder the
first testament, they which are called
might receive the pronfise of etemal
inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there
must also of iaecessity be the death of
the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after
men are dead: otherwise it is of no
strength at ail while the testator Uv-
eth.
18 Whereupon neither the first
testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken
calves and of goats, with water, and
20 Saying, This is the blood of the
testament which God hath enjoined
21 Moreover he sprinkled with
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blood both the tabemade» and ail the ing for sin thou wouldest not, neither
vessèls of dié ministry. hadst pleasure therein; which are of
22 And almost ail thin^ are by the fered by the law;
law purged with blood; and withoùt 9 Then said he,Lo,I come to do thy
shedding of blood is no remission* will, O God. He taketh away the first
23 It was thërefore necessary that that he may establish the second*
the pattems of things in the heavens 10 By the which will we are sancti-
shonld be purified with these; but the fied through the offering of the body
heavenly things themselves with bot of Jésus Christ once for oïl.
ter sacrifices than these* 11 And every priest standeth daily
24 For Christ is not entered intp the ministering and offering oftentimes
holy places made with hands, which the same sacrifices, wtàch can never
are the figures of the true; but into take away sins:
heaven itself/ now to appear in the 12 But this man, after he had of
présence of God for us: fered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat
25 Nor yet that he should offer him- down on the right hand of God;
self often, as the high priest entereth 13 From henceforth expècting till
into the holy place every year with his enemies be made his footstool*
blood of others; 14 For by one offering he hath per-
26 For then must he often have suf- fected for ever them that are sancti-
fered since the foundation of the fied*
world: but now once in the end of the 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is
world hàth he aippeared to put away a witness to us: for after that he had
sin by the sacrifice of himself* said before,
27 And as it is appointed unto inen 16 This is the covenant that I will
once to die, but after this the judg- make with them after those days,saith
ment: the Lord, I will put my laws into their
28 So Christ was once ofFered to hearts, and in their minds will I write
bear the sins of many; and unto them them;
that look for him shall he appear the 17 And their sins and iniquities will
second time without sin unto salva- I remember no more.
tion. 18 Now where remission of these is,
fhere is no more offering for sin.
CHAPTER 10 19 Having theréfore, brethren,
For the law having a shadow of boldness to enter into the holiest by
good things to come,and not the the blood of Jésus,
very image of the things, can never 20 By a new and living way, which
with those sacrifices which they offered he hath consecrated for us, through
year by year continually xn^e the the vail, that is to say, his fiesh;
comers thereunto perfect* 21 And having an high priest over
2 For then would they not have the house of God;
ceased to be offered? because that the 22 Let us draw near with a tme
worshippers once purged should have heart in full assurance of faith, having
had no more conscience of sins* our hearts sprinkled from an evil con
3 But in those socri/îces fiiere is a re- science, and our bodies washed with
membrance again made of sins every pure water.
year. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of
4 For U is not possible that the our faith without wavering; (for he is
blood of bulls and of goats should take faithful that promised;)
away sins. 24 And let us consider one another
5 Wherefore when he cometh into to provoke unto love and to good
the world, he saith. Sacrifice and offer- Works:
ing thou wouldest not, but a body hast 25 Not forsaking the assembling of
thou prepared me: ourselves together, as the manner of
6 In bumt offerings and sacrifices some is; but exhorting one another:and
for sin thou hast had no pleasure. so much the more, as ye see the day
7 Theh said I, Lo, I come (in the approaching.
volume of the book it is written of me,) 26 For if we sin wîlfully after that
toMo thy will, O God* we have received the Imowledge of the
8 Above when he said. Sacrifice and truth, there remaineth no more sacri
offering and bumt offerings and offer- fice for sins.
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27 But a certain fearful looking for 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a
of judgment and fiery Indignation» more excellent sacrifice than Gain, by
which shall devour the adversaries» which he obtained witness that he was
28 He that despised Moses'law died righteous, God testifying of his gifts:
without mercy under two or three wit- and by it he being dead yet speak-
nesses: eth.
29 Of how much sorer punishment, 5 By faith E-noch was translated
suppose ye, shall he be thought that he should not see death; and was
worthy, who hath trodden under fopt not foimd, because God had trans
the Son of God, and hath counted tiie lated him: for before his translation he
blood of the covenant, wherewith he had this testimony, that he pleased
was sanctihed» an unholy thing» and God.
hath done despite imto the Spirit of 6 But without faith it is impossible
grâce? to please him: for he that cometh to
30 For we know him that hath said, God must believe that he is, and that
Vengeance heUmgeth unto me, I will he is a rewarder of them that diligently
recompense, saith the Lord» And seek him.
again, The Lord shall judge his people. 7 By faith Noah, being wamed of
31 It is a fearful thing to fan into the God of things not seen as yet, moved
hands of the living God. with fear, prepared an ark to the sav
32 But caU to remembrance the for ing of his house; by the which he con-
mer days, in which, after ye were ihu- denmed the world, and became heir of
minated, ye endured a great fight of the righteousness which is by faith.
afflictions; 8 By faith Abraham, when he was
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a called to go out into a place which he
gcLzingstock both by reproaches and should after receive for an inheritance,
afflictions; and partly, whilst ye be- obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
came companions of them that were so whither he went.
used. 9 By faith he sojoumed in the land
34 For ye had compassion of me in of promise, as in a strange country,
my bonds, and took joyfully the spoil- dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
ing of your goods, knowing in your- Jacob, the heirs with him of the same
selves that ye have in heaven a better promise:
and an enduring substance. 10 For he looked for a city which
35 Cast not away therefore your hath foimdations, whose builder and
confidence, which hath great recom- maker is God.
pence of reward. 11 Through faith also Sara herself
36 For ye have need of patience, received strength to cohceive seed, and
that, cifter ye have done the will of was delivered of a child when she was
God, ye might receive the promise. past âge, because she judged him faith-
37 For yet a little while, and he that ful who had promised.
shaU come wiU come, and will not 12 Therefore sprang there even of
tarry. one, and him as good as dead, so many
38 Now the just shall live by faith: as the stars of the sky in multitude,
but if any man draw back, my soul and as the sand which is by the sea
shaU have no pleasure in him. shore innumerable.
39 But we are-not of them who 13 These £ill died in faith, not hav-
draw back imto perdition; but of them ing received the promises, but having
that believe to the saving of the soul. seen them afar ofF, and were persuaded
of them, and embraced them, and con-
CHAPTER II fessed that they were strangers and
NOW faith is tiie substance of pilgrims on the earth.
things hoped for, the evidence of 14 For they that say such things dé
things not seen. claré plainly that they seek a country.
2 For by it the elders obtained a 15 And truly, if they had been
good report. mindful of that country from whence
3 Thrpu^faith we xmderstand tiiat they came out, they might have had
the worlds were fîramed by the word of opportunity to have retumed.
God, so that things which are seen 16 But now they desire a better
were not made of things which do ap- country, that is, an heavenly: where-
pear. fore God is not ashamed to be çalled
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theîr God: for he hath prepared for tained promises, stopped the mouths
them a dty. of lions,
17 By faith Abraham, when he was 34 Quenched the violence of fire, es-
tried, oflfered up Isaac: and he that had caped the edge of the sword, out of
received the promises offered up his weakness were made strong, waxed
only begotten son, valiant in fight, tumed to flight the
18 Of whom it was said, That in armies of the aliens.
Isaac shall thy seed be called: 35 Women received their dead
19 Accounting that God was ablê to raised to life again: and others were
raise him up,even from the dead;from tortured, not accepting deliverance;
whence also he received him in a figure. that they might obtain a better résur
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and rection:
Esau conceming things to come. 36 And others had trial of crueZ
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a mockings and scourgings, yea, more-
dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; over of bonds and imprisonment:
and worshipped, leaning upon the top 37 They were stoned, they were
of his staff. sawn asunder, were tempted, were
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, slain with the sword: they wandered
made mention of the depcirting of the about in sheepskins and goatskins;
children of Israël; and gave command- being destitute, afllicted, tormented;
ment conceming his bpnes. 38 (Of whom the world was not
23 By faith Moses, when he was worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
bom,wâs hid three months of his par and in moimtains, and in dens and
ents, because they saw he was a proper caves of the earth.
child; and they were not afraid of the 39 And these ail, having obtained a
king's commandment. good report through faith, received
24 By faith Moses, when he was not the promise:
come to years, refused to be called the 40 God having provided some bet
son of Pharaoh's daughter; ter thing for us, that they without us
25 Ghoosing rather to suffer afflic should not be made perfect.
tion with the people of God, than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; CHAPTER 12
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ THEREFORP seeing we also are
greater riches than the treasures in VV compassed about with so great
Egypt:for he had respect unto the rec- a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
ompence of the reward. every weight, and the sin which doth
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not so easily beset us, and let us run with
fearing the wrath of the king:for he en- patience the race that is set before us,
dured, as seeing him who is invisible. 2 Looking unto Jésus the author
28 Through faith he kept the pass- and finisher of our faith; who for the
over, and the sprinkling of blood, lest joy that was set before him endured
he that destroyed the firstbom should the cross, despising the shame, and is
touch them. set down at the right hand of the
29 By faith they passed through the throne of God.
Red sea as by dry land: which the 3 For consider him that endured
Egyptians assaying to do were such contradiction of sinners against
drowned. himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in
30 By faith the walls of Jéricho fell your minds.
down, after they were compassed 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto
about seven days. blood, striving agciinst sin.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab per- 5 And ye have forgotten the exhor
ished not with them that believed not, tation which speaketh unto you as xm-
when she had received the spies with to children, My son, despise not thou
peace. the chastening of the Lord, nor faint
32 And what shaU I more say? for when thou art rebuked of him:
the time would fail me to tell of Ged- 6 For whom the Lord loveth he
e-on, and of Ba-rak, and of Samson, chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
and of Jeph'tha-e; of David also, and whom he receiveth.
Samuel, and of the prophets: 7 If ye endure chastening, God deal-
33 Who through faith subdued eth with you as with sons;for what son
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, ob- is he whom the father d^teneth not?
 HEBREWS 13 1075

8 But if ye be without dbastise- diurch of the firstbom, which are

ment, whereof ail are partakers, then
are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers
of our flesh which corrected tis, and we
gave them reverence: shall wé not
much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days
chastened us after their own pleasure;
but he for our profit, that we might be
partakers of bis holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the prés
ent seemeth to be joyous,,but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto
them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands
which hang down, and the feeble
knees;
13 And make straight paths for
your feet, lest that which is lame be
tumed out of the way; but let it rather
be healed.
14 Follow peace with ail men, and
holiness, without which no man sh^
see the Lord:
15 Lodking diligently lest any man
fail of the grâce of God; lest any root
of bittemess springing up trouble you,
and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any fomiçator, or
profane person, as Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that after
ward, when he would have inherited
the blessing, he was rejected: for he
foimd no place of repentance, though
he sought it carefuUy \^th t^u^.
18 For ye are not come imto the
moimt that might be touched, and
that bumed with fire, nor unto black-
ness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 And the soimd of a trumpet, and
the voice of words; which voice they
that heard intreated that the word
should not be spoken to them any
more:
20 (For they could not endure:that
which was coinmanded, And if so
much.as a beast tduch thie mpuntain,
it shall be stoned, or thrust through
withadart: ' you the word of God: whose faith fol
21 And so teWble was the sight, low, considering the éhd of thdf con
filât Mosës said, I éxceedingly fear and versation.
quake:)
■ 22 But ye are come unto moimt and to dây, àhd for even
Sîon, ^d unto the dlty of the living
God, the heavehly Jerusalem[> and to and strange doctrines. For fi is a good
an innumerablë Company of àngels/
23 To the général assembly and with grâce; not with rheats, which
written in heaven, and to God the
Judge of ail, and to the spirits of just
men made perfect,
24 And to Jésus the mediator of the
new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things
than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that
speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much
more shall not we escape, if we tum
away from him that speaketh from
heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the
earth: but now he hath promised, say-
hig, Yet once more I shake not the
eaîili only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more,
signifieth the removing of those thmgs
that are shaken, as of things that are
made, that those things which cannot
be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a king-
dom which cannot be moved, let us
have grâce, whereby we may serve
God acceptably with reverencé and
godlyfear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
CHAPTER 13
1ET brotherly love continue.
^ 2 Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers: for thereby some have en-
tertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in
bonds, as boimd with them; and them
which suffer adversity, as being your-
selves also in the body.
4 Marriage is honourable in ail, and
the bed tmdefiled: but whoremongers
and adulterers Gdd will judge.
5 Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with
such things as ye have: for he hath
said,T WiU riever leave thee, nôr for-
sake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The
Lord is my helper, and 1 will not fear
what man shaU do unto me.
7 Remember thém which have the
rule over you, who have spoken unto
8 Jésus Christ the sa!me yesteirday,
9 Be nOt carried abbùt with divers
thing thàt the heàrt be established
1076 JAMES 1
have not profited them that have been it with joy, and not with grief: for that
occupied therein. is unprofitable for you.
10 We have an altar, whereof they 18 Pray for us:for we trust we have
have no right to eat which serve the a good conscience, in ail things willing
tabernacle. to live honestly.
11 For the bodies of those beasts, 19 But I beseech you the rather to
whose blood is brought into the sanc- do this, that I may be restored to you
tuary by the high priest for sin, are the sconer.
bumed without the camp. 20 Now the God of peace, that
12 Wherefore Jésus also, that he brought again from the dead our Lord
might sanctify the people with his own Jésus, that great shepherd of the
blood, suffered without the gâte. sheep, through the blood of the ever-
13 Let us go forth therefore unto lasting covenant,
him without the camp, bearing his re- 21 Make you perfect in every
proach. good work to do his will, working in
14 For here have we no continuing you that which is wellpleasing in his
dty, but we seek one to come. sight, through Jésus Christ; to whom
15 By him therefore let us offer the he glory for ever and ever. Amen.
sacrifice of praise to God continually, 22 And I beseech you,brethren,suf-
that is, the fruit of our lips giving fer the word of exhortation: for I have
thànks to his name. writteii a letter unto you in few words.
16 But to do good and to communi- 23 Know ye that our brother Timo-
cate forget not: for with such sacrifices thy is set at liberty; with whom,if he
God is well pleased. come shortly, I will see you.
17 Obey them that have the rule 24 Salute ail them that have the
over you, and submit yourselves: for rule over you, and ail the saints. They
they watch for your soûls, as they that of Italy salute you.
must give account, that they may do 25 Grâce he with you ail. Amen.

TLe Général Epistle of

James
8 A double minded man is unstable
CHAPTER I
JAMES,a servant of God and of the
Lord Jésus Christ, to the twelve
in ail his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree re-
joice in that he is exalted:
tribes which are scattered abroad, 10 But the rich, in that he is made
greeting. low: beçause as the flower of the grass
2 My brethren, coimt it ail joy he shall pass away.
when ye fall into divers temptations; 11 For the sun is no sooner risen
3 Knowing this, that the trying of with a buming beat, but it withereth
your faith worketh patience. the grass, and the flower thereof fall-
4 But let patience have her perfect eth, and the grâce of the fashion of it
work, that ye may be perfect and en- perisheth: so also shall the rich man
tire, wanting nothing. fade away in his ways.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let 12 Blessed is the man that endureth
him ask of God, that giveth to ail men temptation: for when he is tried, he
liberaUy, and upbraideth not; and it shall receive the crown of life, which
shall be given him. the Lord hath promised to them that
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing love him.
wavering. For he that waverèth is like 13 Let no man say when he is
tempted, I am tempted of God: for
a wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed. God cannot be tempted with evil, nei-
7 For let not that man think that ther tempteth he any man:
he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 14 But every man is tempted, when
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he is drawn away of his own lust> and 4 Are ye not then partial in your-
enticed. selves, and are become judges of evil
15 Then when lust hath Gonceived, thou^ts?
it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren,
is finished, bringeth forth death. Hath not God chosen the poor of this
16 Do hot err, my beloved brethren. world rich in faith, and heirs of the
17 Every good ^t and jevery per- kingdom which he hath promised to
fect gift is from above, and cometh them that love him?
down from the Father of lights, with 6 But ye have despised the poor.
whom is no variableness» neither shad- Do not rich men oppress you, and
ow of turning. draw you before the judgment seats?
18 Of his own will begat he us with 7 Do not they blasphémé that
the word of truth, that we should be a worthy name by the which ye are
kind of firstfruits of his créatures. called?
19 Wherefore, my beloved breth- 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according
ren, let every man be swift to hear» to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy
slow to speak, slow to wrath: neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
20 For the wrath of man worketh 9 But if ye have respect to persons,
not the righteousness of God. ye commit sin, and are convinced of
21 Wherefore lay apart ail filthiness the law as transgressors^
and superfluity of naughtiness,and re 10 For whosoever shall keep the
çoive with meekness the engrafted whole law, and yet oifend in one point,
word, which is able to save your soûls. he.is guilty of ail; .
22 But be ye doers of the word, and 11 For he that said. Do not commit
not hearers only, deceiving your own adultery, said also. Do not kill. Now
selves. if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou
23 For if any be a hearer of the kill, thou art become a transgresser of
word, and not a doer, he is like unto a the law.
man beholding his natural face in a 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they
glass: that shall be judged by the law of lib
24 For he. beholdeth himself, and erty.
goeth his way, and straightway for- 13 For he shall have judgment
getteth what manner of man he was. without mercy, that hath shewed no
25 But whoso looketh into the per- mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against
fect law of liberty, and continueth judgment.
therân, he being not a forgetful hearer, 14 What doth ï< profit, my brethren,
but a doer of the work, ihis man shall though a man say he hath faith, and
be blessed in his deed. have not works? can faith save
26 If any man among you seem to him?
be religions, and bridleth not his 15 If a brother or sister be naked,
tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, and destitute of daily food,
this man's religion is vain. 16 And one of you say unto them.
27 Pure religion and undefiled be- Départ in peace, be ye warmed and
fore God and the Father is this, To fiUed; notwithstanding ye give them
visit the fatherless and widows in their not those things which are needful to
affliction, and to keep himself un- the body; what doth it profit?
spotted from the world. 17 Even so faith, if it hath not
Works, is dead, being alone.
CHAPTÉR 2 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast
MY brethren, have not the faith of faith, and I have works: shew me thy
our Lord Jésus Christ, the Lord faith without thy works, and I will
of glory, with respect of persons. shew thee my faith by my works.
2 For if there come unto your as- 19 Thou believest that there is one
sembly a man with a gold ring, in God; thou doest well: the devils also
goodly apparel, and there come in also believe, and tremble. -
a poor man in vile raiment; , 2& But wilt thou know,O vain man,
3 And yê have respect to him that that faith without works is dead? .
weareth the gay clothing, and say unto 21 Was not Abraham our father
him,Sit thou here in a good place; and justified by works, when he had of*-
say to the poor. Stand thou there, or fered Isaac his son upon the altar?
sit here under my footstool: 22 Seest thou hbw faith wrought
1078 JAMES 3, 4
wlth his Works,and by works was faith so can no fountain both yield sait
made perfect? water and fresh.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled 13 Who is a wise man and endued
which saith, Abraham belleved Gôd, with knowledge among you? let him
and it was imputed unto him for right- shew out of a good conversation his
eousness: and he was called the Friend works with meekness of wisdom.
of God. 14 But if ye have bitter envying
24 Ye see then how that by works and strife in your hearts, glory noC
a man Is jùstified, and not by faith and lie not against the truth.
only. 15 This wisdom descendeth not
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the from above, but is earthly, sensual,
harlôt jùstified by works, when she deviUsh.
had received the messengers, and had 16 For where envying and strife is,
sent them ont another way? there is confusion and every evil work.
26 For as the body without the 17 But the wisdom that is from
spirit is dead, so faith without works above is first pure, then peaceable,
is dead also* gentle, and easy to be intreated,full of
mercy and good fruits, without par-
CHAPTER 3 tiality, and without hypocrisy.
MYknowing
brethren,that
be not many masters,
we shall réceive
18 And the fruit of righteousness is
sown in peace of them that make
the greater condemnation. peace.
2 For in many things we offend ail.
If any man offend not in word, the CHAPTER4
samé is a perfect man, and able also From whence corne wars and fight-
to bridle the whole body. ings among you? corne they not
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' hence^ even of your lusts that war in
mouths, that they may obey us; and your members?
we tum about their whole body. 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and
4 Behold also the ships, which desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye
though they be so great, and are driven fight and war, yet ye have not, because
of fierce winds, yet are they tumed ye ask not.
about with a very small helm,whither- 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because
soever the govemor listeth. ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it
5 Even so the tongue is a little upon your lusts.
member, and boasteth great things. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
Behold^ how grèat a matter a httle fire know ye not that the friendship of the
kindleth! world is enmity with God? whosoever
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world therefore will be a friend of the world
of iniquity: so is the tongue among our is the enemy of God.
members, that it defileth the whole 5 Do ye think that the scripture
body, and setteth on fire the course of saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth
nature; and it is set on fire of hell. in us lusteth to envy?
7 For every kind of beasts, and of 6 But he giveth more grâce. Where-
birds, and of serpents, and of things in fore he saith, God resisteth the proud,
the sea,is tamed,and hath been tamed but giveth grâce unto the humble.
of mankind: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to
8 But the tongue can no man tame; God. Resist the devil, and he will fiee
itis an unruly evil, full of deadly poi from you.
son. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will
9 Therewith bless we God,even the draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands,
Father; and therewith curse we men, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye
which are made after the similitude of double mihded.
God. 9 Be afilicted, and moum, and
10 Out of the same mouth procéed- weep: let your laughter be tumed to
eth blessing and cursing. My brethren, mouming, and your joy to heaviness.
these things ought not so to be. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight
11 Doth a fountain send forth at of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
the same place sweet water and bitter? 11 Speak not evil one of another,
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his
bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? brother, aind judgeth his brother.
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speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your
the law: but if thou judge the law,thou hearts: for the coming of the Lord
art not a doer of the law, but a judge. draweth nigh.
12 There Is one law^ver, who is 9 Grudge not one against another,
able to save and to destroy: who art brethren, lest ye be condenmed: be
thou that judgest another? hold, the judge standeth before the
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day door.
or to morrow we will go into such a 10 Take, my brethren, the proph-
city, and continue there a year, and ets, who have spoken in the name of
buy and sell, and get gain: the Lord, for an example of suffering
14 Whereas ye know not what shall affliction, and of patience. '
be on the morrow. For what is your 11 Behold, we coimt them happy
life? It is even a vapour, that appear- which endure. Ye have heard of the
eth for a little time, and theh vanish- patience of Job,and have seen the end
eth away. of the Lord; that tiie Lord is very piti-
15 For that ye ought to say. If the ful, and of tender mercy.
Lord will, we shall live, and do this, 12 But above ail things, my breth
or that. ren, swear not, neither by heaven, nei-
16 But now ye rejoice in your ther by the earth, neither by any other
boastings: ail such rejoicing is evil. oath: but let your yea be yea; and your
17 Therefore to him that knoweth nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemna-
to do good, and doeth it not, to him tion.
it is sin. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let
him pray. Is any merry? let him sing
CHAPTER 5 psalms.
to now, ye rich men, weep and 14 Is any sick among you? let him
howl for your miseries that shall call for the elders of the church; and
come upon you. let them pray over him, anointing him
2 Your riches are corrupted, and with oil in the name of the Lord:
your garments are motheaten. 15 And the prayer of faith shall
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
and the rust of them shall be a witness him up; and if hç have committed sins,
against you, and shall eat your flesh they shall be forgiven him.
as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure 16 Confess your faults one to an
together for the last days. other, and pray one for another, that
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers ye may be healed. The effectuai fer
who have reaped down your fields, vent prayer of a righteous mam avadl-
which is of you kept back by fraud, eth much.
crieth: and the cries of them which 17 E-li'as was a man subject to like
have reaped are entered into the ears passions as we are, and he prayed
of the Lord of Sab-a-oth. eamestly that it might not rain: and
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the it rained not on the earth by the space
earth, and been wanton; ye have nour- of three years and six months.
ished your hearts, as in a day of 18 And he prayed again, and the
slaughter. heaven gave rain, and the earth
6 Ye have condenmed and killed the brought forth her fruit.
Just; and he doth not resist you. 19 Brethren, if any of you do err
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, from the truth, and one convert
imto the coming of the Lord. Behold, Ito;
the husbandman waiteth for the pre- 20 Let him know, that he which
dous fruit of the earth, and hath long converteth the sinner from the error of
patience for it, until he reçoive the his way shall save a soul from death,
early and latter redn. and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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Tte First Epistle Général of

Peter
Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;
CHAPTER I
PETER,an apostle of Jésus Christ,
to the strangers scattered
which things the angels desire to look
into.
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of
throughout Pontus, Ga-la-tia, your mind, be sober, and hope to the
Cap-pa-do-ci-a,. Asia, and Bi-thyn-l-a, end for the grâce that is to be brought
2 Elect according to the foreknowl- unto you at the révélation of Jésus
edge of God the Father, through sanc Christ;
tification of the Spirit, unto obedience 14 As obedient children, not fash-
and sprinkling of the blood of Jésus ioning yourselves according to the for
Christ: Grâce unto you, and peace, be mer lusts in your ignorance:
multiplied. 15 But as he which hath called you
3 Blessed be the God and Father of is holy, so be ye holy in ail manner of
our Lord Jésus Christ, which according conversation;
to his abundant mercy hath begotten 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy;
us again unto a lively hope by the rés for I am holy.
urrection of Jésus Christfrom the dead, 17 And if ye call on the Father, who
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, without respect of persons judgeth ac
and undefiled, and thât fadetii not cording to every man*s work, pass the
away, reserved in heaven for you, time of your sojouming here in fear:
5 Who are kept by the power of 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye
God through faith unto salvation were not redeemed with corruptible
ready to be revealed in the last time. things, as silver and gold, from your
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, vain conversation received by tradition
though now for a season,if need be, ye from your fathers;
are in heaviness through manifold 19 But with the precious blood of
temptations: Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
7 That the trial of your faith, being and without spot:
much more precious than of gold that 20 Who verily was foreordained be-
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, fore the foundation of the world, but
might be foimd unto praise and honour was manifest in these last times for
and glory at the appearing of Jésus you,
Christ; 21 Who by him do believe in God,
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; that raised him up from the dead, and
in whom, though now ye see him not, gave him glory; that your faith and
yet believing, ye rejoice with joy un- hope might be in God.
speakable and full of glory: 22 Seeing ye have purified your
9 Receiving the end of your faith, soûls in obeying the truth through the
even the salvation of your soûls. Spirit unto unfeigned love of the
10 Of which salvation the prophets brethren, see that ye love one another
have enquired and searched diligently, with a pure heart fervently:
who prophesied of the grâce that 23 Being bom again, not of corrup
should corne unto you: tible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
11 Searching what, or what manner Word of God, which liveth and abideth
of time the Spirit of Christ which was for ever.
in them did signify, when it testified 24 For ail flesh is as grass, and ail
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, the glory of man as the fiower of grass.
and the glory that should follow. The grass withereth, and the fiower
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that thereof falleth away:
not unto themselves, but unto us they 25 But the Word of the Lord endur-
did minister the things, which are now eth for ever. And this is the word
reported unto you by them that have which by the gospel is preached unto
preached the gospel imto you with the you.
 I PETER 2, 3 1081

with well doing ye may put to silence

CHAPTER 2 the ignorance of foolish mem
WHEREFORE laying asîde ail 16 As free, and not using your lib-
malice, and ail guile, and hy erty for a cloak of maliciousness, but
pocrisies, and envies, and ail evil as the servants of God.
17 Honour ail men. Love the broth-
2 As newbom babes, desire the sin erhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
cère milk of the word, that ye may 18 Servants, be subject to your mas-
grow thereby: ters with ail fear; not only to the good
3 If se be ye have tasted that the and gentle, but also to the froward.
Lord is gracions. 19 For this is thankworthy, if a
4 To whom coming, as unto a living man for conscience toward God endure
stone, dîsallowed indeed of men, but grief, suffering wrongfully.
chosen of God, and precious, 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye
5 Ye also, as lively istones, aire built be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
up a spiritual house, an holy priest- take it patiently? but if, when ye do
hood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, well, and suffer for it, ye take it pa
acceptable to God by Jésus Christ. tiently, this is acceptable with God.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in 21 For even hereunto were ye
the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion à called: because Christ also suffered for
chief corner stone, elect, precious: and us, leaving ils an example, that ye
he that believeth on him shall not be should follow his steps:
confounded. 22 Who did no sin, neither was
7 Unto you therefore which believe guile found in his mouth:
he is precious: but unto them which be 23 Who, when he was reviled, re-
disobedient, the stone which the build- viled not again; when he suffered, he
ers disallowed, the same is made the threatened not; but committed himr
head of the corner, self to him that judgeth righteously:
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a 24 Who his own self bare our sins
rock of ofîence, even to them whidi in his own body on the tree, that we,
stumble at the word, being disobedi being dead to sins, shoiûd live unto
ent: whereunto also they were ap- righteousness: by whose stripes ye
pointed. were healed.
9 But ye are a chosen génération, a 25 For ye were as sheep going a-
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a stray; but are now returned unto the
peculiar peôple; that ye should shew Shepherd and Bishop of your soûls.
forth the praises of him who hath
called you ont of darkness into his CHAPTER 3
marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a tlKEWISE, ye wives, he in subjeo-
people, but are now the people of God: j tion to your own husbands; that,
which had not obtàined mercy, but if any obey not the word, they also
now have obtàined mercy. may without the word be won by the
11 Dearly beloved, I beseèch you as conversation of the wives;
strangers and pilgrims, abstaih from 2 While they behold your chaste
fleshly lusts, which war against the conversation coupled with fear.
soul; 3 Whose adoming let it not be that
12 Having your conversation hon- outward adoming of plaiting the hair,
est among the Geiitiles: that, whereas and of wearing of gold, or of putting
they speak agcdnst you as evildoers, on of apparel;
they may by your good works, which 4 But let it be the hidden man of the
they shaU béhold, glorify God in the heart,ih that which is not corruptible,
day of Visitation. even the omament of a meek and quiet
13 Submit yourselves to every ordi- spirit, which is in the sight of God of
nance of man for the Lord's sake: great price.
whether it be to the king, as suprême; 5 For after this manner in the old
14 Or unto gbverhors/ as unto them time the holy women also, who trusted
that are sent by him for the punish- in God, adomed themselves, being in
ment of evildoers, and for the praise of subjection unto their own husbands:
them that do well. 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham,
15 For so is the wîll of God, that calling hitn lord: whose daughters ye
1082 I PETER 4

are, as long as ye do well, and are not putting away of the filth of the flesh,
afraid with any amazement. but the answer of a good conscience
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with toward God,) by the résurrection of
them according to Knowledge, giving Jésus Christ:
honour unto the wife, as unto the 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is
weaker vessel, and as being heirs to- on the right hand of God; angels and
gether of the grâce of life; that your authorities and powers being made
prayers be not hindered. subject unto him.
8 Finally, be ye ail of one mind,hav-
ing compassion one of another, love as CHAPTER 4
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: FORASMUCH then as Christ hath
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or rail- suffered for us in the flesh, arm
ing for railing: but contrariwise bless- yourselves likewise with the same
ing; knowing that ye are thereunto mind: for he that hath suffered in the
called, that ye should inherit a bless- flesh hath ceased from sin;
ing. 2 That he no longer should live the
10 For he that wiU love life, and see rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts
good days, let him refrain his tongue of men, but to the will of God.
from evil, and his lips that they speak 3 For the time past of our life may
no guile: suflice us to have wrought the will of
11 Let him eschew evil, and do the Gentiles, when we walked in las-
good; let him seek peace, and ensue it* civiousness, lusts, excess of wine, rev-
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over ellings, banquetings, and abominable
the righteous, and his ears are open un idolâtries:
to their prayers: but the face of the 4 Wherein they think it strange
Lord is against them that do evil. that ye run not with them to the same
13 And who is he that will harm excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
you, if ye be foUowers of that which is 5 Who shaU give accoimt to him
good? that is ready to judge the quick and
14 But and if ye suffer for right- the dead.
eousness' sake, happy are ye: and be 6 For for this cause was the gospel
not afraid of their terror, neither be preached also to them that are dead,
troubled; that they might be judged according
15 But sanctify the Lord God in to men in the flesh, but live according
your hearts: and be ready always to to God in the spirit.
give an answer to every man that ask- 7 But the end of ail things is at
eth you a reason of the hope that is in hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch
you with meekness and fear: unto prayer.
16 Having a good conscience; that, 8 And above ail things have fervent
whereas they speak evil of you, as of charity among yourselves: for charity
evildoers, they may be ashamed that shall cover the multitude of sins.
falsely accuse your good conversation 9 Use hospitality one to another
in Christ. without grudging.
17 For U is better, if the will of God 10 As every man hath received the
be so, that ye suffer for well doing, gift, even so minister the same one to
than for evil doing. another, as good stewards of the mani-
18 For Christ also hath once suf- fold grâce of God.
fered for sins, the just for the unjust, 11 If any man speak, let him speak
that he might bring us to God, being as the oracles of God; if any man min
put to death in the flesh, but quicken- ister, let him do it as of the ability
ed by the Spirit: which God giveth: that God in ail
19 By which also he went and things may be glorifled through Jésus
preached unto the spirits in prison; Christ, to whom be praise and domin-
20 Which sometime were disobedi- ion for ever and ever. Amen.
ent, when once the longsuffering of 12 Beloved, think it not strange
God waited in the days of Noah, while concerning the flery trial which is to
the ark was a preparing, wherein few, try you, as though some strange thing
that is, eight soûls were saved by happened unto you:
water. 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are
21 The like figure whereunto even partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,
baptism doth also now save us(not the when his glory shall be rev^ed, ye
 n PETER 1 im

may be glad also with exceeding 4 And when the ctiief Shephérd
joy» shall appear, ye shall receive a crown
14 If yebereproachedforthe name of glory that fadeth not away*
of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit
of glory and of God resteth upon you: yourselves unto the elder* Yea, ail of
on their part he is evil spôken of, but you be subject one to another, and be
on your part he is glorified. clothed with humility: for God resist-
15 But let none of you suffer as a eth the proud, and giveth grâce to the
murdêrer, or as a thief, or as an evil- humble.
dper, or as a busybody in other men's 6 Humble yourselves therefore un-
matters. der the mighiy hand of God, that he
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Chris may exalt you in due time:
tian, let him not be ashàmed; but let 7 Casting au your care upon him;
him glorify God on this behalf<i for he careth for you.
17 For the time is corne that judg- 8 Be sober, be vigUant; because
ment must begin àt the house of God: your adversary the devU, as a roaring
and if it first hegiit at us, what shâll the Uon, walketh about, seeldng whom he
end be of thern that obey not the gos may devour:
pel of God? 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
18 And if the righteoUs scarcely be knowing that the same afflictions are
sayed, where shall the ungodly and the accomplished in your brethren that
sinner àppear? are in the world.
19 Wherefore let them that suffer 10 But the God of aU grâce, who
according to the will of God commit hath callêd us unto his etemal glory by
the keeping of their soûls to him in Christ Jésus, after that ye have suf-
well doing, as imto a faithful Creator* feried a while, make you perfect, stab-
Ush, strengthen, settle you.
CHAPTER 5 11 To him be glory and dominion
The elders'which are among you I for ever and ever. Amen.
12 By SU-va-nus, a faithful brother
exhort, who am also an elder, and
a witness of the sufferings of Christ, unto you, as I suppose, I havé written
and also a partaker of the glory that briefly, exhorting, and testifying that
shall be revealed: this is the true grâce of God wherein
2 Feed the flock of God which is ye stand.
among you, taking the oversight theré- 13 The church that is at Babylon^
of, not by constraint, but willingly; not elPcted togèther with you, saluteth
for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; you; and so dofh Marcus my son.
3 Neither as bèing lords over God's 14 Greet yé one another with a kiss
héritage, but being ensamples tP the of charity. Peace be with you aU that
flock* are in Christ Jésus* Amen.

The Second Epistle Général of

3 According as his divine power

CHAPTER I
SIMON Peter, a servant and an
apostle of Jésus Christ, to them
hath given unto us ail things that per~
tain unto life and godliness, throu^
the knowledge of him that hath called
that have obtaihed Uke precious us to glory and virtue:
faith with us through the righteous- 4 Whereby are given unto us ex
ness of God and our Saviour Jésus ceeding great and precious promises:
Christ: that by these ye might be partakers of
2 Grâce and peace be inultipUed un the divine nature, having escaped the
to you through the knowledge of God, corruption that is in the world through
and of Jésus our Lord, lust*
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5 And b^de this» giving ail dili 21 For the prophecy came not in
gence, add to your faith virtue; and to old time by the will of man: but holy
virtue knowledge; men of God spake os they were moved
6 And to Jmowledge tempérance; by the Holy Ghost.
and to tempérance patience; and to
patience godiiness; CHAPTER 2
7 And to godiiness brotherly kind- But there were false prophets also
ness; and to brotherly kindness chari- among the people, even as there
ty- shall be false teachers among yôu, who
8 For if these things be in you, and privily shall bring in damnable here-
abound, they make you that ye shaU sies, even denyfiig the Lord that
neither he barren nor unfmitful in the bought them, and bring upon them-
knowledge of our Lord Jésus Christ, selves swift destruction.
9 But he that lacketh these things 2 And many shall foUow their per-
is blind, and cannot see afar off, and nicious ways; by reason of whom the
hath forgotten that he was purged way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
from his old sins. 3 And through coyetousness shall
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, they with feigned words make mer-
give diligence to make your calling and chandise of you: whose judgment now
élection sure: for if ye do these things, of a long time lingereth not, and their
ye shall never fall: damnation slumbereth not.
11 For so an entrance shall be min- 4 For if God spared not the angels
istered unto you abimdantly into the that sinned, but çast them down to
everlasting kingdom of our Lord and hell, and delivered them into chains of
Saviour Jésus Christ. darkness, to be reserved imto judg
12 Wherefore I will not be négligent ment;
to put you always in remembrance of 5 And spared not the old world, but
these things, though ye know them, saved Noah the eighth person, a
and be established in tibie présent truth. preacher of righteousness, bringing in
13 Yea,I think it meet, as long as I the flood upOQ the world of the im-
am in this tabernacle, to stir you up godly;
by putting you in remembrance; 6 And tuming the citi^ of Sodom
14 Knowing that shortly I must put and Go-mor'-rha into ashes cpndemned
off this my tabernacle, even as our fhem with an overthrow, making them
Lord Jésus Christ hath shewed me, an ensample imto those that after
15 Moreover I will endeavour that should Mve ungodly;
ye may be able after my decease to 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed
have these things always in remem with the filthy conversation of the
brance. wicked:
16 For we have not foUowed cun- 8 (For that righteous man dwelling
ningly devised fables, when we made among them, in seeing and hearing,
known unto you the power and coming vexed his righteous soul from day to
of our Lord Jésus Christ, but were eye- day with their unlawful deeds);
witnesses of his majesty. 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver
17 For he received from God the the godly out of temptations, and to
Father honour and glory, when there reserve the unjust unto the day of
came such a voice to him from the ex judgment to be punished:
cellent glory, This is my beloved Son, 10 But chiefly them that walk after
in whom I am well pleased. the flèsh in the lust of uncleanness, eind
18 And this voice which came from despise government. Presumptuous
heaven we heard, when we were with are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid
him in the holy mount. to speak evil of dignities.
19 We have also a more sure word 11 Whereas angels, which are great-
of prophecy; whereunto ye do well er in power and might, bring not rail-
that ye take heed, as imto a light that ing accusation against them before the
shineth in a dark place, imtil the day Lord.
dawn, and the day star arise in your 12 But these, as natu^ brute
hearts: beasts, made to be taken and destroy-
20 Knowing this iirst, that no ed, speak evil of the things that they
prophecy of the scripture is of any understand not; and shall utterly per-
private interprétation. ish in their own corruption; '
 n PETER 3
, 13 And shall recelve the reward of
unrighteousness, as they that count it
pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots
they are and blemishes, sporting them-
selves with their own deceivings while
they feast with you;
14 Having eyès full of adiiltery, and
that cannot cease from sin; beguiling
unstable soûls: an heart they have ex-
ercised with covetous practices; cursed
children:
15 Which have forsaken the right
way, and are gone astray, foUowing
the way of Balaam the son of Bo'-sor,
who loved the wages of unrighteous-
ness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity:
the dumb ass speaking with man's
voice forbad the madhess of the proph-
et.
17 These are wells without water,
clouds that are carried with a tempest:
to whom the mist of darkness is re-
served for ever»
18 For when théy speak great sweU-
ing words of vanity, they allure
through the lusts of the flesh, through
much wantonnéss, those that were
clean escaped from tiiem who live Ih
error.
19 While they promise them liber-
ty, they themselves are the servants of
corruption: for of whom a man is over-
come, of the same is he brought in
bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped
the pollutions of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour
Jésus Christ, they are again entangled
therein, and overcome, the latter end
is worse with them than the begin-
ning.
21 For it had been better for them
not to have known the way of right-
eousness, than, after they have known
U, to tum from the holy command-
ment dèlivered unto them.
22 But it is happened uhtô them ac-
cordiûg to the true proverb, The dog
is tumed to his own vomit àgàin; and
the ,s6w that was washed to her wal-
lowing in the miré.
G.HAPTER 3
THISsecond epistle, belôved,I now
Write unto you; in both which I stir
up your pure minds by way of remem-
brance:
2 That ye may be mihdful of the
words which wére spoken before by
the holy prophets, and of the coin-
1085
mandment of us the apostles of the
Lord and Savioun
3 Knowing this first, that there
shall come in the last days scoffers»
walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise
of his coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, ail things continue as they were
from the beginning of the création.
5 For this they wiùingly are ignor
ant of, that by the word of God the
heavens were of old, and the earth
standing out of the water and in the
water:
6 Whereby the world that then was,
being overflowed with water, perished.
7 But the heavens and the earth,
which are now, by thè same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire against
the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, bé not ignorant of
this one thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a thou-
sand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack cohceming
his promise, as some men count slack-
ness; but is longsuffering to Us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but
that âll should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord wiU
conie as a thiêf in the ttight; in the
which the heavens shall pass away
with à great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heàt, the earth
also and the works thât are ttierein
shall be burned ùp.
11 Seèing then that ail these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of per-
sons ôught ye to be iii ail holy conver
sation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dis
solved, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to
his promise^ look for new heavens and
a new earth, wherein dwelleth ïîght-
eousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that
ye look for such things, be diligent that
ye may bè found of him in peace, with
out spot, and blameless.
15 And àccount that the longsuffer
ing of our Lord is sàlvation; éven as
our beloved brother Paul also accord
ing to the wisdom givên unto him hath
written iihto you;
16 As also in àll his epistles, spéàk-
ing in them of these things; in which
1086 I JOHN 1, 2
are some things liard to be iinderstood» ye also» being led away with the error
wbich they that are unleamed and un- of the \^cked» fall from your owh sted-
stable wrest, as they do also the other fastness.
scriptures» unto their own destruc 18 But grow in graœ» and in the
tion. knowledge o£ our Lord ^d Saviour
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye Jésus Christ. To him be glory both
know ihese things before» beware lest now and for ever. Amen.

TLe First Epistle Général of

cate with the Father» Jésus Christ the

CHAPTER I
That whiçh was from the begin-
nhîg, which we have h^d»
righteous:
2 And he is the propitiàtion for our
sins: and not for ours bnly, but also for
which we have seen with our the sins 6f the whole world.
eyes, which we have looked upon, and 3 And hereby we do know that we
our hands have handled» of the Word know him» if we keep his command-
oflife; ments.
2 (For the life was manifested» and 4 He that saith, I know him» and
we have seen it, and bear witness, andkeepeth not his commândments» is a
shew unto you that etemal life» which liar» and the truth is not in him.
was with tiie Father» and was mani- 5, But whosp keepeth his word» in
fested unto us;> him verily is the love of God perfected:
3 That which we have seen and hereby know we that we are in him.
heard déclaré we unto you» that ye 6 He that saith he abideth in him
also may haye fellowship with us: and ought himself also so to walk» even as
truly our-feUowshipjis ydth the Father» he walked.
and with his Son Jésus Christ. 7 Brethren» I write no new com-
4 And these.things write we unto mandment unto you» but an pld cpm-
you, that ypur joy may be fuU. mandment which ye had from the/be-
5 This then is the message which ginning. The old commandment is the
we have heard of him» and déclaré un word which ye have heard from the
to you, that Gk)d is light» and in him beginning.
is no darkness at ail. 8 Again» a new commandment I
6 If we say that we have fellowship Write unto you, which thing is true in
with him» and walk in darkness, we lie» him and in you: because the darkness
and do not the truth: is past, and the triie light now sliineth.
7 But ïf we walk in the light» as he 9 He that saith he is in the light,
is in the light» we have fellowship one and hateth his brother» is in darkness
with another» and the blood of Jésus even until now.
Christ his Son cleanseth us from ail 10 He that loveth his brother abid
sin. eth in the light, and there is none occa
8 If we say that we have no sin> we sion of stumbling in him.
deceive ourselves» and the truth is not 11 But he thpt hateth his brother is
in us. in darkness, and walketh in dsirkness,
9 If we confess our sins» he is faith- and knoweth not whither he goçth, be
ful and just to forgive us our sins» and cause that darkness hath blinded his
to cleanse us from ail uniighteousness. eyes.
10 If we say that we have not 12 I write unto you, little children,
sinned» we make him a liar» and his because ypur sins are fprgiven you for
Word & not in us. his name's sake.
13 ï write imtp you, fathers» be
CHAPTER 2 cause ye have known him that is from
MY little children» these things the beginning. I write unto you,; young
Write I unto you» that ye sin not. men, because ye have overcome the
And if any man sin» we have an advo- wicked one. I write unto you» little
 I JOHN 3 1087

children» becanse ye have known the and even as it hath taught you, ye
Father. shall abide in him.
14 I have written unto you,fathers, 28 And now,little children, abide in
because ye have known him that is him; that, when he shall appear, we
from the beginning. I have written im- may have confidence, and not be
to you, young men, because ye are ashamed before him at his coming.
strong, and the word of God abideth 29 If ye know that he is righteous,
in you, and ye have overcome the ye know that every one that doetii
wicked one. righteousness is bom of him.
15 Love not the world, neither the
things that are in the world. If any man CHAPTER 3
love the world, the love of the Father BEHOLD,what manner of love the
is not in him. Father hath bestowéd upon us,
16 For ail that is in the world, the that we should be caUed the sons of
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the God: therefore the world knoweth us
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the not, because it knew him not.
Father, but is of the world. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of
17 And the world passeth away, God, and it doth not yet appear what
we shall be: but we know that, when
and the lust thereof: but he that doeth
the will of God abideth for ever.he shall appear, we shcill be like him;
18 Little children, it is the last for we shall see him as he is.
time: and as ye have héard that anti 3 And every man that hath this
christ shall come, even now are there hope in him purifieth himself, even as
many antichrists; whereby we know he is pure.
that it is the last time. 4 Whosoever committeth sin trans-
19 They went out from us, but they gresseth also the law: for sin is the
were not of us: for if they had been of transgression of the law.
us,they would no doubt have continued 5 And ye know that he was mani-
with us: but they went out, that they fested to take away our sins; and in
might be made manifest that they him is no sin.
were not ail of us. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth
20 But ye have an imction from the not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen
Holy One, and ye know ail things. him, neither known him.
21 I have not written imto you be 7 Little children,let no man deceive
cause ye know not the truth, but be you: he that doeth righteousness is
cause ye know it, and that no lie is of righteous, even as he is righteous.
the truth. 8 He that committeth sin is of the
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth devil; for the devil sinneth from the
that Jésus is the Christ? He is anti beginning. For this purppse the Son of
christ, that denieth the Father and the God was manifested, that he might de-
Son. stroy the works of the devil.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the 9 Whosoever is bom of God doth
same hath not the Fathen [but] he that not commit sin; for his seed remaineth
acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father in him: and he cannot sin, because he
also, is bom of God.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, 10 In this the children of God are
which ye have heard from the begin manifest, and the children of the devil:
ning. If that which ye have heard whosoever doeth not righteousness is
from the beginning shall remain in not of God, neither he that loveth not
you, ye also shall continue in the Son, his brother.
and in the Father. 11 For this is the message that ye
25 And this is the promise that he heard from the beginning, that we
hath promised us, even etemal life. should love one another.
26 These things have I written un 12 Not as Gain, who was of that
to you conceming them that seduce wicked one, and slew his brother. And
you. wherefore slew he him? Because his
27 But the anointing which ye have own Works were évil, and his brother's
received of him abideth in you, and ye righteous.
need not that any man teach you: but 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the
as the same anointing teacheth you of world hate you.
ail things, and is truth, and is no lie. 14 We know that we have passed
1088 I JOHN 4, 5
from death unto life, because we love speak they of the world,and the world
the brethren. He that loveth net his heareth them.
brother abideth in death. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth
15 Whoscever hateth his brother is God heareth us; he that is not of God
a murderer: and ye know that no mur- heareth not us. Hereby know we the
derer hath etemal life abiding in him. spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of 7 Beloved, let us love one anothen
God, because he laid down his life for for love is of God; and every one that
us: and we ought to lay down our lives loveth is bom of God, and knoweth
for the brethren. God.
17 But whoso hath this world's S He that loveth not knoweth not
good, and seeth his brother have need, Grod; for God is love.
and shutteth up his bowels 0/ cow> 9 In this was manifested the love of
passion from him, how dwelleth the God toward us, because that God sent
love of God in him? his only begotten Son into the world,
18 My little children,let us not love that we might live through him.
in Word, neither in tongue; but in deed 10 Herein is love, not that we loved
and in truth. God, but that he loved us, and sent his
19 And hereby we know that we are Son to he the propitiation for our sins.
of the truth, and shall assure our 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we
hearts before him. ought âlso to love one another.
20 For if our heart condemn us, 12 No man hath seen God at any
God is greater than our heart, and time. If we love one another, God
knoweth ail things. dwelleth in us,and his love is perfected
21 Beloved,if our heart condemn us in us.
not, then have we confidence toward 13 Hereby know we that we dwell
God. in him, and he in us, because he hath
22 And whatsoever we ask, we re- given us of his Spirit.
ceive of him, because we keep his com- 14 And we have seen and do testify
mandments, and do those things that that the Father sent the Son to he the
are pleasing in his sight. Saviour of the world.
23 And this is his commandment, 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jé
That we should believe on the name of sus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in
his Son Jésus Christ, and love one an- him, and he in God.
other, as he gave us commandment. 16 And we have known and be-
24 And he that keepeth his com- lieved the love that God hath to us.
mandments dwelleth in him,and he in God is love; and he that dwelleth in
hhn. And hereby we know that he love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he 17 Herein is our love made perfect,
hath given us. that we may have bolchiess in the day
of judgment: because as he is, so are
CHAPTER 4 we in this world.
Beloved,believe not every spirit, 18 There is no fear in love; but per
but try the spirits whether they fect love casteth out fear: because fear
are of God: because many false proph- hath tonnent. He that feareth is not
ets are gone out into the world. made perfect in love.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of 19 We love him, because he first
God: Every spirit that confesseth that loved us.
Jésus Christ is come in the fiesh is of 20 If a man say, I love God, and
God: hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he
3 And every spirit that confesseth that loveth not his brother whom he
not that Jésus Christ is come in the hath seen, how can he love God whom
fiesh is not of God: and this is that he hath not seen?
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have 21 And this commandment have
heard that it should come; and even we from him, That he who loveth God
now already is it in the world. love his brother also.
4 Ye are of God,little children, and
have overcome them: because greater CHAPTER 5
is he that is in you, than he that is in WHOSOEVER beUeveth that Jé
the world. sus is the Christ is bom of God:
5 They are of the world: therefore anfi every one that loveth him that be-
 II JOHN 1089

gat loveth him aiso that is begotten of 12 He that Mth the Son hath life;
him. and he that hath not the Son of God
2 By this we know that we love the hath not life.
children of God, when we love God, 13 Thesë thihgs havé I written unto
ahd keep hls commandments. you that believe on the name of the
3 For this is the love of God, that Son of God; that ye may know that ye
we keejp his commandments: and his have etemal Mfe, and that yémay
commandments are hot grievous. believe on the name of the Son of
4 For whatsoever is bom of God God.
overcometh the world: and this is the 14 And this is the confidence that
victory that overcometh the world, we have in him, that, if we ask any
even dur faith. thing according to his will, he heareth
5 Who is he that overcometh the us:
world, but he that believeth that Jésus 15 And if we know that he hear us,
is the Son of God? whatsoever we ask, we know that we
6 This is he that came by water and have the pétitions that we desired of
blood, even Jésus Christ; not by water him.
only, but by water and blood. And it 16 If any man see his brother sin a
is the Spirit that beareth witness, be- sin which is not imto death, he shall
cause the Spirit is truth. ask, and he shall give him life for them
7 For there are three that bear rec that sin not unto death. There is a sin
ord in heaven, the Father, the Word, imto death: I do not say that he shall
and the Holy Ghost: and these three pray for it.
are one. 17 Ail unrighteousness is sin: ahd
8 And there are three that bear wit there is a sin not unto death.
ness in earth, the spirit,and the water, 18 We know that whosoever is bom
and the blood: and thèse three agree of God sinneth not; but he that is be
in one. gotten of God keepeth himself, and
9 If we receive the witness of men, that wicked one tpucheth him not.
the witness of God is greater: for this 19 And we know that we are of God,
is the witness of God which he hath and the whole world lieth in wicked-
testified of his Son. ness.
10 He that believeth on the Son of 20 And we know that the Son of
God hath the witness in himself: he God is come,and hath given us an im-
that believeth not God hath made him derstanding, that we may know him
a liar; because he believeth not the that is tme, and we are in him that is
record that God gave of his Son. tme,even in his Son Jésus Christ. This
11 And this is the record, that God is the tme God, and etemal life.
hath given to us etemal life, and this 21 Little children, keep yourselves
life is in his Son. from idols. Amen.

The Second Épistle of

John
The elder unto the élect lady and
her children, whom I love in the
have received a conunandment from
the Father.
tmth; and not I only, but also 5 And now I beseech thee,lady, not
ail they that have known the tmth; as though I wrote a new command-
2 For the tmth's sake, which dwell- ment unto thee, but that which we had
eth in us, and shall be with us for ever. from the beginning, that we love one
3 Grâce be with you, mercy, and another.
peace,ftôm God the Fàther, and frorn 6 Ahd this is love, We walk
the Lord Jésus Christ, the Son of the after his commahdments. TWis is the
Father, in tmth and love. commandmeht,That,as ye have heard
4 I rejoicèd greatly that I fotmd of from the beginning, ye should walk in
thy children walking in tmth, as we it.
1090 m JOHN, JUDB
7 For many deceivers are entered 10 Ifthere corne any unto you, and
into the world, who confess not that bring not this doctrine, receive him
Jésus Christ is corne in the fiesh. This not intp your house, neither bid him
is a deceiver and an antichrist, God speed:
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose 11 For he that biddeth him God
not those things which we have speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
wrought, but that we receive a fuU re- 12 Having many things to Write im-.
ward, to you, I would not writfi T^th paper
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and and ink: but I trust to come unto you,
abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, and speak face to face, that oiu: joy
hath not God. He that abideth in the may be full.
doctrine of Christ, he hath both the 13 The children of thy elect sister
Father and the Son. greet thee. Amen.

The Third Epistle of

John
The elder unto the wellbeloved
Gains, whom I love in the truth.
' 9 I wrote imto the church: but Di-
of-re-phes, who loveth to have the pre-
2 Beloved, I wish above ail eminence among them, receiveth us
things that thou mayest prosper and not.
be in health, even as thy soul pros- 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will re-
pereth. member his deèds which he doeth,
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the prating against us with malicious
brethren came and testified of the words: and not content therewith, nei
truth that is in thee, even as thou ther doth he himself receive the breth
walkest in the truth. ren, and forbiddeth them that would,
4 I have np greater joy than to hear and casteth them out of the church.
that my children walk in truth. 11 Beloved, follow not that which
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully is evil, but that which is good. He that
whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, doeth good is of God: but he that doeth
and to stràngers; evil hath not seen God.
6 Which have borne witness of thy 12 De-me'tri-us hath good report of
charity before the church: whom if ail men, and of the truth itself: yea,
thou bring forward on their joumey and we also bear record; and ye know
after a godly sort, thou shalt do that our record is true.
well: 13 I had many things to write, but
7 Because that for his name's sake I will not with ink and pen write unto
they went forth, taking nothing of the thee:
Gentiles. 14 But I trust I shall shortly see
8 We therefore ought to receive thee, and we shall speak face to face.
such, that we might be fellowhelpers Peace be to thee. Our friends salute
to the truth. thee. Greet the friends by name.

The Général Epistle of

Jude
JUDE,the servant of Jésus Christ, 2 Mercy untp you, and peace, and
and brPther of James,to them that love, be multiplied.
are sàhctified by God the Father, 3 Beloved, when I gave ail diligence
and preserved in Jésus Christ, and to write unto you of the çommon sal-
called. vation, it was needful for me to write
 JUDE 1091

unto you, and exhort you that ye withereth, without fruit, twice dead,
should eamestly contend for the faith plucked up by the roots;
which was once délivered unto the 13 Raging waves of the sea, foam-
saints. ing out their own shame; wandering
4 For there are certain men crept in stars, to whom is reserved the black-
unawares, who were before of old or- ness of darkness for ever.
dsiined to this condemnation, ungodly 14 And E'-noch also, the seventh
men,tuming the grâce of our God into from Adam, prophesied of these, say-
lasciviousness, and denying the ohly ing, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten
Lord God, and our Lord Jésus Christ. thous£Uids of his saints,
5 I will therefore put you in remem- 15 To execute judgment upon ail,
brance,though ye once knew this, how and to convince ail that are imgodly
that the Lord, having saved the people among them of ail their ungodly deeds
out of the land of Egypt,afterward de- which they have ungodly committed,
stroyed them that believed not. and of ail their hard speeches which un
6 And the angels which kept not godly sinners have spoken against him.
their first estate, but left their own 16 These are murmurers, complain-
habitation, he hath reserved in ever- ers, walking after their own lusts; and
lasting chains under darkness imto the their tnouth speaketh great swelling
judgment of the great day. words, having men's persons in ad
7 Even as Sodom and Go-mor'-rha, miration because of advantage.
and the cities about them in like man- 17 But, beloved, remember ye the
ner, giving themselves over to fornica words which were spoken before of the
tion, and going after strange flesh, are apostles of our Lord Jésus Christ;
set forth for an example, suifering the 18 How that they told you there
vengeance of etemal fire. should be mockers in the last time,
8 Likewise also these fUthy dream- who should walk after their own un
ers defile the flesh, despise dominion, godly lusts.
and speak evil of dignities. 19 These be they who separate
9 Yet Michael the archange!, when themselves, sensual, having not the
contending with the devil he disputed Spirit.
about the body of Moses, durst not 20 But ye, beloved, building up
bring against him a railing accusation, yourselves on your most holy faith,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee. praying in the Holy Ghost,
10 But these speak evil of those 21 Keep yourselves in the love of
things which they know not; but what God,looking for the mercy of our Lord
they know naturally, as brute beasts, Jésus Christ unto etemal life.
in those things they comipt them 22 And of some have compassion,
selves. making a différence:
11 Woe unto them! for they have 23 And others save with fear, pull-
gone in the way of Gain,and ran greed- ing them out of the fire; hating even
fly after the error of Balaam for re- the garment spotted by the flesh.
ward, and perished in the gainsaying 24 Now unto him that is able to
of Co-re. keep you from falling, and to présent
12 These aré spots in yôur feasts of you faultless before the presence of his
charity, when they feast with you, glory with exceeding joy,
feeding themselves without fear: 25 To the only wise Gôd our Sav-
clouds they are without water, carried iour, be glory and majésty, dominion
about of winds; trees whose fruit and power, both now and ever. Amen.
1092

Tke Révélation
of Saint Jolin tlie Divine
imto Eph'e-sus,and unto Smyma,and
CHAPTER I
THE Révélation bf Jésus Christ,
which God gave imto him, to
unto Per'-ga^mos, and unto Thy-a-ti-
ra,and unto Sardis, and unto Philadel-
phia, and unto La-od-i-ce'a.
shew unto bis servants things 12 And I tumed to see the voice
which must shortly come to pass; and that spake with me. And being tumed,
he sent and signified it by his angel un I saw seven golden candlesticks;
to his servant John: 13 And in the midst of the seven
2 Who bare record of the word of candlesticks one like unto the Son of
God, and of the testimony of Jésus man, clothed with a garment down to
Christ, £ind of ail things that he saw. the foot, and girt about the paps with
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and a golden girdle.
they that hear the words of this proph- 14 His head and His hairs were white
ecy, and keep those things which are like wool, as white as snow; and his
written therein:for the time îs at hand. eyes were as a flame of fire;
4TOHN to the seven churches 15 And his feet like unto fine brass,
J which are in Asia: Grâce he un as if they bumed in a fumace; and his
to you, and peace, from him which voice as the sound of many waters.
is, and which was, and which is to 16 And he had in his right hand
come;and from the seven Spirits which seven stars: and ont of his mouth went
are befpre his throne; a Sharp twoedged sword: and his coun-
5 And from Jésus Christ, who is the tenance was as the sim shineth in his
faithful witness, and the first begotten
strength.
of the dead,and the prince of the kings 17 And when I saw him,I fell at his
of the earth. Unto him that loved us, feet as dead. And he laid his right hand
and washed us from our sins in his own upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I
blood, am the first and the last:
6 And hath made us kings and 18 I am he that liveth, and was
priests unto God and his Father; to dead; and, behold, I am alive for ever-
him he glory and dominion for ever and more. Amen; and have the keys of hell
ever. Amen. and of death.
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; 19 Write the things which thou hast
and every eye shall see him, and they seen^ and the things which are, and the
also which pierced him: and ail kin- things which shall be hereafter;
dreds of the earth shall wah because of 20 The mystery of the seven stars
him. Even so. Amen. which thou sawest in my right hand,
8 I am Alpha and Oméga, the be- and the seven golden candlesticks. The
ginning and tiie ending,saith the Lord, seven stars are the angels of the seven
which is, and which was, and which is churches: and the seven candlesticks
to come, thé Almighty. which thou sawest are the seven
9 I John, who also am your brother, churches.
and companion in tribulation, and in
CHAPTER 2
the kingdom and patience of Jésus
Christ, was in the isle that is called UNTO the angel of the church of
Patmos, for the word of God, and for Eph'-e-sus Write; These things
the testimony of Jésus Christ. saith he that holdeth the seven stars
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's in his right hand, who walketh in
day, and heard behind me a great the midst of the seven golden candle
voice, as of a trumpet, sticks;
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Oméga, 2 I know thy works,and thy labour,
the first and the last: and, What thou and thy patience, and how thou canst
seest, Write in a book, and send if unto not bear them which are evil: and thou
the seven churches which are in Asia; hast tried them which say they are
 REVELATION 2 1093

apostles» and are not, and hast found
them liàrs:
3 And hast borne, and hast pa
tience, and for my name's sake hast
laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless 1 have somewhat
against thee, because thou hast left
thy first love.
5 Remember therefore froin whence
thou art fallen, and repent, and do the
first Works; or else I will corne unto
thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except
thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hat-
est the deeds of the Nic-o-la-i-tanes,
which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the church-
es; To him that overcometh will I give
to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God.
8 And unto the angel of the church
in Smyma write; These things saith
the first and the last, which was dead, ferest that woman Jez'-e-belj which
and is alive;
9 I knqw thy works, and tribula- and to seduce my servants to commit
tion, and poverty,(but thou art rich) fornication, and to eat things sacrificed
and I know the blasphemy of them unto idols.
which say they are Jews, and àre not,
but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which
thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil
shall cast some of you into prison, that
ye may be tried; and ye shall have
tribulation ten days: be thou faithful
unto death, and I will give thee a
crown of life.
11 He that hath an ear,let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the church-
es; He that overcometh shall not be
huit of the second death.
12 And to the angel of the church in
Per'-ga-mos write; These things saith
he which hath the sharp sword with
two edges;
13 1 know thy works, and where
thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat
is; and thou holdest fast my name,and
hast not denied my faith, even in those
days wherein An-ti-pas was my faith
ful martyr, who was slain among you,
where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against
thee, because thou hast there them
that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who
taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock
before the children of Israël, to eat
things sacrificed imto idols, and to
commit fornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold
the doctrine of. the Nic-o-la-i-tanes,
which thing I hate.
16 Repenti or else I will corne unto
thee quickly, ànd will fight against
them with the swôrd of my mouth.
17 He that hath an ear,let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the church-
es; To him that overcometh will I give
to eat of the hidden mahna, and will
give him a white stone, and in the
stone a new name vnitten, which no
man knoweth saving he that receiveth
iU
18 And \mto the angel of the church
in Thy-a-ti'-ra write; These things saith
the Son of God,whô hath his eyes like
unto a flame of firOj and his feet are
like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity,
and ser^ce, and faith, and thy pa
tience, and thy works; and the last ib
be more than the first.
20 Notwithstànding I have a few
things against thee, because thou suf-
calleth herself a prophetess, to teach
21 And I gave her space to repent
of her fornication; and she repented
not.
22 Behold,I will cast her into a bed,
and them that commit adultery with
her into great tribulation, except they
repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with
death; and ail the churches shall know
that I am he which searcheth the reins
and heartS; and I will give imto every
one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say,and unto the
rest in Thy-a-ti-raj as many as have
not this doctrine, àhd which have not
known the depths of Satan, as they
speak; I will put upon you none other
burden.
25 But that which ye have already
hold fast till I come.
26 And he that overcometh, and
keepeth my Works imto the end, to
him will I ^ve power over the nations:
27 And he shah irule them with a
rod of iron; as the Vessels ôf a potter
shall they be broken to shivers: even
as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the moming
star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
1094 REVELATION 3, 4
which is new Jérusalem, whidi cometh
CHAPTER 3 down out of heaven from my God: and
AND unto the angel of the church in I will îvrite upon him my new name.
J\ Sardis wrlte; These things saith 13 He that hath an ear, let h\m
he that hath the seven Spirits of God, hear what the Spirit saith unto the
and the seven stars; I know thy works, churches.
that thou hast a name that thou livest, 14 And unto the angel of the church
and art dead. of the La-od-i-ce-ans write; These
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things saith the Amen,the faithful and
things which remain, that are ready to true witness, the begirining of the créa
die: for I have not foimd thy works tion of God;
perfect before God» 15 I know thy works, that thou art
3 Remember therefore how thou neither cold nor hot: I would thou
hast received and heard, and hold fast, wert cold or hot.
and rèpent. If therefore thou shalt not 16 So then because thou art luke-
watch, I will come on thee as a thief, warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
and thou shalt not know what hour I spue thee out of my mouth.
will come upon thee. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich,
4 Thou hast a few ns^es even in and increased with goods, and have
Sardis which have not defiled their need of nothing; and knowest not that
garments; and they shall walk with thou art wretched, and misérable, and
me in white: for they are worthy. poor, and blind, and naked:
5 He that overcometh, the same 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold
shall be clothed in white raiment; and tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
I will not blot out his name out of the rich; and white raiment, that thou
book of life, but I will confess his name mayest be clothed, and that the shame
before my Father, and before his an- of thy nakedness do not appear; and
gels. anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear thou mayest see.
what the Spirit saith unto the 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and
churches. chasten: be zealous therefore, and re-
7 And to the angel of the church in pent.
PMladelphia write; These things saith 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and
he that is holy, he that is true, he that knock: if any man hear my voice, and
hath the key of David, he that open- open the door, I will come in to him,
eth, and no man shutteth; and shut- and will sup with him,and he with me.
teth, and no man openeth; 21 To him that overcometh will I
8 I know thy works: behold, I have grant to sit with me in my throne,even
set before thee an open door, and no as I also overcame, and am set down
man cari shut it: for thou hast a little with my Father in his throne.
strengài, and hast kept my word, and 22 He that hath an ear,let him hear
hast not denied my name. what the Spirit saith unto the
9 Behold, I will make them of the churches.
synagogue of Satan, which say they
are Jews, and are not, but do lie; be CHAPTER 4
hold, I will make them to come and AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a
worship before thy feet, and to know /v door was opened in heaven: and
that I have loved thee. the first voice which I heard t(;as as it
10 Because thou hast kept the word were of a trumpet talking with me;
of my patience, I also will keep thee which said, Come up hither, and I will
from the hour of temptation, which shew thee things which must be here-
shall come upon ail the world, to try after.
them that dwell upon the earth. 2 And immediately I was in the
11 Behold» I come quickly: hold spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in
that fast wlrich thou hast,that no man heaven, and âne sat on the throne^
take thy crown^ 3 And he that sat was to look upon
12 Him that overcometh will I like a jasper and a sardine stone: and
make a pillar in the temple of my God, there was a rainbow round about the
and he shall go no more out: and I will throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Write upon him the name of my God, 4 And round about the throne were
and the name of the city of my God, four and twenty seats: and upon the
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seats I saw four and twenty elders sit- of the throne and of the four beasts,
ting, clothed in white raiment; and and in the midst of the elders, stood a
they had on tiieir heads crowns of gold. Lamb as it had been slain, having
5 And eut of the throne proceeded seven homs and seven eyes, which are
lig^tnings and thunderings and voices: the seven Spirits of God sent forth into
and there were seven lamps of fire burn- ail the earth.
ing before the throne, which are the 7 And he came and took the book
seven Spirits of God. ont of the right hand of him that sat
6 And before the throne there was a upon the throne.
sea of glass like unto crystal: and in 8 And when he had taken the book,
the midst of the throne, and round the four beasts and four and twenty
about the throne, were four beasts fuil elders fell down before the Lamb,hav
of eyes before and behind. ing every one of them harps, and gold
7 And the first beast was like a lion, en vials full of odours, which are the
and the second beast like a calf, and prayers of saints.
the third beast had a face as a man, 9 And they simg a new song, say
and the fourth beast was like a flying ing, Thou art worthy to take the book,
eagle. and to open the seals thereof: for thou
8 And the four beasts had each of wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
them six wings about him; and they God by thy blood out of every kindred,
were fuU of eyes within: and they rest and tongue, and people, and nation;
not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, 10 And hast made us unto our God
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, kings and priests: and we shaU reign
and is, and is to corne. on the earth.
9 And when those beasts give glory 11 And I beheld, and I heard the
and honour and thanks to him that sat voice of many angels round about the
on the throne, who liveth for ever and throne and the beasts and the elders:
ever, and the number of them was ten thou-
10 The four and twenty elders fall sand times ten thousand, and thou-
down. before him that sat on the sands of thousands;
throne, and worship him that liveth 12 Saying with a loud voice,
for ever and ever, and cast their Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
crowns before the throne, saying, receive power, and riches, and wis-
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re dom, and strength, and honour, and
çoive glory and honour and power: for glory, and blessing.
thou hast created ail things, and for 13 And every créature which is in
thy pleasure they are and were cre heaven, and on the earth, and imder
ated. the earth, and such as are in the sea,
and ail that are in them^ heard I say
CHAPTER 5 ing, Blessing, and honour, and glory,
A ND I saw in the right hand of him and power, be unto him that sitteth
j[\ that sat on the throne a book upon the throne, and imto the Lamb
written within and on the backside, for ever and ever.
sealed with seven seals. 14 And the four beasts said. Amen.
2 And I saw a strong angel pro- And the four and twenty elders fell
daiming with a loud voice, Who is down and worshipped him that liveth
worthy to open the book, and to loose for ever and ever.
the seals thereof?
3 And no mein in heaven, nor in CHAPTER 6
earth, neither under the earth, was AND I saw when the Lamb opened
able to open the book, neither to look jl\ one of the seals, and I heard, as it
thereon. were the noise of thunder, one of the
4 And I wept mudi, because no four beasts saying, Come ànd see.
man was found worthy to open and to 2 And I saw, and behold a white
read the book, neither to look thereon. horse: and he that sat on him had a
5 And one of the elders saith unto bow; and a crown was given unto hinu
me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the and he went forth conquering, and to
tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath conquer.
prevailed to open the book, and to 3 And when he had opened the sec
loose the seven seals thereof. ond seal, 1 heard the second beast say,
6 And I beheld,and,lo,in the midst Come and see.
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4 And there went out another horse free mah, hid themselves in the dens
that was red: and power was given to and in the rocks of the mountains;
him that sat thereon to take peace 16 And said to the mountains and
from the earth, and that they shonld rocks, Fall on us, and hidé us from the
Idll one another: and there was given face of him that sitteth on the throne,
unto him a great sword. and from the wrath of the Lamb:
5 And when he had opened the 17 For the great day of his wrath is
third seal, I heard the third beast say, come; and who shall be able to stand?
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a
black horse; and he that sat on him CHAPTER 7
had a pair of balances in his hand. AND after these things I saw four
6 And I héard a voice iii the midst /v àngels standing on the four cor
of the four beasts say, A measure of ners of the earth, holding the four
wheat for a penny, and three measures winds of the earth, that the wind
of barley for a penny; and see thou should not blow on the earth, nor on
hurt not the oil and the wine. the sea, nor on any tree.
7 And when he had opened the 2 And I saw another angel ascend-
fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ing from the east, having the seal of
fourth beast say, Come and see. the living God: and he cried with a
8 And I looked, and behold a pale loud voice to the four angels, to whom
horse: and his name that sat on him it was given to hurt the earth and the
was Death, and Hell followed with sea,
him. And Power was given imto them 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, nei-
over the fourth part of the earth, to ther the sea, nor the trees, till we have
kill with sword, and with hunger, and sealed the servants of our God in their
with death, and with the beasts of the foreheads.
earth. 4 And I heard the number of them
9 And when he had opened the fifth which were sealed: and there were
seal, I saw imder the altar the soûls of sealed an hundred and forty and four
them that were slain for the word of thousand of ail the tribes of the chil-
God,and for the testimony which they dren of Israël.
held: 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed
10 And they cried with a loud voice, twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reu-
saying, How long, O Lord, holy and ben were sealed twelve thousand; Of
true, dost thou not judge and avenge the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve
our blbod on them that dwell on the thousand.
earth? 6 Of the tribe of A-ser were sealed
11 And white robes were given unto twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Neph-
every one of them;and it was said imto tha-lim were sealed twelve thousand.
them, that they should rest yet for a Of the tribe of Ma-nas-ses were sealed
little season, imtil their fellowservants twelve thousand.
also and their brethren, that should 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealéd
be killed as they were, should be ful- twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levl
fiUed. were seeded twelve thousand. Of the
12 And I beheld when he had tribe of Is'-sa-char were sealed twelve
opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there thousand.
was a great earthquake; and the sun S Of the tribe of Zab-u-lon were
became black as sackcloth of hair, and sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
the moon became as blood; Joseph were sealed twelve thousand.
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed
the eartti, even as a fig tree casteth hér twelve thousand.
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a
mighty wind. great multitude, which no man could
14 And the heaven departed as a number, of ail nations, and kindreds,
scroll when It is rolled together; and and people, and tongues, stood before
every moimtain and island were the throne, and before the Lamb,
moved out of their places. clothed with white robes, and palms
15 And the kings of the earth, and in their hands;
the great men, and the rich men, and 10 And cried with a loud voice, say
the chief captàins, and the mighty ing, Salvation to our God which sitteth
men, and every bondman, and every upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
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11 And ail the angels stood round blood, and they were cast upon the
about the thrône» and about the elders earth: and the third part of trees was
bumt up, and ail green grass was
and the four beasts, and fell before the
throne on their faces» and worshipped bumt up,
God, 8 And the second angel sounded,
12 Saying, Amem Blessing» and and as it were a great mountain burn-
glory» and wisdom» and thanksgiving» ing with fire was cast into the sea: and
and honour» and power» and might» Se the third part of the sea became blood;
unto our God for ever and even Amen, 9 And the third part of the créa
13 And one of the elders answered, tures whidbi were in the sea, and had
saying imto me, What are these which life, died; and the third part of the
are arrayed in white robes? and whence ships were destroyed.
came they? 10 And the ihdrd angel sounded,
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou and there fell a great star from heaven,
knowest. And he said to me,These are buming as it were a lamp, and it fell
they which came out of great tribula- upon ihe third part of the rivers, and
Hon,and have washed their robes, and upon the fountains of waters;
made them white in the blood of the 11 And the name of the star is
Lamb, called Wormwood: and the third part
15 Therefore are they before the of the waters became wormwood; and
throne of God, and serve him day and many.men died of the waters, because
night in his temple: and he that sitteth they were made bitter,
on the throne shall dwell among them, 12 And the fourth angel sounded,
16 They shall hunger no more, nei- and the third part of the sun was smit-
ten, and the third part of the moon,
ther thirst any more; neither shall the
Sun light on them, nor any heat, and the third part of the stars; so as
17 For the Lamb which is in the the third part of them was darkened,
midst of the throne shall feed them, and the day shone not for a third part
and shall lead them imto living foun- of it, and the night likewise,
tains of waters: and God shall wipe 13 And 1 beheld, and heard an an
away ail tears from their eyes, gel flying through the midst of heaven,
saying ^th a loud voice, Woe, woe,
CHAPTER 8 woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by
AND when he had opened the sev- reason of the other voices of the
/\ enth seal, there was silence in trumpet of the three angels, which are
heaven about the space of half an yet to soimd!
hour,
2 And I saw the seven angels which CHAPTER 9
stood before God; and to them were AND the fifth angel sounded, and I
given seven trumpets. jr\ saw a star fall from heaven unto
3 And another angel came and the earth: and to him was given the
stood at the altar, having a golden key of the bottomiess pit.
censer; and there was given unto him 2 And he opened the bottomiess pit;
much incense, that he should oifer U and there arose a smoke out of the pit,
with the prayers of ail saints upon the as the smoke of a great fumace; and
golden altar which was before the the sun and the air were darkened by
throne. reason of the smoke of the pit.
4 And the smoke of the incense, 3 And there came out of the smoke
which came with the prayers of the locusts upon the earth: and unto them
saints, ascended up before God out of was given power, as the scorpions of
the angers hand. the earth have power,
5 And the angel took the censer, 4 And it was commanded them that
and filled it with fire of the altar, and they should not hurt the grass of the
cast it into the earth: and there were earth, neither any green thing, neither
voices, and thunderings, and light- any tree; but only those men which
nings, and an earthquake, have not the seal of God.in their fore-
6 And the seven angels which had heads.
the seven trumpets prepared them- 5 And to them it was given that
selves to sound. they should not kill them, but that
7 The first angel soimded, and there they should be tormented five months:
followed hail and fire mingled with and their torment was as the torment
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of a scorpion, when he striketh a 20 And the rest of the men which

man. were not killed by these plagues yet
6 And in ttiose days shall men seek repented not of the works of their
death, and shall not ônd it; and shall hands, that they should not worship
desire to die, and death shall flee from devils, and idols of gold, and silver,
them. and brass, and stone, and of wood:
7 And the shapes of the locusts which neither can see, nor hear, nor
were like imto horses prepared imto walk:
battle; and on their heads were as it 21 Neither repented they of their
were crowns like gold, and their faces murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of
were as the faces of men. their fornication, nor of their thefts.
8 And they had hair as the hair of
women, and their teeth were as the CHAPTER 10
teeth of lions. AND I saw another mighty angel
9 And they had breastplates, as it jTIl come down from heaven, clothed
were breastplates of iron; and the wiih a cloud: and a rainbow was upon
Sound of their wings was as the sound his head, and his face was as it were
of chariots of many horses running to the sim, and his feet as pillars of fire:
battle. 2 And he had in his hand a little
10 And they had tails like unto book opem and he set his right foot
scorpions, and there were stings in upon the sea, and his left foot on the
their tails: and their power was to hurt earth,
men five months. 3 And cried with a loud voice, as
11 And they had a king over them, when a lion roareth: and when he had
which is the angel of the bottomless cried, seven thimders uttered their
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue voices.
is A-bad-don, but in the Greek tongue 4 And when the seven thimders had
hath his name A-pol-ly-on. uttered their voices, I was about to
12 One woe is pasi^ and, behold, Write: and I heard a voice from heaven
there come two woés more hereafter. saymg unto me, Seal up those things
13 And the sixth angel sounded, which the seven thimders uttered, and
and 1 heard a voice from the four homs Write them not.
of the golden altar which is before 5 And the angel which I saw stand
God, upon riie sea and upon the earth lifted
14 Saying to the sixth angel which up his hand to heaven,
had the trumpet, Loose the four an- 6 And sware by him that liveth for
gels which are bound in the great river ever and ever, who created heaven,
Eu-phra'-tes. and the things that therein are, and
15 And the four angels were loosed, the earth, and the things that therein
which were prepared for an hour, and are, and the sea, and the things which
a day, and a month, and a year,for to are therein, that there should be time
slay the third part of men. no longer:
16 And the number of the army of 7 But in the days of the voice of the
the horsemen were two hundred thou- seventh angel, when he shall begin to
sand thousand: and I heard the num sound, the mystery of God should be
ber of them. finished, as he hath declared to his
17 And thus I saw the horses in the servants the prophets.
vision, aiid them that sat on them, 8 And the voice which I heard from
having breastplates of fire, and of ja- heaven spake unto me again, and said.
cinth, and brimstone: and the heads of Go and take the little book which is
the horses were as the heads of lions; open in the hand of the angel which
and out of their mouths issued fire and standeth upon the sea and upon the
smoke and brimstone. earth.
18 By these three was the third part 9 And I went unto the angel, and
of men killed, by the fire, and by the said unto him, Give me the little book.
smoke, and by the brimstone, which And he said unto me, Take it, and eat
issued out of their mouths. it up; and it shall make thy belly bit-
19 For their power is in their ter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet
mouth,and in thefr tails: for their tails as honey.
were like unto serpents, and had heads, 10 And I todk the little book out of
and with them they do hurt. the angePs hand, and ate it up; and it
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was in my mouth sweet as honey: and 12 And they heard a great voice
as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was from heaven saying unto them, Come
bitter. up hither. And they ascended up to
II And he said unto me,Thou must heayen in a cloud; and their enemies
prophesy again beforé many peoples, beheld/them^
and nations, and tongues, and kings, 13 And the same hour was there a
great earthquake, and the tenth part
CHAPTER II of the ciiy fell, and in the earthquake
A ND there was given me a reed like were slain of men seven thousand: and
/V. unto a rod: and,the angel stood, the remnant were affrighted, and gaye
saying, Rise, and measure the temple glory to the God of heaven.
of God, and the altar, and them that 14 The second woe is past; dnd, be-
worship therein» hold, the tiûrd woe cometh qùicldy.
2 But the court whiçh is without 15 And thè seventh angel sounded;
the tethple leave out, and measure it and thère were great voices in heayen,
not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: saying, The kingdoms of this world are
and the holy city shall they tread un- become the kingâoms of our Lord, and
der foot ïorty and two months» of his Christ; and he shall reign for
3 And I will give power unto my ever and ever^
two witnesses, and they shall prophesy 16 And the four and twenty elders,
a thousand two hundred and three- which sat before Gk)d on their seats.
score days, clothed in sackcloth. fell upon their faces, and worshipped
4 These are the two olive trees,^d God,
the two candlesticks standing before 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O
the God of the earth, Lord God Almighty, which art, ànd
5 And if any man will hurt them, wast, and art tb come; because thou
fire proceedeth out of their mouth,and hast tedcen to thee thy great power,
devoureth their enemies: and if any and hast feigned.
man will hurt them, he must in this 18 And thé nations were angry, and
manner be killed. thy wrath is come, and the time of the
6 These have power to shut heaven, dead, that they should be judged, ànd
that it rain not in the days of their that thpu shouldest give reward unto
prophècy: and haye power over waters thy servants the prophets, and to the
to tum them to blood,andrtoismite the saints, and them that fear thy name,
earth with aU plagues, as often as they smaU and great; and shoulàest destroy
wilL them which destroy the earth. -
7 And when they shall have finished 19 And the temple of God was
their testimony, the beast that ascend- opened iq heaven, and there was seën
eth out of the bottomless pit shall in his temple the ark of his testament:
make war against them, and shall and there were lightnings, and voices,
overcome them, and kiil them. and thunderings, and an earthquake,
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in and great hah.
the street of the great city, which spir-
itually is called Sodom and Egypt, CHAPTER 12
where also our Lord was crucified. AND there appeared a great wonder
9 And they of the people and kin- j[\ in heaven; a woman clothed with
dteds and tongues and nations shall the sim, and the moon imder her feet,
see iheir dead bodies three days and and Upon her head a crbwn of twelve
an.halfr and shall not suffer their dead stars:
bodies to be put in graves. 2 And she being with child cried,
10 And they that.dwell upon the travailing in birth, and pained to bè
earth shall rejoice over them, and delivered.
make merry, and shall send gifts one 3 And there appeared another won
to another; because these two proph- der in heaven; and bèhold a great red
ets torménted them that dwelt on the dragon, having seven heads ànd ten
earth. homs, and seven crowhs ùppn his
11 And after three days and an half heads.
the Spirit of life from God enterçd into 4 And his tail drew the third part pif
them^ and they stood upon their feet; thè stars of heaven, ahd did cast them
and great fear felï upon them wîdçh to:the:ea^:and the dragon stood be
sawthem* fore ibe wpman whicdi was ready tP be
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delivered, for to dévour her child as with the remnant of her seed, whidi
soon as it was bom. keep the commandments of God, and
5 And she brought forth a man have the testimony of Jésus Christ.
cbild» who was to nile ail nations with
a rod of iron: and her child was cau^t CHAPTER 13
up unto God, and to his throne. AND I stood upon the sand of the
6 And the woman fled into the wil- zV sea, and saw a beast rise up out
demess, where she hath a place pre- of the sea, having seven heads and ten
pared of Grod, that they should feed homs, and upon his homs ten crowns,
her there a thousand two hundred and and upon his heads the name of blas-
threescore days. phemy.
7 And there was war in heaven: 2 And the beast which I saw was
Michael and his angels fought against like unto a léopard, and his feet were
the dragon; and the dragon fought and as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as
his angels, the mouth of a lion: and the dragon
8 And prevailed not; neither was gave him his power, and his seat, and
their place found any more in heaven. great authority.
9 And the great dragon was cast 3 And I saw one of his heads as it
ont, that old serpentj called the Devil, were wounded to death; and his deadly
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole wouiid was healed: and ail the world
world: he was cast ont into the earth, wondered after the beast.
and his angels were cast ont with him. 4 And they worshipped the dragon
10 And I heard a loud voice saying which gave power unto the beast: and
in heaven, Now îs come salvation, and they worshipped the beast, saying,
strength, and the kingdom of our God, Who is like imto the beast? who is able
and tiie power pf his Christ: for the to màke war with him?
accuser of our brethren is cast doym, 5 And there was given unto him a
which accused them beforé our God mouth speaking great things and blas-
day and night. phemies; and power was given unto
11 And they overcaine him by the him to continue forty and two months*
blood of the Lamb, and by the woird 6 And he opened his mouth in blas-
of their testimohy; and they loved not phemy against God, to blasphémé his
their lives imtb the death. name, and his tabernacle, and them
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, that dwell in heaven.
and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the 7 And it was giveii unto him to
inhabitants bf the earth and of the make war with the saints, and to over-
sea! for the devil is corne down unto come them: and power was given him
yôu, hàving great wrath, because he over ail kindreds, and tongues, and
knoweth that he hath but a short nations.
time. S And ail that dwell upon the earth
13 And when the dragon saw that shall worship him, whose names are
he was cast unto the earth, he perse- not written in the book of life of the
cuted the woman which brought forth Lamb slain from the foundation of the
the man chUd, world.
14 And to the woman were given 9 If any man have an ear, let him
two wings of a great eagle^ that she hear.
might fly into the wildemess, into her 10 He that léadeth into captivity
place, where she is nourished for a shall go into captivity: he that killeth
time, and times, and half a time,from with the sword must be kilied with the
the face of the serpent. sword. Here is the patience and the
15 And the serpent cast out of his faith of the saints.
mouth water as a flood after the wom 11 And I beheld another beast com-
an, that he might cause her to be car- ing up but of the earth; and he had two
ried away of the flood. homs like a lamb, and he spake as a
16 And the earth helped the dragon.
womaii, and the earth opened her 12 And he exerciseth ail the power
mouth, and swallowed up the flood of the flrst beast before him, and caus-
which the dragon cast out of his eth the earth and them which dwell
mouth. thérein to worship the flrst beast,
17 And the dragon was wroth with whôsé deadly wound was healed.
the woman, and went to make war 13 And he doeth great wonders, so
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that he makefh lire corne down from tion, and kindred, and tongue, and
heaven on the earth in the sight of people,
men, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear
14 And deceiveth them that dwell God, and give glory to him; for the
on the earth by the means of those hour of ï& judgment is come: and
miracles which he had power to do in worship him that made heaven, and
the sight of the beast; saying to them earth, and the sea, and the fountains
that dwell on the earth, that they of waters.
should make an image to the besist, 8 And there foUowed another angel,
which had the wound by a sword, and saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that
did live* great city, because she made ail na
15 And he had power to give life tions drink of the wine bf the wrath of
unto the image of the beast, that the her fornication.
image of the beast should both speak, 9 And the third angel followed
and cause that as many as would not them, saying with a loud voice. If any
worship the image of the beast should man worship the beast and his image,
bekilled. and receive his mark in his forehead,
16 And he causeth ail, both small or in his hand,
and great, rich and poor, free and 10 The same shall drink of the wine
bond, to receive a mark in their right of the wrath of God, which is poured
hand, or in their foreheads: ont without mixture into the cup of
17 And that no man might buy or his indignation; and he shall be tor-
sell, save he that had the mark, or the mented with fire and brimstone in the
name of the beast, or the number of presence of the holy angels, and in the
his name. presence of the Lamb:
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that 11 And the smoke of their tonnent
hath understanding count the number ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
of the beast: for it is the number of a they have no rest day nor night, who
man; and his number is Six hundred worship the beast and his image, and
threescore and six. whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.
CHAPTER 14 12 Here is the patience ofthe saints:
A ND I looked, and,lo, a Lamb stoodhere are they that keep the command-
on the mount Sion, and with him ments of God, and the faith of Jésus.
an hundred forty and four thousand, 13 And I heard a voice from heaven
having his Father's name written in saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the
their foreheads. dead which die in the Lord from hence-
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, forth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they
as the voice of many waters, and as may rest from their labours; and their
the voice of a great thimder: and I Works do foUow them.
heard the voice of harpers harping 14 And I looked,and behold a white
with their harps: cloud, and upon the doud one sat like
3 And they sung as it were a new unto the Son of man, having on his
song before the throne, and before the head a golden crown, and in his hand
four beasts, and the elders: and no a Sharp sickle.
man could leam that song but the him- 15 And another angel came out of
dred and forty and four thousand, the temple, crying with a loud voice to
which were redeemed from the earth. him that sat on the cloUd, Thrust in
4 These are they which were not de- thy sickle, and reap: for the time is
filed with women;for they are virgins. come for thee to reap; for the harvest
These are they which foUow the Lamb of the earth is ripe.
whithersoever he goeth. These were re 16 And he that sat on the cloud
deemed from among men, heing the thrust in his sickle on the earth; and
firstfruîts unto God and to the Lamb. the earth was reaped.
5 And in their mouth was found no 17 And another angel came out of
guile: for they are without fault before the temple which is in heaven, he also
the throne of God. having a sharp sickle.
6 And I saw another angèl fly in the 18 And another angel came out
midst of heaven, having the everlast- from the altar, which had power over
ing gospel to preach unto them that fire; and cried with a loud ary to him
dwell on the earth, and to every na that had the sharp sickle, saying.
1102 REVELATION 15,16
Thnistin thy sharp sickle» and gather 2 And the first went, and poured
the clusters of the vine of the earth; out his vial upon the earth; and there
for her grapes are fuliy ripe, fell a noisome and grievous sore upon
19 Ànd the ahgei thrust in his sickle the men which had the mark of the
into the earth, and gathered the vine beast, and upon them which wor-
of the earth, and cast it into the great shipped his image.
winépress of tlie wrath of God, 3 And the second angel poured out
20 And the winepress was trodden his vial upon the sea; and it became as
without the city, and blood came ont the blood of a dead man: and every
of the winepress, even unto the horse living soul died in the sea.
bridles, by ttie space of a thousand and 4 And the third angel poured out
six hundred furlongs. his vial upon the rivers and foUntains
of watefs; and they became blood.
ÇHAPTER 15 5 And I heârd the angel of the wa-
A ND I saw another sign in heaven, ters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
J\ greàt and matvellous, seven an- which art, and wast, and shalt be, be-
gels having ttie seven last plagues; for cause thou hast judged thus.
in them is fiUed up the wrath of God. 6 For they have shed the blood of
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass saints and prophets, and thou hast
mingled with fire: and them that had given thôn blood to drink;for they are
gotten the victory over the beast, and worthy.
over his image, and over fais mark,and 7 And I heard another out of the
over the niimber of his name,stand on altar say, Even so. Lord God Al
the sea of glass, having the harps of mighty, true and righteous are thy
God. judgments.
3 And they sing the song of Moses S And the fourth angel poured out
the servant of God,and the song of the his vial upon the sun; and power was
Lamb, saying, Grèat and marVeUouS given unto him to scorch men with
are thy works. Lord God Almighty; fire.
just and true are thy ways, thou King 9 And men were scorched with
of saints. great heat, and blaspfaemed the name
4 Whô shall not fear thee, G Lord, of God, whith hath power over these
and glorify thy name? for thou only art plagues: and they repented not tô give
holy: for ail nations shall come and him glory.
worship before thee;for thy judgments 10 And the fifth angel poured out
are made manifest. his vial upon the seat of the beast; and
5 And after that I looked, and, bè^ his kingdom was full of darkness; and
hold, the temple of the tabernacle of they gnawed their tongues for pain,
the testimony in heaven was opened: 11 And blasphemed the God of
6 And the seven angels came ont of heaven because of their pciins and their
the temple, having the seven plagues, sores, Euid repented not of their deeds.
clothed in pure and white linen, and 12 And the sixth angel poured out
hâvihg théir breasts girded with gold his vial upon the great river Eu-phra-
en girdles. tes; and the water thereof was dried
7 And one of the four beasts gave up, that the way of the kings of the
unto the seven angels seven golden east might be prepared.
vials full of the wrath of God, who 13 And I saw three unclean spirits
liveth for ever and ever. like frogs come out of the mouth of the
8 And the temple was filled with dragon, and out of the mouth of the
smoke from the glory of God, and beast, Eind out of the mouth of the
from his power; and no man was able false prophet.
to enter into the temple, till the seven 14 For they are the spirits of devils,
plagues of the seven angels were ful- working miracles, which go forth unto
filled. the kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of
ÇHAPXÉR 16 that great day of God Almighty.
AND I heard a great voice out of the 15 Behold, I come as à thief. Bless-
/\ temple saying to the seven an ed is he that watcheth, and keepeth
gels, Go your ways, and poiur out the his garments, lest hé walk naked, and
vials of the wrath of God upon the they see his shame.
earth. 16 And he gathered them together
 REVELATION 17, 18
into a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Ar-ma-ged'-don.
17 And the seventh angel poured
out his vial into the air; and there
came a great voice out of the temple
of heaven, from the throne, saying, It
is done.
18 And there were voices, and thun-
ders, and lightnings; and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not
since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided
into three parts, and the cities of the
nations fell: and great Bab-y-lon came
in remembrancè before God, to give
imto her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and
the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great
hail out of heaven, every stone about
the weight of a talent: and men blas-
phemed God because of the plague of
the hail; for the plague thereof was ex-
ceeding great.
CHAPTER 17
AND there came one of the seven
angels which had tiie seven vials,
and talked with me, saying unto me,
Come hither; I will shew imto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sit-
teth upon many waters;
2 With whom the kings of the earth
have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been
made drunk with the wine of her forni
cation.
3 So he carried ine away in the
spirit into the wildemess: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet coloured
beast,full of names of blasphemy,hav-
ing seven heads and ten homs.
4 And the woman was arrayed in
purple and scarlet colour, and decked
with gold and precious stones and
pearls, having a golden cup in her hand
full of abominations and filthiness of
her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was 3.
name written, MYSTERY, BABY-
LON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA
TIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken
with the blood of the saints, and with
having great power; and the earth was
the blood of the martyrs of Jésus: and
lightened with his glory.
when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration. 2 And he cried mightily with a
7 And the angel said unto me. strong voice, saying, Babylon the
1103
Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will
tell thee the mystery of the woman,
and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and ten
homs.
8 The beast that thou sawest was,
and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, whose names were not written
in the book of life from the foundation
of the world, when they behold the
beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath
wisdom. The seven heads are seven
moimtains, on which the woman sit-
teth.
10 And there are seven kings: five
are fallen, and one is, and the other is
not yet come; and when he cometh, he
must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is
not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And tiie ten homs which thou
sawest are ten kings, which have re-
ceived no kingdom as yet; but receive
power as kir^s one hour with the
beast.
13 These have one mind, and sheill
give their power and strength unto the
beast.
14 These shall make war with the
Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome
them:for he is Lord of lords, and King
of kings: and they that are with him
are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The wa
ters which thou sawest, where the
whore sitteth, are peoples, and multi
tudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten homs which thou
sawest upon the beast, these shall hate
the whore, and shall make her deso-
late and naked, and shall eat her flesh,
and bum her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts
to fulfil his wUl, and to agree, and give
their kingdom unto the beast, until the
words of God shall be fulfiUed.
18 And the woman which thou saw
est is that great city, which reigneth
over the kings of the earth.
CHAPTER 18
AND after these things I saw another
jl\ angel come down from heaven,
1104 REVELATION 19

great is fallen, is fallen, and is become ail things whidi were dainty and good-
the habitation of devils, and the hold ly are departed from thee, and thou
of every foui spirit, and a cage of every shalt find them no more at ail.
unclean and hateful bird. 15 The merchants of these things,
3 For ail nations have drunk of the which were made rich by her, shall
wine of the wrath of her fornication, stand afar off for the fear of her for
and the kings of the earth have com- ment, weeping and wailing,
mitted fornication with her, and the 16 And saying, Alas, alas that great
merchants of the earth are waxed rich dty,that was clothed in fine linen, and
through the abundance of her delica- purple, and scarlet, and decked with
dLes. gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
4 And I heard another voice from 17 For in one hour so great riches is
heaven, saying. Corne out of her, my come to nought. And eyery shipmas-
people, that ye be not partakers of her ter, and ail the company in ships, and
sins, and that ye receive not of her sailors, and as many as trade by sea,
plagues. stood afar off,
5 For her sins have reached unto 18 And cried when they saw the
heaven, and God hath remembered smoke of her buming, saying, What
her iniquities. city is like unto this great city!
6 Reward her even as she rewarded 19 And they cast dust on their
you, and double unto her double ac- heads, and cried, weeping and wailing,
cording to her works: in the cup which saying, Alas, alas, that great city,
she hath filled fiU to her double. wherein were made rich ail that hiad
7 How much she hath glorified her- ships in the sea by reason of her costli-
self, and liyed deliciously, so much for nessl for in one hour is she made
ment and sorrow give hen for she saith desolate.
in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no 20 Rejoice over her, fhou heaven,
widow, and shaU see no sorrow. and ye holy apostles and prophets; for
8 Therefore shall her plagues come God hath avenged you on her.
in one day, death, and mouming, and 21 And a mighty angel took up a
famine;and she shall be utterly bumed stone like a great millstone, and cast
with fire: for strong is the Lord God it into the sea, saying, Thus with vio
who judgeth her. lence shall that great city Babylon be
9 And the kings of the earth, who thrown down, and shall be foxmd no
have committed fornication and lived more at ail.
deliciously with her, shall bewail her, 22 And the voice of harpers, and
and lament for her, when they shall musicians, and of pipers, and trum-
see the smoke of her buming, peters, shall be heard no more at ail in
10 Standing afar off for the fear of thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever
her tonnent, saying, Alas, alas that craft Ifie be, shall be found any more in
great city Babylon, that mighty city! thee; and the soimd of a millstone shall
for in one hour is thy judgment come. be heard no more at ail in thee;
11 And the merchants of the earth 23 And the light of a candie shall
shall weep and moiun over her; for no shine no more at ail in thee; and the
man buyeth their merchandise any voice of the bridegroom and of the
more: bride shall be heard no more at ail in
12 The merchandise of gold, and thee: for thy merchants were the great
silver, and precious stones, and of men of the earth; for by thy sorceries
pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and were ail nations deceivéd.
silk, and scarlet, and ail thyine wood, 24 And in her was found the blood
and ail manner vessels of ivory,and ail of prophets, and of saints, and of ail
manner vessels of most precious wood, that were slain upon the earth.
and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and CHAPTER 19
ointments, and frankincense, and AND after these things I heard a
wine, and oil, and fine fiour, and /\ great voice of much people in
wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and heaven, saying. Alléluia; Salvation,
horses, and dtiariots, and slaves, and and glory, and honour, and power,
soûls of men. unto the Lord our God:
14 And the fruits that thy soul lust- 2 For tme and righteous are his
ed after are departed from thee, and judgments: for he hath judged the
 REVELATION 20 1105

great whore, which did comipt the 16 And he hath on his vesture and
earth with her fornication, and hath on his thigh a name written, KING
avengêd the blood of his servants at OF KINGS, AND LORD OF
herhand. LORDS.
3 And again they said. Alléluia. 17 And I saw an angel standing in
And her smoké rose up for ever and the sim; and he cried with a loud
ever. voice, saying to ail the fowls that fiy
4 And the four and twenty elders in the midst of heaven, Come and
and the four beasts fell down and wor- gather yourselves together unto the
shipped God that sat on the throne, supper of the great God;
sa^g. Amen; Alléluia. IS That ye may eat the flesh of
5 And a voice came out of the kings, and the fiesh of captains, and
throne, saying* Fraise our God, ail ye the flesh of mighty men, sind the fiesh
his servants, and ye that fear him, of horses, and of them ihat sit on
both small and great. them, and the fiesh of ail men, both
6 And I heard as it were the voice free and bond, both small and great,
of a great multitude, and as the voice 19 And I saw the beast, and the
of many waters, and as the voice of kings df the earth, and their armies,
mighty thunderings, saying. Alléluia: gathered together to make war against
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. him that sat on the horse^ and against
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and his army.
give honour to him: for the marriage 20 And the beast was taken, and
of the Lamb is come,and his wife hath with him the false prophet that
made herself ready. wrought miracles before him, with
8 And to her was granted that she which he deceived them that had re-
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean ceived the mark of the beast, and
and white: for the fine linen is the them that worshipped his image.
ri^teousness of saints. These both were cast alive into a lake
9 And he saith unto me, Write, of fire burning with brimstone,
Blessed are they which are called unto 21 And the remuant were slain
the marriage supper of the Lamb, And with the sword of him that sat upon
he saith imto me, These are the true the horse, which sword proceeded out
sayings of God. of his mouth: and ail the fowls were
10 And I fell at his feet to worship filled with their fiesh,
him, And he said unto me, See thou do
CHAPTER 20
U not: I am thy fellowservant, and of
thy brethren that have the testimony AND I saw an angel come down from
of Jésus: worship God: for the testi heaven, having the key of the
mony of Jésus is the spirit of prophecy, bottomless pit and a great chain in his
11 And I saw heaven opened, and hand,
behold a white horse; and he that sat 2 And he laid hold on the dragon,
upon him was called Faithful and that old serpent, which is the Devil,
True, and in righteousness he doth and Satan, and bound him a thousand
judge and make war, years,
12 His eyes were as a fiame of fire, 3 And cast him into the bottomless
and on his head were many crowns; pit, and shut him up, and set a seal
and he had a name writteh, that no upon him, that he should deceive the
man knew, but he himself, nations no more, till the thousand
13 And he was clothed with a ves- years should be fulfilled: and after that
ture dipped in blood: and his name is he must be loosed a little season.
called The Word of God. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat
14 And the armies which were in upon them, and judgment was given
heaven followed him upon white unto them: and I saw the soûls of them
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and that were beheaded for the witness of
clean. Jésus, and for the word of God, and
15 And out of his mouth goeth a which had not worshipped the bccist,
Sharp sword, that with it he should neither his image, neither had received
smite the nations: and he shall rule his mark upon their foreheads, or in
them with a rod of iron: and he tread- their hands;and they lived and reigned
eth the winepress of the fierceness and with Christ a thousand years,
wrath of Ali^ghty God. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not
1106 REVELATION 21

again until the thousand years were 3 And I heard a great voIce out of
finished. This is the first résurrection. heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath of God is with men, and he will dwell
part in the first résurrection: on such with them, and they shall be his ipeo-
the second death hath no power, but ple, and God himself shall be with
they shall be priests of God and of them, and be their God.
Christ, and shall reign with him a 4 And God shall wipe away ail tears
thousand years. from their eyes; and there shall be no
7 And when the thousand years are more death, neither sorrow, nor cry-
expired, Satan shall be loosed out of ing, neither shall there be any more
his prison, pain: for the former things are passed
8 And shall go out to deceive the away.
nations which are in the four quarters 5 And he that sat upon the throne
of the earth, Gog and Ma-gog, to said, Behold, I make ail things new.
gather them together to battle: the And he said unto me, Write: for these
number of whom is as the sand of the words are true and fàithful.
sea. 6 And he said unto me, It is done.
9 And they went up on the breadth I am Alpha and Oméga,the beginning
of the earth, and compassed the camp and the end. I will give imto him that
of the saints about, and the beloved is athirst of the foimtain of the water
city: and fire came down from God out of life freely.
of heaven, and devoured them. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit
10 And the devil that deceived ail things; and I will be his God, and
them was cast into the lake of fire and he shall be my son.
brimstone, where the beast and the 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving,
false prophet are, and shall be tor- and the abominable, and murderers,
mented day and night for ever and and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
ever. idolaters, and ail liars, shall have their
11 And I saw a great white throne, part in the lake which bumeth with
and him that sat on it, from whose fire and brimstone: which is the second
face the earth and the heaven fied death.
away; and there was found no place 9 And there came imto me one of
for them. the seven angels which had the seven
12 And I saw the dead, small and vials full of the seven last plagues, and
great, stand before God; and the books talked with me, saying, Come hither^
were opened: and another book was I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb*s
opened, which is the book of life: and wife.
the dead were judged out of those 10 And he carried me away in the
things which were written in the spirit to a great and high moimtain,
books, according to their works. and shewed me that great city, the
13 And the sea gave up the dead holy Jérusalem, descending out of
which were in it; and death and hell heaven from God,
deUvered up the dead which were in 11 Having the glory of Gk)d: and
them: and they were judged every her light was like unto a stone most
man according to their works. precious, even like a jasper stone, clear
14 And death and hell were cast as crystal;
into the lake of fire. This is the second 12 And had a wall great and high,
death. and had twelve gâtes, and at the gâtes
15 And whosoever was not found twelve angels, and names written
written in the book of life was cast into thereon, which are the names of the
the lake of fire. twelve tribes of the children of Israël:
13 On the east three gâtes; on the
CHAPTER 21 north three gâtes; on the south three
AND I saw a new heaven and a new gâtes; and on the west three gâtes.
jr\ earth:for the first heaven and the 14 And the wall of the city had
first earth were passed away;and there twelve foimdations, and in them the
was no more sea. names of the twelve apostles of the
2 And I John saw the holy city, Lamb.
new Jérusalem, coming down from 15 And he that talked with me had
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride a golden reed to measure the city, and
adomed for her husband. the gâtes thereof, and the wall thereof.
 REVELATION 22 1107

16 And the dty lieth foursquàre, 3 And there shaU be no more curse:
and the length is as large as the but the throne of God ànd of the Lamb
breadth: and he measured the city shall be in it; and his servants shall
wlth the reed, twelve thousand fur- serve him:
longs. The length and the breadth and 4 And they shall see his face; and
the heig^t of it are equal. his name shall be in thdr forehéads.
17 And he measured the wall there- 5 And there shall be no night there;
of, an himdred and forty and four çu- and they lïeed no candie, neither Ught
bitSj accarding to the measure of a man, of the sun; for the Lord God giveth
that is, of the angel. them light: ànd thèy shall réign for
18 And the building of the wall of ever and ever.
it was of jasper: and the city was pure 6 And he said unto me, These say-
gold, like unto clear glass. ings are faithful and true: and the
19 And the foundations of the wall Lord God of the holy prophets sent his
of the city were gamished with ail angel to shew imto hi» servants
manner of precious stones. The first the things which must shortly be
foundation was jasper; the second, done.
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is
fourth, an emerald; he that keepeth the sayhigs of the
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, prophecy of this book.
sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the 8 And I John saw these things, and
eighth, béryl; the ninth, a topaz; the heard them. And when I had heard and
tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a seen, I fell down to worship before the
jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. feet of the angel which shewed me
21 And the twelve gâtes were twelve these things.
pearls; every several gâte was of one 9 Then saith he unto me, See ihou
pearl: and the street of the city was do it not: for I am thy fellowservant,
pure gold, as it were transparent glass. and of thy brethren the prophets, and
22 And I saw no temple therein: for of them which keep the sayings of thds
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb book: worship God.
are the temple of it. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not
23 And the city had no need of the the sayings of the prophecy of this
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in book: for the time is at hand.
it: for the glory of God did lighten it, 11 He that is unjust, let him be
and the Lamb is the light thereof. imjust still: and he which is filthy,
24 And the nations of them which let him be filthy still: and he that is
are saved shall walk in the light of it: righteous, let him be righteous still:
and the kings of the earth do bring and he that is holy, let him be holy
their glory and honour into it. still.
25 And the gâtes of it shall not be 12 And, behold, I come quickly;
shut at ail by day:for there shall be no and my reward is with me, to give
night there. every man according as his work shall
26 And they shall bring the glory be.
and honour of the nations into it. 13 I am Alpha and Oméga, the be-
27 And there shall in no wise enter ginning and the end, the first and the
into it any thing that defileth, neither last.
whatsoever worketh abomination, or 14 Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have
maketh a lie: but they which are writ-
ten in the Lamb's book of life. right to the tree of life, and may enter
in through the gâtes into the city.
CHAPTER 22
15 For without are dogs, and sorcer-
AND he shewed me a pure river of ers, and whoremongers, and murder-
j[\ water of life, clear as crystal, pro- ers, and idolaters, and whosoever lov-
ceeding out of the throiie of God and eth Biid maketh a lie.
of the Lamb. 16 I Jésus have sent mine angel to
2 In the midst of the street of it, testify unto you these things in the
and on either side of the river, was churches. I am the root and the off-
there the tree of life, which bare twelve spring of David, and the bright and
manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit moming star.
every month: and the leaves of the 17 And the Spirit and the bride say,
tree were for the healing of the nations. Come. And let him that heareth say.
1108 REVELATION 22

Corne* And let him that is athirst
corne* And whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely*
18 For I testify unto every man
that heareth the words of the prophecy
of this book> If any man shall add unto
these things» God shall add unto him
the plagues that are written in this
book:
19 And if any man shall take away
from the words of the book of this
prophecy» God shall take away his
part out of the book of life, and out of
the holy city, and front the things
which are written in this book*
20 He which testifieth these things
saith» Surely I coma quickly* Amen*
Even so» come» Lord Jésus*
21 The grâce of our Lord Jésus
Christ be with you ail* Amen*

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"Fof God so loved the world that He gave His only hegotten Son,
that whosoever helieveth in Htm, should not perish but have
everlasting life."—John 3:16.
A PRAYER
"Lord Jesos, take chis heart of mine, make it pure and wholly Thlnet
Thou hast bled and died for me,I will henceforth live for Thee,
God helpiog me,for Thy Name's sake. Amen."

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